BCS

My paper will be on the format that they choose the championship game in college football.

Audience

My audience for the IPhone is mainly targeted to the multi tasking business men. However, there's is also a big audience with teenagers. What business men look for are things or ways to make theirs lives more productive since they have such hectic days. The iPhone provides various tools that assist business men in their everyday lives. For example, the built in GPS can lead them to an important meeting at a place they've never been to or it can help them find a close restaurant that they want to take someone to get lunch. The iPhone can also help them check their bank account to make sure their business or even personal accounts are where they need to be. The iPhone can also assist them with applications such as workouts, how to tie a tie, and games for entertainment while waiting for a meeting. Business men always want to be up to date with the technology. The teens are also a big audience to the iPhone because they Iphone is "cool", and every teen wants to be cool. The Iphone has many applications that teens really don't need or use but it's cool for them. However, there are many applications that can help teens with their everyday lives and even for safety. For example, if a teen gets taken to a party he doesn’t want to be at he can call his parents and tell them exactly where he is with his GPS. Business men consider the iPhone to be very beneficial to their lives because it makes everything easier and these are the direct benefits which lead to higher productivity. With teenagers it affects them socially because if you don’t like the iphone then you’re not consider or cool or up to date and that’s something that teenagers care about a lot.

review

The topic I will review is the iPhone

Thesis

When teenagers get to college it is usually a time when they exploit their freedom and drinking habits. Although I don’t really think underage drinking is a big deal I do feel that drinking and driving is a huge issue here at UCF. This trend is increasing because of students having a car at younger age and because of their ability to “think” that when they drink and drive they drive the same as usual. I know this because I’ve been observing student’s actions after bars and class and drinking and driving is not a big concern for them. Although the law is somewhat strict, I don’t think it’s being effective. Drinking and driving is a concern that not only increases the driver’s chances of getting harmed but also the people that are around them when they drive. Lives are at stake here and this is when I believe that UCF should do something about it.

outlines

Thesis:
I am going to introduce the topic of drinking and driving here at UCF, I will probably give an example of an instance where I was involved with drinking and driving and what happened after that. I believe that there are too many students drinking and driving and even though they do get in trouble with the law I don’t think that’s the right away to approach it.
Part2
I am most likely going to bring up the trend of drinking and driving, this is where I’ll do some research to come up with some numbers as to how many students drink and drive, and why they do it.
Part 3
This is where I will bring up the questions I asked my partner in class. This gives me someone else’s perspective and also their experiences with drinking and driving.
Part 4
This is where I will talk about the consequences of drinking and driving, not only how it affects the driver and people in the car but also how it affects everyone around them. I will also talk about
Part 5
This is where I will talk about possible solutions to the issue, what parents aren’t doing and what they can do, also what the school could do about it. I feel like the school could have a bigger impact as to possible solutions with the issue.

Letter to a friend

Dear Friend,
This letter is to inform you of a major issue going on here at UCF. It is an issue that puts student’s lives at risk every time they do it. Of course I’m talking about drinking and driving. Drinking and driving is becoming a bigger issue with students as they feel that it’s not a big deal. I’ve been observing this by going to clubs and bars and when I left I would look at who was driving and it would be someone that was intoxicated. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I realized how many students were doing this. It wasn’t just one or two; it was mostly everyone at that bar. One of the nights that I had gone out, I went up to one of the intoxicated drivers and I ask him why he was driving, he simply responded saying,” leave me alone dude, I can’t afford a cab”. That’s was when I realized that UCF is not doing much to protect their students. The UCF cops are very strict but I still don’t believe that they influence anyone. The few students that get caught drinking and driving on campus just get a 6 month suspension to their license and no criminal record or DUI. I know this from personal experience. One of my friends got pulled over on campus and he got his license suspended for six months. He blew almost twice as much as the legal limit and he was also underage. After two months he got his license back with no criminal record on his record. Is that going to stop him from drinking and driving? I don’t think so. What about the people around him? Maybe when he first got in trouble they stopped but after a couple of weeks they got right back to it. Drinking and driving not only puts the driver’s life at risk but also the community. I’m not saying that if you drink and drive you are going to go kill someone, you might be driving safe. But, just the fact that drinking and driving vastly increases your chances of getting into an accident should be enough for the intoxicated driver to decide not to drive. You can try to blame their parents for not educating them enough, but most of the time the parents are so gullible and either believe that their underage kids don’t drink, and if they do drink most of them believe that they wouldn’t get under the wheel if they were to drink. Therefore, I believe that the university needs to step up and do something to protect their students. I personally have being involved in a situation where no one could drive from being intoxicated and we couldn’t find a cab or any source of transportation around UCF, what does that force you to do? Drink and drive. Of course, there are those who just say you shouldn’t be drinking in the first place, but the fact that there are so many minors drinking and driving it also puts that person’s life at risk.

Sincerely,
Pablo Quiroga

assigment 3

How do you know what you know?
a) From doing it
Who are you to the subject?
b) A drinker
How is this event connected to other events?
c) Drinking and driving is connected to going out on weekends
What if things were different?
d) The roads would be safer
Why is it important to you?
e) Because people’s lives are at stake.

How does drinking and driving affect how much you go out? It doesn’t at all. Sometimes late at night.

If unlitimited use of a cab would be available for you would you be able to pay for it? No I have people that offer me rides.

Do you know anyone that has gotten a DUI? Does it chang your perspective? Yes and it makes me more aware.

Have you ever being pulled over drunk? No

Have you ever being in an accident because of alcohol? no

assigment 2

I think that banning birth control is an action that would take us back in time. Things have changed, people have changes, and their morals have changed too. We don't live in a society where everything is dominated by religion. This religious group is trying input their personal beliefs onto other people. If they believe that birth control is morality wrong then they don't have to take it. It's a free country and if someone decides to prevent pregnancy then that's their own body and their own morals. We got to this point with the increase of being sexually active at a younger age without being married. Birth control prevents younger couples who are still in school to be able to decide when they want to have a kid and not have on incidentally. Couples that have kids when they are not mentally and financially prepared leads to a life filled with struggles. Birth control can prevent all of these struggles and give that potential child a more secure and better future. Of course their is abstinence, but sex is one of the most intimate and passionate things you can share with the one you love, or even just for pleasure. These people that are trying to ban birth control are obviously boring and frustrated with their own sexual lifes that they need to find a way to ruin others.

3 possible ideas

Birth Control Ban a possibility:

There are petitions to amend the Florida constitution over the possible banning of birth control, this is something that i find very disturbing because the people behind t are christian. Therefore i believe they are trying to impose their religious views onto other people.

A myth get soaked:

There are no laws that say that UCF students can't go into the reflecting pond, however there are school guidelines that would get student in trouble if they decided to do such thing.

Fraternity Case:

One of the fraternitys was allegedly involved with a rape therefore the school had stopped all pledging activities.

Final Draft

Back when I was a young boy, my life was complete. In my eyes, I had everything I needed; my mother, food, and soccer. However, in my mother’s eyes we needed more than that in order to survive. I was born in Argentina and raised by a single mother who did anything she had to in order to achieve my happiness. She was young, caring, and beautiful and gave birth to me at the age of 18. One of the biggest and most dramatic changes of my life was when my mother decided to leave Argentina where my family and friends were, and move to America where we only knew two people. I was only six years old so I wasn’t sure what we were getting ourselves into. I didn’t know how big of a risk we were taking. Although America was a country of opportunities those opportunities didn’t always arrive to everyone.
It was a cold afternoon in my Aunts residence where I was parting ways with my family. I couldn’t truly understand why my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins were all crying. My aunt told my mom, “Why are you taking him away from us?” my mother replied, “I am willing to do whatever it takes for my son to have a successful future”. My mother would give me the world if she could. I knew that as long as I was with my mother I would be fine therefore I wasn’t as worried as my family was. My mother always told me, “If you work hard you can achieve anything in life”. This was a rather harsh statement for a six year old to understand at the time but with time I would manage to understand. Saying goodbye to my father was perhaps the hardest thing to do for me, at the time. Although we weren’t very close and he wasn’t there for me at most times it was still hard for me to leave my “father”. After arriving to the Airport, I didn’t know what to expect. All I knew was that I was moving into a new world and that all my family and friends were staying behind. My family on my mother’s side was very close but with so many financial issues this was the time to pursue success and achieve happiness.
When we arrived to the International Airport of Miami we had an old family friend Ernesto waiting for us. He and his family were the ones that gave us a hand when we first arrived. Everything was incredibly different and more fancy than what I was used too. The bills were a different color, the people were different, and most importantly the language was different. I didn’t know how I felt at the time. I didn’t know what to expect, or what I was supposed to do. My mother only told me that we were in America because it was to give me an opportunity to succeed as a person and to “achieve” happiness.
We moved in with Ernesto and his family until my mother found a job. I felt really uncomfortable because I always had my own room, now I had to share it with my mom. I didn’t feel like I was at home. I wanted to go back to Argentina. I didn’t like anything about America and that was only on my first day. I had just finished second grade in Argentina because school starts in March and it ends in December, but since in America it’s different I had to go back to second grade.
On my first day of school I cried and didn’t want my mother to leave my side. Not only did I miss my family and friends but I couldn’t understand a word anyone said. Everyone in the classroom saw me cry so I felt even more embarrassed to be there. I was finally convinced by the teacher to come inside and let my mother leave. After spending a couple of minutes in the classroom I started sobbing again. I just didn’t know why my mother would do this to me, why would she change my life and bring me to a place that I felt was like torture. Fortunately enough I went to a school in Miami were the society as a whole was very fluent in Spanish. My classmates were friendly and made the transition easier than expected.
After a couple of days my mother found a job. Not her dream job, but having a steady income was good enough. Ernesto then introduced me a special person that had a big impact in my life. His name was Juan Carlos and he was the coach to a youth league soccer team. I told him how skilled I was at the sport so he decided to give me a shot to be on his team. Since my mother couldn’t afford to have a car Juan Carlos had to pick me up and drop me off to the try-out. My first day of soccer was similar to my first day of school in America. Everyone spoke English; everyone was friends with each other. I truly felt like an outcast. However, we all shared the same passion for the same sport and that’s what ultimately got us along. I made the team but I told Juan Carlos that I wouldn’t be able to attend all of the practices and games because my mother didn’t have a car. Without any hesitation Juan Carlos said “I came from a family that also moved to America, I know what you guys are going trough and I am willing to help.” With a couple of tears in my eyes I hugged him and thanked him for the opportunity he was giving me. Juan Carlos was like an “Angel” sent from god.
After my mother started getting more hours at her job we could afford to move out and live on our own. We moved into a two bedroom apartment and for me it felt like I moved into a mansion. It was very cozy and it felt like a dream come true for me and my mother. However, living on our own applied to more expenses. These were probably the toughest years of my life. My mother was now working 72 hours a week and I barely saw her. I told my mother that I missed her and she replied “ I miss you and think of you all the time, and one day you will be able to understand why I am working so hard” I was only 7 years old and I walked to school and back, and I spent plenty of time home alone.
Throughout those tough years of my life I wondered if my mother had made the right choice because I felt so lonely and she was working almost twice the amount of time that a regular job took. However, after all the struggles we went through this big change was worth it. I understood the big sacrifices my mother did, and it was all worth it. I wouldn’t change anything my mother did for me. Moving to America was the biggest change in my life and it made me a stronger person. My mother is now married and has another child, and I became the first person in my family to attend a University in America by being a current student at the University of Central Florida.

rough draft

Back when I was a young boy, my life was complete. In my eyes, I had everything I needed; my mother, food, and soccer. However, in my mother’s eyes we needed more than that in order to survive. I was born in Argentina and raised by a single mother who did anything she had to in order to achieve my happiness. One of the biggest and most dramatic changes of my life was when my mother decided to leave Argentina where my family and friends were, and move to America where we only knew two people. I was only six years old so I wasn’t sure what we were getting ourselves into. I didn’t know how big of a risk we were taking. Although America was a country of opportunities those opportunities didn’t always arrive to everyone.

It was a cold afternoon in my Aunts residence where I was parting ways with my family. I couldn’t truly understand why my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins were all crying. Perhaps because it would be years until the next time I saw them. I was just a little boy that trusted anything my mother did, therefore I knew that as long as I was with my mother I would be fine. Saying goodbye to my father was perhaps the hardest thing to do for me, at the time. After leaving the lobby of the Airport, I didn’t know what to expect. All I knew was that I was moving into a new world and that all my family and friends were staying behind. My family was very close but with so many financial issues it was the best time for my mother for us to come to America.

When we arrived to the International Airport of Miami we had an old family friend Ernesto waiting for us. He and his family were the ones that gave us a hand when we first arrived. Everything was incredibly different and more fancy than what I was used too. I didn’t know how I felt at the time. I didn’t know what to expect, or what I was supposed to do. My mother only told me that we were in America because it was to give me an opportunity to succeed as a person.

We moved in with Ernesto and his family until my mother found a job. I felt really uncomfortable because I always had my own room, now I had to share it with my mom. I didn’t feel like I was at home. I wanted to go back to Argentina. I didn’t like anything about America and that was only on my first day. I had just finished second grade in Argentina because school starts in March and it ends in December, but since in America it’s different I had to go back to second grade.

On my first day of school I cried and didn’t want my mother to leave my side. Not only did I miss my family and friends but I couldn’t understand a word anyone said. Everyone in the classroom saw me cry so I felt even more embarrassed to be there. I was finally convinced by the teacher to come inside and let my mother leave. After spending a couple of minutes in the classroom I started sobbing again. I just didn’t know why my mother would do this to me, why would she change my life and bring me to a place that I felt was like torture. Fortunately enough I went to a school in Miami were the society as a whole was very fluent in Spanish. My classmates were friendly and made the transition easier than expected.

After a couple of days my mother found a job. Not her dream job, but having a steady income was good enough. Ernesto then introduced me a special person that had a big impact in my life. His name was Juan Carlos and he was the coach to a youth league soccer team. I told him how skilled I was at the sport so he decided to give me a shot to be on his team. Since my mother couldn’t afford to have a car Juan Carlos had to pick me up and drop me off to the try-out. My first day of soccer was similar to my first day of school in America. Everyone spoke English, everyone was friends with each other. I truly felt like an outcast. However, we all shared the same passion for the same sport and that’s what ultimately got us along. I made the team but I told Juan Carlos that I wouldn’t be able to attend all of the practices and games because my mother didn’t have a car. Without any hesitation he offered to give me rides to every event. With a couple of tears in my eyes I hugged him and thanked him for the opportunity he was giving me.

After my mother started getting more hours at her job we could afford to move out and live on our own. We moved into a two bedroom apartment and for me it felt like I moved into a mansion. It was very cozy and it felt like a dream come true for me and my mother. However, living on our own applied to more expenses. These were probably the toughest years of my life. My mother was now working 72 hours a week and I barely saw her. I was only 7 years old and I walked to school and back, and I spent plenty of time home alone.

Throughout those tough years of my life I wondered if my mother had made the right choice because I felt so lonely and she was working almost twice the amount of time that a regular job took. However, after all the struggles we went through this big change was worth it. This was the biggest change in my life and it made me a stronger person. My mother is now married and has another child, and I became the first person in my family to attend a University in America by being a current student at the University of Central Florida.

Memo

To: Mrs. Moody
From: Pablo Quiroga
Date: September 15, 2009


With the feedback that I received I know have a better idea of how I’m going to develop my paper. I know that I have many things to improve on. One of the things I want to improve is how descriptive my writing is. There are many things that I just “tell” but I want to be able to “show” the reader what happened. I’m also going to talk more about what it was like to leave my family. I plan on finishing the memoir by talking about what it was like to move here and how we managed to survive. There are many events that made a strong impact on my future. For example, I plan on writing about my first days of school. I think that by writing about school can give the reader a good picture of how difficult it was for me to adjust to a new culture and language. I also plan on writing about my mom and all the struggles she had in order for us to survive. I think that by talking about my mother it gives the reader a good picture of we had to deal with at the time. While most kids had their parents at home every day when they got from school, I was alone and had to wait for my mother to come home from work. Another big event that I plan on talking about was playing soccer. I can give strong visuals by referring to the soccer tournaments and talking about how strange it was to be away from my mother in a place I didn’t really know anyone. I also plan on finishing my memoir by describing how I felt at each event and occasion and how it has made me the person that I am today.

Draft

Back when I was a young boy, my life was complete. In my eyes, I had everything I needed; my mother, food, and soccer. However, in my mother’s eyes we needed more than that in order to survive. I was born in Argentina and raised by a single mother who did anything she had to in order to achieve my happiness. One of the biggest and most dramatic changes of my life was when my mother decided to leave Argentina where my family and friends were, and move to America where we only knew two people. I was only six years old so I wasn’t sure what we were getting ourselves into. I didn’t know how big of a risk we were taking. Although America was a country of opportunities those opportunities didn’t always arrive to everyone.

It was a cold afternoon in my Aunts residence where I was parting ways with my family. I couldn’t truly understand why my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins were all crying. Perhaps because it would be years until the next time I saw them. I was just a little boy that trusted anything my mother did, therefore I knew that as long as I was with my mother I would be fine. Saying goodbye to my father was perhaps the hardest thing to do for me, at the time. After leaving the lobby of the Airport, I didn’t know what to expect. All I knew was that I was moving into a new world and that all my family and friends were staying behind……

Back when I was a young boy, my life was complete. In my eyes, I had everything I needed; my mother, food, and soccer. However, in my mother’s eyes we needed more than that in order to survive. I was born in Argentina and raised by a single mother who did anything she had to in order to achieve my happiness. One of the biggest and most dramatic changes of my life was when my mother decided to leave Argentina where my family and friends were, and move to America where we only knew two people. I was only six years old so I wasn’t sure what we were getting ourselves too. I didn’t know how big of a risk we were taking. Although America was a country of opportunities we could’ve failed.

Brainstorming

Event 1:

Moving to America: When I was six years old my parents decided to seek a better chance of lifestyle by moving to America. It was a drastic change that has forever altered my existence. I was born in Argentina, a country where soccer is what everyone breathes, where steak is what everyone eats and Spanish is what everyone speaks. Coming to America was entirely different. Not only did I have to learn a new language, but also learn to live in a whole different culture. The food was different, there were many sports that people liked and the community wasn't as social and friendly as what I was previously used to. Making friends was at times difficult because of the numerous backgrounds the kids my age had.


Event 2:

Learning English: My first year of going to school in America was in 1st grade. I cried the first couple of days because I didn't even know what the word "the" was, I didn't want to be there, I didn't want to learn a new language, I just wanted to go back home to Argentina where I already had my friends established and spoke the same language everyone did. I was put through a program called "ESOL" which helped students that spoke Spanish learn English. Eventually I learned the language and became more acquainted with the culture. I can now say that my English is pretty good and that I am very thankful to my parents for pushing me not to give up. Learning a new language has not only given me the opportunity to establish friendships but also establish myself in higher education by attending a University.

Event 3:

Soccer: Soccer has been a passion for not only myself but for my country in general. I started playing soccer when I was five years old and played all the way untill high school. When I moved to America the first thing my parents did before even enrolling in school was helping me find a soccer team to play for. I finally found a group of people that at least shared the same passion that I did, which was soccer. These were my first friends in America and they helped me understande the American culture and what to expect. Throughout the years my soccer teamates were like my brothers, since we had sleepovers because we traveled so much. Even throughout High School, soccer has kept me away from trouble, well atleast for the most part.