Blog #7

The student’s essay I picked was the second one. In this essay, Bonnie Nelson, who is a student at ASU, sent a proposal to help change the payment and set up optional classes at the Student Recreation Center (SRC). In this proposal she states problems that all students have. She exclaimed that students do not have a lot of money to be spending extra for workout classes, thirty to sixty dollars to be exact; they also do not have all the time in the world to fit these classes into their schedules due to the inflexible class times. Through research, and interviews with the Director of Campus Recreation, Tamra Garstka, Bonnie Nelson was able to create two different and unique ways to fix this problem. The solutions are as she stated, “First suggestion pertains to grouping the classes together to create a combo pack. The combo pack will allow the students who want to participate in more than one activity for an overall low price. The second suggestion relates to selling a bulk of days a person can attend a group of class, which will allow students who cannot visit one specific athletic class on a consistent bases but uses the pass when it is most convenient for them.”

I believe that bonnie Nelson made a great argument about the Student Recreation Center and why they should be fixed. The reason I believe this is because she actually went and researched her topic, and provided great evidence of why it should be changed. The researched she uses was first her basic knowledge when she is listing a couple of the different classes you can take, and the amount of the classes at the Student Recreation Center, or the different sessions, times, and dates the classes are. She had an interview with the Director of Campus Recreation, Tamra Garstka, in order to figure out why they were charging this much money, how much revenue it brought in each year, and if they could lower it. Yes I believe it could be a little stronger through more statistics pertaining to how many students actually attend these sorts of classes like zumba, and how much it actually costs to run each class, or if they are free to run. Also you have to take in account there are people who would not see eye to eye with her and you need to have a great argument to not deter people away from you. A person she mentioned who would actually be in opposition would be the people who work there and actually get paid through the revenue from those classes. Unfortunately she doesn’t do a very solid job of appealing to ethos, and I think it was because she was sending in a formal letter where logos would be a more appropriate means of argument. When it comes to this group of people but she does give great examples of logos. With this and the great research done by her I feel like it could a good model for our proposal assignment. Overall I thought it was a well-put together argument with great research and examples of logos rhetoric.

Blog # 6

I am sticking my decision in my last blog, but if robots replaced most human jobs, the economy was horrible, and half of the American working class was unemployed, the government would need to make a couple changes in order to fix this problem. If I was in that same government there are a few things I would try to do in order to fix it. First off I would look at jobs that cost more for robots to run it than humans, and instantly replace them. I would keep those robots for extra parts, and replacements in case needed so the government won’t need to spend more on unnecessary items. I would then set up simple jobs that may or may not need to be done. For example, how Franklin Delano Roosevelt did during the Great Depression. He had people throughout the day come and paint the White House every single day. I would try to find jobs where humans and robots could work together. So if your looking at an assembly line it may look like going down the line, robot, human, human, and robot. Lastly I would probably have to lower the minimum wage until the country starts again in order to not take a loss. I don’t think if half of the American working class who is unemployed is going to complain about what they get. These are the measures I would use if I was in the government who had to fix some of these problems.

Blog # 5

Robots are only used in place of humans if and only if they do a better job. Why would you put a robot in a bakery if they make burnt cookies? Now with that said I personally do not believe having robots in place of certain jobs would really hurt anyone. I understand the layoffs, and those people who lose their jobs, but that only happened because they could be replaced by cheaper more efficient machines. I know this seems harsh but you have to look in the future. The better, and cheaper the product that is made, the higher the price and amount of people will go up. Once many robots end up replacing certain human jobs like doctor and construction worker, the more money the company will make. They do not have to pay robots they just have to repair them, like a baker would in a bakery, but at least they have no salary or hourly wage. When the business is able to get more money they expand creating more jobs in human only positions. You can’t have a robot leading a company. Lastly, I would like to include an example from a famous movie reboot, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie’s father ended up getting replaced by a robot, which was the cause of his layoff. However, later in the movie you see he than found another job repairing the robot that replaced him. I do not believe robots would cause a major problem in the long run.