Blog 8

The way I choose my source for my English 101 papers is I read the topic of the assignment to get an idea of what kind of research I need to do to get good source for my papers. Usually for English 101 we go over many things like videos and articles that are usually are related to the prompt of the assignment. For example the week of paper 3 which was the ethical dilemmas assignment we watched Food Inc. which related to the assignment which made it easy to use in my paper. We also have been reading Omnivores Dilemma which also was related to the topic of the assignment. These are usually ways I choose my source that I use for my papers for English 101. If that doesn’t work for me then I would write a rough draft of my paper first because I would have ideas of what kind of source I would need. Then when I have an idea of what kind of source I need I usually start on Google and just search my topic and depending on the assignment I would just use the source I found on Google and use it in my paper but if the paper need scholarly sources then I would usually research on WSU libraries website since it approves scholarly articles. Some ways I would improve the way I research sources is spend more time on the research part to find better sources. Learning how to research on WSU libraries would also help my resource since they would be more reliable because it is through WSU which makes it more reliable than a source from Google. Placing these sources in my essay can be tricky but I usually place it after I put in an example so it can support my idea.

Blog 7

The article, “Ending world Hunger” by Norman E. Borlaug fits along the lines with Food Inc. and Omnivores Dilemma about genetically modified foods. The article itself supports genetically modified foods where Food Inc. and Omnivores Dilemma take you what happens in the background of how these foods are created and how they are a negative thing in society. As I read the article I would agree to what it say to say about genetically modified foods. I mean it is hard to keep up feeding a growing number of people with limited resources, so genetically modified foods to me are a positive thing. Besides that it keeps food cost down and also has environmental advantages.

Watching the video Food Inc. where the hippies were promoting freshly grown food and discouraging genetically modified foods was true what they were saying but then in the video Norman Borlaug stated “It’s easy to discourage genetically modified foods when you’re not hungry”. This is a very true statement that I look at to encourage genetically modified foods but there is a side of me that also wants to discourage genetically modified foods because of my religion background. If genetically modified foods keep people from dying then I am all for it.

Blog 6

I find chapter 20 very interesting and personally very enjoyable to read. Chapter 20 was titled “The Perfect Meal” where Pollan answered his own question in the beginning of the book where he asked “what should we have for dinner?” and he answered that question with chapter 20. I liked how he answered his own question, just like in an essay where you grab your readers attention with a hook for example like a question just like Pollen did and at the end of an essay you concluded it with answering your own question just like Pollan.

The rules that he mention in chapter 20 to make it “the perfect meal” like “everything on the menu must have been hunted gathered or grown by me” reminds me of the people back on my island. People back on the island are not dependent on supermarket due to the high cost of foods along with the low wages so therefore many people have to gather, hunt, and grow their own food. A lot of the food is gathered from the surroundings like the ocean or the rainforests.

Gathering, hunting and growing your own food, for some people, may seem like it will take days to prepare, cook and to eat the meal but in reality it is worth the time. Seeing people back on the island happy for what they have gathered to eat made them happy because its hard work and to many people it is what Michael Pollan would say “the perfect meal”.