how far i've come....

Today was a productive day for me because I was able to better organize my arguments. In terms of how I want to approach this topic: political rhetoric. For a while I was trying to revolve around the structure and meaning of political rhetoric, defining what it is. Today, I began exploring more than just theory- but the practical application of it. By this I mean more than just what we see on TV in large scale speeches, debates and other political happenings- but in every day social interactions. I am discovering the political rhetoric in every day life. I only wrote a paragraph or so, but I was able to write down more notes and structural ideas for this paper.

Revising Plan

My revision plan:
1) I need to make by annotations more concise in terms of how I am using each source for my research. All I need to do is specifically recognize what I will be using from each source, and why, and then add that to my annotations.
2) Alphabetical order! I forgot to put my sources in alphabetical order under each of my caratogies. Easily fixable.
3) I think I might also make some edits to the format of my bibliograph. I am rested in my introduction, but I am not sure if I want my sources to stay catagorized as they already are. However, I am also not sure how else I want to catagorize them?

we'll see. cheers.

Annotations Discussions

Chilton, Paul A. Analysing Political Discourse: Theory and Practice. New York: Routledge, 2004.

Hobsbawm, E J. Politics for a Rational Left; Political Writing, 1977-1988. New York: Verso, 1989.

I think this is correct, aside from second line indentation of 1989.

These sources are from two books that I have checked out via A.C. Buehler library. Actually, they're from Loyola, and I was able to get them through A.C. Buehler in a matter of a few days. I have til December 13. Not bad!

The Tutoring Practicum:Discussion Nov. 02

So I made it to class today despite being late, and im glad I did....

We had a little discussion in the library about the tutoring practicum thus far. I just wanted to say that the time we spent there was more productive than all of the time I've spent tutoring thus far. I tihnk if there is something to be gained here, its that we can best apply theory with the people who are being taught it. Now we didn't actually talk about compositional theory, but I think that our discussion about its application(or lack of) was stirring enough.
Many of us are having issues with this whole thing. I see the engine behind the steam, but I think the whole thing lacks the fuel. People aren't going to be motivated to do anything unless there is some kind of interdependency happening. I would be totally willing to help someone out with their writing if they really sincerely wanted it, if they came to me under their own steam. But its just not that way and its not going to be unless these people really want to be good writers. I really believe its that mundane.

We ran out of time, so I just wanted to get that out there.