Rhetorical Analysis Of Building A Bridge Between Engineering And The Humanities

In this paper, I plan to argue the ideas by Edward Conard, in his argument that we don’t need more humanities major in our academic system. In specific, this paper will explore the writer’s claims, the gaps in his arguments and counter-arguments in this topic. My argument is important because I will challenge Conard’s article with the self-fashioning’s article by Keohane.

All around us there are several different communities of people. College communities, people with similar interests, gamers and several more. Another word for these groups is a discourse community. A discourse community is a group of people whom have a common goal and/ or have similar interests. Everywhere you go, there are different discourse communities. In the article, “Computer Science salaries rise with demand for new graduates,” by Ann Bednarz, she talks about how technology graduates are needed more than ever, how marketing how become needy for technology and how one job can be done by several different technology majors. Bednarz’ article can be applied to a computer science student’s journey. Computer science students are slowly integrating into the business world and in a good position. We are needed by many different kinds of businesses. These graduates are working to make their profile look more attractive. Us graduates are entering a new community and will work our hardest to fit in and become part of the ‘team.’ College is the transition from high school and relying on our parents, to growing up and having to rely on ourselves and become responsible adult, individuals.

The essay “A New Liberal Arts,” which was written by Sanford Ungar, first appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education on March 5, 2010. In his essay, Ungar uses many different rhetorical strategies to convince his reader that a degree in the liberal arts is not a lost cause but can actually be very beneficial and lead to success. In Ungar’s opinion, there are many wrong ideas and misunderstandings about the usefulness of a degree in the liberal arts. In the essay there are seven specific misperceptions that he addresses specifically. By listing out these misperceptions, Ungar is addressing them individually in order to give each one proper attention. He offers explanations to why people may think these things and why he believes that they are incorrect. Ungar’s use of style, format, and emotional and logical arguments help him to create a persuasive and influential essay for his audience and convince them to agree with his opinion.

Look around you, anything from the chair that you are sitting on to the phone in your pocket existed thanks to an engineer. We currently live in a world sculpted by the work of technologic professionals. As the significance of the choices made by engineers increases, it has become more and more important to ensure that these choices are ethically correct.Through analysis of Eric Katz’s Nazi Engineers, it is clear that societies ethics ultimately determine the direction in which society moves.

At the beginning of this article he states “colleges and universities are primarily vehicles for the preservation, development and transmission of our intellectual culture (scientific, humanistic and artistic).” He then goes on to explain that we expect colleges and universities to provide

If the logical appeal about the momentum of STEM does not sway their audience enough, the United States Department of Education employs pathos to entice the emotions of the audience, but more specifically, they use their word choice. Across the six press releases, phrases such as “work together” and “succeed or fail” appear; these phrases evoke a sense of unity. We, as a nation, are in this together-and if one citizen fails- then we all fail; this demonstrates an ultimatum, one that we, as a nation, must decide its fate. Other words, like “reward”, “highlight”, “honor”, and “praises” demonstrate the government’s positive reinforcement of the good in the country. According to Jeremy Bamidele, a writer of scholarly works, minorities and women

On April 10, 1962, the United States steel companies decided to raise the price of steel by 3.5 percent during one of the nation’s most traumatic wars that affect the veterans still to this day: the Vietnam War. To put things in perspective, steel prices have effects on nearly everything, such as the cost of homes, the cost of appliances, and the cost of building infrastructures. President Kennedy had been calling for stable and affordable steel prices for a long time at this point in time; however, the steel companies still raised the price. The day after the increase in steel prices, President Kennedy held a news conference to call out the steel companies. In this news conference, President John F. Kennedy delivers a speech that employs several rhetorical devices, specifically repetition, ethos, and pathos in order to incite the audience to protest against the steel companies; which would, in turn, inflict pressure on the steel companies to lower the cost of steel.

The rhetorical situation is defined as the context of a rhetorical event that consists of an issue, an audience, and a set of restraints. While this may be true, there are many interpretations and versions of these situations. In David Bartholomae’s text, “Inventing the University,” he explains the situation of college students learning to fit the requirements of their college professors. Another author named Kevin Davis formulated an essay titled, “Does Coming to College Mean Becoming Someone New,” explores a similar situation of university students in terms of their commitments and changes they make to succeed in college. Bartholomae’s rhetorical situation is persuading college professors to understand that students have a problem with

Your main points are: 1) That resistance is the refusal to accept or comply with something, and taking the action against undesirable scenarios, and 2) The man resisting losing hope or being afraid in order to save the boy is analogous to you not hesitating to save your brother from the steep embankment he fell into. You effectively support and develop your thesis by providing several examples of the man’s resistance as is true to the definition, and make a logical link between the man’s refusal to avoid suffering in order to save the boy, and you rescuing your brother. Your evidence of the man swimming in the frigid water for supplies (despite being sick) so that the boy can live effectively shows resistance against the fear of the unknown, and

Lyndon Johnson was persuaded that liberal patriotism and the force of the government could change society. His confidence developed out of his energetic encounters with destitution levels in Texas, his political apprenticeship amid the New Deal, and his longing to go even further than Roosevelt’s legacy. When he became president in November 1963, after John F. Kennedy’s demise, Johnson acquired the early initiatives to deal with destitution that the Kennedy organization had been considering for some time now. With high energy and extensiveness, Johnson announced a war on poverty in 64 and pressed enactment through Congress to build up the Office of Economic Opportunity. In his speech, LBJ traces his vision and objectives for “The Great Society”,

On January 27th, 2015 I went to the Waterloo Regional Museum located in the city of Kitchener, Ontario. The museum scrutinizes the First Nations people, European settlement at the start of the 1800, the manufacturing peak of the 1900`s and the high sector boom of recent years. Many of the historical artifacts and paintings reminded me of some of the themes discussed in the Discovering the Humanities course. The story of human social development as displayed in the Waterloo Regional Museum focuses on the transition to European settlements. This gradual development can be connected to two main modules in the humanities course: the Iroquian creation story and the modern scientific advancement.

Determining what students should be taught is not a task for one person but many topics are found to be intriguing and making the decision is obvious. In examination of three articles found in The Informed Argument by Robert K. Miller; Rick Livingston “The Humanities for Cocktail Parties and Beyond” it is evident that while humanities are important to teach to students, there is a better way to give them this information to make it more useful to the real world. Stanley N. Katz “Liberal Education on the Ropes” shows just how important liberal arts are to students when choosing a career. Ronald Takaki “An Education and Culturally Literate Person Must Study America's Multicultural Reality” gives great reasoning of why being well informed of different cultures as a student can change the way society can function well together. Breaking

Good afternoon Mr. Smyth! I have been thinking, and I ended up having Tech/ PE class as my elective. I would like to continue to be in the tech class, but is it possible for me to switch classes when it’s time for the PE part? I think that is next semester. My reasoning is that I recently have injured myself and I play basketball. I don’t want to be overworking myself when the season starts, because eI practice everyday and add that to PE, and I think it will be a little too much. Also, I am the only girl in the class, so I feel like it will be a little awkward. I was hoping that I could maybe switch when the tech part is over and when it is time for the PE part. Thank you for you time and energy,

After high school, Jimmy attends an arts and humanities school, which is clearly underfunded and looked down upon. The Martha Graham Academy, considered the laughing stock of colleges, was quite literally “falling apart” (185). The underfunding of perhaps the only arts and humanities school left in this society reflects how useless the general public deems studying this field

When examining different professions, those in the ‘Arts’ discipline and those in the ‘Sciences’ discipline appear to be polar opposites. However, when studied closer, it becomes apparent that both the arts and the sciences require similar skill sets and thinking processes. This is seen with the need for abilities of reasoning, communication, as well as invention. Therefore, the most important part of “Northrop Frye Talks About the Role of the Humanities” by Marvi Ricker, is when Dr. Northrop Frye discusses how the arts and sciences fields require the same qualities, because it forces the audience to reconsider how they view these seemingly unrelated occupations. There are many instances where the skills and mindset required for a science