Interview Photos

This is the police officer's house whom I interviewed. I did not take this on the day of my interview but a couple days before it. This is the only picture I could take dealing with the police officer because he did not want to be photographed. Inside the house is where most of the interview took place. Even though it looks small from the outside, the inside is spacious and beautiful. The officer's mother lives here but he comes to visit occasionally.

During my interview I got a rare chance to go watch my officer do a drug raid. This is the house that they raided. It was in Detroit and this was taken before any of the other police officers got there. My interviewee and I watched the house for a bit before the raid.


My last picture is a police officer who is looking through some drawers to find the drugs. This man in the photo is my interviewees' partner. Even though it was not a big raid, they did find some drugs and some drug money.

Reading Response #2

Chapter 5: "And Yet"

Exercise #1

The following italic phrases were written by the author to portray the views of others:

1. Marx and Engels wrote: "Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other-the bourgeoisie and the proletariat" (10).
2. Oh, it's not the middle class that's disappearing, he said, but the working class.
3. His definition: If you earn thirty thousand dollars a year working in an assembly plant, come home from work, open a beer and watch the game, you are working class;
4. The average American will tell you...

The following italic phrases were written by the author to portray her views:

1. I found myself not knowing what class I'm from.
2. In my days as a newspaper reporter, i once asked a sociology professor what he thought about the reported shrinking of the middle class.
3. I'm sure that's what my father would tell you.
4. But i always felt that we were in some no man's land, suspended between classes, sharing similarities with some and recognizing sharp, exclusionary differences from others.
5. What class do i...?
6. What class am i...?
7. As a historian, i...

Exercise #2

A) In an essay I wrote on legalized marijuana and how it should not be legal, I engaged in one perspective only, which was mine

B) I could have put the perspectives of others who think marijuana should be legal to make my essay better.

C) I really did not distinguish my views from other views. I think that's one of the reasons why i bombed the essay...

D) Yes I did use voice-signaling phrases in the essay because my readers were able to distinguish who's views were being shared.

E) The options that are available for clarifying who is saying what are quotation marks and voice-signaling phrases. For instance, If I want to say my view I would use "I say" and If I would like to clarify other views I would use "They say".

F) I think the option suited best for this particular text is quotation marks.

Reading Response #1

Chapter 1 "They Say"

Exercise 1

a) Many people consider groundwater safe to drink. However scientists suggest that there are dangerous levels of chemical X in the Ohio groundwater.

b) Religious folks would believe God drives history. In contrast, Atheists would believe material forces drive history.

c) Some psychologists say proponents of Freudian psychology question standard notions of "rationality".

d) Observing a classroom, one would notice that male students often dominate class discussions.

e) A handful of critics have stated that the film is about the problems of romantic relationships.

f) A few teachers suggest reading a template to arouse creativity but I'm afraid that templates like the ones in this book will stifle my creativity.

Exercise 2

If ever there was an idea custom-made for a Jay Leno monologue, this was it: crazy people who think they can see the future. Isn't that like saying you can trust a hobo? Whatever happened honesty and integrity.
I happen to sympathize with the people who do not believe in these loony psychics, though perhaps because i am also one of them.

My Screenshot

Look at that screenshot! Is it not beautiful!? Well i think it is. This is a screenshot of a paper i was writing for history class. Now that i look at it, it looks so thought out but i think it has to be in order for me to get a good grade. Most of the time i just like to write freely like what ever comes to mind. When i look at this screenshot and i read over it again, it didnt seem hard at the moment but when i was writing it was alot more diffcult. My grandpa always says "whatever i do, i put blood, sweat and tears into it and that is how you get the job done". I didnt exactly put blood, sweat and tears in writing this paper but i think i got the job done well. Also, when i look at this screenshot i noticed that i had alot of pages on a small topic of propaganda. In my opinion i do not think i can write many things about this topic but looking back at the screenshot i wrote alot. Many students struggle with writing papers for thier classes but they have to if they want to pass. Writing a course paper or any kind of class paper is a nightmare for many students. I think that professors should just do exams and not papers. It would be easier on the professors and the students. They would put more effort into studying rather than writing papers or as my grandpa would say "put blood, sweat and tears into studying rather than write papers". When you digitally compose something it becomes easier on your part. If you manually write something out you understand the effort you put into it. When you compose digitally it becomes more neat and effortless. Perfect example is facebook. When you facebook a friend, you dont put alot of effort into it rather than back in the days when you had to manually write a friend a letter and put some effort into it. I think the easiest way to better understand digital composing processes is reading. You can learn alot when you read books and manuals. Just try it, it will not hurt you in any way. On the contrary you will be learning something new.