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This is used for my RWS 1302 class. To interact with students, and learn something new.

[bforbethani-blog]

This message goes out to future RWS 1302 students, and my advice to you will help you immensely when you take the course. The RWS 1302 course meets one day a week, so it is easy to fall behind. Participation is very important in this class so it is crucial to show up every friday.

 My tips to you is to stay on top of your work, and although you may hate writing, this course allows you to realize that writing is apart of our everyday lives which makes the course such more interesting. On your writing assignments, seek assistance from your professor, peers, and the University Writing Center. Start on your assignments ahead of time that way you aren’t rushing because writing assignments take longer because you still have to edit them. Most importantly, try your best and never give up! Writing is fun if you make it fun!

[bforbethani-blog]

In Class Assignment :)

Within my opinion piece, I will include points leaning towards my argument for my topic, discrimination within the fashion industry. The main focus of my argument in the op-ed is to resolve the issue that consumers should indeed have the luxury to walk into a store, and have no trouble finding clothing that is their size what so ever. Designers tend to favor certain size men and women when it comes to designing and selling clothing. Another main point to focus on within the argument is the lack of making different styles of trendy clothing for all shapes and sizes. Designers tend to design nice fashionable clothing for just thin people, and not for a variety of different size people. The issue within stores only selling certain sizes is outrageous, and can be solved with the right argument which is to stop discrimination in the industry to make all consumers happy. The last point to my argument is designers can make a change to all sizes of people around the world, if they stop being cruel and favor certain sizes of men and women. All people have the right to go into a store and be able to love a shirt without worrying if they carry their size or not. 

There’s proof within the industry that some designers in the industry indeed discriminate against certain size women and men. For example, the CEO of abercrombie and fitch says he does not want bigger people wearing his clothing. It’s awful that plus size or smaller women and men are bashed on. Clothing is made for everyone, therefore people shouldn’t have to be belittled based on their size. Nobody is the same size! Although some may wear the same size for example a medium, no two bodies are ever the same and the industry needs to open their eyes that every one should be able to put clothes on their backs that fit them and they feel good in. 

[rlgonzalez-blog1]

Week 14

1. The genre I am selecting for my op-ed will be a little more traditional. I plan to use a newspaper article.

2. I believe this is the best format because my audience are business related and I see them as more newspaper reading people. With the newspaper article, its a short, simple, and gets to the point. You can even scan through it and you’ll still get what the article is trying to say.

3. My issue is bipolar disorder in the workplace. It is not a great concern for employers because they have no clue what’s happening with their employees. So my stance is to provide an awareness to the employers to show that some of their employees could be suffering from BD and need help at work. My policy change would be to give BD employees a time to have a counseling session during work and opportunities to work at home in case they weren’t able to at work. This is just some of the mini solutions employers can do to help their employees.

[bforbethani-blog]

It’s great to know that people who suffer with BD will be able to receive the help and support they need to continue to work and be able to remain stable. Counseling session during work is a great way to help people whom suffer with BD because people who don’t have the disorder don’t know the struggle and toll it takes on a person who does suffer with BD. 

[bforbethani-blog]

Week 14 :) 

The genre I plan on using is articles. Articles are useful, because they give a good amount of information needed to gain knowledge off a certain topic. Articles allow people to learn information about a topic that they did not know, or thought they knew about. Fashion articles give good information on the topic that I’m discussing. You can never go wrong with articles because they demonstrate information as well as pictures. 

My op-ed piece will focus on the discrimination within the fashion industry mainly focusing on women and men of all shapes and sizes.I chose this topic because it relates to my major which is fashion design.  The fashion industry designs for basically thinner people, which isn’t right at all. The industry needs to expand clothing sizes, because not all people are built the same. It’s awful to know that some people can’t go into a store because that certain store doesn’t carry their size. Everyone of all shapes and sizes should be able to go into whichever store they like and be able to find clothing they like and that fits them. The solution and change to this issue is to make the fashion industry realize that all women and men of every shape and size is handsome and beautiful. Fashion designers should design for a variety of people, not just favor thinner people. This is discrimination, and there is many solutions to this issue. 

[agiive-blog]

Film Doc

For the making of the video, our team is going to use ethos, logos, pathos, these rhetorical choices, will be observed as followed, Ethos will be portrayed on the interviews that are going to be conducted, as well as the sources that are going to be used. Logos, will be incorporated with the use of graphs and statistics, that will help transmit the information visually, also facts and important information. Finally, pathos which focuses on the transition of the message. We will be using pathos to create conscience in teens about the injuries that can be caused if weightlifting is not done properly.

Without these rhetorical choices our video would fail its purpose, which is to inform teens about weightlifting at an early age.

The resource that helped us in the making of the video, and that can absolute help other groups are the outline of the movie, as well as websites related to our topic.

[ivanatrillo-blog]

yout group’s topic sounds very interesting because I myself know nothing about wheightlifting so i assume there are others like me out there. I like how your group is focusing on using all three of the rhetorical approaches, and how you plan on using them look that they may work for your video. Good luck!

[bforbethani-blog]

It seems very interesting! :) the audience will learn stuff they didn’t already know!

[bforbethani-blog]

WEEK 12:

My group consist of myself, Chris, and Briana. 

In our film doc, we’re using ethos, pathos, and logos as our rhetorical choices. Our topic is on Mental Health Awareness in College students. This topic is very important because it demonstrates how stressful college is, and the toll it puts on young kids minds. Pathos is used to show emotion within our film doc, and to show other students how awful stress can get if not handled Logos and Pathos are used to reveal facts, and show the audience what they don’t already know. 

[ih8melina-blog]

Week 7: Source Research

When looking for resources its always important to decide if your resources are going to be reliable. Before picking a source its good to check if there are any educational credentials, if the source was published in a scholarly journal, or if they even did research in a University/Institute.

The process of finding resources is to determine which type of genre research you want your information to come from. For example, if you wanted a video resource a good database would be Ted Talks, or if you wanted an online article a good website would be The Washington Post. If your even looking for a resourceful book the University Library will help as well as the University Library online database.

Once having found your resources its always good to review them to make sure they are not bias, argumentative, opinionated, and unreliable. Make sure to see if there is a reference list at the bottom of the article to show proof of being valid. Depending on the type of topic you have it will decide what type of databases you will use, because the resources you pick may not have any beneficial information to help you causing it be more difficult to conduct your research.

[aalleex21]

I found your tips really helpful. It reminded me to go back and re-review my articles again to make sure that the information that i have is beneficial and adequate for my paper.

[bforbethani-blog]

First off I have to say I absolutely love your disney gifs, and also your post is very good! :)

[bforbethani-blog]

WEEK 7 :)

Finding resources is only easy once you narrow down your topic, and are sure of the types of sources you’re trying to find like an article, newspaper, or video. It may get confusing at times, but once you figure out which sources you’re looking for, it’s apiece of cake. Sources help you state and back up what your topic is trying to say.

Different types of genres are good to find on google scholar and the UTEP data base because they’re dependable when it comes to finding credible sources to make a successful literature review assignment. Sources on google scholar are easy, yet confusing if you don’t narrow down your topic and specify what exactly one is looking for. Providing different sources makes them all put together strong and steady throughout the literature review.

[revolverak]

[aalleex21]

Genre Analysis

I chose Iconographic as one of my genres.

Purpose: The Purpose of this visual is to demonstrate that not all students learn the same way as their peers. Each individual student have their own way of learning and understanding the subject.

 Audience: The primary audience is toward  some of  the community and the government who have a special way of thinking that all students have to be treat the same way.  

Rhetorical Aspects: 

        Ethos:  In this visual  it demonstrates a type of policy where they try to equally treat the students the same as if they are a form of robots. This picture I found it in memecenter.com. 

        Pathos: This image makes you think in what type of society we live in that instead of helping one another we try to destroy each other.It is sad and  to see this among our society.

       Logic: Throughout our life we have all encounter a type of struggle while being in school. Being in the border one of the biggest encounters that the student confront is the language barrier. This means that these ESL students are smart but have a different way to demonstrate it. 

At the end these ESL students think their not smart enough because of the language barrier and often seem to be lost. 

[rlgonzalez-blog1]

This is a great picture that expresses our school system. They say we’re all supposed to treat everyone equally but it’s hard when everyone has different learning abilities. What a great picture to analyze! 

[bforbethani-blog]

This is my favorite movie ever! and thats my response everyday lol! :)

[bforbethani-blog]

The genre I chose is the iconographic genre. 

Purpose: The purpose of this photo is to demonstrate how dancers get injuries just like regular athletes do. People think that dancing isn’t a sport, but the injuires are just as crucial as athletes. 

Audience- The audience for this visual and information is the general public and athletes and dancers themselves. 

Ethos- Ethos plays a part in this visual because it persuades the audience to see that although people may think dancing is easy, but it isn’t and dancers do get hurt very often. Dancers suffer from ankle, knee, and especially back injuries. Dancers are great athletes, but suffer from major incidents. 

Pathos- In the visual the emotion makes the audience feel that it’s not just athletes getting hurt, but also dancers. Dancers use just the same ammount of muscle as athletes do.

Logos- Audiences don’t consider dance a sport therefore the injuries that dancers get become unnoticed because athletes get the spot light Athlete injuries are just as serious as athlete injuries maybe even worse. People do not realize it because dancers are known to be graceful, but the worst injuries coe from dance.

[descarcega3-blog]

Hello, my name is Daniel Escarcega and I am currently a freshmen studying in the field of Civil Engineering. One of my biggest passions is music, but hip-hop stole my heart at a young age. In my spare time, I like to compose music or play basketball. In my opinion, knowledge is power, which means I am very excited to expand my knowledge and improve my writing this semester.

[bforbethani-blog]

I love this picture! So many amazing people in one picture! :) Eazy- E is my favorite! 

[kushandwizdom]

six word story: don’t be sorry for being yourself.

Unknown (via kushandwizdom)

[quotemadness]

It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

Michael Caine (via quotemadness)

[bforbethani-blog]

Hello everyone! My name is Bethani Janai Medrano. I'm a freshman at UTEP, and I'm also on the UTEP Golddiggers dance team. My major is fashion, and my minor is business. I hope to pursue my dream in becoming a fashion designer. Before accomplishing my goal, I would love to be a dancer/ performer at Disney World. Dance is my passion. I have made this tumblr account, for my RWS 1302 class. Tumblr seems great so far, and I'm looking forward to learning a lot this semester and meeting new individuals. 😁

[hipster-and-thoughts]

[bforbethani-blog]

Cooooool.

[quotemadness]

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Rumi   (via quotemadness)