Tuesday, February 16, 2010
11/16/2010
The Winter Olympics have never really captured my attention, and pale in comparison to the summer Olympics that feature better sports and in general more interesting events. It seems overhyped and can be repetitive, focuses too little on the sports themselves, and can be downright boring during some of the slower events. Not that I don't like winter sports as I watch the Winter X-Games annually.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Homework Assignment
What is the common topic that both Asher and Quindlen discuss in their essays?Homelessness
Ascher's focus deals largely with How people deal and react to homelessness. What IS her generalization? Everyone has compassion and empathy.
How many examples does she use to support her generalization? Why does each example work as evidence or support for her generalization? Both examples provide someone showing compassion or pity to someone in need.
Quindlen begins her essay with an example. What is it? Why does it work as part of her introduction? What is her generalization? How does she support her generalization in her essay? Is it effective? WHY?Which of these essays do you find more appealing? Ascher’s. Is it because of the examples or evidence? The wording? The focus that is carried throughout the paper from beginning to end? WHAT? Do not simply say, "Yeah, it was the wording. I liked what she said." Bully for you -- what were the words that make the essay effective? Liked the examples? Great! What examples? In my opinion Aschers’s essay is better written, is a more interesting read, and provides better examples to back up the focus of the essay. Quindlen seemed to ramble onto irrelevant tangents and uses an odd ordering in her essay.
Ascher's focus deals largely with How people deal and react to homelessness. What IS her generalization? Everyone has compassion and empathy.
How many examples does she use to support her generalization? Why does each example work as evidence or support for her generalization? Both examples provide someone showing compassion or pity to someone in need.
Quindlen begins her essay with an example. What is it? Why does it work as part of her introduction? What is her generalization? How does she support her generalization in her essay? Is it effective? WHY?Which of these essays do you find more appealing? Ascher’s. Is it because of the examples or evidence? The wording? The focus that is carried throughout the paper from beginning to end? WHAT? Do not simply say, "Yeah, it was the wording. I liked what she said." Bully for you -- what were the words that make the essay effective? Liked the examples? Great! What examples? In my opinion Aschers’s essay is better written, is a more interesting read, and provides better examples to back up the focus of the essay. Quindlen seemed to ramble onto irrelevant tangents and uses an odd ordering in her essay.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
2/04/2010
I get most of my daily news from the "News Jog" and "News Sprint" sections on the radio station I listen to while driving. Of course it's not reliable, the slogan even says its the most slanted and biased newscast on radio, but I listen to it for the comedy. Not only is it biased but it focuses on the odd and funny news more than important stories, so its purely entertainment.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
2/02/2010
I've never believed in superstition or luck in any way. Urban myths and stories of seven years bad luck never appealed to me, and I just don't believe that "luck" has any effect over our lives and that things just happen, for a reason or not. So, i'll continue to walk under ladders and have no fear of breaking glass, and breath easy ignoring these odd and nonsense "rules".
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