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Reflection

Intended audience: college athletes

Purpose: to show why college athletes should not get paid

        Should College Athletes be Paid?

            This has been a debate that has been going on for decades. Should college athletes be paid for playing a sport. There are many pros and cons to this debate. The NCAA classifies Division One football players as amateurs, nonprofessionals, student athletes, and non-employees which is how colleges get away with paying student athletes nothing. I propose that the colleges should not allow the student athletes to get paid. 

            They are student athletes not employees. They are amateurs, not professionals. This article written by Marshall on USA Today, states something that someone pointed out; that college athletes should get paid due to their performance. After this statement Marshall said: although they are putting their bodies on the line, they are doing it voluntarily. This is describing that just because the athletes perform at this level and put their body on the line doesn’t entitle them to a paycheck. Another point is that some colleges don’t make enough money to pay the athletes. There are some sports that bring in more money that others. This will make it hard for schools to pay athletes fairly.

            Nobody even knows who would be paying the college athletes. Would it be the school, the whole athletic program, or just a specific sport? Right now, when watching college athletes who are not getting paid, they play with passion and drive. When you are an athlete you play for the game not the money. In high school when you play a sport and when college coaches look at you for recruiting, they look for the passion and love for the game. If an athlete shows that he or she has a bad attitude towards not getting paid and saying that’s its not even worth it. That shows right there that they are now just in it for the money. They may have once had the passion and heart for the game, but they lost it and all they want is the money.

      Not every sport has the same opportunity. This article written by John Brill stated that the NCAA basketball and football programs generate more than $6 billion yearly. There is a promise to these players to get a free education. If these players do not get paid then it should not hold players back from wanting to enter the professional game. It was stated that since football and basketball make that much money they should be entitled to some monetary compensation for their work. A reason the NCAA does not want to pay college athletes is to maintain the amateur status of its reputation. The U.S. news provides the definition of amateur to “someone who engages in activity for fun, not remuneration” (Brill). A statistic was given that over $770 million was generated in TV rights on “March madness”. The only reason why this exists is the players themselves, but they are reaping none of these benefits. It was stated that although student athletes are getting paid with a college education, they cannot get the same value out of the education because of the already intense time commitment of the sport that has given them the opportunity to be in school. At the end it says “the point is that the players should get something in return for their time because most rational fans know that basketball and football players are not normal students” (Brill). This shows that if paying athletes were to follow through that it would not be fair. There is no need to put money toward paying college athletes when they get all the equipment, clothing, and more they want anyway. As stated above, “an amateur is someone who engages in activity for fun, not remuneration” (Brill). College athletes just be playing the sport because they love it, not for the money. All college athletes out in the same amount of work and commitment as the others. Baseball players worked hard enough to get the same scholarship as a football would. How would it be fair if one or the other got paid and one did not? Still, once again, nobody would know where the money would come from to pay the athletes.

According to Marquette Scholarship Laws, there is a main focus on competitive balance. Since restricting pay does not promote competitive balance, then what does? The answer that was given in the article is exploitation. The definition that was given to exploitation; a worker is exploited if their economic value is greater than their wages. By looking at data, it shows that many college athletes are generating more revenue than they are being paid. Duke pays about 17.9% of what they make to their head men’s basketball coach. There was many statistics given from other colleges and other players. It is a fact that college athletes do bring in a lot of revenue and it may be a good idea for college athletes to get paid, but the athletes are getting paid in a different way, such as scholarships.

How would it be fair if the coaches got a pay cut just to pay their athletes? The coaches put just as much or even more time in than the athletes do. Coaches for each sport go around to high schools constantly looking for athletes to find for their program. Once an athlete gets an offer, the coach will usually continue to go to games to watch their soon to be athlete. They are at every practice, game, and any other event happening. The NCAA puts on the money into equipment, clothing, and many other things in the program which is what should happen. The athletes love receiving that. If they were to get paid, then they would have to buy the apparel with their own money.

Again, I propose that the colleges should not allow the student athletes to get paid. I discussed that the college athletes are not professionals, but amateurs. They are students, not employees. When the athletes bring in revenue, the schools wouldn’t know how to pay the student athletes. Finally, each sport brings in different revenues and I discussed the different statistics about that topic. A scholarship is something that is earned, and many people love to receive. There is no logical reasoning why student athletes should get paid.

Works Cited

Marshall, Blake, and The Daily Utah Chronicle. “Should Athletes Be Paid to Play?” USA Today,

Gannett Satellite Information Network, 20 Oct. 2016, college.usatoday.com/2016/10/20/should-athletes-be-paid-to-play/.

scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1681&context=sportslaw.

                                        Intended audience: hunters

Purpose: to inform them about hunting

          The Hunt

            When spring rolls around the grass is green, the flowers are blooming, and the birds are chirping…and not your typical soft chirp birds, I’m talking about a turkey. It’s the spring turkey hunt and this is the story of the first time I shot a turkey.

            My family and I are big into hunting and fishing, we take a trip up north every year and fish for a week in the summer and hunt deer and turkey back here in the fall and the spring. We enjoy being outdoors and being out in the nature, but for me I take it seriously. I go out I put blinds up and I feed them and put trail cameras up to scout them.

            Ill take the time to figure out what the turkeys are doing at specific times, when they are in the field and when they roost and where they roost. When the turkey season rolls around I won’t have a lot of free time.  I drew the second season and my season was three weeks away. I scouted them and learned what they were doing. The night before my season started I knew where they roosted.

            The next morning, I went to the same spot and set my blind and decoys and waited for the birds to fly down. I called a bit and they gobbled and I knew they were coming I did my homework and was ready for them. They eventually flew down into the field and once they saw my decoys they came a running. When they hit the decoy I just watched them for a bit until I got the right shot. I had six birds to choose from. I chose the biggest one and pulled the trigger. It went down, and it was an unbelievable feeling.

            When you put in all the hard work and dedication and it pays off, you feel proud of what you did. This was my first turkey, so it made it even more special. I plan to hunt for as long as I can and hope to learn a lot more from hunting.

                                    Reflection:

There are many things that I have learned throughout this ENGL 101 course. I feel that my knowledge of writing, reading and analyzing contexts has grown from the beginning of the semester until now. My communication skills have been expanded throughout the semester, but still could improve. They have expanded due to doing the homework, writing assignments, and talking in front of the class. My writing and analyzing skills improved tremendously after each assignment. They improved due to the amount of assignments given which gave me the opportunity to grow as a writer. This course made me realize that I will always be using English in my daily life in many different circumstances.

At the beginning of the semester I felt that I struggled with all three of these categories, but as the semester went on I felt that I improved quite a bit. The practice that we did everyday with the discussion board helped a ton. Every day we were learning something new. Recognizing basic elements of persuasive and argumentative writing was the one category that came easiest to me. I could recognize the difference between persuasive and argumentative just by starting to rea d the first paragraph of a certain piece. Having to repeat all of these throughout each assignment made me grow and improve. I also could learn from each assignment and how to make the next better. I would say that the making rhetorical choices consistently with a controlling purpose came the hardest to me. I felt through each assignment that would be the one I struggled with.  I felt that it was hard for me to come up with consistent rhetorical choices as I did not completely understand how all rhetorical choices could be consistent.

Reading texts actively and analytically came easies to me because I have experienced that category in some of my other classes before. I felt I met this category by always being able to identify the purpose and audience. When I was given an assignment to read or watch something I would always think about the purpose of that piece and who it was mainly intended for. As well as writing my assignments I would think of the main purpose and audience to make it clear for the reader. I struggled with making informed connections and distinctions among others’ ideas as well as between one’s own ideas and those of others. I struggled with this because it would be hard for me to look at other people’s point of view as well as mine. I knew that it would help me improve if I looked at others’ ideas and combined them with mine. When I read another person’s paper I never can really connect with what they are writing about. My comprehensive skills are not the best. The practice that we did this semester helped me learn how to comprehend material easier and faster. It made reading papers more enjoyable knowing that what I was reading made sense to me. I will use this skill every day in my career in education.

I felt these categories were the most helpful for me this semester. By learning the basics of academic research, that is where I would start with all of my assignments. Learning how to use academic databases and library search engines was not only useful for me during this class, but as well as for all my other classes as well. Also, being able to look for the credibility came pretty easily to me as well. Discovering the importance of scope in selecting topics also came easy to me. I thought that I met being able to critique the work of others, but felt it was kind of hard for me. I struggled with revising my pieces because I would never know what to revise, what was not understood, and how to revise it in general. That has always been a struggle for me growing up and writing papers or reading literature When I have some guidance or someone to give me a start and lead me in the right direction, it comes a lot easier to me and it is something that I can work with. The peer reviews that we did in class were a great tool for me to use because it gave me a second opinion on what my paper was like and what work needed to be done on it. I feel that having a second opinion is the greatest tool that can help a writer out.

I felt that I met the category of using conventions of structure, style, grammar, mechanics, and format appropriate to the rhetorical situation. I have mainly used grammar, style, and structure through all my English classes growing up, as well as hitting on it in this course as well. Every assignment I felt I would grow on each thing in this category. I thought I struggled with understanding what it means to join an academic ‘conversation’ on a topic, and practicing accurate, ethical, and appropriate usage of primary and secondary sources. I could not really tell the difference between primary and secondary sources which is why I felt I struggled with it. Coming up with how to join academic conversations was just a topic that did not come easy to me. When writing assignments, it would take me more time to figure out how to meet this category.

In my major of education, I will use all of these concepts in everyday situations. In education you use communication every day, like teaching your students, speaking in front of the school board, and even writing an email to your fellow colleagues. I will use these skills for the next years in my college education. These may be simple skills that we have, but they will make a big difference when applying for jobs, grants, and even communicating to people. I feel like this course will help me tremendously in the future and I’m glad that I took this course. I would recommend it to people that want to succeed in English.  

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Narrative essay

The Hunt

                When spring rolls around the grass is green, the flowers are blooming, and the birds are chirping…and not your typical soft chirp birds, I’m talking about a turkey. It’s the spring turkey hunt and this is the story of the first time I shot a turkey.

                My family and I are big into hunting and fishing, we take a trip up north every year and fish for a week in the summer and hunt deer and turkey back here in the fall and the spring. We enjoy being outdoors and being out in the nature, but for me I take it seriously. I go out I put blinds up and I feed them and put trail cameras up to scout them.

                Ill take the time to figure out what the turkeys are doing at specific times, when they are in the field and when they roost and where they roost. When the turkey season rolls around I won’t have a lot of free time.  I drew the second season and my season was three weeks away. I scouted them and learned what they were doing. The night before my season started I knew where they roosted.

                The next morning, I went to the same spot and set my blind and decoys and waited for the birds to fly down. I called a bit and they gobbled and I knew they were coming I did my homework and was ready for them. They eventually flew down into the field and once they saw my decoys they came a running. When they hit the decoy I just watched them for a bit until I got the right shot. I had six birds to choose from. I chose the biggest one and pulled the trigger. It went down, and it was an unbelievable feeling.

                When you put in all the hard work and dedication and it pays off, you feel proud of what you did. This was my first turkey, so it made it even more special. I plan to hunt for as long as I can and hope to learn a lot more from hunting.

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buying local

Logan Miller

COMP 1

Glenda Jones

March 20th, 2018

  1.       Spriggs established the importance by talking about what her family did and made this an issue. She has been interested ever since she was a young girl.

2.       The counter arguments that she brings up is that “we should buy the food from the region where it grows best" she agrees with this but thinks you should buy locally. Helps everyone out like the local farmers and the economy.

3.       In the second paragraph on pg. 154 I found it to be effective it talked about how small farms are more sustainable, eco friendly model than big commercial farms, buying local for example, would reduce the high cost of fuel and energy used to transport food across the world and would bring long term benefits as well.

4.       On pg. 152 there is a picture of a small polyculture farm. It shows how much goes into planting crops just to make money. There is a lot of work and takes a lot of people to do that work.

                                Buying Local

                There are many reasons why it is important to buy local, it is beneficial to the economy to buy local. When we go to the grocery store we just expect the produce to be there. We don’t really think where the food come from or how it gets there. It is important to think where the food comes from and support the local producers.

                When we buy locally, eventually it will run out. We won’t know how to get or how to produce the food. This will force the producers and the farmers to come up with new ways to produce, in their fields and in the barn.  Believe that this will help raise the production dramatically.

                Second, we will know where the food is coming from and will become socially interactive with the farmers and the community members. We don’t always know the truth of where the food comes from. When buying local you will know exactly where the produce is coming from and the steps it took to make that produce. It will give us the community a better understanding when it is on your table.

                The third is the effects it has on the environment. It is more sustainable, ecofriendly. Buying locally would reduce the high cost of fuel and energy used to transport food across the world. This will make it easier on the farmers. Easier transportation and get the produce to the stores faster, then the consumers can buy them.

                When buying local it is easier, can be cheaper and better for the environment. It only takes a little splash to make a big change. Buying local will improve the environment tremendously. It will spread across the world and bring the economy together and make it better.

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Application

Logan Miller

N4470 440th st Menomonie, WI 54751 | [phone] | [email protected]

Education

menomonie high school, menomonie wisconsin

·     Graduated May 2016

·     GPA: 3.1

university of wisconsin- Stout

·     Current First Year Student

·     Special Education Major

Skills & Abilities

·     2 Years of French Completed

·     Hardworking

·     Patient

·     Reliable

·     Good Time Management

·     Responsible

Experience

County Worker | Dunn COUNTY | June 2016-August 2016

·     Flag

·     Wash trucks

·     Patch roads

Baseball coach | menomonie high school | March 2017-may-2016

·     Come up with lessons

·     Teach skills

Worker at target | target | OCtober 2016-February 2017

Stock Shelves

Unload trucks

concrete layer | cr cooks concrete | May 2017-September 2017

·     Pour concrete

·     Clean boards

·     Set up boards

·     Clean trucks

hockey coach | menomonie high school | November 2017-Present

·     Come up with lessons

·     Video

·     Teach Skills

Honors and Activities

Menomonie high school

·     Completed over 75 hours of community service

·     Honor Roll Freshman-Senior Year

·     Hockey Freshman-Senior Year

·     Football Freshman-Senior Year

·     Baseball Freshman-Senior Year

References

Name

·     Jim Ferguson

·     [phone]

Name

·     Mike King

·     [phone]

Name

·     Matt Ellis

·     [phone]

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Revised Position Paper

Logan Miller

Dr. Jones

Proposal Paper

March 3rd, 2018

Should College Athletes be Paid?

            This has been a debate that has been going on for decades. Should college athletes be paid for playing a sport. There are many pros and cons to this debate. The NCAA classifies Division One football players as amateurs, nonprofessionals, student athletes, and non-employees which is how colleges get away with paying student athletes nothing. I propose that the colleges should not allow the student athletes to get paid.  

            They are student athletes not employees. They are amateurs, not professionals. This article written by Marshall on USA Today, states something that someone pointed out; that college athletes should get paid due to their performance. After this statement Marshall said: although they are putting their bodies on the line, they are doing it voluntarily. This is describing that just because the athletes perform at this level and put their body on the line doesn’t entitle them to a paycheck. Another point is that some colleges don’t make enough money to pay the athletes. There are some sports that bring in more money that others. This will make it hard for schools to pay athletes fairly.

            Nobody even knows who would be paying the college athletes. Would it be the school, the whole athletic program, or just a specific sport? Right now, when watching college athletes who are not getting paid, they play with passion and drive. When you are an athlete you play for the game not the money. In high school when you play a sport and when college coaches look at you for recruiting, they look for the passion and love for the game. If an athlete shows that he or she has a bad attitude towards not getting paid and saying that’s its not even worth it. That shows right there that they are now just in it for the money. They may have once had the passion and heart for the game, but they lost it and all they want is the money.

      Not every sport has the same opportunity. This article written by John Brill stated that the NCAA basketball and football programs generate more than $6 billion yearly. There is a promise to these players to get a free education. If these players do not get paid then it should not hold players back from wanting to enter the professional game. It was stated that since football and basketball make that much money they should be entitled to some monetary compensation for their work. A reason the NCAA does not want to pay college athletes is to maintain the amateur status of its reputation. The U.S. news provides the definition of amateur to “someone who engages in activity for fun, not remuneration” (Brill). A statistic was given that over $770 million was generated in TV rights on “March madness”. The only reason why this exists is the players themselves, but they are reaping none of these benefits. It was stated that although student athletes are getting paid with a college education, they cannot get the same value out of the education because of the already intense time commitment of the sport that has given them the opportunity to be in school. At the end it says “the point is that the players should get something in return for their time because most rational fans know that basketball and football players are not normal students” (Brill). This shows that if paying athletes were to follow through that it would not be fair. There is no need to put money toward paying college athletes when they get all the equipment, clothing, and more they want anyway. As stated above, “an amateur is someone who engages in activity for fun, not remuneration” (Brill). College athletes just be playing the sport because they love it, not for the money. All college athletes out in the same amount of work and commitment as the others. Baseball players worked hard enough to get the same scholarship as a football would. How would it be fair if one or the other got paid and one did not? Still, once again, nobody would know where the money would come from to pay the athletes.

According to Marquette Scholarship Laws, there is a main focus on competitive balance. Since restricting pay does not promote competitive balance, then what does? The answer that was given in the article is exploitation. The definition that was given to exploitation; a worker is exploited if their economic value is greater than their wages. By looking at data, it shows that many college athletes are generating more revenue than they are being paid. Duke pays about 17.9% of what they make to their head men’s basketball coach. There was many statistics given from other colleges and other players. It is a fact that college athletes do bring in a lot of revenue and it may be a good idea for college athletes to get paid, but the athletes are getting paid in a different way, such as scholarships.

How would it be fair if the coaches got a pay cut just to pay their athletes? The coaches put just as much or even more time in than the athletes do. Coaches for each sport go around to high schools constantly looking for athletes to find for their program. Once an athlete gets an offer, the coach will usually continue to go to games to watch their soon to be athlete. They are at every practice, game, and any other event happening. The NCAA puts on the money into equipment, clothing, and many other things in the program which is what should happen. The athletes love receiving that. If they were to get paid, then they would have to buy the apparel with their own money.

Again, I propose that the colleges should not allow the student athletes to get paid. I discussed that the college athletes are not professionals, but amateurs. They are students, not employees. When the athletes bring in revenue, the schools wouldn’t know how to pay the student athletes. Finally, each sport brings in different revenues and I discussed the different statistics about that topic. A scholarship is something that is earned, and many people love to receive. There is no logical reasoning why student athletes should get paid.

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Film Review

Logan Miller

Comp. 101

Dr. Jones

May 4th, 2018

  In the movie "42" it was a film in 2013 made about the life of Jackie Robinson the first African American baseball player. The film is directed by Brian Helgeland. He took the story of Mr. Robinson and put it into a movie. It shows what it took for Robinson to make in in the Major League. The movie displays racial and hurtful sayings the Robinson endured throughout his life. It is a film that is rated PG-13. IMBd gives the film rating a 7.5 out of ten. I would give it maybe the same or higher because of the plot line and the information that is portrayed during the film.

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FlashMob

Logan Miller

Dr. Jones

Comp. one

February 19th, 2018

              In our flash mob Deedra, Matt, and I did our flash mob on singing the Christmas tune “Deck the Halls.” The whole thing went well. We had a good plan and steps to make the plan work. It could have been a little clearer in the sense of the steps. We all contributed the same and worked together. We had one person brainstorming ideas, another looking up material and making steps to make the flash mob work, and then we had one person making the PowerPoint and slides. I learned that you need to have everyone here to work and everyone needs to work together, or nothing will be done. In the end I thought that our flash mob went well and it entertained the class.

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Marriage Proposal

When people get married they create a bond between two people that love each other so much, that they want to spend the rest of their lives together. It is a special bond that no one can break, and people dream of marrying their person. So, for my research I did my grandparents. They have been huge role models throughout my entire life and it only makes sense to write about them. My grandpa is from Menomonie, and my grandma is from Eau Claire. I asked my grandfather how he asked her and why he asked her. They never knew each other growing up, but one night after they graduated from high school they went on a blind double date. He said they wouldn't last. He said, "I was a farm boy, and she was a city girl," They talked off and on for about two months, then they ran into each other when she got a job in Menomonie. She came out to the farm and helped him milk cows and do the chores. He said after he saw what she could do on the farm and stuck with it he knew that she was the one. The thing was she didn't know. They dated for about three years before he popped the question. It wasn't anything special or anything that makes your jaw drop. He took her back to the spot where he fell in love with her, the farm. They were doing chores like any other day. They got all done with the chores and then he asked her as they get out of the barn. She said yes right away and got married two months later in September. They have been married for 56 years and they still do chores everyday together. I asked him my final question and it was, how do you guys stay together so long? His response was… “the bond that we have will never be broken and the love that we share is indescribable.”