Jo Stewart
Dec 10, 2008
COMM 7
Chapter 10 DQ’S 2, 3, 4
2. What factors contribute to our forming relationships with some people and not with others?
- A lot of the people that we hang out with will tell a lot about the identity management that we all develop in different ways. I also believe that we identify with certain people because of the stereotypes that we hold against others. When people put a stereotype on someone it makes you not want to hang out with that specify group of people because of an accusation that all of those types of people are the same, based upon your experiences individually.
3. How is the development of intercultural couples different from that of intracultural relationships?
- Intercultural relationships ma feature differences in age, physical ability, fender, ethnicity, class, religion, race, or nationality. These relationships are formed between individuals from different cultures. Intracultural relationships, isn’t a word!
4. What challenges do intercultural couples face when they decide to make their relationships permanent?
- They face challenges like the later generations of the immigrants having higher rates of intermarriage than earlier ones. Some groups have high rates of outmarriage, as some have lower costs. They also deal with their clashing cultures, and what styles and cultural habits.
Chapter 11 DQ’S 2 and 5
2. Why is it important to understand the context in which intercultural conflict occurs?
- Many cultures have different cultural values and the ones of individualistic societies differ from those in collectivistic societies. It’s important to understand because there are significant approaches to avoiding and understanding conflict. You need to know what groups get along with what groups so you don’t step on anyone’s toes. For example a riot and violence are not an appropriate way to change society. Language is a barrier on the conflict swell.
5. What are some general suggestions for dealing with intercultural conflict?
-Meditation, patients. I think that cultures shouldn’t hold grudges against other cultures, I know that the stages that it took for whites and black to befriend each other, and the cruel and harsh actions that happened throughout history, but that isn’t my own personal fault so it kills me to be disrespected as others being racist toward me, and I would never try to intentionally be a racist or a stereotypical type of person to anyone of color or not of color.
Chapter 12 DQ’S 3 and 5
3. How might you better assess your unconscious competence and unconscious competence?
- You can better assess our conscious competence by practicing intentional, analytic thinking and learning, to better you in being a competent communicator. You can better assess your unconscious competence by being attitudinally prepared, and being cognitively prepared but you let go of your conscious thoughts and rely on holistic cognitive processing.
5. How does your own social position influence your intercultural communication competence? Does this competence change from one context to another?
- I think that I an a better at unconscious competence because I like to leave everything out the door and start with a fresh new start in every room I walk in, I think that my competence would change from time to time because the work environment and the school environment have two different approaches for me. I think that I let go of my conscious thoughts and I try to prepare myself for the people I will face throughout the day.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Final draft for essay 6 unless, you think i need edits
Jo Stewart
ESSAY #6
ENGL 1A
December 10, 2008
Who to Choose in Times of Despair
On November 4, 2008 many Americans will have to face a very hard challenge. Every four years, Americans engage in the challenge of selecting a person whom we will eventually just grow to dislike in the next 4 to 8 years, depending on our tolerance and patients we carry together as a one Nation. People are mainly concerned about the economy and Iraq. They are spending the majority of their time worrying about the economic decline that all have the news, and magazines are talking about. Considering, while under the leadership of President Bush, on September 11, 2001, America was attacked on its own soil for the first time since Pearl Harbor. As this war on terror continues, we are scared for what will happen next with the fatal decision we are about to take that will soon influence our future. Of all the elections, this one was by far the most interesting to me. Not only because whom we elect is going to make the most important decisions for our country, in reference to the economic crisis, the closings of small and large businesses around the world, and not to mention, gas prices.
“According to the National Governors Association, more than 40 states are facing a combined $26 billion shortfall this year,” said Justin Ewers with the Us News. Many Assemblies are falling as many states are falling into debt. He also states, “..city government of L.A. is facing it’s most challenging financial times since the depression, holding devastating impact on city revenues and the national economic thundercloud continues to grow. But everything has to get worse before it can get better right?
This year our candidates ranged from sex and age to race and ethnicity. For the first time since Martin Luther King, we have an African American man speaking aloud for our country. Therefore, leaving many people undecided about whom to vote for the 2008 Presidential Elections. According to the nation, to be an American citizen, it is my responsibility to choose the best candidate for the 2008 election ballot.
The first candidate is from the Republican Party, John Sidney McCain, a 72-year old white male American. McCain served in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 until 1981 when he retired as captain in the Navy. Many people see this as a good thing, military experience, because it means responsibility and power. Working in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1982 and being involved in the Senate Commerce Committee his whole life, sharing his believes on the way he things our country should be ran. For our country, McCain has promised many things, He wants to keep the tax cuts, helping the middle class, and he wants to double the personal exemption for dependents. He wants to take taxes and pay the big companies of America. According to Wharton, “McCain’s proposals rely on private sector solutions, McCain is trying to serve George Q. Bush’s third term – only more irresponsibility.” He wants to build nuclear reactors and reduce Medicare. He also promises to eliminate paying for the projects that are helping our communities to be able to put money back into peoples` taxes, and back into their pockets. He is just going to end up spending more money than we have available. Some Americans think that some of his ideas are in the wrong state of mind, because he isn’t considering that we are in debt as a country. He isn’t considering that we need to be saving money and saving supplies, like gas, and ammo, and soldiers. Apparently Marston said “There is no way all of he cuts will be extended now that the political winds have shifted, McCain isn’t able to articulate which of his proposed tax cuts is most important, leaving voters unclear of the economic vision.”
The second candidate is 47-year old Barack Hussein Obama, an African American man whom graduated from Harvard Law School and worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney from 1997- 2004. As a member of the Democratic Party, during this campaign Obama shows his strengths to be a president as he listens to everyone’s opinions and suggestions to consider before making his final decisions. According to Michael Hirsh from the NEWSWEEK, “He said, 'Hold it, we'll do that later. You guys are here to help me figure out what we should be doing'" to solve the crisis.” In relations to Obama’s speech and how he didn’t want to talk about the politics or the economist’s, but talk about what he can do to help the people, as he’s for the people. Obama promises to make school for college students’ more affordable, he also wants to redeploy the soldiers of Iraq and settle in peace. Obama wants to stop working on missile defense systems and put the money back into our pockets to be able to help us with everyday expenses. According to Marston, “Obama wants to let the Bush administration’s tax cuts expire, as scheduled, at the end of 2010 and provide new tax breaks for low-income workers, senior citizens, students and start-up companies.” Obama wants to help teachers with expenses and stable jobs over their heads. He wants to make sure that people aren’t suffering without money. He is the man that is trying to help out the people in everyday life rather than the society like his opposing candidate. Some things that people don’t like about Obama is how he is a man of color, which people shouldn’t be being racist, it’s about time we have a change in our presidency and this is the lead that will help Obama throughout the election. Pack says “as for Obama, he outlined to spend $15 billion a year for 10 years on energy technology funded by collected revenue,” meaning the money he is going to spend will be put back into our hands eventually after its processed through the energy funds.
Although both of these candidates are good people to be trustworthy and appropriate for the intense job responsibilities as the President of the United States, only one man can take the title. At that, it is a very important title, because the President will determine the inclines or declines of the economic status to come. This is where everyone comes to a halt, a sudden drop of the jaw, a sigh, thinking they’re both good candidates in their own separate ways, but how to come to a decision? Obama is the ideal American man to consider for President because he puts his self on our level by trying to relate to problems that we are facing today in society. I think this is a very important thing to have in a president, because we need someone who is going to try to relate to us, and how we feel, and also someone who is going to take care of our country during these hard times. He explains his stories things that have happened to many people throughout the country, they can relate, and that makes an easy going, open-eared person. With the economic status and the war going on for so long, Obama is promising us to help take these rising problems into consideration and help out America. He is also trying to help students and the youth of America with debt and currency issues. While on the other hand, McCain is trying to help the rich people, the big companies trying to save money on taxes. He wants to end the war “the right way” and continue in battling Iraq until they give up or forfeit.
So as you can see, this is a very hard election for some people to face, because there are so many different misleading ideas to try to make people choose quickly, although many people want to make sure that they conquer this choice wisely because it will determine the next four years of how our country will be ran. It will determine the money that we spend as a nation and it will also determine the way that we as Americans are going to make it threw the next four years. People are scared that if they choose the wrong person, we will continue to be stuck in Iraq for war, and we will continue to pay so much money for taxes each year. We are scared that we will, as students, have o continue to pay such high amounts to the schools to be successful in life. We as a country, one nation, want the right decision because we all want a change. This election has such a huge impact on what is going to happen though out life. This is why people are undecided on whom to choose for the 2008 elections.
Bibliography
1. “California Struggles as President-Elect Obama Promises Aid to States.” US NEWS 25 Nov. 2008. 5 Dec. 2008.
2. “Ok, You Two, What Would You Do to Solve This Mess?” NEWSWEEK 11 Oct. 2008. 8 Dec. 2008.
3. “Visions for the U.S. economy.” Knowledge at Wharton. 25 June 2008. 5 Dec. 2008.
ESSAY #6
ENGL 1A
December 10, 2008
Who to Choose in Times of Despair
On November 4, 2008 many Americans will have to face a very hard challenge. Every four years, Americans engage in the challenge of selecting a person whom we will eventually just grow to dislike in the next 4 to 8 years, depending on our tolerance and patients we carry together as a one Nation. People are mainly concerned about the economy and Iraq. They are spending the majority of their time worrying about the economic decline that all have the news, and magazines are talking about. Considering, while under the leadership of President Bush, on September 11, 2001, America was attacked on its own soil for the first time since Pearl Harbor. As this war on terror continues, we are scared for what will happen next with the fatal decision we are about to take that will soon influence our future. Of all the elections, this one was by far the most interesting to me. Not only because whom we elect is going to make the most important decisions for our country, in reference to the economic crisis, the closings of small and large businesses around the world, and not to mention, gas prices.
“According to the National Governors Association, more than 40 states are facing a combined $26 billion shortfall this year,” said Justin Ewers with the Us News. Many Assemblies are falling as many states are falling into debt. He also states, “..city government of L.A. is facing it’s most challenging financial times since the depression, holding devastating impact on city revenues and the national economic thundercloud continues to grow. But everything has to get worse before it can get better right?
This year our candidates ranged from sex and age to race and ethnicity. For the first time since Martin Luther King, we have an African American man speaking aloud for our country. Therefore, leaving many people undecided about whom to vote for the 2008 Presidential Elections. According to the nation, to be an American citizen, it is my responsibility to choose the best candidate for the 2008 election ballot.
The first candidate is from the Republican Party, John Sidney McCain, a 72-year old white male American. McCain served in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 until 1981 when he retired as captain in the Navy. Many people see this as a good thing, military experience, because it means responsibility and power. Working in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1982 and being involved in the Senate Commerce Committee his whole life, sharing his believes on the way he things our country should be ran. For our country, McCain has promised many things, He wants to keep the tax cuts, helping the middle class, and he wants to double the personal exemption for dependents. He wants to take taxes and pay the big companies of America. According to Wharton, “McCain’s proposals rely on private sector solutions, McCain is trying to serve George Q. Bush’s third term – only more irresponsibility.” He wants to build nuclear reactors and reduce Medicare. He also promises to eliminate paying for the projects that are helping our communities to be able to put money back into peoples` taxes, and back into their pockets. He is just going to end up spending more money than we have available. Some Americans think that some of his ideas are in the wrong state of mind, because he isn’t considering that we are in debt as a country. He isn’t considering that we need to be saving money and saving supplies, like gas, and ammo, and soldiers. Apparently Marston said “There is no way all of he cuts will be extended now that the political winds have shifted, McCain isn’t able to articulate which of his proposed tax cuts is most important, leaving voters unclear of the economic vision.”
The second candidate is 47-year old Barack Hussein Obama, an African American man whom graduated from Harvard Law School and worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney from 1997- 2004. As a member of the Democratic Party, during this campaign Obama shows his strengths to be a president as he listens to everyone’s opinions and suggestions to consider before making his final decisions. According to Michael Hirsh from the NEWSWEEK, “He said, 'Hold it, we'll do that later. You guys are here to help me figure out what we should be doing'" to solve the crisis.” In relations to Obama’s speech and how he didn’t want to talk about the politics or the economist’s, but talk about what he can do to help the people, as he’s for the people. Obama promises to make school for college students’ more affordable, he also wants to redeploy the soldiers of Iraq and settle in peace. Obama wants to stop working on missile defense systems and put the money back into our pockets to be able to help us with everyday expenses. According to Marston, “Obama wants to let the Bush administration’s tax cuts expire, as scheduled, at the end of 2010 and provide new tax breaks for low-income workers, senior citizens, students and start-up companies.” Obama wants to help teachers with expenses and stable jobs over their heads. He wants to make sure that people aren’t suffering without money. He is the man that is trying to help out the people in everyday life rather than the society like his opposing candidate. Some things that people don’t like about Obama is how he is a man of color, which people shouldn’t be being racist, it’s about time we have a change in our presidency and this is the lead that will help Obama throughout the election. Pack says “as for Obama, he outlined to spend $15 billion a year for 10 years on energy technology funded by collected revenue,” meaning the money he is going to spend will be put back into our hands eventually after its processed through the energy funds.
Although both of these candidates are good people to be trustworthy and appropriate for the intense job responsibilities as the President of the United States, only one man can take the title. At that, it is a very important title, because the President will determine the inclines or declines of the economic status to come. This is where everyone comes to a halt, a sudden drop of the jaw, a sigh, thinking they’re both good candidates in their own separate ways, but how to come to a decision? Obama is the ideal American man to consider for President because he puts his self on our level by trying to relate to problems that we are facing today in society. I think this is a very important thing to have in a president, because we need someone who is going to try to relate to us, and how we feel, and also someone who is going to take care of our country during these hard times. He explains his stories things that have happened to many people throughout the country, they can relate, and that makes an easy going, open-eared person. With the economic status and the war going on for so long, Obama is promising us to help take these rising problems into consideration and help out America. He is also trying to help students and the youth of America with debt and currency issues. While on the other hand, McCain is trying to help the rich people, the big companies trying to save money on taxes. He wants to end the war “the right way” and continue in battling Iraq until they give up or forfeit.
So as you can see, this is a very hard election for some people to face, because there are so many different misleading ideas to try to make people choose quickly, although many people want to make sure that they conquer this choice wisely because it will determine the next four years of how our country will be ran. It will determine the money that we spend as a nation and it will also determine the way that we as Americans are going to make it threw the next four years. People are scared that if they choose the wrong person, we will continue to be stuck in Iraq for war, and we will continue to pay so much money for taxes each year. We are scared that we will, as students, have o continue to pay such high amounts to the schools to be successful in life. We as a country, one nation, want the right decision because we all want a change. This election has such a huge impact on what is going to happen though out life. This is why people are undecided on whom to choose for the 2008 elections.
Bibliography
1. “California Struggles as President-Elect Obama Promises Aid to States.” US NEWS 25 Nov. 2008. 5 Dec. 2008
2. “Ok, You Two, What Would You Do to Solve This Mess?” NEWSWEEK 11 Oct. 2008. 8 Dec. 2008
3. “Visions for the U.S. economy.” Knowledge at Wharton. 25 June 2008. 5 Dec. 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Plagiarism Blog
1. I think that is it good that they are making the rules on plagiarism so enforced. People should not be copying peoples' work. It's wrong. You can't take credit for someone else's work. I think that they should maybe have a warning first, depending on how bad it is, but then they are allowed to prove themselves, i think that they could be young and need to realize that they need to do their own work.
in other words, i guess they are just ensuring the students to not plagarize, and when they are given these harsh penalties, they realize that the schools aren't messing around, and in all actuality that they are being serious.
in other words, i guess they are just ensuring the students to not plagarize, and when they are given these harsh penalties, they realize that the schools aren't messing around, and in all actuality that they are being serious.
Who to Choose in Times of Despair
On November 4, 2008 many Americans will have to face a very hard challenge. Every four years, Americans engage in the challenge of selecting a person whom we will eventually just grow to dislike in the next 4 to 8 years, depending on our tolerance and patients we carry together as a one Nation. People are most concerned about the economy and Iraq. Considering, while under the leadership of President Bush, on September 11, 2001, America was attacked on its own soil for the first time since Pearl Harbor. As this war on terror continues, we are scared for what will happen next with the fatal decision we are about to take that will soon influence our future. Of all the elections, this one was by far the most interesting to me. This year our candidates ranged from sex and age to race and ethnicity. For the first time since Martin Luther King, we have an African American man speaking aloud for our country. Therefore leaving many people undecided about whom to vote for the 2008 Presidential Elections. According to the nation, to be an American citizen, it is my responsibility to choose the best candidate for the 2008 election ballot.
The first candidate is from the Republican Party, John Sidney McCain, a 72-year old white male American. McCain served in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 until 1981 when he retired as captain in the Navy. Many people see this as a good thing, military experience, because it means responsibility and power. Working in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1982 and being involved in the Senate Commerce Committee his whole life, sharing his believes on the way he things our country should be ran. For our country, McCain has promised many things, He wants to keep the tax cuts, helping the middle class, and he wants to double the personal exemption for dependents. He wants to take taxes and pay the big companies of America. He wants to build nuclear reactors and reduce Medicare. He also promises to eliminate paying for the projects that are helping our communities to be able to put money back into peoples` taxes. Some Americans think that some of his ideas are in the wrong state of mind, because he isn’t considering that we are in debt as a country. He isn’t considering that we need to be saving money and saving supplies, like gas, and ammo, and soldiers.
The second candidate is 47-year old Barack Hussein Obama, an African American man whom graduated from Harvard Law School and worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney from 1997- 2004. As a member of the Democratic Party, during this campaign Obama shows his strengths to be a president as he listens to everyone’s opinions and suggestions to consider before making his final decisions. Obama promises to make school for college students’ ore affordable, he also wants to redeploy the soldiers of Iraq and settle in peace. Obama wants to stop working on missile defense systems and put the money back into our pockets to be able to help us with everyday expenses. Obama wants to help teachers with expenses and stable jobs over their heads. He is the man that is trying to help out the people in everyday life rather than the society like his opposing candidate. Some things that people don’t like about Obama is how he is a man of color, which people shouldn’t be being racist, it’s about time we have a change in our presidency and this is the lead that will help Obama throughout the election.
Although both of these candidates are good people to be trustworthy and appropriate for the intense job responsibilities as the President of the United States, only one man can take the title. This is where everyone comes to a halt, a sudden drop of the jaw, a sigh, thinking they’re both good candidates in their own separate ways, but how to come to a decision? Obama is the ideal American man to consider for President because he puts his self on our level and he tries to relate to problems that we are facing today in society. I think this is a very important thing to have in a president, because we need someone who is going to try to relate to us, and how we feel. He explains his stories things that have happened to many people throughout the country, they can relate, and that makes an easy going, open-eared person. With the economic status and the war going on for so long, Obama is promising us to help take these rising problems into consideration and help out America. He is also trying to help students and the youth of America with debt and currency issues. While on the other hand, McCain is trying to help the rich people, the big companies trying to save money on taxes. He wants to end the war “the right way” and continue in battling Iraq until they give up or forfeit.
So as you can see, this is a very hard election for some people to face, because there are so many different misleading ideas to try to make people choose faster, although many people want to make sure that they conquer this choice wisely because it will determine the next four years of how our country will be ran. People are scared that if they choose the wrong person, we will continue to be stuck in Iraq for war, and we will continue to pay so much money for taxes each year. We are scared that we will, as students, have o continue to pay such high amounts to the schools to be successful in life. We as a country, one nation, want the right decision because we all want a change. This election has such a huge impact on what is going to happen though out life. This is why people are undecided on whom to choose for the 2008 elections.
The first candidate is from the Republican Party, John Sidney McCain, a 72-year old white male American. McCain served in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 until 1981 when he retired as captain in the Navy. Many people see this as a good thing, military experience, because it means responsibility and power. Working in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1982 and being involved in the Senate Commerce Committee his whole life, sharing his believes on the way he things our country should be ran. For our country, McCain has promised many things, He wants to keep the tax cuts, helping the middle class, and he wants to double the personal exemption for dependents. He wants to take taxes and pay the big companies of America. He wants to build nuclear reactors and reduce Medicare. He also promises to eliminate paying for the projects that are helping our communities to be able to put money back into peoples` taxes. Some Americans think that some of his ideas are in the wrong state of mind, because he isn’t considering that we are in debt as a country. He isn’t considering that we need to be saving money and saving supplies, like gas, and ammo, and soldiers.
The second candidate is 47-year old Barack Hussein Obama, an African American man whom graduated from Harvard Law School and worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney from 1997- 2004. As a member of the Democratic Party, during this campaign Obama shows his strengths to be a president as he listens to everyone’s opinions and suggestions to consider before making his final decisions. Obama promises to make school for college students’ ore affordable, he also wants to redeploy the soldiers of Iraq and settle in peace. Obama wants to stop working on missile defense systems and put the money back into our pockets to be able to help us with everyday expenses. Obama wants to help teachers with expenses and stable jobs over their heads. He is the man that is trying to help out the people in everyday life rather than the society like his opposing candidate. Some things that people don’t like about Obama is how he is a man of color, which people shouldn’t be being racist, it’s about time we have a change in our presidency and this is the lead that will help Obama throughout the election.
Although both of these candidates are good people to be trustworthy and appropriate for the intense job responsibilities as the President of the United States, only one man can take the title. This is where everyone comes to a halt, a sudden drop of the jaw, a sigh, thinking they’re both good candidates in their own separate ways, but how to come to a decision? Obama is the ideal American man to consider for President because he puts his self on our level and he tries to relate to problems that we are facing today in society. I think this is a very important thing to have in a president, because we need someone who is going to try to relate to us, and how we feel. He explains his stories things that have happened to many people throughout the country, they can relate, and that makes an easy going, open-eared person. With the economic status and the war going on for so long, Obama is promising us to help take these rising problems into consideration and help out America. He is also trying to help students and the youth of America with debt and currency issues. While on the other hand, McCain is trying to help the rich people, the big companies trying to save money on taxes. He wants to end the war “the right way” and continue in battling Iraq until they give up or forfeit.
So as you can see, this is a very hard election for some people to face, because there are so many different misleading ideas to try to make people choose faster, although many people want to make sure that they conquer this choice wisely because it will determine the next four years of how our country will be ran. People are scared that if they choose the wrong person, we will continue to be stuck in Iraq for war, and we will continue to pay so much money for taxes each year. We are scared that we will, as students, have o continue to pay such high amounts to the schools to be successful in life. We as a country, one nation, want the right decision because we all want a change. This election has such a huge impact on what is going to happen though out life. This is why people are undecided on whom to choose for the 2008 elections.
Monday, November 17, 2008
essay #5 rough draft
Jo Stewart
ENGL1A
11/19/08
Undecided Voters of 2008 Election
On November 4, 2008 many Americans will have to face a very hard challenge. Every four years, Americans engage in the challenge of selecting a person whom we will eventually just grow to dislike in the next 4 to 8 years, depending on our tolerance and patients we carry together as a one Nation. People are most concerned about the economy and Iraq. Considering, while under the leadership of President Bush, on September 11, 2001, America was attacked on its own soil for the first time since Pearl Harbor. As this war on terror continues, we are scared for what will happen next with the fatal decision we are about to take that will soon influence our future. Of all the elections, this one was by far the most interesting to me. This year our candidates ranged from sex and age to race and ethnicity. For the first time since Martin Luther King, we have a African American man speaking aloud for our country. Therefore leaving many people undecided about whom to vote for the 2008 Presidential Elections. According to the nation, to be an American citizen, it is my responsibility to choose the best candidate for the 2008 election ballot.
The first candidate is from the republican party, John Sidney McCain, a 72-year old white male American. McCain served in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 until 1981 when he retired as captain in the Navy. Working in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1982 and being involved in the Senate Commerce Committee his whole life, sharing his believes on the way he things our country should be ran. For our country, McCain has promised many things, He wants to keep the tax cuts, helping the middle class, and he wants to double the personal exemption for dependents. He wants to take taxes and pay the big companies of America. He wants to build nuclear reactors and reduce Medicare. He also promises to eliminate paying for the projects that are helping our communities to be able to put money back into peoples` taxes.
The second candidate is 47-year old Barack Hussein Obama, an African American man whom graduated from Harvard Law School and worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney from 1997- 2004. As a member of the Democratic party, during this campaign Obama shows his strengths to be a president as he listens to everyones opinions and suggestions to consider before making his final decisions. Obama promises to make school for college students ore affordable, he also wants to redeploy the soldiers of Iraq and settle in peace. Obama wants to stop working on missel defense systems and put the money back into our pockets to be able to help us with everyday expenses. Obama wants to help teachers with expenses and stable jobs over their heads. He is the man that is trying to help out the people in everyday life rather than the society like his opposing candidate.
Although both of these candidates are good people to be trustworthy and appropriate for the intense job responsibilities as the President of the United States, only one man can take the title. This is where everyone comes to a hault, a sudden drop of the jaw, a sigh, thinking they’re both good candidates in their own separate ways, but how to come to a decision? Obama is the ideal American man to consider for President because he puts his self on our level and he tries to relate to problems that we are facing today in society. With the economic status and the war going on for so long, Obama is promising us to help take these rising problems into consideration and help out America. He is also trying to help students and the youth of America with debt and currency issues. While on the other hand McCain is trying to help the rich people with the big companies, to save money on taxes. He wants to end the war “the right way” and continue in battling Iraq until they give up or forfeit.
(*still need a conclusion)
ENGL1A
11/19/08
Undecided Voters of 2008 Election
On November 4, 2008 many Americans will have to face a very hard challenge. Every four years, Americans engage in the challenge of selecting a person whom we will eventually just grow to dislike in the next 4 to 8 years, depending on our tolerance and patients we carry together as a one Nation. People are most concerned about the economy and Iraq. Considering, while under the leadership of President Bush, on September 11, 2001, America was attacked on its own soil for the first time since Pearl Harbor. As this war on terror continues, we are scared for what will happen next with the fatal decision we are about to take that will soon influence our future. Of all the elections, this one was by far the most interesting to me. This year our candidates ranged from sex and age to race and ethnicity. For the first time since Martin Luther King, we have a African American man speaking aloud for our country. Therefore leaving many people undecided about whom to vote for the 2008 Presidential Elections. According to the nation, to be an American citizen, it is my responsibility to choose the best candidate for the 2008 election ballot.
The first candidate is from the republican party, John Sidney McCain, a 72-year old white male American. McCain served in the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 until 1981 when he retired as captain in the Navy. Working in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1982 and being involved in the Senate Commerce Committee his whole life, sharing his believes on the way he things our country should be ran. For our country, McCain has promised many things, He wants to keep the tax cuts, helping the middle class, and he wants to double the personal exemption for dependents. He wants to take taxes and pay the big companies of America. He wants to build nuclear reactors and reduce Medicare. He also promises to eliminate paying for the projects that are helping our communities to be able to put money back into peoples` taxes.
The second candidate is 47-year old Barack Hussein Obama, an African American man whom graduated from Harvard Law School and worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney from 1997- 2004. As a member of the Democratic party, during this campaign Obama shows his strengths to be a president as he listens to everyones opinions and suggestions to consider before making his final decisions. Obama promises to make school for college students ore affordable, he also wants to redeploy the soldiers of Iraq and settle in peace. Obama wants to stop working on missel defense systems and put the money back into our pockets to be able to help us with everyday expenses. Obama wants to help teachers with expenses and stable jobs over their heads. He is the man that is trying to help out the people in everyday life rather than the society like his opposing candidate.
Although both of these candidates are good people to be trustworthy and appropriate for the intense job responsibilities as the President of the United States, only one man can take the title. This is where everyone comes to a hault, a sudden drop of the jaw, a sigh, thinking they’re both good candidates in their own separate ways, but how to come to a decision? Obama is the ideal American man to consider for President because he puts his self on our level and he tries to relate to problems that we are facing today in society. With the economic status and the war going on for so long, Obama is promising us to help take these rising problems into consideration and help out America. He is also trying to help students and the youth of America with debt and currency issues. While on the other hand McCain is trying to help the rich people with the big companies, to save money on taxes. He wants to end the war “the right way” and continue in battling Iraq until they give up or forfeit.
(*still need a conclusion)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Male Ideal Evolves from Woodstock
ZI believe that "Woodstock" has a great impact on many role models, peers and family. Media also influences the "ideal" male and female roles as being slim, little-waisted, muscles/ being built, and of course lots of suffering and agony for the ideal media look. Men are continuosly facing the rough times that they have to consider. Not everyone was born with the perfect body. It not only takes diet, but exercise! Although pressure is given from the friends and family, but media aswell.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Election Response!
Dear Obama,
I personally think that you would make us a great president. I think that your statements about helping out students paying for college, and helping out people cutting taxes, and helping out with joblessness, and last but not least to take us out of war are the main reasons that I thought that you would make a good candidate. I think that you are a very responsible man and you shouldn’t let the notion of you being “The First Black President” is an amazing to figure to consider. I think that you would also be a better candidate that McCain for his own personal reasons, like being a 71 year old male. This is also why you won!!! YA OBAMA!!
Sincerely, Jo Stewart
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