Yvonne Settles ENGL1101.37

 November 18, 2024     In high school, which wasn't too long ago, I graduated May 2024, my literature and english classes were always particularly interesting. This is mainly because of the teachers I had. A lot of people have a bad stigma and a negative stereotype associated with high school, but I rather enjoyed the short years there. I hardly remember freshman year, but my teacher was one of the best I ever had. I attended his different courses for all four years of high school. Little I remember, however I do recall having a large greek mythology unit, as well as doing a little poetry, and writing a few essays. Sophomore year I had a different literature teacher. She is now living in another state and thriving. A couple of my classmates didn't enjoy her, or her class as much as I did. This class began my obsession with The Great Gatsby, and she found new ways to make class interesting each week. Junior year I had a different teacher. It was AP Lang. We wrote a TON of ...

November 13, 2024      After reading Boyd's essay, I felt enlightened. I enjoy how she explained everything, and kept it interesting. I won't lie, I often find myself getting bored reading school articles about something that I must know. But, I do love reading. So if it's interesting enough, has outside views, and tells enough of a story, I don't mind it. Boyd used 5 "facts" which are simply interrogative words. We learned these as a little child. However, as we grow old they become so used, we forget how important "Who? What? Where? When? and How?" are.     Boyd uses her previous students responses to what is rhetoric. This helps me connect better, and understand better from people in the same shoes I am in; a college student trying to pass the classes I am in. Boyd using the detective analogy also resonates to me, as I am majoring in criminal justice and love to be in that "detective" mindset. Boyd writes " Every time you go to writ...

 November 5, 2024 In my Doc 02, about convincing undecided college students to major in criminal justice, my thesis is that there are so many different kinds of jobs available from police officer to private investiagor to judges with a criminal justice degree under ones belt. A logical argument I may use to support this is that no matter where you go in this field, employers will always see you shining bright because of your criminal justice degree. It is so versatile, and it is so easy to work your way up a hierachy in this field. You could start as a street cop making $40k a year, depending on where you work, to being hired due to that job as a private investigator making $90k a year. This logical argument would work because everybody wants to work a job that they know they have benefits, and will eventually always get paid more, which is always a criminal justice field job.  Rebecca Jones, author of Finding the Good Argument OR Why Bother With Logic , says something worth m...