Composition 106

In the city of Dearborn Heights, lives a six year old girl named Madison. She is one of the millions of children growing up in the 21st century with technology at her fingertips. Madison uses technology many times throughout her day in school and at home. This is almost completely different from the way many of us lived through our childhood. Yes, the generation called the Millennials did grow up with technology and are considered digital natives because of the extensive development of technology that started mainly when I began middle school, but there may need to be a new term for the generation being born and growing up here in 2018. A report done by ReportLinker and the corresponding article on MediaPost written by Jack Loechner, stated that “the average household has 7.3 [screens]...an astonishing array of digital devices.” The report also states that “the more technology a family owns, the more likely it is to end up in the children’s bedrooms.” The explosion o...

Picture #1- Here, Kelsey and her friends are getting lunch in the University’s cafeteria. Kelsey happens to look down at her watch while getting her salad, only to realize that they have ten minutes before their next class. This is a problem since none of the girls have eaten at all today. This is because of all the homework and other classes they had earlier that morning. This picture shows the argument of how hard it is for college students to find time to balance their workload and also finding time to even eat. This is a common struggle among college students. Picture #2- Here, Mary uses the last of her change to buy a book from the University of Michigan’s Bookstore. According to the College Board, on average, each college students spends 1,168 dollars on textbooks every year. Individual textbooks can cost a few hundred dollars each. At the University of Michigan, many books are required for students each semester. Depending on the class, more than o...

I chose the image of astronaut John Young saluting to the American flag on the Apollo 16 mission to the Moon in 1972. When I first saw this image, I was amazed. There’s a freaking man on the Moon! This image represents America’s achievement of not only inventing the technology to make it to the Moon, but providing the means for a human to walk on its surface. The subject of the image is an astronaut standing on the Moon, saluting to his country’s flag while standing next to the spacecraft that brought him there. The focal point of this image is the American flag sitting on the surface of the Moon. One may look at this and argue that it seems like Americans have claimed ownership of the Moon. If from the Moon, we are one Earth, why didn’t they place a flag that represents the human species that made this possible as well? Others may say that it represents an accomplishment only America has achieved. In the foreground and background, we see the Moon’s rocky surface an...

Hi! My name’s Mary and I’m a freshman at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. I am majoring in biology with the hopes of becoming a doctor someday. My hobbies include singing, playing the piano, writing (songs, stories, you name it), reading books, watching movies, and playing with my crazy dog. I collect snow globes, and try to get one from everywhere I vacation to or just any pretty one that catches my eye.

To celebrate International Women's Day in March 2017, State Street Global Advisors commissioned a statue of a little girl standing up to the Charging Bull statue on Wall Street in New York City, called Fearless Girl. The statue was designed by Kristen Visbal. She is supporting little girls in believing that they can make a difference in the world. State Street Global Advisors is arguing for companies to hire more women in leadership positions and are willing to give money to companies that do so.  This is an argument of evaluation. State Street Global Advisors have taken the standard that women cannot be in leadership positions and have used Fearless Girl and their monetary support to companies who endorse gender equality to argue this. Fearless Girl has gotten some criticism in the media. Gina Bellafante, writer for The New York Times, argued that because Fearless Girl was put in place by a corporation she represents “corporate feminism” and is an “image of corporate imag...