DO NOT FREAKING PROCRASTINATE.
DO NOT QUESTION YOUR TOPIC ONCE YOU PICK IT.
COMMIT TO YOUR RESEARCH.
SPEND THE TIME TO RESEARCH WELL.
DO NOT PROCRASTINATE.
PICK SOMETHING YOU CARE ABOUT.
ASK FOR HELP.
DO NOT PROCRASTINATE.
SEVEN PAGES ONLY SOUNDS SCARY- YOU’LL BE FINE.
Did I mention not to procrastinate?
So I think it’s stupid girls don’t get paid as much as guys. But I’m not a feminist. And why does dress code say I have to wear longer shorts than boys just because I don’t have a penis? But I’m not a feminist. And how come my middle and high school PE teachers gave my team extra points if one of us girls scored? But I’m not a feminist. That’s all bullshit to me. But I’m not a feminist.
Get over yourself, Amber. Feminism isn’t scary or a “bad word”. Feminists aren’t crazy man haters who want to take over the world and make men our “bitches.” Feminism is about equality. So shouldn’t we all be feminists? Personally, I don’t think anyone should be treated like shit because of how they were born, race, gender, class, or otherwise. So maybe I am a feminist.
Doing extensive research for this paper made me realize I had a voice for feminism. But, I also saw a lot of problems with feminism. A lot of areas that I believe we can all work on together to make this movement unstoppable. Men are an essential part of the march towards equality and women have to make sure not to leave them behind.
Bros Before Hos is what inspired this paper. Women aren’t the only ones expected to fit into a made up box society created and for the feminism movement to really be about equality, we must address all gender issues- not just the ones that affect women.
I loved this unit. I learned so much about not only the issues of this matter, but my own opinions and voice on the issues. Getting an A meant a lot to me on this paper because this was so far outside of my comfort zone, but now I have found something new I have a passion for.
I have been writing about majors for two months now and I have started to question mine.
By the way, why does stripping get such a bad rep …. how bad could it be? Asking for a friend….
The HARDEST part about this project with the word maximum. Taking out all of the fluff and just getting to the point isn’t something we are told to do often. However, it was refreshing; just being able to type exactly what I mean and feel about the subject without having to politically correct or set up too much background information was really kind of fun. I also really enjoyed having to make a website. I think I will continue to write and post on it throughout my college career.
When I read what I have of my paper so far, these are my thoughts:
My paper is tragic and late and I don’t turn things in late and what is even happening.
My paper would be on time and fine and not sucky if I didn’t have to do research. Because really my opinions are better than research anyways. Jk. Not really. But seriously I am just having trouble finding legit sources that I could use in an academic paper. Partcipation trophies seems to be a war of parenting style and most of “sources” are blogs and opinion columns about the issue.
But the sources isn’t even the real problem. I have some good sources from two different credible newspapers so I can make something out of that. But I have simply lost all motivation to do anything. This entire unit I have felt swamped and school is slowly beating me like a pinata.
Also, the “peer review” did not help. I felt my intro was fairly strong, but I wrote the rest of my paper in about two hours the night before our rough drafts were due and only one person gave me feedback, instead of the four people I should of had, and he told me to change Edison to Thomas Edison because some people might not know who I am talking about. Although I may be a strong writer, what I gave him to evaluate was the epitome of a shitty first draft.
Hopefully I will turn the paper in on Monday and hopefully I will feel confident in it and hopefully I won’t drop out of school. But we can never be too sure. So until then, enjoy this accurate representation of me and this paper … I bet you can guess which one I am
What even is a rhetorical analysis? Why are we doing this? Can I just not? All are thoughts I was thinking with the introduction of this unit. We did rhetorical papers in high school, but all I remember is that a “writer does not use ethos/pathos/logos, the writer appeals to ethos/pathos/logos” (random AP teacher junior year). Can I write a paper on uses vs. appeals to? How do I even choice a column? What the heck Mrs. B.
Picking an article was the hardest part. To find something you were interested in, written in a way that you could critique, and somewhat enjoyed was not an easy task. I really did not want to do anything on the election so that narrowed my choices down quite a bit. Once I picked my article I become somewhat immersed into it. My article was about what the human population was doing to our Earth. Friedman argued that without drastic action, and soon, the world as we know it will cease to exist. I started pointing out things in my everyday life that related to the article: the gas you see come out of the exhaust of the OUT busses, plastic in the trash can instead of the recycle bin, and news about another endangered species getting closer to extinction. Unfortunately, the analysis had to be on “rhetoric”… whatever that is.
Rhetoric. The more you say it, the weirder it sounds. Regardless, I still had no idea what it meant. Ethos, pathos, and logos are words I have heard time and time again, but it is so hard to remember which one is which. I finally got it drilled into my head that ethos is credibility, logos is logic, and pathos is emotions. I always thought my problem was mixing them up, but even when I knew which was which, it was sometimes still hard to distinguish if the writer was using ethos or logos. Even after distinguishing between different rhetoric techniques it still became difficult to add in the commentary part of the paper. What do I say? Comment on what? He’s the writer, not me. I was not feeling confident at all in the paper, but the post review email made me feel much better and give me the strength to finish strong. Or at least I hope it was strong…
I think the two most helpful parts of the unit were the introduction gallery walk and an in depth editing session with my sister. I did not get too much feedback from peers, but reading other students’ papers really helped me. I saw a lot of techniques that I liked and would not have thought of. The weekend before the paper was due, I went to my sister’s house and she ripped it apart. I figured the process would be discouraging, but instead it was uplifting because I felt the progress we were making.
All in all I actually really enjoyed the unit. I feel now when I read articles I can look at it in a more academic way and critique it in a more profession and scholarly manner. And I feel like “claim -> evidence -> commentary “ will be forever imprinted into my brain.
At the beginning of this unit I was confused about the term “synthesis”. I had never really heard it before, or maybe I did, but didn’t know what it meant so I just breezed over it. I came to learn the word to mean connecting two pieces of literature in a way that not only compares, but explains the significance of the comparison. Later we learned, we could relate an article with a video. Pretty cool. But last week I learned I could relate an article, or video, with my life. I began to synthesis the passing of my grandmother with the passing of Frank’s dad, even though that was never an assignment. I saw things differently and used Frank’s struggle with identity after the loss of his parents to help me with my own personal struggles. I’ve never met Frank Snake Church, but if I did tomorrow, I would thank him for helping me cope with my current family situation.
To be honest, I was getting annoyed at the beginning of the unit with the kernel essays. It crossed my mind to drop out of college once or twice. But, when it came time to write the final paper, it became so clear why we did all the kernel essays. I would say writing those were the most helpful in preparing me for the turning in of my synthesis paper. Without those I feel like I would have been lost on where to even start my paper.
I didn’t really have a writing partner due to being absent from class, but I used Alexie as a writing partner and reviewed his work to better mine. When Alexie became too silent (get it? because books can’t talk), Kaitlin helped me a lot in the peer review. I feel she wasn’t totally harsh enough however, which was good for my self esteem, but I’m not sure as good for my paper. Also, having a teacher that cared enough to go on my google doc and make comments and help me better my paper meant the world to me. I loved being reassured I was on the right path, but being pushed to dig a little deeper.
Take aways? Assignments have value that you may not see right away, but will reveal themselves eventually. The power of peer editing is something not to be taken lightly as it could lead to something wonderful. Turns out that what we learn in college, really does have real life appeal. Don’t take anything for granted. Remember to tell your loved ones you love them, no matter how much you think they already know, because you never know when you won’t be able to anymore. But some of these may not be writing related…..