I really have no idea what I’m going to write about. Possibly viruses, dead or alive? I really don’t know. I’m also considering writing about euthanasia (assisted suicide). Is it right to let someone be euthanized if they don’t want to be alive anymore or is it wrong? Do we all have that right to choose for ourselves whether or not we are perfectly healthy or deathly ill?

3 Questions…

1- Where would I find the best information on such a subject?

2- How is euthanasia done, lethal injection?

3- Why is there such a controversy on this subject? We run our own lives right?

It’s in my opinion that the Rogerian Rhetoric style of writing is solid. No, it may not be exactly what Rogers himself would have expected the style to be like, but it works. The thing is that this is supposed to be a research paper according to the syllabus, but the Rogerian style is more suited to persuasion and argumentative papers. So, is this really a research paper or just a longer, more subtle approach to persuasion/argumentative writing styles? I understand that we have to do research for this, but it’s a bit misleading to say it’s a research paper… I don’t have any questions about this paper, but the previous one is a different story.

The profile paper was just plain confusing to me. I wrote about my subjects early life and some events along the way that helped him become who he is today and got him into a job that he loved. I thought that was more or less the gist of what we were supposed to do. ???

I’d like to meet Timothy Leary. He led an interesting life, being the foremost promoter of LSD in medicine and recreational uses. I would love to learn what his ideas were and how LSD affected him. His experiences with it alone, would be enough to write many papers and books. I’d definately just want to learn from him.

My 3 big questions would be:

1. How did your first time using LSD affect the person you became?

2. How did it affect your outlook on the world and its ongoing evolution?

3. What would you do different (if you were still alive) to help promote the use and research of LSD in the USA?

1-Sam Cave in Two Harbors

Sam Cave is using his wealth to get what he wants. He believes that it’s alright to perform a complete overhaul on the Lighthouse point because he bought it, practically destroying the natural beauty. His money is being used to bypass environmental issues having to do with how close his condos will be able to be built to the lake.

2-The Raising of Tuition

Minnesota students already pay one of the highest tuition fees in the nation.  With tuition going up, gas prices inflating and cost of living going up faster than minimum wage, what’s going to become of Minnesotan students?  Keep going to school and be in debt for their lives, or stear clear of college curriculum altogether?

What to me is going to help me most on paper one is the part in the text that says that “objectivity, the absence of the writer’s personal biases…” (page 188, Writing in the Works). The reason behind this choice is that no matter what I’m writing, it’s hard for me not to put my own feelings and thoughts into the piece. With a news article however, you must, I repeat you must, try to look past your own thoughts and feelings and see only the reasons why other people are interested in reading the article. I understood before that as a writer, in any form of writing, that you have to write about other’s interests. Now, after reading through the chapter and highlighting notes, etc…, I’ve learned that no matter what I’m writing about for this paper, I’m going to have look at my story from a broader standpoint. That’s why I’m going to do my paper on a sporting event most likely. I don’t really care who wins or loses (unless I’ve got money on the game). I just want to see an energetic game.