In all my assignments and everything that we conducted in class I shared my ethos and my view or stance on the discussions. To understand my ethos you must understand where I have come from, because the big part of me and my ethos reflect in all my works that I have done this semester. The ethos that I use are my own credibility's on my past experiences and what I have learned from them, because to me the background of someone gives them the credibility to what they are talking about.
My ethos start from where I was born and how I was raised to what I have done in my 23 years of life thus far. I grew up in a small town in Texas called Poolville where my family had a double wide and were big Republicans; so from the start of my life I have always loved the outdoors and adventure. From the small town we moved to a more central place closer to the DFW area in Grapevine. I never had the internet or a cell phone until I was 18 years old, so all this technology is still fairly new to me. My past work experience includes being a gun salesmen at Academy to a lifeguard, and an asst. river guide through the Grand Canyon, and my latest job was in the Marine Corps Infantry. So from my background my works included Military technology and the Rogerian paper over the 2nd amendment. So my papers are a direct reflection of my past because it was easier to write about things i already had a common knowledge of.
If I was in an exhibit and i saw my own writing in a room, I would not be ashamed of my writings. Even though they were not perfect I feel that the message that i have been relaying would have been suffice. Although my grammar and sentence structure might have been off and even if they were in the exhibit I do not think that I would be embarrassed about the fact of the comments that Mr. Mitchell put on there would bring me down. For myself I am proud of my works and I think that i voiced my opinion or my side of the argument for example when we were to write on Mr. Mitchell's blog about the digital age I said, ".. I think that is a problem. Mainly because people are so wrapped up in their own fantasy world that they forget what real life is and life just passes them by, the don't stop to smell the roses so to speak." I was saying here that technology has taken over peoples life to much that they do not stop to see what is around them, to many people I have seen running into other people or object because they are so wrapped up in their text messages they are unaware of their surroundings. Also since most people today are living in a fantasy world because of the internet they do not take the time to either live life as it is or try and make it better.
So I do think that my writings represent me well in the fact that for the most part besides the sources that I cited, I know that it is my work and it is who I am. I do take peoples opinion in to consideration because that is how my leadership style is, but if it is something that I feel strongly about like my Rogerian paper over the 2nd amendment. For that particular paper I and very pro-gun and I strongly believe that we should be able to defend ourselves. I even said,"... that being able to protect ourselves is very important from the criminals that are out there to only protect us, and if they have a doubt that they are walking into the wrong house or trying to assault the wrong person they might think twice..." So even if people do not like what they read in my personal exhibit, I still feel that my writings represent me and everyone who looks at it will have a better understanding of who I am and where I come from.
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