BABY BOOM!

This is about as disturbing as that picture we have in our textbook on page 111. A human just shouldn't look like this, PERIOD.

When I was thinking of a topic to analyze, I had a tough tim thinking of one that I would be interested in. Don't care much for politics and any topics related to health right now is the salmonella outbreak in peanuts, how boring is that?

Mmmm I think this is pretty interesting to talk about. The fact that she had octuplets AND already has six children just blows my mind, but what's even more interesting about this lovely lady is that she CHOSE to have this done. Who in their right mind would do such a thing? As you can tell, this woman obviously had some back issues when she was carrying all eight in her womb. The reason why i'm showing yout his picture is because I want you to SEE what exactly this woman looked like before she gave birth and why I think this is a topic worth noting.

As I reading the website http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_11652331, I soon realized that the reason why people are so up in arms about this birth is not because she gave birth to eight, but because this was just downright unethical. Why would I trained fertility specialist DO THIS? If you didn't know, Suleman ( her fertility specialist ) had implanted six embryos and two split pushing the baby count to eight. All eight of those eggs then implanted.

Many people, including me, are outraged at this fertility specialist. Why would he do this to a woman who does not have a job and already has six children? Logically, none of this makes sense. I hate to keep repeating myself but a woman who has six children, divorced and who lives with her parents, should not want another child, let alone demanding six embryos be implanted! What was the fertility specialist thinking when he agreed to go through with this procedure knowing that this, inturn, might lead to the end of their practice due to the implanting of six embryos to be unethical? The Medical Board is now looking into Sulemans case to see if there were any violations.

When you look at the picture of Nadya, you feel sorry for her for a split second because of how massive her stomach is and how painful it looks. Then you realize, hey, she paid to have this done. I shooluldn't feel sorry for her!! Alas, I feel sorry. Not for her but for her children! How are they going to get the proper education and enough love and attention at home? These children might grow up and have behavioral problems later on down the road!

Being someone who feels like a "normal" family should only consist of three children, I feel very uneasy about this woman taking care of fourteen children by herself. Why did I mention that this whole even is unethical? Well, for startes no woman should even think about having six embryos implanted in her uterus UNLESS she didn't have any children to begin with. Most women wants to have children, but you know maybe after one or two some may call it quits and get their tubes tied. Not this woman. She went above and beyond and wanted MORE! Not only is her choice unethical but the fertility specialists choice is unethical. Why would he do this? He had no clue on how well the pregnancy was going to go and he ahd no idea what amount of pressure this puts on her body or else he wouldn't have done it!

Either way, this is they way I perceive the situation. I am sorry if I offended anyone, but sometimes we just have to open our eyes to what's really going in instead of trying to sugar coat it and make it look the way we want it to.

In Class: Image for rhetorical analysis

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In Class: Rhetorical Thinking

Thinking in general is, to me, the same thing as seeing an ad or listening to a speech and thinking of it in the way you want to interpret it in your own mind. Rhetorical thinking, to me, is seeing an event and then looking at it from both angles. You look at an event and think to yorself, ok thisis the way I see it but how might others see this? When you tink rhetorically, you pretty much make an argument out of what you see and what you hear.
When you make an argument out of what you see and hear by, rhetorical thinking, you pay more attention to what the author and you start to pretty much make a rhetorical analysis of the statement or picture or event. During yoru rhetorical analysis you might do things such as anaylzing how well the argument is put together to specifically catch the attention of the audience that is paying attention to or reading what you have you have sent out to the public. You , as well, might also want to pay attention to where and why an argument makes sense and where it seems to lull the audience and where it seems to lose its magic. There are many other things to hone in on but the most important part to understand is the purpose of the argument.

I say this because without a purpose for anything, what's the point of even saying anything about it in the first place? You always have to have a reason.

Pathos, Ethos, and Logos of Castle Park

Since my blog isn't that popular, I would just like to restate that I will be doing my Public Analysis on Castle Park, a place that I pretty much grew up around.

Ever since I was little, I always wanted to play outside. I always wanted to have fun and for some reason could never get rid of all my energy at home, so I would go outside and play, or bore myself to sleep. Everytime we see a swingset or a slide, we think back to the times when we would play on those and how much fun we had. There are trees everywhere at this park with a duckpond. I always thought of that as being a relaxing environment to be in, where this is no hustle and bustle, you're not trying to wiggle your way round people who walk too slow, and you're not constanlty surrounded by others. To me the environment of castle park is an emotional appeal because it really changes your mood and how you feel because it's such a beautiful and relaxing atmosphere.

I'll be honest, I can't really think of an ethical appeal for a park other than it is a pure place with no deals, savings, or sales. It is more of a place to come to relax and even work out.

The only logical appeal about castle park is that it is a place where you can do more than one thing. There is track so you could come to castle park mainly to walk, jog, or run. There's a swingset for you to swing on. Everything you see at this park serves a purpose for the human being, it is there for you to use.

In Class: Visual Analysis Free Write- Candy Cigarette

My attention is immediately drawn to the little girl, looking at the camera, hunched over, holding a cigarette. I guess it's because I know that girls her age should not be acting that way or taking things like that seriously. She shouldn't think that holding a cigarette is cool or normal but, unfotunately, this is probably what she sees everyday in her life at home, on the streets, or in stores. I really also don't liek the fact that she knows how to hold a cigarette. Why and How does she know?
Why isn't this little girl being supervised and where in the world did she get that candy cigarette?
The image as a whole is really ahrd to explain because I can't really see much in this picture. All I can see is her because of what she's wearing. This is a dark picture and she's wearing a white dress, and she has a bright face but the rest of her seems dark and unclear, like the rest of the picture. I also would like to mention that the girl standing next her seems younger, has her hair up nice and pretty instead of the other girls where it's hanging in her face. The other little girl is also turned around and not looking at the camera. I'm wondering why that is because usually when someone that you are talking to is staring at something, you naturally turn around to see what has grabbed their attention. The picture is also cut off at the waist and is very blurry in the back.
When I see this emotion, I feel depressed. Depressed because of the coloring ( black, grey and white ) and the facial expression on the little girls face. She just doesn't seem happy at all.
This picture is obviously centering in on one big problem here. That problem is that there is a little girl pretending to be holding a real cigarette. That is, pretty much, the center of the attention.
I believe the purpose of this image is that we should really be aware of what we act and what we do around our children. Our children soak up everything we do and try to renact what we do because they want to be like us. Our children want to be more like us in a way that some willa ctually start acting like us. When I see this picture, I think of the little gils parents as possibly depressed chain-smokers. But we don't want to go up to her and tell her to take the candy cigarette out of her hand because we aren't her parents. Why should she listen to us? She might not have gotten this idea from her parents but possibly her grandparents or cousins...anyone! I just think she's holding the candy cigarette because she sees it so much in her life that she thinks that since everyone else is smoking and holding the thin white cylinder, than she should too or else she would be seen as different, and that is NOT what any little girl wants. She wants to be accepted.

In Class: Free Write

I didn't really understand the concept of Degree in an argument. I can't really explain to you why because I just don't even understand it and why it was put in the book in the first place. The book also didn't really explain what a Degree was except it gave examples of what looked like comparisons. At first I also didn't understand the section on Statistics, but after reading the whole chapter, and all of the other chepters, that arguments are about anything, including numbers.

Everything else in the chapter I understood without any problem whatsoever. I understood how facts, hard evidence, surveys and polls, using reason and common sense, and everything else worked in a logical appeal. My favorite section was the one over hard evidence. Who can go wrong with that?

I never really payed attention though to how sensitive wording polls could be until I read the two exmples that they gave us on how results can be drastically different if you change up the wording. I'm still wondering though, why is that? I mean it's the same words just stated a LITTLE bit differently.

Another thing that I was a little confused in was the section about Precedent. I'm sure though that after class I will be able to understand all of this though : ).