I often watch the food network just to watch the chefs and the different types of meals they show people how to prepare. Since I been in this class I have noticed the difference in the different chefs that has their own shows. They are different because they all specialize in different food styles. For example the food network has someone that cooks Mexican food with a Mexican heritage, as well as Chinese, and any other type of food with someone that is from the heritage of the food they specialize in.  One of my favorite shows on the food network I watch is Iron Chef. Iron Chef is my favorite cooking show, because of how well chefs prepare the food. The show has five main chefs and different challenger chefs come on the show and pick which chef they would want to cook against. The chefs show a lot of diversity in this show when they prepare the food because they both have to make five different dishes out of a secret ingredient, and then they get judged by judges on visual, taste, and originality. This show is a lot of fun to watch because it is a competition and it is interesting to see what they chefs come up with from the different secret ingredients. I personally enjoy it when the Iron Chef wins the challenge, because they are the stars on the show. A lot of people watch the different cooking shows to learn how to make certain dishes, but I watch them see how good the food look and I just enjoy watching what all it takes to prepare different meals.

Humor

Humor in arguments can be both good and bad. It could be good because the person using humor in an argument can show people that they are down to earth and willing to relate to the people they are making the argument to, without being so serious about it. It can also show the person making an argument is a normal person that also have fun and still get a point across. I think that in debates and arguments it takes a lot of pressure off the person making the argument if they can joke around a little and show a different side to them. It also takes a lot off the audience in a way that they do not have to sit through a dry and boring 3 hour debate or argument. On the other hand it can be bad if the person making the argument is joking or showing the humor too much may not be taken as seriously by the audience, because it may come across that they are not taking what they say serious and is just kidding the whole time. It can also make the audience not take them seriously either and also make the debate or argument dry, boring, and not effective to getting the message across like it is intended to do. 

Obesity

Obesity is an ongoing epidemic in the world today, and some would be surprised at what is considered obese.  I have seen images of people who look far from overweight but are considered obese because of their BMI.  In chapter 10 of Everything’s an Argument, it says that “anything you eat beyond your immediate need for energy converts to fat.”  If this is the case, then I know a lot of people who should be on the verge of becoming obese because they eat well over the amount of food for the energy they need.  I do not think that it is fair to say, a person who has very little body fat showing obese because their BMI is over 30.  The media is trying to make it seem as though obesity has a lot to do with other health problems that are occurring, and I think they are doing this because they know that when others see someone overweight and in the hospital they automatically assume that other person’s health problems originated from their obesity.  We talked about this in class, but another thing that the media does put the spotlight on women when they gain a couple of pounds or a little heavier in a particular dress.  They do not do the same for men and I think that could possibly send out a negative message to younger girls who see this along with the Laws of Fat.  If teenage girls knew about the First Law of Fat they would be very self-conscious of what they ate and how much they ate. 

KING CORN!!!!

I really enjoyed the documentary King Corn.  I didn’t realize everything it took for me to be able to go buy a can of corn.  I didn’t think it took that long for corn to be ready to be eaten.  I wish they would have went into more detail about the different types of corn, for example, corn on the cob or cream corn.  It was interesting to me how you can use a strand of hair to test the amount of corn in your system.  I would have never thought that corn was such a huge topic of discussion amongst society.  In this class was the first time I heard about corn besides it being good.  I appreciate the gentlemen who decided to make a documentary about corn and the issues that it brings with it. 

Every since I viewed this documentary I have been very cautious of what I eat.  I was already on a strict diet because I am an athlete but now I feel like I can teat anything! Just seeing the animals in the video and what the corn was doing to them made me feel horrible.  Not only is this killing animals but it is also very harmful to human beings.  In the video a cab driver was telling his family history and how everyone in his immediate family has been diagnosed with diabetes and have either died from it or are on their deathbed right now.  It scares me to know that everything I eat and drink it can eventually lead up to diabetes and I don’t have anyone to walk be down the grocery isle and tell me what and what not to buy.  The documentary has made me very interested in corn and I want to continue to follow the issue on corn.

Whole Food Market

            My visit to the Whole Foods Market was very informative.  When I entered the market it appeared that it was designed for and catered to the wealthy community.  It was close to downtown and it wasn’t easy for people who live in east Austin to locate.  I have never been to Whole Foods Market so I didn’t really know what to expect, but I never thought a grocery store would have some of the things I saw. There were escalators, salad bars, and juice bars. I’ve never seen anything like it! Unfortunately I didn’t see one minority in the store shopping, there were one or two minorities working and that was it.  Made me feel out of place, and I really wanted to leave. 

            As I walked around the store I noticed that the prices were slightly higher than they are in a regular grocery store, but I figured because of the area it was in and the quality of the items in the store that the prices would be higher. I finally talked to a man who worked in the meat section and he used ethos to tell me why this store was different from HEB.  He told me that the reason that things in the store were a lot higher were because everything was natural and organic. None of the food in the store had been processed, contained artificial ingredients, or pesticides.  The medicine that they carried was even natural.  I’m sick right now so while I was there I was going to pick up some Theraflu and Nyquil but they told me they didn’t carry it because it wasn’t natural.  At this point my whole opinion of the store has changed.

            I was going to argue that this store was built for the wealthy in near downtown Austin, which would keep most minorities out of the store.  I’m not familiar with this store so I’m not sure where they are located, but I know I haven’t seen one in east Austin.  After I told to the meat man I realized that the store is for the “healthy community” and because of the pricey healthy and natural items that store holds it makes it harder for some people to shop there.  

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In class this past week we talked 3 different types of arguments in the book, “Everything’s an Argument.”  Those arguments were, pathos, ethos, and logos.  All of these arguments have 1 thing in common and that is they each try to persuade or convince someone, but they do it 3 very different ways.  Some try and use emotion and sympathy to get the attention of the public which is pathos, others use their authority and credibility which is ethos, then there is logos and in logos which uses factual evidence to support their claim.  Politician, news reporters, and talk show hosts are examples of those who use these 3 arguments to get their points across. 

When you hear about an argument most of the time you think of a loud uproar between 2 or more people, but in our first day of class we watched a video that showed how comedians use humor to get their argument across.  The comedian used a little bit of ethos and pathos to support his claim about hot pockets and although it wasn’t a serious argument he was still able to get his point across.  Dr. Phil would have taken a more serious approach and I think that has a lot to do with the audience.  I think that Dr. Phil would have used a lot more logos to support his claim.  The comedian talked about how hot pockets are for white trash and people who watch NASCAR.  I think here he used a little bit of ethos because he knows that people in the world do that and he to make it realistic so people would actually believe and understand the comments he was making about hot pockets. Dr. Phil would have maybe talked about obesity and how unhealthy hot pockets can be.  I used Dr. Phil as an example because he is a respected talk show host and if he were talking about how unhealthy hot pockets were his argument would have been different than the comedians but both would figure out a way to convince the audience that what they were saying was true.

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