I think that the worst topic to write about is depression. I think that depression can bring your audience down. It makes them not want to read it because its long and boring and it only talks about bad things. For example, death is something you shouldnt write your essay about because it may bring people memories about their family members or friends that have passed and get them emotional. Why would you want to have someone reading your essay and crying at the same time. That will make them not want to read it ever again. Personally I would love for my audience to read my writings all the time. Not only will depression bring people down it might make them fall into depression or become depressed, which to me is awful and crazy! Divorce could be another downer for the audience. Divorce not only affects the two that are going through it but the entire audience. Divorce is a boring topic to talk about because its something no one wants to go through. Altogether depression is a road you should never take when writing an essay. Your supposed to make people excited and happy about reading your stuff.
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The problem that I have with my community would be the unfriendly people. I believe that some of the people in my community are very unfriendly and do not care about people’s needs or about how people feel. I am a nice person an I think that it is not right for someone to be rude or impolite to others. There is no reason to not speak to a person when walking by them. I have been taught to always speak and greet people when entering a room. I think that most of my community is feeling some type of way. This problem could affect people that are new to the area and are not sure if they want to stay here or find some place else to stay. I think that there are a number of ways that we can fix this problem. Maybe by having more community involved programs and events. We could have a group or team that is into getting to know people and making the community a more happier place. College is supposed to be fun and exciting and most of the students here are trying to make the best of it, but when you have others walking around being rude it downs them and makes the mood of the community worse.
Blog: Problems
The problems that I face on campus are not that big. But the problems can be easily fixed. The first one would be the distance between the dorm room and the classrooms. The walk is entirely too far to walk. Especially for those with problems. I think that it would be easier if we could ride bikes, skateboards, or something, but instead they make us walk to class no matter the condition we are in. There should be a trolley service or something that can take students to class so that they will not have to walk so far. The next problem would be how expensive the café is. One meal is about 10 dollars and that is entirely too much to pay for one meal. I think the prices in the nest are extremely expensive as well because a small thing of mayo is four dollars and it is only 99 cent at the store. Some students already have a problem with spending money on crazy things now we have the café that just takes our money and a really unnecessary amount of it as well. I do think that they should be able to lower these prices. Even the printing fees and stuff. No one is going to use 35 dollars on printing papers.
Reading Response
Quote 1: “It may not be surprising that there’s a lingering preference for baby boys over baby girls worldwide.”
I think that people want boys over girls because it seems like there are more girls in this world than boys. Girls are a much bigger handful than boys. Especially when it comes to their older years and when they grow up. In my family we have a lot more girls than boys.
Quote 2: “Teachers and professors regularly ask students to write papers. Semester after semester, year after year, “papers” are styled as the highest form of writing.”
I think that this is so true because it is very important to know how to write a good paper. Even if the student thinks that there paper meets the requirements of the essay, there still seems to be errors in the writing that the student is not seeing and is having trouble understanding.
What determines the sex of a baby and how rare a woman can have a boy?
When can you determine the sex of a baby?
Essay Interview
0. I believe that this topic was important to write about because some people think that it is a unnessecary class and they do not need it. I think that this information that I gave the reader will help them realize that this class is needed and it is very important to their career here in college.
1. This essay is an evalutation essay because I have to talk about what goes on in the class. I have to tell the reader about the advantages to be in this class. I did not use T.R.A.C.E in my rough draft, which is one thing that I have to go back and fix in my essay.
2. I went back over all the material I had for this class and put some of it in my essay. While I used the information that my professor gave me but I also related some of the information to my life experiences here at AUM. I also asked other people how they felt about the class.
3. I think that I did alot better on this essay than any of my other essays. This is because I evaluated how I was supposed to and really used what some of my peers said in the peer review.
4. I think that people should read my essay to get a view and idea on the class. Some students come into college and think that the class is useless but in reality it is much needed. I think that a moment when they first get here they think that they can just drop it and forget about it but you really need it.
reading
Quote 1: “No matter what your purpose is for writing you, will need to generate information and knowledge about your topic through invention activities.
I chose this quote because you should always have knowledge about what you are about to write about because not knowing anything about your topic will make your writing be confusing to the reader. Not only will you not know what you are talking about but the reader wont know either.
quote 2: One strategy you can use to make the material you are studying more understandable is to paraphrase.
It is sometimes hard to understand things that I study in college. Paraphrasing has helped me when taking notes and understanding the material more, especially in those classes that have a lot of notes and more of the professor just talking the entire period.
Why is it important to understand your topic before writing about it?
When is it important to paraphrase and what material might be appropriate to paraphrase?
Letter to Audience
The purpose of my essay is to persuade my audience that University Success is a great class to take for your freshman year. The audience for this essay would be students that are coming from different places and are unfamiliar with the campus. I want the audience to know that this class is not pointless, because some student may think that when they first start going to class. My process in writing this essay was to try to make it relate to some students that are freshman. I tried not to be boring with th essay. Some parts of my essay are kind of funny but I still stayed focused on my essay and the point. I do not think I used trace in my essay. I told how I felt about the topic and tried to relate it to the reader. I was trying to persuade them in a certain direction.
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The type of movie that I like to watch would be romantic movies with drama in them. I like these movies because they interest me. They keep me wanting to know more, like are they getting back together, did he die. The suspense in a romantic movie kills me. Sometimes I like scary movies because they are interesting as well and they keep you wondering too. I do not like Action movies because they are doing too much. Too much goes on in one scene. In an action movie you can not come in in the middle of the movie and think that you are going to know what is going on, you have to start from the beginning at look at it the whole time or it is going to be pointless. I would never go to the movies and see an action movie. If I wanted to see a movie it would be because it has a meaning to it. Most of all romantic movies have a point in it or a reason behind why it was made. I also like romantic movies because I am sensitive and love to love. Romantic movies is something I can relate to.
reading response
“Much of the writing you will do for your college classes will be informative, as will much of the reading you will do”.
I chose this quote because it is true. All of the reading responses that we do are informing us on how to write and how to be a great writer. Also, every essay we do is in some way trying to persuade or inform the audience of a particular subject or belief.
Information needs to be presented clearly and accurately so it is understandable to readers who do not have background knowledge about your subject.
I chose this quote because I believe that it is important to give specific details and make the reader understand what you are trying to say because if not they will not have any clue what you are saying and want be interested in your writing anymore.
What if we do not inform the reader the correct way, or in he wrong way?
What can we do to fix common mistakes on approaching a certain subject?
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I would evaluate a person by looking at their appearance and seeing how they carry themselves. I ask them about what they like and what they do for entertainment. I would see what makes them angry and what makes them happy. I am wanting to show them that I am friendly and nice to get to them and get there trust which is another way to figure someone out or evaluate them. The elements that I look for in a person and are confidence, friendliness, and honesty. These elements are important to me because that way I can know how they are and understand the. Knowing these elements will help me evaluate the person and know the things that they do. Evaluating a person is important because sometimes you have to figure things out about a person and get to know them. Evaluating a person is also important because you should know certain things about them so you want come at them the wrong way or say something to make them upset or get to them. I would usually evaluate a person if it is a professional setting and I am doing business, that way I know that the person means business.
Essay Outline
Title: University Success is the Best
Thesis: University Success is the best class to take because you gain new skills and become more responsible.
Introduction:
-Keep the reader interested in the essay
Opening Sentence: Running out of time and money is like running out of gas on a road with no gas station.
Body:
-Discuss how managing time and money is important and why the professor teaches it.
-when is it important to manage your time?
-talk about how being more responsible can help you while in college.
-express to the reader how important it is to know the history of the campus and location of different things.
-talk about how it is good to interact with others and to go to different events that happen on campus.
-tell how this class will assist you in getting scholarships and giving tips on how to pass a test.
Lastly make sure during the essay to keep the reader interested and do not bore them.
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