They Say I Say exercise 2

1st Summary

David Zinczenko believes that there are no healthy alternatives to fast food restaurants. Personally I question this statement because I do believe there are ways of avoiding obesity even if you don't have that much money. An example of an alternative to fast food restraints is Subway. Subway is a sandwitch restaurant that has been known to be a healthy solution to the problem of obesity, and it really isn't that expensive. Reaffirming the idea that there are healthy substitutions for fast food restaurants is the idea that the family shouldn't eat out at all. It's much cheaper to just eat at home with home cooked meals then going out to a restaurant every night wasting money on gas driving around all the time, and wasting money on junk food. If a family believes they cannot afford healthy groceries then they should join a program that provides them with the fruits and vegetables they need for no cost. In conclusion there are options other then going out for fast food and I implore you to explore them.

2nd Summary
Obesity is a common thing in our country today, and manny question whether being overweight is a medical problem. I support the idea that it is a medical problem. Being overweight can cause people to be less active, be less happy, and can lead to manny serious health problems such as diabetes or a heart attack. Manny would contradict this statement by saying being overweight is not a medical problem because being overweight by itself doesn't cause death. I renounce this by saying what kind of long life would that be though being obese unable to do so manny things and being at major risk of having a heart attack, a stroke, or even cancer. In conclusion obesity is an unhealthy thing that plagues our nation and I encourage people to stay away from it.

Dialectic Journal 2

Chapter 16
P. 141: “It most froze me to hear such talk. He wouldn't ever dared to talk such talk in his life before. Just see what a difference it made in him the minute he judged he was about free.”

Comments and Questions
This passage shows how freedom can truly change a person's personality. Jim, and ordinary slave lived his whole life not really standing up to people and doing what he's told because he was a slave. But when he was given freedom the person inside him was let out making him a more courageous person. I wonder what kind of person would come out of me if I was a slave then suddenly free.
Also I believe the purpose of this passage is to help explain some human behaviors.

Chapter 17
P. 158: “It didn't have an iron latch on the front door, nor a wooden one with a buckskin string, but a brass knob to turn, the same as houses in town.”

Comments and Questions
This passage and this chapter altogether help show the other side of the south during this time period. There was the side that had been previously explored quite a bit which was he side that was dirt poor, then there was the rich side where there were people that owned huge plantations with a bunch of slaves. One of the main things in the passage that shows this difference is Huck being fascinated by a door knob. I think a door knob is definelty something we all take for granted but I definelty think its better then a latch. I wonder if more the novel will go deeper into the lives of the rich during this time period.

Chapter 19
P. 195: “It didn't take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn't no kings nor dukes at all, but just low-down humbugs and frauds. But I never said nothing, never let on; kept it to myself; it's the best way; then you don't have no quarrels, and don't get into no trouble.”

Comments and Questions
This passage shows how Huck is beginning to mature. He of course knew the king and duke were frauds but instead of creating a fight or telling Jim he just kept it to himself. I'm not very sure if Huck would have done that in the beginning of the book especially if he was in the group of pirates with Tom Sawyer. Perhaps he's finally become above Tom and now he no longer lives in his shadow like he did in the beginning of the book. But the question is if he had seen Tom again right then would he stand strong like the person he has become, or would he revert to hi original self?

Chapter 22
P. 228: “The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that's what an army is—a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any man at the head of it is beneath pitifulness. Now the thing for you to do is to droop your tails and go home and crawl in a hole. If any real lynching's going to be done it will be done in the dark, Southern fashion; and when they come they'll bring their masks, and fetch a man along.”

Comments and Questions
This passage addresses a conflict in the book, and what makes an army. The conflict in the book shown here is the conflict between the North and the South. The authors tone and attitude towards the South, implies that they are tough and a lot more tough then the South. Also he talks about how an army is a mob. I find it ironic how the author has these things so closely together because soon there is going to be a war between the North and South with 2 "mobs" fighting each other. Perhaps that's what the author saw the civil war as, 2 "mobs" fighting each other. I wonder if that's true.

Chapter 23
P. 238: “Well, that's what I'm a-saying; all kings is mostly rapscallions, as fur as I can make out.”

Comments and Questions
Huck believes that Kings are nothing more then rapscallions. He also believes that the man who is pretending to be a King really isn't that different from a real one. They're both greedy, they both lie, and they both are rapscallions. I believe Huck believes that all kings are like that because,  during this time period the South sees the North as kings. In the southerners minds they're the ones in charge and are being oppressive of the south.

Chapter 26
P. 268: “Honest injun, now, hain't you been telling me a lot of lies?”

Comments and Questions
This is one of the first times someone has been this close to finding out Huckelberry is lying. Before Huck had been so smooth and was able to not be discovered until now. For whatever reason, the people Huck is with now are throwing off his game. I wonder why that is?

Chapter 28
P. 293: “I'm afraid it ain't there no more. I'm awful sorry, Miss Mary Jane, I'm just as sorry as I can be; but I done the best I could; I did honest. I come nigh getting caught, and I had to shove it into the first place I come to, and run—and it warn't a good place.”

Comments and Questions
This is probably the first time Huck has told the truth ending one of his schemes. Earlier in the book Huck was so cold hearted he didn't even tell the truth to an old lady willing to help him. The girls Huck has meet has caused him to tell the truth and be sorry he had lied. This shows how during the book Huck has matured and changed for the better. The question is will he go back to his old self, or have the girls changed him and he is going to stay the person e girls turned him into.

Chapter 29
P. 305: “One man asked me if I see the niggers steal it.”

This sentence helps show what people thought of Africn Americans in those days. They truly saw them as lesser people and would automatically assume they had done done the wrong thing that has occurred. The thing is I don't really think this has changed. Manny people still assume an African American has done thing like stealing, because there are manny that do steal. Do you believe differently or do you think this hasn't changed?

They say I say assignment 1

Exercise 1
            Summer homework, is a device used by teachers that can be seen as a nuisance by the students. They see summer homework as a way to keep their students from being sloth and staying educated. However students do not see that summer  is meant for this purpose but is instead meant for a long earned break from school, stress, and the main cause of stress for students, homework. However teachers do not concur with this and give summer homework to keep students thinking. On the contrary students believe that summer homework and homework altogether because manny students like the ones in Finland have gone fine without it is unnecessary. For the truth is teachers believe that summer is becoming obsolete in this new world where a handful of nations have lived on without it. In this essay after analyzing both sides of this issue it can be seen that summer has become obsolete, but while it does exist in our nation, homework during summer is unnecessary. 

Exercise 2

         In the introduction to "They Say/ I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein provide templates to assist students in their writing endeavors. Specifically Graff and Birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer truly assist students in writing and do not take away from their creativity of writing. As the authors themselves put it, " The template only assists in the students writing it doesn't actually do it for them." Although some people believe that in fact it does take away from students creativity and for this reason should not be used, Graff and Birkenstein insit the contrary that it does not take away from the writer's creativity but only assists the writer by giving the creativity the writer has an organized and logical format. In sum, then their view is that templates not only help organize the writers ideas and help them make more sense, but do not take away from the writer's creativity. 

          I agree. In my view the types of templates the authors recommend I believe that they do not take away the writers creative vision for the price of writing, but only enhance it with organization and logic. For instance if I say have an essay do and use a template it just helps with organization so I can focus on bettering the ideas of the essay. In addition I believe templates are a useful device for students that can only help them with their writing skills. Some might object, of course on the grounds that templates do not help people become better writers and only take away from the writer's creativity. Yet I would argue that only the opposite is true and that a template allows a writer to focus less on the format of the writing and more on the ideas. Overall, then, I believe templates are a useful tool for writers that should not be ignored - an important point to make given that the templates that the writer uses does not take away from the writer's creativity.