Response to Jane McGonigal's "A Gamer's World"

Jane McGonigal presented a valid argument with emotional perspectives and her logical facts.  She claimed that the world needed to play online games for 21 billion hours a week versus the 3 billion we currently play.  When she made this bold statement, the first thought was that she does not have enough credibility.  McGonigal is a game designer with a PhD from Berkley California.  She has research this phenomenon at the Institute for the Future.  She has also design three games: World out of oil, superstruct, and evoke.  This woman has a variety of education and experience in the gaming world.  She presented a good argument because of her organization of thoughts and her logic facts.  She has quality organization because she focused on four points: urgent optimizes, social fabric, blissful productivity, and epic meaning.  Urgent optimizes from gamers make them believe in themselves as the general population should believe the world can be a better.  Social fabric is the means of trust and bonds made between the gamers.  The world needs to start bonding with one another and trust will develop.   The third objective was blissful productivity, which means that the gamer is happy that he is working hard in order to achieve the optimum goal.  If everyone had this characteristic, people would work hard and push themselves to higher goal that can result in more salary.  The last point was epic meaning, which entails the meaning of the journey.  Once this journey is done, it is meaningful for the person and they have hope in higher goals.  Her points are valid and she related to the world’s population well.  Her presentation changed my outlook on online games.  Although she presents a valid argument and provides diverse examples, I still do not believe the human population should increase 18 billion more hours a week.  The online games that most of the population play are not meant to better the economy or the world.     

Rhetorical Precis #2

            In the creative article “WRITERS ON WRITING; To See Your Story Clearly, Start by Pulling the Wool Over Your Own Eyes” (2000), Kent Haruf claims that spontaneity is essential to free, creative writing.  Haruf supports his statement by providing examples of other authors with their peculiar habits and writing environments.  The purpose of this article was to promote the procedure of blind writing and spontaneity in order to exclude perfection and compulsory writing.  The author not only provided examples of the peculiar writing environments but also he presented personal examples, which made the article relatable to a diverse audience. 

Rhetorical Precis 8/24/12

In the informative book  “Choices 2.0: Situations for College Writing” (2010), Joe Marshall Hardin claims that hard work and dedication are the key to successful writing.  Hardin supports his statement by comparing athleticism and writing and how the two have the same requirements to achieve success.  The purpose of this statement was to infer that anyone could be a good writer if one dedicates the time to plan and revise his writing in order to achieve a solid writing foundation.  Hardin presents his message as a comedic tone, which keeps the reader entertain and focus on the message at hand.

In the book “Choices 2.0: Situations for College Writing,” Joe Marshall Hardin asserts that making choices about the process of writing provides a pathway to a solid establishment.  Hardin develops this formula by going in depth of each step: prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.  The purpose of his formula was to provide critical thinking in order to develop organization throughout the person’s writing.  The author provides modern examples to relate to a younger audience that struggles with the format of college writing.      

Welcome! My name is Teresa Haro.  I am a Nursing major at the Colorado State University- Pueblo.  I am a freshman and I am excited and overwhelmed.  I will be playing tennis for the school in the spring.  I am scared for this school year because I want to get a high GPA, but I am excited for all the opportunites college will provide.