I actually felt pretty relieved with this weeks readings, because I thought it was pretty easy to read and didn't feel like it was too much or felt kind of bothered by reading it. I will give you my best reaction to both readings.
- Everything's an argument ''Rhetorical Analysis''
It was pretty interesting to get more knowledge about what a rhetorical analysis is and I've actually realized that I've read many rhetorical analysis' and that I wasn't aware of the fact that what I was reading was something that what was so called a rhetorical analysis. I also think it was interesting to read that there are actually many factors that you have to think of when you are writing an rhetorical analysis and that basically you are kind of making a fool of yourself when you write a rhetorical analysis without taking all of those important factors into account. So far as I can remember, I've never written a rhetorical analysis so far. But as soon as I do I will for sure look back to the material that I've read today because it surely has very good tips included.
- Everything's an argument: ''Finding Evidence''
So this reading basically for me was much common sense. In our life there are many times that we will have or are wanting to proof or persuade things and in order to do that we need to get the best evidence we can. Then again, you can't always use the same sort of evidence for all kinds of things and like it said in the readings, the evidence you collect for let's say a school project, is not the same kind of evidence that you would need to collect for a psychological research. What I do think, is that it also has to do with a persons abilities to make sure that they are able to collect correct evidence. What I mean by saying this, is that a person basically has to be good with many things like the internet, a computer, a library, researching things in a book, etcetera. Because if for instance if you have no idea how to work with a computer or the internet, then that will already limit you in collecting a good amount of evidence then someone who knows exactly how all of that works.
Personally, I also believe that people have to be more aware of how important evidence is and that they should dive more into all of the available options there are to collect evidence and trust me it can save you from many situations. Just to give you a quick personal example: One time I got a fine that wasn't fair at all. So I called the company and explained them my situation and the representative on the phone said that everything was ok and that she took care of it. Later I get another letter saying that I hadn't paid my fine and they increased the amount. I called them again and said that I spoke to a representative before and that she took care of it. They asked me who I spoke to and unfortunately I did not write down her name and so had no evidence of ever talking to someone. This has been a great lesson for me and would like to give this advice to the rest as well in case you didn't know this yet. But so yeah, if I had just simply written down that name than I did have evidence that I did speak to someone and maybe the situation would've turned out much better.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Week 3 Reading Reflection
Both chapter 7 and 8 about communication were very nice to read about. Even though I did feel like a lot of think are common sense, it is still very surprising to see how many steps there actually are for each thing and how you should start of with one thing first before you go on to the next one. For example the three step routine/positive messages. Like they say important things in the first step such as analyze the situation, get to know your audience and organize your information. Then the second step: Adapting to different situations. Then step 3: Revise, produce, proofread and distribute it. So this all shows how important it is to do everything step by step in order to complete it 'perfectly'.
Also all the ways to communicate in a business way is great to read about. I feel like technology has been such a blessing when it comes to business communication and it offers great things. Here also for example I had no idea about like the podcasts that that was a way of communicating so I've been informed with a new way myself too. Obviously communication is the most important thing and we might underestimate that sometimes but I think if we get well informed each day about ways to communicate especially when it comes to a business then you can improve and make your business bigger than never before!
With 'Everything Rhetoric' fortunately this part was much easier for me to read about. I just loved the part where the character had a motto which said: "Writing means ALWAYS changing''. This is so great and it is very true that when you write you constantly have to meet the needs of different audiences. You can't write the same way to your boss as you write to your crazy best friend. But then again I feel like it is very hard sometimes to know how you should write, like a person might come off as a person that you could write more informal to but what if they would totally not appreciate that and you got it wrong. So how it may seem so obvious for some audiences, I feel like it is also very hard for other audiences. It takes time to figure all of that out but I'm confident that after much more experience it all gets a lot easier.
Also all the ways to communicate in a business way is great to read about. I feel like technology has been such a blessing when it comes to business communication and it offers great things. Here also for example I had no idea about like the podcasts that that was a way of communicating so I've been informed with a new way myself too. Obviously communication is the most important thing and we might underestimate that sometimes but I think if we get well informed each day about ways to communicate especially when it comes to a business then you can improve and make your business bigger than never before!
With 'Everything Rhetoric' fortunately this part was much easier for me to read about. I just loved the part where the character had a motto which said: "Writing means ALWAYS changing''. This is so great and it is very true that when you write you constantly have to meet the needs of different audiences. You can't write the same way to your boss as you write to your crazy best friend. But then again I feel like it is very hard sometimes to know how you should write, like a person might come off as a person that you could write more informal to but what if they would totally not appreciate that and you got it wrong. So how it may seem so obvious for some audiences, I feel like it is also very hard for other audiences. It takes time to figure all of that out but I'm confident that after much more experience it all gets a lot easier.
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Reading response week 2
To be honest, the way that ‘Understanding Rhetoric’ was written and visually viewed, was really not comfortable for me to read. It is much easier for me to just read in regular textbook style but this was just very confusing to me, by that I also wasn’t very able to understand much about what it was exactly about that they were saying in those 2 chapters, but I guess I’ll just give a quick summary over what I think I have understood.
What was pretty interesting to me is to see that writing is about so much more things than I thought. People have really set their minds into writing and figured out so many ways and beliefs about what writing is, the rules, concepts, etc etc. So I figured out that it really is something to kind of appreciate and not just think about it as something that is totally basic. Also I’ve been trying to understand the part in where they are explaining what Rhetoric is, but I guess so far I still haven’t really been able to make my mind up about what it is haha. Anyways I think it could be an interesting book to read, but I just need to figure out a way how best to read and understand this.
Now ‘Everything’s an argument’, was a lot more interesting to me also because of the better writing and visual style. Also with this, I understood that an argument is actually something really big and has so many meanings, also when they said that even by just wearing a t-shirt with some kind of quote, or for example eating some specific food, you’re already starting an argument. Now I think that when you say argument it mostly is being viewed as a kind of negative and harsh thing, but after reading this I got to know that it’s not. So I really liked reading it and am interested in what more interesting information and topics this book will provide me with.
What was pretty interesting to me is to see that writing is about so much more things than I thought. People have really set their minds into writing and figured out so many ways and beliefs about what writing is, the rules, concepts, etc etc. So I figured out that it really is something to kind of appreciate and not just think about it as something that is totally basic. Also I’ve been trying to understand the part in where they are explaining what Rhetoric is, but I guess so far I still haven’t really been able to make my mind up about what it is haha. Anyways I think it could be an interesting book to read, but I just need to figure out a way how best to read and understand this.
Now ‘Everything’s an argument’, was a lot more interesting to me also because of the better writing and visual style. Also with this, I understood that an argument is actually something really big and has so many meanings, also when they said that even by just wearing a t-shirt with some kind of quote, or for example eating some specific food, you’re already starting an argument. Now I think that when you say argument it mostly is being viewed as a kind of negative and harsh thing, but after reading this I got to know that it’s not. So I really liked reading it and am interested in what more interesting information and topics this book will provide me with.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
About me
Hi Everyone!
Finally I've figured out how everything kind of works (Thank you Mr. De Piero for the clear instructions!). Now let me tell you some more about myself.
My name is Angelica Askamp, born April 30 1994, which makes me 21 years old.
I am from The Netherlands, but I was originally born in Madrid, Spain, therefore I am half spanish and half dutch. I have been living in Santa Barbara now for about half a year, I started off taking a semester at SBCC, but then figured out that I could get my bachelors degree here at Antioch University in only a year because of the many credits that I had already earned due to my previous educations. This was an amazing opportunity for me, and now here I am, writing my first blog for my AUSB academic writing class.
I am majoring in Applied Psychology, I have always find it very interesting to figure out why people are the way they are, why they think and act in certain ways, etc. Also basically all my life I have been lets say the ''go to person'' for a lot of people in my life, and have always had to deal with people their personal lifes, problems, stories, and helped them and tried to find a solution with them for it. So I think that is also a big part of where my interests for psychology has come from, and so far I've been pretty good at it so hopefully I will be able to develop that even more. Then after my bachelors degree, I am actually planning on to get a masters degree in Criminology. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but something about it just really gets me. I have also been watching a lot of criminal minds lately and after watching that I have even created a bigger interest in the criminal justice world, and so far I know it is a very broad field with a lot of great career opportunities so I guess I'll just see how that works out.
I would consider myself an outgoing, funny, caring, crazy(in a good way), easygoing, chill and ambitious person, but also very very stubborn and hardheaded, I am a Taurus so that would most probably explain why. In my freetime I love to do fun things with my friends, go to the beach, cinema, party, eat, shopping, travel, and a lot more. But at the same time I also just love to sometimes be really lazy at home, watch netflix all day and stuff myself with very yummy unhealthy foods. :)
There is a lot more that I can say, and trust me, when I start writing I could write for hours, so I will just keep it to this. Hopefully this will somewhat give an idea of who I am, but I'm sure you will all get to know me, and I will get to know you much better during these upcoming couple of weeks in class.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story,
Angelica
Finally I've figured out how everything kind of works (Thank you Mr. De Piero for the clear instructions!). Now let me tell you some more about myself.
My name is Angelica Askamp, born April 30 1994, which makes me 21 years old.
I am from The Netherlands, but I was originally born in Madrid, Spain, therefore I am half spanish and half dutch. I have been living in Santa Barbara now for about half a year, I started off taking a semester at SBCC, but then figured out that I could get my bachelors degree here at Antioch University in only a year because of the many credits that I had already earned due to my previous educations. This was an amazing opportunity for me, and now here I am, writing my first blog for my AUSB academic writing class.
I am majoring in Applied Psychology, I have always find it very interesting to figure out why people are the way they are, why they think and act in certain ways, etc. Also basically all my life I have been lets say the ''go to person'' for a lot of people in my life, and have always had to deal with people their personal lifes, problems, stories, and helped them and tried to find a solution with them for it. So I think that is also a big part of where my interests for psychology has come from, and so far I've been pretty good at it so hopefully I will be able to develop that even more. Then after my bachelors degree, I am actually planning on to get a masters degree in Criminology. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but something about it just really gets me. I have also been watching a lot of criminal minds lately and after watching that I have even created a bigger interest in the criminal justice world, and so far I know it is a very broad field with a lot of great career opportunities so I guess I'll just see how that works out.
I would consider myself an outgoing, funny, caring, crazy(in a good way), easygoing, chill and ambitious person, but also very very stubborn and hardheaded, I am a Taurus so that would most probably explain why. In my freetime I love to do fun things with my friends, go to the beach, cinema, party, eat, shopping, travel, and a lot more. But at the same time I also just love to sometimes be really lazy at home, watch netflix all day and stuff myself with very yummy unhealthy foods. :)
There is a lot more that I can say, and trust me, when I start writing I could write for hours, so I will just keep it to this. Hopefully this will somewhat give an idea of who I am, but I'm sure you will all get to know me, and I will get to know you much better during these upcoming couple of weeks in class.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story,
Angelica
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