Blog 3 2011

SHATTERING STEREOTYPES ABOUT IMMIGRANT WORKERS

Perhaps one of the more common arguments against the illegal immigrants is the one that blame the illegal for taken the jobs that the Americans can do and promote the under pain, but as a Altman explain that is and argument that base in a stereotypes of the illegal immigrant profile, and is only a minority the ones that fit in that group.

His exploration in the topic, show that far from that stereotype, is the reality, he even state that the immigrant work force allow the American workers, to step ahead and get better jobs, due to the fact that they can support then and the undesirables jobs are also fill for this job black market.

He mention that the low wages are also a mitt because actually the immigrants are not working for less than 5 dollars and hr, in fact most of them make at least $8 or $9 an hr and is normal find wages between $10 and $20.(Altman.682-684)

In my personal view, I have a lot to say, due to the fact that I’m an immigrant, and in the ten years that I be living like that, I learn and discover from my own experience or the people around me, some of the faces of this subject, and the ones explain for Altman have a strong fundament.

About the stereotypes, is indubitable the misperception of the reality, to the point that as an immigrant you feel that the right that you have to be consider innocent until proven guilty, is apply back words, because you are guilty of be illegal until you prove you are not, is ironic this kind of contradiction in a country that is known as the major defender of the civil rights.

Touching the main argument about the mitt that the illegal’s take jobs from the Americans, I personally believe is just a joke, because is precisely the abundance of job opportunities that promote the immigration from other countries, and I can ensure that, because in all this years living in the US I always been with a job and no just one, it was one time where I have up to 4 jobs, all at the same time, and in when I wanted to switch jobs, I was able to do it without major problems, ok maybe in my case don’t count that much because most of the time I had legal papers to work but around me I meet a lot of people that didn’t have the papers and any way they find jobs, and a lot of times they don’t even speak basic English.

That is probably way I strongly believe that the immigrants are here not to take the job from the Americans, they are here to take the jobs that the Americans don’t want to do, and for the spirit of overcoming that a lot of the immigrants have they will be here to take the jobs that the Americans cannot do either.

   

Altman Daniel “SHATERING STEREOTYPES ABOUT IMMIGRANT WORKERS” PERSPECTIVES ON ARGUMENT. Prentice Hall. New Jersey: Pearson, 2009. 682-684. Print

Blog # 2 2011

Eliminate paper. Liberate you cool

The title of my blog is the same of the slogan of the ad at the pg 216 of our book, Advertising a brand of scanners, where they argue trough the picture, that the digital documents is a way to be a cool person. And  the book present this advertising as a visual argument, because is obvious that are more meanings in the message, and a implicit way to support it, then when you considered under the environmental view you find more ideas to argue about it.

Therefore under this view I find an interesting topic for my essay, The use of the technology, to replace the traditional way of presenting documents and avoid the waste of paper.

I say waste because for most of the print documents, is a way to be read from a digital resources like Computers, PDA’s ( Personal Digital Assistant) or smart Phones.

And if the paper is not use, saves money and time in many ways, also in the environmental side save trees, which they are the lungs of the earth, but seems to me, that sometimes we forget that.

Any way I’m hoping to be able to develop my essay around this topic due to fact that I’m a fanatic of the technology and I want to discover the other faces that this issue can have, and  find the reason why is taking that long the transition to this new tendency.

I remember when the photography was in film and many people thought that was inconvenient the evolution to the digital world. But today the use of the film barely survives and we enjoy the advantages of the digital formats. 

Blog #1 2011

The flavor of life.

The text show me a few definitions of what arguments minds where basically in my understanding is determine the points of view that certain statement can have, and the tools or resources I use to support it my position, and commonly is not a unique consensus in favor, against or in the middle, and also each position can have different arguments to validate the agreement or disagreement.

From my personal position as a husband, father of three kids or in my job the arguments happens all the time and not always your position is the one that prevails  over  the others, but most of the times I try to support very good my position based in my experience or   personal knowledge, because when I am able to support my arguments is easier to convince the other to follow you, in addition I’m very  likely to find set myself on the middle or common ground where I don’t have to be black or white, because I realize that  if I take the main arguments of each side a lot of times, I will be able to take the best of both words and mixed in a solution that may conform both sides of the debate.

Anyhow is clear for me, and I agree with the people that say that without augments the life will be really boring, or that the problems to solve, bring sense to our life’s.

I’m my home country we use the expression “la salsa de la vida” in reference to the idea above which translates from the Spanish as the flavor or juice of the life.