Weblogs out of english class

As web-logs are making their way into today’s culture, they are becoming more appropriate to use for publishing different types of voices. They can still be used as a personal web-log still just stating opinions on current events or as a personal publishing essays you have been researching. This would perhaps bring in an academic audience. It would also be useful just to host for an academic audience because the amount of research being done on the Internet. I wouldn’t use a web-log as credited source but it could lead in the right direction for further research. Web-logs could also be used professionally to have a common meeting ground for what needs to be done if running a business. It would be helpful to web-log it so others could post their opinion on how things went in the past on the posted topics.

I personally don’t think i’m a blogger, so I don’t see mine making it very far past english class. It is a very nice way to publish but if I’m going to be publishing I think I’d rather do it the old fashion way and make it in printed material.

The Quarter is Almost Over

In English class we have moved through three basic topics. First we started off at an analytical research paper. This was the most known type of English I knew. From high school research papers were a typical assignment everyone dreds to write. The topic is usually has a narrow amount of choices. It was different this year for me at least. The topic restrictions were so broad I could pick something that interests me finally. I found this part of the year to be the best. I enjoyed researching my topic.

The second and third styles to me have burred together. Writing for a world wide audience gives a different feeling then writing for a class. I don’t really like the whole blog thing either. I like how you can comment on other people’s posts so easily. This blended over to the opinion editorials. To me they are just writing about your opinion so it comes easily. I enjoy writing them but it depends on the topic mostly. If I have a strong opinion for something, I can write about it instead of just having to make an opinion then write about it. Some topics I just don’t care about and forcing me to write an op-ed on them is where they loose my vote.

 

Rome’s Roadway to Success

The success to any large authority is to keep its backbone in great shape. In this case, Rome’s backbone was the people of the empire. To keep the people happy, the emperor had to keep the citizens entertained and well supplied with resources. The emperor went about this in many different ways through out the entire time of the empire. The resources were brought in to the cities with the use of a very sophisticated aqueduct systems and an advanced roadway structure. The success of theses two systems either could make the empire or it could ruin the kingdom.

 

Rome was a very successful city within the Roman Empire. The city was fulfilled with a lot of economical growth because it was a common trading ground for all the cities surrounding Rome and was thought of as a trading ground for inter-territorial trade. It was like the Paris Auto Show of trading. Everyone would come from everywhere to trade what they had to offer. People would come and sell anything you could think of. If there was a desire for it, it could be found at the trades. Slaves, exotic animals and food were the common items of trade. Everyone liked having a common place to get their stuff they wanted. When people came to Rome it was like going to a downtown New York City for us now as a modern day comparison. It was a completely different world to everyone that traveled to come there. The buildings were as high as you could see. They had at one time nine aqueducts that would deliver one million cubic meters of water a day. They had buildings that hosted gladiator death matches, and naval battles. The emperor knew how to get people to the city and keep them there in a happy state. They knew the success of the empire depended on the people and not themselves directly.

 

The aqueduct systems would travel kilometers to provide the cities with an adequate amount of water. The water would be dispersed multiple ways to prove services to the people. The emperor knew that if he gave them a lot of water they would stay happy. When you have a large population and loose the water that should be supplying the people, you will loose the people’s support. This never happened to the Romans, because of their aqueducts systems. The aqueducts provided water mostly to public baths and clean water supplies to drink from. The emperor also knew that he would need to provide the people with public services like this to keep them happy. They would take a plan of action and stick to it to keep everyone happy.

 

The Roman emperors also knew that they needed to have a wonderful road system to be able to import and export goods. Being able to maintain and provide for the citizens also kept them in high spirits. The people didn’t really travel to far when they would travel so it wasn’t about being able to leave to go somewhere but the ability to have things come to them. The outskirts of Rome, and the other large cities’ outskirts were easily connected to the populated areas allowing them to have access to resources whenever theirs were scarce. It made all the little cities connect uniting them as one great big union. The people liked having the security of a huge empire there backing them up at any point. The empire was all connected as one giving them a sense of family.

           

All of the Roman Emperors during the booming era of the Empire knew about the idea to keep the citizens happy. It seems that it had been lost between the emperors causing the fall of the empire plus other outside events helped tear down the empire. Any striving country needs to keep the citizens happy. If the people are happy then so will the nation in return. Sometimes your back may have a twist or a crack, an economic recession or a political movement, but after time and care your back will settle to how it should be.

Rules and Conventions of Op-Eds

Let Detroit Go Bankrupt

Out of all the op-ed that I have read, it seems to me that the general conventions put down the current idea and introduce a new one that they think should be taken. They always put down the current plan and the author never seems to be happy with the topic being discussed. The author in this op-ed seems to be angry with America. The rules included to state your own opinion. The op-ed’s rules are just to share your opinions. This isn’t always done respectfully but that is just part of the opinion. The author also uses an authorial confidence tone with their writting.

“IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye.”

-Mitt Romney

The Big Three’s Crisis

G.M., Once a Powerhouse, Pleads for Bailout

The Big Three American motor companies, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are in trouble. With the current fuel crisis is killing the American motor manufactures. They are still producing low fuel efficient vehicles making them difficult to sell with fuel prices at the high we have been seeing lately. G.M. is having a hard time right now just trying to get by with paying their bills. The Federal Government is trying to step in to give them a loan to try to save their companies. G.M. alone supplies a lot of jobs to American citizens.

My personal opinion to this is that the government shouldnt’ be trying to make them produce more efficient vehicules but more desirable vehicles. For some people fuel efficiency might be their desire, but I know that I’d buy one that doesn’t have great gas mileage if it was desirable. The big three companies were built so big on their desire to own their automobiles. In the 50s, 60s and 70s, their biggest sale times it was all about owning American cars. People desired American muscle. Now it is more about owning imports because they are looked as luxurious classy vehicles because they are foreign. The big three need to take a better approach in taking back the American public. They should go back to producing the cars as they did in the past. Now many are made of cheap plastic and are just bad quality. The European market still produces quality and not quantity. I own two G.M. vehicles, one from the seventies, and the second from the eighties, and wouldn’t trade them for any Asian vehicles no matter what, because they are quality. American needs to regain some pride in itself to pick up America. In the 50s, 60s and 70s America had a sense of pride, people were proud to be American, but now that is lost in today’s society.

Writting for Different Audiences

When you write, there are two main audiences that you can speak to. The more common of the two, a popular audience. When you write for a popular audience you write for emotions and opinions on particular topics. It is a less informative style to write in. The second main audience is for the academic community. This style of writing is informative writing. It will use evidence to support facts from common opinions. This audience also usually has some sort of previous knowledge in the topic, unless it is being published to introduce a new theory as in the scientific community. Academic writing is used to spread the word of knowledge.

Roman Engineering

Great Roman Engineering discusses the Segovia aqueduct. This is one of the most beautiful aqueducts that is still used today. It is amazing how years ago they could build something like this and have it still work today. The author of Great Roman Engineering is lucky to have seen this.

Analytical Research Project

On Monday October 6th I was introduced to the research project that I am now presenting. At first I had no idea what I wanted to research or even do a project on. The topic specifications provided for a very broad range of topics. All the topic had to do was fit in our theme, “spaces and places.” After researching a few different topics and thinking about a thesis I concluded I wanted to research Roman architecture/engineering. They had achieve brilliant accomplishments and I wondered how they had done this. It was a perfect topic for me.

The only problem to my topic was it isn’t very analytical. Most people would agree that the Romans had accomplished many feats rendering that argument useless. So after having my paper written I had to go back and revise it to make it analytical. I had to come up with an argument to propose. It had seemed a common theme throughout my paper that with the power of the Roman roadways they had achieved power of the land. Therefore if you can maintain your import/export routes and keep everyone happy, you will maintain your empire as they once had done.

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