As we begin the reach the end of the Fall 2021 semester, we have clearly witnessed and experienced how online learning has influenced both our daily lives and our academic efforts. While some may view online learning as an improvement from learning within a classroom setting, others, such as myself, view learning in person as the better form of education. Thus, the main audience of my third essay would essentially have to be students who may view online learning as beneficial. The primary characteristics of these students are those who wish to spend more of their time focusing on their hobbies or personal life rather than improve their knowledge of the classes they are taking. The main appeal I would like my audience to take away from my essay is how going back to the way schools used to be is better than attempting a completely new approach of learning that clearly has had its setbacks. Thus, I would want these students to better understand the choice they are making when determining which learning style may best suit them. The genre that I feel would strongly captivate my audience would be exposition and argumentation through the use of poetry and poster. The poem would reach out to the audience’s pathos while the poster would more or less be presented as a form of propaganda that may attract the attention of my audience. Rhetorical strategies that I may use to engage with my audience would essentially be narration as both the poem and poster would present themselves as a story, hence creating a significant impact on the audience’s emotions. The reason why this methodology is most effective, especially considering the period of time we are currently in, people tend to follow what fascinates them or is considered “trendy”. So by creating an emotional impact, I would draw in more attention from the students, thus spreading the word more quickly amongst other students, which would lead to a mass domino effect. Overall, I am quite interested in witnessing how my essay will look like.

For the second essay of the semester, the research question that I chose to answer and research upon is “What is the relationship between students completing assignments in a classroom setting juxtaposed to completing assignments in a household setting?” The reason I wish to discover the distinct differences between the two teaching styles is simply due to the current state of our society today. Our education system has dipped its toes into the aspects of online learning in the past 2 years, so it’s important to compare the positive and negative impacts this particular teaching method had on the mindsets of growing individuals/students. Especially considering how I am a current first-year college student who has had first-hand experience in both areas of learning thanks to the pandemic. Thus, it’s also important for me personally to see if other people were impacted similarly to how I was during the course of quarantine. If I were to give a particular timeline of when I would have my sources and research materials collected, it would be quite difficult as I not only have to deal with other classes assignments, lectures, work, the amount of time it takes for me to go to college and back, and also my scriptwriting for a film. However, I would declare that I would attempt to have all of my sources settled before the end of the week, hopefully before the 22nd of October. The audience I shall be writing my essay for would essentially be students who reside within New York City or, particularly within Brooklyn. Although the question of how quarantine has affected students lies worldwide, I find it better and more suitable to do my research on the sense of the city; that way, I can better put myself into my essay and have a better understanding of my paper while comparing the results of my research to my own experiences. So by taking this audience into consideration and the research question I had created, it was quite difficult to find a model essay to use and the closest source I could possibly find was an article depicting the outcome of remote learning after a year has ended in the US. Hopefully, I can find a better model essay but it’s quite difficult to say if there is one out there for my research question (The model essay/article is attached below). However, I have found one source so far that I can use as a stepping stone when it comes to viewing other sources (Below model essay/article).

Overall, the main difficulty I would have in writing this paper would be finding a model essay as there doesn’t seem to be one generally focused on students in new york and the experiences they have in both types of learning. Thus, I would also choose to further focus on that as well when finalizing my sources before the 22nd.

https://www.panoramic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Results-Are-In-for-Remote-Learning_-It-Didn%E2%80%99t-Work-WSJ.pdf

Online vs. Remote Learning: What’s the Difference?

A social issue that I find interesting is mental illness and depression within the united states. As time progresses in our current day society, there are often issues that still persist even with the rise of present improvements such as technological innovation. Depression is a prime example as people often find themselves with a negative state of mind or suicidal tendencies that may lead them to take severe risks and even self-harm. This issue impacts me deeply as I had dealt with issues with depression in the past and am currently being associated with individuals who seem to be having their own difficult circumstances. Thus, it’s important to me as someone who was once in their situation to help out in any way I possibly can, whether it could be mental support or even just simply someone to talk to. So when taking this issue into consideration, I hope to learn more about how to help out others who may be facing difficulties of their own as much as I possibly can. Even if the action may be small, it still helps create a big impact as I might be able to brighten up someone else’s life for the better. Another example of something I want to learn more about is methods to essentially create support groups for people dealing with depression. This is a pretty big issue as not everyone has access to therapy and help such as the suicide helpline don’t really help much as there are instances where they provide no aid or help whatsoever. Thus, it’s important for me to learn about it so that one day I could aid in support groups and individuals with mental illnesses more efficiently. After all, we live in an age where essentially anything is possible if we put our minds to it. So it’s up to us, the current generation, to help give a helping hand no matter what that could possibly be.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/protesters-march-brooklyn-two-men-attacked-alleged-anti-gay-assault-rcna1942

Over time, the discrimination and attacks on the LGBTQI+ community have long been an enduring issue that is prevalent in the present day. While there are people who are more open and accepting of one’s sexuality, there still exists a percentage of people who don’t approve of people’s sexual identity.

In the article, “Protesters march in Brooklyn after two men attacked in alleged anti-gay assault”, by journalist Cynthia Silva, she describes a situation in which two individuals were assaulted and robbed while being called anti-gay slurs. She depicts the event thoroughly through the statements made by Adelaja, one of the individuals who was assaulted by the attackers. This first-hand account gives her article credibility as she gets the full story from someone who experienced the event itself. Her article was also published recently on the NBC news website on September 8th, 2021, which is a credible source of news for Americans. From what I can understand by reading her article, Cynthia shines a light on how members of the LGBTQI+ community are still being prejudiced against in this very day and gives a recount on Adelaja’s experience.

This newfound information is clearly being revealed to the citizens of New York in order to give them more of a reason to fight against anti-LGBTQI+ injustice, especially since it happened in the city. Furthermore, in her article, she also provides a photo of people marching and protesting in front of the scene of the crime, thus providing the audience the encouragement to join and fight alongside the protesters in order to truly receive justice. After all, New York is considered one the largest and most diverse cities in the world, full of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities. So by reaching out to this large scale audience, her central point is clearly to try to persuade everyone in New York to help fight for the cause. Her usage of quotes stated by Adelaja clearly insights the usage of pathos as she is using his emotional words and claims in order to grasp the audience’s attention and further influence them to join the cause. Also, considering the fact that the source is an article of a first-hand account, the genre would essentially be an emotional narrative due to the information and quotes stated by Adelaja as he described the event.

All in all, the article was able to give a clear representation to the issues that still exist within the LGBTQI+ community. It’s important to help out anyone who may be dealing with issues as a result of their sexuality or identity. With the help of Cynthia, more and more people would learn and become more educated on these issues, thus providing society a stronger “vaccine” in order to get rid of the ignorant “virus”

My name is Muhammad Ashfaq, a current freshman here at CCNY. My intended major for the following year is essentially trying out civil engineering and my preferred pronouns are he/him.

Upon entering this year, my main goal to accomplish while taking this course is to not only improve my writing, but ensure that I could refrain myself from repeating any terms, phrases, or ideas within any of my papers. As result, I am excited for this course to begin! Something I noticed upon reading the syllabus was that we would be writing a lot through the course of the year. Although I am interested in improving my writing and giving each assignment the best of my ability, I find that the amount of work that would be provided is pretty startling, especially coming out of high school only 2 months back. However, what reassures me slightly is noticing the “group work” aspect in which I would be doing peer review work alongside my fellow classmates. I find this quite helpful for me since I get to not only interact and possibly make friends with other people, but also get advice from various perspectives and viewpoints.

For me, the qualities that essentially make up a good writer is the amount of detail being given alongside the clarity of a particular form of writing. In my case, I try to explain as much as I possibly can whenever I am writing any essay. Whether it is to prove a specific claim or to simply address a civic issue, my essay must not only snatch the viewers attention but also must contain enough detail in order to keep my audience hooked. That way, anyone can understand exactly what I am trying to state and may lean towards my viewpoint or argument. After all, considering the mindsets of those who live in our current day society, people often look at their phone screens on a daily basis and take in information through simple instagram posts or tweets. As a result, a majority of individuals often find themselves less inclined to read an entire post’s worth of information and instead read over a quick 2 sentence post. Thus, the amount of information being offered must be as detailed and clear as possible.

For me, the easiest part of my writing is being able to convey my thoughts while also bringing in real world experiences or examples. Let’s take my poetry for instance. When writing a poem, I would first centralize what my poem would be about by surround it with a particular theme. Once I have my theme, I would elaborate it in detail in a separate google doc before starting the process of writing my first stanza. As I am writing, I am continuously over viewing my document while adding on my own personal experiences and any information that may seem relevant to my particular claim or topic. This way, I have a clear image in my head on what exactly it is that I have to write in order to make my poetry strong and emotional. This is usually shown within my writing as well as I often find myself separating my ideas before I even begin an essay or paper. As for the hard part of my writing, I would say it has to do with repetition as I had mentioned earlier on. This is an enduring issue that I am currently attempting to work on as I continue to write through the course of the year.

For my intended major, I believe I would be focused on writing research papers as my major is heavy on STEM. Thus, I would be expected to be well informed on my major while writing my papers. However, civil engineering is only something I am trying out at the moment, so I might switch out to a different major as time progresses. After all, my intended final goal is to become a teacher and a successful poet. Thus, I am currently unsure as to what I would be writing in the long run, but at the moment I am stuck with writing research papers. Finally, being an effective writer would definitely help me with my future career opportunities as I would be able to properly convey to others how I am not only educated, but also how I am able to demonstrate my ideas clearly and efficiently.