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[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal 13

Some of the ways I can think of that I may use or translate. my writing process outside of the classroom is when I am writing emails or important papers for a job, or even for other classes throughout my college career. I am planning on becoming an elementary school teacher, so I know it will come in handy for me when I am in my own classroom setting and having to communicate with other co-workers and parents. 

[nickgonzo119]

Journal 12

This semester, the most difficult assignment for me was the infographic. I am not very tech savvy and I lack creativity when it comes to things like that. The amount of frustration from that project was real; from things not resizing the way I wanted to things not turning the right color. The infographic was easily the most difficult project for me out of all my classes this semester.

I think i grew as a writer and gained some confidence in my writing ability. I still need to work on punctuation, but I think I have improved. I am excited to continue learning and growing as writer next semester in english 201, which I already secured a spot in Ms. Swinson’s class.

[taylorhendrixxx]

I didn't even think about how annoying the infographic was to do, but yes I agree with you, while I am a very creative person and love art, computers are hard for me as well so I completely understand where you are coming from.

[ashtonkendall]

Journal 11

For my counter-argument I am using a quote from one of my credible sources. In this quote it is talking about how this past semester colleges were giving refunds for people moving back home due to the COVID-19 outbreaks.

- My first point is that since colleges and universites were able to give refunds for people moving back home last semester then they should also be able to give refunds this year as well

- My second point is that they are only focused on giving refunds for people not being able to live in the dorms when they should also be thinking about how much students are paying in tuition and realize that since students aren't able to use all of the amenities we are expecting to use but aren't then we shouldn't have to pay for them.

In my counter-argument I am using pathos by appealing to the audiences emotions as well as logos by reasoning my argument. Throughout the rest of my infographic I am mainly using ethos by showing some statistics that I found to strengthen my argument.

[taylorhendrixxx]

I really like that you included the rhetorical devices you used in your counter argument, as it is really important to appeal to the audience the most, especially in an infographic with such little information. I love your counterarguments, as they make a lot of sense, and I am also doing COVID-19 in schools, and did not really think about your first point! 

[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal #12

I believe the most challenging thing for me in this class, would have to be the rhetorical analysis essay, and essays or writing prompts in general. I struggle with making my essays professional and precise. I am a very creative person and love doing fun stuff, so assignments like this that are sort of boring or don't require any creativity, kind of get me into a rut. I usually just spit out whatever is in my brain and revise after, but I have gotten a lot better with this, as I have a lot of writing assignments in my other classes, and have started making a notes page before starting, and putting my notes in order as I would like them in the final draft. I think my writing abilities have grown, and I struggle a lot less now that I have a sort of system that works for me.

[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal #11

For my counter-argument on the infographic, I stated I believe universities and colleges must readily prepare themselves for situations as such, and any situations in the future. In proving this argument, that they were ill-prepared, I believe showing the drop out rates due to the pandemic would be a great point, along with the mental impact that the route these universities went down, has on college students. I know I can personally say I struggle with school in general, so the chaos around the pandemic and our education has just made it worse.

[irelandmv]

Journal 10

The reason it is so important to evaluate a source is to make sure the source is credible enough to gather facts from. The most integral part of evaluating a source is making sure that the article is publsihed by a reliable source. Websites like New York Times and the Wall Street Journal tend to be very trustworthy. From what I read in this chapter, I feel like I will be much more inclined to review things like who published it, the date it was published and the audience of the article when reading an article and before using it as a source. 

[taylorhendrixxx]

I agree! I also think that the reliability of the source is one of the biggest parts and where you should likely start. The date is also huge because using something written 20 years ago, is not going to be the most up to date information on your topic. 

[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal #10

Evaluating sources before researching, or taking in new knowledge, is very important because the internet is filled with incredible sources, that are edited, opinion-based, bias, etc,. Wikipedia is a great example, It is very easy to edit and distort the truth. Throughout my education, we were told to use websites ending in .edu, or, gov, and use scholarly websites such as google scholar (authority). Things such as looking at when the article was written (currency), the reliability and trustworthiness ( accuracy) the importance of the information you are reading ( relevance ) are key septs in determining if a source is credible or not,

[ashtonkendall]

Journal 9

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/hub/keystone-academic-solutions/p/impact-coronavirus-higher-education

This article goes along with Dr. Ramsey argument with how COVID-19 has disrupted the higher education school systems. 

Author: Not Found

Audience: The audience for this article is the general public in the US

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to show the statistics of how many people not only in the US but around the world have been impacted by COVID-19 and how it has effected the attendance for colleges and universities.

Setting: Where it doesn’t specifically tell us where the article was written within the US it does mention in the article about schools located in the north and in the west (New York and Seattle). 

Format: The article is formatted with one photo at the beginning and then has headers before each paragraph which allows the reader to get an insight on what they will be reading about. 

[taylorhendrixxx]

I really like the format of your slide and the hashtags you chose!! Also, the way you fromatted your answer was extremely clear and precise and i like that you made sure to give an answer to each question. Great job!! :)

[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal #9

https://www.epi.org/publication/the-consequences-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-for-education-performance-and-equity-in-the-united-states-what-can-we-learn-from-pre-pandemic-research-to-inform-relief-recovery-and-rebuilding/ 

This article speaks more upon the issue of how our students are learning rather than directly just the downfalls of higher education. Despite this, I think it goes along great with my original article and it kind of speaks on everything to do with COVID-19 and its effects on education. The author of this article is an expert in the area of Economics of education. I believe the audience is geared towards everyone who is or knows someone struggling with their education due to the pandemic. 

[irelandmv]

Journal 8

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[taylorhendrixxx]

I agree! I really like the route you took with this journal. I feel like repetition is used a lot in protests and social issues, as sometimes it feels like the only way to get through to people is to just plaster the saying, belief, or issue wherever they can so they can get the attention needed to make a true difference. 

[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal #8

When googling images that would best fit this journal assignment, I thought about the article we read for our essays about how different universities and colleges are handling the pandemic and its consequences on the school and students. I knew I wanted to go into the school direction and how they choose to advertise their universities. I feel students are often drawn into a school because of its location or its defining characteristics, rather than the education program of that school. I can say I definitely considered UNCW because it is close to a beach, so I wanted to see if there were any ads for UNCW that portrayed this. This picture is obviously aimed towards students who are looking to become a member of the seahawk community or incoming/current students. The purpose is to basically show all the great and amazing things you can do at UNCW if you decide to attend. I would say that pathos is used in this picture simply because of the way they chose to word the sentence. Basically saying you have to read this if you want to have the BEST time there. CRAP is definitely used in this picture, for instance how they chose to layout the pictures. Notice the picture of the beach is the largest one. They also used the seahawk colors throughout the entire picture. They chose to include no educational aspect to this picture, because it is not viewed as fun, drawing more reader's attention away. Repetition is not directly used in this photo, but the entire UNCW brand I would say, bases itself off of the fact that it is at the beach, so when people are looking into applying, the beach is mostly the reason why they are interested. This assignment helped me because I never really thought of UNCW or any college for that matter, using their location and special amenities to draw students in. App state is also a good example, because it is viewed as the school in the mountains, and UNCW is the school at the beach.

[baylacutrie]

Journal 7

While reading “How to Write the Perfect Sentence”, there was one thing that really stuck out to me. It was when the Author said, “A line of words should unfold in space and time, not reveal itself all at once, for the simple reason that it cannot be read all at once.” This stuck out to me because I feel as if I tend to shove as much information in the smallest amount of space as possible. I am not quite sure why I do this or when I started doing this, but after reading that, it made me realize that I should try to “slow down” my writing. I mean that when I am writing, I should space out my information and fill that space with simple writing so that the reader can absorb all the information rather than being all of a sudden overwhelmed with a pile of information all in like two sentences. 

[taylorhendrixxx]

I completely agree! When. writing I tend to just vomit up whatever comes to my mind and then go back and fix what does not make sense. I feel like this may be due to my procrastination issues, but it is the same in reading, I find myself having to go back and reread a page or paragraph because I have no idea what I just read. Slowing down and spreading out your information as a writer is important and slowing down and taking time to read the sentence and absorb what they are really saying. 

[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal #6

In the past, peer reviews have always been an irrational fear of mine. I had a fear that the person who was reviewing my paper would think I was dumb. illiterate, or not good enough. I eventually got over it as I realized how much I like peer-reviewing others' work. I realized when It was me doing the reviews, I was not paying attention to who's paper it necessarily was, if anything I was interested in how differently others write compared to myself. I feel like peer reviews are important not only for you to get different opinions and eyes on your work, but it is also important for the person doing the reviews, to see the different ways your classmates put together an assignment.

[emsjournals]

those poor kindergartners

After reading “Kindergartners get little time to play. Why does it matter?” I found I agreed with everything that was said. The author appealed heavily to my emotions, and then leaned towards to logos side of things. I think the intended audience is the public and people with children. The author wants these kids to have the time to play that they need, and by focusing on ethos and pathos, it calls parents and the public to bring this issue to light. 

[taylorhendrixxx]

That article seems like it applies to everyone. the students, parents and public. I like that they were able to introduce ethos, logos, and pathos within the article as well. They wanted to grab the readers attention and get them to feel some sort of emotion toward the situation so that you can truly see the argument the author is intending to get through to the audience. 

[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal 5

When reading through the articles. I could not help but go back to the “consumption, COVID-19, and the consequences of language in Higher Education”, simply because it is trying to put the emphasis that the unviersities and colleges are failing in the current covid-19 pandemic, and the students reponses. 

My thesis statement for this article would be “ Teachers, students, and universities alike are doing their very best in a situation they did not sign up for, but as administrators, it is your job to think seriously about where we want our future to go from here on out, and how to work with students to make this educational disadvantage, easier for them and you.” 

[nickgonzo119]

Journal 4

·       THINGS THAT SURPRISED ME IN THIS WEEK'S READING

After going over the reading, I was confused, flustered if you will. The reading said text should be short but informative, BUT this being an English class, therefore I felt as if I needed to be “overly” descriptive.

 I was surprised on how much I over thought writing these Tumblr journals. After going over the expectation originally posted week one(again), it does not say it necessarily needs to be “perfect”, nor “formal,” but it does say no fluff or MAJOR errors (There are weekly reminders even).

·       THINGS THAT DID NOT SURPRISE ME

I was not surprised by the “NIX YOUR JARGON.” Coming from a career that was filled with jargon every specialty had their own, so when we briefed our missions or gave formal classes, we tried to stay away from jargon (I am not surprised, but I still might do it, so if I do call me out…).

 Honestly, after I finished the reading most of this made sense, it’s just not something I think about day to do.

[taylorhendrixxx]

Yes! I feel like I sometimes have the problem of overhsaring and including words in my sentences that have no true puprose, and is only making it wordier and harder for everyone to understand.

[braunturner]

TUMBLR JOURNAL #4

Something from the article we were given that surprised me was how much importance writing towards a specific audience has. Its crazy to me because I normally just write whatever I am thinking and say it however I would normally say. Which instead I should be considering who is reading what work. If i write an essay about surfing it could get a 100 from a teacher who enjoys that, however lets say the teacher HATES surfing you might fail. Something else that surprised me was how much influence words have. You can have a sentence with one meaning and someone could take it the totally opposite way. Thats why you have to make short and sweet sentences that get straight to the point so that it leaves to margin for assumptions by the reader. Another technique I found interesting was to leave the reader wanting more. Which makes sense. You should always have the reader quessing whats next as if you are writing a saga. So that way wether you are going to make a second part, they are more interested on what you were writing about regardless. These techniques are important because it keeps the reader ingaged, interested, and understood. I don’t know about you guys, but when I write something and put my effort into it I really hope people enjoy it, like a piece of art almost.

[taylorhendrixxx]

You are right, sometimes you dont think about how differently people take in information or percieve things. Its easy to get lost in your writing and think of it as only uou would be reading it, but you have to think about the audience you want reading your work.