Response to Presentation

My presentation was over if vaccines should become mandatory and I spent countless hours researching my topic and presentable, but I was able to learn many things from listening to my classmates presentations. All of the presentations were very informative and I was exposed to many different information which I had no clue it existed.

One of the presentation was over genetic engineering, I had no idea on how advance we were with modifying DNA and this surprised me. Later that day, I went and research more on genetic engineering and I was able to learn a lot of about the field, studies, and effects. Another presentation about the animal abuse, that presentation opened my eyes on how badly animals were being treated.

 All of the presentations that I saw were very well made and very appealing. Many of the presentations had a well colored background and theme, and was very easy to read. But there were only a couple presentations that had wordy slides that made me not pay attention as much.        

Overall, many of the presentations were very well and well informed. The presenters showed that they knew their topics well and were able to deliver clear and good presentation for everyone to understand.    

Arguments

   

           Rogerian Argument

     With more and more students taking online courses, both students and the colleges benefit. For example, students save money for transportation and colleges save money for institution. In addition, students can have a more flexible schedule and be able to study easier and colleges will be able to provide educations outside its premier. However online education does have some drawbacks. For instance, online education lacks social interactions, which can be a problem for students who are need of face-to-face assistant and students may lack in self discipline because online education has no method of making students study more.

 These problems could be easily solves. First, students could enroll in hybrid courses by attending physical classes and online classes, which solves the problem of no interactions with other students/teachers. Second, students that go to physical classes the professor can help disciple the students to work. If these problems are addressed both students and colleges would benefit because students will keep their flexible schedule and college will save money.

Toulmin Argument  

     Many college and universities have instituted online education programs. These programs are the best way to educate students and save money. If colleges are going to meet teh rising demand for education, they need to need to install online education in their courses because it will help expand the college and save money. The online course I took helped my busy schedule and I was able to attend classes that wouldn't be possible if my college did not have an online course. Recent studies show that many students prefer online classes over regular classes because the students are able to work in the luxury of their home and have classes fit their tight schedule. 

Should HPV Vaccines be Mandatory?

     In the article by Ellen M. Daley, she argues that HPV vaccines should be mandatory because it can greatly reduce the deaths from the leading cause of cancer, cervical cancer. Vaccines have been identified as the "most significant public health achievements in the last 100 years"(Gaul, "The A Mandatory HPV Vaccine Will Save Lives). Many previous vaccines have proven to effective, vaccines have eradicate small pox, measles, polio, and many other diseases.

The new HPV vaccine has been created to help reduce cervical cancer and so have been effective, but this vaccine have been the most effective when given to young girls near the age of 11-12. Screening programs have also significantly reduce the amount of deaths from cervical cancer, but not all women have the ability to go have a screen test. This is why the vaccine is useful because it can be available to all women and help reduce the amount of people infected with the disease.

Many people who are opposed to the development of the HPV vaccine are uncomfortable with the thought of having their children to be taking a vaccine to help prevent a sexual transmitted disease, but Daley provides the blunt answer of having to ignore the thoughts of their children of being sexual active and support the vaccine to keep their children safe. Also Daley asked the question of if the disease was for men only it would women be see the development in the vaccine?

Moira Gaul created the article "The HPV Vaccine Should Not Be Made Mandatory" because the vaccine is flawed and it is the parents choice of deciding if their children should take a flawed vaccine. The HPV "will not prevent infection with all strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer"(Gaul, The Limitations of the HPV Vaccine), since the vaccine will not prevent all of the HPV diseases there is no reason to have this vaccine to be forced into young children. It is the parents decision to allow their children to take a flawed vaccine and their are other alternative paths to reduce the chances of contracting the disease. The single most effective solution is to reduce the sexual activities to lessen the chances of contracting the disease.

I believe that the HPV vaccine should be mandatory because it can do more positive things then bad because even though it is not perfected yet it can still be developed to help reduce or eliminate the disease, similar with polio or measles. Having the parents consent should not ignored, but their judgement may be blinded because the parents are uncomfortable of talking about the topic of sexual activities and their children together.

Having the vaccines given out is a gain all or lose none situation because even though it won't protect the patient from all HPV diseases, but it still does protect the women in some shape or form. There is no harm from ordering that vaccines to be mandatory other than the parents' complaints of having their consent ignored. I believe the vaccine will be help widely and given enough time it will be able to help a lot more people and reduce the infected people in the world enormously.



Daley, Ellen M., and Robert J. McDermott. "A Mandatory HPV Vaccine Will Save Lives." Should            Vaccinations be Mandatory? Ed. Noël Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. At Issue. Rpt.            from "The HPV Vaccine: Separating Politics from Science—a Commentary." American Journal          of Health Education 38.3 (2007): 177-179. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

Gaul, Moira. "The HPV Vaccine Should Not Be Made Mandatory." Sexually Transmitted Diseases.            Ed. Laura Egendorf. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. At Issue. Rpt. from "Family Research              Council Statement Regarding HPV Vaccines." 2006. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web.                16 Oct. 2016.

Donald Trump vs Hilary Clinton

            Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton are the two most popular candidates and are now debating to gain the influence of Americans voters to be the next leader of the United States of America. Trump is famously known as the billionaire who branched off his father’s “small loan” of one million dollars and believes that he can change America to the better with his expertise in business. Hilary who has been actively been a part of politics by being the Senate, but also lived as common citizen unlike Trump who his family was very wealthy from the start.

            Trumps purpose when he wins the election is to stop the losing jobs in America because he believes that many big corporations are fleeing to other countries to get a bigger profit, so Trump will aid the companies who are still in America by reducing taxes and regulations. Trump also believes with the tax cut for the wealthier class in America will help the U.S economy enormously and will increase the jobs available for citizens. Hilary believes that aiding the middle class will increase the creation of jobs and improve the economy and by taxing more on the wealthy to also help the issues in the US. Hilary will also help reduce college debt to help persuade more Americans to go to college and with her plans it will help overall Americans unlike Trump who focuses on companies and the wealthy.

            The candidates’ audience differ, Trump is trying gain the votes of the wealthy with his new plans which gives the higher class Americans an advantage. While Hilary is supporting the middle class, which makes up most of the US and her actions will help America significantly. Topics on debate are jobs and taxes and many of views in audience will be influenced by either Trump or Hilary’s arguments and from the arguments from the two candidates many of the wealthy will favor Trump while many lower class will favor Hilary. The candidates used logos as their main point of persuasion and Trump and Hilary gave out many facts of how their plans will change America for the better.

            Overall, both candidates provided well needed answers for all the questions, but Hilary seemed to be more focused on topic at hand instead of Trump who repeatedly interrupted Hilary and send rude comments. The candidates had a strong structure argument, but they often went off topic and continue after time was done, which made the candidates to appear more childish than they should’ve been. Trump and Hilary have very valid reasoning to improve America and had many logical plans to aid the people.

Rhetorical Analysis of "Where Sweatshops are a Dream"

Rhetorical Situation

          "Where Sweatshops are a Dream" is an essay written by Nicholas D. Kristof with the purpose of enlightening people across the nation that sweatshops are an essential to any developing country. Kristof's background helps support his argument with his many years of experience of living in Asia, mentioned in his article. 

This article was directly applied to an audience that has narrow view of that sweatshops equal unfair pay and unfair treatment, but Kristof's article helps explains to his audience that sweatshops are an extremely safe and productive job to families in developing countries. The writer attempts to persuade the audience to encourage more sweatshops to be built in 3rd world countries. Kristof uses a balance amount of pathos and ethos by adding stories of injured children and the improvements of countries' economy with the installation of sweatshops.

Kristof wrote this article to help inform people, that believe that sweatshops are only a negative attribute in developing countries, to realize that sweatshops has many beneficial benefits. The writer knew that many individuals believe that sweatshops should be banned or stopped, but still wrote this article to attempt and change these people's minds.

The context of the article would be that many people presume that many sweatshops is a sign of a stigma because of many companies create cheap sweatshops and hire cheap workers to increase their profits.

Logos: In the article "Where Sweatshops are a Dream", Kristof demonstrates his logic of the current situation by explaining that many citizens of these developing countries are struggling of obtaining jobs to provide for themselves and/or families. Many arguments against sweatshops are that labor standards can improve wages and working condition, but it only has a larger impact on productions costs that companies are trying to pare. The better method of setting up sweatshops is to operate nations that has capital-intensive factories. 

Pathos: Throughout the article, Kristof presents many stories of children scavenging in filth to help provide for their families are often killed or gravely injured. Kristof uses these events to create sympathy for his cause; many of these children rather be working in factories because it provides a safe environment for children to work in.  

Ethos: The author displays his credibility by briefly mentioning that he has lived in Asia for a few years to witness several of the hardships of the citizens to obtain jobs. By acknowledging the readers of his firsthand experience with local families searching for jobs, it helps establish Kristof's credibility. 

Rhetorical Strategies: Kristof organized his article by introducing an image of Dante-like hell with mountains of garbage with children searching for old plastic items to sell to recyclers, and transitions into stating that many families live in this trash area. Then Kristof gives the audience a surprise that increasing sweatshops can help reduce this type of lifestyle. The article then presents quotes from people who live these areas that explains that working in sweatshops is a dream of their because it would bring in a steady source of income for their family.

After sharing quotes of the families that are living there, Kristof continues that children often scavenge for anything recyclable, but these children have a risk for being killed or injured. This aids Kristof views of sweatshops and allows the readers to be more aware of the dangerous condition of not having a job in a factory. 

Kristof then transitions into countering labor standards about how they only are helpful for a few countries, but having sweatshops be created in more capital-intensive countries will help those countries tremendously. He then ends his article of a little girl wearing scandalous brand shirt covered in filth searching for trash with her little sister with a missing hand when she was hit by a truck. 

        "Where Sweatshops are a Dream" demonstrates the dangers of not working in a sweatshop, but also sweatshops can help a country's economy because it will be providing more jobs. Kristof presents many facts and emotional stories of children, which are very well constructed to persuade many readers to consider sweatshops differently. But one flaw of the article was that it lacked credibility because Kristof mentions only once that he was in Asia for years, but all these facts could be theorized by him and many of his stories seem very generic, and all the same: the stories had variety in them, but overall the article was well structure and very persuasive.

Critical Response Exercise 3.6

What is the picture?

The cartoon is showing a unattractive teenager holding a game controller and most likely connected to a computer. Around the boy are the words "kill" that covers most of the cartoon, but the cartoon also shows the boy's facial features of his crazed smile and dilated eyes. We can presume that these facial features are because of the game he is currently playing.

What is the cartoon conveying? 

The author is seemingly supporting that media violence, such as games or television, are disturbing the children's minds with the intentions of murder. The author is trying to appeal to parents to help reduce children playing violent video games because the author presented a unattractive boy and this is appealing to parents' emotions with pathos by making them consider if their children become unsociable and become a shut in(a person spends all of their time indoors).

With the word "kill" appearing across the cartoon, it seems like that the boy is having thoughts of killing because his dilated eyes and crazed smile indicate that killing is appearing in his game and/or mind. The display of violence in the teenager appeals to parents' emotions by having them acknowledge if their children could be or are this violent. The cartoon uses pathos to establish the author's opinion of media violence by using a young teenager, who we can assume spends most of his time playing violent games.

Are the methods logical and fair?

The author created a logical and fair cartoon because it displays that playing violent could correlate with a more aggressive mind and its fair because any child could be become addicted to playing violent games. The author used the teenager to connect the word "kill" and games together by showing the boy playing a game with "kill" around the the teenager; the method logical because it helps establish that game is causing the boy to "kill" our thinking to "kill".