this I believe.

I believe that hard work conquers all. Throughout my life, I’ve had many experiences that have molded me into who I am today. As a little girl, I remember playing multiple sports at a time, such as basketball, soccer, fast pitch, and volleyball. On top of my practices and games, I also had to balance out school as well as a social life.

When I was fourteen years old, I tore my ACL. It was during my first soccer practice of the new season with a new coach. This was my first surgery, first crucial injury, and first experience that helped me realize who I am. I had surgery April 11Th 2005 and began physical therapy two weeks later. My physical therapist told me that I was the youngest patient they’ve ever had with a torn ACL. Watching my friends and teammates excel in soccer made me want to recover as fast as I could. I realized that the only thing I could do was work that much harder.

Before school, I would get up at five to warm up my knee, do my physical therapy, and ride me broken stationary bike in the garage. Then, after school, I’d drive to Tacoma for more physical therapy and ice everyday before I went to bed. I couldn’t afford to buy a one hundred and fifty dollar fitness ladder, so I built one in my garage to gain my quickness back.

After three and a half months, I was released to run. Running became a habit, and soon I was released to play with no contact. At seven months I was playing with very few restrictions. My doctor told me that my quick recovery was owed to my self discipline and hard work. I gained ten pounds in four months, and became ten times stronger as well as fit.

Although I did have my days of frustration, depression, and self doubt, I had to keep working hard. I believe that hard work conquers all. I believe that virtually anything can be done if someone works hard enough for what they want.

« Christmas Break Homework.

Christmas Break Homework.

1950′s My Faith In Humanity. Contributor: Pearl S. Buck

Purpose:

Outside – To inspire others to have faith in humanity and believe everyone is born good.

Inside – “Not all will have such faith at the same moment, but there is a growing number who have the faith.” paragraph 4.

Persona:

Outside – Encouragement, hope, and faithfulness.

Inside – “I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.” Paragraph 2.

Argument:

Outside – Her faith and belief in humanities well being, and well doing.

Inside – Last sentence states, “My faith in humanity stands firm.” Also, her constant repition of believing.

Audience:

Outside – Generations to come as well as men and women.

Inside – “Half a century ago, no one had thought of world food, world health, and world education. Many are thinking today of these things.” Paragraph 5

Recent Living Life To The Fullest. Contributor: Valerie

Purpose:

Outside – To open others eyes and encourage them to live life to its fullest.

Inside – “Live in the present moment and have no regrets. I encourage you to take the time and energy to change things.” Paragraph 6.

Persona:

Outside – Encouragement and gratefulness.

Inside – “Family has always been a huge component in my life.” Paragraph 4.” Life is a gift that can end at any moment.” Paragraph 6.

Argument:

Outside – Life can begin and end just like that, so why not make the most of it?

Inside – “I believe that it is prudent to recognize the important things in your life.” Paragraph 4.

Audience:

Outside – Teens and Adults.

Inside – “I believe how a person lives the dash of time between their birth date and death on their tombstone determines their quality of life.” Paragraph 1.

this I believe. »« Fallacie Scenarios

Fallacie Scenarios

• Jack and Jill are making the Jam that they make every Holiday season.

Jill: “Come on Jack, we have to start making it before Christmas.”

Jack: “Why are we constantly making jam?”

Jill: “We aren’t constantly making jam, we only do it once a year.”

• Mark and Tim are watching ski do races.

Mark: “Look at the blue one go! Its definitely going to win”

Tim: “How do you know that? It lost the last four races…”

Mark: “It’s just gotta, after all these losses, Its due for a win.”

• Alice’s friend Mary advices her to call the cable company because her television keeps breaking. She calls the cable company to come and fix it. Alice thanks Mary for her help. Without Mary, Alice would have unsuccessfully attempted to fix her own television.

Christmas Break Homework. »« 10 quotes

10 quotes

1. Broca is saying that women’s unfilled lives are do to the aspect of their smaller brains. Also, he is saying women would be accounted for in society if they could count past three.

2. That there is no faith or interest in women. men have bigger brains, therefore women are not equal intellectually.

3. Unknown “numbers” or “statistics” made the assumption that women do not have a soul and should refuse them from human intelligence.

4. Women’s stature declares a women’s intelligence. The smaller you are the smaller brain you have.

5. Men need bigger brains or have bigger brains because they are dominant, unlike women who are passive.

6. Women have the brain size of a gorilla, therefore that makes them act as a gorilla. Women are nothing more than savages.

7. Women should not have rights. To give them the same education as men will make society fall appart.

8. The comparison between a black mans brain and a woman’s brain. A black mans brain is heavier therefore statistics say that black men are superior to women.

9. Studies show a woman’s brain is actually bigger. The times for women’s rights is coming.

10. Women’s limitations are very wide. Compares women to mother Theresa, someone who is the foundress of nothing.

Fallacie Scenarios »« Gould Questions pg. 349-354

Gould Questions pg. 349-354

1. Gould says that sometimes scientists think that what they did with this particular experiment it is okay to make assumptions instead of pulling out facts. They don’t base it on enough knowledge and factual finds. These facts are not necessarily true although people tend to believe them.

3. In paragraph four it is apparent that Gould questions the scientific methods rather than the findings themselves. Gould does a nice job of stating the other essays so called “facts” and establishing and supporting it with why it is wrong.

6. In paragraph 9-12 Gould’s point is to show how much he disapproves and disagrees with Broca’s study. Paragraphs 9-12 develop Gould’s point by showing that things such as weight and height to not make a difference about some one’s intelligence.

7. Gould’s purpose in developing this point as he does is to show readers that what they are doing is spreading lies. His purpose in developing this is to show people how naive these scientists are and that they need to consider the facts that are being used in Broca’s study.

9. Gould brings together both the argument and his actual argument about the conclusions drawn to show that women of all kind are affected by Broca’s research. That these so called “scientific facts” affect everyone alike.

10 quotes »« Entering the Conversation.

Entering the Conversation.

I believe that Huxley is saying that everything we love will ruin us, such as the television. Orwell thinks that what we hate will ruin us. That not reading or becoming literate will ruin us because we hate to learn it. I believe Orwell is right because that will ruin our society and make us derprived from knowledge. Huxley is saying that what we love will ruin us, because becoming couch potatoes will turn our brains to mush. It is then asking us to write a synthesis essay explaining whether or not we support or disagree with Postmans opinion.

Gould Questions pg. 349-354 »« sanctuary: Harry Potter and the movie questions

sanctuary: Harry Potter and the movie questions

1. The text uses different film genre to comment on the Harry Potter story and movie to give both a different tone, and by making small, choppy sentences.

2. Nikki Giovanni’s purpose in opening with the scene of drums and elephants is to give the story a dramatic affect and to relate it differently for the Harry Potter perspective.

3. The affect of the line from Gwendolyn Brook’s poem the Giovinni uses to make the transition to Harry Potter is to make a smooth transition to change the tone of things.

4. I think she is criticizing the fantasy novels like Harry Potter, as well as criticizing the original Harry Potter novels. By saying that he lived, like all of us and the cliche fantasy novels.

5. The text Giovanni uses is a stream of consciousness commentary. I think she chooses this form to give her paper a different tone and make it have a different affect on the reader who is used to having a typical essay or poem.

6. I think Giovanni’s interpretation of the Harry Potter movie is more in depth and well thought out than mine. Reader’s and viewers can interpret the Harry Potter movies and novels anyway that their imaginations will let them.

7. It is suggested that the reader will view a different form of writing. Sanctuary could mean and ideal place in ones mind. Like a vacation, although I think Giovanni is refering to the use of ones imagination.

Entering the Conversation. »« pros and cons

pros and cons

Pros

• You can read the evaluation and it gives detailed descriptions in what a good essay is like, and what a bad essay is like.
• The read world knowledge it give you.

• States reliable sources where the facts are from.

Cons

• Too much to read.
• Handwriting is sloppy and difficult to read.
• Explanations are long and hard to follow.

sanctuary: Harry Potter and the movie questions »« Putman’s article

Putman’s article

1. Robert Putman establishes credibility by quoting and using facts from reliable sources to support his best selling book. This gives him redibility for not providing false information.

2. Godbey- “Television is the 800 – pound gorilla of leisure time.” Needham – “Spending a quiet evening at home.” Kunstlet – The outside world has become an abstract filtered through television, just as the weather is an abstract filtered through air conditioning.”

3. The additional information has a positive affect in supporting Putnam’s point. It helps justify reliable resources.

4. The purpose of footnote 14 is to show us the affect of t.v. has on children. It gives additional information that may seem obvious to the reader to put in perspective the statistics of how ridiculous the consumption of television is among children.

5. Putman uses the source given in footnote 15 to support his claim about the relationship between t.v. watching and staying at home by showing America how much time we waste watching television.

6. Citing Kunstler affects Putman’s argument by showing that people can have stronger views about how television affects our society.

7. Putnam’s notes and sources suggest that his research is reliable and in depth.

pros and cons »« conversation section 11-2-08

conversation section 11-2-08

He doesn’t like to watch

1. Yes, the interview does address that threat. The interview also takes the reader into consideration how much our generation is influenced by tv.

2. I think the interviewer is bias against having a way to turn off television. This is apparent in her questions because she asks, “What do you think of someone going into a sports bar – where people have gone to watch a game – and turning the television off there? Do you think that’s a justified use?”

3. I think the tone of the interview is biased and opinionated. I think the tone affects the credibility of both the interviewer and the interviewee because the interviewer had well thought out questions, but the interviewee had in depth answers that were justified as well.

4. The interview addresses the political nature of the television turn off week by showing that America is addicted to television and we are anti social when a television is on around us, but when television is off, we begin to act more like humans.

TV turn off week

1. The purpose of this poster is to get people to turn off the television and experience living. The illustrations address this purpose by having a step by step way to having fun.

2. The poster creates a tone of direction and persuasion. Yes, the words help the reader to focus and expand their minds intellectually through reading.

3. yes, the airline safety card and the posters connection does add to its effectiveness because an airline card tells you how to be safe in an emergency situation. And the poster is doing the same thing, the television is a hazard, and in an emergency situation we should turn it off.

Is Media Violence free speech?

1. They agree that some t.v. violence is not appropriate and it is a form of speech and they slightly agree on the v chip.

2. He uses japan as an example to prove that they have more vile media violence, but less real-world violence in Japan than America. Gerbner response is surprised and claims that media violence is one of many factors.

3. Gitlin supposrts the v chip and Gerbner does not support the v chip.

4. Gerbner believes that the result of excessive tv violence is from producers, citizens, and marketing. Gitlin believes that the result of excessive tv violence is from today’s culture.

Putman’s article »« Trubey pg. 779 questions