They call me W, HW (as in homework)

Activity 1

1. The existing problems in our currently lacking public school system must be stopped as soon as possible by means of cutting poor-performing administrators and teachers, hiring well-educated people to fill those roles, and reducing spending.

2. There is only one way of solving the constant problems of the homeless, and that of coarse is money.

3. The average American would probably say that homelessness is caused by alcoholism, laziness, and drug-related problems. However, the most common reason that one finds himself/herself as homeless is that they have a mental illness that restrains them from living the American Dream.

4. When trying to do anything of mass importance, I find that there is nothing more distracting than a cell phone due to the texting, the ringing, and the conversations.

5. There is no greater choice in this world than for an expecting mother choosing to have an abortion because they are choosing whether or not they could parent a child, as well as if they want to take the life of an unborn fetus.

6. One of the biggest ways that people get injured these days is by a motorized scooter because 2,250 injuries have been reported by emergency rooms around the country.

7. There is no higher problem in the elementary schools than that of ADD because it is distracting to the child, his/her classmates, and the teacher.

8. There is no greater problem for a computer user than a computer monitor because they cannot always research what they have the need to research.

Activity 2

1. It was very interesting, but it was just one big run-on sentence. A conclusion should be several sentences that summarize the paper. They do not use any of the techniques that well in this conclusion. They could provide more information and tell a little more about their point they are trying to make.

2. This kept me interested only because I was trying to figure out what the heck they were talking about the whole time. This conclusion clearly did not restate anything from the paper. It was like it was the resolution of a story, but you would have had to completely stick with the story the whole time to understand it. This was very poorly written and had some bad grammar at parts. I suggest that they completely redo this conclusion and try to just tell what the paper was about and restate some previous points.

3. This one was a complete mystery to me. The mystery I was trying to solve is if this person dropped out of school after the 3rd or 4th grade. The grammar was terrible and their were sentences that had a subject, but no predicate. It did however, give me a good idea of what the paper was about. It also had an inspiring message to it that made me wiser. It probably could have used a little more detail though.

4. This one was very interesting and it gives a real idea for what happened in the story. It could have concluded with a little more detail, as well as restate some previous points a little better. It had a few grammatical errors, but for the most part was pretty good. It got the point across and that is all that one could really ask for.