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Text one: “Measles is deadly. Vaccines are not. We need our laws to reflect this reality.” Wendy Orent, Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2019 The article of Wendy Orent is supposed to persuade readers that vaccines are safe and effective. Within the given context, she discusses a controversial topic of founding a law which requiresContinue reading “How to persuade people that vaccinations are safe for their children”

Argument 1 The first argument of Nicholas Kristof regarding guns regulations is based on a simple question that accompanies the whole text from the beginning to its end. “Why can’t we regulate guns as seriously as we do cars?” he asks. The author claims that guns need to be regulated in the United States, andContinue reading “Guns”

In October 2017, an advertisement appeared on Czech TV. From the first moment already, the advertisement did not seem to be like other advertisements we usually get to see. The story starts with picturing an old man who lights a candle in remembrance of his deceased wife. As he misses his wife, he pulls outContinue reading “A moment to think or just an advertisement? – Writing about Personal and Cultural Narratives”

The article “The stories we tell ourselves” seems to use the writer’s story to represent different ways of how we like to see ourselves and how we express ourselves accordingly. To me, using his story, the article points out the fact we visualize a picture of ourselves and that we want other to see usContinue reading ““The Stories We Tell Ourselves”, “I Had to Bury my 26-Year Old Son”, “My Father, Out to Sea””

In the excerpt from Clive Thompson’s book “Smarter than you think”, he presents several ideas of how the Internet affects people’s way of thinking and frequency of writing. Firstly, the author claims that “the Internet has produced a foaming Niagara of writing”. With different calculations supporting his ideas, he argues that the Internet encouraged peopleContinue reading “Clive Thompson’s Public Thinking”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”