#assignment 12

When it comes to dates Liliana Hartley doesn’t have much to compare really. She’s only been in one serious relationship and that one lasted for nearly five years so that said something right? Anyways back to this ‘worst’ date. Liliana was seventeen and it was during a break on her senior year of high school. She’d gotten asked out by a guy she’d known for a few years and she actually agreed to the date which was unusual. Most of the time when asked out she turned them down. She was kind of excited to see where the night would lead. 

The night came around and she’d found what she figured would be the perfect outfit. Her hair was pulled back and she thought everything was going her way. Just as she was ready she heard her father call her down. He’d arrived. By the time she’d made it downstairs he was talking to her father about something. Whatever it was had to be good because they both laughed. “Hi guys.” She stood at the bottom of the stairs as both of them turned to look at her. It was in that moment that she saw her father appear scared for the first time ever. 

After they left things seemed to get a little weird. This date that he’d said he’d planned turned out to be a sham. The whole car ride he ignored her which left Liliana wondering why he’d even asked her out. When they finally arrived at the park he got out and as he shut the door his phone lit up. “Did you dump miss goody two-shoes?” Reading that she growled. She couldn’t believe the one date she’d accepted ended up being a set up. Getting out of the car she gave him a look. “What are we doing here?” she asked. He shrugged. “I uh. I thought you’d like it here.” she gave him a look.

She could tell he was looking for an escape and luckily she saw his escape before he did. When he saw her, no them she pulled him aside so they didn’t see her but at the last second when they arrived she sighed. “Psst!” They caught his attention. “Uh look.. I’ll be right back.” He pulled away from her and ran over to them. Lilia knew that he wasn’t coming back but it didn’t matter. She found a bench and she sat down for a bit so that she didn’t arrive home too soon.  She didn’t want to upset her dad. About half an hour later she finally decided to walk home.

Assignment 12. Head turn and gesture.

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I did a multiple regression, including the variables momeduc and dadeduc. This considered whether the education levels of the parents changed the relationship between factors of parental relationships and educational achievement/grades.

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Dear Professor,

  I’m sorry, but I do not believe it is necessary, or even beneficial, to do the assigned reading for your class. There are a number of reasons for my belief, but the first is this: the documents you assign are incredibly outdated. The Martin Luther King Jr. speech you assigned, for example, was about the Vietnam War, which was over long before my lifetime even began. Some of the other readings, like the Declaration of Independence, were even older. I do not believe something that old could possibly be relevant to my life today, or to understanding what the American Dream is all about.

  Now, dear professor, you may be thinking, “Aha, this is easy to solve, I’ll simply assign readings about current events.” But please be forewarned, I would not be likely to read those either. You see, I was taught to think for myself, and not to take the opinions of others and adopt them as my own, even if those others are experts in their fields, who are likely to know a lot more than I do about their particular areas of study. I would not want to read an informed and well-researched article and accidentally sully my fresh take on an issue with actual facts, or by holding it up to well-justified dissent.

  Now, you may ask, “But student, would you consent to read a document, not for its content, but to understand the rhetorical devices present and improve your own writing?” Alas, I must answer, “Nay”. Because, as I was taught to form my own opinions, was I also taught to have my own style and voice in my writing. I believe that this voice is innate and does not come from an understanding of rhetorical devices and the way that they work in a piece of writing. I would not want to alter or damage my individual voice by learning how to better convey my point or excite the emotions of my audience.

  Finally, you may appeal to my desire to achieve a good grade. You may say that I will not be able to write an acceptable essay without the help of the rhetorical devices present in the readings. To this, my counter is that all writing is subjective, and that you cannot possibly give me a bad grade if I complete the assignment sufficiently to fulfill all of the requirements, and I use correct spelling and grammar. If this proves not to be the case, I will declare that you “hate me” and this will nullify all of the ill effects of having a failing grade on my transcript.

  Thank you, dear professor, for your time and cooperation. I hope, in the future, that you will take my comments to heart and will not force us to read any documents whatsoever. I also hope that you can sympathize with my honest belief that reading a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. can only detract from my already prodigious writing ability.

  Sincerely,

An Aggrieved Student