Proposal for Public Writing Assignment

CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) is a policy regulates the average fuel economy on cars in the United States. CAFE makes it more expensive for automakers to make inefficient cars, but does not lower the price of gas or cars. This act was established in 1975, but it has been revised ever year raising the MPG regulations to higher standards. Recently, President Obama proposed revising the CAFE act which would make the rules for MPG to jump from 25 MPG to 35 MPG before the year 2016. However, there are many issues with CAFE. Many people think that CAFE is ineffective because most auto makers violate the regulations and pay the fines for regulating them. Others argue that if fuel efficiency gets better then people will start driving their cars more and balance the changes that we made to begin with. Although many people argue against the CAFE act, I believe that it is a good idea. The CAFE act can help lower the amount of money that people spend on gas and it can help save our environment if we use more fuel efficient cars. I care about this because I think that auto makers need to be pushed to keep up with the times. Most other industrialized countries have much better fuel efficiency, and we need to catch up. It would also help decrease the amount of money people spend on gas and it would also help the United States decrease the amount of oil they rely on from foreign countries. Lastly, it would help save our environment.

Skiing

I couple of years ago I took up skiing. At first I was really bad at it, but last year I got really good at skiing. I even started to go on some of hills and moguls to get air! I am really excited for Christmas break so that I can go skiing again. One of my friends gets to go skiing in Colorado over break, but I will be stuck at Perfect North. I have been to Colorado a couple of times during the summer and it looks like an amazing place to go skiing!

Fall time is here!

I went home for fall break and I did a lot of fall festivities. On Friday I went to Brown County in Nashville, Indiana. While I was there I did a lot of shopping and then I went to the State Park and went on some short hikes. It was the perfect time to go because all of the leaves were just starting to turn yellow and red. While I was in town I went into a lot of the local shops to buy caramel corn, peanut brittle, fudge, and taffy. On our way back home from Brown County we stopped to buy a pumpkin and apple cider at a place called The Apple Orchard which is close to my house. The workers told us the cider is made daily and when I tired it it was really good! I went home and carved my pumpkin after I got it! I carved Winnie the Pooh into my pumpkin! It turned out well, even though it was hard to do. The only part I messed up on was his right eye, but I think the rest looks good! It was just nice to have the fall weather and all of the fall foods and festivities to do when I went home over break.

What is Public Writing?

I think that public writing is any text that is available for the public to read which gives information about news or opinions. Such texts include letters to the editor, newspaper articles, and newsletters.

GO IRISH!

This weekend I went to the Notre Dame football game. My boyfriend goes to school there and I went up to visit him for the weekend and to go to the game. It was funny because Ball State played Western Michigan the weekend before Notre Dame played them. It was a big difference because one Notre Dame beat Western Michigan 44-20 and the day was filled with much more festivities. It was a great weekend for the game because it was in the mid 60's and sunny without any clouds in the sky and the leaves were changing colors and falling on the ground. When we got on campus for the game I went to visit the grotto, see the band play, and got some pictures in from of the Golden Dome. My was able to sit in the student sections and do pushups for the touchdowns. It was a great win for Notre Dame too! After the game, I went to mass at the Basilica. I love to go to mass at the Basilica, because it is so beautiful. I especially love old churches that are more traditional. Overall it was a great weekend and a great win for the Irish!

Naked Juice

Recently I have tried Naked Juice. It is a juice that is made from 100% juice. It has no added sugar and no preservatives, is non-GMO, gluten free, and vegan. The juice that I tired first was strawberry banana. It is made with 22 strawberries, 1 3/4 apples, 1 1/3 bananas', and a hint of orange. The Naked Juice was delicious! It was really think and almost like a smoothie. The juice is really good for you and I have been drinking it a lot lately because I feel like I might be getting a cold. All of the vitamins and fruit in the juice will help fight a virus. If you look on the ingredients the only thing you will find is the list of fruits that are blended together to make the juice and nothing else! It is hard to find things that aren't packed with added sugar and preservatives today, but Naked Juice is a product that doesn't. I would suggest trying Naked Juice the next time anyone is at the dining hall. It is expensive, but really good and an easy way to get your fruit for the day!

MM assignment

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My argument is that the U.S. education system is failing our students because of poor teaching quality. Many students leave school unprepared for the real world or to continue to go on to higher education. Some recent changes have been occurring in the government that could help improve our education system, but no one knows if the programs and reform will continue. My argument is that we must find a way to grade our teachers and to find the best professionals for our children, because the teachers have a great influence on the child's learning capabilities.

Log for Sept 28

Today in class we discussed our new assignment. Our new assignment is to create a video or a website for a multimodal argument. Before Professor McArdle showed us examples of multimodal arguments, we reviewed the reading assignments for the class. We went over the rhetorical fallacies. Some of the fallacies including appeal to tradition and false authority. Then we watched a few videos in class. The videos were about gay rights, the story of Little Red Riding Hood, and architecture. The videos were useful even though the architecture video was a little long and tiring. The videos helped me decide what I wanted to write about and how I was going to present it.

Log for Sept 23

In class we did intensive reviews on our rhetorical analysis papers. Andrew's paper was about energy drinks and the negative impact they can have on you and your body. Jordan's paper was about the song Mockingbird by Rob Thomas. The intensive reviews helped a lot and it was nice that everyone was able to help Andrew and Jordan out so that they can make their papers better!

Did you know?

I watched She's the Man on Friday night with a bunch of girls. Did you know that the movie is based off a Shakespeare play?! The movie is based of of Shakespeare's play The Twelfth Night. I read the play in high school for my English class. The characters names are the same in the play and the movie including Olivia, Viola, Duke, Sebastien, Antonio, Andrew, and Toby. The plot's are also similar. In She's the Man Viola (Amanda Bynes) dresses up as her brother to play on the soccer team. She then falls for Duke (Channing Tatum) and they end up together at the end of the movie after Duke realizes that she is really a girl. The Twelfth Night features Viola dressing up as a man and ending up marrying Duke at the end of the play.

Psychology: How we think

I had some pretty cool demonstrations in my psychology class about how humans think. Here is an example. Let's see how you do!






To the left there are nine dots. Can you connect all of the dots together in four lines without moving your pencil? You can connect them anyway you want as long as you have four lines and didn't move your pencil. Psychology says that most of you won't be able to figure this out.


To find out how to connect all the dots Click Here!

Home Sweet Home

I went home for the first time this weekend! It was really exciting. I actually got to shower without any flip flops on and I got to cook homemade meals! I made pizza baked spaghetti with caprese flatbread and chicken tortilla soup over the weekend. I was so excited to eat at home. I like the food at school, but I am starting to get tired of it because I feel like I eat the same thing over and over again. I also got to see my dog, Monty! I missed him so much! He was so excited to see me that he barked for awhile, because he didn't know what else to do. He knows that he always gets spoiled by me so I took him on a walk and got him a dog dish of ice cream from Ritter's. Now that I am back from home I have a whole week filled with lots of work!

Disney World

I just found out that I get to Disney World over spring break! I am so excited. My grandparents live in Florida so I will also get to stay with them (and use them for a hotel ;) ). I have been to Disney World twice, but they last time I went I was 12. My favorite park is Magic Kingdom because it has all of the Disney characters. My favorite Disney movie is Aladin, so I hope that I can get my picture taken with Aladin and Jasmine. My favorite ride is the tea cups because I think that they are cute and fun to spin around in. Yay for Disney World! I also love some of Walt Dinsey's quotes. My favorite one is "all of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them". Disney World is a place where you can feel like a kid again and just have fun. No one can have a bad time at Disney World!