Review your chosen text and:
- I will give you further instructions in class tomorrow, February 19th.
Due before midnight on Friday, February 21st.
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You finally have the chance to compliment your classmate on his/her success at capturing the essence of the original author's approach to the audience. Yay. Try to comment on a blog of someone whose article you have read.
If you cannot find a commentless blog that you agree with, then you may disagree with a classmate's conclusions. Please be specific as to why, and ask a question that will provoke thought in your classmate about audience, ethos or pathos.
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ReplyDelete1.This articles was written by Michael Crichton, in January 17th, 2003. The audience can be anyone, because it is an article that informs and can appeal to all, so perhaps the audience could be more defined as someone who has a paticular interest in types of science and the truth they hold. So perhaps the audience could be someone educated in the different variations of science, or it could be someone who simply wishes to know more about science and which ones can be labled as junk.
ReplyDelete2. The author tries to establish trust with his audiences by providing facts and evidence, and I believe he is very successful in doing so. His evidence and his support for it is obviously scientifuc in a form of statistics and beliefs, for example, he said sometime in the past we believed that the earth would go through a nuclear winter, and this was given so much hype through the media most believed it would come to past, but nothing happended, because the formula meant nothing and the theory wasn't based on actual science, just assumption, but it could not be proven through solid facts. So yes, he is very succesful at establishing trust with his audience.
3. The author establishes with us emotionally by stating his love for science, and his desire to expose what is not true science. This could impact us emotionally if we feel great passion for science, or just a passion of knowing what is true. But perhaps in a way he could fail to impact some emotionally if they don not share this passion, so he could either fail or succeed. With me personally, he was successful, and I believe he would be successful in general, because even if an average person reads this, he provides great facts that may compell them to feel emotionally.
4. This passage impacts me emotionally, regardless of who wrote it, because I can relate to it on a certain level, as I believe most can. This passage can relate to me and others through the desire to know the truth, because some science isn't true because it simply isn't science, but is consesus science, which isn't true science. Consesus science is an exaggerated science than can be molded and conformed into ones personal views, which can not be demonstarted as fact. This "science" is often believed and is expressed through the media, causing many to believe in a false science, a science that cannot be proven, which actually isn't science at all. We all desire the truth, for the truth creates a mind of contempt an ease, well, unless it's a bad truth. This passage relates to me emotionally because of that; its good to have the facts, because then you can seperate what is true form it merely assumption. The arthuor tries to realate to us through his childhood, through expressing his views of peace in the world, and how he always viewed science could pave the way to it, or at least make it a little better. I can relate to this because I desire peace, as I hope most do, but I believe that simple desire to know the truth is the driving emotional factor in this passage.
ReplyDelete1. So the audience that author Hooks reaches out to in the text is more than likely college-level educators, and quite possibly lower social class students. The first premise is that the source of the text is in the Chronicle of Higher Education, which leads readers to believe that people who are involved with education would more than likely read the text. The second premise is who the author is; a working-class, African-American, female. Furthermore I’m lead to believe that the reader that is likely to read the text would possibly be a middle-aged ethnic woman that is in the position of a college-level educator.
ReplyDelete2. Author Hooks starts of the text with a life experience that correlates with not only the title, but her main argument. This informs the reader that the author has credibility as a “working-class” individual. Her argument would not have been successful if the readers had no understanding of her background, and social status. The author is successful gaining the trust of her audience within the first few paragraphs because she lets it be known that she has insight on the issue of social class, and race because she has “real-life” experience.
3. Hooks sways her audience, with a combination of examples and real-life testimonies. She explains that: “(she) wanted things money could buy that (her) parents could not afford and would not get”. She also uses examples on sort of a “sob story” level of the injustices and prejudices she faced due to her social class and race. Anybody who has read or is going to read this text would definitely be swayed emotionally. The rags-to-riches story she explains is pretty much just short of the American dream
4. I agree with Hook’s main point. I would have used different examples and experiences to illicit more empathy then sympathy though. I’d rather a reader understand where I’m coming from then just read about as fictional place they never knew existed. Yes her main argument focused on the working class and race, but it seemed that it was more focused on the working class student. I would of used more examples and experiences of race inequalities to sort of balance out the main argument. It was a bit one-sided. Instead of telling people about what happened to me throughout the experience, I would have explain how much more difficult it was to achieve a goal due to inadequate monetary income and racial inequalities. It seems that Hooks had a bias towards the students who did not have this issue. That in turn could have ruined her argument.
ReplyDeleteI would tend to agree with your postings. Getting the readers emotions involved can be a powerful asset when trying to convey a point of view. I think you are on track with the content of the article and have a very good start on your article. You may find it difficult not to put your own emphasis and tone in an article like that much like everyone else would.
Delete1. The audience in the article "Beyond Good Cop/Bad Cop" by Douglas Starr, The audience that he primarily targets is the general public. I think, however; that the group of people with the most vested interest would be law enforcement officials, attorneys, judges, and even criminals based on the content. This article is an interview of a man that conducted research into the interrogation process used by most law enforcement agencies and how today, the tactics used may be outdated and actually could produce a false confession.
ReplyDelete2. The author establishes his trust with the reader by brining to light the inaccuracies and potential flaws in our justice system. He does this by remaining unbiased in his verbiage and relates his experience, attending the Reid interrogation course, and points out his observations of potential illegal tactics. Anything that brings our justice system into the spotlight gathers attention from the general public especially when it appears to be wrongdoing.
3. In an attempt to sway his research to gain support from the reader, he uses case examples of how innocent people have been recently released based on the premise of a forced confession by law enforcement officials which seems to gather immediate support of those who do not trust government whether it is local or federal. he attended a well renowned academy that teaches most of our law enforcement officials the tactics for interrogation and noted several things he observed as illegal, and unethical.
4.I agree with what the author states in his article as I have had first hand experience with these tactics and have been witness to what most would call unethical practices for obtaining a confession from an accused person. the tactics used today are outdated and obsolete given the level of technology available to officials in any capacity. Whether it be for civil criminal acts or for use in a time of war, the tactics may be effective to obtain a confession which most of the time leads to a conviction, the goal has changed form justice to one of simply being a case closed.
All right, I have to step in here. Apparently I wasn't clear. Go back to the worksheet I handed out in class yesterday. Free-write according to what we discussed, and the instructions on the paper. We will talk about it more in class tomorrow, and we will redo the blog to be due on Friday, rather than tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteWhen we look at science over the years we will find times where consensus has over powered and pushed hard scientific proof aside. As a child I was always trying to go outside in the winter and play in the snow. My mother however would never let me go outside to play in the snow if my hair was wet. She believed, because of actions of her mother when she was a child, that if you went out in the cold with wet hair that you would catch a cold. That was the consensus of an older time, even though science has proven that you do not get sick from wet hair, you get sick from germs and viruses. I have been outside in the cold with wet hair more times than I can count and have never gotten sick from it. On the other hand, more times than not if I went into a room full of sick people for an extended period of time, I have gotten sick.
ReplyDeleteThe way that you used an old wives' tale as an example of belief versus truth was a good idea. It stuck to Crichton's style of using a personal example to emphasize his point. I think your example makes it more relatable for people who, unlike Crichton's audience, are not scientists. I would venture to guess that many people have been told by their mothers not to go outside with wet hair because they would risk getting sick, which would make it easy for such people to relate to your example.
DeleteThe best way learn is through personal experiences. Things that happen to an individual that make them rethink the way a task should be accomplished. We see this in science a lot with new research coming out on new topics daily. For me as a crossfit trainer, I use my own experiences to coach other people. If I know something worked or helped me I will advise an individual to do the same thing. That doesn't mean my way is the best or the only way, it just means I have found a way that has helped me. Many scientific theories or philosophies have been discovered based on a person's experience, and since no two people are alike this will to different studies and findings.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. I have found that when I take a friend's opinion on something and then later find out for myself, often times our outlooks are completely different. It really does take your own personal experience to figure something out.
DeleteTreat others the way you want to be treated, is a saying that everyone has heard before. But not too many people apply this philosophy in life. When I 10 years I received a scholarship to go to a private Christian school. My first day was hell, everyone was dressed in their best clothing and compared to everyone my clothes looked like trash. And seemed like none of the teachers paid me any attention, it was almost as if I was invisible. After my first week I expressed to my grandparents how unhappy I was. Unlike the author hooks who continued her education despite if she fit in or not, I decided I wanted to go back to public school. I didn't fit in and everybody knew it and I declined to continue attempting and humiliating myself just for approval from the teachers or students.
ReplyDeleteWhy teachers didn't pay you attention? Was it because of your race and/or color or just because of your clothes?
DeleteDeciding what's best for your mental health - in your case, going back to public school - is always best when you're faced with a challenging situation. Making these difficult decisions will eventually lead you down the path you are supposed to travel. In the end, choosing what others want over what makes you truly happy is just self-destructive.
DeleteI was absent Wednesday anyone know the new directions on this blog? so confused :(
ReplyDeleteI believe that you are supposed to free-write a personal experience/discuss a struggle you've had that relates to the article you chose.
DeleteWhen I was in middle school, I was ostracized and alienated for being "different", and I was eventually bullied by my classmates and even the teacher. On the last day of one of my classes, the teacher gathered us around one giant table and had us pass around a paper where we were to make comments about each other, and then each person had to read, out loud, what others had said about them. When it came time to read mine, I read the words "die you fat ugly bitch" and my classmates started laughing. When the teacher said nothing after this, I went up to her. As I was doing so, the guy that wrote it had walked up behind me and kicked me in the back of the leg, making me trip. Even though the teacher had saw it, she told me it wasn't a "big deal" and that going through this would make me a stronger person - needless to say, the asshole that did that to me never got in trouble. Although the teacher's actions stung more than anything he could have ever said.
ReplyDeleteI went home that night and burned that piece of paper in the fireplace, affirming that I had to look out for myself because nobody else ever would.
I assume you are on Hooks essay also? I love your conclusion sentence. Being different is sometimes the best and also the worst thing. It's hard to overcome the struggles of being different. Similar to the situation I was in during high school, it teaches you a lot about yourself and also how cruel people can be. You don't really have anyone but yourself so stand up for what you believe in. People are cruel, sometimes for no apparent reason.
DeleteIn modern America, soda has become a staple of the average person's diet. It seems as though nearly everyone I know drinks soda on a regular basis. Recently, a friend of mine even referred to it as "the breakfast of champions." In fact, the average American is thought to consume around six hundred soda cans per year. Unfortunately, with the constant consumption of this sweet, bubbly beverage often comes repercussions, such as a nation-wide increase in obesity rates. While there are other causes to obesity, soda typically plays a major role. In an effort to appeal to soda drinkers who desire to lose weight, the makers of such beverages have put forth "diet" sodas. But what most consumers fail to realize is that these so-called diet sodas are in fact no better than the original drinks. Though they can boast of lower calorie content and less sugar, this alternative has an alarming amount of aspartame. Many, unaware of the truth, do not see this danger for what it is: a synthetic sweetener that has been linked to brain tumors in animal studies, among other things. Ironically, it also has been proven to increase one's appetite, which consequently leads to weight-gain in many of its consumers. With such risks, it is difficult to understand why so many turn to diet sodas as a means to lower their weight. Perhaps if they learned the truth they would find a less dangerous alternative.
ReplyDeleteI believe people resort to diet sodas for the same reason that smokers resort to electric cigarettes. Its all about the illusion of thinking you are making a healthier choice. I mean it may be a step towards quitting for good, but since most people cant go cold turkey resorting to diet my be their only alternative until they can gather up enough strength and self discipline to quit for good.
DeleteThat's a very good point. It could have a lot to do with psychology, and the illusion of getting closer towards a goal to actually reach that goal. I appreciate the input. Thank you.
DeleteDuring my years in high school, I was never classified as the "Class Slut". Although I was grateful, During one afternoon after school I went on Facebook and voiced my opinion. Little did I know that it would impact the rest of my high school career. I was never the girl who slept with the whole wrestling team or anything of that sort. Because I was not that type of girl or the one who ended up pregnant our senior year, I was ridiculed. I never had a twitter so thats where they decided to attack, I had death threats on my life from girls I went to school with. I went to the school with proof, nothing was done. The girls were asked to "apologize". Similar to Hooks essay, I was not bullied for my color or the way of life I lived. I was bullied just trying to make it, and be who I was suppose to be. Although, if I could take it all back I would. Sometimes things are better left unsaid. Girls are cruel, being the person no one wants to sit with at lunch or be friends with in general is the worst feeling. High school is a cruel time to find who you're suppose to be, with outside forces this can almost be unachievable. Hooks essay had similar situations, she was discriminated against for going to a white school. No one wanted to room with her in the dorms because she was different. Someone once told me "stay true to who you are and everything will fall into place." Here I am, I made it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your conclusion “stay true to who you are and everything will fall into place.” What I noticed that even though she didn’t fit in with anyone and people were not nice to her she never let anyone take her out of her character. Hooks was true to who she was and in the end she got everything she dreamed of.
DeleteWhen I was a teenager I came home a little late from school one day, I had no legitimate reason except I just let the time slip away while talking to some friends. My parents were very strict especially my mother who automatically flew into rage upon my late arrival and first response was to yell and try to discipline me immediately without knowing all the fact. On the other hand my father took a completely different approach, he acted calmly and actually began to ask me questions about my whereabouts and began to explain to me the damaging effects that I caused when showing up late without a call or any notice. So after everything died down I began to look back at the situation and noticed big difference in their methods of discipline . My mothers method was the typical reaction but was extremely ineffective and caused teens to isolate themselves verses say what's going on with them. Unfortunately that is a common method used by parents even today but on the contrast my fathers method did totally the opposite. His method was a bit more strategic and managed to get a good response out of me which made my respect increase thus lead me to telling the truth of why I was late. This to me reminds me of the Good Cop/ Bad Cop method of interrogations. While the Reid Interrogation skill were now out of date so was the initial response of most teenage parents.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good example that i think most people will be able to relate too. When i was reading this i was taken back to a time when i was in a very similar situation. Often times i think parents do take on the good cop/bad cop roles without realizing it. This intrigued me since i could to relate and wanted to see if the situation played out how mine did.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was nine years old, my family moved to an area where we didn't know any of the neighbors. Most of the area kids were evil. They would hit me every chance they got, and their parents would ignore it because I was new in that area and they didn't like new people in their area. People in that neighborhood grew up together for decades and they all knew each other.
ReplyDeleteMy family didn't have a car to take me to school and there were no school buses. I would have to walk to the school in the morning. Since most of those kids were dropped from the school, they would ambush me and hit me if they caught me on the way to the school. Sometimes I would go to the school half an hour early so that they would not find me. Other times I would change the road. If I had no other options, I would wait for an adult to pass and act as if I was with them to prevent being beaten by the neighborhood kids.
One out of ten kids wouldn't try to hit me, even though that one wouldn't be my friend.
That's a rough childhood. Do you feel like you're a stronger person now because of what happened then? I can't necessarily relate 100% to what happened to you. Even though I'm sure a lot of people have been picked on or harassed at some point in their life
Deletewhile in the army, but before my surgeries, I would constantly be harassed/ accused of malingering, due to the fact that the majority of people on profiles at APG were fakers.
ReplyDeleteI would constantly be given orders to do things that would violate profile, or penalized for not being able to do certain things while in my sling. the problems didn't stop until after the first massive surgery.
Did anyone stick up for you? I can totally relate to you seeing that my husband goes through the same stuff by being a low rank! Keep your chin up :)
ReplyDeleteI have had first hand experience with these interrogation tactics and have been witness to what most would call unethical practices for obtaining a confession from an accused person. the tactics used today are outdated and obsolete given the level of technology available to officials in any capacity. Whether it be for civil criminal acts or for use in a time of war, the tactics may be effective to obtain a confession which most of the time leads to a conviction, the goal has changed form justice to one of simply being a case closed.
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