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Option 1: Write a passive aggressive note. What makes up the genre of the passive aggressive note? What do you have to consider about the audience and context? Dear Valued Customers Yes, the idea of a secret menu for your favorite places to stop for a quick drink or bite. Some people are plagued byContinue reading “2/24 Engagement Activity”

It’s interesting to think about how tools like email have shifted the way that people communicate on large scales in the workplace. It’s a strange sort of development because it has plenty of pros and cons to its use. People at any level in a company can communicate with others who are at any levelContinue reading “2/24 Reading Response”

I’m analyzing Reagan economics in the form of a children’s book. The advantage of this form is that I can add in visuals to supplement the text, and the text will be put in simpler language as rhetorical and political language are often difficult to understand. I want to try to put it in aContinue reading “Project 1 Composition Choices”

Ronald Reagan’s most famous speech was “A Time for Choosing,” which he gave in 1964. Reagan created a strong speech that persuaded others through the use of his language and the examples he gave to support his claims. From the beginning, he makes himself sound like a regular guy and forgoes starting with political languageContinue reading “Project 1 Draft”

I think the most important question that we should be asking about the economy is “Who does the economy benefit?” I want to understand how the economy that we have today has been developed over the years. Has it always benefitted the same groups? Has it always been designed to promote and maintain inequality? HowContinue reading “2/17 Engagement Activity”

It’s frightening to think of educational institutes (regardless of how well they fit that definition in the realm of for-profit schools) use the same or similar tactics to televangelists, who are rather pushy and the money given in hopes of some false reward being preached adds up really quickly. The worst part is that theContinue reading “2/17 Reading Response”

Melissa Adrienne Kyri Christian Artifact: Song – Just a Stranger by Kali Uchis Analyzing this artifact begins with looking at the lyrics and the way that they are delivered with the music in the background. On a closer look, the song has a similar message to Gold Digger by Kanye. Then, we look at theContinue reading “2/3 Engagement Activity”

Zelizer mentions the eventual rise of e-banking and the ability to put restrictive uses even on money transferred from one person to another through such a system in a way that the money could only be used for a specific purpose (Zelizer used the example of buying office supplies). The use of such systems alreadyContinue reading “Reading Response 2/3: Payments and Social Ties”

Analyzing The Great Gatsby would require looking at the time that Fitzgerald wrote it, possibly finding if he spoke about his inspirations for the novels at any point or what scholars who study literature believe about the piece to build a foundation for analysis. Next, I would focus on the social class representations in theContinue reading “1/29 Engagement Activity”

Question: What is one piece of culture (a song, movie, book) that you encountered recently that has to do with money? Answer contains spoilers for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby revolves around money heavily through the idea of Old Money versus New Money. Jay Gatsby worked to acquire wealth purely forContinue reading “1/29 Question of the Day”