Question

anyone on?????

Answer 1

OK. What do you need help with?

Answer 2

OK, well, first you have to decide what you believe. Do you think people are poor because of bad luck (e.g. born in a poor neighborhood with bad schools), or because they're bad people (e.g. stupid or lazy)?

Answer 3

you asked for help like 100 times and now you're not here

Answer 4

Well, tough luck you helper!

Answer 5

lol my bad

Answer 6

um i believe some people struggle to find jobs ?

Answer 7

it's hard to find jobs nowndays

Answer 8

Why do they fail to find jobs? Because of something their fault (e.g. they didn't study enough in school) or because of bad luck (e.g. there aren't enough jobs)?

Answer 9

The question is trying to get you to think about personal responsibility vs society and environment.

Answer 10

they may be educated

Answer 11

You don't need to take a side. You can make a case for your own perspective.

I am one of those conservative people. And, btw, I disagree with how the "problem" states that conservatives believe people are poor because they are lazy.

There are always many factors that play a role.

Answer 12

or not

Answer 13

that's what i'm saying

Answer 14

The question asks her to take a side, i thought. In any case try making this argument from both sides. What grade are you in?

Answer 15

I believe in providing "equal opportunity". And, then, let people's individual efforts lead them to success, failure or mediocrity.

Answer 16

some people move from a different state and are uneducated so they move to a different state to have a better living life

Answer 17

I'm not sure I understand the point you're making exactly

Answer 18

idk either

Answer 19

my bad i'm so confused I'm taking poli sci

Answer 20

OK, well, step one is to think carefully about how you feel about this and form some crisp, well-defined arguments. Step two is to try to write an essay about it. You can't write an essay about your beliefs until you've decided what your beliefs are.

Answer 21

are you in high school or college?

Answer 22

Can you re-state the essay topic?

Answer 23

college

Answer 24

Generally, liberals believe that people are poor because of circumstances beyond their control (economics, health, society, family background), while conservatives believe people are poor because of their own individual failures (laziness, lack of character). What do you believe? What steps would you propose to reduce poverty on the basis of what you think causes it?

Answer 25

there's no topic

Answer 26

My suggestion would be to spend some time reading about this issue on the web (e.g. the wikipedia article about welfare) to become more informed. Think about it carefully enough to form some specific, crisp opinions. Then you'll be able to think about how to formulate those opinions into an essay.

Answer 27

k

Answer 28

On such a topic, there is no way for someone to help you. It requires you to think through the issues, marry it with your beliefs and then put pen to the paper.

Answer 29

If I (we) provide guidance, then it is "our" collective view and not your own.

Answer 30

If you wanted to go the style of, say, Malcom Gladwell (in The New Yorker), he usually starts with a specific anecdote (e.g. the story of someone trying to find a job), then widens and generalizes to show how that person's story is representative of a larger trend. That style works well because it makes the reader emotionally connect with the topic by tying it to a person's personal narrative.

Answer 31

I suggest you study up on economic and political topics and then do some thinking.

Answer 32

"Frank Smith sat at his desk on a crisp December morning, his mouth parched from having sealed over 200 envelopes. Each was stuffed with a cover letter and resume, hand-addressed, each with a bit less hope than the last. "I've been doing this for months," he said, his face weary with resignation. "A hundred, maybe two hundred in a day. Most of the time I don't hear back. Sometimes, they send a note." He motions to a pile of correspondence on the floor. "No positions available at this time, they say."

Frank is one of 12.5 million Americans unemployed in 2011. Of those, only..."

That's a new yorker style essay. start with someone's story. then widen.

Answer 33

ohok

Answer 34

medal??

Answer 35

yes

Answer 36

i still need more help

Answer 37

?

Answer 38

idk what i'm doing

Answer 39

i like that topic u chose

Answer 40

but i dont think i'm aloud to choose from wiki

Answer 41

i .. okay, i didn't say to copy anything from wikipedia. i said to learn about the issues by reading wikipedia.

Answer 42

you have to form an opinion of your own here.

Answer 43

oh k

Answer 44

i dont know

Answer 45

if i can ask, how old are you?

Answer 46

i'm 19

Answer 47

ok , is this the first time you've written an essay?

Answer 48

no but i suck at doing them

Answer 49

ok let's practice. what's a better show, america's next top model or project runway?

Answer 50

i'm sry if i'm waisting your time

Answer 51

um proj runway

Answer 52

why?

Answer 53

because I like more fashion then modeling

Answer 54

try giving me a more detailed answer

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list 3 reasons why you like runway better

Answer 56

well proj runway seems to be an interesting show because so many designers come together to create a piece of clothing

Answer 57

and they create interesting outfits

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different kinds of detailed designs

Answer 59

ok, and, assuming that project runway is better, how do you think ANTM could be made better or more interesting to you?

Answer 60

um it could seem more realistic

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like the models could create their own designs

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to wear to model

Answer 63

okay, that's great. this is a topic you know about, and you just formed an argument as to why PR is better and how ANTM could be made better. you can take that core of your opinion and beef it up into a full-scale essay.

your essay about personal responsibility vs environment is basically the same except it's on a topic that you don't currently know about. so your job is to read enough about it to form an opinon, then come up with a list of reasons why you think your opinion is right, just like you did with project runway.

Answer 64

o ok thx that helped

Answer 65

the part i'm confused about is what to write about restating the enviroment vs responsibility

Answer 66

okay that's why you have to read about it and decide what your opinion is

Answer 67

i can't form an opinion for you

Answer 68

read about what again?

Answer 69

the topic you're supposed to be writing about

Answer 70

oh yea

Answer 71

my opinion is that people struggle to find jobs these days and some managers dont give chanced to hire some people

Answer 72

do to the economy

Answer 73

chances* to hire

Answer 74

ok, the fact that people struggle to find jobs isn't really your opinion, that's a fact stated by the problem. the fact is that there are a lot of poor people who struggle to find jobs. your essay is supposed to answer the question of *why*

Answer 75

because they might judge by their appearence

Answer 76

try reading this
http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=003808

Answer 77

personality

Answer 78

social security is what's called an "entitlement program" meaning a program that is meant to help people who are poor under the theory that it's not just their fault, but bad luck. that web page has pros and cons, with people arguing both for and against them. that can be some raw material for your essay.

Answer 79

what school do you go to?

Answer 80

k

Answer 81

miramar college

Answer 82

"Today, after almost a century of trying... health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America...

Answer 83

is that's a good pro

Answer 84

The United States is the only advanced industrial nation that does not provide or guarantee health care coverage for virtually all of its citizens. It is a moral obligation to end this indefensible neglect of hard-working Americans. The bill does not quite reach full universality, but by 2019, fully 94 to 95 percent of American citizens and legal residents below Medicare age will have coverage. The bill achieves that by requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance, providing subsidies to help the middle classes buy policies on new competitive exchanges, and expanding Medicaid coverage of the poor to include childless adults and others not currently eligible...
Just as Social Security grew from a modest start in 1935 to become a bedrock of the nation's retirement system, this is a start on health care reform, not the end."

Answer 85

?

Answer 86

i'm not sure what you're asking?

Answer 87

so do i choose from the pros and cons

Answer 88

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/wtp8_ess_ebook/welcome.asp?page=3

Answer 89

my teacher said i have to wright about ch.9 10 11 12 13

Answer 90

did you read them?

Answer 91

hey are you still there???

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hope you can get back to me tmorow!!

Answer 93

hello???

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?

Answer 95

yes??

Answer 96

wahoo thought u left

Answer 97

so i read alil of it

Answer 98

did u see what it was about