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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Los Angeles, wonderful flashy Los Angeles with it's grey-from pollution skys and shady neighborhoods. It's hard for one not to see or encounter something interesting. Interesting such as a bum screaming at a building, a bum screaming at a tree, a bum screaming at open air, or a bum screaming at another bum; there are a lot of screaming bums in L.A. In certain parts
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
question 2: analysis
President John F. Kennedy’s
speech was in response to the steel companies and their disregard of his word
when he asked for stable prices in manufactured products and wages as a part of
a program he had established. The program required sacrifice of a national
scale due to an economic crisis during that time. Of course he could not just
outright shutdown the company or have the owners removed; such actions would
cause a scandal the size of Mt. Everest. If he would have taken such a course
of action the whole nation would have eaten him alive; would’ve said that he
took the wrong course of action, that he is damaging American business, and
that he does not believe in the great capitalist values and freedoms of the
American nation and many other variations of these accusations. The media, the
public, and politics in general would have all turned against him. So he didn’t
do that and instead he turned the American population against the steel
corporations. Brilliant using tactics like this to get his way. He starts off
by sounding very sympathetic and reasonable in his requests for companies and
corporations of the United States, reasoning that due to the war going on and
the economic crisis going on in the country some sacrifices had to be made. He
sells his argument more by giving statistics on corporations that had to cut
back and how the steel corporations not only did not cut back prices but also
increased them, by giving statistics he not only gives more credibility but also
makes the steel corporations look bad on a mathematical view point. This whole
speech can really be summarized as the bashing of steel corporations and the catering
of the American masses sensibilities.
All of speech however, was
not just statistics followed by logical conclusions with undertones of bashing
steel corporations. It also had a good chunk of righteous appeal. Which for
those times of war was crucial for governments to have the support of the
American public and the only way for it to gain support was to appeal to
nationality and ethical reasoning. Kennedy gave a very good example of this in
has second paragraph where he combined both of these things. Using men who have
had to leave behind their families to fight for war and glorifying their deaths
as a great sacrifice for the safety of the country as an example in his speech
serves to give people a sorrowful yet patriotic feeling. Then he uses labor
workers that hold down their requests for wages as another lesser but just as important
of a sacrifice. He also puts himself at the level of the common American person
with “as do I” when talking about the difficulty of adjusting to when
“restraint and sacrifice are being asked of every citizen”. This gives the
American people a sense of unity and comfort, in thinking that their president
is on their side and goes through their same struggles. In using these methods
of persuasion that worked well in accomplishing the goal of gaining the
American population’s support and turning them against steel corporations
question 1: synsthesis
The locavore movement is an up and coming way of life that taken up the preference of many people in different countries. Yet what begs the question is whether it’s possible for everyone to become a locavore as many wish. The locavore movement, like any movement that a population takes on, has a variety of different factors; such as, the economy of many businesses and farmers and shipping companies, availability, and also the legitimacy and quality of new local farmers. This issues must be addressed in order for an actual beneficial locavore movement to take place and become something actually life changing.
The locavore argument for becoming a locavore revolves around two basic ideas: helping the local economy and living a healthier lifestyle through the foods they consume. The locavore movement helps out the local farmer’s economy. The locavore movement is better because food is fresh and the fresher the healthier and better you’ll feel! All these points for the locavore movement only focus on very shallow factors and don’t look at the big picture or the complex structure there is to the food market. One thing to look at is the quality of one’s local farming. Are the methods of the local farms safe, humane, and good for one’s health? Source C is all about a study conducted by the New Zealand government on the method of raising lamb in both New Zealand and England and what is better for a Londoner to consume. According to the studies a lamb in England is raised in a factory while a lamb in New Zealand is not. Most of the common people understand how inhumane it is to an animal for it to be raised in a factory, but for many urban places with less land area it’s convenient so it’s done anyway. However, for some that like to eat a less guilt filled meal, there is the shipping of product from other lands with better agricultural techniques.
With these conditions of the quality of agriculture in mind we move on to availability. Most urban places will have farms of different sorts’ miles away from urban civil life itself. What happens in places that don’t, they have to get their food from a faraway source. In California there are many local farms that provide Californians with fruits and veggies of all sorts, there is enough land to raise livestock, and conveniently there is an ocean from which to get a variety of seafood. It’s all pretty much great for a Californian, food wise at least. However, what about the more center states that have limited food sources, perhaps not crop wise since most of the center states are mostly giant planes, but they would have a limited source of other types of food like seafood. Unless those states invest to bring those types of food from other places from other non-local places. The point here is that the locavore movement will eventually limit the vast American diet the most are used to having in this modern world.
The economy of farmers and shippers should also be acknowledged that if the locavore movement does take over the agricultural market, it will affect those people’s economy and income. It will affect many big businesses and corporations as well, and perhaps that’s a good thing since most require a tremendous amount of agricultural recourses from many different parts of the globe and the locavore movement of buying only locally could affect them negatively. Also the shipping industry will also be affected in a negative way if people start becoming locavores. The requirement for food shipping in planes will drastically drop, and that is probably better for the environment; even though humans still kill it with doing a lot of other things, but it would be a move in the right direction. Either way most locavore advocates don’t seem to think about how the locavore movement will affect the economy on a much grander scale, even if it could work to further their movement.
The locavore movement needs work and needs to take all these factors into consideration if it actually intends to be a global phenomenon and new way of life. With the rate of technological advancements and the demand for faster ways to live, it’s very possible that the locavore movement can find a way to please the modern human and his or hers demands for variety. Eventually if all these factors of availability, economic influence on a grander scale, and how the quality differs from farm to farm then they could truly progress and transform the locavore movement to be at its maximum of potential.
Autobiography
Some might say that I was
born at an academic disadvantage; neither of my parents were born as citizens
of the United States and both had little education to offer, little time could
be dedicated towards me partly due to the never ending struggle of the
lower-working class and partly due towards the attention my autistic younger
sister needed. However, despite the odds that seem stacked up against me, I
strive to come up on top and become someone great.
Going back through my
educational history, I find that I was always average or above average in all
my academics without needing to put in much time into studying or note taking;
I see now that this was harmful to me because now I’m not just naturally good
at things as I was in my younger school days. Now I struggle with note taking
and studying on my own, which leads to my contradicting personality.
Personally I enjoy history and English classes
the most; however, even that is based on how well a teacher teaches. I find
history and English to be the most interesting subjects. For English you can
learn so much different word play that leads for interesting conversation and
clarity in text that’s either for pleasure or work. Learning about history is
important because it gives us understanding on why things are the way they are
today, why governments are run the way they are, why some countries are at war
with other countries, why are some countries richer than others. It’s an easy
subject to distort as well, due to perspective of any person telling of past
events our own opinions are easily influenced. Once upon a time I was a child
and I was led to believe that Christopher Columbus was an honorable and valiant
explorer that discovered America all on his own; however, now I can see that he
was neither of these things and all he truly was, was a lucky man whose
interests lied in gold and fame and who committed genocide against a group of
natives who were practically defenseless against him. History is a fascinating
subject and an important one, if I ever want to make my dream of becoming a
good politician, a reality
.
Ironically I struggle
with both of these subjects, but do quite well in mathematics. Perhaps the
reason to that is the strict and organized schedule of all my math teacher or
perhaps because math is a straight forward subject. In fact, whenever I have
the most trouble with math solving is when it involves words. I think that a
good teacher can take any subject and make it simple or understandable. However
for me I need to at least be indifferent with the teacher in order to actually
focus and try in a class. If a teacher were to try that whole “mean” act and
try to scare me into submission, like one of my ninth grade teachers tried to,
it won’t work and I’ll be sure to fail. To me earning respect does not include
scare tactics, and a teacher especially, should not try to scare their students
into respecting them. I am contradictory to myself when it comes to this
because I prefer a teacher to have a strict and organized routine when I myself
an anything but organized and strict.
One of the questions
asked the first day in this class was to name the streets of my old schools;
however I found those facts to be trivial and therefore forgotten the street
names. My elementary school was Los Angles elementary and as the name would
suggest it is located in Los Angeles. For three of the most unpleasant years of
my life, I was confined in Bancroft middle school.
One instance I remember
from last year was doing well on a final project for Spanish. I worked on it
alone even though it was suggested for us to work in groups. Even so I did
better than some of the kids that did work in groups and for that I felt pretty
good. I learned that I could work by myself and do well on my own. Still I know
that I will not be able to hide behind my walls of antisocial-ness and will
need to build up my courage and social skills in order to become an influential
person and change society for the better with my ideas.
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