SWA #16

1. Basu, Kaushik andVan, Pham Hoang. "The Economics of Child Labor." The American Economic Review." Vol 88, June 1998

The authors argue that although children laborers work in the worst conditions, they are vital to the economy. They point out that over 80 million of the worlds workforce was children twenty years ago. They say that the seemingly easiest way to prevent this from happening is to outright banish it. However, the situation is more complicated than that and the result could be counterproductive. The solution is continued regulation and slow eradication of child labor.

2. Kolk, Ans & van Tuldere, Rob. "Child Labor and Multinational Conduct: A Comparison of International Business andStakeholder Codes." Journal of business ethics."  
Volume 36 Number 3 pages 291-301, 2002.

This paper deals with the ways that different institutions deal with child labor. These institutions include, NGO's, Governments, and corporations to name a few. The paper analyzes 55 codes created by these sources to regulate child labor. These codes mandate minimum-age and wage requirement's along with monitoring parties. In addition, they create a set of sanctions that are imposed if the regulations are violated. This paper explores how some of these regulations are counterproductive. The authors provide suggestions and solution for future research.

Sources

Sources

Issue 1: sweatshops and poor labor conditions in southeast asia.

www.sweatshops.org

www.ilo.org

I found results pretty easily. It seems like a topic that is very heavily covered, especially in the past decade. This issue is most likely the topic of my essay.

Issue2: with rising cost of tuition, is it better to go college? Or to enter into the workforce straight out of high school?

T RG Ehrenberg - 2000 - books.google.com “Tuition rising: Why college costs so much”

This was fairly easy to find as well. The actual research part will be more difficult however.

Issue Gay-Marriage in the State of Maryland

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/md-same-sex-marriage-bill-passes-last-hurdle?ref=fpb

I actually found this source off a link on a friend’s facebook page. All in all, the internet makes research very easy if you know where to look.

SWA#13

1.       Healthcare reform. Will it benefit everyone? It is controversial because many nations have universal healthcare which is successful. Also, poor people can’t get the treatment they need. I am a proponent of private healthcare, however. The main thing I want to learn is how universal healthcare would affect the healthcare industry.

2.       College or work-force? It is controversial because both people who have attended college and those who haven’t have been successful and the tuition rates at colleges are the most expensive they have ever been. I think that college is beneficial for most people and I am a proponent of higher education. I want to learn just what people do with their degrees and if it is really worth it to spend a couple hundred thousand on education.

3.       Is the occupy Wall Street movement a good thing? Or does it hurt the economy? It is controversial because it pits the rich vs. the poor which is a classic schism. I think that the movement is only part of the problem. I will want to know if the occupy Wall Street movement brings up valid points about the economy.

               

SWA#12

Waters, Alice. "A Healthy Constitution." The Carolina Reader: Third Edition. Ed. Lee Kauknight and

      W. Matthew J. Simmons. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press, 2012. 337-338. Print.

                Ms. Walters is well respected in the food services community. She is the founder and owner of the Chez Panisse Foundation and the Chez Panisse restaurant respectively. She is an activist for healthier food options in schools and a strong proponent of “edible education.” “Edible education,” is a theory that healthier lunches in schools will lead to students being healthier and succeeding more in school and the community. It follows that students will not only be healthier physically, but also mentally.

                To build her case she cites people such as Thomas Jefferson who said “Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens.” She also takes quotes from students in the California area who all had positive experiences and benefits from healthier lunches. Her main argument is that we should care more about the places where the roots of life are being nourished.

1.       The author’s main point is that taking responsibility for yourself brings about better benefits. She says it fosters in responsibility to other aspects of your life including responsibility to people other than yourself. 2. The link between healthy meals and learning is about the principle of taking ownership of your actions. Eating an unhealthy meal is the same as not doing your homework, nor doing it in poor fashion.  Waters only supports her argument with one example of a school that had dramatic increases in positive aspects and decreases in disciplinary problems. She also cites three students which healthier meals have benefited. She would have been better off by stating actual facts and statistics rather than hearsay and one example. In addition, I think that Walters does not address the fact that the parents of these students have control over 75% of their daily intake of food and that they should have their kids eat healthier.

SWA #11

It is said that money is the root of all evil. So it follows that that commercialism will destroy any culture it comes across. Geek culture is no exception.  Oswalt points out those writers have taken advantage of Greek culture taking sci-fi and fantasy cultures and altering them or creating new stories. These new creations are usually not very good as they are only made to make a profit. For example, star wars has come out with a plethora of video games spin-offs which have little to do with star wars itself. Also, most sequels to movie are made to make a profit of a particular good saga. In the music world, songs that were previously “out there” are now used for goofy commercials. In the end of the essay, Oswalt tells the audience that Dr. Cali-gory’s will probably be used for a cruise line commercial. In addition, the revival of techno music brings out the nerd in all of us.

Wake of geek culture. It's time to die. SWA 10#

English Outline

Geekin out

                The author shows that geek culture is now being undermined by commercialism, the creation of week otaku, and movement of pop culture.

I. Commercialism ruins otaku because it uses it for money.

          A. People create alternate stories just to make money.

                            1. Stories of star wars

                             2. Different endings of “watchmen”

B. music used in commercials

                               1. Cruise ship commercial

II. Weak otaku makes geek culture easier for the common man to relate to

A. Video can be manipulated to the audience’s liking.

                1. Making the shining a comedy.

               

Mysteriousness is taken away

                1. Video game secrets revealed on the internet.

III. Nerd culture is pop culture

A.      Nerd sheik has made it cool to be a nerd.

1.       Star wars

2.       Sci-fi movie

B.      Culture is enthralled with nerd culture.

a.       1. Many nerds are industry moguls

b.      YouTube.

Oswalt has shown that geeks no longer have their own culture because it is constantly becoming commercialized, weaker, and popular.

SWA#9

SWA#9

                The central claim that Robbins argues is that we should not be feeding livestock so much antibiotics. The reason is that we are overfeeding livestock which creates bacteria strains that build up an immunity to a certain antibiotic thus becoming unaffected by the antibiotic. This leads to diseases that can’t be cured by current medicine. Robbins assumption is that ultimately it is more important that we do not create diseases rather than eliminate any chance of bacteria being in our meat.

SWA#8

SWA#8

                Answering questions 2 and 3

                2. By this statement, Scully means to say that morality and reason set us apart from animals however; we do not treat animals with good morals or principle. Instead he says that because we think of ourselves as superior to animals, it gives us the right to treat them cruelly and then eat them. Basically he says our reasoning is “we do this because we can.” I disagree with this statement and the whole essay. Why? This essay is descriptor towards animals that we eat and can see suffering in. These animals are pigs; cows, dogs, or any other domestic animal that’s pain is visible. However he does not bring up how humans kill thousands of animals with deforestation or that you swat a fly every day. If all animals truly deserved to be treated equal then why are the ones that we have as pets and the ones we eat the only animals that seemingly exist in Scully’s mind?

3. Scully argues this point very well. He does not say that animals have as much rights as humans. He only states that animals have the right to not be treated poorly. He also makes this not into a political issue, but a moral one. By this, he is appealing to both political parties. He brings up how Liveshot.com was outlawed because not only animal rights activists considered it to be wrong, but also gun rights activists. He also criticizes religious conservatives on the 3^rd paragraph of page 362 saying that they are hypocrites saying that animals are secondary even though they believe in stewardship.

Comments and concerns

My concerns for this paper are ones of grammer arather than content. All too often my sentances are switched around or too short. Often, I miss words. Also, I do not explain enough why the visual aspects effect the audience but rather how the slogan does. A few more sentances about each of my points would serve me well. All in all, a quick proofread would help my essay more than anything else

Correction

These are the two advertisements I am using for my visual rhetorical analysis paper.

Advertisment info

Both of my ads came from ESPN.com which is a sports and entertainment website with articles video and audio about all your favorite sports teams. The typical topics covered are sport events obviously and other news pertaining to sports. The demographics of the audience of this website is men between the ages of 16-60. Products and services advertised here are usually geared towards men such as powertools, cars, football gear, online poker, etc. In conclusion, the publisher assumes that the reader here is a normal male of age who is the stereotypical male who likes masculine things.

Essay 1 Thesis

English Essay 1 Thesis

Jon Iwaskiw 2/1/12

The world of advertising is one that is always changing. One ad is instantly obsolete when another new one comes out.  Different methods and different mediums are used to convey a message. An ad can appeal to any one of your senses. That being said, one constant in advertising is appeal to sexual desire. Sex will always sell no matter what because the desire is at a genetic level. Sex, however, can be utilized in many diffrerent ways. Using rhetorical analysis of author and audience, two ads using sex to sell can be properly compared in value and effectiveness.