obama is a hero

WOAH I'm totally going to write about the "Should the Obama generation drop out?" article.
I just read the "most 18-year-olds are not from families with plenty of money, not top students, and not drawn toward academics" part. and I instantly realized "woah, man, that's me."
It's pretty much about the fact that many job requirements include the words "Bachelor's Degree" and that is something that is unattainable to many. as I said earlier, I relate to this. I'm still undeclared in terms of my major. I have like a bunch of ideas that MAY work out but I really don't know at all. I don't know anything for sure. The alternative solution that they provide is a multiple choice assessment, which could work, because it could simply be a "pass/fail" type of examination. you pass, you get a chance at the job. you fail, better luck next time when you're more fit for whatever job. Many businesses do this now with their applications (I know from experience) but they also look at your current situation such as whether or not you're in school or you've graduated, as well as previous experience. Getting a first job is tough enough due to the fact that many places look to hire people who already have experience, so it's a never-ending loop of joblessness. Another thing is how many businesses look at which school you've attended, so they make the assumption that, for example, someone who graduated from MIT is more suited for a job as opposed to someone who graduated with the same degree from like Southern Illinois University. Obama has the right idea here. "It’s what you can do that should count when you apply for a job, not where you learned to do it."

reflection time oooooooo

it's that time. mirror time.
well.
personally. I don't think my writing has changed much.
I do enjoy the class though! it's pretty B.A.
and it's fun. it's not at all like my other classes where I just sit and listen to the instructor.
it has made me think more about the rhetorics of my writing though. like how I can change my writing style depending on who will be reading it.
except not really very much though, because I tend to lean more towards a satirical and witty and often obnoxious style of writing, regardless of who will be reading it. unless I'm writing to, like, Obama or something, because then I'd try to sound smart with a tiny bit of cleverness, just to keep his attention.
aaaand my writing process is pretty much the same. maybe I SHOULD change something about that though, because I tend to not get things turned in on time.

rhetorical situation. whut.

I was a bit confused at first. but I think I understand this now. I think.
so, yeah. there are many similarities between the ad analysis essay and the literacy narrative essay. for one, they were both written to the same audience: my english professor. so with that much, the tone would automatically be pretty much the same. a big difference is that the ad analysis is just the author trying to explain the meaning of an ad, using critical and speculative perspectives on the ad itself. a literacy narrative is pretty much just going over an experience that affected the author's writing ability and style and all that. the ad doesn't really have an effect on the author's writing, it just shows it off.
the end!

Budweiser: The King of Beers

the purpose of the ad is clearly that Budweiser is the greatest beer of all time. how do I know? well the ad doesn't lie, right? right?! "There's nothing like it... absolutely nothing"

my guess is that the audience was people who were of a legal drinking age, which was 21 at the time this advertisement was release (1949, pretty vintage, huh?) and maybe people who liked fishing/picnics.

this ad seems more innocent than the beer ads we see today, especially the ones on tv, which usually exploit women and all.

it just seems like if you wanna have a good time fishing with your woman, and enjoying a picnic, you should pick up some budweiser. that'll make it a GREAT time.

revision

well. I typed my first paper in a really rushed sort of mood. I was at work with my mom and there was an open computer and I had about 20 minutes to write some stuff down. because, yeah, like I said in the last post, my computer was busted. I'd been running Linux from a flash drive before then. it wasn't very good.
so yeah, my revised essay was, in my opinion, better. I think I organized it better. things made more sense the first time I read them. I think it may have actually been a bit longer too. that was pretty cool.
I fixed some grammar mistakes. added a couple more. oops. peer revision helped a bit because I knew what parts I could keep, since they were underlined for being in great detail.
hmm. I think the strongest point was like in my examples that I explained and stuff. and the weakest points were probably the conclusion and introduction, because I always have trouble with that.
I tend to end my writings too abruptly.

FIRST OFF

i'm kinda late to this ugh I mean I don't really have an excuse aside from the fact that my computer's hard drive was fried thanks to a power surge but blahblah yeah I could've done this at school i'm dumb.

anyway.

3rd blog post.

what makes a good paper.

well to start, maybe, it should be turned in on time. yep. that's something maybe I should work on.

next is the length of the paper or essay or book or whatever it is. it should be lengthy enough to get the message across, but short enough to keep a squirrel's attention. not literally, but yeah, it should keep the reader's attention. and stating all facts will just bore the reader, so mix it up a bit with examples and whatnot, maybe throw in some numbers and data or anything to keep interest. keep the reader on their toes. make them want to continue reading. conflicts are good.

a third attribute could be like using proper grammar. I say the word 'like' a lot, so if I were writing a paper instead of a blog post, I'd bring that down. and I'd also use big words because bigger words make it seem like the person knows what they're talking about.

and uh...yeah. that's..that's about it.