Blog 4: email to a best friend (18 yr old)
Topic: why they should or should not participate in extreme tourism.
We wanted to find sources that support us. We want our friend to know that we care and that we are worried. We also want them to know that we have done our homework.
When we bring in the research, do we Quote it directly or summarize it?
When we do either one, we have to NAME the source and where they’re from.
Ex: Acc. To Josh Marshall, a freshmen in my class at AUM, “the power outage was the scariest of my life”.
SOURCES THAT AGREE WITH US ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS SITUATION.
On the other hand, sources may be used to disagree with us.
OUR EXAMPLE: Home health care is very dangerous and the nurses aren’t able to provide the care needed without harming themselves. According to Henrik Anderson, “Nurses are responsible for many seriously ill patients and they want to contribute good and safe patient care.” This is impossible because there are not enough safety precautions.
This is dangerous because it creates BINARY THINKING. (We did this thing in class to go to one side or the other, nor both)
Examples of how to avoid this:
In Josh Marshall’s book Camping Out (short things go in quotes, longer books and things go in italics), Marshall states that people “who want to avoid camping out are cowardly. It’s not fun to live your life in a hotel.” While I first found a problem with the word “cowardly,” I understand that Marshall wants to promote a life fully, lived both indoors and out.
MadisonS1020 