Blog Entry 7

I do agree with the argument being shown in this proposal. I believe that as a student we should be allowed an option in how we intake our knowledge. I know from the last semester and the start of this semester it is really nice to be able to have my books accessible from my laptop. It’s really helpful because when I have three classes in one day then I can just grab my laptop and have all my books and all the work for my classes all in one place without having to carry a bunch of books that are heavy and end up causing me back damage in the long run.

I think it would help to add more about how having books online or on a tablet would allow students to take notes on their reading easier. In my Economics class I can highlight sentences and then it takes my highlighted words from that section of the reading and puts it all on one page that allows you to easily study for your upcoming homework, quizzes, or tests. It’s really convenient and a lot easier that high lighting in a book and having to go back and write out your notes on a piece of paper that you could likely lose. When you could just have all your notes on your laptop. Also another big thing that needs to be addressed is the fact that technology has a downfall. It cannot be reliable. We are constantly power outages, Wi-Fi connection problems, and you always have to charge your electronics where as print books can be read with not power, you call always read a book by candle light!

The resistant audience is probably the students who like their books to be print because it’s easier for them and the school officials who don’t want to spend the time and energy to change the way our book system is working currently.  I believe that the writer does a good job of taking into consideration what other people would prefer by saying that it would be helpful to give students the option of electronic books or print books. The writer to a lot of consideration into writing their proposal and did a good job explain how to make everyone happy while keeping our university as green as possible.

I think the write did an okay job with using ethos. The writer stated who was saying what but I was taught to state the person and explain why they are credible. Which I believe would of made this proposal even better.

I believe this is a good example for our class because it is clearly stating what we need to do and how we can change things at our university and the statistics and facts prove a lot and help to make this paper credible. The writer uses statistics such a the cost of books and supplies to prove the point of how we could lower costs for students as well as the writers own experience is class of how helpful it was for a book to be online and cost 50 dollars instead of over 100.        

Blog Entry 6

The government needs to limit the amount of machines and robots that can control a company or work at a company. By doing this we would allow for the technology to be a part of our world and for us to continue to advance in the technology field while still being able to support our economy and allow people to support their families. Also when we look at the amount of electricity and power that is needed to support machines we are looking at a lot of money to electricity cost and what can you do when the power goes out? You would be completely stuck with getting no work done where as if you had some people who are your employees they can still do there work while the power is out and actually get something done instead of being a dead pile of metal.  And what is a machine messes up? What is the programming goes all over the place and the machine starts doing all the wrong things?! Well that would lead to a back up in the work load and everything would be all messed up. It’s better to have humans working instead of just machines. We were put her for a reason and we can’t let technology take us over. 

Blog Entry 5

The United States has spent a lot of the last hundred years working to advance their technology. From the first radio in the late 1800s to the development of weapons during the numerous wars our country fought for to the iphone 5 we see around the country today. Today when you go to the grocery store you have the ability to check yourself out with a machine instead of having to pile everything up for someone else to check you out. The need for checkers has gone down and it has caused humans to be more dependent on themselves and technology. It’s the same thing when you go to the airport. Now you can check in online up from 24 hours to 1 hour before your flight and just print out your boarding pass or it send it to your smart phone. There are machines are the airport to check in your luggage in of you decide to do so. And when you go through security they use machines to check your bags and your body. Soon I’m sure the airport will be coming up with new ways to cut down on human to human interaction. By doing this the problem comes up with people being able to make money to support their families and as we look around we can see that when someone goes to a friend’s house they are more likely to text or call on their phone to say they are there then to ring the doorbell. Using machines to communicate and take over jobs is going to lead to less human interaction and less social activities. 

Blog Entry 2

Barack Obama’s speech was inspirational and eye opening. He uses manipulative tactics to drawn in listeners and readers and makes his opinion seem right and the correct way to look at problems we have encountered. Religion is part of his main topic of this speech and he refers to the bible many times and states that 90% of people believe in god while 70% actually affiliate themselves with an organized religion. Religion has always been around and you can relate to it either yourself or from someone that you know which is why Obama states the statistics. It’s more likely for some one to be able to relate with such his percentages. Later on in the speech Obama refers to lots of great leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. He was known for his strong pursuit of equal rights for everyone. Obama explains how faith is important in a lot of people’s lives. Without it how would people of believed in MLK Jr.? faith brings a large portion of people together and Obama successfully brought that into his speech. Obama did a great job of showing all the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, and logos. Whether you agree or disagree Obama had strong information to back up his believes. 

Blog Entry 1

Barack Obama opens his speech with a warm welcome and states clearly that he is here to talk about the connection between religion and politics. His opinion is clearly stated that we as a country need to change the way that we are running out and how our government is working so that our country can end up more stable and understand of everyone and so that our country runs more smoothly. Obama states that we need to change but it can’t just happen in a blink of an eye it involves our government having a change in their hearts and minds. He states that he spent some time working at a church and discovered all of the beliefs and has grown from it. From that he continues to go on about how churches are taking the initiative to better our country and world. Friend’s of Obama who are pastors are wielding influences to confront AIDS, Third World debt relief, and the genocide in Darfur. While we look at our government and don’t really see the same amount of support. Obama state that we need Christians, Jews, and Muslims on Capitol Hill to talk about the estate tax. He never discriminates again a certain religion. Obama believes that if we as a community take the time to come together and ignore what religion each person is from we can move mountains and accomplish what is best for our country. Through out the whole speech Obama is very genuine. Everything he says has substance and meaning behind it.