http://www.nutrition.for-vegans.co.uk/
http://www.vegan.com/
http://www.goveg.com/
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Class Structure
I personally like the class structure for this past semester. Even though it can make it easier for people to get lasey and slack it also forces people to become self motivated and do things for them selves which I think is a positive lesson for people to learn. I also think that it also gives us more time to work on the assighnments and papers that had been give to us the previous Tuesday. I also like how we can get feedback from our fellow class mates and professor on how we can fix certain problems as well as wht they liked about the paper. It does help with understanding what the audience is looking for in a paper so I thing that for future classes this is a positive way to do the class.
Topic Sentance Worksheet
Thesis statement Vegetarians are just like you and me the only difference is they choose not to eat our fellow living animals.
There are several different reasons why one would want to become a vegan.
Topic 1 Many of the individuals who are now vegan did not always start out as such. Now while some were raised on families who believed that vegan was a proper way of life other because of religion, beliefs or morals. Others just simply decided in one point of their life that vegan was just the proper way to live. A fellow co-worker Alex Inwood who is a vegan was convinced to be so due to pictures of slaughterhouses and what meat looks like before it is cooked. What ever their reasons may be there are belief and feeling that back it up.
Transition But if their beliefs or personal decisions prevent them from eating meats than what would a vegan do in order to get nourishments found in meats.
Topic 2 What must a vegan eat in order to survive and get all of their nutrients?
Vegans pride them selves on the fact that they eat no meat and subject no animal to become nutrition. So if they do not eat meat than how would they get the certain vitamins and minerals that are needed to survive. Some actually make certain exceptions such as eating a small amount of fish or something such as that but still avoiding meats. Others take vegetarianism much more seriously and take special vitamins and supplements to support and nourish their body.
Transition Nourishing their bodies is one thing but what about other aspects of their life that vegetarianism could affect.
Topic 3 What other products do vegans refuse to use do to their involvement in animal cruelty.
Some Vegans draw the live at only not eating meets, but others take their involvement much more seriously. There are certain vegans that also include soaps, makeup, and other every day household products as a way to prevent animal cruelty. There are actually certain stores and products that pride them selves on not involving animals in the production of their products.
Conclusion Now you may not be able to notice by looking at these average, every day people but they pride themselves on the healthy un-cruel way that they live. Weather they take it very seriously as a way to make them selves feel better about animal cruelty and the actions to prevent it, or they just want a healthier way to live. These people in their minds are making a difference and a positive change for the future.
Good device I think a good way to start a paper in the opening paragraph is to get the readers interested and intrigued. The main objective in the opening paragraph is to get your reader involved and interested n what you are going to talk about. If the reader isn’t interested and are board with the first paragraph then they most likely wont read on. As long as your reader is involved then they will be interested in most cases.
Effective conclusion A good way to end the paper is to wrap up all lose ends. You want the reader to remember what your main ideas were in the paper and this is why you should repeat your thesis statement. You should in part summarize what your entire paper was trying to address and maybe even leave the reader with something to think about.
There are several different reasons why one would want to become a vegan.
Topic 1 Many of the individuals who are now vegan did not always start out as such. Now while some were raised on families who believed that vegan was a proper way of life other because of religion, beliefs or morals. Others just simply decided in one point of their life that vegan was just the proper way to live. A fellow co-worker Alex Inwood who is a vegan was convinced to be so due to pictures of slaughterhouses and what meat looks like before it is cooked. What ever their reasons may be there are belief and feeling that back it up.
Transition But if their beliefs or personal decisions prevent them from eating meats than what would a vegan do in order to get nourishments found in meats.
Topic 2 What must a vegan eat in order to survive and get all of their nutrients?
Vegans pride them selves on the fact that they eat no meat and subject no animal to become nutrition. So if they do not eat meat than how would they get the certain vitamins and minerals that are needed to survive. Some actually make certain exceptions such as eating a small amount of fish or something such as that but still avoiding meats. Others take vegetarianism much more seriously and take special vitamins and supplements to support and nourish their body.
Transition Nourishing their bodies is one thing but what about other aspects of their life that vegetarianism could affect.
Topic 3 What other products do vegans refuse to use do to their involvement in animal cruelty.
Some Vegans draw the live at only not eating meets, but others take their involvement much more seriously. There are certain vegans that also include soaps, makeup, and other every day household products as a way to prevent animal cruelty. There are actually certain stores and products that pride them selves on not involving animals in the production of their products.
Conclusion Now you may not be able to notice by looking at these average, every day people but they pride themselves on the healthy un-cruel way that they live. Weather they take it very seriously as a way to make them selves feel better about animal cruelty and the actions to prevent it, or they just want a healthier way to live. These people in their minds are making a difference and a positive change for the future.
Good device I think a good way to start a paper in the opening paragraph is to get the readers interested and intrigued. The main objective in the opening paragraph is to get your reader involved and interested n what you are going to talk about. If the reader isn’t interested and are board with the first paragraph then they most likely wont read on. As long as your reader is involved then they will be interested in most cases.
Effective conclusion A good way to end the paper is to wrap up all lose ends. You want the reader to remember what your main ideas were in the paper and this is why you should repeat your thesis statement. You should in part summarize what your entire paper was trying to address and maybe even leave the reader with something to think about.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
peer evaluation
I think that for the pier review there were some good aspects and also some bad. I think that certain people took it more seriously than others so some didn’t care as much about giving feedback and didn’t put much effort into this exercise. I think that I did get some good advice and ways to adjust my paper but there were also people who didn’t really know how to analyze or even make a comment. I think that this could be a strong positive exercise; depending on a person’s willingness to take time to give positive and negative feed back.
my topics
One culture that I am interested in researching would be scientologists. The things that I would like to know about this culture would be what they believe in, the origins of their beliefs, what lead to their beliefs. I am also interested what restriction or things that they are not allowed to participate in because of their beliefs, and routines of everyday life.
Another culture that I am interested in researching is the homeless. This may be a broad topic so I would like feedback on another way to approach this topic. But I do believe this would be a good topic because it is so broad. I want to find out what lead certain homeless people to become such. I want to see what decisions in their life they made to be in the position that they are. I would also like to see what a day in there life is like as well as a night, especially during the wintertime.
Another culture that I am interested in researching is the homeless. This may be a broad topic so I would like feedback on another way to approach this topic. But I do believe this would be a good topic because it is so broad. I want to find out what lead certain homeless people to become such. I want to see what decisions in their life they made to be in the position that they are. I would also like to see what a day in there life is like as well as a night, especially during the wintertime.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Research Exercise #2
Work cited Planas, Antonio “High school drug testing promoted” Las Vegas Review Journal
http://www.lvrj.com/news/7183316.html
Summary
Public Schools nation wide that have not already implemented student drug testing are being persuaded by the white house deputy of drugs to consider requesting federal grants to begin testing. While some think that it would be a good idea, other school faculty believes that it’s Invasive, unnecessary, and would prevent students from participating in extracurricular activities.
Paraphrase
Public schools were recently asked to consider federal grants to instate drug testing in extra curricular activities. The white houses deputy drug czar believes that these random drug tests will help prevent or stop drug use while it is still a minor problem. Last semester school principles from across the nation recommended expulsion for 449 students for ether possessing, distributing or having the intent to distribute drugs on campus property (Antonio Planas LVRJ). The drug testing results would remain private and would only be disclosed to parents and a professional that can help with the problem before it turns into a addiction. Planas goes on to describe how giving every student a drug test could be invasive, but it could be helpful in monitering students that have had problems in the past.
I think that this is the topic that I am going to stick with.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/7183316.html
Summary
Public Schools nation wide that have not already implemented student drug testing are being persuaded by the white house deputy of drugs to consider requesting federal grants to begin testing. While some think that it would be a good idea, other school faculty believes that it’s Invasive, unnecessary, and would prevent students from participating in extracurricular activities.
Paraphrase
Public schools were recently asked to consider federal grants to instate drug testing in extra curricular activities. The white houses deputy drug czar believes that these random drug tests will help prevent or stop drug use while it is still a minor problem. Last semester school principles from across the nation recommended expulsion for 449 students for ether possessing, distributing or having the intent to distribute drugs on campus property (Antonio Planas LVRJ). The drug testing results would remain private and would only be disclosed to parents and a professional that can help with the problem before it turns into a addiction. Planas goes on to describe how giving every student a drug test could be invasive, but it could be helpful in monitering students that have had problems in the past.
I think that this is the topic that I am going to stick with.
Project Proposal
I have to decided to stay with the topic of drug testing in public schools. My position on this topic is that I am for school drug testing due to the fact that it prevents future addiction and also keeps our public schools safe. The topics that I plan to cover in my paper would be the rights of schools to take urine specimens from students. Some say that this is going against the student’s constitutional rights and is an invasion of privacy. I will also cover the topic of how public schools are responsible for maintaining “safety, health, and discipline.” The argument against this would be that it is the parent’s job to protect their children and to inform them of the dangers of drug use and to prevent it. One of the other arguments that I will include in my paper will be that students relinquish certain right when they are entrusted to a school for supervision. I will also mention the counterargument that any kind of gathering of biological specimen is inherently intrusive. As well as the fact that drug testing in high schools has not been proven to decrease the use of drugs in high school. There is also the problem that arises that if they test for popular drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and alcohol what’s to prevent students from using prescription drugs or other un-traceable drugs.
Just Be Nice
I believe that just be nice is a good argumentative piece but there are also some things that make this piece confusing to the reader. I thought that the entire piece did read well and it was compelling but it confused me to what it was really trying to target. The piece starts out talking about manners in public school then quickly shifts gears into several different arguments about freedom of speech/ expression. Now while it did give several good examples, anecdotes, counterarguments, and opinion I think that it could use a better opening paragraph or thesis statement so we know what he is going to be arguing instead of having to guess what it is about.
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