blog 8 Editorial

http://bx.businessweek.com/dealing-with-the-home-mortgage-crisis-/view?url=http%3A%2F%2Fc.moreover.com%2Fclick%2Fhere.pl%3Fr4479630985%26f%3D9791

Dear Editor,

The Mortgage Crisis in the United States is a huge issue and very relevant today. Homes are not selling, people are not able to afford their homes, and homes are selling for thousands lower than the purchase price.  Foreclosures and repossessions are at an all time high. Since the economy and job market are so bad it makes it impossible for homeowners today. People are doing all that they can just to meet ends meet.  And with gas prices on the rise all food and clothing are on the rise too making it harder to meet mortgage payments. Everyone must be well educated, have stable jobs or be rich from your own family to make it in the world. But for this Crisis to be solved the government will have to step in just as they did during the depression but step in quickly before this turns into another depression. People of today must be wise with their money and put some into savings. But they must also put their money into the economy and support local businesses.  According to the article, it is important for the United States to totally reinvent America’s housing policies. The United States must completely reinvent housing policies to help save the global economy. According to the article the United States poorly regulates lenders. So I would say it is important for people to have most of the money upfront for a house. Some foreclosures and repossessions cost so little it is easy to get a bargain on a home. My intention is to bring about awareness about how awful the current housing market is in America. But also how quick it is to go into debt in America. It is important to be aware of all your economical situations. And it is important for Americans to invest in all types of business without going broke themselves.

I am appealing to all logos, pathos. I am appealing to logos because I have appealed to logic. I have appeared to logic by sticking to the facts about the mortgage crisis. I am appealing to pathos because this will appear emotional to some people who may be struggling in the mortgage crisis. And it may appear emotional to others who may not want it to happen to them either. I don’t have authority on the subject but it could easily be transformed into that. Because I have a personal story dealing with the housing crisis so if I inserted my experience with possible foreclosure and short sale. People will then think she knows what she is talking about because she has actually been through it. I tried to appeal overall to everyone not just the housing market maybe people who can’t afford the things they used to because of the bad economy. But I also tried to not focus on the negative aspects of this crisis because there are positives.

week 10 blog- website evaluation letter.

Dear Webmaster,

 I chose the American Library Association website to review because my major is Library Science. I use this website so much within my major I found it would be good to critique it. This website is useful not only while I’m in school but also when I am in my career in the future. This website had all of the elements I read about in my textbook but it also could use some improvements as well.  This website has been very helpful throughout my career as a student but who else would it be helpful for? Is it designed well? Does it paint a clear picture of exactly what it wants to say? Are the links clear? Is the language plain and easy to comprehend? What is the rhetorical purpose in the web design? What type of information is presented in the website? Is the site accommodated for readers with disabilities? Is there a site map? Is the website attractive? Does it contain too much information? Is the text of the website easy to read?  While the website of the American Library Association is very professional, it is in need of many suggestions and changes. These questions address above will help us get to the root of these issues with the American Library Association.

This website while useful to library science students and librarians of all sorts may also be used by students or other people who want news about libraries, contests or grants for libraries. This site is also used in the job search for librarians. While being a member of the American Library Association you get news as well as the webinars of the site. The site is very helpful to people just starting their library career or maybe want to stay up to date in the libraries in America. This site gives a good overall sum of all polices and codes librarians must follow. While they have these items on their site, they are somewhat hard to access. I think the website uses its main page for promotion and news not that it not important but I don’t think it’s as important as the polices and job listings. One the first things that caught my attention on the page were the links to the online gift shop etc. The website is designed well but it has a few flaws in design such as too much text and too much advertising. I believe the site is very clear in what it wants to say at times but sometimes it doesn’t direct as well. You have to know if you are searching for the Bill of Rights or the Code of Ethics to find them. The links on the sides for promotions of stuff like jobs, the online store and joining ALA are clear but none of the others really are clear. I would say the site is accommodated for some disabilities as well as keeping in mind the computer one with a disability one may use. It is important to keep in mind that while this site speaks to professionals it is important to accommodate everyone. There is lots going on in the site it seems very vibrate while boring at the same time. The grey background while plain and good on the eyes gets thrown with the vibrant colors of the news and the moving announcements. There is no site map and it is not very easy to navigate. Maybe these suggestions can be taken to consideration for the help of this website for the masses.

Thank you, Erin Kolb

Eng 333- Blog 2. on the ALA Code of Ethics

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/proethics/codeofethics/codeethics.cfm

In this blog I decided to write about a piece of writing I have to know well for my major of Library Science. I decided to review the American Library Association Code of Ethics for Librarians. The Code of Ethics is just how it sounds it’s a rule book of how librarians should act and behave in the workplace. It discusses the privacy of patrons to how to treat coworkers.  This Code of Ethics from ALA states that librarians must not censor any materials that it their job to get information to people no matter race, age, or background.  The Code of Ethics states that private interests are not mentioned it’s all about the interests of the patrons. The Code of Ethics states that a librarian must act in professional manner at all times whether to patrons or coworkers. There are huge debates and controversies that surround the ALA Code of Ethics, the main thing being that Librarians must put personal opinions aside and do their job. For example if a teenager came in the library and approached with questions on abortion, the librarian cannot make any assumptions about the teenager and let them checkout the material. The writers of the Code of Ethics is bounding it’s like the law of librarians. The intended audience is librarians. The writer is addressing these issues of Ethics so there is a clear understanding of how librarians should act and behave. The Code of Ethics is very authoritative because if librarians do not practice these and other writings they can easily be fired from their jobs. The writers are trying to establish an authoritative tone with the readers of the Code of Ethics. Also I believe they are trying to establish a type of relationship where they can serve patrons through their ethics. The writer’s choice of words establishes that the people reading the text are professionals. As surroundings the question of tying the Code of Ethics for librarians to the rhetorical situation is an easy tie.  The ALA Code of Ethics is clearly an appeal to Ethos an appeal to authority. The authoritative tone and clear cut rules it gives its readers makes the Code of Ethics easy to understand and very well written. Ethos is definitely an effective way to get your message across. Without Ethos in this or an authoritative stamp it would not be a very meaningful text. But because this text has the stamp of ALA it has a definitive form of authority.  Even the title gives this text a form of authority. So as I go about throughout my career I will keep in mind how important title and authority are to the reader. Overall the writers of the Code of Ethics did a great job at the balance of Ethos while having the text easy to understand and useful for the librarians. If they had to rewrite anything I would say to add things that librarians can do for patron’s specific things. But overall it’s very authoritative and right to the point.

Eng 333 intro blog 1

I am a senior at the University of Southern Mississippi studying Library and Information Science and minoring in Religion. I love reading young adult literature novels as well as religious texts. I love to sing and perform in plays as well. I am 22 years old. I also plan to do something in Christianity as far as teaching teenagers about Christ. I hope to have some type of ministry to teach young people that circumstances no matter how bad can be overcome with the help of Christ.  I don’t have a job right now but after I graduate I hope to work in a public or school library implementing programs for children. Although I have never had a job that pays, I have done many volunteer opportunities. I especially loved teaching Sunday school to pre-school aged children for three years. I like writing lyrics and poetry and keeping a journal. Journaling is my favorite kind of writing because I can keep it just for myself and most of the time it helps to sort your thoughts out. I have a variety when it comes to writing; I have been exposed to all types of writing due to my major. I have been exposed to writing in many different formats for research papers like APA format or MLA. I have also been exposed to free writing. My experience with writing would have to be that I am great at context and not so good on the mechanics. For me the best kind of writing comes when you can write about your own experiences.

Is there anything I hope to specifically learn in English 333? Well, I hope it helps me to better understand how to write papers and how to interpret the audience to whom I’m speaking. Aside from getting a good grade in this class, I hope to master the use of blogging so I can use that in my field of study for teenagers. I also hope to have a better understanding of the rhetorical situation and use that to the best of my ability the rest of my life. I have some concerns when it comes to the group assignment but I think overall this class will be beneficial.