Author: spencers1

I only have one expectation for this assignment and that is to earn an A. My one and only goal for this assignment is also to earn an A. I am willing to do whatever it takes to achieve my goal.

I thought the complaint and claim assignment was interesting.  It was a good exercise to see both sides of a situation and a good exercise to use different styles of writing. Looking back on it I could have added more details to both the complaint and claim sections to have it be more interesting.

I really like Sheila’s clog from class today. I was thinking of writing a blog with a similar topic but she really nailed it with her clog. It was written very well and expressed the importance of understanding and how one comes across whether written or spoken affects others understanding of different ideas. I think now more than ever our society and the world in general could be more understanding of our differences and communicate our ideas and points of view better instead of using hatred or violence when we don’t understand someone or something.

We are so sorry for your bad experience at our Windward Mall location on Sept. 20. I will be sending you gift cards for you and your friends to enjoy. We look forward to hosting your business luncheon on the 27th.

Please give me my seat covers that I ordered, a 15% discount, and free shipping to return the seat covers and to receive my correct order.

I received two different designed seat covers. They were completely different colors and patterns.

As a frequent customer I appreciate your cooperation to resolve this issue as soon as possible.

 

 

 

While researching our topic for our project Chad mentioned it would be a good idea to look into what exactly the GI Bill is. I thought it was a program that helped veterans go to school and may have other benefits as well but that lead me to wonder how it got started. While searching for the history of the GI bill or the Servicemen’s  Readjustment act of 1944 I ended up on the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs website.  I was shocked to read that  the bill nearly stalled in Congress and some didn’t like the idea of paying unemployed veterans $20 a week because they thought it would be an incentive for them not to look for work. I was also surprised that some questioned the idea of sending veterans to college to better their education because at that time college was a privilege reserved for the rich. I thought helping veterans who sacrificed and risked their lives would be a no-brainer, I definitely didn’t think it was something that veterans had to fight for. Its definitely messed up reading  for example during the Great Depression even though Congress passed the World War Adjusted Act of 1924  which provided a bonus based on the number of days served, most veterans didn’t see any money for 20 years.

I also learned their frustration came from  WW1 veterans who received “$60 and a train ticket home”. In the summer of 1932 a group of veterans marched on Washington D.C demanding full payment of their bonuses and when they didn’t get it some went home and those who stayed were  kicked out after a stand off with US troops. It wasn’t until Harry W. Colmery, a former national commander of the American Legion and former Republican National Chariman came up with the first draft of the GI Bill and Rep. John Gibson was rushed in to cast the tie breaking vote.

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What is success? What does it mean to be successful? If someone is a millionaire does that mean he or she is successful? What if their life is full of stress and worry about scammers, black mailers or being a target for people who may try to harm them or their families? What about the person who may not have a lot of money but a close family and is able to enjoy spending a lot of time with the people they care about most. These are important questions and reminds me of the importance of defining things clearly.  For example the lead singer of “Linkin Park” recently passed due to suicide. From the outside looking in he was someone who some might say “had it all”, he was famous, had a lot of money etc. and many would have said he was successful.

It was pretty interesting to learn about writing from different perspectives and  to different audiences and how your words can have a positive or negative effect on how the audience receives your message. I like how chapter 3 is adding on to what we learned in the previous chapters. After learning about different writing styles we are learning how to cut the fat from our sentences to make it more precise. Learning about cutting out extra words reminded me about writing for Eng 100 where we needed to have so many words and it was useful to extend thoughts and sentences which now seems like we are learning the opposite to make our sentences and statements more precise.

I think this class assignment was a good example of how innovation works. It highlighted innovation on a small scale as we were able to see how other groups were building their tower and adjust our design or borrow ideas we thought could be applied to our tower. I had a good experience working with Shelia and Rose. It was interesting to see how our group was able to bounce different ideas off each other and shared in the building process.

So far I am confused as to what to do for this class.  I am new to the whole blogging and clogging thing and don’t quite know what ideas or topics I am going to be writing about. Wanda has been very helpful explaining the assignment and letting me know what is required of me to do the best I can this semester.

Here’s to another interesting semester at WCC and business writing intensive.