Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Essay Ideas

My favorite essay topic idea for obesity is who is responsible for childhood obesity. I can start research on this by finding out the causes of it, what kids are born with this genetically and how many kids get this later in life through there eating. It would also be good to Find out a link between parents with no time to make food, parents who let there kid eat whatever, and parents who by junk because it's cheap and affordable.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Text Analysis #1

This text goes over who is really to blame in the problem of obesity in America. People in our country look to blame someone in this epidemic and these people are very quick to blame the food industry for their problems. The author of the passage believes that the food industry isn't all to blame. The article talks about how eating these easily accessible foods should be regulated by ourselves and is no one else's responsibility. Sure, the food industry markets heavily to the people and food is plentiful for everyone to get but these companies selling you the processed trash are not forcing you to eat it.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Vocabulary: Fall #1

Expository- to expound, set forth, or explain
I hope that one day we can get an expository answer to what the meaning of life is.

Composition- the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole
After reading the paper the teacher was impressed, he said that it had great composition.

Assumage- to make milder or less severe
A great way to assumage the pain, you should maybe take advil.

Decadence- the act of falling into an inferior condition or state
As time goes on devices such as the iphone 3g become a decadence.

Hackneyed- made commonplace or trite
It's become hackneyed for seagulls to be around people who are eating.

Coalition- a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons
The hero and villain formed a coalition to stop a common problem.

Transcend- to rise above
Great athletes try to transcend the competition to become the best.

Meritorious- deserving praise
The student received meritorious honors after his performance.

Lurid- gruesome
I will never watch the conjouring, I think scary movies are lurid.

Petulant- moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation
The little kid was going through his terrible 2's. I'm becoming more and more petulant but I try not to show.

My Opinion is Not a Right

- people in London are grated the right to a good night's rest. Therefore loud services like airplane flights stop in the morning.
- there is no law saying you have the right to your opinion.
- if we had the right to our opinion, those rights would be violated because in an argument, not both peoples opinion can be the right one.
- the saying you are entitled to your opinion is giving people a false sense of something they have. The only time you are entitled to you opinion is when you have something to back up your idea.
- your opinion is best when you have support for it

This is PHAT!

http://www.naturalnews.com/039566_natural_remedies_fat_burning_obesity.html

The link I just provided is an article about 10 tips and tricks that are ways to burn fat.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Typing Accent Mark Help

To type in accent marks on smartphones, just hold down the letter you want to have an accent mark.
Ex. Á É Í Ó Ú Ñ

To type in accent marks on computers, type in one of the following numbers while holding the alt button.
Ex.
é -ALT+130
á -ALT+160
í -ALT+161
ó -ALT+162
ú -ALT+163
ñ -ALT+164

Monday, August 19, 2013

5 Go-To Sources for Good Nonfiction

http://www.readprint.com/books-1/Non-Fiction
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/nonfiction/
http://pinterest.com/wegivebooks/non-fiction-books/
http://www.readbookonline.net/nonfiction/
https://www.creativenonfiction.org/list/type/onlinereading

Reflections on Week 1

Are there any factors that you think are going to affect your participation or experience in this class?
Access to a computer?  Mobile/smart phone?  Transportation?  Friends/family? Schedule?

- Nothing should really affect me in this class other than maybe sports but it wont be a big deal.





Think of an awesome best ever learning experience that changed you. What did you learn? Where were you? What happened? Who else was there? Did it teach you anything about how you learn (or pay attention... or remember, or think?) How did you know what was happening?

- I would have to say that out of all my years of learning, last year in this class. It was the first time I'd ever heard of using the internet as my tool for education. Using it brought out a more creative side of me that I have seen. I could tell that what I was learning in this class was helping because it transferred over to my other classes and helped me succeed in them.





What are you most [excited/concerned] about in this class? What do you look forward to in learning?  How do you think it can/will make a practical difference in your life?

- I'm just excited to be continuing this class again. I'm looking to learn how to put my writing skills to better use for myself and see where it can get me.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

What is Expository Composition

Expository Composition is  type of writing used to explain, describe, inform, or give information about a subject.

My Big Question

My big question is is there something out there watching us. What i mean by this is is there some kind of people from some other planet we dont know just studying us as some animal or an experiment.

It's All Latin To Me

dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude, incipe
"He who has begun is half done: dare to know, dare to begin!"

What this quote means to me is that if you take the effort to start something, you need to continue on with it. Pretty much I see this similar to the saying finish what you start.