Umbarger,+Katie



this is our research thus far. still waiting on one teacher.

//Hi Ladies - things look okay, but my concern is that there is a lot of resistance to this act--you'll have to do a bang-up job of proving that the act is actually doing some good (you'll want very specific examples) and of its potential if the money was there (again, through specifics--what can the act do with money that it isn't doing now because of lacking funds?) I haven't seen this evidence in your work so far, so I'm concerned that you cannot prove this strongly enough in your proposal. What you're proposing is that people support the act and give more money for it--or at least advocate more government spending for it, but in order to be persuasive you'll have to prove it's ability to succeed if the money was there. Make sense?// ~Ms. W

Purpose: The point of this project is to propose the idea about the No Child Left act and the problems that are with it. The focus won't necessarily be on the weaknesses, but some strengths as well (because as absurd as it may seem, there has been some improvement in school systems.

Audience: Parents / Potential voters for the 08' election. Most parents are un-informed about the NCLB Act and don't quite know what it entails. If they have children in school, it should be important for them to know what is going on. This could be important for voters because the different candidates have different ideas about how they would implement, or in some cases, eliminate the act. Some of our audience might be bias because if we talk about the weaknesses of the act and how it would be good for a democrat to eliminate it, and the reader is conservative, they will put the pamphlet down. and vice-versa for republicans.

Genre: Proposal. We are proposing the idea of lack of budget and what needs to be done in order for the act to survive even the next few years.

Voice: We are concerned with the lack of budget and the chilren who are still being left behind. We are also hopeful that there is some kind of reform with the act.

Formatting: We are thinking about doing an IMovie...should be pretty interesting. I believe the paper should have at least one visual. I did make a chart about budget, so maybe we could use that again.

Problem: Well our whole topic is a problem because it is extremely controversial. I believe most readers, conservatice or democratic have biases about the act. i hope that the interest of the children is what everyone is focused on, not just the fact that Pres. Bush implemented it. we cant change that now, so we need to find a way to make it better.

Appeals: I think we will shake people emotionally with images of children. Ethics can't play a major role, because ethics of peopel are so different. I think if we present our knowledge as studenst and our concern with what is happening, we should be alright.

Umbarger, Katie Well, as you may have figured out, my name is Katie. I am actually from Alma and have lived here since I was born. I did make the decision to move to campus (BIG move I know :) ) I really like it here, and I am glad I made this decision. A few other things about me, I don't like drinking water because it has no flavor. I work in the Admissions Office here on campus. I gave tours all summer, and now I do calling. I am a huge fan of Incubus, and will someday meet/marry Brandon Boyd. I actually went and seen them in concert this summer. AMAZING. I do have a boyfriend of two years. I love Coach purses. My family has a 6 month old Sheltie puppy, her name is Lilly. I work for what I want, because I know that success does not get handed to you. (usually, lol) As of right now my major is Elementary Education with two minors: English and History. Plus I am going for a ZA endorsement. If I change my major, it will most likely be to Business Administration. That's a little bit about me, below is one of my favorite quotes and it came from my favorite song.

"We all have a weakness, but, some of ours are easy to identify, look me in the eye. And ask for forgiveness, we'll make a pact to never speak that word again, yes, you are my friend. We all have something that digs at us, at least we dig each other. So when weakness turns my ego up I know you'll count on the me from yesterday. If I turn into another dig me up from under what is covering the better part of me. Sing this song remind me that we'll always have each other when everything else is gone." -Brandon Boyd