Post 8

Things I Learned This Class

Most Important: 

I have to work on reading. My comprehension skills are extremely weak.

Least Important:

I need to let go of feeling inept. The learning and achieving is reward enough.

 Post 7

OK - not fair. I graduated high school in 1974. 😎

I do remember that I was not to ever use "I". Now I am going to break off from that thinking and use the information found in our assigned essay. The persuasive essay which I have attempted to write will make far better sense if "I" is used. Maddalena states in her essay "First person can help you express, very simply, who "says" what" (183). 

Maddalena, Kate. ""I need you to say 'I'": Why First Person Is Important in College Writing." Writing                   Spaces: Readings on Writing, edited by Charles Lowe et al., Parlor Press, 2010, pp. 180-189.

 Post 6 

Janet Boyd really did not have my attention until page 92. On that page she said she wanted her students to write up a murder scene "like a coroner". I get it. I need to lay out the scene, give the reader a view of what I am seeing.

 Post 5: Organizational Strategy for Doc2

I have finally figured out that I am writing a persuasive essay. I am producing an opinion - my claim - that people should consider my field of study (behavioral science) as the degree to attain.

Honestly, I do not want to claim that any one degree is the ultimate degree. I love how my education has evolved and the 'connective tissue' has been my degree in Behavioral Science. But if I am to have a successful paper I have to get onboard with the claim that everyone should consider a Behavioral Science degree.

My strategy? I did not have one really until Sunday, June 20th. My strategy is simple. Finish the project before the class ends.

If I continue with any English courses, I will look for guidance from Rebecca Jones. She has taken historical reference and put it in language I can digest. On page 173 of Finding the Good Argument OR Why Bother With Logic she lists rules to follow in simple language. I will try to do my best with all the rules but to complete my assignment, it is Rule #2, the Burden-of-Proof Rule that I am focused on now. The Burden-of-Proof Rule simply put means that I present the claim and provide the evidence for the claim. All those older texts have language that makes me sleepy before I finish the read.

So now, I start again. I am writing a persuasive essay. I am, at this moment in time, presenting an emotional claim and discovering all the facts (the science) to support my claim. I do like having the rules found at the end Finding the Good Argument (Jones, 173-178), to follow. 

And I have an outline created now. A very basic and easy to follow outline. 

 Posr 4: My doc 2 does not have the complete framework needed to reach out to an audience that I want to persuade to get a degree in behavioral science. I see that it is weak. Carroll points out "the logos, pathos, and ethos can provide a nice framework for analysis" but I did not really look into the population or the audience for which I was writing (Carroll, 52)

 Post 3: I like the exercise of viewing the different quote sources. Shows ways to make the paper relate to the audience/reader that the writer is reaching out to. In my paper, if I write it as I am supposed to do... I will try to do that. Bunn used a quote from 1940. This going back in time could show that what was is still true today and he quoted an English professor (authority). The object of a quote's relevance and popularity was also demonstrated in the reading assignment. Loved the point of quoting Obama in order to perhaps draw interest from Democrats and others that would like to see a quote from the former President. Personally I would use a quote from a former Democrat President - Jimmy Carter - if I were trying to develop interest in housing for homeless or in creating houses for low income, Pres. Carter and these types of organizations are quite popular, especially here in the state of Georgia. Would find a quote or try to personally get one if I were writing that type of paper.

My paper is centered on the topic of Safety First which may not be quite true anymore. I will be quoting Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs. I just have to get started on that paper!

 Post 2: My Rhetorical Situation

Hello,
My first choice for this class project was one about traveling after retirement, a wonderful fantasy that my husband and I have enjoyed for years now. I could not find enough "meat" to the subject.

I changed my blog that I am following. It is https://www.nsc.org/safety-first-blog. I have "lived and breathed" safety first my entire working life. Occupational Safety and Health Administration was 'born' in 1970. I began my work life in 1975. I have seen evolvement of safety practices.
From this topic I can find a fit within the Rhetorical Triangle of our video for my essay.

The video states that the goal of communication is to provide fitting response to a situation. This was illustrated with a triangle.
The 3 sides are the issue to discuss, the audience to engage with, and the writer. The sides contain or encase a fourth element - the purpose of the engagement or conversation.

Rhetorical is a 'dusty' word for means of persuasion. Every situation is different. It is the writer's responsibility to evaluate context of the situation: time, place, audience, and I think, now more than ever, social, cultural, and political conditions. In my case, I believe the most fun will be exploration of the medium/genre available and applicable to me.