Should College Athletes Get Paid

Ivan, Fransisco, Andrew

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1goBekT6OW3-ZkM3jyT7be2VLemsUOyj4OJfpRPQJX_g/edit#slide=id.p

Fast Food in America

Matt Hevlod, Jose, Brett

 

 

     This group had a very interesting and funny presentation. They talked about a big problem in the United States which is the amount of fast food there is. The examples they mentioned and facts they said really made there presentation. They used images of over weight kids just to show you how much of a problem it was. They did a very good job at delivering there presentation, they made the audience laugh which makes students more in tune with the whole presentation. The only thing I can criticize is the language. There were some cuss words in the presentation.

Show Me the Money

Dana, Thor, Ben and JB

 

 

      I thought this presentation was also very well done and presented. This is a topic that I can relate too and they used many interesting facts that I did not know. They mentioned that the 1989 the Student-athlete Advisory committee was established and also said who started it. This surprised me because I had no idea that there was a committee. They did a very good job at keeping the audience in tune and interested. the thing that they could work on is that it could be a little more rehearsed, but other then that, they used very good examples.

Altered State of Legality

Spencer Fry, Thai Xrong, Melissa Bojorquez

 

 

     The presentation about legalizing marijuana was very well done I thought and was very informative and insightful. They did a very good job with the information and really did persuade me to legalize the drug. They did a very good job at being enthusiastic and really knew there material well. They had a lot of eye contact throughout the presentation and the presentation was not boring at all. The only thing I would say that could be a little better is too talk a little more freely instead of following a certain script.

 

 





Ivan Ramirez

English 1A

1/14/14

Source 1:                   Why College Athletes Should get paid; Huff Post Sports;

Tyson Hartnett, entrepenuer, writer, professional basketball player; October 21, 203

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyson-hartnett/college-athletes-should-be-paid_b_4133847.html

            Why College Athletes should be paid by Tyson Hartnett gives very good reasons on why collegiate athletes deserve to be paid and also talks about some of the flaws that the public sees about this situation. He says that an average full scholarship for a division 1 program is about 25000 dollars a year, which totals up to 100,000 dollars for four years. The scholarships cover school fees, tuition, housing, and a meal plan.  This may seem like a lot of money, but it truly only covers the basics said Tom Hartnett. Being a full time athlete is basically a full time job. Most teams wake up around five or six in the morning and have some sort of lifting or fitness session, have class until 3, then practice comes in. It’s a full time job and the athletes don’t have time to get a part-time job on the side for the other money needed. On top of that many organizations and programs are making millions of dollars off these soon to be pro athletes. “The school makes millions of the bigger sports and so does the NCAA which claims to be a non-profit organization”, stated Tyson Hartnett. He said that we shouldn’t pay athletes a whole bunch of money, he said that 2,000 dollars a semester would be enough for the other costs. For example, spending and additional food money. He also talked about how this violates NCAA rules. But the NCAA was founded in 1909 and has changed dramatically. He stated that if the playing field changes, then so should its rules.

 

Source 2:  Debate Club, Should NCAA athletes be paid

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-ncaa-athletes-be-paid

 

            This article by the debate club talks about who the real winners are when huge colligate sporting events come on. They used the 2013 March Madness as an example of the message they are trying to convey. Every March Madness there are two national championship winners, one for the guys and one for the girls. But the article states that when you think about it, who are the real winners? Could it be there corporate sponsors, broadcasts, and ultimately the NCAA itself? The article talked about how much different organizations and businesses make off this college basketball tournament. It stated that CBS, a broadcaster for these games made more the 1 billion dollars off these games last year and the NCAA as a whole makes more the 6 billion dollars a year. The players themselves on the other hand don’t see any of the money even they face career ending injuries every time they step out onto the court. There are many who question if colligate players should see any of this money.

Selecting, Slanting and Charged Writing

 

 

       In the reading "Selecting, Slanting and Charged Writing" talks about how different people see the world I  different ways due to the language principles that many people use. Due to this same reason people have altered the world and every single person has there own views. These principles change the outcome that we have on our perception of the world. This reading covers the concept of language and communication. For example, many different people may have different opinions about a certain objects due to there back ground and the type of language and communication that they use in there everyday life. It also covers how our perception is altered by the way we word certain facts . The wording that facts and opinions are said could give us a positive or negative connotation of the topic or object being talked about.

Ivan Ramirez

 

English 1A

 

1/4/14

 

Reading (Research)

        On the reading on the Everyday Writer, it talked about  the necessities needed for when writing a good research paper. it gave you both guidance and tips that are very useful when it comes down to writing a good research paper. It also talked about places where you could potentially start your research. For example it talked about starting in the library, internet, or field research. All these places are a good place to start your research for academic and non-academic pieces of study and it is also the foundation for the rest of your research. Research my be difficult on your own, which is why there are librarians to lead to the right direction. They could lead you to related books about different topics or can even just simply point you to a good encyclopedia. The reading basically covered the foundation on what it takes to write a research paper and helped a lot with the pointers on what to do and what not to do when writing the paper.





Ivan Ramirez

4/2/14

English 1A

Hawaii

            The place that I went for the first time that I thought was incredible and completely loved was Honolulu, Hawaii over my summer of 2013. We stayed at a very nice Hotel that I forgot the name off, but just the overall experience of being in Honolulu was incredible. I went there for a soccer tournament with my team. My club soccer team’s name was Santa Clara Sporting and we were there for Far West Reginals, which is a very though tournament that many good teams across the Western United States compete in. The part where we stayed at had many tourists from all over the world.  Since our hotel was right by the beach, we met people from Europe and a lot of other places. We also visited many cool spots while in Hawaii. Some places that we went were Diamond Head, which is a huge creator that you could clime and we also went to the North Shore which is a very nice beach. We mainly played soccer when we were there due to the fact that we were there for a tournament. We had a game everyday and usually had to recover during the afternoons. We did see many street performers while walking down the street and amazing beaches that I feel could not be topped. I would definitely go back in a heart beat because everything about Honolulu was amazing and I enjoyed a lot. The weather id very nice, The beaches are great, and all the people were very friendly and made you feel comfortable and welcome. If I had a free ticket to go anywhere in the world, I would choose Spain. Spain because it is somewhere that I’ve always dreamed of going and my favorite soccer team is from there.