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The topic I will be researching for this paper is the issue of worldwide sustainable agriculture. The issues being discussed will be the pros and cons of different farming methods and practices and thier impact on the survival of our species and our ecosystems. The conflict here is between large scale corporate agribusiness/farming and local, fair trade, organic and suatainable farming practices. Large scale agriculutre and livestock farming have a huge negative inpmact on our environment and our health. I will be discussing why you should support organic, sustainable, fair trade, and most importantly local growers.

research questions:

-is it better to discuss negative or positve points first about a topic?

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After the reading, the Rogerian method is apparently far superior to the Toulmin method. I like how it stresses respect and understanding for the other side. No one will listen to you if you are condescending and demeaning to them. Some people are so narrow minded and inept to logical reasoning, they wont want to hear you out. They don’t want to change their views because that is their comfort zone and they don’t want to leave it. With the Rogerian rhetoric, you are showing them that you are empathetic to their cause, and you are in a way trying to show them a new path. This is more then likely a better path. I think that you have to be careful using rhetoric with someone because I can see it being easy to still sound a little condescending with the person when you are showing them that you understand their point of view. If you approached it in a way that you almost baby talking them like,”Oh look at you and your little opinion. So cute, so sure of yourself, yet so wrong. Here, let me show you the light.” If you approach it like that which some people may, no one is going to take you hand and walk with you. Understanding how to use Rogerian rhetoric is key, and if done right can be a very useful and powerful tool in expressing and convincing your views on to others.

I would love to sit down and interview John Lennon. He was a visionary, a leader, and an inspiration to a generation, and still is to this very day. He preached peace, love and happiness. He stood up to a corrupt government that was out to get him, and he won. For the most part he was untouchable. I would like to know what inspired the inspirerer? What his passions were in life besides his music and art. If I were to ask him three questions, the would be:

Were there any revolutionary and inspiring people that you greatly admired in your younger years?
If you were to give any one person one sentence of advice, what would it be?
(If he could answer from beyond the grave) What would you say/how would you feel to the person who murdered you?

The information covered in chapter 6 was very useful and helpful. I liked how there were detailed sections for each part of a news story. The book explained in detail and gave examples of how you should proceed in writing that portion, and also why it should be written that way. I also liked how they used real news stories from the past, and then dissected them pointing out and explaining each part and why it is written how it is.
The sections of this chapter that are going to be most useful to me are the parts on objectivity, sources and quotations. On objectivity, it is easy to forget that when people read a news story, they are expecting that info to be accurate. I have never written a news story type of paper, but had I not read this chapter, I would definitely have made the critical flaw of incorporating my own opinions in it.
Citing sources has always been a problem for me. I tend to not cite them accurately or correctly. After the reading, this seems especially important because no one is going to listen to what you have to say if your sources are incorrect, incomplete or lacking whatsoever. The reading shows and tells how to properly cite different types of sources. I also learned of a few different types of sources that I would not have thought of before. In writing a paper, generally the sources come from text, from online or books. With news stories, there are interviews and observations, which I think will be useful in writing this upcoming paper.
How to properly use quotations will be especially helpful. I never realized how many different ways there are to quote somebody, and how many little rules there are for properly doing it.
There were many informative and structured concepts in this chapter, but I feel as if they are there to stand as merely an outline. I can’t imagine how bland and similar all journalism (more than it already is) would be if that shred of human emotion was missing in any piece of writing. Even in a dictionary or thesaurus, there are pictures placed in there no doubt placed and chosen by people. There is also another part of me that thinks that the journalism should be as bland and objective as possible, seeing as this is how we could seemingly get the most accurate facts. It is no secret that when a writer composes a piece, they are no doubt putting their own spin inot is, making it somewhat bias, no matter how good your intentions are at being objective. Overall though, this was a good chapter and will serve as a good base for writing a first time news article.

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