Research Paper Favorite Paragraph Assignment

"Speaking from experience, I know how hard it is for a child to go to school when they are constantly getting bullied every single day through social media. My sophomore year of high school, a group of juniors would continue to text me and message me on social media saying hurtful things for absolutely no reason. At this time, I absolutely dreaded going to school because I was constantly in fear that I'd have to face the individuals who bullied me. After a month of ongoing bullying, I asked my parents if I could transfer to a different high school in hopes that the hurtful comments would stop. Instead of pulling me out of my current high school, they told me to stand up for myself and tell administration if I needed to. I was fortunate enough to get the classmates who were bullying me to stop before things got out of hand. I was even able to talk a little with one of my coworkers about his life in public school. His name is Aaron, and he shared with me that he actually dropped out of school in the 6th grade because he was overweight and was so scared to go to school because his classmates would bully him at school, and then continue to bully him on the Internet. It was nearly impossible for Aaron to escape his bullies, he didn't even feel safe in his own house. Aaron was then homeschooled, where he was able to lose weight and gain confidence back. He is now attending Front Range Community College and has so much confidence and is truly a great guy. Although he definitely suffered through multiple years of getting bullied, he was fortunate enough to escape those bullied and have a positive future. Not all bullied victims are able to overcome their bullies. Unfortunately, my classmate that I mentioned before was one of many young adults who just couldn't handle the constant bullying. Alyson Dossat never got to graduate high school or attend senior prom, and unfortunately there are many other things that Alyson will not get to experience all because of cyber-bullying. It is easy to forget or not think of how seriously cyber-bullying can affect individuals until one sits down and think of all the terrible tragedies that have happened due to this crime. Unfortunately, it took losing one of my classmates to realize how traumatizing cyber-bullying can truly be to an individual. However, it seems that no matter how many teenagers we lose, adolescents are still out there bullying."

Research Paper Prospecti Voting

Winning Thesis: "Cyber-bullying is not only illegal, but it is becoming the most popular form of bullying among young adults." By Renee Fannon

   For our group choice we decided to pick Renee's thesis point as the best thesis for several reasons.  First, we chose it because it's not only an interesting topic, but has also become a major issue in today's world topic. Renee also had an emotional connection to the subject of cyber bullying and has experienced it happening to a close friend of hers.  We also chose Renee's thesis because it is a clear and concise thesis.

Blog Review Assignment #2

Blog Rating
   caas.blogspot.com- We rated this blog an 8, this blog is not very appealing to the eye because it lacks color and there is so much information in the blog posts that it makes you not want to read it, however the works cited parts at the end of the posts are a cool idea.

   wordexplosions.blogspot.com- We rated this blog a 10 because their format was very different and unique. It was very appealing to the eye with lots of color and it was easy to follow, it was amazingly organized.

   engcougar.blogspot.com- We rated out blog a 9, the believe that we have a very appealing look to our blog with the tropical background and we also post frequently. The only downside is that one of our members has never posted on the blog.

   aka121.blogspot.com- We rated this blog a 6 because it was very boring. It had a white background with hardly any pictures, and made us uninterested in what was posted.

   bloggin4eng121.blogspot.com- We rated this blog a 8 because although the background was boring, they had very fun visuals. Such as moving pictures and cartoons.

   airr234.blogspot.com- We rated this blog an 8 because we really enjoyed their format and color choices on the blog. The only negative thing about the blog was that they hardly had any visuals which is a requirement.

Blog Argument
     When we think of a blog that really grabs our attention and meets our expectations, we think of one blog. Word Explosions is a quality blog that is creative and organized, making this blog our favorite out of our entire class. This phenomenal blog is organized, unique, and is informative. There are several more reasons on why we believe this blog is perfect for any audience, however the three was stated are the most important in our eyes.
      From the moment you reach wordexplosions.blogspot.com, you are sucked in to reading all of their blog posts. Their format stands out the most out of any other blogs we have seen, it is easy to navigate and overall appealing to look at. Although it is organized, that doesn't mean that the blog is not unique. The group does a great job at combining organization and creativity, which is a very challenging thing to accomplish. Each post is packed full of creative language to make all of the assignments seem a lot more interesting. Their blog does not come off as a school blog, this a blog that most people would enjoy reading on their own. Clearly this blog is the most outstanding.
        For our visual image, we decided to go with a picture that states how we feel about the blog (which is super), and decided to pick a picture that looks like it is exploded out of the blog due to the creative name that this blog has. This picture is bright and colorful and really grabbed out attention. Which is exactly what the blog, word explosions, did for us. The picture as a great color dimension and all of the colors contrast on each other which gives it that eye-popping look. We felt as if this picture suited this blog perfectly.