Selah Yeboah's Blog (UWI FIC)

Fast Food Restaurants  I have noticed that fast food restaurants are becoming increasingly crowded on a daily basis. But I still wonder why people prefer to eat out rather than to cook at home. What advantages does a fast-food restaurant have over dining at home? Is it true that a person’s lifestyle is affected by consuming fast food? Fast food restaurants have surpassed home dining in popularity.

 How would I begin an introduction? Here's a little introductory speech I prepared in college: Good day fellow classmates and lecturer, today the topic of this speech is “My Dream Career". The purpose of this speech is to inform you about my career aspiration for the future in the accounting field. As a child have you ever sat and thought about what your dream career would be in the future? Well for me, growing up as a child I saw myself becoming a teacher, nurse, chef, and any other career aspirations you can think of, I would change my dream career every single week. As I got older, while in school I realized that my love for maths and accounts was unexplainable, for maths and accounts was and still is my favourite subjects. These subjects aided me in selecting my career aspiration for the future as an accountant.

 This was an extremely useful essay. The author's use of cause and effect technique to convey her thoughts was brilliant. As a reader, I was made aware of the long-term health consequences of smoking.

 Isaac Asimov argues in his essay "What is Intelligence Anyway?" that our intelligence should be judged not only by these exams, but also by our real-life abilities and the flexibility of our thought patterns. He illustrates his point by telling the story of an auto-repair man who made fun of him. I agree with the author because it is convincing that tests alone cannot accurately predict our intelligence level.

 Mr. Rowan's opening description of his teacher drew my attention and helped me grasp the essay's main point. This article's title corresponds to everything Carl T. Rowan discusses. Throughout the story, he remained focused and organized. I was completely engrossed in the story throughout since he provided excellent supporting details as to why Miss Bessie was such an inspiring instructor to him. He left a lasting impression about how important teachers like Miss Bessie are to him because of her loving, supportive, and motivating personality.

Russell Baker's essay was a confusing read at first but turned out to be a hilarious piece. He chose a primarily directed method to carving a turkey in his essay. Russell Baker infused his personality and sense of humour by including things that aren't normally seen in a turkey's preparation. Many of the directions are useless when it comes to slicing the turkey, which I suppose was the writer's point. There was less emphasis on really completing the work and more on making you laugh.