“My body is 75% Dr.Pepper and that’s all thanks to the free market” Noah Clay Dawson. My sophomore year of high school was a normal year for the most part for me except for one person that really struck a chord with me and changed my way of thinking, and my entire view of the world a single person, a person who could drink two liters of Dr.Pepper everyday a person I’m proud to call my mentor, Noah Clay Dawson. The start of sophomore year and the new beginning of my Speech & Debate season when After listening to some Tame Impala he asked “Have you ever heard of Ron Paul?” after I responded with a no he started telling me about economist and politicians such as Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard, Friedrich Hayek, Rand Paul, and Gary Johnson. Naturally at first I was confused, but instead of blowing it off I started asking questions started listening more and started to read more of what he told me to read and after a while, I started to apply everything I was learning into Debate Congress, where I did surprisingly well, Noah saw this and got two other seniors Zack Wall and Morgan Taylor to help me understand the event better and explain rules and procedures although I was an entire semester behind to gain enough points for State I came close roughly missing State by five points. Throughout the remaining semester I started to question a lot more of what was being provided, and asking myself “Is this necessary, a necessary evil, or unnecessary, and what can I do to change that?”
While I appreciated that one of my peers provided feedback on my work, I feel that the feedback that was provided did not fulfill the assignment. My peer did not provide detailed feedback on my paper that could be adequately incorporated in my review and revisions. Most of the information that was provided as feedback were simply statements that reiterated what the prompt question was. Please see the below feedback provided to me by my peer.
I wasn't sure what to expect. While I had always been interested in the conditions of my society, I was a novice in the political arena. Never before had I given a speech in front of a group of people larger than those in a typical high school classroom, much less run for any kind of political office. In that first hour after my arrival, as I waded through a gym full of ASB presidents, state-level competitors in speech and debate, and seasoned MUN delegates, I
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I am writing to explain why I am qualified to become one of your student in your Writing 2 course. Over the years of my academic life I have taken numerous literature classes, which accelerated my comprehension in reading and writing, preparing me for this course. I wish to enroll in this course to further refine these skills and learn more about how creativity plays an important role in writing and in my life. In addition, I hope to unravel and share my creativity with the rest of my colleagues through future discussions and essays.
This semester you had taught us some interesting things, some which help me on my writing. I have truly see improvement in my writing from the start of the semester. You had asked us to work on our portfolio these past weeks. Which I believe I did a pretty a good job. I work hard on it I did went to go get help and that was very helpful. Hopefully my portfolio is good for you.
Writing is a place where you can get lost to create stories or grab attention for an audience. However, writing can be done pretty much anywhere and by anybody. For me, I can say writing has provided me many open doors. Helping me to get closure from my father, gained positive aspects, and in some areas, I struggled. But writing is an influence that you must have because it brings out the inner part of you to rise above. Like maybe you can't specifically say it to a particular person. Where as to me I've been in that situation but I've found it easier to write to them. Providing a sense of you going out of the way to provide time to write to them means a lot to a particular person or for me. Sometimes writing is a place where I can get lost or maybe find my weaknesses and strengths overall writing has influenced me to do good.
Growing up I learned to read in school like most others, but when it came to writing I was at a huge disadvantage. I have a disability called dysgraphia which effects the way I write. When it would come time for me to do my class work my peers and the teacher would struggle to understand what I had wrote on the assignment which would lead to chastisement from my peers. At one point I stopped enjoying school and even stopped doing my work. On top of the chastisement writing became too much of a chore for me to handle as I would end up growing tired both physically and mentally due to the way I would hold my pencil it would hurt my hand which would cause me to not be able to write for long periods of time without taking a break between paragraphs. Upon review of my work I would mentally beat myself up over the quality of my hand writing. I would find it tiring to constantly checking my letter alignment and spacing that I would spend five minutes writing and the next ten looking over what I had just wrote and re writing it all over again all while being mad at myself for not being able to write like my peers especially when it came to writing in cursive.
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I began with the age old question of “what made you want to get involved with Political Science?” Professor Rangel, with a smile on her face and a gleam in her eye, told me about how she enjoyed researching people’s behaviors and how they relate to politics. Furthermore, she wanted to explore how to promote civic engagement and help to get more people involved in the political procedure—a noble pursuit. She went on to explain how she wanted to get young people truly involved in the theory of politics, not just the debate aspect that most of the youth see it as.
Before this class, I absolutely despised writing. I hated writing about things I had no interest in. Teachers always used to tell me what to write about and I never seemed to have a choice. Coming into expository writing, I thought it was going to be strictly essay based. I didn’t even sign up for this class, so I immediately thought it would suck. It turns out, I was wrong. Essays can be fun as long as you enjoy what you are writing about. I like how we get assigned a topic, but from there you can personalize it. This class surprised me. I didn’t realize how much fun writing could be.
I have attached group 3 presentation. I would appreciate feedback pertaining to the amount of information on each slide. If the slides have too little or too much information please inform me. I have worked on this project alone for weeks. I am also sending this e-mail to inform you that working on this project has been a true challenge. Jennifer has not been the easiest person to work with. She isn't someone I feel I would want to work with in the future. The night you assigned groups I took the time to speak with Jennifer. She seemed bothered by the fact that I addressed her after class to discuss the details of the assignment. She stated she wanted to pick numbers to determine what parts would be assigned. I had no issues
In my high school AP english classes, my essays were always read as examples. I scored in the 99th percentile on my SAT in writing and my literature and composition teacher begged me to apply to her alma mater with a major in english or creative writing because of my impressive rhetoric. I entered Howard University with a lot of uncertainties, but what I was sure about was my writing ability. Naturally, I was registered for english 075, an honors course in writing. When I began the course I was excited for the challenge and even about all of the books I was going to read and analysis essays I was going to write. The first two pieces we read were The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass and the McGowan biography of Harriet Tubman. We were assigned an essay comparing and contrasting the two. After my final edits I submitted my paper with pride, extremely proud of the masterpiece I
I'm written this statement in response to the meeting we had on 6/22/2017 with Alex Wade and Darryl Massey who conducted my performance review. After careful consideration and further review, I feel I needed to clear up some areas of misunderstanding. I truly do not feel the evaluation represents my knowledge level nor my working ability.
In five short days, six strangers underwent an intense, time constrained, decision heavy experience that challenged our thinking. Throughout the Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership course, I learned several concepts about leadership and teamwork that have strengthened the foundation for my learning team to operate as a more cohesive unit. From redefining our team culture to uncovering how to handle assumptions, there were numerous situations that allowed for intelligent failure to occur in a low-risk and familiar environment. In the following paragraphs, I will shed light into a few of my findings.
During the course of the quarter, I feel that I have progressed somewhat. I've gained a lot of knowledge on rhetorical strategies and how to present arguments effectively. In the writings I have written, I feel that each writing works towards meeting the course goals. Logos, ethos, and pathos were strategies and ideas we were introduced to (if not already in the past) and were built upon throughout the quarter. The knowledge gained over the course of the quarter weren't only those three types of appeals. Rhetorical strategies like proposals helped reinforce the course and using rhetorical analysis in different situations have become easier throughout the quarter. I believe that I have made sufficient progress towards becoming a better