1. Jenkins proposed solution could be seen as very controversial because many people might not agree that a sports major will do you any good in the future. Some could argue that even if you cant major in sports, you can always go further from college and eventually play in a professional league and get a lot of money for it. Those who might disagree with her that college athletes should have the option to major in sports would probably be faculty members who do not like or approve of sports or maybe those who are in say drama who are being compared to those who play sports. The ones that would probably agree with Jenkins might be the players, parents of the players, and maybe the coaching staff. They might argue that college sports bring in a lot of money for the college campuses and without that some colleges would not attract as many people. Parents and coaches could argue that their players form a special skill in their sport and that should be able to be shown instead of having to be “good at school” and being able to play sports. Some players go to college to just play sports and hopefully go beyond it into professional sports, and they just try to pick majors that will be the easiest to get through because they know in the long run they aren’t going to use it in the future because they’re going to play sports professionally.

Claim: Student athletes should have the option to major in sports

Reason: Students obtain a skill and have to put in a lot of work and practice and hours to obtain this skill
Evidence: Toni Dorfman was interviewed from the drama department at Yale and agrees

1. The reason that the value of college has gone down is because in todays world getting just a 2 or 4 year degree isnt good enough anymore. More than likely you have to continue to go on in school to further your degree to either get the job you want or to make more money. Often time a career is going to hire the person with the furthest degree.

Claim: Is a college education/debt necessary or is it just a scam? College is comparable to a ponzi scheme.

Reason: Prices have skyrocketed
Evidence: Back in the 1970’s the cost at Tulane University for tuition, room and board was only $2,500. Today it would cost you $60,000
Evidence: The average cost of tuition at a public four-year college has increased 104% within the past 10 years
Evidence: The national student loan debt will reach $1Trillion this year

Reason: You cant hardly find work with some degrees that only require a bachelors unless you continue on to a masters or a doctorate, therefore putting you in major debt
Evidence: Going to school and having a high debt just to not be able to find a job in your field, you would have to get a lower paying job maybe not even in your field just to help pay off your massive debt
Evidence: If the national debt of $1 Trillion doesn’t get repaid it turns into everyones problem

Additional Reasons: Entering college and not knowing what you want to do

1. The aim that they should have used in this argument is “Arguing to inquire.” They should have used this aim because they were trying to find a solution to the death tax. They seemed to be bias, and didn’t really talk about what the actual subject was about.
2. They violated this by not including any real information to support their case. They used hypothetical information instead of real evidence
3. -Neither of the speakers had any reliable evidence on their opinions of the death tax therefore they didn’t support their reasonings well.
   -They way that they ended it, there was no follow up to the argument because they agree to not talk about it again.
   -They didn’t argue with their audience in mind, they didn’t think about what their audience would have wanted. They wanted to fight with each other.
   – They were not listening to each other and not being critical

How could these new criteria help you with assignment one?
– This new criteria can help me with assignment one by giving me a guideline that i should follow in order to get my point across and be an effective argument

In Sally Jenkins article she supported her claim well with background information, experts opinion, evidence from past incidents of scandals. She also used and ethos point of view, pointing out that even though athletes cant major in sports, have to practice constantly and obtain skills they still are praised in schools because they bring in loads of money for campuses. However even though a musician or someone who is in drama can major in music, also has to practice constantly and obtain a skill they do not bring in money for the school therefore seen as not so important compared to athletes. She believes that the NCAA shouldnt be putting these athletes on such a high pedestal because theyre brining in money, but they need to be figuring out programs schools can teach them so that if they are the best academically they can still find a career out there that best suits them… because you can major in “sports.”

• Anxiety
• Lack of employment
• Family problems
• Substance abuse
• Lack of income
• No support system

What makes me eager to talk
– Knowing the answer to the question
– Having strong opinions on a certain subject
– Passionate on the topic
– Other people talking

What makes me reticent to talk
– Not knowing the answer
– Having the wrong answer
– Classmates thinking i’m dumb
– Being shy
– Someone debating me on an answer and not having enough knowledge to back myself up
– Sick or tired
– Not interested in the topic

1. Johnson is trying to get us as his readers to accept that “bad things” are in fact good for you.
2. The reasons that he gives to support his claim is that at the end of the day even if we dont use the knowledge we have learned to directly apply it to something but instead we use it to further our knowledge on other things. We apply our knowledge on things and use it for other things. Even if we dont use algebra in the real world you can use it to apply to other real world problems.
3. He is using emotional appeal by convincing us that even if we dont get an immediate benefit for learning the things we do, we can often find something to use this knowledge and gain a benefit from it.
4. I do find this argument convincing because i understand where he is coming from and he makes a compelling argument that i cant ignore. I can relate to it because there are some things that i have learned that i wont directly use but i have applied that knowledge into another skill.
   

Pg 4: “I agree that things like video games could be a good thing for you in small amounts,”
“Arguments date back to ancient Greece. They used different techniques like logos, ethos and pathos.”

Pg 5: “It is crazy to think nowadays, hardly anyone would want to go listen to hour long speeches and they would never think to compare them to big time sports events because millions of people go to those and also millions of people watch them on their tv’s.”

Pg 6: “More often than not we do things not because we enjoy them but for the benefit we get after we accomplish something.”

Pg 7: “We tend to agree with the arguments that relate to our beliefs and no so much acknowledge the other side even if it is a well constructed argument.”

Pg 8: “No one wants to listen to others opinions because we all think we’re right and most people are closed-minded.”

Pg 10: “For some reason when we form an argument we cant seem to open up our mind for maybe someone else’s opinion on the opposing side or even something that could go in collaboration with our ideas.”

Pg 14: “In my opinion, arguing to persuade seems to be the most common reason we form arguments. We wants others to see something from our point of view and start to believe it too.”

• I came to UCBA because I wanted to live at home and not pay as much money my first two years of school
• I chose this class because it was required and this particular block worked best for my schedule
• West Chester, Ohio
• I live here
• Communications and disorders (Speech Pathology)
• Its my major because I like to help people and it sounded interesting to me
• Soccer, reading, watch tv/movies, hanging out with friends
• I can rap and/or talk really fast if I have the words in front of me or already know them
• My soft skills are communication, good judgement, compassion, patience, flexibility
  Hard skills are communication and media knowledge

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— Oscar Wilde.

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