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Oral and written communication is a critical skill to everyday life and in any professional field. This skill is essential to fully express thoughts and ideas to the people around us and society. Through this skill one can fully exercise their role in society for the betterment of political ideas in improving the lives of others and their own.

This skill is crucial to my major because it allows others and myself to comprehend my ideas and thoughts in other subjects and in my future work field.

This class strengthens this skill in daily writing, oral discussions, and rhetoric essays.

Communication skills Orally and written will help me in my future career by allowing others to completely understand the subject at hand that I am explaining and what others are trying to let me understand. For example, peoples wants or needs when it comes to dentistry.

1. Topic: The evidence on why de-extinction of the wooly mammoth is unethical.

2. Thesis: “I will build a case for why Church’s de-extinction of the woolly mammoth is unethical and shouldn’t be practiced in the future”.

3. Jacob Burgess list his arguments in a unique structure. Starting with the third paragraph entailing the philosophical evidence with two sub claims in the fourth and fifth paragraph. The sixth and seventh paragraph contain two practical arguments with evidence. The eight paragraph being the counterclaim and the ninth paragraph being the rebuttal.

4. Three pieces of evidence.

1. Ben Mezrich, the author of Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History’s Most Iconic ExtinctCreatures, notes, “… I believe—and I think most conservationists agree—that bringing back an extinct species like the mammoth is less playing God than it is correcting something we did” (Worrall).
2.  Ronald Sandler in “The Ethics of Reviving Long Lost Species” notes that whether or not a de-extinction project might be hubris depends on its intentions. Sandler contends that a de-extinction project could be considered hubris if, “… it is pursued as a tool to help design ecological systems as we would want them to be…” or to “… assuage our guilt without adequate respect for the value of nature…” Church’s de-extinction project appears to be motivated by both of these ideas. For one, he and his team intend to design a genetically modified, Asian elephant that will be only similar to a woolly mammoth – not a genetically identical one (Chung).
3. Zoology professor Matthew Cobb brings up a significant problem, “… the mammoth was not simply a set of genes, it was a social animal, as is the modern Asian elephant. What will happen when the elephant-mammoth hybrid is born? How will it be greeted by elephants?” (Devlin)

5. At first, I believed that bringing up the wooly mammoth from extinction had nothing to do with ethics and was ultimately in favor to bring them back, but when reading through the argumentative essay my opinion was immediately changed. The style was different yet flowed great and captivated my attention. The philosophical aspect engaged my attention and then what captivated my opinion was the evidence shown that proved why the de-extinction of the wooly mammoth is truly unethical.

Listing Thesis

Through the use of boosting local economy, creating jobs, and bringing tourism to places where there is none, gambling proves itself to be a great asset to the economy in which it should be legalized.

One rhetorical appeal is the appeal of logos in logic through my statement of gambling bettering the economy in a multitude of ways. This fact can be found in casinos across Nevada, where they brought in 14.8 billion in gambling revenue. A new all time high annual record, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Pathos is also used in the example of creating new jobs for those who have none. The poverty line has always been a tremendous problem but gambling aids in alleviating this crisis.

I know that people in congress or the state have been concerned about the youth getting into nicotine and have raised the age limit of vaping or purchasing a vape from 18 to 21.

I believe that it is entirely someone’s own choice whether they would like to put certain chemicals into one owns body if they are of the legal age to do such acts by law. Smoking in public is also terrible for those who inhale the second hand smoke and could be dangerous for people who are at risk of contracting diseases or with diseases. The restriction of age is a great factor to help the youth have some time to think about what they will be getting into, because of how highly addictive nicotine is.

People have their rights to do what they so chose to do if the law allows it. The restriction of requiring an adult of 21 years of age to purchase a vape has made it harder for the youth to acquire vapes.

Nicotine has been proven to be extremely addictive and harmful for the human body, when such chemicals are inhaled and entered the body. Flavored vapes have also been banned in California which makes it less appealing to the younger generations.

1. An example of a good argument is the commercial for the product “Scrub Daddy” since it embodies the structure needed to convince an audience of a new must-have. The commercial lists traits of the product and how they are superior when compared to the standard sponge.

2. Arguments can generally be divided into four major key components, such as claim, reason, support, and warrant. 
3. Appeals such as ethos, pathos, and logos make a good argument through the credibility, logic, and emotions drawn from the reader by the author.
4. An effective argument is organized as follows: introduce the problem, present your claim or thesis, support your claim, acknowledge the opposing side of the argument, and lastly restate your claim.

Activity 3/30 Revisiting the argument

1. The argument for the “Scrub daddy” sponge works effectively to bring in the consumer through Logos, Pathos and, Ethos. I would even add that the argument also contains Kairos, since there is no alterative for dishwasher sponges in todays day in age and cleaning dishes is an everyday chore that can be made easier with the “Scrub Daddy.”

2. The argument is already persuasive but adding even more rhetorical appeals would only emphasize its need for purchase.

3. The argument contains logos by the logical appeal that it would convenience the costumer. One could argue that pathos is also used through realizing how great of a convenience and lift off of a burden it is to accomplish the chore of washing dishes faster.

The most recent debate and persuasive argumentative conversation that I have had was with my friend Naomi, regarding whether or not a rapture is going to happen in the Christian Religion.

This experience went well but definitely unfinished. I showed my friend real Biblical context and evidence that would disprove one of their fundamental verses proving that a rapture is bound to happen and even showed her the original Greek literature, but she proceeded to be put off by it and not respond further.

She was eventually put off by my commentary and evidence and proceeded to not continue the argument. She had no visual signs of anger or frustration which is a win in my book.

I can draw a successful experience from this incident because I showed her my evidence onto why I believe what I believed and had no emotional quarrel with her whether she agreed or disagreed. I will always be ready to face questioning while in a debate.

Discussion

Arguments can generally be divided into four major key components, such as claim, reason, support, and warrant.

Technology does change the way people express themselves and has made tremendous advancements in the way people write and communicate. Technology provides people with a range of basic information to the most profound information one needs to build a research paper on, in contrast from the past where information only came from literature in paper copies. Another major advancement that has aided people in most recent times has been in the form of ChatGPT or artificial intelligence. This artificial intelligence does the work for the user in which ever topic is needed or whichever question needs to be answered, of course teachers do not like this form of advancement too much because it takes away the hard work and effort needed from a human to practice their writing in assignments. There exist other applications that help if one does want to put in the effort to write and later correct their writings, such as Grammarly.

I heavily rely on Grammarly tp correct my format or my grammar when all the hard work is done and the last details are needed to complete my writing to its most perfect form. Grammarly has definitely changed my writing habits from making a few grammatical errors to almost none. This application also corrects my consciousness when writing to make it appeal to my audience when I need it to.

Session 2

I am fairly familiar with the most common AI-powered writing tools, tools such as Chat GPT, Word tune, and Grammarly.

My opinion on AI-powered writing tools is a more supportive opinion for them because they help people sharpen their skills in writing when used correctly and learn from their mistakes that are being corrected by the tool rather than being lazy and using the tool to do all the work for them. These tools can be extremely helpful but also harmful to a writer, so it depends in which way they are being used. I believe the educational system should not adopt these tools because they can obviously hinder certain writers, rather they should hire tutors to reteach grammar to students who need it or want to refresh their memory on it.

AI-Powered tools will completely change the way people write for the better when used correctly because they can teach grammar in a way and always correct the faulty mistakes we make on papers. These tool will help pedagogy in an at home setting when a student is having trouble with a paper and needs grammar correction or consciousness correction.

I believe my most recent and unforgettable interpersonal/social interaction would be my interaction with the oral maxillofacial surgeon I shadowed and his colleague. This interaction looked amazing to me. In this interaction, I was meeting real surgeons and medical professionals and I needed to come off strong and passionate to be there while also thankful for the opportunity they had given me to experience and learn more about the medical field. The professionals noticed how interested I was and how well my social skills were, which they said will help me in the medical field a great deal.

This interaction happened to be a positive interaction that is unforgettable and memorable to me because it emphasizes who I am and how I can come off to other people in a professional work field.

My strength when it comes to social interaction is employing good manners and expressing myself thoroughly. I believe a great component in social interaction is having respect for the other person which I believe I execute well. A limit or weakness of mine could be my attention span when I come across a topic with another person that does not peak my interest. I try to give the other person my undivided attention but sometimes I physically can not control my attention span. This is definitely an aspect I need to spend some time working on.

What was the reason(s) why you wanted to become an orthodontist? And why would someone choose this career? 

How long does it take to become an orthodontist and what classes should you take to become an orthodontist? 

What is a normal day like at work? 

Do you find your job fun or kind of boring? 

What school or schools did you attend and how long did it take to obtain your degree? 

What do you find most rewarding? 

After I become an orthodontist or dentist, how much money can I expect to earn? 

What challenges do you face as an orthodontist? 

Describe a time when you collaborated with other professionals, such as dentists or oral surgeons, to develop a treatment plan for a patient. Was it successful? 

What professional association memberships and affiliations do you have? 

Describe your most successful orthodontics case. What factors contributed to your success? 

What was the most difficult experience of your orthodontic residency? 

Why did you decide on orthodontics after dental school? 

What are your greatest strengths as an orthodontist? 

What are some challenges that you think someone would face becoming a dentist or orthodontist? 

The purpose of my interview is to obtain a deeper understanding of the purpose, work environment, and education of orthodontics and dentistry. 

These questions are proper questions that only incite more knowledge of in the work field and educational field of being and becoming a dentist or orthodontist.  

After reading the interview that was conducted on Sarah barrow the Olympic gold medalist. I learned a great deal about the life of a great Olympic athlete who not only focused her time on the sport but also managed to juggle her education at the same time and was proactive in finding her life after her retirement.

Two major takeaways from the interview about Sarah was how she spoke about not only focusing the majority of her time on the sport but also managed to pursue her education in sports medicine at the same time. The second major takeaway was how she speaks about herself and how others view her or athletes in wok fields. Sarah describes herself as someone with a great work ethic who is determined to do anything he puts her mind to and which is why she is a valuable asset in the work field. Some athletes are not given the same chances to obtain a job as easily as she did through the help of the ACT, and which is why it is hard for athletes after retirement to find a reliable job.

The interview report was structured in asking questions not only about her experience in the Olympic sport but also asking questions regarding her childhood, school life, emotional experiences, and life after the sport. The interview also appeared to be through an email of some sort, which is different from an in person interview. The responses seem to go in depth and deeply though tout overtime rather than a quick response that just comes to mind. I believe this could be a better way to interview a person because it allows the person to go into detail and emotional depth.

The purpose of this interview is to see what the life of a professional athlete is like, not only in the sport but childhood, university, and retirement. The questions asked were emotionally based, challenge based, and experience based. Each question allowed the athlete to fully express their whole life regarding how the sport has affected her life.

Some questions such as “Do you miss professional sport?,” “How did you balance elite sport with studying?,” “What did you enjoy most about being a professional sportswoman?” These questions in the interview serve as evidence for the purpose of the interview of the athlete’s life.