A post of ....whatever

This weeks assignment is to write about anything I want, so, I think I will tell you all a story.

It was a cold morning, not the frigid cold that every so often forces Clemson students to run for the warmth of the indoors, but cold non the less. A lone figure with his hands stuffed inside his jacket pockets dodged puddles as he attempted to cross bowman field. He realized he failed when he felt the mud water lap against his ankles. He tried to jump out of Bowman Lake quickly but as always it was futile and he had to finish his trudge to class with soaking wet socks.
I have born witness to this man and been him on several occasions. The moral is leave with plenty of time to get to class so you don't think that crossing Bowman field/lake is a good idea.

Without Wax,

Cover Letters

I agree with almost everything that was written in these articles about cover letters. The only place I differ is on the P.S. part. I don't think that the way they worded the sample part of the P.S. of the letter would come across positively in a potential employer's mind.
I found that I did not know that a cover letter should not be written about me, but rather should explain what I can bring to the company. I found this section of these articles to be the most helpful. I also fully intend to use this strategy when witting my own cover letter for this class.

Without Wax,

Interviewing

After reading several more than the two interviewing articles required for class I am required to respond. I find it odd that Professor Angie assumes (in her blog for this assignment) that we students won't need to interview for real until we graduate. Apparently most college students don't apply for summer internships (oh well, all the more jobs available for me to choose from). As a matter of fact, I've already been in several interviews and face many more in the next two weeks (searching for a summer internship).

Just to continue the negative feeling my last blog had, the article "Mastering the Interview" gave horrible advice. One paragraph title was Prepare Prepare Prepare. This may seem like a excellent thing, but in my experience the more effort I put into preparing for an interview the worse I do. There is a obvious amount of preparing that should be done. For example, Dressing up and doing everything necessary to look nice, researching the company/job position, and making sure that you have a few short stories about yourself ready to share for the obvious questions (for example, tell us about a time you failed/succeeded).To really show your strengths though, it is better to know yourself and not have yourself memorized . When you just state back what you have memorized employers can feel the unrealness and are less prone to hire you. The experiences you have on the resume are your's there is no need to memorize you, it should be natural to tell people about who you are and what you have done.

In an attempt to turn this blog into something positive I read the article "Worst-Case Scenario Survival Tactics for Job Seekers". I loved it. I was in the stumped question scenario with one of the first interviews I ever had. I tried buying time with a number of stalling techniques and I am glad I am not alone and that it is even considered a decent strategy (if done correctly of course).If I have taken nothing else away from this I now have some good ways to divert complete interview disaster.

Without wax,

Picking Your Nose Is Healthy?

I have another assignment this week so here goes.

According to http://www.kidzworld.com/article/4361-is-picking-your-nose-and-eating-it-good-for-you

Australian Lung specialist Dr. Fredrick claims the picking your nose and eating it might not only be O.K., but that it is actually good for you! He has two supporting reasons for this. 1. The nose is kept cleaner nose do to fingers getting places handkerchiefs cannot and 2. "Eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body's immune system. The nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria is collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like a medicine."

This article uses two forms of persuasion very well. It establishes Ethos by informing us that the source of the information is a respected Doctor. Then the article uses Logos to explain why picking your nose and eating it is healthy. The article, however, fails to use pathos or emotional appeal very effectively.
when it comes to comparing or contrasting this article with other persuasive works it generally fails in comparison. For example, DR. MLK's letter used all forms of rhetoric extraordinarily well (enough said); while our in class speaker had poor pathos and logos abilities and very little ethos to stand on when it came to public speaking. She was new to recruiting, she rabbit trailed way to much during her speech and she tried to tie things together that didn't correlate. This poor use of rhetoric was rather funny due to that fact that she was trying to teach us how to be persuasive.

I would rather read another article about picking ones nose than have her speak in class again.

I apologize for this scalding review but I'm just keeping it real.

Once again without wax,