Summary of"“Cancel Student Loan Debt to Stimulate the Economy”

               In the proposal “Cancel Student Loan Debt to Stimulate the Economy”, Barry Applebaum introduces the idea of using the some of the money from the TARP bailout to wipe out student debt so the economy can prosper. Applebaum argued that only cost a small fraction of the bailout to complete this task but it had not even been considered. According to Applebaum” For decades, presidents, senators, and members of Congress have touted themselves as champions of education, yet they’ve done nothing to actually encourage the pursuit of one on a individual level”(29). In other word, the author believes the federal government does nothing to encourage high education, but instead only promote their own accolades within the education system. Applebaum also argued how the TARP was nothing but a waste of money. He further deepens the argument by saying:” The Wall Street financial institutions, auto manufactures, insurance companies, and countless other irresponsible actors have now received trillions of taxpayer dollars to bail them out of their self created mess. This, too, does nothing to stimulate the economy. It merely rewards bad behavior and does nothing to encourage institutional change”29. Applebaums point is that the giving money especially taxpayer money to the ones that created the financial mess in the first place.

                Applebaum’s proposal is surely right about TARP bailout because it’s nothing more than a waste of money. Taxpayer money or better yet “our” money could have been put to better use such as paying off student loans as the author mention. The author made a valid point mentioning “rewarding for bad behavior”29.Would a person award their child for making a mess and not cleaning it up? The responsible thing would be to let a child clean up to teach them a lesson so they would learn from the mistake and not do it again.

Summary of" Generation Plagiarism"

            In the article “Generation Plagiarism”, which was written by Sarah Wilensky for the Indiana Daily Student in 2010; the author argues that the increase in plagiarism among the newer generation of students is related to the growing increase of technology. The author claims that the growing access to other authors work via the internet is tempting more students to steal other peoples work without giving the original authors credit, but also at the same time it makes it much easier to detect plagiarism. To further back her argument, Wilensky used an example in the first paragraph about a young student that was nominated for an award but was also accused of plagiarism. Wilensky further mentions the students defense for the act was that the students’ generation uses old and new media to create something new; hence why the author calls this recent generation of student the “copy and paste” generation.

            In my view, I praise the author for pointing out how plagiarism is growing rampant in today’s society. On a daily basis from normal students to big wig politician steal other peoples work and speeches on a daily basis; then refuse credit them or find a poor excuse to warrant their behavior. With the internet so vast now compare to 20 years ago, it’s like no one can think for themselves anymore without a search engine. So in conclusion, I am in full agreement with the author; stealing is stealing no matter the excuse. When referencing someone else’s work, it’s always important to give credit where it is due.

Entry Blog Post!

Yay, my first blog post! I still need to catch up seen I started College Composition 2 weeks late L; but never the lest, the show must go on. I finished my first draft for my narrative reflective essay. I had many challenges coming up with ways to write my essay. At first I wanted to make it as a story relating to my college life but my imagination has gone very dry over the years; so I didn’t feel comfortable writing a story. I also do feel comfortable sharing my life with others; but I found a way to make everything come together.

I decided on writing my essay as a letter to my mother about college life. I felt like I would be able write a strong essay by expressing myself more and be more personal addressing someone I trust rather than coming up with a boring story. I was able convey my feelings without sugar coating anything or switching characters; the original plan for my story. Well, I submitted in, so hopefully I will be worth reading.