Civil Cents

Grammar Post #7 Sentence Structure

We recently learned about sentence structure in class and I thought of it as a good grammar post topic. I did know about sentence structure before the class lesson but I was informed about new techniques on how to properly structure my essay sentences. Some of the main ideas that I got from the lesson are as following:
Topic Sentence
Indicates the topic of the paragraph
Supporting Sentence
Explains what was stated in the topic sentence
Limiting Sentences
Limits the scope of the topic sentence
Transitional Sentence
Links to next topic or paragraph

Killer Culture David Kupelian

For the most part I do agree with this article. I hope that I am not one that tires to reflect the ghetto lifestyle and reach to live my life outside of that now modern norm. I do think that may kids get excited about this type of life because of the high media glorifications that we are bombarded with. If you drop out of high school, sell drugs, carry guns, you might be able to get into music and make millions of dollars for doing illegal things. This to me is just not right and I often wonder where Americans values really are. Teachers, police officers, fireman, EMT workers, all seem to be careers that have the biggest impact on lives but still get paid the least. America is too infatuated with sports athletes, celebrities, or any other unworthy icon. We need to rethink our value system seriously.

Grammar Post #6 Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

These three topics are means of persuasion. They are defined as following.

Ethos- ethical appeal this is a means of convincing the reader by a type of ethical
means.

Pathos- persuading the reader by the way of their own emotions.

Logos- means of persuading the reader by the use of reasoning.

Serving in Florida Barabara Ehrenreich

Serving in Florida is a great article that I really liked. The main reason I liked it was because of the great efforts that the author went to get a real understanding of the type of culture she would be writing about. It really shows a great intense drive to get the real understanding of the people that are working in the serve restaurant industry. It would be incredibly hard to leave the world you know behind to enter a would that you know little about.

Grammer Post #5 The differences between Bibliography and Work Cited

Many teachers, especially in the college level often ask for a work cited page at the end of the assigned essay. But to contradict that seem like all thou high school we are drilled about a proper bibliography. So what are the main differences of these two types of source citing pages? First we must define the two terms to find what they really mean, and then we can identify the differences.

John Gatto Against School

I personally think that school can be boring. Really one may not like school and may just be going through the motions of going to school. This may be the case in most situations with schooling. I would agree with Gatto’s essay about boredom in school. For most of the time it seems we are going to school just because some one else has made it important to you to attend. I do think school can be rewarding and fun but there are a lot of different facts to make this happen. Whether it’s a subject one really likes or a teacher that makes things really interesting, school can be really a fun time as well.