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Sunday, November 9, 2008
Rising Virtual Community
After reading Howard Rheingold's "Introduction" to the idea of the expanding virtual communities I was actually astonished at the age of computer conferencing systems. Since 1985 people from all over the world have been communicating with each other via the internet. They have garnered intense social intimacy once never thought of without being face to face with a person. People consumed with WELLs (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Links) have got together for support groups and judicallily to get legal rights that were once not intitled to them. This world is ever growing and getting more advanced everyday.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
"Medium of Netspeak" what about it!
After reading David Crystal's article"Medium of Netspeak" it is clear that he has a noticeably negative view about the new generations consumption with the electronic medium. He feels as though the "language" used over the Internet is very limiting to the expanding world which is getting increasingly more computer savvy. The language barriers and expressions given on modern keyboards are very subjugating when the many dialects and languages are considered. David Crystal calls this new way of language speech writing. Crystal later showed a parallel difference between speech and writing and shows how the "speech writing" concept in its self is oxymoronic.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Arrange or not to Arrange that is the question!
1) Intro
a) Thesis
b) Main Point
2) Background
3) Issue
4) Side 1
a) Proof
b) Appeal
c) Analysis
5) Side 2
a) Proof
b) Appeal
c) Analysis
6) Conclusion
a) Thesis statement restated
b) Closing thought
I chose this particular arrangement because I felt it fit well with the negative and positive aspects of my topic on the use of child learning software
a) Thesis
b) Main Point
2) Background
3) Issue
4) Side 1
a) Proof
b) Appeal
c) Analysis
5) Side 2
a) Proof
b) Appeal
c) Analysis
6) Conclusion
a) Thesis statement restated
b) Closing thought
I chose this particular arrangement because I felt it fit well with the negative and positive aspects of my topic on the use of child learning software
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
An Orange Vest...An Orange Waste
After reading "An Orange Vest" I honestly felt like I wasted a few minutes of my time. The author felt completely humiliated about having to wear an orange vest. More then likely they themselves have treated people who have to do community service in orange vests unfairly. If that instant is true then they got exactly what they deserved. To them it may have been a revelation to treat people with respect but to most they really should know better.
End of the Line? --True inner thoughts
After reading the essay "End of the Line?" about someone on a MARTA bus, I thought either this person is a true intellectual or they are so bored that they have to imagine a story that may or may not be false about random people on a bus. Clearly to me this essay tries to divulge into a concept of a higher and more important meaning of life. As with a different collection of people sharing the same mode of transportation to take them to completely different routes. Which bring up the saying "It's not how you get there; it's where you're going"
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
It's My TURN --Summary
In the student essay "The Corporate Essay: Stripped of Identity" the author in my opinion effectively examines the rigorous effects of standards in writing that has indeed crippled school writing creativity. "How may I severe you" is an convert phrase that the author believes has been injected into our mind frames to please others. The idea of our and all societies converting to please an authority figure is one theory about our lack of individualistic beliefs.
The short essay "Rexall" is a southern story about returning to roots; it implies that the simplicity and genuine feeling of a small town diner is an eye opening and unforgettable experience. The author writes about their experience from entering the diner and seeing the decor to sitting down to ordering, eating their meal, and paying for their meal. The author wrote a southern life paper in order to persuade readers to appreciate the causal southern experience. The audience is one that has lived in either cities or suburbs who are used to the quick fast and easy dining experience without getting anything from it besides a larger waist-line.
The short essay "Rexall" is a southern story about returning to roots; it implies that the simplicity and genuine feeling of a small town diner is an eye opening and unforgettable experience. The author writes about their experience from entering the diner and seeing the decor to sitting down to ordering, eating their meal, and paying for their meal. The author wrote a southern life paper in order to persuade readers to appreciate the causal southern experience. The audience is one that has lived in either cities or suburbs who are used to the quick fast and easy dining experience without getting anything from it besides a larger waist-line.
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