Rhetorical Analysis Blog

American Idol recently had a show titled: American Idol Gives Back. As a usual Idol fan, I tuned into Fox and began to watch. Millions of Americans were watching this show at the same time I am or even when you were. This brought so much attention to to my eyes when famous people from America have volunteered their time, effort, and heart to touch lives of children and other people in need across not only this country but all over the world. This music celebration has made more than $140 million dollars in efforts to help charity.

Throughout the show, American Idol gave opportunities for people to use their credit card or call a number to continue to donate money to these charities. What seemed very encouraging to me was that they showed videos and interviewed these people who traveled across the world to spend time one on one with these people who are in need. Sometimes commercials to help benefit others seem to just pass through our eyes, but for some reason this just stuck to me. I hope others found this encouraging because the role models we believe that influence people at a young age were the ones who were attached to these children who were in desperate need. If I were to look at this photo, more than just a person without a home would come to mind. I think that beyond homelessness would be out there. These people are dying everyday from having absolutley no help, food, shelter, or barely even water.

The reason I chose this picture is because it made me realize how lucky we are living in America and having the opportunity of a lifetime. So, next time I think about complaining to my mom, or whining about not wanting to do school work, just think about how these children have it and then I will better judge myself.

Blog #1 Public Writing

Public writing is not always my cup of tea. I am not usually the girl you will see talking in front of a big audience of people who I do not know. Although I am outgoing and love to meet people, I still get nervous when a big crowd is sitting quietly in front of me. As a college student, we need to become more interactive with our peers because this will be the best way to accomplish many goals in life.

My senior year of high school, I decided to write an essay for the Martin Luther Kind Jr. scholarship for my community. Three African-American students receive this scholarship along with one white student. The essay topic was how the words of Martin Luther King Jr. will fit into your career you choose after graduation and how you will use his ideas in your everyday life. I wrote a story about my uncle and how I will use his dreams in my job as a nurse or occupational therapist.

After I found out that I won this scholarship, I had to meet several requirements. I never thought it would be hard so I did it. The last requirement was to read your essay in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. program my hometown had. I read my essay in front of nearly one hundred African American citizens. I was very nervous because I felt that I wasn’t in the right place and people wouldn’t like what I had to say. After the program was over I had a ton of people come up to me and tell me how great my essay was and it really meant something.

I felt that I accomplished a goal of being able to speak in front of people different from my own race. I want to be able to tackle this goal completely after graduating college. I feel that Ohio State will allow me to meet new people as well. I know there are other people out there that have to same phobia, and I know you can jump that struggle!

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