intro; i-research

            In my whole entire life, I always have been interested in all living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and even us humans. I have been interested in each living things role in the life cycle of the ecosystem. How important each one is? Could the ecosystem survive without one or the other? The life cycle of the ecosystem begins with the sun which is our solar energy. Plants absorbed this energy as primary producers, and then it is passed to the consumers, such as animals and insects as primary and secondary consumers. Then, the energy passed to the decomposers, bacteria and fungi, where they absorb it from the dead; and the cycle will keep going. Looking at the life cycle of the ecosystem, imagine that animals were eliminated, what would you think will happen to the living things that come after? What would you think will happen to the entire ecosystem cycle? It is not possible to eliminate plants because they are the oldest and the first living things on earth, but it is possible to put many species of animals in danger of extinction because they have evolved and developed themselves. 

2.1

\the relationship between all readings is to show us how we write our i-research paper. they focus on what is necessary to write about. what worth knowing about whatever you are searching about is an important question that you can ask yourself. also, another relationship between the readings is omitting information which are not related to your topic. Also, when you write your i-reaserch paper you should write about what you know and what you did not know about whatever your writing about, what did you learn? in the "what worth knowing" reading, it mentioned that you need to ask yourself questions in order to meet the requirements of the paper, such as what is your purpose of writing this paper; that will help you too to know the structure of your paper, "the structure of the subject" (Jerome Burner). 

2.2 I-research

i am thinking to research about endangered animals. why are they being endangered? what are the causes? what can we do to save them? what methods could we use? what are the specific animals are being endangered? i am going to look at studies, such as researchers studies. also, read scientific journals. Also, i am going to search for statistics about endangered animals around the globe and why.

evaluative reflection

Drafting is the first thing we do as writers and drafting has many methods, but most importantly is what happens why drafting, such as activities, thoughts, obstacles, etc.

  

When I start drafting I always get my snacks, hookah, redbull ready. Also, I always make sure that I don't need anything else while writing except going to the restroom. I do all that because I like to set my mind clear so I only focus in whatever I am writing about. But yes, I do have other distractions. I always ask myself this "why even I felt ready, is still got distracted somehow." for example, my cat, it will sound silly, but seriously, my cat is my biggest distraction. Many times. I would be writing like 4 pages of lab report or an essay for my English class and she would hub on top of my laptop and turn it off and loss all my work. So, I managed to save my work every 10-15 minutes. In addition, I always work on drafting at night. I actually a night person, so all my work is done at night. I would start from 8:30 to 2:30 and then stop to sleep. Not mentioning I take like 10 minutes breaks when I feel like I need one. Also, I listen to music while drafting. Sometimes depends on the type of music that am listening to. Most of the time I realized that sad music would let me work longer than hype music. In this process, I do a better job working than any other process that I have experienced before.One of the things I fail to accomplish is describe "how" things happened in whatever I am writing about. To be honest I still do not know why I fail to do so. Maybe because that English is my second language where I cannot understand between the lines. I guess I need to read more and more articles and develop my understanding of authors’ entire thoughts. 

BOTH student sample projects reflection

In terms of the first student essay, I liked the way that he used ethos in two different aspects. First he used the idea of ethos focusing on what the author quoted to make his essay credible by mentioning famous writers. Also, he used ethos focusing on the exact source that the author work at or comes from which was the New Yorker news. the problem is I do not seem to find out where he mentioned what type of argument that the author used in his article. On the other hand, the second student essay, its clearly states that the author uses casual and rebuttal arguments. Also, in terms of the second student sample, I liked the way the he used ethos in different way by looking at the way that the author worded his viewpoints rather than the sources. Also, the way he used pathos by mentioning the story that the author talks about, and not only that, the student explained how this story could affect the readers’ emotions and beliefs. I would say that the second student essay is better than the first one from how he was very clear of his points and used all kind of strategies on his own way and connected them properly. In my opinion, I would use the second student sample as my mode because his strategies gave me a sense of more space, breathing room, and ways that I can discuss my article. Not mentioning that they both used the logos, pathos, ethos of their article.   

Building arguments around the stases

1.) Pretend you've stolen something and use the stasis protocols to argue why you should not be punished for this action.

Definition: Stealing food with the intention of repaying the store owner when you have money at a later time/date.  If this is the case, you are essentially borrowing the food on credit and could argue that you have changed the definition from stealing to borrowing.

Evaluative:  Stealing a sandwich when you have absolutely no other means available of obtaining food is justified because it is better than starving to death and more important than the moral/ethical harm it causes the deli owner. 

Resemblance:  Stealing food when you're indigent is like the auto industry taking a bailout when they were insolvent.  If it is okay in one case, it must be okay in both cases.

Cause/Consequence:  Having to steal food when you're hungry is the result of the minimum wage being kept at a starvation wage.  Employees/citizens unfortunately cannot raise minimum wage themselves.  Therefore, it is the fault of big corporate America that forces people to have to steal to put food on the table. 

2.) Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia should be covered by general health insurance.  

Definitional/categorical: Anorexia and bulimia fall under the category of mental health disorders. Insurance companies cover bariatric surgery for people who suffer from binge eating disorder, which is also a mental health disease.  Insurance companies should expand their coverage to incorporate anorexia and bulimia along with binge eating disorder, and cover preventative care and treatment for all three.

Evaluative:  Is it appropriate for insurance companies to deny coverage for anorexia and bulimia if the diseases deteriorate both physical health AND mental health?

Cause/consequence:  Denying coverage for eating disorders will result in higher costs to insurance companies if they wait until after the diseases have become major health problems.

backpacks vs briefcases reflection

 In the article, I learned that rhetorical analysis is everywhere, and we used it every time in our daily life. For example, we see media where they use rhetoric’s Ads, such as products Ads where they persuade the consumer to buy.  And we use it as we judge people we meet daily from the way they look and the way the talk, etc. I learned that persuasion is the main goal of rhetorical analysis. However, they differ in the method that is being used to persuade the reader or listener, and most of the time the methods are combined. Pathos, ethos, logos are some of the methods that are used to persuade. Ethos is where the article is ethical and eligible to believe by the reader. Also, pathos is where it targets the emotions of the people who are listening, reading, or watching.  Lastly, logos is where the article shows people that its logical by stating information or position. So, rhetoric is all about the way you use to persuade people to be om your side and believe you or follow you. 

this the article that i may use for my project 1;

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/08/why-single-moms-struggle-with-college/401582/