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Chapple, Steve. “Eco-Rednecks.” Confessions of an Eco-Redneck 2007:. Rpt. in Composing a Civic Life. By Michael Berndt and Amy Muse. Ed.Lynn M. Huddon. Second ed. New York City: Pearson Education, Inc., 2007.576. Print.
“Even if you don’t kill what you eat, somebody else must”
Food is the most important thing in life. Without food, humans would not survive. Washington politicians are seeing the hunters as someone who harms the environment in my story, when in fact they are the ones who are gathering their food and enjoying the environment, unlike Washington officials who have never set foot in the woods. People see others who hunt as people who have no respect for their environment. But the truth is hunters’ appreciate the land they can hunt in and take care of the land. There are a few exceptions to a few people who are not as loving to the land, but for the most part they all treat the land with care.

Well, we are almost done with the first half of the year, and to think that I took all of this college comp in that time. Half way through comp II and I’m still alive, never thought that would happen. Comp I was a bit easier than I thought, and the condensed version is great. Comp II is going fine so far, and the workload is not too demanding to push us over the edge. I have learned that I need to keep myself on a schedule in English classes. If I put things off to the past minute, the assignment is horribly done. I need to plan accordingly in this class to have enough time to write. All the other work in the class seems to be going great so far. I feel that the rest of the class will be fine, but a few longer assignments will be given. I will have to put the time into it and not put it off. I feel a couple late nights in the library are in store for me this week.

One of the things I saw in chapter 5 that I see true for me is the setting a schedule on a research paper. I always have to have a schedule when writing a big research paper. If I just myself work freely on it, I will put it off until the night before it is due. That never leads to a good research paper.
Another thing that stood out in chapter 5 is the short section on the internet and blogs. Blogs are a great way to get a point across in a non formal way. I like to read blogs all the time and see what others are saying about a specific topic. I like that better than reading a formal paper.

One of things that I saw that stood out was the ten point plan. The Black Panthers that came up with this list was deprived of their basic freedoms. They wanted to be seen as equals and not just the minority. One of the points that stood out to me was the free health care to all black and oppressed people. I don’t see how that would be possible without putting our government into debt.
The other items I liked about chapter four is the arguing effectively. It states that we are not writing just for self expression, it is communicating. One must appeal to reason to get their point across.

Both Alex and Maggie were uncertain in their answers, but I believe Alex traveled to Hawaii. He seemed to have better answers and didn’t hesitate as long as Maggie did. When Maggie was asked about the beach and where she stayed in her adventure, her descriptions were very vague and she did not have the background knowledge as Alex did. The way they were both spinning in their chairs gave some things away. When they were very uncertain about an answer, they would sway more than normal.

During an interview, “…do not be afraid to ask a ‘stupid’ question. Do not assume you know how the person you are interviewing will define a term or see a situation, even if it seems obvious.”
I like this quote because I never think a question is stupid. Some may see a question like that, but if a person does not know, or is unsure about a topic, I fell that they should be able to express their question. Most of the time, others in the class are asking the same question in their head, but do not say it out loud.
“Community based service leaning is an experiential approach to education that integrates classroom theory with real world experience…”
Another quote that I liked talks about using the theories we learned in class to talk about real life situations where the skill is applied. Teachers always hear student ask when they will ever use what they learn in class outside in the real world. Having the community service shows them that they will use it sometime.

One thing I learned about LSC is that credit load has to be planned acoourding to one’s personal schedual. If one takes on too much of a load, it can be too demanding and the person can get behind very quickly.
When I was reviewing other student’s papers, I was trying to leave them comments that would help the writing as a whole. I don’t like to leave comments that mean nothing to them, or something that does not help their paper. It wsa not too hard to review other papers. I like to do that, helping others in the process. The only thing is that complab said the paper was summited but there was not paper when I clicked on the name.
When I was reading and saw errors in others papers, I thought about my paper each time and made sure I did not have the same problem in my paper. Some of the comments I received were helpful and will work on some of the suggestions.

While reading Ben Franklin’s strengths and weaknesses, I saw a few that fit me. A strength that I saw I have is sincerity. I try not to hurt people with words or actions. I speak to or about them in a genuine matter and only in a way that is proper. Never try to hurt someone with words because no one but them knows how it is going to affect them. A weakness I see order. Sometimes in the busyness if life, the order in my environment gets messy and can be hard to live in. I would like to restore that order in life soon.

“We live in a country where most people know more about the Simpsons than the Constitution.” I feel that this is important because Americans do not know about their history as much as foreigners. I have talked to many people over seas and they all agree that Americans do not know as much as they should about the past. I agree. I wish all Americans would put more emphasis on the past history because it is very important to what we are as a country today. I feel that she is talking about how Americans take what it means to be a citizen for granted. I can see where she is coming from. After September 11th, Americans had a very big national pride. That soon dies off, and now there is no pride. We don’t think about our past and what was done to get us where we are now. This can make people think about how they appreciate their nation.

I was looking at the picture about the economy and the sales. I feel the point to this illustration is saying that people are buying things that they don’t need and blaming it on trying to boost the economy. The person in this picture does not need that much clothing, and is doing it to try to help the economy. I feel the audience is young men, in their twenties. This is the age that people buy things they don’t need, and after seeing this, I hope people will re think their purchasing style. People are buying things they don’t need, and in the long run will be causing more waste.