One Concept

There were a lot of different things that we have learned in class this semester. A lot of them I will remember, but I think that the most important thing that I have learned is about is marketing and advertising in chapter 10. This is an important chapter for me to remember because I am a business major, and when I graduate I am going to need to know these skills to be successful in life. It is very important to know how to market to the consumers. It does not matter how good a product is, if it is not marketed right it will not succeed. Even if a product is not good if it is marketed correctly the product would succeed. It is important to understand the audience. It is important to understand who you are selling the product to. It is important to research about your product and the area you are thinking about selling the product. Often times location is the most important thing. Even if your product is good if it in selling it in a location where no one is going to see it then it will not succeed. These are only the few things that I have learned in this chapter that I will always remember.

What I have learned

Throughout the semesters there have been many different topics that caught my attention. With this online class I learned that there are a lto of people out there that have experience the same things as I have. I learned this from all the comments that I received off my post. It feels comforting to know that there are other people out there that have been through the same thing as I have. I also learned a lot about the argument chapter. I found that that chapter was very interesting. I did not know all the different kinds of arguments such as inductive and deductive argument.  I also did not know about all the components that are in an inductive and deductive argument to make it effective. I also learned what not to do in an argument. Often times I just get mad when I am in an argument, but getting mad makes an argument a lot less effective. This is only one of the many thing that I have learned in this class.

Favorite and Least Favorite

There were a lot of things that I liked about this class. Even though it was an online class I feel like I got to know my classmates a lot through reading their posts and comments on my blog. I liked that a lot of the post we had to do were personal opinion post, so we got to see how other people are. I also liked that you replied to all of my emails very quickly. I was surprised by how fast you got back to me when I emailed you. Even though I did enjoy this class there were some things that I did not like. I did not like the group projects. I feel like individual projects are much more effective, because in a group project it is hard to find a time to meet and usually one person ends up with more work load than all of the other members. I feel like if there would have been more individual projects I would have got more out of the assignment.

Mission Critical and Causal Argument

I thought that both the Mission Critical and Casual Argument was very useful. The mission critical talks about all the parts there are in an argument. The website just outlines every part there is in an argument. It tells individuals what is needed for an effective argument and restrictions. There are certain things that should not be said in an arguent, and this website outlines it very well. They also map out ways to analyze an argument. It tells you about the appeals and fallacies The casual argument website discuses of a casual argument. It gave an example and then showed how the example fit the pattern of the inductive argument, and then explains it more in great detail. It help me understand the examples more when they related it to the pattern. I thought that the Mission Critical website was more helpful because it was an outline. It was very easy to follow, and it had a lot of good information.

Incorrect Conclusion

There are a lot of times where people observe a situation and come up with a false conclusion. It has happen to me a lot also. Once I was at my friends house and both of my friends were getting in a fight. I did not want to get involved in it, so I was just standing on the side and watching the situation. While I was watching the situation I thought that it was Johnnys fault because from my situation it looked like he was the one that was starting the fight. It looked like he was the one that was trying to get in a fight with David. When I went up to talk to my friend Richard he told me the whole story. The fight started earlier in the day. It started because David said something to Johnny about how he was a girl and scared of him, which started everything. It is easy to come up with a conclusion right off the back but often times it is wrong until you actually ask people what happens.

Libra

Libra:

• Your Most Likeable traits: Charming, Diplomatic, Easy-going
• SYMBOL: The Scales Signifying Balance, Equilibrium, Order, and Justice) Ruling Planet: Venus
• Element: Air Dominant
• Keyword: I BALANCE.
• Magical Birthstone: Opal (Brings financial success, frees its wearer from jealousy & greed & imparts clear insight.)
• Special Flowers: Rose, Cosmos & Hydrangeas
• Special Colors: Blue & Lavender (The colors of romance, harmony and refinement)
• Lucky Numbers: 6 & 9
• Lucky Day: Friday
• Part of the body ruled by Libra: The Lower Back and Buttocks & the Kidneys

When I first read the horoscope the first thing that came up was easy going. I think that this is the most accurate thing right off the back. I am a very easy going person. I usually just go along with what is going on, and I do nto like to argue a lot. What I think that is funny when I read this is it says that libras have great butts. Everyone always tells me that I have no butt at all. I always get made fun of for having such a tiny butt, so that is one thing that is not correct. Another trait that it says a libra has is that they are very diplomatic. I am by far the least diplomatic person ever. I am horrible at persuading people and getting people to side with me. I am horrible at public speeches and arguments. Overall there are a couple things that are like me, but I think there are more things that are not like me in this daily horoscope.

Internet Plagiarism

I think that these two arguments are very intriguing. Both of these authors believe that plagiarism is wrong. Hunt believes that students plagiarize because of all the pressure to succeed in school. He believes that the only reason why students plagiarize is because there are so much pressure on them to receive a good score on the assignment. Sadler believes that students should generally not even use the internet, because there is a high chance that the individual will plagiarize. She believes that plagiarism raises the grading scale, and that it is cheating both the students and the teachers. The teachers are trying to teach the students, but the students are not learning the materials due to plagiarism. I agree more with Hunt. I think that students cheat just because there is such great pressure to get good grades. There was this girl in my class that had a lot of pressure to get good grades. Her parents would always pressure her into getting straight As, and if she did not her parents would be really mad at her. She often times cheated on papers to get As because her writing skills were not that great. If she did not have all this pressure maybe she would have not cheated and actually got help from the teacher and tried to improve her writing skills.