It's our last week in class! been a great semester so far. Learned some great stuff from this class... probably I've gained more from it than every single other english class I've had put together. One thing I'm excited to do after an amazing semester is rereading The Watchmen Series by Alan Moore... It's one of the best graphic novels ever. There is too much to learn about life from it, Even though I read it twice, I feel after paying attention to everything Dr. Mangini taught us, I have a lot more to discover from this novel! To me, I've always found Alan Moore's perspective on life fascinating, some of his work such as The Watchmen and The Killing Joke is just on a different level. Every time I reread any of those I discover something new, a deeper meaning to a certain quote, the factors behind the action of certain characters and their perspective on life. a lot of it I can personally relate to. after getting to the end of my Comp I class, I feel like I've gained the ability to break down and analyze text better than ever. So pumped up to see what awaits for me in some of my favorite books :D Here are two of my favorite quotes by Alan... and why I like them. The first quote, By a character Named Rorschach. Its something we see almost everyday, people fail and they blame it on destiny, religion, fate or whatever they believe in so it could be an excuse for their failure, "That's my fate", "God doesn't want me to succeed at this", "I'm destined to...etc." things we hear all the time, and I find it heartbreaking that people actually rather to use those words then work hard and write their own fate and destiny because it's something we control. Personally, I love watching other people succeed, it gives me a reason to get up in the morning and chase my goals too!
The second quote, also by Rorschach, I love it because I personally relate to it, I'm always known as the kid that deals with everything by using sarcasm, I throw silly, stupid jokes all day long. it gets people laughing most of the time and I love it... However, a couple of years back I'm was going through the worst time of my life. yet when I'm was around people I kept the same personality that made a lot of people see me as a happy kid 24/7 without having any idea what I'm going through!
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2018 Spring semester is about to be over, as for English class it's been an awesome time, Awesome professor and great classmates, and by far my favorite class at DCCC so far. The experience in this class was just great, it does start slow in the morning, however, as the pace goes up I think it picks up a great energy which is something missing in all my other classes. everyone is just respectful to everyone, and sometimes it doesn't feel like Prof. Mangini is our teacher, it just seems like he's another student having fun with everyone which is a great approach to getting students like me to pay attention since I'm always distracted with silly things around me. To me I think it’s been a really productive class, learning to develop and write a scene which I’m still improving into learning how to structure a good research paper and how to correct flaws I see in it. the things I mentioned were really great to learn, however, one thing I really enjoyed is the few blogs that followed the movie, especially the one where we had to analyze it, learning about Logos, Pathos and Ethos is something I’ve done few times in high school, but I never really felt like I’ve got a decent understanding of it, how it works and how is it applied on certain things, but having to breakdown a documentary and figure out how they fit in it, probably helped more than any silly assignment I had to do in High School. Everything I've learned and skills I gained from what we did in class this semester are things I'm going to definitely need and use down the line in my education, and I'm really excited to reread some of my favorite books over the summer because I feel like I could break it down and understand it a lot better than I already do. This blog post will provide information about the process of the MLA Research Paper, how did I feel about writing it, what went through my mind during the process of writing and what changes will I make to make it better.
Introduction: This blog post will provide the sources I will use for my research paper with their summary and why the reason I chose those sources to answer my research question.
Research Question: Should America follow the prison system Scandinavian countries provide for their people? Source #1 Moore, Michael, Director. Where to Invade Next IMDb, IMDb.com, 12 Feb. 2016, www.imdb.com/title/tt4897822/. Film Summary > Where to Invade Next Summary This film will be helpful for my research paper because it shows what is it like inside of the prisons of Norway, the most famous Scandinavian country when it comes to prison systems, it shows what types of prisoners are locked in there, how much freedom they are given and how it worked for the better of those prisoners and the better of the country. it also provides short interviews with some of the prisoners and guards to talk about their experience in there. Source #2 Ibsen, Alexander Z. "Ruling by Favors: Prison Guards' Informal Exercise of Institutional Control." Law & Social Inquiry, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring2013, pp. 342-363. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.2012.01307.x. This source shows a study done by a substitute prison guard in Norway, the study provides how the positive interactions from the guards towards prisoners works, even when they want to punish prisoners for negative behavior it is done without violence and without taking away any of their rights yet they manage to keep them under control. The reason I picked this source to help my research paper is the study it provides, It supports the comparison between American Guards and Norwegian Guards, and why do Norwegian prison guards succeed at controlling the prisoners by treating them like actual human beings. Source #3 Barclay, Eliza. "Crime in Latin America." CQ Global Researcher, 1 Sept. 2010, pp. 211-34, library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqrglobal2010090000. This article called "Crime in Latin America" talks about the high crime rates in countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, what are some of the factors behind it, what pushes people towards committing that much crime, it compares Latin American countries with the highest crime rates to the countries with the lowest while comparing certain issues in those countries that could be reason the violence rate is that high. Violence behavior is something that will always be present, its in human nature since the beginning of time conquering lands, invasions, massacres and inventing more efficient ways to kill are things that we always seen and heard about throughout the all stages of history but it always had a different rate based on different geographical locations. The reason this article will support my argument because it shows that violence always varies between different regions of the world, because there are hundreds of causes behind it such as poverty, drugs, gangs and that high rate of violence will always be present regardless of how good or bad the government is treating people which takes it back to the argument of taking a prison system from a country where people tend to have more positive behavior and value life more and applying that system in a country where the rate of violence is really high in comparison to Scandinavian countries. Source #4 Zimmermann, Kim Ann. “American Culture: Traditions and Customs of the United States.” LiveScience, Purch, 13 July 2017, www.livescience.com/28945-american-culture.html. This article published by livescience.com talks about how the United States is one of most diverse countries in the world. it talks about the different types of immigrants, cultures, religions, languages and arts that helped shaping the united states and how these different cultures makes the U.S what it is today. This article is useful for my research because it's important to point out the different cultures that makes up the united states vs the low number of other cultures in Scandinavian countries which makes it harder for people in the United States to get along, understand each other and see eye to eye without having conflicts with each other, and that would make it a lot more complicated to apply a Scandinavian prison system in the U.S. Source #5 “Federal Bureau of Prisons.” BOP Statistics: Inmate Citizenship, www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_citizenship.jsp. This is a statistics website based on stats by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, it shows numbers such as different ages, races, citizenships, ethnicities and offenses for inmates in American prisons. As a follow up to my point in the last source, this source is really important to my research because it provides stats about the differences between inmates in American prisons which makes it easier to make the argument about inmates not getting along. Source #6 “American Health Care System vs Norwegian Health Care System.” Daria.no, www.daria.no/skole/?tekst=4876. This source it provides a brief comparison between the healthcare system in the United States vs. Norway. it kind of shows how really complicated the American healthcare system and how it could be improved compared to other countries, especially the european ones which most people speak highly of. The point of my research paper is far from discussing healthcare in the United States, however, it's really important to provide examples of things that causes someone to commit a crime such as unemployment rate, poverty rates and healthcare. when a prisoner is leaving prison in norway they are able to have jobs, their financial status might not get affected because of entering prison and they have a healthcare system that is more simple and fits them better which is a lot of factors of why they won't commit another crime causing their rearrests. unlike the American inmates who are most likely aren't getting jobs because of having a criminal record, going to prison could cause them a financial disaster and the U.S provides a worse healthcare system then Scandinavian countries which makes some of the causes someone might commit a crime in the U.S stronger then it used to be before they had a criminal record. |
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