Well, it looks like this nightmare, I mean semester is finally over. I guess it means smooth sailing for me, right? WRONG!!! Because I still have three more years of college to go. Wish I could just fast-forward to the end of all this, but I cannot. It is probably for the best, because I'm afraid of what I maybe like three years from today. Whatever, moving on. Helps if I don't think about it. My experience during this semester was okay; a slight improvement from last semester. I think I did better in this class than I did last year in ENC 1101, as well as my other courses. But despite this, my first year still sucked. All in all, it was just as bad as high school, perhaps even worse. I've never had this much stress to deal with ever, which leads me to wonder whether this college thing is actually worth it.
I could ramble on forever about what I didn't like about my first year, but honestly, who the hell wants to read about that? Heck, even I wouldn't read that. Moving on. I think I learned some new things this year, such as using a good attention grabber in your introduction. But the best thing is I finally remember what logos, pathos, and ethos are (I tend to forget them immediately after learning them). And yet, I still feel like my writing skills haven't changed much. Still feels like they are the same as they were at the end of last semester, but perhaps a little better. Still, I guess this class was okay, despite how much I hated doing the proposal assignment (it's quite difficult when you only have one working computer and your dad gets irritated if your on it for too long).
As for this course, I don't think you should change anything. I think it was organized well and it should stay the same fro next semester. As for my expectations at the beginning of the semester, I can't for the life of me remember. I think that it had something to do with not really changing as a writer and not expcting the course to go so well. Were they met? I don't know, but I guess I can say that it went well; after all I believe that I am passing the class (hopefully). But the important thing is that it is over and summer break is just around the corner, and with it about four months of R & R. So I would like to say this: This battle maybe won, but the war is far from over. With that, goodbye and good luck to all.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Islamic Community Center in New York ( There Still Arguing About This?)
After watching the rant made by Keith Olbermann on the Islamic Community Center controversy in New York, my view on the whole matter has not changed; it has only been strengthened. The controversy is about the construction of an Islamic community center that will be open to the public and will be constructed about 4 blocks from Ground Zero of the World Trade Center. There are actually people (idiots would be a better word for them) who are protesting [bitching about] the construction of the community center because they think it's a Muslim Mosque and they don't want one being built so close to Ground Zero. But wait, it isn't a Mosque at all! It is a community center, a place that is (and will be) open to all people. According to Keith Olbermann, it will have a culinary school, a basketball court, and out of all the thirteen floors on the building, only two will be dedicated to prayer and worship. And yet, many people feel it is some place where Muslim terrorists will be trained. Really, are these protestors really that stupid? So I should be afraid of chefs and basketball players? Oh, I'm so petrified!
It seems to me that this country has a strange habit of demonizing an entire ethnic or religious group due to the actions of a small minority. A few extremists attack the World Trade Center, and the next thing you know, everyone thinks that all Muslims are evil terrorists bent on America's destruction. And another thing, I was taught thst America was founded on religious tolerence and freedom form religious persecution. I've been taught also that one of our First Amendment rights includes freedom of religion. If that is the case, then why the hell can't a few Muslims built their community center? Because it is close to Ground Zero? That is such a rediculous reason. The Muslims who want to build their Islamic community center have every right to build it, just as I have every right to criticize the President, or is freedom of speech also censored, because nowadays it seems like it is. And the community center wont even be that close; it will be about four or five blocks away, and it will be obscured by the many empty and unused buildings surrounding Ground Zero. Another thing, weren't they going to build a large tower called the Freedom Tower as a monument to the 9/11 attacks? Last time I checked, they said it would be completed by 2013. It's 2011 and they haven't even started. Here's an idea: instead of protesting over the building of an Islamic community center, how about starting on that Freedom Tower that's supposed to be completed in the next two years? It's better than protesting the building of a community center, which the Muslims have a right to build in the first place.
As for the agument/rant Keith Olbermann made, I think it hammered the point home. He made it clear that all the people in opposition to the building of this community center do not have good enough information to back up their claims against building the community center. He provided plenty of information, and he conveyed the facts well. However, he may have been a bit to passionate while making his argument, which may or may not help his argument. All in all, I think the arguement was well made and I completely and utterly support the building of this Islamic community center. They have just as much a right to build their community center just as much as anyone else.
It seems to me that this country has a strange habit of demonizing an entire ethnic or religious group due to the actions of a small minority. A few extremists attack the World Trade Center, and the next thing you know, everyone thinks that all Muslims are evil terrorists bent on America's destruction. And another thing, I was taught thst America was founded on religious tolerence and freedom form religious persecution. I've been taught also that one of our First Amendment rights includes freedom of religion. If that is the case, then why the hell can't a few Muslims built their community center? Because it is close to Ground Zero? That is such a rediculous reason. The Muslims who want to build their Islamic community center have every right to build it, just as I have every right to criticize the President, or is freedom of speech also censored, because nowadays it seems like it is. And the community center wont even be that close; it will be about four or five blocks away, and it will be obscured by the many empty and unused buildings surrounding Ground Zero. Another thing, weren't they going to build a large tower called the Freedom Tower as a monument to the 9/11 attacks? Last time I checked, they said it would be completed by 2013. It's 2011 and they haven't even started. Here's an idea: instead of protesting over the building of an Islamic community center, how about starting on that Freedom Tower that's supposed to be completed in the next two years? It's better than protesting the building of a community center, which the Muslims have a right to build in the first place.
As for the agument/rant Keith Olbermann made, I think it hammered the point home. He made it clear that all the people in opposition to the building of this community center do not have good enough information to back up their claims against building the community center. He provided plenty of information, and he conveyed the facts well. However, he may have been a bit to passionate while making his argument, which may or may not help his argument. All in all, I think the arguement was well made and I completely and utterly support the building of this Islamic community center. They have just as much a right to build their community center just as much as anyone else.
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