Persuasive Essay Brainstorm

Brainstorm

• why prom is stupid
• why high school day should be shorten
• why the school day should be shorter
• why laptops help students
• why high school should only be 3 yrs. long

Quote Reaction

How Starbucks Saved My Life

Quote:

"Work is diginity. (pg.37)"

I have started to read How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates. This is a fascinating book and has really got me thinking about how I view work and how I view my life and what I believe is important. I chose this quote because it really ties up the chapter about how Michael comes to the realization that he never liked his job but he enjoyed the perks that came along with them. He was the vice president of large advertising firm before he was laid off and had to take a job as a barista at Starbucks at 62 yrs. old. This quote is very simple but describes how important work and finding a meaning is for humans. This reminds me of the reading we did in Humanities where Socrates describes work and how humans are empty without work ans we find a lot of our meaning as humans in what we do. This quote also shows Gates writing style. He is very clear and concise and doesn't take the long, convoluted route to explain how he is feeling and is still very vivid. I admire that and want to find a way to integrate that into my writing.

Cause and Effect Essay Prospectus

Thesis: The cause of our backwards thinking when it comes to healthcare and other social programs stems from the way our country was founded and the guiding principals in our society and what we believe America stands for.

Main Points I want to touch on:

• why do some Americans believe that being able to purchase a gun is a god given right but universal healthcare is not.
• discuss different times in history when 'social agendas' were hotly contested in America like, social security, welfare, etc. and how there opponents have the same criticism of healthcare.
• What exactly is a "socialist state', talk about the red scare and what is it about socialism the irks some Americans.
• How the creation of our country( Puritanism and breaking away from Britain) has impacted what we think are "fundamental rights"

I haven't done any research on this so these are just ideas off the top of my head. After researching I probably will have better, clearer ideas!

Ideas for cause and effect essay

Ideas:

- Why do some Americans feel like owning a gun is a god give right but don't believe the same about healthcare?

-Why do people always say "like" and how that has effected our way of communicating with each other?

-Why do people from Texas/ the south say, "y'all" so much and how it has effected other societies perception of Americans.

-How has texting and spellcheck changed the english language and how we use it?

-Why is there a Yankee/ Red Sox rivalry and how has it effected baseball?

Prospectus

So there is this lady at the nursing home where I work. She is like my own personal Rosie the Riveter. She was one of the first women to work at Boeing during WWII and helped build on of the planes ( I don't remember which one). She defied all social norms during her time and I want to find out why, she could have been the typical housewife but she wanted more from herself and pushed herself.

I know this info from a simple conversation so when I actually get a chance to interview her I will actually know what angle I want to write my paper from.

things to improve and review

things to improve:

- vocabulary

- organization so my last paragraph connects seamlessly to with my first

        - beat into my head that quantity is less important then quality and not to stress about how           long my essays are.

Review ideas

1. The Blind Side

2.UP

        3. Precious

4. Dear John

5. Paris, je t'aime

6. New York, I love you

7.  The Hurt Locker

8. Where the Wild Things Are

9. Milk

        10. Son of sam

book ideas

1. Atonement

2. Kite Runner

3. The Brief Wondorous life of Oscar Wao

4. A Thousand Splendid Suns

5. Life of Pi

6.Middlesex

7. Everything is Illuminated

8. The Glass Castle

9. Beloved

Things I want to work on in my writing

1. Make my transitions better

2. Make my one idea flow well with the next and make them less choppy

3. Work on integrating my thesis more into the body of my essay

4. Work on my vocab