Krissy’s Blog

I was having a hard time coming up with a topic, but then i thought back to an experience i recently had when i went to Florida.  We went to Universal Studios and it seemed that almost everyone there was from another country, and they spoke another language.  I hadn’t really noticed how many other languages were being spoken until my friend brought it up.  She told me, “it’s so rude that people speak other languages right in front of me, it’s like they’re talking about me.  They should just learn English already.”  Obviously, i thought that was rediculous that she’d say something like that because they may very well have just been visiting the U.S.  I thought her attitude about it was far-fetched, until the rest of the people i was with agreed with her.  That’s when i realized that this is an important issue, especially in Florida where diversity is ever-present. 

I would like to research bilingual education in the U.S., especially now that more and more immagrants are living here. 

My main 3 questions would be:

    Would it be beneficial, or even proper, to force immagrants to learn english?

    What if immagrants didn’t want to learn English, would communications amongst U.S. citizens be lost?

    If our own citizens couldn’t communicate, what would that mean in the long-run in terms of communications amongst other countries?

    Why does the U.S. refuse to accept a second national language?

  Rogerian rhetoric is a type of arguement paper that was inspired by Carl Rogers and his way of thinking.  He was a “humanist” psychologist that believed that an topic of debate would better be approached from a neutral stand point.  This is a good point because who would want to listen to an essay that immeadiately states something you don’t agree with.  How will you ever get people to see the other side of the topic?  Plus, It’s not just about getting the other side to listen, it’s about showing in the paper that there is common ground that both sides, regaurdless of their views, can agree on. 

My own questions about it would be:

What is the best format for a specific topic? (which view/opinion goes first?)

Could there be some cases that follow different patterns - when?

How do i write the last paragraph, the solution, without giving too much of my own opinion??

I didn’t really understand the last paragraph of that sample essay.  She didn’t really come up with a solution, just kind of stated that the behavior is something we grow out of. 

Do many topics have a common ground that can be uncovered?