Samantha Hawkins
ENG 100 Assignment #3: Film-Based Argument Due: Draft #1 due by 11:59pm 3/23 A Stop Of A Lifetime In the film, Survivor, screenwriter Philip Shelby writes about Kate Abbott’s struggles with saving America from terrorists attack. Abbott is a security service agent who loses members of her team in an explosion, who she later finds out that her own boss was involved in. As time lead on, people are killed and more secrets are let out. She learns of a plot where a sniper will shoot a gas bomb in Times Square in an attempt to kill innocent civilians on New Year's Eve. Abbott takes action into her own hands and tries to stop the man from shooting the gas bomb. The main point in the movie was that Bill, the father of the U.S trooper who was kidnapped in the beginning of the film, was secretly involved in the act of the bombing that was going to occur on New Year's Eve. Bill worked with illegal immigrants overseas and helped get a man into the United States. Since illegal immigration is only continuing to increase, America should allow muslim immigrants into the country because we should not prosecute people for religious beliefs and we should uphold our notions of a melting-pot culture with stricter security. First off, America believes in freedom of religion. Though, freedom of religion protects groups and individuals beliefs, many people do not follow it. In the article “The American Tradition of multiculturalism” it says that in the constitution, states that whoever comes into office and takes the role must follow the rules of allowing quakers and other groups to live their life with whatever religion they believe in. Everyone in our world should be treated as equals, not by their race, religion or ethnicity. If our country actually believed in multiculturalism, our country would be less judgmental about the different kinds of people in our world. People in our country should be supported as both a community and as individual people. Letting immigrants into our country will help those who were not able to find jobs in their old country, find new available jobs and some immigrants can also start their own businesses. It gives everyone an opportunity for success. In addition to freedom of religion, America believes in multicultural citizens. Races and religions should not be discriminated, but they should be treated as equals. Multiculturalism does not increase the separation of people, but it brings different kinds of people together as a whole. A cultures environment influences a person's personality, not their skin color or beliefs. As a country that believes in freedom of religion, multiculturalism is very beneficial. Immigrants that come into the United States will help create and work with businesses or any other jobs available. Living and working in the United States means that they will be paying for taxes and pay more money for living in the United States. Having immigrants come into the United States puts more money into the economy that could be used for education, road work, houses, and many more. Having more people in the country can be more helpful when thinking about the economy. Lastly, People in our society live in a world of fear and stereotypes. For example, when people see a muslim on the street, some people often think of a “terrorist” right away due to their ethnicity. When people see someone who is asian or chinese, they automatically believe that they are good at math. Stereotypes are taking over the world just because of someone's skin tone or belief. Why generalize? People all over the world have hidden or expressed skills and talents no matter what race, ethnicity, religion, or belief. Everyone around the world is equal and all have human qualities that races and beliefs cannot discriminate. In conclusion, America should allow muslim immigrants into the country because we should not prosecute people for their own beliefs, but we should support each other as a huge community full of different kinds of people. Links to articles: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/27/the-american-tradition-of-multiculturalism/?utm_term=.076e4da18a15 http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/edumat/studyguides/religion.html http://m.washingtontimes.com http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states
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Prompt: our assignment should be based on what we think on having people (or terrorist) come into the U.S. We should be able to explain our thought on the idea and explain why or why not we would let them into the U.S. If they do not have a criminal record.
Purpose: to persuade Audience: Students, Teachers, Military, and Americans Focus: to identify the real problem in terrorism, to write about if you agree on having people come into the U.S. If they are not criminals Style: persuasive and conversational Over the last two days, I watched a movie called “Survivor” that was released in 2015. The movie took place in London. The movie started out in Afghanistan, when a man named Johnny who was an American soldier was captured by terrorists.
A woman named Kate, who worked for the U.S. embassy as a security service agent in London. Kate's job was to stop terrorists from getting into the U.S and to prevent any terrorist attacks to occur. A man named Emil Balan, from Afghanistan, started to get nervous when Kate started to question him about his travels. She later on does research and finds about more about the man. Emil Balan, still being nervous, plans to try and kill Kate. Kate's team planned a party at a restaurant for their boss Bill, who was Johnnys father. Both Bill and Kate showed up to the restaurant later than the others. Bill went back to his office to delete records he had on his computer that he approved visas for, for terrorists to come into the United States Because he was being blackmailed. Kate showed up late to bring her present to Bill, and suddenly finds herself in a quick and tragic situation. While being in the restaurant, a bomb was released by Emil Balan, in which blew up the entire place. Most of Kate's team was immediately killed, but Kate survived it. Kate started an investigation and did a lot of research to figure out who was the cause to the bombing. Later finding out that Bill was being blackmailed. Kate finds out that there is another bomb that is going to explode on New Years Eve in New York City, Times Square. Emil Balan planned to have the New Years ball to be filled with a gas that will blow up. When Bill had found out that Kate was starting to catch on to everything that was going on, Bill attacked Kate which resulted in Kate accidentally killing Bill. The man releasing the bomb kills Emil Balan. Moments before the bomb exploded, Kate took action. She managed to push the guy who was trying to set the bomb off, off of a building he was standing on. To critique the movie, I would like to say that they did a great job overall. I liked the way everything was set up. During the first bombing in the restaurant, it made those who were watching feel alittle attached to those who were killed. Towards the ending, the time before the bomb going off on New Years made my heart race and it kept me intrigued, wanting to see how the movie would end. Link to movie: http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3247714/ Who did I work with to compose my academic mindset project? I actually worked by myself because when we were in class talking about different mindsets, I knew exactly what I was going to say. The project reminded me of the teacher who made me realize that I did in fact, have a growth mindset.
What was the most difficult part of my writing process? The most difficult part had to be getting started. Just like every paper I write, I never know how to start it off. I am always clueless on how I should write the first sentence, but I figured out a good approach and just made everything I wrote flow. I overcame the obstacle by rewriting new first sentences at the end of my paper and I picked the best one out of the five different sentences I wrote down. When did I write this project? I wrote this paper as soon as I got home. Well, started it. I actually sat down on my bed and wrote out ideas for my paper and started it. I did not finish the paper in the same day, but the following day I continued to write and I ended up finishing it. On Wednesday night, I reread it to make sure I was not missing anything that was needed in the paper. I thought this was a great approach because I took the time to plan my ideas out and think about what I was writing. I also went back a second day and continued to write, and the following day being the day I reread and corrected my own work. Where did I write this project? I wrote my paper on my bed the same day, as soon as I got home from school. I shut my door so I had complete silence and I wrote out ideas at first and then followed up by writing my first few sentences. I think this was a good approach because I had quietness and was able to think everything through as I wrote my paper. Why did I choose to write about my chosen topic? I chose to write about this topic because right when we first started talking about mindsets, it made me realize how much of a growth mindset I had. It made me think about my old highschool math teacher who brought me down and gave me a “D”, but since I have a growth mindset I continued to take math courses and ended up learning how to do the things I did not know how to do before. I ended up being successful and got a “B” as my final grade in math during my first semester of college. How will I adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the academic mindset assignment? 1. Write any new ideas that come to mind 2. Reread my paper and check for mistakes/errors 3. Fix run-on sentences and sentences that do not make sense 4. Erase unneeded words, phrases or sentences 5. Add any new ideas or sentences 6. Reread my paper to turn in a final copy http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0343660/
The movie I chose for our class project is "50 first dates." The movie is about a man named Henry Roth (Adam Sandler), an arctic wildlife vet, constantly sees different women and has no intentions of settling down with anyone. Until one day, he meets a special young lady named Lucy Whitmore in a diner. He immediately tries to get her attention and thinks of her in a different way. He talks to her and she starts to like him. Everything seemed to be going well, until they end up falling asleep... As the sun comes up and the next morning approaches, Lucy wakes up screaming to the fact that there was a man she did not know in her bed. Henry was confused because Lucy failed to recognize him just after all the time they spent together. Henry left the house and later discovers that Lucy has short term memory loss and can't remember each day due to the accident she was involved in. Lucy has been waking up every morning thinking it's Sunday, of last year and does not remember Henry at all. After realizing all of this, Henry does not let it stop him from being with the girl he is starting to fall for. Everyday he finds a new excuse to come in contact with her and speak to her. Though it takes hard work, fake crying, and friends being beat up, he continues to do it. I chose this movie for our class because our class seems to love humor and there are many hilarious scenes throughout the movie, as well as a few cute parts for those who like romance movies. The movie has a lot of different things that go on throughout the movie and I believe that there would be a lot to talk about in our papers. I believe that everyone in the class would like this movie for all different kinds of reasons. It's a great way to learn about how people interact, how relationships sometimes take time, and also it's a comedy. This movie would be perfect for our papers we have to write later on in the sememster. Writing topic ideas for '50 First Dates' 1. What would you do if you were in Henry's shoes? Would you continue to talk to her? 2. When we talked about different mindsets in class, why do you think that Henry would have a growth mindset when it comes to sticking with Lucy? 3. Do you feel as if Lucy will be able to remember things slowly later on in her life? A Desire To Learn
Your mind is full of imaginative thoughts and every person has different processes on how they learn and how much knowledge they can take in. Everyone in the world learns in different ways and they also believe in certain ways to learn and behave. There are two different mindsets that people take up on. There is a fixed mindset, which is when you believe that you are born to know certain things and your learning cannot evolve. A growth mindset, which I have, means your knowledge can increase and you will continue to learn, improve, and correct yourself. In the article The Power Of Believing You Can Improve, ( https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en) Carol Dweck, a Stanford University professor says, “power in believing you can improve,” which is a way to describe a growth mindset. Dweck gave examples on how a growth mindset and how a person can increase their mind and thoughts in a view online. Dweck told viewers that a person can continue to learn and their knowledge can expand. Dweck gave examples of how some people can have a growth mindset. She told viewers that kindergartners in New York, came into school barely knowing how to hold a pencil, but ended the year scoring in the 90th percentile. Dweck also said that students in school would take a test and those who did not pass, did not fail. Instead of failing, students would receive a “not yet” grade; which meant that they did not fail. They just had to retake that test. On the other hand, in the article The Perils Of "Growth Mindset" Education: Why Were Trying To Fix Our Kids When We Should Be Fixing The System (http://www.salon.com/writer/alfie_kohn/) Alvie Kohn, another writer talks about how families should worry about fixing the system rather than praising children all day. Kohn says that "praising isn't good" and continues to admit that the educational system is flawed. In my opinion, praising someone is something that makes children and adults more successful because it gives them the confidence to put all of their effort into their work. I agree with Kohn when he says that the educational system is flawed; however I agree with Deweck when she says that that mind can grow rather than agreeing with Kohn who says that we should worry about fixing it instead of thinking your knowledge can grow. Stretching your mind out and grasping new information is a great way to learn and is very different than being someone with a fixed mindset. A growth mindset approach helps a student feel more confident and more accepting to their work because they are constantly hearing, “You did your best, awesome job!” Parents and many teachers try to motivate students by telling them that if they put effort in, they will get some credit for the effort they put in the work. After getting half credit on some work that may not be right, teachers often consider new ideas to help a student re-word or redo problems or essays. This process help students move forward and get better grades after being corrected. Instead of receiving a bad grade or failing grade, students will get a “not yet” grade which means to just try again. Dweck said that many authority figures like parents and teachers “Praise for process, not intelligence.” Yet, then again, there is something called the “Cheat vs Study which meant that if a student did not do as well, they would cheat their way through or they would study to get a better grade. Educational experiences, in my opinion, promote both fixed and growth mindsets. In my senior year of highschool, I had a math teacher that constantly got aggravated with students in the class for being confused with the math questions. He often got angry when too many students would ask a lot of questions and rarely stayed after school to help those who struggled with math. I was one of the people who struggled and he constantly got annoyed with the questions I asked, which resulted in me getting low test grades. Thankfully I passed the class by just enough. As a freshman in college, I had to pick classes for my first semester. I was extremely nervous about taking a math course, but I knew I needed to in order to become a nurse. I gained the confidence and picked a math course and I am beyond grateful I took the class. I had such a great professor who actually took time to sit with me and helped me understand math. He even stayed later after class was over to make sure I understood what was going on. He knew I stressed about math, so he was a HUGE help. I needed that extra push and confidence and my professor gave me just that. I ended up passing his class with a “B” and I could not be anymore proud of myself as well as being grateful for the professor I had during my first semester of college. With the “cheat vs study” idea, I was more of a growth mindset who continued to study and get help until I eventually understood what I was doing. A growth mindset helped me learn that my mind can continue to grow and I never cheated my way through. It may have took much longer to study, but I can happily say that I overcame my troubles with math and became more successful and I am still continuing to learn. Everyone in this world has one of the two mindsets, either a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. A growth mindset is when you believe you can learn something and your mind can continue to grow. The difference is, a fixed mindset is based on your inherent nature. When a person believes that they only know something or they do not. They cannot learn new things, it's an inherited trait.
In the article ‘Teachers, Parents Often Misuse Growth Mindset Research, Carol Dweck Says’ Carol Dweck is a Stanford University psychology professor and works many people to determine if they have either a fixed mindset or a growth Mindset. “Deweck believes too many students are hobbled by the belief that intelligence is a fixed trait.” Deweck learns about children in school and their actions and the way their parents raise them. Deweck explains that teachers and parents should praise a child's process and strategies, and tie those to the result. In the article ‘The perils of “Growth Mindset” education: Why we’re trying to fix our kids when we should be fixing the system’ it says, “students have been led — by things like grades, tests, and, worst of all, competition — to become more focused on achievement than on the learning itself.” You can put in the effort and learn what you would like to. You can learn how to do things you would not think you can do, especially with educators. As a college student, I think I have a growth mindset. I love to learn new things and when I do not think I can do something, I do not just give up. I actually keep trying until I eventually become good at it. There is always room for improvement and always room for learning new things. Out of the four academic mindsets, I would pick the growth mindset. Even though it is only my second semester here at Delaware County Community College, I believe that if I put in effort to work at something, I believe I can become successful. I believe that my abilities and mind can grow and learn more things rather than just having it be “inherited.” The mind grows and there's always room for new facts, ideas and learning. On page 32, it says “In another study on growth mindsets, seventh-grade students in a randomized treatment group participated in a weekly 25-minute advisory group for eight ses- sions in the spring where they learned that intelligence is changeable and that the brain is like a muscle which grows with use.” Having more of growth mindset is a beneficial factor because the mind continues to learn and develop new things instead of just believing you cannot do something.
A fixed mindset is when a person believes that can only know what they grew up already knowing. A growth mindset is when you believe you have the ability to continue to learn new things. Personally, I have a growth mindset. I believe in learning new things everyday. Everyday is a new day full of new things. I believe in hearing criticism and fixing my mistakes. I believe that “practice makes perfect.” A personal example would be me being in math class last semester. My senior year of highschool, I was terrible at math. My math teacher was very strict on learning and believed everyone should be on the same level. He actually got mad when people would ask too many questions and would get mad when people needed more help than others. This was very hard for me because I was not the best at math. I always struggled with it and it took me longer to do problems in class and on homework. I remember spending hours on homework and being stressed over upcoming tests. During my first semester of college, I decided to try to take math again and I am so glad I did. My professor was wonderful. He taught me how to do math and spent time going over problems and always helped me learn. Now, I enjoy math and it's all because of such a great professor! I believe I have a growth mindset because I did not give up just because I could not do something. I decided to take another math course and now I know much more than I did before. There was a strong smell of bacon and eggs that flooded my room. As I open my eyes, all I can see is everything in my room. My room was covered and filled with 101 dalmation toys, decorations, and even stuffed animals. My walls were even white and had large black spots on them. After looking around the room, I realized the smell was coming from down stairs. I get up, open my door and walked down the brown carpeted stairs, I could hear a frying pan sizzling and dishes clunking together as if they were being washed. As I walked down to almost the bottom of the stairs, I looked at the small peachy colored walls full of family photos on them. I then looked over at the table and noticed breakfast was ready. Everyone in my family was sitting at the table, even my grandpa. As I walked around the table, I looked outback at my giant backyard that had a swing set, trampoline, and moon bounce set up. I sat down in the open seat. Next to my grandpop of course and that's when I asked my parents why I had a moon bounce outback. I was about nine at the time, going on ten and my mother said, “Today's your special day! Your birthday party.” As I heard her saying these words, my body felt full of excitement. I knew my mom and dad had special things planned, because they always threw me the best birthday parties every year. It was even better because my grandpa lived with us and he, along with other family members and friends would join me on my special day. I was excited because my grandpa always surprised me with different kinds of entertainment for my party. One year, he hired someone from the actual circus to come over and perform tricks, another year he had a magician come and do magic tricks. It was my tenth birthday and I was sure he had another special thing planned. Around five o'clock, my friends, family, and neighbors started to arrive. My house was full of balloons and a big cake. My backyard was full of tons of birthday decorations. We set up chairs for everyone to sit on and that is when my grandpa told me he has someone with horses and monkeys on their way over. I have no idea how he knows people like that, but then again, he knew everyone. Moments later three men pulled up to my house with a trailer that held two horses and two monkeys. We sat down and took turns riding on the horses and holding, feeding and taking pictures with the monkeys along with playing on the moon bounce and everything else I had in my backyard. Everyone had a great time and it was yet again, another wonderful party. After about three years, my grandpa needed to get his knee drained because he hurt it and there was too much fluid in his knee. He went into Taylor Hospital for the procedure and after he was done, he had to stay in the hospital for a few more hours after a nurse had given him pain medication. That “pain medication” happened to be bleach. Mistakingly, the nurse did not realize she switched bleach with liquid pain medication and my grandpa had drank it. He went into cardiac arrest and immediately hooked up to all different kinds of wires and machines. Days later, he passed. If it was not for his knee drain and the nurse accidentally giving him bleach. (I don't understand how you can mess something that serious up) He would still be here today. My grandpa always loved his family and did so much to help whoever was in need. He was an all around great guy and it just saddens my family that the cause of his death was because of a knee drain. My heart aches with the loss of such a genuine person. About a few months later, We moved out of our house to a house right across the street because my mom was pregnant with my brother Dylan, and later on three more other brothers. We needed a bigger house for my family. Why can't I go back to the house that's only right across the street? It's simply because it was not just a house across the street, it was a “home” full of memories and stories with an unforgettable person and that is something I can never get back. |
AuthorMy name is Samantha Hawkins and I am a college student studying Nursing. This is my blog post for one of my classes! Archives
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