My Second Lecture

The second lecture I attended was about the Cognative Learning theory which includes learning through experience and involvement. The speaker, Lia Banks is studying Elementary Education and has recently been involved with teaching the Special Education students. The cognative theory has been used for some time in classrooms, however not with special education students. This form of teaching has greatly helped many.
The cognative theory requires four steps:

1. Attention to be focused on the person giving the demonstrations.
2. Retention to be maintained through repetition or reward.
3. Motor Representation, is using motor skills in someway to become more applied and involved.
4. Motivate is again another step to involve and excite.

I learned that we always need to be ready to answer questions so we can be strong for ourselves

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Works Cited

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Holland, Jeffrey R. "Lds Mormon Videos: Are We Christians?" YouTube. 23 Apr. 2009.

Laini. "Dress Code." YouTube. 23 Apr. 2009.

Extra Extra 1

The first extra credit seminar I attended lasted 30 Minutes. I attended a lecture about homosexuality. Initially I feared that I may have been directed to the wrong classroom. The lecture was focused on Alfred Prufrock, a poet that is thought to be bisexual. The lecture began by describing what it means to be feminine and gay. The lecture continued to explain how Prufrock had several of these attributes. The man giving the lecture was also gay(homosexual). Because of the mans background, he had a good understanding about what to look for as he indicated that Prufrock was a flaming homosexual, and there was no "bi-" about Prufrock.
When Prufrock wrote these poems homosexuality was not acceptable. Most of the evidence of Prufrock's homosexuality was hidden in the work he left behind. To support this claim, examples from Prufrock's peotry and music were examined.

I learned important steps for creating convincing research papers.

-Establish background knowledge
-Discuss Evidence
-Explain the Evidence and background knowledge to create a convincing conclusion

Grahmar Check

Something I was doing horribly wrong, was correctly writing and using ellipsis marks. The ellipsis mark in the first place was written wrong. Instead of typing evenly spaced periods, I was typing three dot's. Instead I have learned that isn't the correct way. It is done by evenly spacing three dots, with spaces between the dots and the letters as well.
It is not necessary to use at the beginning of a quotation, but rather for the middle of quotations to represent words or material that has been omitted from the quote.
Another use is to indicate a pause in quoted speech.

You too can learn more at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm

I definitely do not want to become a waitress . . . or a waiter.

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Reading "Serving in Florida" I have decided I do not ever desire to work at a restaurant (unless it is somewhere classy). I was grossed out by the first half of the first paragraph. Apparently that was my hell and I am a fat person.
Barbara Ehnrenreich's experiment examined the need for education in order to live comfortably. She was very surprised to find the strenuous difficulties that await in much of the work force. There were many physical struggles, such as the energy needed to go from job to job and perform at a moderate degree. Mentally Barbara's challenges were caused by the pressure of maintaining the job, and finding time and a means for recreation. There was very little time and money for her to enjoy herself. This ethos rhetorik writing was very effective because she commented on details to help bring up real issues and challenges that may otherwise be washed over as a statistic that has little meaning behind the unexperienced audience.
The opening parragraph is an example for strong pathos rhetorik. Because of her experience, she described a scene that is repulsive and emotionaly disheartening. The discription of the kitchen brings feelings of disgust to my mind.
Her description of being a tourist reminds me of an uncommon stage set up for an audience. The fact that she was looking for a working class environment makes me question many things: "What did she expect to find when examining a working class environment? Did she seek out what she found? Could there have been a better working class environment, or are all of them that bad if not worse? Was that the worse working class environment she could find?" All of these questions invalidate much of her research until answered.

The text "Framing Class was also very interesting. Diana Kendall does a good job at picking up a big issue and problem that can solve so many other problems. The problem the news framing classes of people. When the media advertises so often items that may be of interest like cars and toys, they become a part of our daily lives. When I see things shown in movies like cars it brings up an interest of fun or satisfaction among other possessions. When the media broadcasts movie stars using these things to have fun, it can drive you to connect fun with that possession.
The principle of unnecessary consumerism is seen in the college setting through students spending money for items they may not need or items which more than satisfy a need. I bought a laptop that is more than what I needed for school, but for entertainment purposes I wanted to have a better product. I was a over consumer for that thing.
Thematic framing can be seen as a way to depict or frame an entire class. This can become more condemning while episodic framing is more of an observation.