Love Yours Neighbors Like Your Siblings

                When you look around your community, is there issues you can see around you? There is quite a few common issues that you can see in several well populated cities. You have drunk driving, over populated shelters, stray animals, gang related issues, and even car accidents. These incidents have major effects on everyone throughout the communities and can be improved in several ways.

                One major aspect of this is the unawareness that the neighborhoods have about the situations. You can spread awareness in so many ways to the people that they will understand. There is handouts or even events you could hold to involve everyone in. Certain people will have different beliefs then that of the whole community but knowing what is going on with those around them might change their opinions. With these particular types of events you cannot eliminate them completely but you can reduce them greatly just by involving those around you because it effects so many people when it occurs.

                A beneficial thing that a lot neighborhoods could do is create a program where people can reach out for when they or someone they are close to needs helps. This will it easier from those who would typically be afraid to get help to get better. It would be with people they know in their neighborhood. These types of programs would increase the tension of the situation especially with those who want to hide that they have a problem but giving them the support they need to get help could be extremely beneficial to them.

                We can see issues of all sorts in neighborhoods across the whole country. They can be severe or easy to handle. Our communities have to come together so that we can reach out and find ways to improve our neighborhoods.

Entry #3 The Benefits of Shorter Classes

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2011/02/22/20110222arizona-state-university-shorter-classes.html

                According to this article, it talks about Arizona State University making the shorter seven week classes more accessible to their students. They give great opportunities to the students with being able to finish certain classes in shorter amount of time and for less money. Tuition is getting higher and higher lately at the college level and this definitely helps relieve that issue in several ways. With having these shorter classes it put some restrictions on the students though. There is certain classes at higher difficulty levels that would be nearly impossible to complete in such a short time as well as the fourteen week restriction for some classes. Overall, adding these types of classes to their curriculum is going to be beneficial for the students because it gives them more options in how to handle their educational futures.

                When it comes to the rhetoric of these article it is interesting in several ways. It is short, sweet, and to the point about what the benefits of this program are.  The word choice used by the author is easy to understand for students who would be interested in reading about the future of this program. A big bonus that this article is that it is placed in the perfect area for it to have full potential. It is written in the Arizona Republic were plenty of potential students will read it. It is not written as a typical newspaper article which will definitely attract some readers to it. Her use of simple words in the title, and I mean using words that everyone can understand, is fantastically used and will attract readers to this paper, as well. This article definitely makes people think about having the option of this program but it has brought out negative opinions as well.

                Some of the comments on this article state that Arizona State University will lose its creditability by offering these classes. Since the university is a place where the teachers not only educate their students but research other experiments as well. I do not believe that it will make the university lose any of its creditability but gain some for the classes will draw in more students and make it more beneficial for them. They also talk about how ASU is a school that is not a well-known school for its education in the public. This may be true in some cases but there is plenty of schools across the country that are not well-known to everyone in the public and ASU is no different.

                With these classes, I believe that they will be extremely beneficial for the student’s not only educational but financially as well. They do not remove any creditability from the university and still are a bonus for all. Arizona State University is a popular college within our community and students will continue to enroll with or without these classes based on their own educational dreams and opinions.

Right or Left or Wrong

What is right and wrong? Everyone at one point in their life has asked themselves this question and found it quite difficult to answer. This is one of the hardest questions to answer because a lot of it is based on perception. There is a lot of different aspects that play into this. For example, religion and beliefs would be a big deciding factor on what you believe is right or wrong. The best way to think of this question is to trust your gut because most of the time deep down you know what is right for you.

                When it comes to deciding what is right and wrong for me there is a lot of questions that I ask myself. What would my mother think if I did that? What would my grandpa think if I did that? What are the possible outcomes of this? I know it seems like a never ending cycle of questions for me but it is my thought process that ultimately helps me make the best decisions for me. Ultimately, it has been proven for not only me but people through the generations that their beliefs are a big factor to their life decisions. My mother every day empowers me to be a better person and make better decisions even if she is not still here with me. The gut feelings most individuals get is a pretty good sign that personally they do not approve of what they are doing. They feel like it is wrong of them to be doing that. There is no right or wrong answer to this, but choosing one over the other just might make you happier in the end.

 

My perception of right and wrong may be completely different from those around me, but I know I am a good hearted person and that I can truly trust my gut to help me get there.         

Entry #2 Prolife VS. Prochoice

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/us/arizona-judge-upholds-20-week-limit-on-abortions.html?ref=abortion&_r=0

                Abortion. This word has brought about a million different opinions across not only the country but the world. Some religions view it as murderous and some of view it as an acceptable loss. It is a tough decision that many have had to face before and the answer does not come easily. When facing this choice it could haunt you for the rest of your life, so think about it hard and long before getting in over your head. Abortion is one of the most controversial topics in the country today, and a lot of people have firm beliefs on it. With reading this article, it influenced my opinion in a way that is not so direct but it did have a huge effect even if they did not state their opinion on it.

                These authors write in a manner that makes their article easy to understand and to connect with. It is mostly about how this ban would affect the women of this country. They state that across the country women would be forced to make this decision, which is an extremely tough one, way earlier then they have previously had to. If you look at the bigger picture, you can clearly see that they are trying to get us to protest or dislike that this law. They show that women should have the choice to have abortion or not in the full time they should be allowed without actually stating that. The authors using their writing skills extremely well to prove their point without stating it with using rhetoric to their full advantage.

                I believe that this article is fantastically written and properly explains most of the information but it is not placed properly to have the most impact. This article is about a law being passed in Arizona but is being written in the New York Times. It is understandable that it was thought of as an idea in New York because that is where the decision making was occurring but it will make their readers lose interests. They would be more interested in reading something that connects to them and their neighborhood not something that is happening thousands of miles away from them.

                 Overall, I think that with the way this article is written does nothing for the creditability of the author. It is just stating basic facts about the ban and it is not showing any true character within it. There clearly is this aspect of it that showing what they want their readers to leave with and it is done in a thoughtful manner but it does not add to the articles effectiveness. Passion comes flowing out through the writer’s word choice and I truly appreciate the feeling that reading this article gave me. It would be a great thing for me to recommend to others to read.