Unit 2 - is "good Job" not good?

Parenting without doubt is a hard job where you learn as you go.  There is no specific manual that guides you step by step on how to be a parent.  The writer sounded like he did not have any children because on his examples on how to approach children he didn’t use his own experiences (ethos) so I do not believe what he is saying is necessarily true.  With him being a writer and educator does not make him an expert on how to treat children.  His ethos on the first paragraphs didn’t seem fair to me at all, on the contrary, he seemed to be criticizing anyone who ever uses the phrase “good job” with children. 

With me being a mother of three children, soon four, this article of course caught my attention. 

Those of us that have children know that you have to adjust to each child’s needs because each one has their own personality and are motivated in different ways.  The generalization that the writer uses on his article offended me that I don’t use this phrase too often, I can just imagine how offending it was too those that do use the phrase more often.  Actually, I do tend to use the phrase “good job” very often during the early stages of my children and move on to different ones as their vocabulary and understanding expands.  For example, I am not going to tell my one year old daughter the same thing I tell my eight year old, “I am happy you ate all your food so that you can grow big and healthy;” she is not going to understand everything I said.  In this case I would definitely say “good job” right after she’s done eating so that she gets the concept that the praise was for her eating.  As the children grow I think they need a little more than just a “good job” not just because they are older and understand but also because if not it will seem to them they like you are just saying it because you don’t have the time to acknowledge what they are doing and “good job” just seems like the quickest and easiest way to get them off your back.

So, is “good job” a bad thing?  I don’t think so as long as you really mean it and change the praising phrase as your children grow older and they don’t get tired of hearing the same thing over and over.  Children aren’t really looking for a “reward” (like the writer said), they are looking for our attention. 

Response to Jacob Robertson's Comp. 2 Blog: Comp 2 - Unit 1 Blog : Legalization of Marijuana

Jacob Robertson's Comp. 2 Blog: Comp 2 - Unit 1 Blog : Legalization of Marijuana: "Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/22/majority-of-voters-oppose-prop-19-new-poll-shows/ ..."

I have to agree with you on this topic. The argumentation they use to convince voters to pass this law is a very good one - medical cure, but unfortunately that is not the only reason that it will be used for. I think like you that financial interest is the main hidden reason behind it.
People that don't use it for medicinal purposes will start using it more because it will then be legal.
Lowell lives in CO where this was approved and can testify to the fact that people do abuse it. Those that have the license to buy the drug will do so and provide it to those who don't need it. Take for instance where he works as security guard he sees high school students smoking this in front of others but unfortunately can't do anything about it because they have a card that says they are authorized to do so.
Its just like now there are many controlled substances used to treat depression and "not anyone can" them but in reality it is a drug that many people use because it is provided or sold to them by those that "can" use it.

Jacquelin Patena: Comp II

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English, the Official Language of Oklahoma

 The United States is one of the major centers of commerce and trade where the majority of the

country speaks English, thus most people assume that is the official language. Well, in

Oklahoma, now at least it will be the official language. On November 2nd, Oklahoma residents

voted yes on State Question 751: English official language for OK? This amendment means

that all state business be conducted in English only, the only exception would be Native

American languages.

Kathryn Harvey with Immigration Reform for Oklahoma. said, "We feel the cost alone for

interpretations and printing of how many people require or request their languages be printed

is an unnecessary cost to the taxpayer."

My question is: Do those taxpayers speak English only? The truth is this country is one of

immigrants. There are so many languages spoken in this country that the United States has

never declared an official language so why should a state have to make its own exceptions. I

don’t really agree with the above but if we consider this push, made by State Representative

Randy Terrill, that came up due to a lawsuit by an Iranian couple of Bartlesville who complained

the state refused to give them a drivers license test in Farsi.

In thus case, he is avoiding unnecessary costs for us taxpayers.

Sources: http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-votes-to-make-english-official-language/article/3510663


http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/med-magazine/May2006/38-UK-US-Culture.htm