Blog 6.

EBSCOhost:Will Work for Free., Kerry. America, 7/5/2010, Vol. 203 Issue 1, p23-26, 4p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Illustration, 1 Chart. <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=107&sid=3e5205ae-ed9c-43a4-94ae-4bbd7b7b2c8f%40sessionmgr112&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=51741157>

    This article goes talks about the volunteer rate increasing year by year. It shows that there are definitely people in the world that want to help others.  After reading this article, one should be aware of being less selfish and more selfless.

    I will use this source in my paper to help demonstrate how volunteering is the "right" thing to do.  My hope is to help people understanding volunteering and what it can consist of.  If people are aware that there are organizations, for example, the Red Cross, then people will attempt to become more involved in volunteer efforts.

 
EBSCOhost: FOR WHOM CAN MONEY BUY SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING? THE ROLE OF FACE CONSCIOUSNESS. of Social & Clinical Psychology; Mar2010, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p322-346, 25p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 1 Graph. <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=12&hid=107&sid=7e46b1f7-bfef-4ed6-b0c4b4229ed1bdb6%40sessionmgr112&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=49165638>

    In this article, they are trying to find out of the money has anything to do with a person's well being.  To figure out this question, they do a study with college students.  By looking at their results, they came to believe that having a high face consciousness tend to have financial stability.


     I fully tend to use this article to let the readers know about money and what effect it has on people.  I want to figure out why it makes the world go around, and why you cannot live without it.  By comparing it to the ad that I picked out, I want to compare it to what money is to this day.  Money can be looked at in different ways and I intend to show that in my essay.

Week 5 Bloggg

When it comes down to researching for a paper, I tend to always go straight for the computer.  The internet has just about anything that you want, even books are converted to the computer.  My process starts with  me typing a keyword from the topic, and then searching until I find a reliable source to gather my information. It could depend on what the assignment was, for example, if I was supposed to research any given president then I would most likely open up an encyclopedia.  Still, I think that the internet is the most beneficial because its the fastest.  It is pretty much instant gratification.  Having to deal with going somewhere to pick up the book you specifically need for an assignment is just way to much work for me.

I would definitely say that  http://www.wto.org/ is the real website.  This is what I  decided, because things seemed to be up to date on this one, unlike the other.  It took a longer time to load this page, which usually shows that there is more information there.  The one key factor that led me to believe that the other site is false is when I click on a couple links on it, i was taken to compose an email.  That seemed odd enough to make me believe that it's false.

Week 4 Blog!!

In my opinion, I think that the word rhetoric means to communicate with anyone or anything in a way that makes sense.  It involves three different subgroups in appealing to the audience: logos, pathos, and ethos.  The way that we write and talk constitutes as rhetoric.  The actual process you go through of getting a speech put together or writing a paper identify the use of rhetorical information .  If I were to conduct an rhetorical analysis then I would start of by checking the creditability of the paper.  Then, moving on to the actual narrative, I would ask to look over the message and see if it conveys what the main point is and if it conveys it or not.  The audience is a prime factor in checking the paper, rhetorically.  I should ask what feelings the writer wanted to express.  It is about the language too and how he went about writing it.

Week 3 Blog

To me, the purpose of college is to broaden your education beyond what high school curriculum can do.  There is no doubt that it is to prepare one for their career choice, that is why you go into a specific major.  After a student takes the necessary general classes then he goes to specialize in his career choice.   I think that is how everything is in the world now, most people become skilled in one specific thing.  Though, socializing is also a key factor in college.  People meet new and different people who they never would have thought to be friends with prior to college.  It's also part of growing up.  If i wasn't to have came to college then I probably wouldn't even know how to wash my own clothes yet.  Little things like that are what you learn by being independent.  If I had to pick the ideal classroom setting then it'd have no more than 50 students and a professor who isn't the same old boring type that you'd think.  His or her teaching techniques I'd want to be different and not just the same thing every week.  As for how classmates interact, well I would just want them to be open and know that we're somewhat all in the same boat.  I would only want assignments on random days, not something every single day.  Spacing out big assignments and such would be very helpful to myself and I'd say others as well.  When us, students, are given the choice what to write on and what to do, then we usually are more open minded when it comes down to actually doing the assignment.

Week 2 Blog

It is always very important to ask the stated questions when reading just about anything.  If I was to read a book, newspaper, magazine, web blog, digest, or anything else there is to possibly read, then I would want to know what I'm reading is actually what I think it is. I'd want to be fully aware of the reading.  When I'm actually reading, I tend to lean away from using a highlighter only because I don't usually have one on hand.  Therefore I most often just underline or draw an arrow to key words or sentences that i want to go back and check out.  If it is a text book, I sometimes write down the page number on a separate piece of paper to make sure I remember it.  In the past I haven't really done the whole write in the margin thing, though, I'm going to be starting that habit this year.  When reading a specific subject, I would prefer it to be something that I find interesting, but for the most part, I can retain it even if it is not my cup of tea.  There definitely are some cases when I cannot focus at all on a given reading, such as not having anything to do with my life or that I find somewhat interesting.  Re-reading is a great tool that i utilize quite often.  If there is any type of distraction going on around me then I sometimes lose my focus and am forced to read the reading again, and again until I feel I understand completely.