Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Exploration 7 Evan Dias

1)One thing that i annotated and marked as important in this section was petitions. Petitions are a big part of democracy. If we take away petitions it is almost like we are taking away our government. It is very crucial to have this because it gives the people of America the chance to get something changed that they do not like. It is a call for people to support what they are doing and help them to get something changed.

2)I chose to respond to the Tiger Woods-Stand up for equality-Augusta National Golf Club. This is a big article because it explains how people with a lot of fame and fortune can change something big in the world by doing something very simple. The purpose of this is to get female golfers to be allowed to join the Augusta National Golf Club. It is currently all male which is discriminating against females which is one thing that should not be okay in today's time period. This was effective because it really slams the hammer down on the club and on Tiger Woods. They ask him why he would want to support something that awful which nobody would want to so it puts him in a position where he would feel like he has to. one part that shows evidence is when it is brought up that the first black member joined in 1990. This is an effective line because Tiger Woods is also black and would hate to be discriminated against. The writing is at its best when the writer says "Your decision to play or not to play at Augusta will be a strong statement. This is a given, and it is one of the prices of fame". This is powerful because it shows how much influence famous people have on this world.

6 comments:

  1. I also did the tiger woods article as well and was going to use that same quote for when the writing was the best but decided to go with something else but I like that as well.

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  2. I liked how you talked about petitions, it was a section in my booked that i marked as well because it not only defines a petition but also explains the value of it.

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  3. The response you made for the piece of writing about Tiger Woods is similar to what I thought about it. I think that competitions shouldn't discriminate on the players. I think that if competitors can prove he or she is capable of playing, then that should be enough to be able to enter, other than paying the fee.

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  4. I love your quote that you used for your strong statement. It was great writing in this piece about when your famous, people look up to you no matter what so for him to either play in the tournament or not was a huge statement he was making.

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  5. I also marked that the petitions as something important because it gives the public more of a voice. It allows the people to share their beliefs and views on the problems of the world and the problems of their own country. I chose the petition about stimulating the economy in order to relieve the students debt. This petition did an excellent job in stating the problem and then saying what they believe should be done to fix it.

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  6. I guess I may have misunderstood the article because I thought it was talking about a competition Tiger was taking apart of. When it comes to a tournament or something like that, I feel they have a right to separate women from men, but if we are talking about membership I feel they should offer it to both sexes. The reason I believe the tournaments should be separate is because women use different tees than men. This would result in unbalanced play because the women would have a shorter distance to achieve.

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