Hmm.. I'm not really sure what I should write my prospectus about since I'm still unclear on which topic I should do for my persuasive essay.. I think I might do it on why we should all drive hybrid cars, although this is subject to change in the next few hours.. days
I would focus mainly on the fact that in general, we should care more for our environment. Cars are a significant and important part of life, and if we can make a few large/significant changes in our lifestyles that play a big role, we can have a big impact on the environment (a positive one). Also, it's nice not having to fill up your car with gas as much! I'm currently getting around 41 MPG, while my dad averages about 51 MPG.. my car is a year older than his...
Ahh... or how video games and computer gaves have a negative and violent impact on us, I would pull real studies and cases where some have acted out of violence attributed to or related to the actual violence from a compter or video game they play.
I think I might have a couple more ideas, but I just have to make sure I get this posted by tonight!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Persuasive Essay
Hmm.. here are some topic ideas
1) Why we should all watch Glee!
2) Why we should all drive hybrids
3) Why we should all have charity-themed debit/credit cards - I have a WWF one!
4) Why we should all own a Droid/iPhone/smartphone
5) Why we should never give in to senioritis!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Cause/Effect Prospectus
I think now I'm steadily wavering between two different ideas for topics:
The cause and effect of living in an individualistic society, we are taught in such a "individualistic" way, and there's giant trademarks of our individualism prominent across society, such as how (for some odd reason) we use the customary system instead of the metric, the only country who does so. Also maybe how we call "football", "soccer". Things like these help exemplify the individualism our country promotes, unlike China!
I had another one but I forgot ahh! Sorry I'm incredibly stressed out right now and there's an infinite number of things on my mind right now, so it's unbelievably hard to concentrate :/
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Topic Ideas
So I basically haven't left my house in four days except to go to school and work on other school related items, eeeeek. I also haven't thought about anything else except hunger, kinematics, electricity, circuits, magnetism, equilibrium, integration, logarithims.. I could go on but I'll stop here, so these ideas for my Cause/Effect essay may be a little.. bad?
Here we go!
The cause and effect of..
1) Abstinence only teaching, in schools
2) Technology, that's always a good one
3) Fast Food... so tasty, so cheap, yet have you seen the nutrition facts on that stuff? :/
4) Social Norms - conformity, yeaaaah!
5) School - yeah it sounds a little elementary school-ish, but if you think about it, what effect does it actually have on us? We're put in this rigorous system that seems to ONLY focus on taking hard classes to getting good grades to getting into a good college to getting a good, well paying job. Where does happiness lie in there? Don't really see room for it. I love the example of: my mother went to Central Washington University, and is now the CFO/temporary CEO of Evergreen Hospital, and one of her extremely good high school friends who we see quite often, went to NYU and grad school @ Dartmouth University, and is barely able to keep a job in this economy. Huh, fancy that, eh?
Anywho, I had more ideas but right now the only thing I can think about is my AP Calculus test in about 8 hours... I really hope I get to sleep tonight..
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