Aaron+is+Awesome

Bio Poem Aaron “Awesome” Entertaining, Sarcastic, Athletic, Competitive Who is known for playing sports and succeeding at entertaining people Who loves socializing with friends, watching Jersey Shore, and playing sports (especially football)

Who gives help to anyone at any time to make their situations better Who would like to travel the world Resident of a place where dreams never come true, St. Mary’s County, Maryland Makle Rebuttal Essay

You Need a Husband Judy Brady expressed her wants and needs in a significant other in her essay entitled “I Want a Wife.” (Brady, 1971) This essay is simply a counterargument for “I Want a Wife.” In her essay implies that she wants a kind of fantasy world wife, but the only obvious reason she would rather have a wife than a husband is because she has never witnessed a marriage from the husband’s perspective. She was once a wife, so she can only explain the marriage from a wife point of view. She cannot focus the blame of a bad marriage on the husband, because every husband attempts to make the marriage work with the limited amount of time he may have in his busy schedule. She must display more empathy for the husband. With that said how could Ms. Brady want a wife if she does not understand the important role of a husband; try to see a marriage and parenthood from a male perspective. First of all, it is ridiculous for women to expect men to perform the tasks asked of them. Men are always too occupied with extra-curricular activities. These activities may include a husband’s daily hour dosage of video games. He needs to experience an hour everyday of video games, because without that hour he may become very irritable if not able to play one exhibition game in Madden 2011 or beat a level in Halo Reach. Also most husbands have a fantasy league for major sports, whether it is MLB, NBA, or NFL. So every other day he must be able to update his rosters or make any other changes necessary. Keep in mind that men are very competitive, so if his wife takes away time from his fantasy football league and not allow him to win then it may be a bad situation for the wife. Most importantly, it is required for the wife to let her husband hang out with his friends. Whether it is playing ball or going to the local pub and drinking beers, he needs this socializing time with his friends. If his friends come over to the house then the wife must know her role and entertain his friends, and make sure they have enough food to last them for the night. In continuation, since the husband has such a hectic schedule, how could the wife possibly imagine the husband to take care of the children? He works all week and socializes during the weekend; it would be almost impossible to take care of the children needs. He does not have time to take them to the Dentist, the Doctor, or even to the Recreation park games. If the children really want to participate in sports, then they can just play ball with their father and his friends. The wife usually does not have a busy schedule like the husband, because most of the time she is at home with the kids or going out to stores shopping for necessities, such as groceries. So why would she not be able to take care of the children needs? After all besides taking care of the husband, the children are her top priority. Furthermore, the wife may feel used or unwanted at times. She must realize it is not based on the fact that the husband does not want his wife, yet at the moment maybe he just does not have time for her. Most wives know that if they want to vent, it would be a brilliant idea to do that with their girl friends, and not their husband. That is because the women are likely to get ignored in this scenario. Especially when football season arrives, because at this point if the wife were to attempt to talk to the husband she would sound very similar to Charlie Brown’s teacher. Do not think of this as being a lack of communication, but rather as an impossible task of trying to break a man’s focus in his football state of mind. Moreover, with the husband’s exhausting days from work or interaction with friends, the idea of expecting the husband to clean the house or do the laundry is insane. Nothing should be required of him after hard days, which is every day of the week, but to relax with an ice cold beer and spend time with Direct TV.

In conclusion, Women could not possibly imagine switching roles and putting themselves in their husband situation. The role of a husband may sound easy, but in reality it is the total opposite. If wives think about the circumstances, all they really do is take care of the children, buy the groceries, clean, cook, maintain a job, and entertain company. That does not sound hard at all; how much skill and time management does one need to perform the easy duties of a wife. Husbands on the other hand, must have hard days of work, maintain dominance in his fantasy league, work out to stay in shape so he can outperform his friends, and beat almost every video game ever invented. Wives know they are incapable of performing these nearly impossible duties that their husbands must face daily. That is one reason why wives in the past were satisfied with the traditional role. They stayed home with the children, and did the cooking and housework. So a husband’s role is very important unlike a wife, the husband actually has a tough schedule and perform tasks women would never imagine attempting. So Ms. Brady why would you want a wife, when you can have an amazing husband who possess so many amazing qualities, and sometimes shows his dedication and commitment to the family?

CITATION: Brady, J. (1971). I Want a Wife. //I Want a Wife//, 2. Journals

“Need a Cure for Tribe Fever?” The problem that Brian Witkowski addresses in his essay “Need a Cure for Tribe Fever” is the sports teams’ representation of Native Americans, but he mainly focused on the Cleveland baseball team. The Cleveland baseball team is represented by “Indians” as their logo. He later expresses that “today the logo is more than a little embarrassing.” The American Indian Movement (AIM) has been taking action towards the way sports team marketed them. In the 1970s, many professional sports teams were criticized due to their racial sensitivity. Native American groups question the sensitivity of the way they are portrayed by sports teams. They claim that it is not “becau`se of grossly stereotyped mascots, but also because of what visual displays of team support say about their culture.” The mockery of their culture and their rituals performed by others are very disrespectful. This mockery should be banned by all teams on all levels. Meanwhile, the proposed solution that Mr. Witkowski developed was for the team to change their name from the Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Lakers. Additionally, they should announce a new ethnically inclusive image that is appropriate to the city that will also match its diverse community. But with this new idea some people will have many objections toward it. People in that city must realize that the change may benefit them in many ways, mainly by unifying the community. Lastly, this type of change my also bring more economic prosperity to the city.

The Least Successful Research Paper Experience The least successful research paper experience would have to be the horrible one in the eleventh grade. It was not successful because of the lack of writing skills, and writing experience. For certain classes in ninth grade, the teachers hardly reviewed writing skills. One reason for that is because writing was not a necessity for the class. From the entire ninth grade experience, there was not one assigned writing assignment. So why review writing when there are no writing assignments due? Most of the assignments were related to poems and grammar uses. In tenth grade, very similar to ninth grade, there were no writing assignments. The honors classes may have completed one during the school year, but that was not the case for the basic English Ten classes. In this English class, the entire year seemed almost as a review. There were not really any new things introduced, just the basic mechanics that almost every student is expected to have completed to perfection. There were no assigned readings, there were no assigned writing, but there was definitely the very exciting book work that was assigned daily. Finally, in eleventh grade, is when the first writing assignment for many was introduced. It was not just any simple writing assignment, but an overbearing research paper. With this research paper the students were expected to cite their sources correctly, make note cards, and other insignificant side work. Those tedious and seemingly pointless side assignments are the only reason that caused most of the students to pass this assignment. For the most part, those research papers were dreadful. The reason being is due to the insufficient knowledge learned from the first two years of English. So with the lack of success of this research paper, do to no prior writing skills, this was by far the worst research paper experience ever completed. “Crossing the Line” Rebuttal Dan Stein wrote an essay titled “Crossing the Line,” complaining about how the Bank of America should not allow illegal immigrants to receive credit cards. Mr. Stein infers that by the Bank of America performing this act, they are either showing that they support the illegal immigrants. Gregory Rodriguez rebuts this essay with an essay of his own titled “Illegal Immigrants-They’re Money.” In this rebut Mr. Rodriguez disagrees with Mr. Stein more often than he agrees. Mr. Rodriguez counter argued “Crossing the Line” by listing previous events and explaining how Bank of America does not necessarily support illegal immigrants, yet they only seek profit. Later on in the essay, Gregory Rodriguez provides examples of the United States previous encounters with the immigration situation. Afterwards, he states that the United States allowed Mexicans into the country for work purposes. Then after a certain amount of years, the government would kick those same hard working Mexicans out of the country. This incident happened more than once, and once more jobs opened in the U.S. Mexicans would continuously come; regardless if they had papers or not. Lastly, Mr. Rodriguez says he is not against illegal immigrants migrating to the U.S., nor does he support illegal immigrants being guaranteed anything. These illegal immigrants, who perform the tasks asked of them, should be allowed to live the American dream just as any other American citizen. Research Paper Abstract

Research Paper Abstract <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">My research paper was titled “Lose the Name or Lose Your Fans.” This research paper was created to explain to the audience why the Washington Redskins should change their name. There were many different listed reasons why the Redskins should change their name; the reason was that the term “Redskin” is very offensive towards Native Americans. Some Native Americans claimed that it is the worst word towards their race in the English language. Many people have protested and some even took Redskins management to court. They have been receiving a lot of negative attention due to their offensive ways; previously and currently. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Really, there is only one to fix this major problem, change the name. How many people have to protest, how many times do they have to go to court, and how many negative newspaper articles have to be written before the Redskins are convinced to change their name. There are many different names that were proposed for the Redskins as a new representation. Patriotic names would fit this team the best, seeing as how this team is located in the Nation’s Capital, and the other sports teams in Washington D.C. has encouraging patriotic names like the Nationals and the Capitals. So a few new names that Washington’s football team could consider would be the Americans, the Power, or the Troops. The names listed fits the Nation Capital, and most importantly no one would be offended by these names. Final Reflection

<span style="display: block; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">Portfolio Reflection <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">This is my first year at CSM, and English 1010 is the second English class that I have taken. The first English class that I attended was English 0900. It is a class that teaches the students the basics of writing. English 0900 helped me prosper in English 1010. The material that I learned from English 0900 followed through to English 1010. I am glad that English 0900 was a required course; if it was not required then there would be no possible way that I could pass English 1010. That is due to the fact that in high school, some students do not learn the necessary materials needed for successful writing assignments. So, English 0900 helped to develop basic skills for future essays in English 1010, which allowed me to prosper as a reader and writer, and grow as a person. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Before English 1010, I hated reading. Eventually, I overcame my hatred for it and realized that reading was necessary to succeed in college. With my toleration of reading, I developed good editing skills. When I would edit one of my friend’s paper I would dissect it so much that it would seem like a completely different essay. Unfortunately for my writing assignments, I would only notice most of my mistakes; incidentally leaving errors. In previous English classes, I could barely locate fragments, run-ons, subjects, and predicates. English 1010 helped me feel comfortable enough to correct someone paper, because before this class I was concerned with making more errors on someone paper than what had already existed. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Consequently, due to English 1010, my essays improved so much more. I actually consider myself a good writer now. As I look back to my previous work in English, those papers look horrendous. I found continuing errors. Previously, I struggled with every writing assignment due, and dreaded throughout the entire experience. Now I feel comfortable with all of my writing assignment, even major ones such as the research paper. Essays to me are just like journal entries. In fact, I enjoy writing essays more, because with essays I can incorporate my own style; with journal entries they just require answers to questions. Before this class, I had no idea how to use certain types of style while writing, but with my essays from this semester my sarcastic style is naturally incorporated. Using sarcasm as my writing style seems easy because that is exactly how my personality is. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Furthermore, each lesson that was reviewed in this class seemed to impact every student in some way. Even the seemingly pointless reviews and class work that no one wanted to participate in benefitted people. It is essential to pay attention to every lesson plan, because the students will learn something from each section. Most of the material reviewed in class I had already known how to do, but I still learned from the sections that were familiar. There were many minor topics that were introduced that improved every class member writing skills. The most memorable topic was juicy quote sandwich, which was introduced during the research paper. I personally think that the juicy quotes sandwiches improved every student research paper grade by at least three points. Whether a student thinks that some of the topics reviewed in class were minor, or major, or even pointless, all of them will agree that each topic was beneficial towards their writing skills. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Throughout this semester, I did grow as a person. The influence of the teacher played a huge role in my maturing process. For the most part, Mrs. Lowry’s enthusiasm made the class actually want to learn. Her excitement reflected onto the students, which created an enhanced learning environment. Her love and enthusiasm for English made it easier for students to accept this subject. So without a doubt, she was inspirational, especially to me. That is because; in the future I plan on being a teacher. If I could mimic her teaching styles I would, because students learn best when they are satisfied with the teacher. With her motivation and willingness to help every student in any possible way, I do not see how any student would not want her as a teacher. So to you Mrs. Lowry, I thank you for influencing me with my future teaching methods, and for helping me grow as a reader and writer.