Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Why I Am Not A Christian

This reading was very hard to understand. The author uses a lot of religious philosophers ( Plato,Socrates,Descartes) to try and prove that God doesn't exist. These philosophers spent their live dedicated to their cause and have studied Christianity extensively.The author however, also makes some good point. As far as his denial of Christianity that's up to him. This is as far as I would like to articulate on this subject at this time.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Practical

This section was a pretty good reading. I already knew a lot of what they were talking about, but somethings I didn't know about. I guess it became a new law very recently. It was kinda hard to understand at first. As you read longer it gets easier. I couldn't believe how many laws, I guess you would say, there was for writing. Overall easy to read hard to understand.

Practical Stratagies For Reading And Writing

This reading had a lot of things that reaffirmed many of the things I already knew,accept for the stuff on computer on line writing and visual aid. Since I'm just getting started using computers this section was probably the most interesting and gave me the most information. I didn't know there were so many laws to writing in different context and I hope I don't have to memorize all the different formats.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Analizing Rhetorical Situations

This reading was pretty good. It had a lot of good information, just like most of the other reading in Ede. I think there are the people out there that believe in different worlds and things of that nature. I think the Wizard of Oz was a great example. Many people have seen the movie and I believe there are probably some people out there who believe some way somehow this could actually be a real place somewhere out there. However most people know that these types of things are just made up and could never really happen. We all might have fantasies about different worlds or different types of things, but when it comes down to it we know what is real life and what is make believe.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Analizing Rhetorical Situations

I rather enjoyed this reading. The reading had a lot of good information. I had a good idea of most of the information but having something besides text to read in this book made the reading more enjoyable. The "Dungeon and Dragons" essay was real good , because while I was in the U.S. Navy the nights at sea can get very boring so I was one of the so called weirdos the auther was talking about. It realy can take some of the harsh reality out of life. My lord we've all watched" The Wizard of Oz" and I don't believe that any one believes a tornado will send them to a land where they will find talking sarecrows,a tinman and a cowardly lion. I think we all fight enough demons in reality. Sometimes I think we all have fantasys about being in a world that could only live in our own minds.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Strategies for Revision

This reading was very informative. It give many different and very good ways on how to revise a paper. I use many different techniques to revise my papers. the first thing I usually do is read through the paper myself to try and pull out as many errors as i can. The next step i use is having someone who is honest read through my paper. Getting someone who doesn't really care would not help much because they wouldn't tell you what was wrong with the paper. I think the reading gave a great hint when it says to plan a break in between writing your paper and revising it. Another good suggestion they gave was to read your work aloud. Overall this reading was informative and gave many helpful hints in the revising process of writing a paper.

Strategies for Designing Pages and Screens

This was a very practical reading. It makes sense to know how to be effective with writing in our always growing technology age. Making sure that your pages are formatted so that your readers can easily understand it is just as important whether it be written or visual. The step by step points on every possible topic helped a lot and the examples did as well. A flowing, easily read web page or brochure is much better for serving your purpose than a cluttered mess.