Gatorade commercial with Dwayne Wade and Derek Jeter
WATCO drinking Gatorade on becoming a hero
Drinking Gatorade will help you rise to the top to become a hero
Because those who drink Gatorade have the will power and energy to conquer all others and become a hero
Whatever causes others to have will power and energy to defeat their contenders becomes a hero.
Audience: Specifically made for people who have active life styles and enjoy playing sports.
Ethos: This commercial seems to give Gatorade good credibility because it has Dwayne Wade and Derek Jeeter in it who are great athletes that drink Gatorade.
Pathos: This commercial uses a lot of emotion with the music that is playing. You feel inspired and energized to go out and do the same things as
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
FW
Trans Continental Road and the Mormons
Brigham Young at this time sees the rail road as both a threat and a benefit, but he knows that the benefits far outweigh the problems. Because of the rail road the missionaries can get places faster. The immigrants do not need hand carts any more to cross the dangerous plains. It makes it easier to build the temple. We could also export raw and finished material and import raw material. What Brigham did not want was the importation of finished products. Brigham did not like merchants who would sell their material for high prices. Brigham wanted saints to be self-sufficient. The tickets to ride the train were also very expensive and the Mormons did not have the cash for it. The rail road would bring in the "gentiles" and their standards, like their fashions. The fashions would be bad for the women. The Mormons also get the rail road workers coming into Utah territory. We had the Chinese coming out from California and the Irish were coming from the east. The Irish were Catholic and were known to be drunk and violent. No one liked the Irish and no one understood the Chinese. These workers coming in would cause a lowering of morals among the saints. Brigham combated these threats in different ways. To combat the fashions he re created the Relief Society for the women. To combat all the new merchants coming in he boycotted the non-LDS merchants and told the saints they were not allowed to buy any coffee, tea, or tobacco from them. Brigham says lets start to live the word of wisdom. The boycott lasted a year until Brigham created ZCMI as a retail store to help the saints become self-sufficient. Many other Mormons start new businesses as well.
Brigham Young at this time sees the rail road as both a threat and a benefit, but he knows that the benefits far outweigh the problems. Because of the rail road the missionaries can get places faster. The immigrants do not need hand carts any more to cross the dangerous plains. It makes it easier to build the temple. We could also export raw and finished material and import raw material. What Brigham did not want was the importation of finished products. Brigham did not like merchants who would sell their material for high prices. Brigham wanted saints to be self-sufficient. The tickets to ride the train were also very expensive and the Mormons did not have the cash for it. The rail road would bring in the "gentiles" and their standards, like their fashions. The fashions would be bad for the women. The Mormons also get the rail road workers coming into Utah territory. We had the Chinese coming out from California and the Irish were coming from the east. The Irish were Catholic and were known to be drunk and violent. No one liked the Irish and no one understood the Chinese. These workers coming in would cause a lowering of morals among the saints. Brigham combated these threats in different ways. To combat the fashions he re created the Relief Society for the women. To combat all the new merchants coming in he boycotted the non-LDS merchants and told the saints they were not allowed to buy any coffee, tea, or tobacco from them. Brigham says lets start to live the word of wisdom. The boycott lasted a year until Brigham created ZCMI as a retail store to help the saints become self-sufficient. Many other Mormons start new businesses as well.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
RA
President Hinckley's Ensign article of March 2008
Audience: Mormons
WATCO having Christ as the central focus of our worship.
By having Christ as the central focus of our worship we know that he is the Son of God, Redeemer of the World, the rock of our salvation, our strength, our comfort and we know that he is the anchor of our immortal lives.
Because if the focus of our faith is on Christ we can be confident of who he is and that he is the son of the Almighty and he was a perfect man who walked the earth and he performed miracles and suffered death for us and conquered it for us as well.
Elder Jeffery R. Holland’s conference talk in September 2007
Audience: Mormons and those who do not believe that we are Christians
WATCO believing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate persons, three divine beings.
Believing that the Godhead consists of three separate beings causes others to believe that Mormons are not Christians.
Because Mormons do not hold a fourth century view of the Godhead, of them being one not three separate beings we are thought of as not being Christian.
Audience: Mormons
WATCO having Christ as the central focus of our worship.
By having Christ as the central focus of our worship we know that he is the Son of God, Redeemer of the World, the rock of our salvation, our strength, our comfort and we know that he is the anchor of our immortal lives.
Because if the focus of our faith is on Christ we can be confident of who he is and that he is the son of the Almighty and he was a perfect man who walked the earth and he performed miracles and suffered death for us and conquered it for us as well.
Elder Jeffery R. Holland’s conference talk in September 2007
Audience: Mormons and those who do not believe that we are Christians
WATCO believing that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate persons, three divine beings.
Believing that the Godhead consists of three separate beings causes others to believe that Mormons are not Christians.
Because Mormons do not hold a fourth century view of the Godhead, of them being one not three separate beings we are thought of as not being Christian.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
TA
WATCO funding public schools through property taxes.
Funding public schools with property taxes creates inequality in the school system.
Because rich neighborhoods create rich schools through their property taxes and parents also can put more money into the school as well. Poor neighborhoods have poor schools and not enough funding to create a good school for the students.
Whatever causes reduced funding for some schools and increased funding for others creates inequality in the school system.
Audience: Parents who live in rich neighborhoods and have children who go to rich schools.
Argument against me: These parents would most likely say, why should they pay for another school that their children do not go to? They will also say that it is not the money that will help the school it other factors such as the quality of the teachers and the students. The students will perform poorly no matter where they go.
My argument: Money does help poor schools. Most of these types of schools do not have the funds to pay for high quality teachers. The good teachers all go to the nice schools because they pay more. The poor schools also do not have enough funds to support more teachers. Because of the lack of teachers they have there is overcrowding and many of the students drop out because of this. Studies have shown that if funds are distributed equally among all of the schools it does not cause the kids in the rich nice schools to do worse, they do the same. And the kids in the poor schools do better. Vermont does it this way, it gathers all of the money from the state and disperses it to all of the schools in a fair way.
Funding public schools with property taxes creates inequality in the school system.
Because rich neighborhoods create rich schools through their property taxes and parents also can put more money into the school as well. Poor neighborhoods have poor schools and not enough funding to create a good school for the students.
Whatever causes reduced funding for some schools and increased funding for others creates inequality in the school system.
Audience: Parents who live in rich neighborhoods and have children who go to rich schools.
Argument against me: These parents would most likely say, why should they pay for another school that their children do not go to? They will also say that it is not the money that will help the school it other factors such as the quality of the teachers and the students. The students will perform poorly no matter where they go.
My argument: Money does help poor schools. Most of these types of schools do not have the funds to pay for high quality teachers. The good teachers all go to the nice schools because they pay more. The poor schools also do not have enough funds to support more teachers. Because of the lack of teachers they have there is overcrowding and many of the students drop out because of this. Studies have shown that if funds are distributed equally among all of the schools it does not cause the kids in the rich nice schools to do worse, they do the same. And the kids in the poor schools do better. Vermont does it this way, it gathers all of the money from the state and disperses it to all of the schools in a fair way.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
FW
The United Order under Brigham Young
The united order was done to help the saints pool their money by investing it. It was a co-operative order, everyone worked together. The saints would put their money in something like a sugar mill for example and then go to work on it. The other work that they were doing before for a living like farming was done by someone else. The labor that was done was decided by the priesthood leadership. They would assign someone to go work on your farm while you go work on your investment. This would help the saints become more self-sufficient which is what Brigham wanted. Instead of buying all of their goods from merchants Brigham wanted them to make their own lumber, wool, iron, led, and many other things. Brigham left it up to the communities to work on this. Orderville Utah was an example of the extreme end of this. Families were assigned to barracks, the whole community gathered together each morning and prayed and ate breakfast together. They did everything together; they were like a big family. Although this seemed pretty strange it was effective, Orderville lasted the longest. Most of the orders die after Brigham dies but Orderville lasted.
The united order was done to help the saints pool their money by investing it. It was a co-operative order, everyone worked together. The saints would put their money in something like a sugar mill for example and then go to work on it. The other work that they were doing before for a living like farming was done by someone else. The labor that was done was decided by the priesthood leadership. They would assign someone to go work on your farm while you go work on your investment. This would help the saints become more self-sufficient which is what Brigham wanted. Instead of buying all of their goods from merchants Brigham wanted them to make their own lumber, wool, iron, led, and many other things. Brigham left it up to the communities to work on this. Orderville Utah was an example of the extreme end of this. Families were assigned to barracks, the whole community gathered together each morning and prayed and ate breakfast together. They did everything together; they were like a big family. Although this seemed pretty strange it was effective, Orderville lasted the longest. Most of the orders die after Brigham dies but Orderville lasted.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
TW
1st paragraph
Students in the public school system are constantly tested and evaluated by their test scores. In a classroom setting, tests are important and can provide essential information on a student’s progress. However, there has been a recent push from the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB) to use the scores obtained from a standardized test, as the single measure of a student’s performance. This has become the central purpose of NCLB; it requires students to take a test to determine whether they should go on to the next grade level, or whether a student qualifies for graduation. This is why the state of Arizona gives the Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards test (AIMS). There are several parents who probably do not have a problem with this program because their children have several chances to take the AIMS test and do not have any problems passing it. The majority of the students in Arizona pass the AIMS test (Arizona Department of Education, personal communication (ADE), February 21, 2008). Many parents have the assumption that this program is just a way to help failing schools and improve teacher quality. What you do not know is that your children may be affected by this program in ways that you have not seen.
New Paragraph revised
Students in the public school system are constantly tested and evaluated by their test scores. In a classroom setting, tests are important and can provide essential information on a student’s progress when used properly. Policy makers enjoy these tests because they can assess and compare students’ results on a national standard (The American Psychological Association, March 17, 2008). This is the reasoning behind why the State of Arizona under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) gives a test called the Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS). This test determines whether students should go on to the next grade level, or whether a student qualifies for graduation and the majority of the students in Arizona pass it. (Arizona Department of Education, February 21, 2008). Many parents have the understanding that this program has been implemented to help failing schools and improve teacher quality. But what has the AIMS program really accomplished in Arizona and has it had any unforeseen consequences?
Students in the public school system are constantly tested and evaluated by their test scores. In a classroom setting, tests are important and can provide essential information on a student’s progress. However, there has been a recent push from the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB) to use the scores obtained from a standardized test, as the single measure of a student’s performance. This has become the central purpose of NCLB; it requires students to take a test to determine whether they should go on to the next grade level, or whether a student qualifies for graduation. This is why the state of Arizona gives the Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards test (AIMS). There are several parents who probably do not have a problem with this program because their children have several chances to take the AIMS test and do not have any problems passing it. The majority of the students in Arizona pass the AIMS test (Arizona Department of Education, personal communication (ADE), February 21, 2008). Many parents have the assumption that this program is just a way to help failing schools and improve teacher quality. What you do not know is that your children may be affected by this program in ways that you have not seen.
New Paragraph revised
Students in the public school system are constantly tested and evaluated by their test scores. In a classroom setting, tests are important and can provide essential information on a student’s progress when used properly. Policy makers enjoy these tests because they can assess and compare students’ results on a national standard (The American Psychological Association, March 17, 2008). This is the reasoning behind why the State of Arizona under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) gives a test called the Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS). This test determines whether students should go on to the next grade level, or whether a student qualifies for graduation and the majority of the students in Arizona pass it. (Arizona Department of Education, February 21, 2008). Many parents have the understanding that this program has been implemented to help failing schools and improve teacher quality. But what has the AIMS program really accomplished in Arizona and has it had any unforeseen consequences?
Thursday, March 13, 2008
RA
Affirmative Action
WATCO of affirmative action as it applies to educational structures?
Affirmative action prohibits the amount of sports and scholarships that are given to the men.
Because affirmative action requires schools to have an equal number of male and female sports as well as an equal number of scholarships between males and females and when there are less women sports than men sports many of the men’s programs get dropped.
Whatever causes men sports to be equal to the same amount as women sports causes a reduction in the men’s sports programs
Audience: Men and women who believe in affirmative action.
Issues dealing with audience: They see affirmative action as an effective way to reduce discrimination based on sex, age, and race. They see this is a way to give the historically disadvantaged opportunities.
Argument for me: Affirmative action is not needed any more. Women’s sports are becoming more and more popular and are supported effectively by the school. So why do we need to cut the men’s sports programs just to make them the equal to the women’s programs? There is no reason or need to do that. The men are the ones being discriminated against.
WATCO of affirmative action as it applies to educational structures?
Affirmative action prohibits the amount of sports and scholarships that are given to the men.
Because affirmative action requires schools to have an equal number of male and female sports as well as an equal number of scholarships between males and females and when there are less women sports than men sports many of the men’s programs get dropped.
Whatever causes men sports to be equal to the same amount as women sports causes a reduction in the men’s sports programs
Audience: Men and women who believe in affirmative action.
Issues dealing with audience: They see affirmative action as an effective way to reduce discrimination based on sex, age, and race. They see this is a way to give the historically disadvantaged opportunities.
Argument for me: Affirmative action is not needed any more. Women’s sports are becoming more and more popular and are supported effectively by the school. So why do we need to cut the men’s sports programs just to make them the equal to the women’s programs? There is no reason or need to do that. The men are the ones being discriminated against.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
FW
The army comes out to Utah
Before the army even comes out no one even comes out to Utah to see if there really are any problems. They do not even give the Mormons a warning that they are sending an army out with a new governor, Alfred Cumming, to replace Brigham young. The only warning they get is from Porter Rockwell who sees the army coming to Utah while he was out on his mission in the east. Brigham says that we will be on the defense; we will fight if we have to. Brigham sends out a message to gather. He calls the missionaries and the saints in the outlying settlements in San Bernardino and Carson Valley to come gather in Utah. He sets up fortifications and calls for the Nauvoo Legion. Brigham also has Lot Smith take a group of his best men to go and try to stop the army, to slow them down without killing anyone. They do this by following the army and stealing their cattle and burning their wagons. Some even join up in the army and burn the wagons after they join. This did slow the army down and they end up in Ft. Bridger in Wyoming. It is winter time and they have no food or supplies, this is probably due to Lot Smith who took and burned 3 months worth of supplies from the army. Ft. Bridger was also all burned to the ground when they got there because the Mormons owned it.
To be continued
Before the army even comes out no one even comes out to Utah to see if there really are any problems. They do not even give the Mormons a warning that they are sending an army out with a new governor, Alfred Cumming, to replace Brigham young. The only warning they get is from Porter Rockwell who sees the army coming to Utah while he was out on his mission in the east. Brigham says that we will be on the defense; we will fight if we have to. Brigham sends out a message to gather. He calls the missionaries and the saints in the outlying settlements in San Bernardino and Carson Valley to come gather in Utah. He sets up fortifications and calls for the Nauvoo Legion. Brigham also has Lot Smith take a group of his best men to go and try to stop the army, to slow them down without killing anyone. They do this by following the army and stealing their cattle and burning their wagons. Some even join up in the army and burn the wagons after they join. This did slow the army down and they end up in Ft. Bridger in Wyoming. It is winter time and they have no food or supplies, this is probably due to Lot Smith who took and burned 3 months worth of supplies from the army. Ft. Bridger was also all burned to the ground when they got there because the Mormons owned it.
To be continued
Saturday, March 8, 2008
TW
-WATCO violence in the media on children in our society
-Violence in the media increases the violence in our society
-Because when children see fighting and killing on television as a way to solve problems, they start to imitate those same actions.
-Whatever causes children to imitate what they see on television increases violence in our society.
Audience: Mormon parents with children
About the Audience:
-Cares about what their children are watching on television and how it may be affecting them
-Have high moral standards
-Understand the importance of doing good to others
Understands that there are negative influences in the world.
Pros of media violence:
The fighting on television does not promote violence in children
The fighting that is shown is a way to show us what the world is really like. For example: War movies and different types of documentaries on the different Holocausts and certain people.
Cons of media violence:
Promotes bad behavior in children.
War movies and documentaries show fighting in a different ways than do shows like the Simpson’s and Family Guy. These types of shows portray violence as the way to solve problems. Violence is shown in a positive manner.
-Violence in the media increases the violence in our society
-Because when children see fighting and killing on television as a way to solve problems, they start to imitate those same actions.
-Whatever causes children to imitate what they see on television increases violence in our society.
Audience: Mormon parents with children
About the Audience:
-Cares about what their children are watching on television and how it may be affecting them
-Have high moral standards
-Understand the importance of doing good to others
Understands that there are negative influences in the world.
Pros of media violence:
The fighting on television does not promote violence in children
The fighting that is shown is a way to show us what the world is really like. For example: War movies and different types of documentaries on the different Holocausts and certain people.
Cons of media violence:
Promotes bad behavior in children.
War movies and documentaries show fighting in a different ways than do shows like the Simpson’s and Family Guy. These types of shows portray violence as the way to solve problems. Violence is shown in a positive manner.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
FW
The problems popular sovereignty caused for the Mormons
The army coming out to Utah all started with the fighting between the democrats and the Whigs. These two groups were fighting over popular sovereignty, which allows each individual to vote over something they want, instead of allowing the government to decide what the states will do. The north does not like popular sovereignty because it might change their slave laws. The north does not allow slaves. Before popular sovereignty the decision on slaves was decided on where you lived and it didn’t change. This was the Missouri Compromise, it said that all states to the north of the southern border of Missouri are no slave states and those south of it were slave states. This is why the north is getting nervous over popular sovereignty, the people might vote for slavery in the northern states. After Kansas passed the Kansas-Nebraska act, which allowed popular sovereignty, a mini civil war started in Kansas. This causes the Whig party in the south to dissolve because most of the Whigs were in the north. The democrats survive in the south and get the Whig vote. The north then creates a new party replacing the Whig party and calls it the Republican Party. The only thing they stand for is against popular sovereignty. They use the Mormons as a bad example of what popular sovereignty leads too and they say if the democrats believe in popular sovereignty then they must favor the Mormons and polygamy. After the democrats win the vote for president with President Buchanan they feel like they need to prove themselves to show that they do not favor the Mormons. They start an anti-Mormon campaign. They want the people to take their minds off of the slave issue for a little bit and focus on the Mormons instead.
To be continued
The army coming out to Utah all started with the fighting between the democrats and the Whigs. These two groups were fighting over popular sovereignty, which allows each individual to vote over something they want, instead of allowing the government to decide what the states will do. The north does not like popular sovereignty because it might change their slave laws. The north does not allow slaves. Before popular sovereignty the decision on slaves was decided on where you lived and it didn’t change. This was the Missouri Compromise, it said that all states to the north of the southern border of Missouri are no slave states and those south of it were slave states. This is why the north is getting nervous over popular sovereignty, the people might vote for slavery in the northern states. After Kansas passed the Kansas-Nebraska act, which allowed popular sovereignty, a mini civil war started in Kansas. This causes the Whig party in the south to dissolve because most of the Whigs were in the north. The democrats survive in the south and get the Whig vote. The north then creates a new party replacing the Whig party and calls it the Republican Party. The only thing they stand for is against popular sovereignty. They use the Mormons as a bad example of what popular sovereignty leads too and they say if the democrats believe in popular sovereignty then they must favor the Mormons and polygamy. After the democrats win the vote for president with President Buchanan they feel like they need to prove themselves to show that they do not favor the Mormons. They start an anti-Mormon campaign. They want the people to take their minds off of the slave issue for a little bit and focus on the Mormons instead.
To be continued
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
RA
Audience: Religious parents with children contemplating divorce.
Issues dealing with audience: Divorce may lower income of the family which will cause parents to work more leaving less time to spend with children. A divorce might affect future relationships of the children. Divorce may cause children to start using drugs, and leave home early. These consequences may be long term.
-WATCO divorce on children.
-Divorce increases anti-social behavior in children.
-Because parents who fight all the time during a divorce create stress and loneliness in their children.
-Whatever creates stress and loneliness in children leads to anti-social behavior
Argument against me: Will say that if there is excessive fighting in the home then a divorce will be better for the child. Some also say that following a divorce if parents stay close to their children then there will not be any severe consequences.
Argument for me: Parents can receive counseling to try and make the home a happier place by reducing the excessive fighting. It is also very unlikely for parents to stay close to children following a divorce.
Issues dealing with audience: Divorce may lower income of the family which will cause parents to work more leaving less time to spend with children. A divorce might affect future relationships of the children. Divorce may cause children to start using drugs, and leave home early. These consequences may be long term.
-WATCO divorce on children.
-Divorce increases anti-social behavior in children.
-Because parents who fight all the time during a divorce create stress and loneliness in their children.
-Whatever creates stress and loneliness in children leads to anti-social behavior
Argument against me: Will say that if there is excessive fighting in the home then a divorce will be better for the child. Some also say that following a divorce if parents stay close to their children then there will not be any severe consequences.
Argument for me: Parents can receive counseling to try and make the home a happier place by reducing the excessive fighting. It is also very unlikely for parents to stay close to children following a divorce.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
TW
Paper on NCLB
Tone
Stance
Style
Students in the public school system are constantly tested and evaluated by their test scores. In a classroom setting, tests are important and can provide essential information on a student’s progress. However, there has been a recent push from the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB) to use the scores obtained from a standardized test, as the single measure of a student’s performance. This has become the central purpose of NCLB; it requires students to take a test to determine whether they should go on to the next grade level, or whether a student qualifies for graduation. This is why the state of Arizona gives the Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards test (AIMS). There are several parents who probably do not have a problem with this program because their children have several chances to take the AIMS test and do not have any problems passing it. The majority of the students in Arizona pass the AIMS test (Arizona Department of Education, personal communication (ADE), February 21, 2008). Many parents have the assumption that this program is just a way to help failing schools and improve teacher quality. What you do not know is that your children may be affected by this program in ways that you have not seen.
This introduction is the "Some say this some say that intro." I tried to show both sides of the argument.
The tone in this paragraph is somewhat relaxed, I do not try to come on too strong and I try to use terms that the parents will understand. It is not written toward a professional audience so I had to write in a certain way so that they would listen to what I was saying. The tone remains pretty constant throughout this paragraph.
My style in this paragraph and throughout my paper was to be mostly informal. My audience is parents who have children in public schools. I tried to use ethos, pathos and logos to persuade my audience.
My stance in this paragraph is to show both sides of the argument. I didn’t want to be too forward and make people angry. I tried to settle into my argument slowly.
Tone
Stance
Style
Students in the public school system are constantly tested and evaluated by their test scores. In a classroom setting, tests are important and can provide essential information on a student’s progress. However, there has been a recent push from the No Child Left Behind act (NCLB) to use the scores obtained from a standardized test, as the single measure of a student’s performance. This has become the central purpose of NCLB; it requires students to take a test to determine whether they should go on to the next grade level, or whether a student qualifies for graduation. This is why the state of Arizona gives the Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards test (AIMS). There are several parents who probably do not have a problem with this program because their children have several chances to take the AIMS test and do not have any problems passing it. The majority of the students in Arizona pass the AIMS test (Arizona Department of Education, personal communication (ADE), February 21, 2008). Many parents have the assumption that this program is just a way to help failing schools and improve teacher quality. What you do not know is that your children may be affected by this program in ways that you have not seen.
This introduction is the "Some say this some say that intro." I tried to show both sides of the argument.
The tone in this paragraph is somewhat relaxed, I do not try to come on too strong and I try to use terms that the parents will understand. It is not written toward a professional audience so I had to write in a certain way so that they would listen to what I was saying. The tone remains pretty constant throughout this paragraph.
My style in this paragraph and throughout my paper was to be mostly informal. My audience is parents who have children in public schools. I tried to use ethos, pathos and logos to persuade my audience.
My stance in this paragraph is to show both sides of the argument. I didn’t want to be too forward and make people angry. I tried to settle into my argument slowly.
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