Introduction
Hi guys! My name is Karla Suarez, I am twenty years old, I am a sophmore and this is currently my fourth semester here at UTEP. I love math and business so therefore I am majoring in accounting, and I hope to become a certified public accountant. I enjoy listening to music, reading, anything involving superheroes, watching romantic comedies and Disney movies, cooking and baking, as well as doing DIY projects. My taste in music is very broad but my guilty pleasure is anything from the 80s. From Bon Jovi, to Queen, to Wham! and Madonna, if you give me anything from that era and I will probably love it. Also a fair warning, if you see that many of my Tumblr posts this semester have a lot of Olaf images or gifs, then it’s probably because he is my favorite Disney character.
My definition of rhetoric is a person’s ability to successfully and clearly portray a message either in writing or by speaking. To me a person with good rhetorical skills should be able to use ethos, logos, and pathos and other rhetorical devices in an orderly and creative manner to be able to communicate a message to others. The expectations I have of this course is to be able to learn how to use rhetorical devices more effectively to be able to become a better writer and speaker.
The topic I want to focus on during the course of the semester is taxes. I believe it is a broad enough topic to be able to complete this semester’s assignments without getting bored or stuck with one specific issue within the topic. With this topic, I can focus on various sections like laws and regulations, as well as tax evasion and what happens to businesses and people when they do evade taxes. I also want to touch the subject of what is being done with the taxes that we pay, for example what programs are our taxes funding? Furthermore, I believe that not many people understand the full laws and regulations of taxes, so that’s why when many public figures release their tax forms or such, then they are quick to judge and make assumptions, although sometimes they really have followed the tax laws. With this topic, I hope to gain a better understanding of taxes in general.












