Friday, March 25, 2011
Unit Two Project
During this Unit Two Project I really enjoyed creating my website and doing the research to make my website informative and helpful to my audience. Of course, I ran into roadblocks such as what layout should I have, what specifically should I put on the website, and how I should organize the information I put on the website. I am very pleased with my end product and hope that someone will benefit from the information that I collected and put on it.
The first step of creating my website was decide what topic I should focus on that will fit my audience and that I wanted to research to find out more about it. I narrowed this down fairly easily by deciding that I wanted to write about the General Education Diploma rather than what some of the other people were writing about such as childcare and communication. I thought by choosing the GED I could then have enough information to create a website and a topic that I could choose a side to sort of argue on. I was wrong, way wrong. There is actually a lot of information on the GED exam and it differs from state to state. Also, I realized how difficult it was to choose a side and argue it on a website while still being respectful. As I go through each of my pages I will discuss how I emphasized my opinion on the GED rather than having a completely neutral tone about the topic.
In choosing the layout and color theme for the website was fairly easy. I wanted a layout that looked professional and was easy to move around the website from page to page. The first layout that I choose was close to the same color theme as the one I have now but the menu bar was stretched across the top but after adding all of my pages they didn’t all fit so there was a button that said “more…” and when you hovered over it, it would show you the rest of the pages. This didn’t really appeal to me so I found another layout, the one that I am currently using, because I like the fact that the menu bar is vertically on the side and while you are on any page you can easily see and choose another page at any point in time and you could also see all of the pages at the same time instead of only the first two or three pages. I also liked this layout because I was able to have a picture next to the title of the website that would be the same for every page. I chose a picture of a street sign that had the word ‘success’ on it that was angled so only the sky was in the background. The reason I really liked this picture was because I wanted people to feel like by getting a GED you can succeed and that the sky is the limit. You don’t have to graduate high school to have the option to succeed. Even those who couldn’t make it through high school can succeed due to the GED and the opportunities it gives the young adults who take it.
Of course I had to have a home page but it was fairly difficult for me to figure out what to put on the home page. I tried just having my ‘History’ page as my home page but I felt like it jumped into the topic to quickly with no introduction. It was like the example that you showed us in class, you don’t want to have a cliff were your audience feels like they are dropped into the middle of what your talking about and you don’t want your whole website to be like the introduction were it has no body and never really goes into depth about the topic. Instead, you want a skate pipe feel were you are eased into the topic and have enough momentum to keep the reader entertained and wanting to read more. Therefore, I decided to have a different home page that explained the purpose of the website and gave a quick description of what would be on each page. I choose to put a picture on this page because even though it has a picture on the top that is consistent for every page I felt like the page itself needed some sort of image to entertain the reader’s eye so they would be willing to read rather than feeling forced to read.
My next page was my ‘History’ page. The reason I did this was because I figured there are always those people out there who want to know where the GED test came from and why it was even created in the first place. Also, I think it is very interesting that the military was the group that initially wanted the test to be created so that their veterans and soldiers could get civilian jobs since their high school education was disrupted by the draft. Now, however, the military is very strict and don’t accept as many adults who have a GED as they used to. I chose a fun cartoon picture for this page because I figured it could lighten the mood a little and make all of the text look a little less daunting.
For the other three main pages I chose to add pictures and place them in various places on the page to make it a little more appealing to the eye. On my ‘Studying for the GED’ page I wanted it to be fairly simple with not too much information. I did this because I didn’t want one page to take up more of the reader’s attention than it deserved. I also talked about Job Corps briefly because I think that their goal is important and closely related to the topic of my website. In my ‘Value of the GED’ page I talked about how universities, jobs, and the military value the GED compared to a high school diploma. I though this was a fairly important page because it gave some vital information that any adult who is looking to see what they can do with a GED can see their options and chose the best path for them. On my ‘Postsecondary Education’ page I really wanted to warn young adults who are getting or have their GED the difficulties that colleges and universities have when not used to a formal schooling. Many students get caught up in the social life of college while others can’t keep up with the fast pace. I wanted to tell people of the difficulties that some GED holders go through and how they overcame their problems. On this page I also put tips on studying and organizing because everyone can improve on their organizational skills. Finally, there is my work cited page that doesn’t have any pictures because I honestly couldn’t think of what to put on the page and I think how boring the page is, why make it more exciting when really its not.
My audience for this website is people who are looking into the GED as an alternate path to high school. In my website I emphasis how the GED test is for adults and that it is an adult education program that was created so that those who can’t finish or go back to high school can get credentials that are similar to high school. I emphasized this in each of my pages and especially in my history page.
Overall, I am very pleased with my website and hope that it will benefit someone. To find my website you just have to go to www.generaleducationdiploma.weebly.com
Unit Two
While working on this website I did have some rough times. I either was struggling with finding information, thought what I had was not good enough, or I was sicks. I finally got it done and am really proud of what the end product was. I want this website to be helpful and informational to the people out there. However, I did not want it to be one of those websites that has so much information on it that when you look at it you just do not even want to read it. I kept it short and simple, straight to the point, and only put in the information I thought was important enough to read.
For me finding the right pictures for the website was pretty easy. The top picture that will be displayed on every page is a picture of a young boy sitting in the back of the car. I really like this picture because it related really well with my topic. I also added a small picture next to the text on the pages. Each page has a different picture the goes with the topic of that page. On the home page I chose a mother and her son laying on a bed because I was talking about low-income families and child care, I also mentioned Job Corps. For the next page I found a picture of a girl tutoring a boy to resemble what I do at Job Corps, this page is also the page where I briefly talk about what Job Corps offers. My third page has a picture of two little boys in the playground. I chose that picture because my third page I talk about the types of good child care that my research recommended. On the fourth page I have a picture of a women and a little girl in a grocery store saying “Let's Go Shopping”; I chose this picture because on this particular page I have some help programs up. Many of these programs help the families with food and nutrition. My final page does not have a picture because it is my works cited page and I did not know what picture to put on it.
Unit Two
Reflective Letters
The more I went to Job Corps the more I learned about how things worked there. This is where I first started to see first hand what happens when you don’t finish school or go on to the next level of school. When I first arrived there I got asked a lot about what I want to do, whats it like to go to college and all my experiences. Even thought I am the youngest person out of all 11 of them. As I talked about the program there I started to understand the real reason people go there. Sometimes it is there only option, but most of the time it is because they desire to have a better life and start over. Regardless of the reason they are all cool people and I enjoy going to help them out.
At the beginning of this unit I was sure that I wanted to include something about technology but wasn’t sure what to do on there other than that. After going to the service learning and meeting the group that I would help I felt kinda glad to be where I am right now, in school and going for a degree. I asked them about their lives and how they like there and such. I learned that they had limited computers and not everyone used them, I was even more shocked to find out that some at the facility don’t even know how to type. That was when I found what I wanted to focus on in this unit.
I,at first wanted to do the unit on how technology can help studying and improve the rate at which we learn. I wanted to do this because the usual time for Job Corps was around 2 years which in my opinion is a long time. But then I narrowed it down from technology to computers because that is the most useful for a job. Then I got from that to typing because of what I learned from service learning.
When I picked the lay out for my website I choose is because it looked professional and I really liked the colors. I am a little sad that the music I put on the web page won’t work because it would cost extra but I think it is proficient as it is. I wanted it to be as educational as to fun because I didn’t want it to come off as unprofessional and unreliable for a paper of any kind. I choose to set up may website the way I did because I didn’t want to only have one side of the argument. I think that the audience should always know what they are dealing with instead of just a biased opinion. I was sure to put in programs that are like Job Corps and incorporates what I thought the program should have. In truth there are multiple ways I could have done this website, I thought my way was the best and hopefully the audience will agree.
Here is a link to my website
Monday, March 21, 2011
Website Proposal
1) My audience for this website is really anyone interested in learning about low-income families and child care. I will be using language that high school students can understand but also keep it semi-formal.this wesite is for any gender who wants to know more on how they can help their loved ones or themselves. I will incorporate Job Corps and how they help low-income families. I am hoping that this website is abe to help those looking for help or even wantin to get in contact with Job Corps.
2)My audiences background can be anyone who is struggling finding a job to support their family to someone who is simply doing research on my topic. My website is going to be there to provide them with information they need to get their G.E.D., programs to help out their families, or even to just give statistics for a project. I do believe that most of my audience will be someone who has had a rough past and just wants to make thier future better.
3)I hope my readers will like my research but they do not need to agree with what iam saying. We all have our own opinion on what we read; I just want them to know that there are other options for them, they don't need to settle for less. I obviously hope they are interested in my topic if they are looking at my website, that way they can take in the information I have given.
4)The gist they have been talking about in my articles is how many low-income families are normally single parent families. They either got pregnant at a young age or they are just having a hard time finding a job and someone to watch their kids. Which makes sense because with one income or no income it is very hard to pay bills or even pay for daycare.
5)Many websites are about the product or reading they are promoting but I want to try and make my webiste about and for the reader. I want it to be intersting and helpful. Yes I know what I am researching is not the happiest subject but that is why I want to make my website useful and eyecatching not depressing and boring.
6) I plan on encouraging people to help, and if they need it recieve the help that Job Corps is giving, that way they can provide for their children or family.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Annotated Bibs 3
Rachal, John R., and Millard J. Bingham. "THE ADOLESCENTIZING OF THE GED." Adult Basic Education 14.1 (2004): 32-44. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 20 Mar. 2011. The author of this article talks purely about how the GED was created for adults and that it should be that way. I really like this source because it has the perspective on my topic that I want. I am in no way against the GED test and I think it is beneficial in some ways but it does need to have an age limit rather than almost encouraging high school students to drop out and get their GED rather than make it through high school and get a high school diploma. I think this is going to be one of my most beneficial sources because it has the same view as what I’m going to have on my website.
Boesel, David. "The street value of the GED diploma." Phi Delta Kappan 80.1 (1998): 65. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 20 Mar. 2011. The author of this article talks about almost every aspect of the GED test. It talks about how the military, jobs, and universities accept certain GED holders depending on their scores. I think this cite is actually very helpful because it gives a lot of actual statistics about how many GED holders go on to postsecondary education, the income that GED holders have on average if they don’t go on to postsecondary school. Like I stated earlier this source is like none that I have found because it has more statistics than any other sources I have found. I think that this is really going to bump my website to the next level because I can have actual numbers back up what I keep saying about GED holders.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Annotated Bibs 2
“Do GED recipients differ from graduates and school dropouts?: Findings from an inner-city cohort.” Urban Education. January 2008. pg. 83-117. Print.
The author of this article did a study to find out the difference between dropouts who don’t get their GED and dropouts who did get their GED and also between dropouts who got their GED and high school graduates who went on to post secondary education. They looked more specifically in the difference between income, substance abuse, health, mental health, and crime; this study was taken from the Chicago Longitudinal Study. I believe this source seems very credible because it is peer reviewed and the author also lists every source he used. This way his work can be checked or I could even look more closely into a topic and do more research on that topic. I think this is one of the better sources I have found so far because it gives me information about the history of the GED test and how this experiment was done. It also talks about the details that the experiment looked into when they looked at income and substance abuse and other subtopics such as that.
"Non-Academic Challenges Faced by GED Scholars: A Report of the GED Scholars Initiative." Adult Learning 14.3 (2003): 11-13. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 19 Mar. 2011.This author of this article talks about the struggles that GED students go through when they enter postsecondary education. It goes into detail about the nonacademic challenges that GED holders have to face when they are in college. I think that this is a fairly reliable article because it has a lot of quotes from actual college students who have a GED and not much organizational, time management, or communication skills to get help from advisors and councilors on campus. I think this illuminates my essay topic because I can tell my readers about the struggles that some GED holding college students have and ways they can work around those roadblocks and be successful college students. All of the resources that the author used are cited and this makes me think that the source is pretty reliable.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Anno-
Comm- Negotiations
This source is written in first person by a College proffesor. She discusses a small course she performs in each of her communication classes about negotiating Salarie. The course prroves to be effective and nessecary. before doing the course the professor hands out a questionare and according to the answers she custom taylors her mini course around that specific class. The results are normally that no students had had mock Salary negotiations before. The results of the course proove to be effective as shes had students over the years contact her and mention that they've had succesful negotiations of raised salaries - sometimes even over 10,000. The tactics she uses are threefold. Hard, Soft, and integrated ( check) topic. The Hard negotiations is a very strange tactic. Essentially it ASKS the interviewie- what is needed for them to become apart of the team. this catches the interviewiee unaware and they tend to want to not step on toes and ask for a lower price. Soft negotiation provides a discussion- then an agreement on a price- and integration negotiation ( check) expresses a certain range and the discussion is what salary will work best that falls within this range according to the intervieews needs.
I was pleasently surprised to find this article I've heard about intervieewing practice in classes before, but never Salarie Negotiation. infact I wasn't even aware one Could negotate a salarie! Which prooves that this is a needed section to cover. It does proove the theory that usually if your willing to ask for something - ppl will oblige. But getting the nerve to ask is so hard. I beleive thants one principle behind the HARd tactic which was another surprize. it relies on the ... modesty and humbleness out community tries to cultivate in people. its hrd to really ask for the amount we need. so when the interviewr asaks straight out- they are relying on this -and are trying to get the lowest price possible for the worker. The worker of course gets duped. I think everyone could benifit from this communication - as most high end and desirable jobs are salaried. But Job Corps especially would benifit from a course like this. it would help w not only communication skills but those needed to gain a better paying position. I was sad that the source was so small, I think it would have been better if it was a more indepth look or discussion about the course, and having lacked more of the depth I wanted I am anctious to try it myself to see what it looks like, how people feel about it, if student is resistnt at first etc.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Website Audience Proposal 2.0!!!
The Communication of Destiny!!! ( get it? its a Tenacious D reference)
1) The audience of this site would ideally be three fold. The first and most obvious audience would be Job Corps. Employees, staff, and benefactors. As I hope to influence policy with this site. The second would be those interested in communication applications in the real world. And finally college students. I realize that hoping college students would see this site might seem odd. But I’d like them to see the freedoms we have in our respective courses to enter into free and easy communication without professors about any topic. We are given some freedoms and even power over BSU’s policies simply by being a student. I am sure other Colleges are much the same way, giving their students the opportunity to respond and the possibility of changing policy. Those in other programs such as Job corps – seem to be getting a lower level education, while relinquishing a maximum in price. Granted its not as expensive, but many students there wish to go to college afterwards. So I’d like possible and attending college students to see this site.
2) Hmm I’d say the background of my audience would be minimal of some college education. Probably with some type of communication background. The others would be possibly employees and benefactors of Job Corps who have had college educations. I think having college experience will be important for those who see this site since college communication classes are hard to describe. Communication classes in general are hard to wrap ones head around unless they’ve experienced them.
3) I think I’s be writing towards an interested – moderately disinterested audience. I think those in communications, and the Job Corps policy makers, employees, or benefactors will be interested, but the average college student focused on beer pong and football may not be. Also I think they will be a resistant audience. Simply because I suggest a change to the current system and changes are never seen as a good thing, or as welcoming until things become dire. I think I will also have to be very sensitive with the topic, because suggesting ones policies should chance can give the impression that I’m blaming someone, or suggesting that they’ve failed, or that I have more experience in the matter.
4) The gist of my sources conversations are that communication can improve all aspects of ones life, but it can also create barriers. There are so many types of communication that trying to work with every little nuance would be crazy. But most sources agree that some type of communication education is not only necessary- but it helps improve ones, identity, personal mental growth and stability, and helps develop relationships in any situation. I have noticed some disagreements between how certain demographics affect communication and how they affect them. Such as the differences between the male and female brain or how age affects decisions.
5) I still think taking the approach of an add instructor would be the best option. Yes if it became too flashy it would harm and distract rather than inform. But I believe a truly powerful presentation has both movement, color, and can keep attention while having the supporting content be impressive. – Like having a magic show that not only has the act of rabbits disappearing, but can provide provocative and interesting ways of getting the audience to believe actual magic took place. – I think that the same information – presented in new ways is the key. – Hopefully tho I will be presenting new information in new ways – and hopefully it won’t be too much stimulation. – I also think I want to keep a very objective voice and my color schemes will be blues and greens. – This will promote calm and relaxing emotions- and hopefully help keep the resistance lower. I like the thought of going with an earthy plant option. This will help keep the “nurturing” aspect in their minds.
( See doesnt this just FEEL relaxing?
As the entire point of the program is to nurture. I think the objectivity will help build my Ethos. I’m afraid that if I choose a side at all it will be discrediting. And since this is such a sensitive matter – picking one side will undoubtedly have some repercussion of something like prejudices mixed in. – For example if I say – On behalf of the students- the system needs to work better- it sounds like I think they need to be coddled, and that there’s too much authority. It sounds like they need – less structure that way – Whereas if I say – on behalf of the system we have to treat them differently- it sounds as tho I think they are getting too much freedom, or aren’t worthy of respect. But saying – speaking from a third party completely objective bystander- the structured system needs a couple of patches that would benefit everyone.
6) My viewpoint is that Job corps should put a greater emphasis on communication, and communication courses. With only one example, I can see several areas that could be improved with simple communication courses. These areas involve, morale, students mental well being, class room manners, relationships in all areas, easier transition to outside world, goals, and a stronger command of language skills. All these aspects which are noted to be an issue can be solved – or at least greatly helped with communication skills. – Which given their cut off surroundings should be emphasized.
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( Thats just SOO COOL!)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Website Proposal
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Annotated Bibliographies
In this article the authors stress the imporatance of the Temporary Assisstance to Needy Families Program (TANF) and how it helped the low income families with disable children obtain help, get off welfare, and keep their jobs. For these families to finally have something that helps them with their disabled children without so many barriers was a great thing. Many of the low income would have to stop working and take care of their children because it was hard for them to find child care. With the new program TANF the parents are required to have a job in order to recieve help this way the family always has two forms of recieving money and hopefully will not be stuggeling to much. Another thing TANF provides is "A five-year lifetime limit for families receiving cash assistance". I chose this article due to the fact that it still goes with my essay topic but gives me more information and another aprroach to the question. Not only to I now have information on regular low income families but now I have information on low income families that have children with disabilities.
Press, Julie E., Jay Fagan, and Lynda Laughlin. "Taking Pressure Off Families: Child-Care Subsidies Lessen Mothers’ Work-Hour Problems." Journal of Marriage & Family 68.1 (2006): 155-171. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 4 Mar. 2011.
This article states why single mothers who recieve subsidies to help pay for child care are more likely to work with their employer to get the right hours or even work more than normal to help provide for the family than the ones that do not recieve subsidies. Mothers are able to set up two different time schedules with the subsidies so that the schedule fits exactly what they need and not just giving out random hours. Hours are set up by how bad off the family is, if the mother needs more hours she can sign up for more but if the mother only need partial hours she can sign up for that. What the authors are explaining is that when there is only one parent its hard to make ends meat and spend time with the kids and with subsidies it provides some setting for that to happen. This article relates to my topic because many lox income families normally have only one parent providing for the entire family.
First 2 Annotated Bibliographies
Rocky, Barker. "Job Corps Expands Curriculum into Green Jobs." voices.idahostatesman.com, 18 March 2010. Web. 6 Mar 2011.
"Job Corps: Links with Labor Market Improved but Vocational Training Performance Overstated." gov.us.fed.congress.gao.reports. Google Groups, 6 Nov. 1998. Web. 6 Mar 2011.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Annotated Bibliography
Right away in this article the authors make a clear statement towards the success of the job corps program they state “Job corps is the only federal training program that has shown to increase earnings of the population.” However shortly after this they talk about her earning drop off after seven years in the younger population of the program. The article talks about the different courses Job corps provides, I would like to talk to students and see what factors make them decide which courses to specialize in.
Charles R. Hayman and Arthur Frank. 2008. “Job Corps experience with health problems”
Public Health Reports.
Job Corps has a health system in place that seems to be working. No real problems or complaints have developed, but no records or evidence of its effectiveness have been recorded. My main thoughts about the health care program is if they offer mental help or counseling to their students that may have been abused or just had life struggles. I think this is just as or more important than there physical health. This directly relates with the essay topic I have chosen In where I want to connect a student’s social skills to their up bringing
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Discourse Analysis
It's a little lengthy and I apologize!
Is a General Education Development (GED) good enough to replace a high school diploma? Many colleges, universities, and jobs think that a GED is adequate enough to replace a high school diploma while others don’t think it suffices. The General Education Development exam was originally in a GI Bill to help veterans and returning students obtain enough credentials to get civilian jobs and to also obtain a higher education beyond high school. The minimum age requirement to take the test was 18 years old but has recently been lowered to 16.
Most community colleges will accept GED holders along with a satisfactory score on the SAT or ACT. However, universities are a little more skeptical and need to see that the person applying is able to start and finish a big project; therefore, recommendation letters are required from community members to prove the person applying is motivated enough not to drop out.
In the work force almost every job that has a minimum education requirement of a high school will accept and treat a GED holder the same as a high school diploma holder. I find this interesting because one of the sources I found was against the GED and thought that it shouldn’t be a short cut for teenagers to drop out of high school and jump straight into the work force. A study done in 2002 showed that 42% of everyone that had taken the GED exam was teenagers compared to only 33% in 1991. The sad fact about this is that the students that drop out of high school and plan on getting their GED don’t get around to actually doing it. Of the 60% that dropped out of high school and then got their certificate, most likely a GED, go on to some sort of college; of that sixty percent only 10% actually go on to obtain a degree while the others drop out of college.
What I find ironic about the GED was that originally it was the United States Armed Sources that confronted the American Council on Education for a way of testing veterans and returning soldiers to get a certificate that has the same skill level as a high school diploma and now the Air Force is only permitted to have 1% of its enlistees have a GED and the Army is only aloud to have 10% of its enlistees to have a GED. This is because that most of the people that enlist with a GED typically are expelled or quite after their first tour of duty.
I don’t think that the General Education Development is not an adequate test to give a person the credentials that a person with a high school diploma has. Along with specific skills that are learned in high school, GED holders don’t have a lot of the social skills that high school students do. For example, GED holders don’t have the motivation high school students do to finish large projects or to complete a goal. This is why most universities require satisfactory SAT or ACT scores and recommendation letters from community members. I believe that the age limit for taking the GED should be raised yet again to motivate high school students to finish in school rather than dropping out and taking the short cut. The GED exam shouldn’t be an alternate route for high school; it should be a last resort for those who can’t finish high school for financial or family issues.
Work Cited:
Thornburgh, Nathan. "Does a GED Really do the Job?." Time. 11 April 2006: Print.
"DiplomaGuide.com." Is the GED Enough to Get ME into College?. 2006-2011. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
"Howard Lee speaks out." YouTube. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
"General Education Development." Wikipedia, Web.
Discourse Analysis
Another thing I noticed in the article is they seemed to have a harsh bias towards the low income families. One article I read said that children in low income families were more likely not to graduate high school and support their family, and i would have to completely disagree with that statement. I personally have friends in low income families who have worked twice as hard than others due to the state they are in. They want the best for their furture children and want them to feel just as special as everyone else. I feel they sometimes have a stronger motivation to succeed in life because of what they have gone through.
The thing that caught my eye the most in almost every article I read was that many low income families only have one parent which is most likely the mother and the father is not in the picture. Growing up my parents go divorced when I was young and I remember it being hard for my mom and I at times. As I continued to read the articles the tone was informative to allow the reader to understand what is going on. However at the same time it almost seemed like the authors wanted you to be concerned about these kids and families. Which i would say worked because when i finish reading each article it made me be thankful for what I have but at the same time I was thinking aboout ways I could help.
Sources:
Adams, Gina, and Jeffery Capizzano. "Children in Low-Income Families Are Less Likely to Be." Snap Shots of America;s Families. 16 (2003): 1-2. Print.
Campbell, Frances, and Craig Ramey. "Effects of Early Intervention on Intellectual and Academic Achievement: A Follow-up Study of Children from Low-Income Families." Child Development. 65.2 (2008): 684-698. Print
Fuller, Bruce, Sharon Kagan, Gretchen Caspary, and Christiane Gauthier. "Welfare Reform and Child Care Options for Low-Income Families." Princeton University. 12.1 (2002): 96-119. Print.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wysocki Style Baby!!
So Analysis –
This is a Cite that reviews and talks about Celtic music. New and old. The feature is the Review on The California Celts debut self- titled CD.
The over-all feel of the blog and feature is kind of Eclectic as there are several – not really inconsistencies but contradictions… in example – the site itself feels vibrant and fun. The music playing is a little hard core and intense… almost angry sometimes. And the prose of the writer doing the review is Harsh but intelligent. Its Very well written, this author clearly knows this genera of music very well. His writing style is short, quick and to the point, but he makes clear associations, gives examples, and makes it clear he’s done the research to back up his claims. An example of this is his response to my comment about raggamuffin VS ragamuffin music.
The Site Feels –
The head title is large concise and in green.
The background is of lush vibrant green shamrocks with black boxes behind the white main text. Its good that they chose to put the solid black behind the text rather than the shamrocks or it would be much more difficult to read. As it is the type is very small and written in Arial. I wonder if using a different text would have made it easier to read- or perhaps adding space a double space in-between letters. Links are embedded in the text and are red while other seemingly important names or information is only bolded. Since the text is small and in an unconventional color its hard to notice the bold lettering. The links to other pages are in green and located to the left of the main text. The color is so elaborate and vibrant its difficult to take the site seriously until one starts reading the text.
Most of the ethos is built in the writing of the author.
The images are kept minimal – there’s the image of the cover to the CD
and the logo of the organization providing the review.
I think the character is supposed to be a leprechaun but he looks more like a stoned monkey. – so perhaps a better image. The look of the article text itself is very well broken up into min paragraphs which makes it easier to read. - Also I’m sad the author didn’t provide sources or a clearer analogy between the artists. He assumes that the reader already knows who “Ashley Hutchings” is or what raggamuffin style is. This leads to confusion for readers as posted comments clearly show.
I’m glad that the site chooses to allow comments, and indeed responds to them, it shows recent activity and care for the page.
The margins are a little offset but this provides interest and makes the center main text POP rather than letting the background image being distracted. Theres no moving parts on the screen except for the sound.
Again the music plaid is Eclectic going from Celtic that would be associated with “Flogging Molley” as well as Celtic Angry Punk.
The Celtic theme is consistent. With the colors, music, and images.
Check out the site here :)
http://celticfolkpunk.blogspot.com/2010/12/review-california-celts-st-2010.html
Works Cited :
Kinksmarkham. “REVIEW - THE CALIFORNIA CELTS - "s/t" (2010).” Blog-Zine: Celtic-Folk-Punk. Blogger.com. Web. Feb. 23, 2011.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Research Draft Question
I chose this question because when I went for my orientation I remember Dee Dee saying that a young lady who had three children had just graduated and had a job in Welding. The whole time I was thinking where would the children stay and if they went to school how did they get there. Hopefull this won't be a short question and I can extended it into something good.
Draft Question
Friday, February 18, 2011
Research Question?
Research Question Draft
This is something I am very passionate about, I myself had struggles in my youth and if I can help even one person to overcome their troubles and build towards a better life I will be extremely pleased with this project. As time continues and I progress with my service learning hours I would like to connect deeply with one student for this project. Preferably someone that has similar problems as myself. So I can compare their personality and communication skills to my own. I believe this tactic will help me successfully make the research paper narrowly focused enough. I am extremely excited to start the service learning project and learn more about the students of job corps and myself.
Questions
Anyway as you know my questions focus on Communication. So Whala!
Does learning to comunicate become harder as one gets older? For instance take the children who did not lerarn early on and must now learn in there late teens, is this process harder for them?
Teaching Communication/ social skills in tutoring sessions. Which is more effective a small group or a one on one?
What communication areas do the specific students at Job corps lack? - How can these be truely attended to while still in a limmited social setting of for more or less students with the same communication gaps?
How does communication effect mental well - being? - can I see examples of this in those who I speak with and mentor?
umm.. so theres a few. I hope those are narrowed enough.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
“It Wasn’t until I listened that I saw” : Reflection Essay Unit One.
I'ts the Good in the world that we need to nurture.
Reflections … the very word conjure the pictures of one’s own image reflected within the surface of some shimmering pool, or polished silver. When reflection is discussed it’s a positive thing, one which shows the nature of the person or inner essence. What if when one is staring into their image, their thoughts-their souls, instead of seeing beauty- they see the beast?
At the beginning of this semester, when the discussion of Service Learning came, I was worried, truly worried. I have a strong belief that the people who these programs help don’t deserve it. They are filthy, lying, and thieving persons.All of my past experiences have created and tempered this opinion. Not only that… but a feeling of spite. I have worked so hard and given so much to everyone around me yet I am still left with nothing. No help no aid. Even the government has deemed me too poor to deserve food stamps. I’m a productive member of Society who has paid taxes, voted, and even tried to be an active member in the community. And yet I’m spat on while these people who are happy ling in their squalor are treated as though they deserve more. That somehow they are worth more than I am. Why? Why would they possibly be worth more – what have they done that I haven’t.
This has been my secret shame. I have become someone who judgers solely on appearances’ or assumptions. I harbor such hatred, jealousy and spite for people I’ve never known. While looking for sources for my bibliographies- I tried to find the sources that spoke of how the community sees these people. I wanted to find a source that would prove to me that these people didn’t deserve my wrath. I thought that if I could just find one thing… to hold to- some evidence that the community isn’t casting pearls before swine, then I’d be rid of this anger. I never found what I was looking for. Ironically what I needed was there in my sources the whole time, but I couldn’t see it. It wasn’t until I applied a real lens to these sources- to the situation that I could see anything.
David Rossenwasser and Jill Stephan talk about lenses in writing analytically Ch 13 and 14. There’s a great deal about incorporating sources and seeing with the Lens of your source while working with other material. However I think they left out an extremely crucial point.
Unfortunately the writing in my sources wasn’t enough for me to see anything in them except what I wanted to see. While I was looking for the reasons to care about these people, this project, the writing didn’t affect me. It just went through one eye and out the other. It wasn’t until I listened that I saw. We’ve been talking about entering the Academic Conversation...and about writing to continue the conversation rather than to end it. So this is my contribution to the conversation. Writing… as factual and as technically sound as it could possibly be, has no effect unless it can really touch someone, until it can be applied. This effect is what the lens does. My sources were slightly worthless until I could really open my eyes and see what other information was there. But the lenses themselves need to inspire, need to be powerful enough to change your thought process. And I do not believe they need to be written words to achieve this.
The lens that has worked for me is not piece of writing. It is this song. “Peace Love and Good Tidings”. This song when I hear it has the ability to melt through all of my anger and hatred. It makes me believe that there’s still a future that there really is good in this world. It is that good which we have to nurture. My own hatred was blinding me and it wasn’t until I could break through it for a little while that the messages could shine through.
That’s what the Lens – means. – At first I thought it just meant it was a way of conversing one writer with another or a way of telling people that read your work: Writer A believes this and Writer B believes this, so make up your own decision. It’s not. Using the “lens” is like – walking in that person’s shoes. It’s something that literally makes your brain think in a different way. When your brain is working in a different way the material is different. It’s an extremely different concept to communicate and write. How do you put into words what it’s like to be blind then see?
These first few weeks of the semester have been eye opening on many levels. I always knew I had issues with Source Citation, but I never really understood why it mattered. As long as we say the Author, name of book or article, and publish date, why are all of the extras so important? I guess, I still don’t really know the why of it (the technical parts), however I do have a better understanding of its importance. I would be very upset if someone stold lyrics from Chrise’s music, and didn’t give him credit, also the academic conversation is important. Its our personal views and ingenious epiphanies on material and views, which we can trace back to ancient Aristotle. Being a part of that is awe-inspiring and special, so having those ideas stolen is an awful crime. The technical aspects of citation are daunting, but being a part of the conversation is such a wonderful thought, that it’s worth the toil.
In forwarding and countering the Author talks about forwarding on the conversation, so that the conversation can grow, I hope that this reflective essay is a forward and starts others to think about their lenses in creative ways. Our class gives us the ability to combine media with prose. I believe anything can be a lens to your sources. Not just more writing. In my experience it was a song. In essence this new lens has changed even this essay. Instead of another I felt this now I feel this – it’s become an effort to try and communicate how powerful these lenses can be and what it really means. As I’ve said the concept is extremely difficult to explain. I think it’s something that must be experienced to be understood.
My lense “ Peace Love and Good tidings” has completely changed .. my sources for me. For instance the sources talked about changing the education system. And I took from that a feeling of… responsibility for our people. Keeping Jobs in the U.S.A. is tied to Education which is tied top our poor and middle class which connects back to jobs. It’s a cycle. But seeing through my lens, with love in my heart rather than anger, I see that I think these sources are trying to say that these people are in essence children. They are the people who fell through the cracks in the beginning and who need to be taught as a child would.
Ironically it seems that the reason I despise these people IS the reason why we should care. My view is that people are responsible for themselves. I have been left to claw for everything I have. I’m lonely and hungry and my living arrangements are shaky at best. The only thing that keeps me going is this belief that hard work pays off. That if you strive you can reach greatness. I’m angry because I view these people as standing around holding a sign doing nothing but facing the wind.
And statistically they make more at THIS then I have made at my last three jobs put together. I think of the man who walked up to me and asked to have a little bit of money for medicine… then he walked into a parking lot put his things in the trunk of his Mercedes Benze and drove away. While I felt my stomach grumble.
And while there are those people in this world, perhaps the people at Job Corps are not these people.
When I went and spoke with Dee, she talked about how each member there had to be screened, and that each one wants to be there. These are the people that can barely read. They are the “children” that our community – if America can even say it has communities anymore- abandoned. These people are striving to become educated and work in a field that will pay them enough to support themselves. In essence they are the people that aren’t satisfied with their situations, they are actively shaping and trying to change. They are fighting, clawing, like me to get to a better future. – They just have more help than I do.
Which… I hope my opinions change… but unfortunately changing ones prejudices is a very difficult thing to do. So hopefully I will continue to find the lenses that affect my views of the world. I hope that my experiences with these people will be my lens for others like them. I think to do that though- I need to check my hatred at the door, and to do that I need to find some commonality. Or maybe I’ll need to literally take a breath and count to 10 million. When I walk to job corps, I feel like I’m walking into a military prison. And Dee affirms this sensation when she mentioned that the people there could not leave of their own volition. What kind of strength or desire to become educated, and have a job, that one is willing to give up their freedom? – If nothing else that one point deserves my respect.
“Nothing to say, Nothing to do, same old me, and it’s the same old you. In light of things goin on, always room for another song. Life is short its moving fast,
In no time at all we’ll be in the past….and if we’re lucky we’ll live on through the memories and through the songs. So live it up, lets get along, sing together like birds in song, look at we, honoring, peace and love and good tidings.” (Poland, Christopher)
Wrks Cited
Apollo 12 astronauts. “Eclipse of the Sun by Earth”. Photograph. Web. 18 Feb. 2011 http://www.bibalex.org/eclipse2006/MoonEclipse.htm
CLAMP.”Card Captor Sakura.” Manga Inking. Web. 18 Feb. 2011. http://connect.in.com/card-captor-sakura-manga/images-sakura-card-captor-sakura-card-captor-kura8-photos-club-ados--1-525212851823.html
David Rossenwasser and Jill Stephen. Writing Analytically. Place of Publication unknown: Cengage Learning, Jan 2008. Print and PDF
Paul. No Name. Web. 18 Feb. 2011. http://lifeinasack.net/2010/07/09/facing-an-uncomfortable-reality-beggars/
Poland, Christopher. “Peace Love And Good Tidings” . Chris Poland, IMR. Music Video.
Unit 1 revised Bibs.
The National Center On Education And The Economy. Touch Choices OR Touch TimesThe Report Oh The New Commission On The Skills Of The American Workforce. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2008. Print.
The new report compiled by The National Center on Education and the Economy focuses mainly on proposing an in depth plan to radically change the education system. The Emphasis of this report shows that our eligible work force starts in education. In the new world wide market we have and are continuing to grow, only individuals with a strong education and creative ability will be desirable at top dollar. Currently many other countries offer not only lower wage workers but better educated ones. The plan also has a section dedicated to the alleviation of the problems in education our poor endure.
This source uses simple language throughout the format. The format and visual lay out of the text itself adds to its credibility. It’s designed rather than simply typed. The extra care shows and ads to its quality. The text, charts, graphs and components are larger for increased readability. The information provided uses a lot of data, but since the language is simpler its incorporated better and is more powerful. The larger print also makes it an easier read. Going through several pages is much easier to endure when the print is larger. 10 pages in 10 minutes rather than 6 hours, and the information is still comparable, it really makes a difference.
Education today is failing. It’s failing the students, the community, and the country. All parts of a community are interconnected, like a spider web when one area breaks down it affects the other. This source talks about the world economy and market of jobs, how workers are already competing with workers from across the globe for their lively hood. America prides itself on being a leader of nations, yet its becoming evident very quickly that America has failed to adapt with times and changes. The old adage – If it’s not broke don’t fix it seems to be the motto of America, and yet it’s proving to be false. We are trapped in the “ford” style of assembly line workers. Change starts with education. The current style of education, and work force is outdated, it squashes the great creativity of our students and inhibits our innovation. Earlier there were concerns about the innovation of other countries being halted, due to a differing style of education. However our Education system is in fact systematically destroying creativity by cutting the arts programs. A massive overhaul of education seems daunting, and it is, but nothing worth achieving come easily. To be a powerful leader of nations America must first heal its inner workings, and be willing to take powerful steps toward change. Great leaders are formed, judged, and remembered for their great decisions.
The information is there, available in texts, online, even broadcast fields so why is change not happening yet? That’s one of the big questions I have for this book, it doesn’t really address who’s not listening. The book itself seems to be communicating to the everyday worker, it’s as though the writers are trying to reach the public more than the senators, or government. As they use a much simpler design, larger print, and a pleasing format. Why do this if its not intended to be read by a student, or perhaps a lower educated worker, rather than a highly educated lawyer or law maker.
Bibliography 2
National Center On Education And The Economy. America’s Choice: high skills or low wages!. New York: The National Center On Education And The Economy,1990. Print.
In June of 1990 The National Center On Education And The Economy compiled and published in depth report. Within this report there’s a section which solely addresses the education system and its impact with employment, and the workforce. The details range from how America spends little funds to help lower income children succeed, the gains schools receive when students drop out, and the views employers have about recent graduates.
The language is a bit jargon-y and there is no praise given to the current education system. Pointing out the gaps and critics of any argument is commendable, but surely there’s something of merit to the opposition. These authors however do not address anything of praise to the system. Their Ethos is created from their use of statistics, data, graphs and multiple contributors of information. The combination of the visual element to the text is very effective. The language use also belies their love of the European graduate. There is strong respect given in undertones to the apprenticeship programs and education level of Europe, though not explicitly stated. There’s also a fair bit of historical information. This is used not only as background info but also as the source of today’s conflict.
I do agree mostly with this source, I see firsthand how income levels effect education. One of the beginning sections states how schools divide children early on into those who will succeed and continue on to college and those who have low ability and will probably be nothing more than a lowly labor worker. This problem stems from two places, Americas history and Americas beliefs. The first is historical and is about the first incredibly successful and cost effective job force related inventions we had in America. The Assembly line. In this style of work, workers didn’t really need any education; they simply knew one aspect of the part of the project they worked on. No front line worker knew the entire extent of the product, and it wasn’t nessecary to. A worker with an 8th grade education could easily do the job well. This style focused on the foremen to watch over the workers. The next is from Americas Beliefs. “More than any other country in the world, the United States believes that natural ability, rather than effort, explains achievement” So in this system the Children who were determined low level education – didn’t really need to be pushed to become a stronger student. The children, who are deemed college- bound and usually came from wealthier classes, were given the most attention and are pushed further. This still happens in America today. Understanding the historical significance and the roots to the problem may be the keys to fixing today’s problems. I still feel there is nothing wrong with providing greater attention to the college bound, but it is clear that the public Education system need to be brought to par. Today its treated as a type of Baby-sitter, a place for children to semi mature while waiting for college, and little more.
This source brings several questions to my mind. I wonder if the European markets are a bit stagnant, and free of creativity. What kind of help is Job corps providing really? Is it a transition step from high school to low paying labor, or is it an opportunity for a real education for the less fortunate. A surprising statement made by this source is that “More than any other country in the world, the United States believes that natural ability, rather than effort, explains achievement” I’m curious as to how they found this bit of information out. This report was written in the 1990’s causing the obvious questions of what’s changed since then, and how. One eerie part of this source is that there’s a very strong prediction made- that if America continues on its path- then there will be lower wages. Now in 2011 This prediction has rung true, we’ve seen out sourcing, people being replaced by automated machines, and now more than ever employers view their workforce as expendable, and so the wages have dropped. The National minimum wage amount may have risen, but this has only created more layoffs and fewer well- paying jobs, with benefits, or pensions. The amount of 8.50 an hour- is not a livable wage even in a full time aspect, and most jobs are part-time.
Bibliography 1
Lake, Ted.” Job Corps as of today”. Arizona Silver Belt, Arizona Silver Belt, Jan. 19th. 2011, E-Edition and Print., Jan. 30th. 2011.
David Rossenwasser and Jill Stephen. Writing Analytically. Place of Publication unknown: Cengage Learning, Jan 2008. Print and PDF.
Ted Lake states that currently the fully federally funded Job Corps program is working with over 100,000 students at 124 centers around the nation. Most of these centers are being operated by private companies. Only a few are operated by the governments. Those who wish to enroll in the program must meet its eligibility standards consisting of Age, income, and life style standards.
While most of the article is general information about the current state and enrollment of the Job Corps program, Mr. Lake also makes an odd connection. He states that the Utah –based Management and Training Corporation is the labor department’s most respected contractor who operates 20 centers based in various states, and also mentions that this same company operates around 20 private correctional prisons.
While applying a “Lens” to a reading one should look for what strikes the reader as “interesting or strange” another good option is to infer questions about the implicit meanings that the author of a piece has given. (Rossenwasser) Using these tools and ideas a question arises. Why mention correctional prisons being operated by the same company? This leads me to believe that he is pointing out an underlying stereotype help by most of middle class America. That- programs like Job – Corps caters to criminals and the less savory class of American society. Of course one can’t print such things in the news so this is mentioned “between the lines”.
While this source unfortunately was incomplete I still see it as a magnificent stepping stone into the realm of Job Corps and the community. The point that there is a link to those who run prisons and those who run Job Corps is tantalizing. Is it a happenstance or is there real correlation? If there’s no real correlation, for instance it’s a coincidence then there must be such social stigma attached with these programs, that its seen as important. Further research is needed to understand the community’s real views on Job Corps. For instance the Job corps in Nampa is placed far from the community and secluded, is this because the community ostracizes them?
Monday, February 14, 2011
My perspective on academic writing had been that it should be extremely straight forward, fact filled, and to the point. Strong quotes from the author should be found throughout the work, and little or no emotional input from the writer. To say the least I believed it to be very dull and lacking intellectually creativity. It was a form of writing that I did not enjoy or was even remotely interested in, but knew it was extremely important to my academic success. Although I struggled at times I felt I had the mechanics for the process of academic writing strongly embedded in my work. I knew how to find sources and site them correctly, but I was an extremely conservative writer, and had just begun to scratch the surface of my understanding for this form of writing.
I can still remember my first research paper in sixth grade. Every student was assigned a historical figure, and had to write a three to five page paper about them. I was lucky enough to get Baby Face Nelson. I have always been fascinated with the early 1900’s and the bank robbing outlaws that accompanied that time period I felt it would be an easy and fun assignment for me. As we began to learn about citations and using sources I struggled. I can recall my hard nose teacher reviewing my paper and shaking his head through its entirety. The fact was I had plagiarized most of my paper directly from the source. I couldn’t remember him ever discussing plagiarism in class. (Maybe I was sick that day) I had no idea what it was or the fact that it was illegal. As he handed back my paper and said the entire thing needed to be changed, my heart sank. All the time I had spent, which in those days a few hours then seemed like an eternity, had been a waste of time. That was my first academic disappointment but also my first constructive criticism.
Prior to this English 102 a large extent of my experience in academic writing came solely from my senior project. Although it was a very extensive assignment, it only dealt with the basics of academic writing. As we started class a few weeks ago and began to dive into the readings, I found myself very lost and felt I didn’t have an adequate base for the course. Fortunately as we continued I became more confident in my abilities. Completing Extended Bibliography number one was a real eye opener. I had never completed a piece of work quite like this, and after reviewing fellow group member’s work and receiving reflections on my own. I had realized much of what I had been taught was incorrect. My format for sourcing articles was wrong, and I had to fall back on the Owl Purdue web site to recognize my flaws and correct them. This was a simple transition and an easy mistake to correct. Comparing my work to class mates are summarizes and analysis were very similar, but the work differed in the reflections. They really seemed to dig into the article, asking questions and providing personal input, changes and improvements that could be made. My reflection was very brief and simple compared to others. Destiny really helped me understand this. In her group reflection on my bibliography she stated “I wanted to ask you how you felt about your article. In our reading (Writing Analytically) it suggests finding things in the article you find strange or interesting”. This was a strong point I had missed while reading. I know understood the differences in are reflections. The suggestion to find strange things in the article to reflect on really stuck out to me. Instead of just reviewing the important points in an article I know want to strive to find the strange things, and question them. This is a strategy I believe will help me write more interesting research papers that the reader will enjoy and in turn be able to pull more information from.
My preexisting tactic to finding sources was typing my topic into Google or another search engine, and choosing the website or article with the most text. Having mass amounts of information, allowed me to have many different points to choose from while writing my paper. The class readings of (Writing Analytically) has a very strong point, about choosing the best source for your topic and states something I had not noticed I even did before reading the text. It states “If a person agrees with what a source says, they say it's good, and they cut and paste the part they can use as an answer. If the source somehow disagrees with what they already believe, they say it's bad, and they attack it or along with readings they find it hard or boring and discard it” The information I have received from in class discussions along with this statement have completely changed the way I find sources, and the process I go through to analyze one. I now use the databases talked about in class to locate sources and then choose articles that have a different perspective then me. This helps make for a more interesting read, As a writer you can argue your beliefs back in forth with the statements from the source.
This class has helped me so much with academic writing. The course work has been tailored just right for me to become educated as possible in the subject. Readings can be difficult to understand the first time through but after completing the work and discussing topics in class the main points become clear and push me to grow as a writer. This entire unit has complicated my understanding not only of academic writing but of English as a whole. Which has forced me to grow and learn as a student. (sorry richard It wouldent let me tab)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Extended Bibliography 2
Extended Bibliography Three
In this article the authors talk about how Job Corps wanted to know how the students health was before they entered the program. They ran many different test on “ 24 Negroes, 19 Caucasians, 2 Puerto Ricans, and 5 of Mexican extraction” who were all men. They went through a eight category neurological assessment which were, “(1)mental state; (2)language function; (3)head,neck, and spine; (4) cranial; (5) station and gait; (6) motor function; (7) reflexes; and (8) sensation”. Many of the subjects in the study were found to have come from disrupted families and some had problems with their weight whether it was being obese or underweight.
The authors wanted to emphasize the importance of health care and that these young adults that enter the program really need it. They either come from a very poor family or they were just malnourished while growing up. While reading this article I could not believe that a lot of the subjects that were used in this study were either living with one of their parents or had other living arrangements because they did not get along with their parents. Its sad to think that things can get this bad.
I feel that the authors were in the right of doing this study and I am glad that there is a place like Job Corps helping out these unfortunate young adults. This article just shows that health care is extremely important and necessary to have.
There is one questions I would like to ask and that would be “Why did they only do they study on men and not women?”
Extended Bibliography Two
This article discusses the focus Job Corps had with finding their employees and students dental care. Job Corps was aiming to have their dental care be through one of their programs but found it to be more expensive then going through a different dental company. They liked the fact that if they had their dental care on site it would be more convenient than having it off site. The company ended up opening up two clinics through the Job Corps Health Program Guide to test out their dental care and health services. In the end the program was a success due to the fact that, “ transportation difficulties are eliminated, waiting time is reduced, record keeping is facilitated, and communication between the dentist and those responsible for the administration of the program is more efficient”.
I enjoyed reading this article because you could tell the authors understood what he was talking about. They provided plenty of statistics and tables to go with their research. I also liked that Job Corps was trying to save money while providing their employees and students with the best care they could get.
In this economy good health care is hard to find and the fact that a company is concerned about making sure they have their employees and students cared for was quite impressing. More companies need to take this same approach and make sure that their staff is cared for.
Some questions I would ask would be, “Is this care center open to everyone or just the employees and students of Job Corps?” and “If it is available to others do they have to pay more for the care?”
Extended Bibliography 1
Bibliography 3 After I cooled down a bit.
The new report compiled by The National Center on Education and the Economy focuses mainly on proposing an in depth plan to radically change the education system. The Emphasis of this report shows that our eligible work force starts in education. In the new world wide market we have and are continuing to grow, only individuals with a strong education and creative ability will be desirable at top dollar. Currently many other countries offer not only lower wage workers but better educated ones. The plan also has a section dedicated to the alleviation of the problems in education our poor endure.
This source uses much simpler language throughout the format. The format and visual lay out of the text itself somehow adds to its credibility. Its designed rather than simply typed. The extra care shows and ads to its quality. The text, charts, graphs and components are larger for increased readability. The information provided still uses a lot of data, but since the language is simpler its incorporated better and is more powerful. The larger print also makes it an easier read. Going through several pages is much easier to endure when the print is larger. 10 pages in 10 minutes rather than 6 hours, and the information is still comparable really makes a difference.
One of my earlier questions from the last source was one of innovation. That question is addressed in the abstract and creativity need for future employees. Most of our society in America puts a much stronger emphasis on analytical thought. Right brain Vs Left brain, the evidence of this can be seen when schools have budget constraints and they choose to cut the arts first. These classes are the classes that nurture and grow creativity; which according to this source is going to be sorely needed.
The make a great point that says the workers that are in the job force right now will also be our workforce in 20 years from now. Will they be able to compete? Our Education system still is lacking and even if we reform today expecting to reach those older workers is a little far fetched. How about Job Corps? Do they try to train the creativity aspect in their students? Job corps to me at times feels like more of an apprenticed stepping stone from school into work. But are they training these students for high paying positions, or merely low level labor? Which will continue to keep the lower class in the lowerclass? Though I suppose it should also be mentioned it’s a better out let than prison.