Blogging First Year Composition

After reading a certain article written to drum up support for higher education my opinion about such things remains the same, there is more than one pathway to a good life. The article in question was written by Gov. Doug Ducey and is titled Why Arizona needs more college grads . The focus is to highlight the new program that Governor Ducey is proudly supporting. The focus of the program: More people with more degrees.  College is seen nowadays as a necessity. It is the beginning of adult life. It is what gets you a happy life. That is what Ducey would have you believe, and it is true that college is certainly not bad and usually helps in life after high school as it focuses certain feelings and ideas about what you want. This new program that is being unveiled aims to have everyone "working together and taking a fresh look at how we can bridge education and the economy". This article overall is very good. It offers data and other groups that have credibility. Cited easily ...

When I have time, I enjoying watching shows like Bizarre Foods and Booze Traveler , shows that involve experiencing the culture of other places. There are an uncountable amount of cultures and each culture has its own variances that branch out into areas that we, as Americans, would find odd. Andrew Zimmerman and Jack Maxwell, respective hosts of the shows mentioned beforehand, go through the these cultures and try to experience it in the fullest fashion, whether that means dancing at a local shindig or freshly defanged cobra, that is for their hosts to decide. These shows take them all over the world. The episode I watched recently of Bizarre Foods featured Andrew Zimmerman hunting boar in Hawaii, and, after the skinning of the animal, proceeding to eat it among expert boar hunters that have been doing it for generations. In Booze Traveler, Jack Maxwell had just tried spit beer while in the Amazon. For those who have not seen the episode, spit beer is literally spit that is flavored...

After trying to write an informative essay about polyester, it has occurred to me that the argument has two side, and so long as my audience feels as though I am knowledgeable the side that I talk about more becomes the right side. This can often occurs in various arguments as only one side is highlighted in order to procure a specific effect from the audience. Today, what has become largely a joke with the now classic "fake news" is actually an issue as research, experience, and data is twisted to arrive at a specific conclusion. This is not altogether wrong, as there is and always will be two sides, at least, to an argument. It has simply made it important to know your topic. A hot topic now a days is the wage gap discrepancy between males and females. The common idea is that woman make less per the dollar than a man for the same work. This is usually advocated by radical feminists, and is usually shouted loudest in rallies. The data that shows that women are...

After browsing the internet for seemingly minutes but what turns out to be hours, a person can find themselves in something that is totally unrelated to what was originally searched for. This recently happened to me as I tried to find a documentary that was recommended to me; however, I arrived at Steve Mould's youtube . His channel features many science experiments that he conducts on his show Festival Of The Spoken Nerd. Even if you aren't into science his experiments feature stunning visuals and a thorough description of what is going on that will allow a viewer to recount their amazement to anyone they need to. My favorite experiment deals with one of the original videos posted to the channel. The video, titled " Self siphoning beads ", showed metal beads initially being pulled out of a glass beaker, but the video does not end there as the beads then proceed to rise variably up and down from the point at which they started spooling out, contracting a fair a...

Blogs can serve many different purposes online. For example, they can provide information upon the political situation in America or the various goings on in the life of a suburban family. Depending on the type of blog, the information can be delivered differently. Upon looking at a multitude of blogs from " The Top 50 Blogger Blogs " I have developed my own opinion on what is to be desired in a blog to accomplish its specific purpose. The first blog that I came to and felt that it accomplished its purpose in a way that was tasteful was BLDGBLOG . The blog's primary purpose is to provide information on architecture. That may not seem specific, but that is because it seems they provide information, links, and reference all things architecture. For instance, this first article, "Many Norths", focuses on infrastructure in Northern Canada and the geopolitical landscape surrounding the progressively changing landscape and the challenges that can arise from trying to...

Hey fellow students and bloggers. For those of you that have yet to peruse the online introductions, I am Dylan Haftings. I am seventeen and from Manhattan, Kansas. Here at GCC, I am duo enrolled, so I spend most of my time at the college but a portion of the day must be spent at my high school. Overall, I am a pretty laid-back person who usually does all the work and has no problem helping other people out. My attitude is a reflection of my hobbies and what I enjoy doing. My favorite past time is reading, especially science fiction. Currently, I am reading the Malazan Empire series by Steven Erikson, and it is one of the better series that I have read. I am also an avid gamer, specifically RPG's; I think they're grand. Free time to do either of those things will probably be disappearing with the addition of this class to my schedule as I am sure some of you can concur with. I am taking this class and, by extension, writing this blog so I can get an English class out of the w...