Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Blog 20

Choose an issue from American History that we have discussed in class recently. Write a brief (one to three paragraph) history of the issue and the Federalist vs. Anti federalist issues involved. In this brief history, be sure to cite relevant sources and make specific, clear references to major historical events.
The issue that i am focusing in is the interracial marriage in the united states. For a while interracial marriage was illegal in the united states and wasn't made legal until 1967. This issue is more of the anti federalism side because it is trying to change the law for certain individuals instead of the government taking control and make the disicion for all of them.
interview
I interviewed my father what were his thoughts of  interracial marriage he really didn't believe in it "I don't agree with it" he thinks that most interracial marriage doesn't work and that you should just stick to your own race. I asked him if his opinion is like that because he was around before the law was passed and the way he was raised it wasn't right.

Then....

Choose at least one person not in this class whose opinion you respect. Interview this person to seek their ideas and opinions about the issues inherent in the element of history you have chosen.

Ideally, you want to quote this person, but it is okay to paraphrase their ideas at certain points, if necessary.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Blog 19

1. What are you most proud of in your Life: The Book writing? Try to describe this is detail!
I am most proud of is the knowledge i got form the research i had to do for the book. i knew few things about arthritis but through the research i got new knowledge about how it actually affects your body and how the medication works to relieve the pain. Also i am proud of the work itself because from this project i now understand more of the pain and difficulties my dad and grandma goes through ever day and the hassle of taking medication ever day.
2. What are some changes or new ideas that you have developed in your writing through the course of this semester?
I would say that i had a better star of how to write the article if i were to this article at the beginning of the year i would have been struggling writing this. I used previous knowledge from the beginning of the year to help me out to write the article.
3. If you had a little more time to work on your writing for Life: The Book, what would you do differently? What would you change about your writing?
If i had more time i would look for more gramatical errors and check if the writing flows. i would also like to go over it and see if the medication was explain enough to understand and see if the genetical process was clear.
4. How has the additional element of publication in a book affected the way you approach writing?
I would say that this element made me feel motavated to do a good job on my writing knowing that people were going to be reading this i want people to be reading a good paper that they can get good information from about the disease or the treatment the patient gose through.