SWA # 15

1. I found a few resources that discuss the issue of cultural artifacts being taken away from their hometowns. By searching general phrases such as "cultural artifact" , "repatriation" and "shouldn't be returned" I was able to find different views and interesting arguments. The subject is new and the arguments from both sides seem to make sense, so for that reason I think it would be hard to research that issue. However, just by reading few articles I learned a lot of new information and that makes it the #1 choice for me.

 2. I found the issue of female workers and pregnancy very broad and can be narrowed down to different topics. I found the same arguments used in different resources which makes harder to search this problem and that is why I am not going with that topic

3. surprisingly, I found some articles thar explore the issue of homelessness from new perspectives, at least for me. They discuss the fact that a lot of homeless use the help they get and spend it on drinks and even drugs. Other articles blame the government and say that more people are becoming homeless because they do not have jobs or any income. This topic still one of my choices

SWA # 13

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       a-    Should cultural artifacts be returned to their countries of origin  

       b-    Many countries are trying to get their cultural artifacts back and some countries refuse to   repatriate the artifacts to their original countries 

       c-    I think it should be returned 

       d-    Why are the arguments that the countries that currently have the artifacts use to not repatriate them? The amount of cultural artifacts that are not in their countries of origin. How did the countries of origin lose these artifacts? Etc.

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               a-    Pregnancy and female workers and employees

               b-    Many women decide to delay having children or not have children at all to focus on their job.

               c-    I think job should never be the problem and companies should have policies that support and encourage females who want to have children.

   d-    How long should the maternity leave be and is it currently enough? What should companies do for their female employees who have infants to make their life easier? E.g. having nurseries in big companies where mothers can leave their infants and little children and be able to come and check on them during breaks. What should the government do about this issue? Etc.

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a.    Did the Arab spring affected and left an impact on the international economy and on people around the world. The impact of social websites.

b.    We can see some of its  impacts everyday

c.    I think yes, the economic impact of Arab spring is obvious. It also changed the way some people think and gave them a wakeup call that they can change a lot by doing very small thing such as a Facebook post or a tweet. 

d.    Statistics and facts about the economic impact of the Arab spring internationally. How did the Arab spring start, did it really start by tweets and some posts? What do learn from this experience?  Should we let social websites drive us and change our lives?

SWA # 12

Waters, Alice. "A Healthy Constitution." The Carolina Reader: 3rd ed. Lee Kauknight. Fountainhead Press, 2012. 337-9. Print.


        In the article "A Health Constitution," Alice Waters discusses the issue of food in schools. Waters thinks that the food that students get in their schools is unhealthy and causes obesity. Then, she presents an example of a school in Wisconsin whose the administrators decided to have only fresh, healthy and delicious food. She mentions the fact that this idea works well and everybody likes it and they have more healthy student than they used to have. She thinks this idea is not only good for the students bodies, but also for their minds because they have become more understanding to the food and its values. It also makes students have more responsibility and feel that they have to do something for their society.   


        In her paper, Alice Waters tries to use logic and maybe some emotion to support her claim. By providing the example of Wisconsin school, she tells the readers that it is not too hard to change our children eating habits.She discusses the logical benefits that we would get by having students grow and help in cooking their food and how it would be fruitful for them in the future. By having mentioned these values, Waters tries to convince her readers to support the idea of having an edible education. She also quotes some students' opinions about their good experience in school with healthy food to back up her claim.    

SWA # 11

            In his piece “Bad Food? Tax It” which was published in the New York Times on July 24, 2011, Mark Bittman presents his proposal for the problem of unhealthy food and its impacts on society. Bittman is an “optimistic” food expert and columnist, as he describes himself, who has been writing about food for over 30 years in the New York Times and some other magazines (------). He presents his suggestion for both the government to take it in consideration and for public to think deeply about it and try to accept it. Bittman asks for changes on the national level and discusses the problem from social and economic perspectives.

            In his paper, Mark Bittman clearly states his thesis, which is a little summary of his suggestion, after he introduces the problem of bad and its horrible impacts in three or four paragraphs. Bittman presents his proposal gradually and develops it point by point using different types of arguments and assumptions with connecting all the points back to his thesis. He also keeps consistently addressing the alternative views and responds to them whenever he gets a chance to do so.  

SWA # 10

Title:

 Can taxing bad food be the solution?

Thesis:

 Mark Bittman tries to make his readers to agree with him on the idea that  unhealthy food and drinks should be taxed because that could benefit our society from angels.

Main points:

* He first discusses the problem.

* He gives some facts and statistics about the amount of unhealthy food  to support his claim.

* He address the fact that some people buy junk food because it is cheap in comparison to healthful food. 

* He compares his idea of taxing bad food to taxing cigarettes and says that both ideas are the same thing.

* He mentions the fact that some kinds of soda are already taxed and that helped in reducing the consumption of the unhealthy drinks.    

* He then justifies the idea.

* He thinks that it is the government responsibility to make sure that people eat and drink healthy food.   

* He uses both logical and emotional argument to support his claim

* He builds his credibility by using lots of numbers and information from reliable sources.

* He throws out some benefits that we could get from taxing bad food such as a decreasing obesity rate and a huge amount of money to be spent in public health, building new gyms and pools, etc. 

* He gives some ideas to make healthy food more available such as vending machines that sell only healthy food. 

* His goal in this essay is clear and obvious.

* He assumes that his audience are not willing to pay more for their food so he suggests that we can only put a very small tax on this food such as a penny or two. And at the same time, the government should try to reduce the cost of healthy food so everyone can afford it. 

* He believes that by doing this , America would be an  example for the rest of the world.

Conclusion:

People should not be thinking about their pockets when it comes to their health because if anyone gets sick from eating cheap food, his  or her money will be useless. Therefore, we need to think about ourselves and be a good example for the coming  generations and try to find a quick solution for this serious problem. 

SWA # 9

The main claim of the author of “Factory food artificially cheap, bad for your health” is that factory food is less expensive than healthful food but that food is not safe for human. Factories use methods that reduce the cost but produce a low quality food. He also thinks that there is something wrong with the food system and people began noticing it. Factory farming costs some environmental issues that were the main reason of the death of thousands animals  as well.  He assumes that the majority of public are aware of the problems we have in the food industry.

SWA # 8

Q1 : Sculy thinks cruelty to animals should be a conservative issue by directing his claims mainly towards conservatives and blaming them for not paying enough attention to this issue. At the beginning of his essay, Scully makes the fact that cruelty to animals is not an issue that only liberals should care about, but also conservatives should stop dismissing this kind of issues and think about it as a moral case. Through out the essay, Scully discusses the conservatives' viewpoings that they think they shouldn't care about animals because. 
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Q3 : Scully  believes that animals should have some rights and "respect." He believes thinks that all animals have the right to be "free from human abuse" and to be well-taken care of not only food for humans. He gives some examples such as how Johnson family treated their dogs and such as the hunting website to show that animals are not respected and are treated immorally.


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Scully discusses some views that alternative to what he thinks. He responds to conservatives who thinks that this issue is not worth their time and they should care about other bigger issues by referring to the religion and to the moral priority. Scully quotes Cardinal Ratzinger who describes animals as our "companions in creation." Scully also mentions the fact that he tried to talk about this issue with a conservative columnist who could make other conservatives aware of the problem, but the columnist closed all the doors in his face and said " I don't want to know." At the end, Scully states his point of view and tells everybody that we shouldn't only take from animals, it's the animals' right to get something back, at least a good death.     

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