Reviewing the first three chapters I see that it is important to take many points into consideration before stating the argument. We need to consider the purpose, context, and media for our arguments. Obviously this can be a lengthy process or a very short process, depending on how much time we have.
We have to decided what our purpose for arguing will be. Do we want to state an opinion, reach a specific goal, or reconcile a difference. Or will it be some combination of the three.
We have to analyze the context of our argument. Do we know the audience, what are they like? Does our argument have the potential to alienate some of the audience, if so, how can we soften the argument to not offend, but still get our point across.
What mode will our argument take? Will we be creating an advertisement to sell the latest handbag? Will we be offering our opinion on the Editorial page of our local newspaper?
Not every argument needs to follow these formal steps. Often times we follow these processes without much thought. Other times we are required to give serious thought, research and consideration to the point before we offer our argument.
By wrapping all of the points into one argument, we will have formed a great argument, one that will probably win our point.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Assignment week 2 #3 Free Write
I have been a stay-at-home-mom for 9 weeks now. I worked for the previous 18 years. I had been told that staying home would be a hard adjustment. I was certain that it would be easier to stay home. How hard could it be to wrangle two little kids?
I used to have great time management skills. I used to wear nice, pretty, and clean clothes. Now I can't seem to get all of us ready and out the door before 11am, even if I start at 7am. Often times Jerry will come home for lunch at 11am and I still haven't taken a shower. I find myself wearing my lounge pants and some old T-shirt-dare I say maybe a maternity T-shirt-all day long. I guarantee you the shirt will have someones food or spit up on it. He wonders where is nicely put together wife went. To his credit, he doesn't complain about it often. I guess it's time to buy clothes that are not career clothes. Hmm...I suppose I should watch the show "What Not to Wear" so that I can find out what a person wears who stays home, and doesn't want to look like a total slob all day, but still needs to have functional clothes.
How hard could it be to reason with a 20 month old girl? Very hard I have found out. Today she woke up way too early from her nap. Then proceeded to cry loudly for the next 45 minutes but wouldn't go back to sleep. At the same time the 2 month old was crying because she wanted to eat. Why couldn't the older one just get the point that if she went back to sleep, she'd feel so much better when she woke up? It got to the point where I had to phone someone or start to cry myself.
These last 9 weeks have been the best, and the most challenging of my life. I am told it gets easier. Let's hope so. But I wouldn't trade this for anything. Already I think about how sad I'll be when the girls are grown and how much I'll miss all their baby stuff.
I used to have great time management skills. I used to wear nice, pretty, and clean clothes. Now I can't seem to get all of us ready and out the door before 11am, even if I start at 7am. Often times Jerry will come home for lunch at 11am and I still haven't taken a shower. I find myself wearing my lounge pants and some old T-shirt-dare I say maybe a maternity T-shirt-all day long. I guarantee you the shirt will have someones food or spit up on it. He wonders where is nicely put together wife went. To his credit, he doesn't complain about it often. I guess it's time to buy clothes that are not career clothes. Hmm...I suppose I should watch the show "What Not to Wear" so that I can find out what a person wears who stays home, and doesn't want to look like a total slob all day, but still needs to have functional clothes.
How hard could it be to reason with a 20 month old girl? Very hard I have found out. Today she woke up way too early from her nap. Then proceeded to cry loudly for the next 45 minutes but wouldn't go back to sleep. At the same time the 2 month old was crying because she wanted to eat. Why couldn't the older one just get the point that if she went back to sleep, she'd feel so much better when she woke up? It got to the point where I had to phone someone or start to cry myself.
These last 9 weeks have been the best, and the most challenging of my life. I am told it gets easier. Let's hope so. But I wouldn't trade this for anything. Already I think about how sad I'll be when the girls are grown and how much I'll miss all their baby stuff.
Assignment for week 2 task 2
It's been only recently that I have taken an interest in writing. Actually it's been my husband and father who have put the bug in my ear about my writing. It might be interesting to really explore this class beyond the normal just muddle through it mentality to see if there is any merit to me writing.
I have edited my father's disertation and many of his technical papers and such. I have written many personal, for lack of better words, short stories about things, events that have an impact on me.
I typically write on a personal level to simply get the thoughts out of my head. Otherwise, they stay in there and occupy my brain time. I suppose it's a way of working through my thoughts. Typically when I write for personal I write, then throw away or put away where (I thought) no one would find them. However, there have been a few that I have shared with my husband. He has said that there is emotion in my personal writing. It might be interesting to see if I can come up with work that someone might be able to read, and that I wouldn't mind others reading.
I like to edit technical papers, at least my fathers. I think there are a lot of very interesting topics that can be explored. I figure I can read and learn about many topics. When editing a person has to have some knowledge base, or will have to do some research to gain a basic understanding of the topic in order to insure the information presented makes appropriate sense and that the writers stated point is made. Perhaps I can make some money at it in the future????
I have edited my father's disertation and many of his technical papers and such. I have written many personal, for lack of better words, short stories about things, events that have an impact on me.
I typically write on a personal level to simply get the thoughts out of my head. Otherwise, they stay in there and occupy my brain time. I suppose it's a way of working through my thoughts. Typically when I write for personal I write, then throw away or put away where (I thought) no one would find them. However, there have been a few that I have shared with my husband. He has said that there is emotion in my personal writing. It might be interesting to see if I can come up with work that someone might be able to read, and that I wouldn't mind others reading.
I like to edit technical papers, at least my fathers. I think there are a lot of very interesting topics that can be explored. I figure I can read and learn about many topics. When editing a person has to have some knowledge base, or will have to do some research to gain a basic understanding of the topic in order to insure the information presented makes appropriate sense and that the writers stated point is made. Perhaps I can make some money at it in the future????
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