Group Project Blog #1

So we are doing this group project, fun fun. My group is doing a website on credit card risk, dangers, and debt. It should be pretty interesting, we don't have a lot done yet. We finished the group report and found plenty of websites and a few humorous videos. Thomas started on some of the creation of the website but it is nowhere near done or half way done. We met up outside of class and got to work some more. Hopefully after fall break, we can meet up few more times outside class and get some more done!

Norton Field Guide to Writing ( 453-484)


Starting off reading this section, mostly on pages 253-255, there was some ideas about fonts and headings. It just reminded me for some reason about fonts, and how we are suppose to use them. I remember anytime I wrote a paper middle school through high school, and even now, teachers were strict about fonts. I understand the font size rules. Obviously you do not want a student making there text a large font to reach the length requirements. However, I do not understand why we always use Times New Roman, size 11 or 12 font. What is so special about this size and this style of font. Who picked this font to be standardized? I have always wondered this. I think I might look up on it.

Safety

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I think Andy McDonie has a very good point in his introduction paragraph of "Airport Security: What Price Safety?" He not only has good point, but it is a very good transition into what his topic is. The topic is Airport Safety, and I am guessing the importance of safety in general. There is a good point about all the things we spend money on for safety and that it is obvious it is important to us. His opening paragraph personally drew me in and I might look up the rest of the writing.

Blog #8!!

Cause and Effect is something I never really understood. I would think I finally got it but when I tried to determine the cause and effect, it felt impossible. They did a good job of explaining how it works.

I thought the quote from "The Onion, "All Seven Deadly.." was pretty funny. It was a good quote to put in that section. Classifying and dividing are very similar things. It's basically putting the text in groups or topics in sections. For example with classifying, you could put the certain languages in a group. And with dividing, you are dividing the text into parts or groups. It is sort of the same process.