Worse is better

arguments I make in my essay. The reviewer didn’t find anything inherently wrong with my arguments, she just advised I could maybe expand on some of the evidence I used to support my claims. I took her advice and tried to elaborate on my ideas in hopes of better supporting my essay. Essay 2 Margaret Atwood uses Oryx and Crake to illustrate the horrifying future of what society can turn into if we continue to ignore the planet’s need for global sustainability, ignore clear signs of environmental…

When it comes to public speaking, I am the furthest thing from an expert. Although, after many years and classes of communications I would say that I have a pretty good idea of the do’s and don’ts when it comes to presentations. Hypocrisy should be my middle name because even though I know what to look for in a presentation I still am a terrible speaker. In my opinion, the speaker Phil Han would receive a six out of ten. This score is based off of a number of things including content, public…

Finding the Joy There is a deeper understanding when it comes to writing; writing brings so much joy to others, whether some realize it at the time or not. Yet, I spent the first part of my life oblivious to this concept. As a young writer, I wrote because I had to; it was mandatory for the English curriculum. Writing came easily to me, never having to give it much thought. The ideas running through my head could be easily placed onto paper; however, I was never fully involved or engaged in…

Thank you for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson can Teach us about the Art of Persuasion is full of an endless supply of useful techniques to properly use rhetoric. There are five sections of the book each entails different ways Jay Heinrich explores the values and uses of rhetoric and persuasive art. He teaches the reader how to master the three different types of arguments, and he informs us of how properly turn common mistakes made into a great advantage. This will be…

English 111 has helped better myself and other students for upcoming college classes because it takes clear and in-depth looks at the formats and sciences behind English and paper writing. The course has personally helped me gain a better understanding of the mechanics of writing and allowed me to grasp a better writing skill than when I had initially started. The class itself holds many benefits and has greatly changed the ways that I look at English now, enabling me to better succeed in the…

Final Paper For me, the essence of what it means to be a DigVocMan cannot be tied down to just one thing, because it is something that continually grew and was expanded upon throughout the entire year. Through all of the discussions and readings our class has had, the meaning of being a DigVocMan has come to encapsulate many different things. In order to highlight the main points of being a DigVocMan, I chose what I believe are three of the most important passages that we have read. The first…

This piece of evidence corresponds to my results from questionnaires that were filled in by customers that have purchased from Deli Twist. The customer ratings based on taste was an average “3.7 out of 5”. This rating suggests that buyers are not entirely satisfied; and in one particular long response, a customer specified that: “The specific pastry I want is not always available every time I visit, but I still decide to purchase at Deli Twist due to the unique taste so I buy similar…

section in a high school band during their band camp, I noticed that my frustrations often transferred to the students and ended up affecting their attitudes. The students were then less motivated to learn and had trouble focusing. To help them feel better about what they had accomplished and to possibly improve their attitudes, I decided to end rehearsal on a positive note by reflecting with them on all the progress they made that day. I immediately saw their attitudes turn around once I…

Effect of Poverty on Children’s Health Poverty has always had a momentous effect on society. It causes grief to all ages, but specifically the young. In the May/ June publication of American Psychologist, Hirokzu Yoshikawa from Harvard University, J. Lawrence Aber from New York University, and William R. Beardslee from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital published an article on the effects of poverty on the mental health of children and youth. Each author contributed with…

what I was going to do. I overestimated my ability and, as a result, lost. The loss made me realize my ineptitude. However, knowing ones own ineptitude is not necessarily a bad thing . After all, not being the best just means that we can get even better. There are a lot of ways to improve ourselves, but they all start with knowing that there is room for…