In Occidental religions the situation is probably not very bad. They view women as stay at home persons who should raise their kids and feed their husbands. But I don’t really think that anyone pays attention to these concepts today, even if they believe in God and go to church. Woman here have the freedom to choose having a career if they want to. They don’t get paid as well as men in a lot of professions, which has my husband worried because he wants to retire at 40.
But some Muslim women in the Arab world seem to get the worst part. Men have to tell them how to dress, they can’t show their face in public and have to stay at home and raise kids. They are not allowed to work. I think that in some cases they have to walk a few meters behind their husbands with the kids because they are not equal. These societies put women in a second place, distant from men which are in the first place. I am sorry for the women who have to live in this society.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Reflect on your writing progress so far
Since I came to America, my English has improved a lot. When I arrived to this country I didn’t speak or write a single word in English. After eight years and working very hard I’m now studying in a University.
I remember how hard it was for me to write one simple sentence in English. I had all the words in my mind but I could not put them together in a sentence. When I was able to write better, I wanted to start to go to college. I took an English exam to be accepted in Northeastern University where I had to write a short comparation essay about my generation and my parents generation. I thought that I did very good, but my score was very low and I had to take the first level of E.S.L. I started to study English grammar and my writing start to improve. I finished all the E.S.L classes and last semester I took English 101. However for me this class was a challenging. I was able to write about interesting topics and I could organize clearly my ideas. I put a lot of effort in order to write more academically and learned more about English grammar. In my opinion I did very well and I passed to English 102. There I have to learn a lot more techniques in order to write good essays. I have realized that I can write more complex papers now. My friends and professors have told me that my writing is so much better. But I still have to work more on it.
I remember how hard it was for me to write one simple sentence in English. I had all the words in my mind but I could not put them together in a sentence. When I was able to write better, I wanted to start to go to college. I took an English exam to be accepted in Northeastern University where I had to write a short comparation essay about my generation and my parents generation. I thought that I did very good, but my score was very low and I had to take the first level of E.S.L. I started to study English grammar and my writing start to improve. I finished all the E.S.L classes and last semester I took English 101. However for me this class was a challenging. I was able to write about interesting topics and I could organize clearly my ideas. I put a lot of effort in order to write more academically and learned more about English grammar. In my opinion I did very well and I passed to English 102. There I have to learn a lot more techniques in order to write good essays. I have realized that I can write more complex papers now. My friends and professors have told me that my writing is so much better. But I still have to work more on it.
Define decolonization and explain its effects in your own words
The powerful countries established colonies in Asia and Africa in the past. But after the Second World War they started to leave from their old colonies. This is the decolonization process. The native people then take control of the new independent country. But the process is never easy, because the native people in most cases had never formed part of the government. So the big powers leave the country and now a group of inexperienced people take control. This probably created a lot of problems. Freedom is always good, but the powers should have helped the locals run their governments.
Interesting sources that you've come accross
When I did English 101 I had to do a homework on homeless people. So I decided to interview a homeless that lives close to my house. It was very interesting for me because I have never talked to one of them as I was afraid of them. But I realize now that they are people like us, that maybe had a lot of problems in life and ended in the street, but they are not bad people. This conversation was very good for me because now I see homeless people with different eyes and I am not afraid of them. And I also got the best grade possible in this class; this was very good. Unfortunately I never got another best grade, so I think the homeless person was my best source ever.
What makes argument by pathos successful?
Arguments based on pathos can be successful because we are human beings, not machines. People are emotional and can sometimes not pay attention to logical arguments because another one touches them at a personal level. For example, if I were invited to be in a jury where a person is in trial because he killed someone that did a horrible thing to his kid, there is a big chance that a lawyer can persuade me with a pathos argument. Anyone who had ever had a baby in their hands can understand what a person can do if anyone hurts their kid. Even if I know that killing a bad person is not right, I would think about my baby and what I would do if I were him. And then I will probably say that he shouldn't go to jail. Because we are human beings and we can relate to other peoples experiences, arguments by pathos can be very successful.
Is America Falling Behind?
I do not really know if America is falling behind or not. Some things that have happened over the last years make me feel like I am still living in Argentina. Decreasing taxes for the rich people when there are portions of the population with a lot of needs is wrong. What happened in Wall Street is also wrong: a lot of bankers made mistakes and then the tax payers have to pay the bill; some of those tax payers are very poor. So when I think about these things I probably have to say that America is falling behind.
But on the other hand, good things are still happening. People still want to come to America to earn a living. This must mean that even if things are not as good as we would like them, they are better than in other places. America is still the richest country is the world. The Chinese are growing a lot, but they are still far away. I think that America is still ahead of most countries, but that they are coming closer to us.
But on the other hand, good things are still happening. People still want to come to America to earn a living. This must mean that even if things are not as good as we would like them, they are better than in other places. America is still the richest country is the world. The Chinese are growing a lot, but they are still far away. I think that America is still ahead of most countries, but that they are coming closer to us.
What media sources are reliable? How do you know?
I think that in general, information from the television or important newspapers is reliable. Their reputation is very important for their business; if it is damage, they can probably go bankrupt. That is why they need to be very careful with the information they decide to publish. If they are caught with a mistake they can be embarrased with the public and loose credibility, which means money too for them. So I trust these sources. The problem I have with them is that they may be biased and don't represent the point of view of different types of people. For example, I do not expect to see in Fox network a documentary on how the inequality in America has increased during the Republican government, because they support that party. What I want to say is that I trust the source but I also know where it is coming from...
I really don't know what to think about the information that is published in the internet, in sites like blogs or other types of pages. It is good that the internet give people the opportunity to express themselves. But the problem is that you can't really know if what they are saying is true or not.
I really don't know what to think about the information that is published in the internet, in sites like blogs or other types of pages. It is good that the internet give people the opportunity to express themselves. But the problem is that you can't really know if what they are saying is true or not.
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