"Classwork"

 

 

1.)    Writing into the day  for March 7,2013

·         I think Wikipedia is not a credible source, but then again some people consider Wikipedia to be an appropriate source that’s creditable.  I think Wikipedia could be a credible source only because it leads people to citable sources, but the website itself is not creditable for citation. I think Wikipedia is not a credible source because anyone can write and edit the entries, and some of the articles contain errors that get corrected and some that just stay how it is.  

·         I think Wikipedia should not be used in academic papers. I think the website should not be used because most of the information on Wikipedia is edited several times, by many people some who are not even educated. Also Wikipedia could give students mistaken information, that people think are correct. I think Wikipedia is a lower class source that people should tend to stay away from only because it’s a site that can be edited by any person, in a matter of time. Wikipedia is not a professional and citable site to use for an academic paper.

·         When I do research for school, I never use Wikipedia to my advantage. But if I had to use Wikipedia to my advantage I would browse the website that could take me to more helpful creditable sources for my research. The more information on a topic the better the research. To main the sources and credibility for my paper, I would check all the websites I’m linked to from Wikipedia. I would only use the information if I know it was for sure helpful information and actually can be counted as creditable for my paper.  

 

2.)           “Higher Education for All” Crystal Sanchez

·         My opinions or understand wouldn’t change if I knew this article was written by a college professor of 20 years. I just think if this was a college professor who was writing this article it would have been written much better. I think there was information in the article, but not enough about the two sides of the argument that was opposed.  There should be more information on going to college, and how it changes people’s life then short paragraphs. Other than that nothing would change if I know a college professor wrote this article.

·         My understanding and opinions of this article would change if I knew this was written by a high school senior. This would change because a senior like this would impress me writing a paper bout college. I would think this senior student did a great job stating his reasons with evidence and history to back him up. I would be very impressed if this was by a high school senior student.

·         Questions for the Writer’s Purpose:  

·        I would say the author implied his purpose. The authors had in introduction, and then right after that an overview of the issues about college. Then later on in the paper the author should his purpose through point one, two, and three.

·        The author’s purpose was to convince people in this article about college. The effects what college could do for people, and why it’s important for people to have an opportunity for college? The author states reason why people should attend college is encouraged to go and current jobs that won’t exist in ten years from now.

·        I would say in this article the author does both. The author shows emotion in the paper by stating his reasons. In the beginning of the paper the author showed logic with informational knowledge about college history.

·        I don’t really think the author has a hidden agenda. I think the author was straight forward and kept right on focus of the topic about college. If that’s what hidden agenda means? 

·        Questions for the Writer’s Audience:

·        I think the writer’s attended audience would be persuasive. I think the author would be trying to persuade anyone has the opportunity for college. Anyone has the privilege, from federal funding.

·         I think the writer sees the audience as neutral. I think the author tries to keep it content with stating his reasons why people should go to college, and now have privileges.

·        The value I think the author thinks the audience holds would be to gain support from his readers on why college is so important to experience in life.

·        Of course the author would think the audience would be both informed and uniformed. I think this because the author would expect people to learn new information they haven’t learnt before. The audience would be unaware of the information and history that is in this article.

·        Questions for the Topic:

·        The topic for this article would be “should everyone be encouraged to go to college.”

·        I think the writer decided to write about this topic because it showed logic expressions on why people should go to college. To express ideas that everyone has a chance to go to college.

·        The writer didn’t develop the topic fully enough in my eyes. I say this because I feel like the article could have been much longer, with plenty of more details to support her reasons of why people should go to college.

·        Questions for the Context:

·        The situation that set the stage for the argument would be explaining before the Twentieth Century College was only a privilege reserved for the rich. The G.I. Bill, paid for the education of veterans returning from the war, that helped changed the situation for college.

·        The social even would be only allowing college for the rich people. The cultural events in the paper would be the 7.8 million people that took advantages of the benefit for college. I wouldn’t say there was much political expect for the veterans that helped changed, college only being for the rich, but for anybody.

·        The historical references in this article would be about how college was in the twentieth century. Also how the US will not have many low paying jobs because mostly be cheaper overseas and go out of business.  Also schools providing resources in colleges that are expensive, but prepare students for their jobs in their future.

The appeals the author used would be one the appeal to logic. (LOGOS) I say this because the writer points out his points in a matter of an argument.  Also would say the writer used the appeal to authority (ETHOS) I say this because she was very persuasive in the paper. She tried to get people to understand why it’s important to go to college, and how it changed. She wanted to get people to understand the meaning of should everyone go to college.

 

5.) I think it’s important to use the five elements while reading, understanding and analyzing an article because that’s how you engage your attention into the topic. When you understand the meaning, why the writer picked the topic, what’s the purpose, what was the writer’s value for the audience, what was the appeal the author was using was very important to. Knowing the social and political events that triggered the argument makes me understand why, and what the meaning is supposed to be about while I’m reading. I think the five elements are very important and ever since I used them for this article seemed to come out useful. I understand what I read, and main points about the writer I never paid attention to before while reading.

6.) I really don’t understand what the hidden agenda means? I feel like the book didn’t cover that and how the writer sees the audience as informed or uniformed. I really didn’t understand that concept what so ever!