11/30/2017 1 Comment Research Paper ReflectionIn this blog post I will provide a reflection on my Research paper. I did this reflection after posting my first draft of the paper, watching the short video Reflective Writing and going over the notes from my class today.
• Who did you work with to compose your research paper? Was this a good approach? I did not work with anyone on my research paper. I did however have a little help from my mom because I was having trouble at first as to how I should approach my paper. I think that having a little help getting my ideas to flow from my mom was a good approach because as for my life choice memoir she would ask questions that i wouldn't normally ask myself. • What rhetorical mode and genre are you using? The type of rhetorical mode I am using is argumentation. The type of genre I am using is MLA research paper. • When did you write this project? Good approach? I started researching about two weeks before the first draft was due. I started writing and putting my paper together about a week before the due date. I think it was a good approach because i wasn't cramming the whole paper in one session. Spacing out the first draft also helped me process how i want my paper to flow. • Where did you write this project? Good approach? I wrote my paper at my house typically later in the night. I liked this approach because I normally like to write in my room because I am not bothered as much and I can think more clearly. But this time writing at night when most of my family was already in bed was just as good because again, I was not bothered. • Why did you choose to write about your chosen topic? Good choice? I chose to write about my topic ( America should have free college tuition) because I believe it would be a great thing for America to try. Also, now a days college is overly expensive and lots and lots of people are spending a tremendous amount of their life after college paying back college tuition. • How did it feel to write this argument ("during, after, and since")? Do you have any "if only" moments that can help you revise the draft? When I first started writing about my topic I was unsure as to where to start the paper because I didn't have much knowledge of the topic. After doing my research i started to understand more about the topic and started to get my position on where I stood on the argument. After writing my paper I have a clear position on how I feel about the topic. So far I didn't have any “if only” moments after writing my first draft. • How will you revise your argument? I will/am revising my argument first by sorting out each part of my paper according to what it is about. Then I am planning on going through each section and focusing on what that section specifically talks about and how I can add and make it better.
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11/14/2017 2 Comments Annotated BibliographyThis weeks blog post I will do an annotated bibliography for a possible topic for my research paper. Here I will provide four sources that will correspond to my possible topic.
-“Where To Invade Next”, Michael Moore, October 2015, http://fmovies.sc/watch/where-to-invade-next-2016-i.2-online.html -In the documentary “Where to Invade Next”, Michael Moore travels around the world looking to “invade”. He visited 9 countries looking for ways for America to benefit from ideas from other countries. The first country he “invades” is Italy, where no matter who you work for or where you work you are given 8 weeks paid vacation. The next place Michael visited was France. In France school lunches are prepared by actual chefs. Not only are they prepared by chefs but they meet with actual nutritionists to discuss if the lunches fit the nutritional requirement. Then, Michael was off to Finland where school is only twenty hours a week. In the documentary Micheal talks to a principal of a elementary school about the amount of time kids are at school compared to the time they are playing. The Principal states that she would rather them be playing and finding things in nature, then later ask questions and to be learning that way then, to be sitting in school all day. Slovenia was the next country for Micheal to go. In Slovenia they have free collage for everyone. While in Slovenia, Michael interviews a college girl who is originally from America but she can there for the free college because she was no longer able to afford college. In Germany workers have to only work 36 hours a week and still get paid enough to only have to work one job. If a worker feels as if they were stressed they were able to get a prescription from the doctors to go stay at a spa to cure their stress. Then, Michael went to Portugal where drug use was not qualified as a way to get arrested. In Portugal they don't consider drugs a crime therefore anybody using drugs there cannot and will not be arrested. Next up was Norway where when people did get arrested they were taken to “prison” but for Americans it would be seen as a getaway. The reason why Norway believed in their system was because the “prisoners” were unable to see their families and friends. In Tunisia they made it legal for women to get abortions they had free clinics and abortion clinics for women. The last stop was Iceland where they had the first ever female president. In Iceland they found that when women work or are in charge of more things, they tend to go more smoothly and chaos free. After Michael traveled all over to learn about what America needs to do to be better, he learns that lots of these ideas he wanted to steal, was already ideas that America had. -As you can probably tell from the documentary, Michael Moore thinks that there is a lot of things wrong with America. Through out his trip he informs everyone about ideas that other countries have that America doesn’t. Michael thinks that if America mimics these ideas, such as paid vacation, less working hours, and better schools, not only would America would be better but be happier as well. -This documentary is relevant because it covers the topic that i would like to do my research paper on which is allowing free college and education. In Slovenia, they have free schooling for everyone. Here in America most people come out of college already in debt because of how much it is to go to school. In the documentary Michael asked random college students if they know what tuition was, and they had no idea. There was actually people from America who went to Slovenia because they couldn't afford to go to college in America. -“Student Debt’s Grip on the Economy”, The Editorial Board, May 20, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/opinion/sunday/student-debts-economy-loans.html -This Article talks about the troubles of student loans. The article states that The cost of a four-year college is two and a half as much as in 1978-79. Also, they believe that it keeps the people who are getting out of college from getting on with their life from not becoming a house owner to delaying marriages because of all the loans being payed back. In 2003 nearly 40% of households headed by someone younger than 40 still was in student debt, nearly 20% owed more than $50,000. -Although the debt is skyrocketing, the wages for college-educated workers have rose 6.6 percent from 2014 to 2016. The wage gains need to be higher for the people coming out of college with loads and loads of debt because people ages of 21-24 are only making about $19 dollars and hour. -This article is relevant to my research paper because it shows how much of an issue debt and the price of decent education is to America. Also, how it effect the life of Americans long after their schooling is over not allowing them to move on with their lives. -“Why All Public Higher Education Should Be Free”, Bob Samuels, November 11, 2011, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-samuels/why-all-public-higher-edu_b_1099437.html -This article talked about the numerous benefits America would have by making higher education free. By making higher education free it would actually save money. In fact the government spends billions of dollars of profiting for schools and colleges and universities that have fairly low graduate rates. The article uses the university of California for example saying that if students get “priced out”, they either drop out or turn around and got to community college. However Community colleges that are defunded, therefore, making them cut their enrollments and raise their fees. Higher education is seen as the key to success but if all 18-24 year olds were in college the unemployment rate would go down. Therefore, government assistance would be needed less by people. -By making higher education free, it would allow students to not have to work as much to pay off all their loans. When this article was written (2011) only 30% of Americans who attended college end up graduating. If students didn’t have to work as much while attending school the rate of graduates would increase. Also, by allowing free education would allow students to have more money to spend, making the economy better. -This article is relevant because it shows the results and positive outcomes that free higher education would have on this economy. It also explains what and how everything would happen. -“Make College Free For All”, Bernie Sanders, October 22, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanders-america-needs-free-college-now/2015/10/22/a3d05512-7685-11e5-bc80-9091021aeb69_story.html?utm_term=.c604b5395780 -This Article provided the history of how college become so expensive. The article states that back in the 1950s and 60s it was possible for just high school graduates to come right out of high school and go into a decent paying job. Now a days its really hard to achieve that without getting a higher education. By raising the costs of schooling makes it harder and harder for Americans to get that education that they need in order for them to buy a house, raise a family, and even send their kids to college. -In 1978, it was possible to earn enough money worth a year of college tuition working just a summer job that pays minimum wage, this day in age it doesn't even come close. Today it would take a person with a decent job an entire year to pay the tuition in a public university. It is said that Americans are carrying more student debt than credit card or car load debt. - This article is relevant to my research paper because it gives that history of how college/tuition got to become so expensive. Also, it shows the drastic time difference of tuition back then and now and how Americans has to work twice as hard to just pay off their tuition vs. in the 1900s tuition was something someone could earn having a part time job. 11/6/2017 3 Comments Where to Invade Next? An Argument.In week 10, this blog post will include ideas of what I would like my research paper to be on. The research papers focal point is based off of the Documentary “Where to Invade Next”, which is summarized in blog post 9. Michael Moore stars in it where he “invades" other counties in mists of finding ideas that America can benefit from.
Topics: - American Empathy vs. Other countries - American Education vs. France, Slovenia, and Finland - Jobs in America vs. jobs in other countries Research Questions: Could Americans learn to be kind like other countries? Why do other countries focus on the whole child rather than just their academics? Should Americans get paid vacations and maternity leave? Arguments: Americans caring for others other than themselves could be better than any other solution to better our country. Schools focusing on the whole child( life experiences, health, and well being etc.) could prepare anyone in the future better than any standardized test. Jobs should be more involved in the safety and health of the people that are working for the companies. 11/6/2017 2 Comments Summary of Where to Invade NextThis weeks blog post is a summary about the documentary Where to Invade Next. The documentary is about a man Michael Moore who travels the world and “invades” certain places in search of certain things.
In the documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore travels to different countries with the quest to steal other countries ideas. His plan was for every country he visits he would discover ideas that each country would do that America doesn't and “steal” the idea to bring back to America. The first country he “invades” is Italy, where no matter who you work for or where you work you are given 8 weeks paid vacation. The people of Italy believe that the more vacation workers have the less stressed they become therefore a better product outcome. Not only do they get way more paid vacation than Americans but they also get 5 months paid maternity leave in order for the mother to be with their babies for the start of their lives. The next place Michael visited was France. In France school lunches are prepared by actual chefs. Not only are they prepared by chefs but they meet with actual nutritionists to discuss if the lunches fit the nutritional requirement. American lunches are a half hour or maybe forty five minutes at the most, but not french schools, they have hour long lunches to give the kids time to eat. Also, in America lunches are served on styrofoam trays were as for France they give the school lunches real china that needs to be washed and taken care of. Your would assume that with the classier lunches they would have to spend a lot more than American schools, but no they actually spend less then schools in America do which in a way is mind blowing. Then, Michael was off to Finland where school is only twenty hours a week. In the documentary Micheal talks to a principal of a elementary school about the amount of time kids are at school compared to the time they are playing. The Principal states that she would rather them be playing and finding things in nature, then later ask questions and to be learning that way then, to be sitting in school all day. Slovenia was the next country for Micheal to go. In Slovenia they have free collage for everyone. While in Slovenia, Michael interviews a college girl who is originally from America but she can there for the free college because she was no longer able to afford college. Even though she was not a Citizen Slovenia stuck to their word of Free college for everyone, and gave her free college. After Slovenia Michael went to Germany. In Germany workers have to only work 36 hours a week and still get paid enough to only have to work one job. If a worker feels as if they were stressed they were able to get a prescription from the doctors to go stay at a spa to cure their stress. Then, Michael went to Portugal where drug use was not qualified as a way to get arrested. In Portugal they don't consider drugs a crime therefore anybody using drugs there cannot and will not be arrested. Basically legalizing drugs Portugals drug use decreased after that. Next up was Norway where when people did get arrested they were taken to “prison” but for Americans it would be seen as a getaway. The reason why Norway believed in their system was because the “prisoners” were unable to see their families and friends. Then Michael went to Tunisia. In Tunisia they made it legal for women to get abortions they had free clinics and abortion clinics for women. The last stop was Iceland where they had the first ever female president. In Iceland they found that when women work or are in charge of more things, they tend to go more smoothly and chaos free. After Michael traveled all over to learn about what America needs to do to be better, he learns that lots of these ideas he wanted to steal, was already ideas that America had. |
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