Finally DONE

I have finished my rational argument paper and I must say it was interesting to write. I mainly struggled with finding a topic. I wanted to pick an interesting topic that I could actually make an argument about. Trump is defiantly somebody I can argue about all day.😼  I enjoyed writing this paper, mainly because, my articles were interesting. All of the skills I have learned during throughout this course really made this paper a breeze. Just a little grammatical errors here and there, but other than that I feel confident about the paper. However, I feel my paper was more informative than an argument, the information gets the argument across, if that makes sense. There is still a clear argument however, and I think i have valid sources, to back it up.

My Multimodal Project

https://spark.adobe.com/video/TJRncCfZjqM3S

Time Flies

I can not believe that this semester is almost over. I am about to be a sophomore in college, and it feels like I just started my freshman year two weeks ago. This first year of college I have learned that just doing your work is not good enough. All throughout high school I did the minimum and got by with A's. College is a whole different stories especially being in the nursing program. I am excited for this semester to be over, and I think I learned a lot and overall grew as a student academically because I learned that i always need to put my best foot forward, and stop procrastinating. I am ready for finals and finally summer. This first year really has flew by.
   I am very excited for what next semester brings.

Updating Knowledge

So I did some research regarding my last post, and researched a little about the Syrian war. The article I read was on bbc.com called Why is There a War in Syria? According to this website the civil war started 6 years as a peaceful protest against Syria's president Bashar-al Assad. They were protesting against the high unemployment rate, lack if political freedom and just along together corruption. Basically Assad used excessive force against protectors and its been all hell from there.

      I know in my last blog post, I said something needed to done, but I don't know how I feel about the United States ultimately getting involved. I justice Trumps decision in the air strike as maybe trying to help people like those innocent children, but also I don't want to go to war. In my opinion what he did was an act in war, and of course something is going to be done back. Maybe he could of done something more peaceful?  I don't know, but I just wish we lived in perfect world where everyone just got along. In my dreams right?

What Has The World come to?

The war going on with Syria right now is honestly so brutal it saddens me every time I see something news about it. I going to be honest, and I know I sound ignorant, but I do not even know who is at War with Syria, or how it started. I know it has been going on for a while, and thousands of innocent civilians have been getting killed because of it. I understand War is violent, but I think it needs to come to a stop when so many innocent people are dying. It almost reminds me of the Vietnam war. All our men were dying, and killing so many innocent people. Even if the Syrian war doesn't involve the USA it needs to stop. I am usually not the type of person to keep up with wars, but this war has been all over the news.

Yesterday their was a chemical attack in Syria. It has harmed many people, and from what i read thus far killed 11 children. When is it to far? What is the point of killing all these incident people, especially with a odorless, tasteless chemical. Chemical warfare really scares me, and I just pray for these people and their families, and hopefully it will come to an end soon.

GET OUT!

As many know the movie Get Out! is a big topic right now. I have seen the movie and personally think it was a great movie. At first I did not even want to see the movie, just because it didn't appeal to me, but after all the rave I had to see it, and i'm glad I did. I am also familiar with the director, Jordan Peele, because of his popular tv Key and Peele, where he is hilarious. I was very shocked he came out with a movie, but less shocked that the movie did have some hilarious parts.

All in all the movie was on a real issue, that I wasn't even aware of. I love when movies incorporate real life things to send out a message. The first one was racism of course. The movie is filled with stereotypes of white and blacks that were all actually true in my opinion. The big message of the movie however was organ stealing. Seeing the movie, made me do so research. Like I know this sh* isn't real, but it would not hurt to research right? Eh, horrified about the information I came across I was left in shock. I even found an article, almost completely related to the movie. "The illegal Harvesting of Black Mans organs are going unnoticed" by affinity magazine,  names, numerous black individuals found dead with their organ missing. Also the thing half these cases, are they are being covered up. hmm

Fake News

Now, that social media is a big craze, fake news is becoming more relevant. For example, we see things on instagram, that are top in headlines, but many times we don't know if its photoshopped. Fake news is misleading obviously , and I do not really understand the point of it.
   Fake news is also very prevalent in the last presidential election we have has thus far. There was fake news about Hillary Clinton, fake news about Donald trump, everything about this years past election has been a joke, but i am not going to touch on that. Donald trump himself, spewed out a number of unreliable claims, that just made him look worse in my opinion. Fake news comes from people who only want to make themselves look better, and fool you to think their credible, but their really not.

Revision of Previous Microtheme

                                                  Time for Studying?
Considering I have many responsibilities in my life, like caring for a four month year old kid and working, I find it hard to incorporate time to study. I know many people have graduated from college but how did they find time to study?
          If we could do anything but study, I know most of us would.  Like myself I know many people are in school while having to work with children. Since the children come first, I think it is reasonable to allow my child to have its fun, and when it goes to sleep i can study then instead of sleeping myself. Sometimes we understand that the sacrifices we make are all for the kids, so we have to study whenever we can. Also instead of letting the world distract us it is important that we put our priorities first. Instead of being entertained by the television, we need to grab our books and entertain ourselves with learning.
       All we need to do is portraits our time and we will have time to study. Studying is the only way to get through college successfully so it is important to manage out tie wisely.

Orignial Microtheme

Awesome Microthemes

I found doing the micro theme was challenging at first. It is hard to write about a problem and not be bias, make claims, or be insulting. Class on Monday really clarified for me how to write it, without doing any of the previous things

                The main thing I learned to do in the first paragraph is get to the point and ask a question. At first I struggles with too much background information, and aimless rambling, but I think i cleaned it up good. I stated my opinion on a problem, and got to the point and asked my question. the rest just flowed from there.

 I found it hard to get to the point of my problem without making allegations. Its hard not to be assertive and point the finger when your trying to get a point across. All in all however I feel pretty confident about my micro theme.

Great Reviews

I read the review of After tiller by Washington post and i could not have review it better. I think it was an awesome review and really got the point of the documentary. They hit it right one when they said the documentary was one to not judge which it was not. This documentary just showed the real story or real people and whats going on in their life and why the are seeking a third trimester abortion. While some are very unsettling in my opinion the filmmakers doesn't let us know their opinion which is good. I also agree with the review when they said it will make you change your perspective because I totally agree. I know it changed mine for sure.

After Tiller

I  watched the Film After tiller by Greg O' Toole. I was pro-choice before I started watching this film, but I am very open to all opinions about the subject of abortion, which is a hard, conversational topic all in itself. As I said I am pro-choice, but was not open  to third trimester abortions. After hearing the ladies story of how her child could not have a quality of live i really sympathized with her. It was really sad hearing them cry about having to abort their babies because of their medical conditions. For example one baby would not get part of its brain, and another one would basically be a vegetable, The women even explained how they already picked out the decor for their babies room. This really made me sad. Either they bring the baby into the world and struggle emotionally, and finanically and not even being able to spend time with their kids for more than 3 years, r let the child be free now. It also really pissed e off that the protesters were outside during the same time, and trying to make the women feel guilty. This really shows how close minded people really are, and how judgmental people are. They have no idea whats going on in that women's life and have the nerve to tell her what to do about their baby.
One scene that surprised me was that their was a woman all the way from France, trying to get an abortion and at 32 weeks at that. I was also surprised at how many people protest Dr.Carhart, more than the other Doctors.
A question I still have is why the film didn't really specify why the teenagers, 16 and 19 didn't try to have an abortion earlier, if they knew they did not want the child. Some concepts that i seen to be problematic is the Laws on abortion, and if the fetus could actually feel pain after 20 weeks, Many people believe, it does but Doctors say theres not real proof. The protestors were problematic, considering it ultimately led to the death of one of the doctors. Overall the safety of the Doctors is very problematic considering abortion, especially after the third trimester r is a very touchy subject, and many people feel strongly about it. One doctor was already killed, how many more?

Writing Design

When I think about writing as a design, I think about writing in a certain format and writing to grab the attention of the reader. I think about if my writing is designed to be directed toward a certain person or if its generalized. Writing as a design sounds like writing in a certain way to emphasize the main point you am trying to say the post is about. Am I using humor, facts, my own opinion? Additionally I see writing as a way to effect the reader a certain way. I might write with my emotions to appeal to the audience pathos, or write more informality to appeal to the audience logos. Writing is also a form a expression. Just by reading someones writing you can tell what kind of person they are just by their form.