Homework #1: Raymond, Rose, and Laib

I have lived a very hard life while concerning about reading and writing, and like Mr. Mike Rose in his story(as discussed later) and Mr. David Raymond in On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read, I have had a difficult time understanding the material in some of my subjects in my courses. Most of my high school was based more on reading where as most of my Associates Degree experience was based more on writing. I beleive that reading and writing are both are important personally and publically in this world.

Throughout my life there have been people who beleived that they were better than I was in some cases in my reading and writing education, and have disrespected me due to my slow responses at times. Some of these people have been my classmates and others have been some teachers and professors. These people's styles of rhetoric constituent areas communication fails to make the memory retrieve unimportant pain rather than to accurately deliver whats really needs to be learned for that subject as what I can occur from Nevin K. Laib's Rhetoric and Style. I felt just as bad as Mr. Raymond, when he was at school too because he needed an extra boost in his academic career in which either the people around him didn't know, or immorally could careless to do.

On the lighter side, there have been people who have helped me through out my life. The person who has really helped me out the most in my writing education was Dr. Mohammed Elanhal. Not only did he check my paper when I was in ENG 112 at Owen State Community College, he also encouraged me to write more than what is required, which really helped me to develop more of a professional trait I use to this day on a daily basis. Which was just like the four people who helped Mr. Rose in Entering the Conversation.

Through out my readings I still have a hard time pin-pointing what's really important. In some books like my Entreprenuerial Finance, I can pin-point what's important because of what the review questions are at the end of the chapters and definitions to the back and through out the book, but in some books that I read there are no helpful guides. Which is hard for me to understand as well as it was for Mr. Raymond and Mr. Rose before they had the extra help.

In conclusion, I do understand that the by some people's cultures are set only to pay attention to the best and ingnore the rest, and if you wanted to become a part of that certain culture, you have to learn what you need to do mainly by yourself. However, you and the society benefit more if you all understand what the "Rhetorical Situation" as discussed in Nevin K. Laib's Rhetoric and Style, is mainly the clear understanding between you and the society.