Friday, May 1, 2009
Martin Luther King Rhetorical Precis
Martin Luther King in his essay "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (1963) from The King Center feels that he was placed in jail because he was trying to fight for injustice. King often used similes to show what his hope for fighting for is and who he feels he is compared to when he put his self in this particular situation, As he states he feels like Paul he must constantly respond to the Macedonians aid; stating that he wants to help his people and his his people are calling out for his help. His purpose of this letter was to explain why he was in Birmingham and what he was fighting for and why. With this letter and more he will always be known as one of the founders of the civil rights movement.
Content Analysis Post 1
For my content analysis I chose the topic of Evansville power outages. I picked this topic because at the time due to a snow storm all over Evansville and Kentucky there was a major power outage that caused the school to be closed for almost a week. This to me seemed fine because we was out of school but we had no lights, heat and internet connection, because USI's campus apartments are electric powered. Then the city of Evansville and state of Kentucky called for a level two national guard state of emergency so that we could clear the roads to let Vectren (our electric company) fix this problem before it gets too out of hand.
To do this paper our teacher had us go online and find out some things about Evansville and our topics that we want to write about through newspaper articles from our local paper. Then we had to fill out an worksheet that could hep us in typing this content analysis paper.
My dominant issue was that the severe weather changes was affecting the electricity in Evansville causing the school to shut down and leaving the USI residents without light and heat.
My evidence was that I had first hand experience with what was going on at that time because I was living on campus and it was in the Courier Press.
The dominant groups that would be included in this paper would be vectren Evansville #1 electric company that is ran on coal. My evidence came from the Courier Press
I feel that the dominant values of Evansville is to conserve energy and lessen the amount of coal they burn to produce our electricity. I need to look up more about vectren and Evansville. This is just a basic idea of what Evansville value by reading a few articles from the Courier Press about vectren and Evansville. I feel that this whole state of emergency call showed how much we take our electric service for granted.
I think that we needed to enforce the law more at that point in time, because many of Evansville residents were told to stay off the roads unless it was needed so that vectren can fix the electricity. Many people didn't follow these directions and that is why it took so long to repair the electricity.
To do this paper our teacher had us go online and find out some things about Evansville and our topics that we want to write about through newspaper articles from our local paper. Then we had to fill out an worksheet that could hep us in typing this content analysis paper.
My dominant issue was that the severe weather changes was affecting the electricity in Evansville causing the school to shut down and leaving the USI residents without light and heat.
My evidence was that I had first hand experience with what was going on at that time because I was living on campus and it was in the Courier Press.
The dominant groups that would be included in this paper would be vectren Evansville #1 electric company that is ran on coal. My evidence came from the Courier Press
I feel that the dominant values of Evansville is to conserve energy and lessen the amount of coal they burn to produce our electricity. I need to look up more about vectren and Evansville. This is just a basic idea of what Evansville value by reading a few articles from the Courier Press about vectren and Evansville. I feel that this whole state of emergency call showed how much we take our electric service for granted.
I think that we needed to enforce the law more at that point in time, because many of Evansville residents were told to stay off the roads unless it was needed so that vectren can fix the electricity. Many people didn't follow these directions and that is why it took so long to repair the electricity.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Proposal
Dear Mr. Micer,
I would like for the topic of my Public Sphere to be about the higher quality of fathers than mothers in a child’s life or growth and development. I know that every growing child needs both parents but in today’s society it is rarely an option. Majority of the United States children are raised in single parent homes. I for one am one of them. If I had a choice of which parent would have raised me better I would say my father. It is a proven fact that majority of single parent home are ran by mothers than fathers.
In 2005 single parent families statistic shows that eighty four percent of custodial parents are mothers while there is only sixteen percent of custodial parents that are fathers. Single parent families are caused by many factors in a mother/ father or spousal relationship, but to narrow it down statistic show that both single parent mothers and fathers were divorced, never married, re-married and widowed. The statistics for single parent fathers are significantly lower than single parent mothers. With this fact it shows that most fathers don’t take care of their responsibilities. This sends out a bad message for the male population that actually does take care of their children by themselves. The single parent family statistics have grown dramatically over the years.
With this project I want to promote and describe the roles that fathers play in a child’s growth and development. Including all the bad parts that may affect the child in its understanding years. I don’t really want to promote a dual parent family because I for one don’t know the quality of having two parents in my life. So I think that I would use what I know best and also have firsthand experience with. Some psychologists say that a father’s role in a child’s life is to introduce knowledge, promote formation of socially useful purposes and ideals, vocational guidance and more. They base this off of the way society perceives fathers as role models in a child’s life, but they also help in a child’s emotional development, mental development, and physical development.
I feel that a father plays a key role in enforcing valuable qualities in a child, which inevitably prepares the child for life on their own. I don’t think that society gives single parent fathers the credit that they deserve. So with this public sphere topic I want to promote what we as in society, children, mother, and whoever else don’t give credit to, and that would be our fathers. I think that this topic will hit hard because possibly half of USI students actually can relate to what I am trying to promote. I feel that we need our fathers more than we need our mothers. Not to be biased but I don’t think that mothers have the same qualities as a father figure, because there are so many thing that a child can learn from only their father.
Sincerely Yours,
Aisha Payne
I would like for the topic of my Public Sphere to be about the higher quality of fathers than mothers in a child’s life or growth and development. I know that every growing child needs both parents but in today’s society it is rarely an option. Majority of the United States children are raised in single parent homes. I for one am one of them. If I had a choice of which parent would have raised me better I would say my father. It is a proven fact that majority of single parent home are ran by mothers than fathers.
In 2005 single parent families statistic shows that eighty four percent of custodial parents are mothers while there is only sixteen percent of custodial parents that are fathers. Single parent families are caused by many factors in a mother/ father or spousal relationship, but to narrow it down statistic show that both single parent mothers and fathers were divorced, never married, re-married and widowed. The statistics for single parent fathers are significantly lower than single parent mothers. With this fact it shows that most fathers don’t take care of their responsibilities. This sends out a bad message for the male population that actually does take care of their children by themselves. The single parent family statistics have grown dramatically over the years.
With this project I want to promote and describe the roles that fathers play in a child’s growth and development. Including all the bad parts that may affect the child in its understanding years. I don’t really want to promote a dual parent family because I for one don’t know the quality of having two parents in my life. So I think that I would use what I know best and also have firsthand experience with. Some psychologists say that a father’s role in a child’s life is to introduce knowledge, promote formation of socially useful purposes and ideals, vocational guidance and more. They base this off of the way society perceives fathers as role models in a child’s life, but they also help in a child’s emotional development, mental development, and physical development.
I feel that a father plays a key role in enforcing valuable qualities in a child, which inevitably prepares the child for life on their own. I don’t think that society gives single parent fathers the credit that they deserve. So with this public sphere topic I want to promote what we as in society, children, mother, and whoever else don’t give credit to, and that would be our fathers. I think that this topic will hit hard because possibly half of USI students actually can relate to what I am trying to promote. I feel that we need our fathers more than we need our mothers. Not to be biased but I don’t think that mothers have the same qualities as a father figure, because there are so many thing that a child can learn from only their father.
Sincerely Yours,
Aisha Payne
Letter To the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I feel that we don’t give single parent fathers the credit that they deserve. Also I find that with some suggestions from my teacher that we rarely find homeless shelters for single parent homeless fathers. Some statistics show that most single parent fathers are well off than single parent mothers for the simple fact that they are men, but that’s not always the case and it does happen to the best of men. But never the less they are still active parents in a child’s life. I want to give credit and promote homeless shelters for single parent fathers that are actually homeless.
Sincerely Yours,
Aisha Payne
Dear Editor,
I feel that we don’t give single parent fathers the credit that they deserve. Also I find that with some suggestions from my teacher that we rarely find homeless shelters for single parent homeless fathers. Some statistics show that most single parent fathers are well off than single parent mothers for the simple fact that they are men, but that’s not always the case and it does happen to the best of men. But never the less they are still active parents in a child’s life. I want to give credit and promote homeless shelters for single parent fathers that are actually homeless.
Sincerely Yours,
Aisha Payne
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Autoethnography
I really have no idea of what to write about I feel like none of my stories have an underlying meaning or a meaning that’s so easy to point out. I’m not much of a political writer or a writer that can easily write about themselves. I don’t like to write about myself or past just because it’s the past. I mean I have some good memories but that's all they will be is memories. I think I’m more of a creative writer than anything. I took this class to try to expand my augmentative writing skills because that’s one of the skills I plan on using the most in the profession I am seeking. But I guess I could just write about something and try to get something meaningful out of it. I realized this after I had graduated from high school and still is trying to make the transition into college.
When I first got here I was very excited. I would be living on my own making new friends. Basically taking care of myself, I could do anything I wanted to do. Stay out late go to bed when I want to drink everything I couldn’t do when I was at home. Back home I basically went to school seven days a week and Sunday school wasn’t one of my priorities. I competed in a lot of competitions just to get here so I really don’t mind the fact that I went to school that much. Sometimes I kind of regret it though. Me going to school seven days a week meant no job, not learning how to drive, and no friends unless they was at school with me on Saturday and Sunday. The only fun I had was the science fair. It took me a lot of places that I probably would have never been just to go.
Today the actions I made in the past are benefiting me greatly. I’m one of the first of my mother’s children to make it out of high school and into college and one of the first of my father’s children to stay in college. Only thing I regret is not having an outside life. Like now since I have no work experience it’s hard for me to find a job even trying to get one on campus is a hassle. Also since I never learned how to drive that makes it even harder to find a job. Right now is a critical time. I’m in college money is scarce and my father can’t provide for me the way he should. I don’t blame him though. I know that if anything should happen my father would take care of it. So I should step up to the plate and start taking care of myself but I can’t because I stayed in school too long to understand things outside of school.
Sometimes I feel that I should have quit going to school for a while so that I could learn how to do things on my own instead of calling my father to do. I used to hate him for that. He never let me go outside and he chose all of my friends. Guess that’s the benefit of beings sheltered. Now I understand that being sheltered could get a person in a lot of trouble. And that person was me. I rebelled like any other teenager. I got tired of doing everything I was supposed to do and not get rewarded for it so I rewarded myself. I went where I wanted to go, did what I wanted to do, got money and clothes how I wanted. So that eventually landed me into more trouble. I defiantly couldn’t do anything then.My understanding of my situation changed when my father lost our house and his job. Then I knew that I shouldn’t be bringing so much hardship to my father because we were in really deep. So this motivated me to work harder and stay in school and stay a respectful child that I should have been.I feel like that particular situation helped me grow up a lot. Instead of depending on my father I told him to depend on me. I would do anything to keep a roof over our head. I turned into an adult at the age of sixteen so I think I got what I ws asking for all along. At first I didn’t like it but I'm okay with it now. I like responsibility it lets me know I can do anything. I like to be assure of myself. I think that my assurance is what I learned from this story. I want to make sure I am capable and when I’m not I make myself capable.
When I first got here I was very excited. I would be living on my own making new friends. Basically taking care of myself, I could do anything I wanted to do. Stay out late go to bed when I want to drink everything I couldn’t do when I was at home. Back home I basically went to school seven days a week and Sunday school wasn’t one of my priorities. I competed in a lot of competitions just to get here so I really don’t mind the fact that I went to school that much. Sometimes I kind of regret it though. Me going to school seven days a week meant no job, not learning how to drive, and no friends unless they was at school with me on Saturday and Sunday. The only fun I had was the science fair. It took me a lot of places that I probably would have never been just to go.
Today the actions I made in the past are benefiting me greatly. I’m one of the first of my mother’s children to make it out of high school and into college and one of the first of my father’s children to stay in college. Only thing I regret is not having an outside life. Like now since I have no work experience it’s hard for me to find a job even trying to get one on campus is a hassle. Also since I never learned how to drive that makes it even harder to find a job. Right now is a critical time. I’m in college money is scarce and my father can’t provide for me the way he should. I don’t blame him though. I know that if anything should happen my father would take care of it. So I should step up to the plate and start taking care of myself but I can’t because I stayed in school too long to understand things outside of school.
Sometimes I feel that I should have quit going to school for a while so that I could learn how to do things on my own instead of calling my father to do. I used to hate him for that. He never let me go outside and he chose all of my friends. Guess that’s the benefit of beings sheltered. Now I understand that being sheltered could get a person in a lot of trouble. And that person was me. I rebelled like any other teenager. I got tired of doing everything I was supposed to do and not get rewarded for it so I rewarded myself. I went where I wanted to go, did what I wanted to do, got money and clothes how I wanted. So that eventually landed me into more trouble. I defiantly couldn’t do anything then.My understanding of my situation changed when my father lost our house and his job. Then I knew that I shouldn’t be bringing so much hardship to my father because we were in really deep. So this motivated me to work harder and stay in school and stay a respectful child that I should have been.I feel like that particular situation helped me grow up a lot. Instead of depending on my father I told him to depend on me. I would do anything to keep a roof over our head. I turned into an adult at the age of sixteen so I think I got what I ws asking for all along. At first I didn’t like it but I'm okay with it now. I like responsibility it lets me know I can do anything. I like to be assure of myself. I think that my assurance is what I learned from this story. I want to make sure I am capable and when I’m not I make myself capable.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Political Compass Analysis
Well today I worked on a political compass quiz to see where I stand politically. The compass is made up of four parts like a graph with four quadrants. In they call the first and second quadrants the left and right Authoritarian, the third and fourth quadrants are called the left and right Libertarian. The Authoritarian is considered to be fascism, and the left side is considered to be communism. Whereas the right side is considered to be non liberalism. Also the Libertarian is considered to be anarchism. So, on that economic scale I am more of a left Libertarian than the others. So I’m all about communism and anarchism. I really don’t think I am. I never saw myself as a communist or anarchist and niether do I see myself as a liberalist. I answerd the questions to my undestanding mentally. I don’t feel that this test was inaccurate or accurate because it was just a survey that is is based on the makers opinion. So I rally didn’t mind . I think it was something to do to see where I stand politically in other peoples eyes. I’m really not that much into politics anyways. So the overall project would be hard for me to understand.
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