A Powerfull Call for Sweatshop Jobs

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According to the piece of writing in the New York Times essay titled, "Where Sweatshops are a Dream," writer Nicolas D. Kristof wished to propose a tour to the formal president Barack Obama as well as his cabinet to a gigantic garbage dump in Phnom Penh before they start acting on their talk about labor standards. This was stated in his opening statement of his article, as a result, yield an opportunity for him to expose how most families are surviving each day through a "garbage dump" in the undeveloped areas or countries around the world.
Kristof addressed the president and his team as his main audience. He believes that by offering the government a tour, He would have a sense of humor to approach sweatshops in poorer countries prudently.

 Kristof goal is to allow sweatshops operations in poverty-stricken countries because it a better option as compare to working on “garbage dump”. He also aim to present to his audience alternative ways of improving lives in poorer countries; thus, building their manufacturing industries. For Kristof to accomplish this, he mainly uses pathos to appeals to his audience emotion.  For instead, in Phnom, he stated that the children are "...ambling barefoot, searching for old plastic cups that recyclers will buy for five cents a pound." He further explained that "families actually live in shacks of this smoking garbage"

For Kristof argument to work, he must earn trust from his highly educated audience; he does so by establishing his own credibility. Thus, by providing factual evidence as well as acknowledging what the families living in these filthy areas have to say. "I'd like to get a job in a factory...at least that work is in a shade". the most appealing of all testimonies according to Kristof, is a woman who "hopes her 10-years-old boy, scavenging beside her, grow up to get a factory job, partly because she has seen other children run over by a garbage truck".  according to Kristof, this conveys how penniless families living in underprivileged countries consider sweatshops and factories jobs more preferable to a life where scavenge is the only means of survival.  

Moreover, the author also uses logic to appeal to his audience emotions. thus since the location is in a "vast garbage dump," the "Miasma of toxic stink leaves you gasping, breezes better with filth, and even the rats look forlorn" He furthermore uses simile to described the environment as a "Dante-like version of hell."
Kristof ambition was to persuade his audience with logical facts that, a life of which rats refuses to live is not convenient for humans.

 Kristof gained his personal experience about sweatshop by living in East Asia "watching as living standard soared- including those in his wife ancestral village in South China...." This encourages him to address the issue of poverty to the government in order to provide a solution.

The organization, and the use of evidence are effective,  and well established in Kristof argument. He begins with a tour proposal, and he went further to outline what his audience are most likely to witness in case the proposal is accepted.

Kristof thesis was implied in his argument because he believes that his audiences are highly intellect personals. His pleading, on behave of the poor families, was built effectively, and his audiences are more likely to adopt his claim.

Word vs Photo Essay

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 Consider a situation whereby you come across two notice boards, one conveying a lengthy message and the other portraying just image(s). I can rest assure you that before you read that lengthy and boring message, you will first glance at the image(s).  

"The Convention on the right of the child" was presented, by UNICEF, in two different formats; thus, the text-only version, and images version, of children under the age of 18, with captions portraying the same message as the text. 
 
Even though, text and image are relevant and contribute to the contents of the messages, makes content more digestible to the reader or audience, both outlines some pros and cons. For instead, the text contains all detail facts, evidence etc. that can persuade the audience and help them adopts ones believe; however, when it's lengthy its boring depending on the content. On the other hand, Image message lacks details, however, people are more likely to remember the content of the image faster than a 3000 word. 

Figure 1

Each article focus on the   prerogatives that  must not and should not be taken away from them, however, according to UNICEF kids around the world are facing different situations where by their right of living happily is being deteriorated  or completely denied from them. As emotional as the articles may be, one can not look at an image, like the one on the left, and develop a sentimental feelings. Because image by itself has no meaning. However when message is attached it clarifies one understanding .  According  to "Article 19: Children must be protected from “… injury or abuse … including sexual abuse, while in the care of parents … or any other person….” A girl was repeatedly raped by her father, ...", (UNICEF). After reading the article it is now clear to decode the image in figure 1. 

Even though the father molested the girl according to the article, the image itself does not explicitly outline any violence on sight.

Socail Media

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I was in my comfort zone, on the couch, relaxing while my sister got his first iPhone as a surprise. she set-up everything, including some communications media. She then texted me a few minutes later saying "Bless, can you go with me to the mall?"  So, I verbally asked her in a funny way "has the phone taken away your vocal cord?"  And I asked that because she was just sitting on the couch right in front of me and she could have spoken instead of text as a form of easy communication.

Social media has been a vital way of communication in this modern world. As the matter of fact, it is the easiest and fastest medium to get in touch with family members and loved ones around the world. No more pigeon post! for instead, before the birth of computer, mobile phone, and all these modern social networks devices, handwriting letters was the most basic form of communication which usually takes about days, month, and even years to get the information across.   Just think about how long it would take me to get a piece of information across to family members in Africa if those eras happen to be today. terrible. Social media give people the opportunity to share ideas, images, videos and an easy way to get in touch with friends who leaves on the other part of the world as well as make new friends.

Let consider the impacts of social media on politicians for a second. Do you remember Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr? Well, He was an American politician in the state of Florida, thus, Florida House of representative, and later the 41st Governor of Florida.
When Chiles left the Florida house of representatives, he decided to bid for the United States Senate in 1970, he used to walk 1,003 miles from Pensacola to Key West for his campaign due to his unpopularity and mainly the lack of social media. However,
Politicians today can get their message across the world in a twinkle of an eye.
As a result, comparing those times and the present day 2017, I can confidently state that social media has a massive positive impact on every politician in this country and around the world.

 Business companies also uses social media to advertise their products. On each companies website there is a source of communication between the customers and the stuff members that helps the companies advance the quality of their products and how well the customers can be served.

98% of the population in America owns at least one social network account as account as a means of communication. Because communication is a necessity for human survival, and thank goodness for social media.






 
 

Violent Media is Not Good for Kids

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How will you like to raise your children in a society where aggressiveness is more common? Or raising your only begotten child around children who are less sensitive to the pain and suffering of other children? Wait!. Before answering the above questions, consider this scenario: You woke up early in the morning to get your only child ready for school. You then took him or her to the bus stop to catch the bus. When the bus arrived, you gave him/her a lovey kiss and said: “see you later baby”. Out of love you stood, for few seconds, and watched the bus take-off before realizing that your domestic duties as a mom still awaits you. A few hours later you received a phone call from your child’s school saying “your child did not survive a bullet, during lunch, from an active young shooter. After a thorough investigation, it was known that the young shooter was a big fan of bloody “Call of Duty” and spend hours of hours playing that game and many other violent games. How will you feel?
       Children often learn from the environment around them, thus what they hear, the books they read, and even the games they play plays a major role in their lives. For instance, according to Gerard Jones, violent Marvel comics changed his life from dull to a person who is “unafraid of his desire and the world of disapproval, unhesitating and effective in action”.  It is believed that individual possesses a unique talent that needs to be accomplished. And in other to fulfill this dream you first must identify what that talent is by any ways and means. Gerard Jones identified his dreams through violence marvel and comic books and other violent media. The question is, how many children can identify their latent or career through violent media after they are so much addicted?
 An empirical study was conducted by a researcher, Douglas Gentile of Iowa state university. “The study found that 88 percent of the nation's children age 8 to 18 play video games. With 45 million children of that age in the country, the study will suggest that more than 3 million are addicted…” Donna st. George, A Washington Post writer, Said. 

      According to Gerard Jones, violent media “help children conquer the feelings of powerlessness that’s inevitably comes with being so young and small” and “give them the tools to master their rage”. Indeed, it's true; however, that is classified as an aggressive behavior. When children are exposed to a violent character(s) for a long period of time, they gather search courage and act as though they are the character in real life. As a result, act aggressively toward others. A research conducted by The American Psychological Association (APA)  “ …Indicate a consistent relation between violent video game use and heightened aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, and aggressive affect reduced prosocial behavior, empathy, and sensitivity to aggression”
       I’m not saying violent entertainment is the main source of addiction and aggressiveness; however, after watching ths video 

and taking above statements into consideration I strongly disagree with Gerard Jones idea that “violent media is good for kids”.  

No matter who we are, irrespective of our status, always strive
 to raise children in a safe and sound environment. We try to raise kids in a society where there are peace and love. We try to raise kids in an environment where kids are not afraid to socialize with each other. Notice if all addicted kids act aggressively in the society, then within the next decade, most people will be living as monsters. 

Sources

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041902350.html

  http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/08/violent-video-games.pdf

Understanding Argument

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whether we are aware or not, we engage ourselves in arguments on daily basis. In-class discussion, presidential debate on the television, bargaining for a price reduced. All these are forms of arguments.

During the introduction, I have learned that an argument is when a reasonable person refuses to accept or believe the other persons' point of view about a debatable situation. However, an argument is not an angry exchange or imposing of words by yelling on each opponent to the extent that no one can hear clearly what the other is saying; thus, an argument is not about being obstreperous.
Moreover, it is not about winning or losing against each other; it's about claiming a point, outlining the problem and stating the solution, supporting your claim with fact, and trying to persuade your opponent or the audience to accept your thinking  by using ethos, pathos, and logos.

About Me

Bless Bosso is my name, I was born in Ghana, but I live in Atlanta Georgia. I am the last born among my five siblings.  Even though I'm a big fan of soccer, I'm not good at it. I love listing to music .
It is my dream to become a doctor, specifically cardiothoracic surgeon, because I believe in the philosophy of healing. I have possessed this since my childhood when specialists save my life and gave me a second chance of life.