CR, pg 84, Excercise 2.2

Exercise 2.2 

Step 1:
         First, I went to Ask.com. I typed in to the search bar "Planned effects of 9/11".  I instantly got a long list of results, as was expected. At the beginning of the list, we see several advertisements and some sites that have absolutely nothing to do with the attacks. The first site listed about September the 11th, 2001is an Ask.com home sight that gives a surprisingly good explanation of the "traditional" view of what happened. I then typed into Bing and Google and got similar results.

Step 2:        
       I then typed in "facts about 9/11" into Mamma. Interestingly enough I had to do a lot of reading and weeding through to get to a solid site. There were plenty of other sites around the good ones for, again, advertising and other "facts and about" pages. Now, the sites that I did find were very useful and I noted them. I then put in a few other key words into different search engines. For instance, I put "World Trade Center" into Dogpile.com and got almost all results on the current rebuilding of the WTC and very little to do with 9/11 save for a few memorial sites. So, all in all, that was not a very good search word. I then tweaked my entry and put in "World Trade Center 9/11". That gave me a little better results, but still not much to work with. It cited History.com and Wikipedia, great sites to start with because both sites are not partial or biased. There are ultimately 2 sides to this argument.
 
Step 3:
       I used Intute to search "9/11" The commission report came up. I will be using the 9/11 Commission Report as one of my references. There were a good number of remembrance sites and most of the content was very dated. I then tried typing in "9/11 Truth" into Sweet Search and got incredible results. The way that site is set up is really cool and very user friendly. I will definitely be using Sweet Search to find sources.

Research Proposal

How did the sinking of the Titanic affect the modern world?

The purpose of my paper is to explore the repercussions of perhaps the most famous disaster in modern history.  The ship's sinking echoed through time spurring more directly linked events and actions than any other event of it's kind. The paper will look at some of the more common questions to ensure the reader has a working knowledge of the sequence of events that took place leading up to the drowning and freezing of 1500 people. Questions as simple as "how did the ship sink" to "why weren't there enough life boats? More so than the retelling of this morbid tale, I want to answer questions more relevant to modern technology. Questions such as "Why weren't the telegraph signals answered by near by ships" and "how have modern nautical laws changed because of this event. A trasgedy so say the least, Titanic has shaped our world in more ways than most give her credit for. In this paper, I hope to find out why. I maintain that despite the sad over hang of the event, Titanic was a necessary happening. The ego of man was getting to big at the turn of the century and the industrial revolution, and certain precautions and safety nets were thrown to the wayside. If Titanic had not sank, what would be different?

I have had a bit of an obsession with Titanic from a very young age, long before the movie came out. Many people make fun of my intrigue because of the movie, but as I said, I had years of reading and watching videos about the ship before James Cameron ever put pen to paper on that script. It is very sad that such a somber event could turn into a sex symbol. I consider myself a bit of an expert, or at least I did when I was 14. I used to be able to spout out many random facts about the ship and it's fate. I could name every officer on the bridge and their positions. I knew exactly how many lifeboats she carried. I even knew the exact measurement of feet the ship was long.  Rather like a foreign language, if you don't use it you loose it. When I began high school I kind of let go my obsession with the ship, and though I lost some of the facts, I definitely did not loose my love and interest in the event. I look forward to writing this paper.

Blog 2

Places                   Trends                      Things                Technologies             History
Tibet                    Yolo                       A basket ball           I pads                  Russiav.Ukraine
Downtown         Converses                   Lamp                 Xbox1                      Gettysburg
the Caribbean       Piercing                    a cup               Smart phones             Native American
Montana             Tattoos                    guitar pick             Internet                     WWII
Las Angles          Tube Socks               a key                 Satellites                   Titanic
Canada                untied shoes             a shoe                DVD/blue-ray            Desert Storm
Heaven               wwjd bracelets       a screwdriver       food production       Race Riots (York)
A city                 cut jeans                 a dinner knife      Food preservation      the band LIVE
A desert            sagging pants             Bottle                 Space Station             Ancient Egypt
Egypt               Tabloids                    hover craft             hovercraft                christian history
Israel                  Hipsters                  Baseball bat           Headphones             Rock & Roll
England            Medication               pocket watch         digital clocks          Civil War
China                Miniskirts                mouth guard         Air Planes                American Revolution
Alaska              Abercrombie           High Lighter          welding                   Slaves
Georgia             Mini Cars                Tire Wrench          telephone                Nazis
Germany         Shoes                        flash light               Art                             Art
France              Art                             Canvas                 Textile                     Inudtrial Revolution
Texas            pop culture               a compact disk        Fishing                    King David


-Who is the last titanic survivor?
-How did the ship sink?
-How long did it take to sink?
-What were the fashions of the time and what would passengers have been wearing?
-What languages were spoken on the ship?
-What has been recovered from the wreckage site?
-Were there animals aboard?
-How long and tall was the ship?
-How many people were in each class?
-What about the movie?
-Why didn't other ships respond to the Titanic's distress calls?
-Who were the bridge officers and how did they handle the situation?
-How cold was the water?
-How fast did people die in the water?
-How many died?
-How many survived?

Blog 1

Exercise 1

Step One-

                “You have to know your thesis before you start” TRUE. I believe this statement is true. The thesis is the backbone of the paper. Without it there is no structure or form at all. There is no point without a thesis, because the thesis is the point. The thesis begins in the beginning and follows through until the end. I believe a strong thesis is the basis for a strong paper, and could not imagine writing a paper without one.

                “You can’t use the pronoun ‘I’” FALSE. I believe this statement is false. See! I just used “I”, and there, I did it again! If this wasn’t a formal response I would have inserted a smiley face after that last sentence, or maybe a “lol”. “I” can be used in some formal writing, it just has to be used subjectively, depending on what type of writing it is.

Step Two-

                “There’s a big difference between fact and opinion” I agree with this statement. Fact is solid truth. Fact is something that nobody’s opinion can change. It is a fact that on September 11^th, 2001 the towers of the World Trade Center came crashing down. There are many different opinions on how and why they came crashing down.

               

Exercise 2

                I notice that there is basically an equal share between fact and commentary. There is a steady rhythm back and forth supporting the authors view with facts and quotations. You can see evidence of both fact and commentary all throughout the essay. It is practically an entire essay of back and forth between. You see it everywhere. It is very encouraging to see such a heavy use of personal thought and experience in an academic paper. I am very excited about writing this paper because I am very passionate about the subject. I look forward to backing my commentary with fact, and presenting it as a research paper.