Friday, September 25, 2009
PG.138 #2: A Practice Sequence:Summarizing
2. The claims in the article by Diamond all have to revolve around why some societies make the decisions that they do even though they can end up having horrible consequences. Jared Diamond, who is the writer of the article, is an evolutionary biologist and is a college professor. Diamond's article "Why Do Some Societies Make Disastrous decisions?" was written for nonprofessionals and professionals alike. He incorporates scholarly terms with ideals from his students which helps to make it more relatable and easy to understand. The article as a whole is a bout the ways that societies end up messing up and destroying what they have or did have at one point that allowed them to be a collective and fully running society. His key claims in he article are that the people on these societies may do disastrous things because they did not anticipate them to happen in the beginning. Then the people in the societal group may not notice there is a problem within their society when there is so they will not take any steps to make it or help it to get better. Also, that the decisions of common folk within a society clash with the higher powers of the society which cause a breakdown and not much communicating to take place.
PG. 137 #1: Practice Sequence:Summarizing
1. www.americanbible.org/brcpages/bearthemarks
The main claims of the article "Critical Perspectives: "'I bear on my body the marks...' What does the Bible say about Body Modification?" the author primarily expresses that the writers in the bible never mentioned body modification in any type of way as a whole as stated in this quotation in the article made by the author about passages in Leviticus and The Old Testament, "...this text does not speak of body modification in general, but of specific mourning rites which were practiced by Israel's neighbors, and that its prohibition of such practices was meant to make Israel's cult life different from that of other people and cultures." In which by the tone of the article I do not believe that the author is against tattoos he's just trying to prove a point on what is real, and he also says about how the writings in bible are up to interpretations depending on who you are and what your culture is and what your perspectives just happen to be. The author is writing for an audience of people who are concerned with the writings in the bible and what they have to say about body modification. This article text appeared on the website link that is posted above. The author of this article happens to be Eric Thurman a PhD Candidate from Drew University in Madison New Jersey.
The main claims of the article "Critical Perspectives: "'I bear on my body the marks...' What does the Bible say about Body Modification?" the author primarily expresses that the writers in the bible never mentioned body modification in any type of way as a whole as stated in this quotation in the article made by the author about passages in Leviticus and The Old Testament, "...this text does not speak of body modification in general, but of specific mourning rites which were practiced by Israel's neighbors, and that its prohibition of such practices was meant to make Israel's cult life different from that of other people and cultures." In which by the tone of the article I do not believe that the author is against tattoos he's just trying to prove a point on what is real, and he also says about how the writings in bible are up to interpretations depending on who you are and what your culture is and what your perspectives just happen to be. The author is writing for an audience of people who are concerned with the writings in the bible and what they have to say about body modification. This article text appeared on the website link that is posted above. The author of this article happens to be Eric Thurman a PhD Candidate from Drew University in Madison New Jersey.
PG. 121 #1-4
A. After reading the introductory section of the article "Christian Student Perceptions of Body Tattoos: A Qualitative Analysis" I was able to understand that the author was possibly writing this article to allow others to have more open mind to tattoos and religions and to try to believe that not all tattoos are made under rash decisions, but most are actually well thought out and tend have some sort of biblical reference or reference to a higher power of some type. The author, in which is writing this to correct a misconception, or so that's what it appears to be.
B. The keywords that are related to my own research topic in this article (,it does not have an index or a table of context being an Internet source,) are:
B. The keywords that are related to my own research topic in this article (,it does not have an index or a table of context being an Internet source,) are:
- Christian
- Body tattoos
- Bible
The author focuses on how tattooing has been throughout history. A case study is included with the article which talks about the different areas that were focused on and one of them is the biblical understanding of tattoos, some others are the design significance and friend and family influences. The themes are present in this article that I will use in my paper and even to conduct research is primarily the biblical understanding of tattoos, I also may add some points on there significance throughout history, but in a different standing then the author of this article does.
C. The references in this article that are cited at then out of all of them the ones that I believe would be of use to me in my research and that I will consider looking into are:
- Heinrichsm K. (1999, May 24). Tattoos no longer taboo? Christianity Today, 43(6), 17.
- Watkins, T. (2007). Dial-the-Truth Ministries. To tattoo or not to tattoo: A Christian response to the tattoo. from http://www.av1611.org/tattoos/imtro.html
No, certain sources do not appear to be more important than others in the works cited/references on the article.
D. Yes, this article is relevant to my own topic, which is body modification and early religious/christian belief. I however do not if this article goes with my thesis statement considering that I do not have a working thesis thought out yet. Even so, the article does go along with my topic and issue that I will be writing about.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
PG. 103 #1-4 A Practice Sequence: Building a Thesis.
1.
To make sure that your issue is current and relevant and should be present in people's minds, you should make the paper interesting and to keep the topic at the top of people's minds you should state facts from other sources along with quotes. Make sure to also include why you believe it is an important and relevant issue.
in order to do the above you may also need to know whether or not your issue is still present in the media and with others.
2.
When writing on a current issue you are expected to have some type of prior knowledge on what you are to be touching on. You should also be able to show that there is an exsisting problem within the subject that you are presenting.
NIAAA Publications stated that Alcohol intake among young adults has risen through out the years and is a leading cause in accidents and death, due to impairment. Also that more men than women in the category od young adults go over the drinking limit, in which this mostly takes place in college camous housing. Heavy drinking in the young adult age group is also considered a high risk in the dealth department becuase at that age risky behaviors while drining are more likely to occur.
NIAAA Publications also includes maps on the ethnicity and drinking rate of young adults.
On Noldus.com with an article called What brings about the alcohol consumption of young adults in peer groups? by Sander Bot and Rutger Engels. Talks about how most drinking with young adults accurs within a social setting. The research results that they had come up with showed that within a social setting the intake of alcohol in males depending on the drinkign status af the whole group while females drank independently without the influence of the group.
3.
I believe that Sander Bot and Rutger Engels should have thought through with their findings, becuase not all females drink for only themselves and are not dependent on the group some females who are possibly shy may drink comtinuosly to keep up and fit in with the group at the party or to just appear as 'cool'.
To learn more on this subject I could contact the authors of the webpage and of the research. If that were to fail I could always just look online for more research that shows both sides of the story.
4.
Misinterpretations Model:
Although many scholars have argued young adult femal drinkers independently drink and only do it for themselves a careful examination suggets that, tha may not be the case but that, many females are heavy social drinkers and will do it to fit in with the crowd.
Gap model:
Although scholars have noted females to be indepent drinkers who only order for themselves, they have missed the importance of females drinkers who overstep their drinking boundaries due to being in social settings that do not enable them to stop since the others in the setting are still drinking and the femal may not want to 'wimp out.'
Modification Model:
Although I agree with females being noted to only order drinkd for themselves and to be independent drinkers ideasof other writers, it is important to refine their ideas with the point that many females that go out drinking in a social setting tend to drink just like the guys, per say.
I believe that the misinterpretation model fits best with this subject.
To make sure that your issue is current and relevant and should be present in people's minds, you should make the paper interesting and to keep the topic at the top of people's minds you should state facts from other sources along with quotes. Make sure to also include why you believe it is an important and relevant issue.
in order to do the above you may also need to know whether or not your issue is still present in the media and with others.
2.
When writing on a current issue you are expected to have some type of prior knowledge on what you are to be touching on. You should also be able to show that there is an exsisting problem within the subject that you are presenting.
NIAAA Publications stated that Alcohol intake among young adults has risen through out the years and is a leading cause in accidents and death, due to impairment. Also that more men than women in the category od young adults go over the drinking limit, in which this mostly takes place in college camous housing. Heavy drinking in the young adult age group is also considered a high risk in the dealth department becuase at that age risky behaviors while drining are more likely to occur.
NIAAA Publications also includes maps on the ethnicity and drinking rate of young adults.
On Noldus.com with an article called What brings about the alcohol consumption of young adults in peer groups? by Sander Bot and Rutger Engels. Talks about how most drinking with young adults accurs within a social setting. The research results that they had come up with showed that within a social setting the intake of alcohol in males depending on the drinkign status af the whole group while females drank independently without the influence of the group.
3.
I believe that Sander Bot and Rutger Engels should have thought through with their findings, becuase not all females drink for only themselves and are not dependent on the group some females who are possibly shy may drink comtinuosly to keep up and fit in with the group at the party or to just appear as 'cool'.
To learn more on this subject I could contact the authors of the webpage and of the research. If that were to fail I could always just look online for more research that shows both sides of the story.
4.
Misinterpretations Model:
Although many scholars have argued young adult femal drinkers independently drink and only do it for themselves a careful examination suggets that, tha may not be the case but that, many females are heavy social drinkers and will do it to fit in with the crowd.
Gap model:
Although scholars have noted females to be indepent drinkers who only order for themselves, they have missed the importance of females drinkers who overstep their drinking boundaries due to being in social settings that do not enable them to stop since the others in the setting are still drinking and the femal may not want to 'wimp out.'
Modification Model:
Although I agree with females being noted to only order drinkd for themselves and to be independent drinkers ideasof other writers, it is important to refine their ideas with the point that many females that go out drinking in a social setting tend to drink just like the guys, per say.
I believe that the misinterpretation model fits best with this subject.
PG. 81 #1-5 A Practice Sequence:Formulating an Issue Based Question.
1.
I am interested in the consequence of alcohol consummation in the body of the consumers.
2.
I am interested in the topic of alcohol intake on the body of the consumers because other drugs have been legalized due to their affects on the body, while alcohol has not been.
3.
The legalization and consumption of alcohol seems to negate why other drugs are illegal due to the effects of alcohol on the brain, body, and judgemental skills of the consumer.
4.
How is alcohol the better choice of drug to legalize then any other when the effects that alcohol can have on the body, and the type of harm that can come from it, can be just as bad if not worse than that of what other drugs can do?
5.
I am interested in the affects of alcohol on the body compared to that of other drugs because I want to make young adults see that by in taking alcohol it can be fatal to your well-being. To help them be able to avoid the harmful and live a more fulfilling and healthier life. while in order for those young adults to do that, they must be informed as to what alcohol does to their body, and in what way they can go about avoiding that harm.
I am interested in the consequence of alcohol consummation in the body of the consumers.
2.
I am interested in the topic of alcohol intake on the body of the consumers because other drugs have been legalized due to their affects on the body, while alcohol has not been.
3.
The legalization and consumption of alcohol seems to negate why other drugs are illegal due to the effects of alcohol on the brain, body, and judgemental skills of the consumer.
4.
How is alcohol the better choice of drug to legalize then any other when the effects that alcohol can have on the body, and the type of harm that can come from it, can be just as bad if not worse than that of what other drugs can do?
5.
I am interested in the affects of alcohol on the body compared to that of other drugs because I want to make young adults see that by in taking alcohol it can be fatal to your well-being. To help them be able to avoid the harmful and live a more fulfilling and healthier life. while in order for those young adults to do that, they must be informed as to what alcohol does to their body, and in what way they can go about avoiding that harm.
PG 76 - 77 #4 A Practice Sequence: Identifying Issues.
4.
Although some people wouls argue that homosexuals should not be allowed to marry one another even if they do love eachother, becuase it goes against nature is does not cause for natural effects to happen. I think that, however, homosexuals should be able to marry one another, becuase no matter how you are to look at it, they are still human beings. Unless I am mistaken all human beings are to be treated as equals. Which means that should all be able to lead a happy and fullfilling life no mattter what are sexuality is, we shold not be discriminated against.
Although some people wouls argue that homosexuals should not be allowed to marry one another even if they do love eachother, becuase it goes against nature is does not cause for natural effects to happen. I think that, however, homosexuals should be able to marry one another, becuase no matter how you are to look at it, they are still human beings. Unless I am mistaken all human beings are to be treated as equals. Which means that should all be able to lead a happy and fullfilling life no mattter what are sexuality is, we shold not be discriminated against.
PG. 76 - 77 # 2&3 A Practice Sequence:Identifying issues.
2.
The open dispute of gay marriage is whether or not homosexuals should be able to marry one another, or that should just not be able to, which is currently how it is in many states and countries. Most people believe that marriage is only about reproduction, or even that to get married you have to just be a man or a woman, but what these individuals do not understand is this. There are people all over the world who get married and are not fertile who cannot have kids, and no one is stopping them. No, those people are allowed to marry because no matter if reproduction for them has become an issue they love each other. So why can't that be the case or homosexuals, why must they be discriminated against just because what they do is 'outside of the norm' of our culture?
In my opinion I do not believe that they along with anyone else should be discriminated against just because of what sex they are attracted too or who they love. No matter if it is something alien and new to people. We as humans and civil people are brought up with the morale, to treat others the way we would like to be treated. So, really do you want to not be allowed to get married to the one you love, no, you'd hat that, and it would in turn leave you heartbroken you want it to somehow be changed. Just imagine that the roles are reversed and the heterosexuals are the ones not able to marry.. Put yourself in the shoes of others.
Now, there are many people who agree with my words and also many others who disagree with me at all levels and I understand that. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Some arguments that others have made are that by the legalization of gay marriage, it will be a leading factor in polygamy, homosexuality is a perversion that would have to be taught in public schools, and that it will result in a social security crisis.
While I can understand the last argument on social security, the other two I do not see as much of a threat. Although with social security that problem could most likely be fixed, by only giving the money out to the people who are in desperate need for it, who are unable to work, not just because they don't want to, so they decide to rely on the government for money, then when the people get old enough and actually need it, the money will be there for them to utilize. I believe that the people who are receiving social security currently are doing a greater damage then would that of gay marriage. But with Polygamy, even without homosexual marriage being legal there is still polygamy that occurs within the US and other countries. Also, homosexuality would not necessarily have to be taught in schools, heterosexuality is not, a child could find out on homosexuality just within their daily life.
3.
The open dispute of gay marriage is whether or not homosexuals should be able to marry one another, or that should just not be able to, which is currently how it is in many states and countries. Most people believe that marriage is only about reproduction, or even that to get married you have to just be a man or a woman, but what these individuals do not understand is this. There are people all over the world who get married and are not fertile who cannot have kids, and no one is stopping them. No, those people are allowed to marry because no matter if reproduction for them has become an issue they love each other. So why can't that be the case or homosexuals, why must they be discriminated against just because what they do is 'outside of the norm' of our culture?
In my opinion I do not believe that they along with anyone else should be discriminated against just because of what sex they are attracted too or who they love. No matter if it is something alien and new to people. We as humans and civil people are brought up with the morale, to treat others the way we would like to be treated. So, really do you want to not be allowed to get married to the one you love, no, you'd hat that, and it would in turn leave you heartbroken you want it to somehow be changed. Just imagine that the roles are reversed and the heterosexuals are the ones not able to marry.. Put yourself in the shoes of others.
Now, there are many people who agree with my words and also many others who disagree with me at all levels and I understand that. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Some arguments that others have made are that by the legalization of gay marriage, it will be a leading factor in polygamy, homosexuality is a perversion that would have to be taught in public schools, and that it will result in a social security crisis.
While I can understand the last argument on social security, the other two I do not see as much of a threat. Although with social security that problem could most likely be fixed, by only giving the money out to the people who are in desperate need for it, who are unable to work, not just because they don't want to, so they decide to rely on the government for money, then when the people get old enough and actually need it, the money will be there for them to utilize. I believe that the people who are receiving social security currently are doing a greater damage then would that of gay marriage. But with Polygamy, even without homosexual marriage being legal there is still polygamy that occurs within the US and other countries. Also, homosexuality would not necessarily have to be taught in schools, heterosexuality is not, a child could find out on homosexuality just within their daily life.
3.
what opinions do my peers have, so that I can ignore binary thining and see the issue from more than one perspective..
i believe that others may feel that it's wrong since it is unnatural. Or that marriage is about procreation. Gay marriage becoming legal would cause socioeconomical problems throughout the world also.
PG. 76 - 77 #1 A Practice Sequence:Identifying Issues
1.
There has been throughout the years a long debate about whether homosexuals should be allowed to get married or not. I believe, from personal experience that homosexuals should be allowed just as much privilege to be married to one another as do straight people. Many of my friends that are homosexual, have the same amount of love for their partner as do my heterosexual friends. Also, these people may not be able to have children with one another which is what is believed by some to be the point of marriage, but if we only get married to have children then many people are wrong, because when two people decide to get married they do it because they are in love, and then usually later on, comes a family.
On the website Letters2President.org I came across a letter by Donna N. Her whole letter supports my idea that Gay marriage should be accepted and that marriage is not about gender but is indeed about love. "Imagine being told you could not marry the person you love, your soul mate, because it does not follow the values of others. I know that my heart would be crushed..." This strikes a question within me. How can people go about making decisions for other people without putting themselves in the other person's shoes? Since we as humans are always told to accept everything, and to treat others as we would want to be treated. How can people find it in themselves to choose the life of another? Also, We as human beings should not label what is wrong and right in the case of love and marriage, even if it is a religious ceremony in some aspects. However, if the ceremony is so religious then how come Atheists and other religious types in the U.S. are allowed to get married?
I guess that people may make these decisions that impose others lives because they do not tend to think about how it hurts those people who cannot get married, because I bet that the people making the decisions are able to get married. Also, Gay marriage is probably just a really controversial issue for them and they are afraid of what would come out of it in the future if they were to allow for them to get married. As for why are Atheists among other religious groups allowed to perform marriage ceremonies in the U.S, maybe that has to do with the fact that, they are man and woman ceremonies, and that's really what the people care about, they do not care that participants do not partake in reading the Bible or following it even.
There has been throughout the years a long debate about whether homosexuals should be allowed to get married or not. I believe, from personal experience that homosexuals should be allowed just as much privilege to be married to one another as do straight people. Many of my friends that are homosexual, have the same amount of love for their partner as do my heterosexual friends. Also, these people may not be able to have children with one another which is what is believed by some to be the point of marriage, but if we only get married to have children then many people are wrong, because when two people decide to get married they do it because they are in love, and then usually later on, comes a family.
On the website Letters2President.org I came across a letter by Donna N. Her whole letter supports my idea that Gay marriage should be accepted and that marriage is not about gender but is indeed about love. "Imagine being told you could not marry the person you love, your soul mate, because it does not follow the values of others. I know that my heart would be crushed..." This strikes a question within me. How can people go about making decisions for other people without putting themselves in the other person's shoes? Since we as humans are always told to accept everything, and to treat others as we would want to be treated. How can people find it in themselves to choose the life of another? Also, We as human beings should not label what is wrong and right in the case of love and marriage, even if it is a religious ceremony in some aspects. However, if the ceremony is so religious then how come Atheists and other religious types in the U.S. are allowed to get married?
I guess that people may make these decisions that impose others lives because they do not tend to think about how it hurts those people who cannot get married, because I bet that the people making the decisions are able to get married. Also, Gay marriage is probably just a really controversial issue for them and they are afraid of what would come out of it in the future if they were to allow for them to get married. As for why are Atheists among other religious groups allowed to perform marriage ceremonies in the U.S, maybe that has to do with the fact that, they are man and woman ceremonies, and that's really what the people care about, they do not care that participants do not partake in reading the Bible or following it even.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Pg. 27 #2
If ever there was an idea custom-made for a Jay Leno monologue this was it: students blaming their teachers for them being unsuccessful they acquired while in school, due to not trying their hardest. Isn't that like an office worker (or any other type of worker) saying it was their bosses fault another coworkers fault as to why they were unable to get their work done? Whatever happened to taking the blame for your own actions?
I happen to sympathize with these students who decide to not live up to their full potential and blame others, though, perhaps this is due to the fact that when I was in the 9th grade in high school I was just like them.
I happen to sympathize with these students who decide to not live up to their full potential and blame others, though, perhaps this is due to the fact that when I was in the 9th grade in high school I was just like them.
Friday, September 4, 2009
In Barbara Ehrenreich's essay called "Cultural Baggage," I believe that the reason she decided to write the essay was due to the idea of having a cultural background but not doing anything to represent or show what it used to be in the old tradition of cultural background. Also to show that by everyone with whom she grew up around and was raised by, just as the rest of us maybe, we are growing up being told to go out and experience the world, not many of us are reliving what are ancestors did, as stated in this text,
"...I was raised with none, We'd eaten ethnic foods in my childhood home, but these were all borrowed, like the pasties, or Cornish meat pies, my father had picked up from his fellow miners in Butte, Montana. If my mother had one rule, it was militant ecumenism in all manners of food and experience. "Try new things," she would say, meaning anything from sweetbreads to clams, with an emphasis on the 'new.'"
In those couple sentences you can find that Barbara, from an early age, was taught that anything new was virtually good and should be done, in the essay it doesn't seem like there was much emphasis on trying anything custom from her cultural background, instead it was insisted upon her to try things from other cultures and to virtually forget about her own. I believe that the purpose for her writing this essay had to with her children. Because she previously states in the essay that" All this excitement over ethnicity stemmed, I uneasily sensed, from a past in which their ancestors had been trampled upon by my ancestors, or at least by people who looked very much like them." This excerpt shows that she isn't uncomfortable with being proud of who she is in a sense culturally because she really doesn't have anything to be really proud about that her ancestors seemed to have accomplished. She also later on states about her ancestors still being virtually uncivilized while other cultures were settled down and living 'civilized' lives. She is happy or more relieved if anything that her children when they grew up, don't share views that are different from hers or her mothers, or grandparents. I believe that the audience that she is writing for may not be directly stated but I do believe that by what I get from reading the whole essay, that we; the ones reading the essay, are the intended audience. At first reading I thought that it may have been her children, but she had already received their opinions on culture and race as stated in the ending sentences. The audience may even be the people who are so hooked up on their own culture that they won't go out and try new things, and see the broader horizon than just what their used too. Lastly, I believe that her major claim or thesis is,
"The more tradition-minded, the newly enthusiastic celebrants or Purim and Kwanzaa and Solstice, may see little point to survival if the survivors carry no cultural freight -- religion, for example, or ethnic tradition. To which I would say that skepticism, curiosity and wide-eyed ecumenical tolerance are also worthy elements of the human tradition and are at least as old as such notions as "Serbian" or "Croatian," "Scottish" or "Jewish""
I believe this quote is the major claim or thesis because in that she states her opinion and that statement supports her motivation to write the essay in my eyes, because she believes that people are better off not being wrapped up in their own culture and should go out and try new things, to be a more rounded individual, While others would disagree her because people should be proud of their heritage and be active in their own culture and not others. In conclusion, I believe that Barbara Ehrenreich's essay, "Cultural Baggage" infers that culture isn't something that we have to lug around and be confined to, we can and should go out and experience new things and not allow who 'we are' to hold us back.
"...I was raised with none, We'd eaten ethnic foods in my childhood home, but these were all borrowed, like the pasties, or Cornish meat pies, my father had picked up from his fellow miners in Butte, Montana. If my mother had one rule, it was militant ecumenism in all manners of food and experience. "Try new things," she would say, meaning anything from sweetbreads to clams, with an emphasis on the 'new.'"
In those couple sentences you can find that Barbara, from an early age, was taught that anything new was virtually good and should be done, in the essay it doesn't seem like there was much emphasis on trying anything custom from her cultural background, instead it was insisted upon her to try things from other cultures and to virtually forget about her own. I believe that the purpose for her writing this essay had to with her children. Because she previously states in the essay that" All this excitement over ethnicity stemmed, I uneasily sensed, from a past in which their ancestors had been trampled upon by my ancestors, or at least by people who looked very much like them." This excerpt shows that she isn't uncomfortable with being proud of who she is in a sense culturally because she really doesn't have anything to be really proud about that her ancestors seemed to have accomplished. She also later on states about her ancestors still being virtually uncivilized while other cultures were settled down and living 'civilized' lives. She is happy or more relieved if anything that her children when they grew up, don't share views that are different from hers or her mothers, or grandparents. I believe that the audience that she is writing for may not be directly stated but I do believe that by what I get from reading the whole essay, that we; the ones reading the essay, are the intended audience. At first reading I thought that it may have been her children, but she had already received their opinions on culture and race as stated in the ending sentences. The audience may even be the people who are so hooked up on their own culture that they won't go out and try new things, and see the broader horizon than just what their used too. Lastly, I believe that her major claim or thesis is,
"The more tradition-minded, the newly enthusiastic celebrants or Purim and Kwanzaa and Solstice, may see little point to survival if the survivors carry no cultural freight -- religion, for example, or ethnic tradition. To which I would say that skepticism, curiosity and wide-eyed ecumenical tolerance are also worthy elements of the human tradition and are at least as old as such notions as "Serbian" or "Croatian," "Scottish" or "Jewish""
I believe this quote is the major claim or thesis because in that she states her opinion and that statement supports her motivation to write the essay in my eyes, because she believes that people are better off not being wrapped up in their own culture and should go out and try new things, to be a more rounded individual, While others would disagree her because people should be proud of their heritage and be active in their own culture and not others. In conclusion, I believe that Barbara Ehrenreich's essay, "Cultural Baggage" infers that culture isn't something that we have to lug around and be confined to, we can and should go out and experience new things and not allow who 'we are' to hold us back.
TSIS Pg: 14 #2
In the Introduction to "They Say/I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates designed to kick start the writing process when writing a paper and the templates also allow the writer tweak and master the template to their own writing style, liking, and creativity level. Specifically, Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of templates they offer give a format for writing that allows you to get your point across. As the authors themselves put it, "...these templates do not dictate the content of what you say, which can be as original as you can make it. In addition, once you begin to feel comfortable with the templates in this book, you will be able to improvise creatively on them and invent new ones to fit new situations and purposes." Although some people believe that the templates will in fact take away from their creativity, Graff and Birkenstein insist that creativity depends on a set form, once the format is mastered then creativity can be added and the format changed to fit your creativity. In sum, then, their view is that the templates will not stifle the creativity of the writer but will be helpful to them.
I agree with Graf and Birkenstein. In my view, the types of templates that the authors recommend and provide in the book are to be used as help and are not meant to stifle the imagination of the writer. For instance, in the opening to the essay "Don't Blame the Eater," by David Zinczenko, the essay uses a similar template to that of what the authors provided and the writing is still interesting, fresh and imaginative. In addition, this shows that templates can be used as a helpful guide in writing and are not intended to stifle the imagination of the writer. Whilst, some may argue that the templates may not be as helpful as they meant to be for some writers. Overall, then, I believe those who have a hard time using templates should try, at least, to incorporate the templates ideas with their own, so that it works and is helpful for them. In Conclusion, I believe that everyone has the possibility to use templates to their advantage without stifling their imagination.
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I decided to change the ending of the template that was provided for us to work with because I was not able to come up with enough information to fill in all the blanks, and I felt like I had already repeated myself enough.
I agree with Graf and Birkenstein. In my view, the types of templates that the authors recommend and provide in the book are to be used as help and are not meant to stifle the imagination of the writer. For instance, in the opening to the essay "Don't Blame the Eater," by David Zinczenko, the essay uses a similar template to that of what the authors provided and the writing is still interesting, fresh and imaginative. In addition, this shows that templates can be used as a helpful guide in writing and are not intended to stifle the imagination of the writer. Whilst, some may argue that the templates may not be as helpful as they meant to be for some writers. Overall, then, I believe those who have a hard time using templates should try, at least, to incorporate the templates ideas with their own, so that it works and is helpful for them. In Conclusion, I believe that everyone has the possibility to use templates to their advantage without stifling their imagination.
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I decided to change the ending of the template that was provided for us to work with because I was not able to come up with enough information to fill in all the blanks, and I felt like I had already repeated myself enough.
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