·I am taking a global approach for a proposal to keep the driving age at 16 throughout the country.
·The problem is the debate on whether the driving age should be raised to 18 or not. From the constant issue of teenage accidents throughout the nation, parents are trying to get the government to not allow teenagers to get their license until they turn 18. The problem is families, especially large ones, depend on their children to drive when they are 16. It is essential to help kids get to and from school and to help run errands.
· The solution, we need a nation program for better training for kids. To help kids learn at a younger age to become better drivers when they get their license. One issue is the value of trust. Parents don’t trust their kids to drive at such a young age. It is their responsibility to teach their children about maturity and making smart decisions when they drive to help prevent accidents.
·The justification for this solution will help bring more freedom to teenagers. It will help families function better. I know tons of kids from my high school who wouldn’t have been able to go to my high school or do after school activities if they did not have their license. High School is some of the greatest times of a person’s life. A time to learn and mature before college. If kids don’t have that freedom then we would be sending them off into college and the real world without any experience of being on their own and making their own decisions.
· I am basing this proposal on the perspective that kids need to get their license when they turn 16 to learn how to have freedom in a controlled environment. Getting your license for any teenager is a big event. Its like your sweet 16 or first kid. It’s something you look forward to, a big step in your life. Taking that away is taking away some of our greatest experiences in life. If parents don’t want kids getting their license until they are 18 to keep us out of trouble, well shouldn’t we just be locked into our homes then? Where is the border to stop us? I don’t think it should be taken out on the kids, it’s the parents fault for not teaching them to have discipline and act like an adult.
o “Don’t Raise Driving Age.” The Herald Online. 14 Sept. 2008. 17 Mar. 2009. http://www.heraldonline.com/opinions/story/815230.html
·My only concern about this paper is having the ability to persuade my readers to agree with my argument. Everyone has their own experiences and opinions, what my proposal relies on his the good for the country.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
SWA #11
I believe an article holds credibility when it uses examples and solutions for its arguments. I feel they need to have reliable sources to prove there points. Any major publishing company or newspaper holds alot of credibility to me. Also a very important factor to me for credibility is the date of the article. Some people might not pay attention to this, but we have to realize our culture is constantly changing and an article from two years ago may hold no value to us anymore. Almost all the articles in this section of The Carolina Reader hold alot of credibility to me because they were published in "The State". One article, "Homeless People Used to Scare Me," was published at AssociatedContent.com. A website doesn't hold much credibility, because anybody can say anything on the internet. Also the article, "Oliver Mission Plans to Move," was published November 18, 1999. That was almost ten years ago. Alot has changed in the past ten years and information in the article may not be relevant anymore.
Monday, March 16, 2009
In-Class Writing
Out of the three articles the one that was most rhetorically effective was the "One-Stop Proposal for Area's Homeless Looks Promising" article. I think this article was most effective in presenting its message and argument because out of the three articles i feel this one has the best plan. This plan will work because it requires all the agencies that provide shelter, food, rehabilitation and health care to the homeless to move to Shop Road. If they all moved there together then they will be able to work together to help the homeless. Our dilemma of not having enough workers and helpers won't be a problem anymore because all the agencies will be close to each other working together. I also thought this article was effective, because it wasn't like the other two articles which started out with negative facts and reminders of their failures. By reading this it just gives me no hope in their cause, but for this argument and its enthusiasm and determination, it makes me want to help.
SWA #10
All three articles employ a particular rhetorical style, because each one talks about how we need to help the homeless and what has to be done to make the city a better and safer place. The first article talks about how Oliver Gospel Mission wnats to have property rezoned which will ultimately help relocate and expand its services without offering an alternative plan to help the ministry. The second article talks about Oliver Gospel Mission's effort to relocate, but it also talks about how Columbia should embrace the 120 Somali Bantus. The last article talks about how a nonprofit called Four Corners of Hope is proposing to relocate shelters and other services for the homeless to the former Colonia Stores Warehouse on Shop Road. All these articles are similar because they all are trying to find ways to help the homeless by relocating services. They differ because they each go about it with different ways.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
SWA #9
In Lynn Harris's essay she quotes Gail Williamson, mother of a child with Down syndrome, saying that the word, "retarded," is hate speech. I have to agree with Gail Williamson, because the definition of hate speech our words that are used to describe someone or something that you don't like or that are different. "Retarded" has been used to identify mentally dissabled people and in our culture today, people through that word around when they are not refering to them. I have to say Gail Williamson is right, because if we are not only using that world for its purpose then we are using it as hate speech.
I have to dissagree with Gail Williamson when Lynn Harris quotes her in her essay. Williamson says that the word "retarded," is hate speech. The world retarded is not hate speech, because when people throw this word around so much, they are usually not implying or making fun of someone with down syndrome. Some people might not even think that "retarded" is offensive to everyone. I don't think we can say "retarded" is hate speech unless people do something about it. I rarely ever hear someone scorn someone else for saying, "retarded" and for this reason alone we cannot say its hate speech, because no one will do something about it
I have to dissagree with Gail Williamson when Lynn Harris quotes her in her essay. Williamson says that the word "retarded," is hate speech. The world retarded is not hate speech, because when people throw this word around so much, they are usually not implying or making fun of someone with down syndrome. Some people might not even think that "retarded" is offensive to everyone. I don't think we can say "retarded" is hate speech unless people do something about it. I rarely ever hear someone scorn someone else for saying, "retarded" and for this reason alone we cannot say its hate speech, because no one will do something about it
Monday, March 2, 2009
In-Class Writing Assignment
After reading the article, the issue that Virasin presents to the audience is whether or not Barbie Dolls have become a bad influence on our culture. Her first arguement is about body image and how the Barbie Doll has the perfect body. In effect, younger girls who play with the doll admire the doll and want to be like her. This is a bad lesson for everyone, because people think the Barbie Doll is the ideal image of a women. Another dilemma she brings up is the intellectual image of a Barbie Doll. With quotes like, "Math is Hard," and, "Lets go Shopping," it tricks younger girls into what they should believe and what are the most important things in the world. The audience for this essay is everyone. From the information included, we can obviosuyl tell that its a both male and female audience, because the author brings up examples to represent the stereotype that girls are less skilled in math than boys. I think Virasins position is against the Barbie Doll because she brings that issue up first and talks more about how Barbie Dolls are bad then good. I think it was good she talked more about how Barbie Dolls are an essential to any little girl growing up and how Barbie Dolls inspire children to have dreams. She does this by bringing up examples of different types of Barbie Dolls like astronauts and scientists showing girls they can do anything.
In-Class Writing Assignment
As I did research for my topic i found something particular that i never knew before. At Clemson University they have a program called, "Cruisers Curriculum." This program takes children as young as first graders and begins to teach them about driving. It makes sense since practicing at an earlier age will only make them better drivers when they get their licenses. This is a great way to help reduce the risk of teenage accidents on the road. I think this is a wonderful idea that should have been used in the past and that should be used everywhere so children will be more prepared for the road ahead of them.
Annotated Bibliography
"Officials hope to curb accidents by raising driving age." I Promise Program - Teen safe driving initiative. 21 Jan. 2002. 25 Feb. 2009 .
Andrew Dys article is very important, because he talks about multiple tragedies that have occurred to high school students over the past few years that I can use as good examples for my paper. It is obvious that Andrew’s point of view is to raise the driving age from this article. You only talks about the negative effects of the driving age being so low today. I think having someone with this point of view will help give my paper more variety.
"S.C. Code of Laws Title 56 Chapter 5 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways - www.scstatehouse.gov-LPITS." South Carolina Legislature Online. 25 Feb. 2009.<http://http://www.scstatehouse.gov-lpits/>
This website is very valuable to me. It lists all the motor vehicle laws of South Carolina. This is very useful since I will be able to use this information to fully understand the driving laws of South Carolina and do research on how eventually will feel about the topic. This laws will be important for me to state in my paper so the audience fully understands the circumstances.
U. South Carolina: Column: Raising driving age lacks logic." The America's Intelligence Wire (Sept 16, 2008): NA. General OneFile. Gale. University of South Carolina Libraries. 2 Mar. 2009.
This article talks about the pros and cons of raising the driving age. It is very useful because the author fairly analyzes both sides of the argument. They think that there is momentum that the driving age will be older very soon. I think this is important for my paper because this is valuable information on why they think it will change soon.
Vettraino, J. "Driver Training in First Grade?" AutoWeek 57 (2007): 21-25.
This article talks about a program that starts teaching kids about driving in 1st grade. It makes perfect sense that starting to practice at a younger age will lead too better drivers in the future and lead to less accidents. Cruisers curriculum at Clemson University in South Carolina has become a model for this. This information will help me because it is an alternative to raising the driving age.
Henry, Ed. "Risky Business." Kiplinger's Personal Finance 56 (2002): 136.
Henry’s article talks about a BMW driving school in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This driving school takes young teenagers and tests them through obstacle courses consisting of unexpected obstacles and ice-roads. The technique is to give teenagers an opportunity to understand the dangers of the road and to become more experienced in a controlled environment. This is also another really good source, because it gives another alternative to help the on going debate of young drivers.
Edwards, Jerri D. "Acceptability and validity of older driver screening with the DrivingHealth." Accident Analysis and Prevention 40 (2008): 1157-163..
This article talks about older drivers and the risk they present on the roads. Its about the use of using technology to decide when someone might not be able to drive anymore. On this technological screening, younger drivers performed significantly better then the older drivers on tests about physical and mental tests of the road. This will be useful for my paper since I will be talking about how the driving age might be to young, I can use this as another aspect for my paper.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. "Teen Drivers Often Ignore Bans On Using Cellphones And Texting." ScienceDaily 16 June 2008. 2 March 2009.
This article talks about cellphone laws and how teenage drivers are ignoring them while driving. In our high-tech world today, the use of technology has become an essential part our lifestyle. Teenagers spend hours using cell phones, ipods, blackberry’s, and other small gadgets every day. This information may be the reason for some young teenage accidents and is very valuable information to use for my paper.
Thomas, Ken. “Study: Teen Drivers Ignore Cell phone Laws.” USA Today 9 July. 2008. 2 March 2009
This article talks more about cell phone laws and gives examples of some teenagers and how they feel about it. It also talks about other states and their laws which can be useful to compare South Carolina’s driving laws with other states and the effects on the teenagers.
Andrew Dys article is very important, because he talks about multiple tragedies that have occurred to high school students over the past few years that I can use as good examples for my paper. It is obvious that Andrew’s point of view is to raise the driving age from this article. You only talks about the negative effects of the driving age being so low today. I think having someone with this point of view will help give my paper more variety.
"S.C. Code of Laws Title 56 Chapter 5 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On Highways - www.scstatehouse.gov-LPITS." South Carolina Legislature Online. 25 Feb. 2009
This website is very valuable to me. It lists all the motor vehicle laws of South Carolina. This is very useful since I will be able to use this information to fully understand the driving laws of South Carolina and do research on how eventually will feel about the topic. This laws will be important for me to state in my paper so the audience fully understands the circumstances.
U. South Carolina: Column: Raising driving age lacks logic." The America's Intelligence Wire (Sept 16, 2008): NA. General OneFile. Gale. University of South Carolina Libraries. 2 Mar. 2009
This article talks about the pros and cons of raising the driving age. It is very useful because the author fairly analyzes both sides of the argument. They think that there is momentum that the driving age will be older very soon. I think this is important for my paper because this is valuable information on why they think it will change soon.
Vettraino, J. "Driver Training in First Grade?" AutoWeek 57 (2007): 21-25.
This article talks about a program that starts teaching kids about driving in 1st grade. It makes perfect sense that starting to practice at a younger age will lead too better drivers in the future and lead to less accidents. Cruisers curriculum at Clemson University in South Carolina has become a model for this. This information will help me because it is an alternative to raising the driving age.
Henry, Ed. "Risky Business." Kiplinger's Personal Finance 56 (2002): 136.
Henry’s article talks about a BMW driving school in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This driving school takes young teenagers and tests them through obstacle courses consisting of unexpected obstacles and ice-roads. The technique is to give teenagers an opportunity to understand the dangers of the road and to become more experienced in a controlled environment. This is also another really good source, because it gives another alternative to help the on going debate of young drivers.
Edwards, Jerri D. "Acceptability and validity of older driver screening with the DrivingHealth." Accident Analysis and Prevention 40 (2008): 1157-163.
This article talks about older drivers and the risk they present on the roads. Its about the use of using technology to decide when someone might not be able to drive anymore. On this technological screening, younger drivers performed significantly better then the older drivers on tests about physical and mental tests of the road. This will be useful for my paper since I will be talking about how the driving age might be to young, I can use this as another aspect for my paper.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. "Teen Drivers Often Ignore Bans On Using Cellphones And Texting." ScienceDaily 16 June 2008. 2 March 2009
This article talks about cellphone laws and how teenage drivers are ignoring them while driving. In our high-tech world today, the use of technology has become an essential part our lifestyle. Teenagers spend hours using cell phones, ipods, blackberry’s, and other small gadgets every day. This information may be the reason for some young teenage accidents and is very valuable information to use for my paper.
Thomas, Ken. “Study: Teen Drivers Ignore Cell phone Laws.” USA Today 9 July. 2008. 2 March 2009
This article talks more about cell phone laws and gives examples of some teenagers and how they feel about it. It also talks about other states and their laws which can be useful to compare South Carolina’s driving laws with other states and the effects on the teenagers.
Topic Proposal
Joey Natelli
English 102
Topic Proposal
March 2, 2009
For my exploratory paper I chose the issue of the teenage driving age in South Carolina and the debate on whether the age should be risen or not. More and more young drivers are getting into fatal accidents and people are starting to believe that this is because they are too young and experienced for the road. What do we do? Well the first thing that comes to mind is that people want to raise the driving age. Debate has been going on back and forth from families that rely on their children to drive to school or run errands and families that think 15 year olds are too young to have that kind of responsibility and freedom. Some alternative ways to help prevent accidents is a program used in Clemson that teaches 1st graders about driving so they have a head start and will be more prepared in the future. Other states have stricter laws and curfews which prevent kids driving at dark and ultimately prevents accidents. In Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW has a training facility for teenagers where they can practice driving on a controlled course to teach them the dangers of the road. As a member of a large family I don’t know how my mother would have been able to take care of my brothers and I unless my older brothers had their licenses to drive to school and other activities when they were 16 years old. I think the only solution is to have more intense training and courses before you get your license and stricter laws be used on younger drivers. I.E. Cellphone laws, passenger laws, and curfew laws. There is major debate for this topic and I feel this is a good paper to write, because I have been through this before and I understand the dilemma in the parent’s and children’s eyes.
English 102
Topic Proposal
March 2, 2009
For my exploratory paper I chose the issue of the teenage driving age in South Carolina and the debate on whether the age should be risen or not. More and more young drivers are getting into fatal accidents and people are starting to believe that this is because they are too young and experienced for the road. What do we do? Well the first thing that comes to mind is that people want to raise the driving age. Debate has been going on back and forth from families that rely on their children to drive to school or run errands and families that think 15 year olds are too young to have that kind of responsibility and freedom. Some alternative ways to help prevent accidents is a program used in Clemson that teaches 1st graders about driving so they have a head start and will be more prepared in the future. Other states have stricter laws and curfews which prevent kids driving at dark and ultimately prevents accidents. In Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW has a training facility for teenagers where they can practice driving on a controlled course to teach them the dangers of the road. As a member of a large family I don’t know how my mother would have been able to take care of my brothers and I unless my older brothers had their licenses to drive to school and other activities when they were 16 years old. I think the only solution is to have more intense training and courses before you get your license and stricter laws be used on younger drivers. I.E. Cellphone laws, passenger laws, and curfew laws. There is major debate for this topic and I feel this is a good paper to write, because I have been through this before and I understand the dilemma in the parent’s and children’s eyes.
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