Organic

The topic I was thinking about taking on for this paper is organic vs. inorganic. In todays world this seems to be a big thing with people. I’d like to compare both sides, looking at how organic food is very healthy yes, but that people who eat the inorganic foods do live long healthy lives. One of the main ideas to look at is the overall price differences between the two and whether the differences is worth eating 100% organic. I feel that people just need to have factual basis that tells them the direct effects of the two types of foods, inorganic or organic.

A few good research questions could be:    1. Phsiologically, how is it that eating inorganic foods can cause changes in                                                                       your bodys chemical systems?

2. Is the so-called harm done by eating steroid enriched, and pesticide rich                                                                        (inorganic foods) going to affect you now in life or is it something that                                                                          won’t necessarily play a signifignant role in your life?

3. Has the change from being all organic to having  inorganic foods affected                                                                         how long people live?

This chapter talks about rogerian rhetoric and how Carl Rogers sees that the classical arguement seems to divide people using militaristic metaphors such as winning and losing. this chapter talks about finding a common ground. In finding a common ground, you must “…identify the points of aggreement…”, leading to one “…reducing any hostility the audience has..”. The hostility talked about can be reduced between the two sides by showing an understanding of the audiences perspective. You must first look at the points of agreement before you look at the points of disagreement.

In order to take understand from many different perspectives one much be able to effectively listen as well as read with understanding. In oder to do this one must basically be quiet and hold their personal judgements while they are listening. If something is unclear in the reading, or your listening, you should then ask questions. Listen and think about how your viewpoints can be cooperatice of each other. In considering the audiences needs and values, you will be inclined to have more of a cooperative stance than a combative one. It is important when writing using “…a Rogerian essay to include specific instances that are logically sound.”

When writing this Rogerian essay you must focus on the best way to resolve the issue, not on winning it.

The person that I would be interested in interviewing is John Lennon of “The Beatles.” Throughout the twenty years of my life so far, I have grown up listening to the Beatles for about ten of them. John Lennon is very well known for his composition of music, along with George Harrison, Paul Mcartney, and Ringo Star. I would be interested in dicussing with Mr. Lennon the 60’s and 70’s eras and how they had an impact on his life as a rock n roll star. It would be very interesting to me to get Lennons side on issues such as war and peace, during his lifetime. Did you ever picture yourself being a famous musician and writing music the whole world would be listening to? When did times get rough between you and the other band memebers that made everyone question a break up? What did you enjoy most about the people at the concerts and shows you performed in? These are just a few of the many questions that I would like to ask Lennon regarding his life. All together, the Beatles were a world renoun band that “everyone” loved.

Many issues regarding our city affect each of us in our everyday lives. Each of us have our own opinions we use to anaylze how we feel about the issue. Two issues that seem to affect everyone in the city of Duluth, MN are our road system, along with the problem of drug use and drug use prevention. Both of these seem to be a problem in our city and it seems as though the only way our road and drug prevention are going to change is through people voicing their opinions on the issues being discussed.

First being our road systems, vehicles all over the road feel the wrath of Duluth’s roadways through the many bumps and potholes that line our city’s roads. It seems as though the city feels that it would be worthless to try and redo the roads around the city of Duluth, however our vehicles seem to think differently. A car with working shocks, brakes, and an  alignment tends to go downhill quickly in more ways than one. Another piece of evidence supporting a new look at our roads around Duluth would be the many “dumb” intersections around our city, beginning with the one at Skyline Pkwy and Kenwood Ave. E. 5-way stops like the one being described are terrible for drivers, being how drivers are more than just “stupid” half the time, the other half their being an idiot driver. Other intersections that people feel aren’t quite as safe as they could be are ones like when going down Mesaba Ave. getting onto 35E S., where you have to be in the right hand lane to get onto the interstate, it sucks !

Another area that is in desperate need of change is that of drug/crime prevention. It doesn’t take much to notice a crack head when you see one. As serious as one can be, it seems that whenever I walk outside in mainly downtown and West Duluth, there’s some sketchy man walking all crooked down the street;this is bad. Many times it even gets to the point where as a 20-year old male, good sized, I feel threatend by the “crack heads, meth heads, and drunks” who roam the streets at all hours of the night. Where is our law enforcement around here? Every night and many times throughout the day, I witness many people whom I wouldn’t be around during the day let alone the night. Something has to be done about the prevalent drug users around the city of Duluth and the only thing that’s going to change the issue is people voicing their opinions. Many people agree in saying that it’s not safe for kids to be playing around outside with the many “sketchy” people walking around all doped outta their minds. Our city is not safe how it is at the moment, things must change before our cities is swamped with Juvinille delinquents. A friend that lived with me in an old house before had been walking home from work one night when he saw something on the ground. The friend picked up what was seen on the ground and thought it to be some sort of illegal narcotic, it was, he through it down the toilet. What does this situation tell us about what our kids can see outside when they’re playing in the city of Duluth? We need change in Duluth!

Chapter six in the course text for Writers Composition II dicusses how someone might go about writing a news story about national, international, as well as local news stories. For starters, you have to decide what your aim will be in writing about issues and events that will affect people in their communities and at home, whether it be local or national. Many times readers are attracted to news stories that have characters, conflict, and themes. As people progress with their writing abilities, they begin to find more applications toward what is happening around their local schools, community, as well as in the workplace. Writing for a local newspaper, newsletters at work, or even the web are just a few examples of how one could utilize what they’ve learned in this chapter of reading. As you write news stories about recent events that take place, it’s always good to look over both new and old news articles and cite them in your news story. Citing old news articles helps both you and the reader alike to better understand events and their historical context. Something else that’s important to consider when writing a news story is whether the event is newsworthy. Is the story timely? How many people are affected? Is the Story Local? Does it involve someone famous? These questions are good criterion to base newsworthiness on. Basically what that’s getting at is whether or not people will be interested in the story that you choose to cover. Personal opinions and biases are better off not being included in a news story. Being objective,not just one sided , is very important. Consulting experts on both sides of the issues and quoting them carefully and accurately is a great way to achieve balance in a story. Including information from studies as well as quotations from either side helps to give your story balance, allowing the reader to uncover the truth. Using interviews is very usefull when reporting news. It helps to keep from using personal biases in your piece of work. A reader doesn’t want to hear about your own personal opinion when they’re reading your article, they want a general opinion from both sides of the argument. It helps the reader to picture whats happening at the time of the event if you pay close attention to details as well as take accurate notes as the event takes place. Quoting opinions or claims of sources is a good way to illustrate the many sides to an issue. The order that your news story is written should generally be in this order: Summary of the event, most important details and quotations, then last the least important details. This idea is described in the text as the inverted pyramid, which happens to be the traditional format of a news story. The lead, which is a summary of the event, is very important. It catches the readers attention and gets them to read on. The body is also important in that it explains the background and gives the reader a balanced picture of the event. The last part of the story should be the details of less importance to the reader, basically “summing up” the story. All the information obtained by reading chapter six of the text is important in not only writing a paper for a writing class, but for many other writing instances in ones later endeavours as a young writer. This chapter is very good at giving examples of what a good piece looks like.