What if we took our presentations to the policy makers that we had in mind when we prepared them? Would they laugh at us? I don't think so. We have logical arguments, and we have put in the work that is required to convince an audience that what we are saying is right. Now will we take our proposals in front of a group of policy makers? Most of us probably will not, and that is fine, but it is important to note that we have the ability to do so. All of that knowledge comes back to the things that we have learned in class. Rhetoric is something that existed off my radar before this class, but I now find myself applying the concepts that we talk about for work I do in other classes. We might not be changing the world today, but we have the skills to be able to change the world tomorrow.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Can we change the world?
We're in college. We are researching all of these problems that afflict our local communities. Sure, were doing all of this for a grade, but we are doing legitimate work towards forming viable solutions to the problems that we are trying to tackle. We have put in hours of research, and have prepared presentations where we actually pretended that our audience was the policy makers that we would need to convince. Sure, we are in college, but we are doing the things that anybody would do when faced with the kind of problems that we are studying. What does this all mean? It means that while we might be doing this work for a grade, we have the power to actually make a change in the world.
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Many times, the idea sounds good in theory but is difficult to carry through with in the real world. I'm not saying that as a bad thing but realistically there are a lot more facets that are involved with a proposal then just an idea. For example, we discussed in class today who is going to pay for the proposal. The money aspect is one of the most difficult parts of the law proposal to convince policy makers to do. However, I believe that we learn this information so we can make a difference when we choose our future career paths and occupations.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the money aspect is the most difficult. It's one thing to convince someone that there is a problem to be solved, but another thing to convince them to spend money on the idea. For my project, and im sure alot of other people's project, it is hard to figure out exactly how much our proposal will cost.
DeleteI agree that there are a lot more aspects than we have fully explored in class, but I also think that due to the research and practice we have done in class we now have the tools we need. We know how to research and present the research to a target audience and I think these fundamental factors necessary for action.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the comments above me along with what Gabriele Super said about how through the work we have done this semester, we now have the tools we need in order to make a difference. No matter what the issue is it will be difficult to convince people to spend money on the topic. Sadly, people get greedy so unless they find your cause to be super important they most likely wont put money towards it.
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely something to be said with the work we have put in over the course of the semester and all the research and rhetoric we have gone through, but actually initiating our proposal would be extremely challenging. I think that the bigger thing to take away from this semester long project is that we have been given the tools to do things about problems we see around us. We have the tool of rhetoric to encourage others about the problem and why it should be changed. We also have acquired skills in research and formulating the research into useable arguments. Both of these things would help if we ever feel like making a change.
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