Black Language

I was confused at times during the reading as to what the author was trying to say. I understood the point about language versus the dialect. The language is unique for the area, but overall is a dialect of the same language for others in a different area. I felt that the author started to preach against the “rich whites” for only educating blacks when it was of benefit to them, and then only to teach that “the child can never be white”. I felt that this last bit was unnecessary and injured the author’s words. The author makes references on how words and phrases have been changed to be less crude with their meaning for whites versus blacks, such as “jazz” and “sock it to me”. For blacks they mean one thing but for whites they mean another. I do think though that some of the things stated have changed since the 1970’s and that the situation is a little better in some areas. Sure some regions things haven’t changed due to prejudice and poverty, but overall in the country things have changed since that time period.

Annotation

Arizona Department of Public Safety-Licensing Unit. 7 February 2008. Arizona Department of Public Safety. 25 March 2008. <http://www.azdps.gov/ccw/procedures/obtainpermit.asp>.
This website contains information regarding the requirements and procedures for obtaining a concealed weapons permit in the state of Arizona. There are several specific details on who can have a license, and who cannot.
This was written by the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Concealed Weapons Permit Unit.
The purpose is to provide information those wishing to know how to obtain a concealed weapons permit.
While this page has a lot of good information for me, I do need to go and pick up a paper copy so that I do not lose a web source.

The right to fail?

The Right to Fail….yeah right. It doesn’t matter what right we have when we are pretty much forced into succeeding as defined by society. Success is defined, today, completing college with a four year degree, anything less and you are a failure and won’t amount to anything in your life. Or at least that’s what I was told. What is the problem with someone getting a lower degree and pursuing a higher one later? What if someone wants to actually LEARN what they are going to be dealing with in their career? I find that it is sad, how you basically have to buy our right to succeed in this world, and anything less is failing. I have had goals in my life that I have failed to achieve, but not through any fault of my own. It is hard to get over your desires when they can not be obtained no matter what you do in your lifetime.

CIA CRAAP

C: This page was updated on March 6, 2008.
R: This page was designed to give in-depth information about Iran
A: The page is on the Central Intellegence Agency's website, no specific author is given
A: Censuses, no sources listed
P: The point of view appears impartial and informational.

If the page had listed sources, I would have been more keen on trusting the completeness of the information.

Fallacies

Utah students hide guns, head to class
"I feel less safe knowing that a stranger sitting beside me in class may have a gun in his or her backpack," she said.
"The only people that should carry guns are trained officials."
"We are worried that it may affect their [students' and teachers'] willingness or desire to go to or teach a class on campus," she said.
"But you see, that is where the problem lies: Everybody will end up carrying concealed weapons, and everyday problems will be solved with guns rather than words or even fists."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/20/cnnu.guns/index.html?iref=newssearch

Fallacies:

1) Appeal to Emotion

2) Haste Generalization

3) “Slippery Slope” Fallacy

Middle Schoolers get the Pill

The two points of view for this article were for allowing the kids to have the contraceptives, the other was against it. The view that is for allowing the kids, eleven to thirteen, to have birth-control argues that these kids are having sex regardless of the consequences, and that they will continue to do so. The view that is against it states that the kids are too young to be having sex in the first place. One of the counter arguments used in this article was dealing with teens and smoking. M.D. Harmon refuted the idea of “handing out low-tar cigarettes” to seventh graders by saying “we tell kids not to smoke and make it illegal to sell them tobacco.” I feel that the point of view of the kids was over looked. Some of the kids may be able to give better insight than a third party when it comes to the social life in schools.