Compare and Contrast Essay

OUT LINE

T.S. What are some differences between San Luis Potosi and Aguascalientes?

I. Introduction

II. The first difference between San Luis Potosi and Aguascalientes is the weather.
a) San Luis Potosi
b) Aguascalientes

III. The second difference between San Luis Potosi and Aguascalientes is the way in which each one celebrates special days.
a) San Luis Potosi
b) Aguascalientes

IV. The third difference between San Luis Potosi and Aguascalientes are they citizen´s behavior.
a) San Luis Potosi
b) Aguascalientes

V. The fourth difference between San Luis Potosi and Aguascalientes are they fairs.
a) San Luis Potosi
b) Aguascalientes

VI. Conclusion

ORGANIZATION PATTERN: Point by Point

SAN LUIS POTOSI AND AGUASCALIENTES

San Luis Potosí and Aguascalientes are very similar in many ways. But what are some differences between them? These differences are in weather, in some holidays that each city has, also they are different in the behavior of their citizens, and the last difference is in the way that each city celebrates its fair.

The first difference between San Luis Potosí and Aguascalientes is the weather. In San Luis Potosí the weather is mild. In summer and spring time is hot. In autumn is cold but is colder in winter. Aguascalientes has a more extreme weather. When is hot is really hot in summer and spring time. And is colder in autumn with a lot of wind, and even colder in winter than San Luis Potosí.

About holidays each city celebrates special days on their way. For example on Friday Easter in San Luis Potosí people make a “Procesión del Silencio” that is to recreate Christ’s passion in a procession. In Aguascalientes there is the “Romeria´s day” in Easter week. On that day, the drivers of buses and taxies carry flowers to the Asuncion’s virgin.

The behavior of people varies between San Luis Potosí and Aguascalientes citizens. In San Luis people are more impolite with foreigners and not too religious. In contrast Aguascalientes´ citizens are more well-educated and friendly with tourists. Also they go to church every Sunday.

These two cities celebrate their fairs on their way. In San Luis Potosí is in August and its facilities are in a close perimeter with specific areas. Another thing is that in this fair you can not drink everywhere just in a specific area. On the other hand Aguascalientes fair is in different outdoor places and you can drink everywhere. Its like a big party.

Aguascalientes and San Luis Potosí are cities with a lot of common things. However in many aspects they are pretty different as we saw; the weather, the way in that each one celebrates special dates, the behavior of their inhabitants and their fairs. The truth is that both cities belong to México and share traditions on their way.

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Gay Men and Lesbians as Foster Parents in USA

Thesis: Gay men and lesbians should be accepted as adoptive parents.

I. There’s not a reliable study about the possible effects on children who live with gay or lesbian foster parents.
1. Nowadays many children are living with a gay or a lesbian foster parent.

II. Troubled children are better understand by homosexual couples.
1. Gay families are open mind..
2. Some foster children were sexually abused.

III. More than 100 000 foster children await adoption.
1. Just 20% of the couples that want to adopt a child are able to be adoptive parents.
2. 10 % of the population of the USA is homosexual.

ORGANIZATION PATTERN 1

Gay Men and Lesbians as Foster Parents in USA

Gay men and lesbians should be accepted as foster parents. Even when society tends to look the homosexual community as twist-mind people or that they are against the God laws. There are many reasons why they can be better foster parents or equal as heterosexual couples. The first reason why gay and lesbian couples must apply to be adoptive parents is because there are not consistent studies which demonstrate bad effects (if there are) in children adopted by homosexuals. The second point is that gay men and lesbians are open mind, so they understand better troubled children. Third; more than 100 000 foster children are awaiting adoption and the number of straight couples able to adopt cover only the 20% of them. Below you can read more about each one.

First of all, there is not a reliable study about the possible effects (if there are) on children who live with gay or lesbian foster parents. Due to these researches can be influenced by organizations or persons who finance them, they are not reliable. But we can look at these:
Gary Gates, Lee M.V. Badgett, Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, and Kate Chambers (March 2007) study found the following: “An estimated 14,100 foster children are living with lesbian or gay parents within the United States. Gay and lesbian foster parents are raising approximately 3% of the Nations foster children.” What do these numbers can tell us? Simple, they tell us that gay men and lesbian are good adoptive parents. If they are not, the percentage of homosexual foster parents will be decreasing.

Second, troubled children are better understanded by homosexual couples. Why does this happen? Because gay families are open mind. This help troubled children to feel in an environment of confidence with their adoptive parents. At this point, it is very important to take into consideration that many of the children that are in foster care, have been suffering some kind of sexual abuse. So for them is more comfortable to be with people who have the ability of be open about sexuality.

Third, there are many children awaiting adoption: Gary Gates, Lee M.V. Badgett, Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, and Kate Chambers (March 2007) study found the following: “Currently half a million children live in foster care in the United States and more than 100,000 foster children await adoption.” For these more than 100, 000 foster children who are waiting for adoptive parents. Only 20, 000 foster children are going to have parents, because just the 20% of the heterosexual parents who want to adopt a child, is able to adopt. And if we consider that the 10 percent or 25 million of people in the USA is homosexual. We can predict that the number of foster children with adoptive households will increase. Due to same sex couples haven not the option of have biological children, they want to adopt kids. And most of them have a better social position, which means that they can offer better opportunities to children.

Although there are many reasons why gay men and lesbians should be accepted as foster parents. In most states in USA is not allowed that a homosexual couple adopt a child. For example: According to the Enciclopedya of Adoption:“Florida law continues to ban adoption by homosexuals, as not in “the best interests of the child.” (p. 156) This way of thinking is shared by many people who believe that a homosexual cannot breed good manners in a child or make of him/her a “normal” person. Also because homosexuality has always been linked with pervert things. So people tend to think that a child with gays or lesbians parents is going to be sexual abused by them.

According to what we had have been analyzing, gay men and lesbians must be accepted as adoptive parents. First, because there are not convinving studies that show evidence of bad effects at all on children adopted by homosexual parents. Another good reason is that gay couples are more sensible with troubled children, and foster children tend to be like that. And finally because more than one hundred thousand foster children are waiting for adoptive households, of them more than the 60% are not going to have one because just the 20% of heterosexual parents are able to adopt. USA needs more couples able to adopt these children. Easily the country can find these couples in the homosexual community which the majority have a good social and moral position. That is why same sex couples ought to apply to adopt children.

References

Carry Craft, How Many Foster Children Are Living with Lesbian or Gay Foster Parent? (on line), New York. Retrieved November 16, 2008, from http://adoption.about.com/od/gaylesbian/f/gayfoster.htm

Gary Gates, Lee M.V. Badgett, Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Kate Chambers (March 23, 2007), Adoption and Foster Care by Lesbian and Gay Parents in the United States (on line), USA. Retrieved November 16, 2008, from: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411437

Gay Adoption (on line), USA. Retrieved November 16, 2008, from: http://www.loveandpride.com/InformationCenter/Tips.aspx?categoryId=7

Carry Craft, How Many People Are Homosexual in the U.S.? (on line), New York. Retrieved November 16, 2008, from: http://adoption.about.com/od/gaylesbian/f/howmany.htm

Diana Hechavarria (Nov 11, 2005), Family Matters: Gay and Lesbian Adoption (on line), USA. Retrieved November 16, 2008, from: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/11023/family_matters_gay_and_lesbian_adoption.html

Christine Adamec and Laurie C. Miller, M.D. (2007) The Encyclopedia of Adoption. VB Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Robert Lerner, Ph.D., and Althea K. Nagai, Ph.D. (2001) No Basis: What the Studies Don’t Tell Us About Same-Sex Parenting. Washington, D.C.

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(FINAL PAPER)

OUT LINE

T.S. What makes Mexican cuisin so special?

I. Introduction

II. Mexican Dishes
a) Taste
b) Smell
c) Color

III. Mexican Desserts
a) Taste
b) Smell
c) Color

IV. Conclusion

MEXICAN CUISIN
DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

(Final Draft)

What makes Mexican cuisin so special? Uniqueness of Mexican cuisin is given by its tangy flavors, spicy buquet and coloful dishes. The complexity and hundred of ingredients of its recipes, which preparation is very traditional, create a sophisticated taste. Mexican gastronomy has its origins in European and Indigenous gastronomies, that is why you find a fan of flavors to savor. So awake your senses for a mouth watering description of Mexican dishes and desserts in the next paragraphs.

Nexican dishes are cooked with an assortment of herbs, chillipeppers and spicy condimients. However Mexican´s cuisin maximun representative ingredient is: chillipepper. That is why all of Mexican recipes cointain a sort of chillipeppers, which give to each dish its particular flavor, smell and even color. For example: “Chiles en Nogada” dish mainly made of poblano chillipeppers, cream and tunafish or stuffed cheese. Poblano chillipeppers are filled with this cheese stuffed and covered with cream, decorated with “granada”. The mixture of hotness of poblano chillipeppers, sourness of cream and the bitterness of tuna fish or cheese; creates in your mouth a delicious texture. In addition your nose is gladdened with a soft but penetrating fragant of “Chiles en Nogada”. You can perceive a spicy perfume from poblano chillipeppers. This dish proudly carries out its Mexican origins with the greenish of poblano chillipeppers, the whiteness of cream and the reddish of granada; three very Mexican colors which surely will awake your senses.

Now let´s talk about something sweet; Mexican desserts. All of them contain, at least , one kind of sugar which makes them delectable in taste and texture. There are different types of desserts in each región of Mexico. One of the most representative dessert of the country is “alegría” candy. “Alegrias” are made by amaranth, burned sugar(caramel) and some nuts as decoration. A simple bite of an “alegría” sweet gives to your tongue a honeyed, tang, taste with a unique spongy feeling of amaranth. It´s caramelized buquet is irresistible. Definitively the whiteness of amaranth with that savory brown of burned sugar is going to catch your tongue´s attention.

As it was stated in upper lines, doubtlessly Mexican gastronomy presents a miscellany of dishes and sweets. All of them offer to your senses a range of spiciness flavors with strong scents and attractive colors that invite you to taste each Mexican dish and dessert. Mexican recipes provide a bitter, spicy flavor to your tongue. On the other hand, Mexican sweets take your taste into a slide of luscious tangy flavors. So if you have never tasted Mexican cuisin, you do not know the feeling of savor heaven.

2nd Essay

CORRECTED BY TEACHER

(FINAL PAPER)

Out Line

T.S. Nowadays a city lifestyle is not imaginable without having an electronic literacy.

I. Introduction
a) What is electronic literacy?
b) Importance of the electronic literacy in the daily life.

II. Electronic literacy in our life.
a) Personal life.
b) Family communication

III. Electronic literacy at job.
a) Business application

IV. Electronic literacy at school.
a) When doing assignments and presentations
b) Its importance in the B.A. in E.L.T.

V. Conclusion

Essay

Nowadays a city lifestyle is not imaginable without having electronic tools. Living in a city means that you have a job, or attend school, or both at the same time. Besides this you probably have a family; all these aspects are part of your daily life and to optimize your time, to improve and to get easier your job or assignments at school, and to establish communication with no trouble of distances; you must be electronic literated. But, what is electronic literacy? Is the use of the computer as a tool in communication, when working, at school, etc. In the next lines you will find the way in which electronic literacy is employ in three main facets of our daily life: in our personal life, at work and at school.

Let´s start talking about the way in which we use electronic literacy in our personal life. When living in a metropolis sometimes there is no time for going out to meet people or even to get a romantic partner. In answer to this problem there are hundreds of websites created to match your soul mate, get friends, etc. Another important application of electronic literacy in the personal life is to establish or maintain communication with your relatives, friends, etc. when they live far away from you; in another city, country or even in the same state but so far to visit them. Thus you can download a messenger and have a video calling with them; you can even be talking and watching more than one person at the same time. So that you can either use a computer with an internet connection to encounter people or to communicate with others just sending an e-mail or using a chat room.

The second angle of our daily life in which electronic literacy takes part is at work. Due to the fact that we live in a globalized world we have to be in touch with businessmen around the globe. This in order to update our business or just because the company where we work asks us to do so. Through the use of video-conferences, web pages, e-mails, etc. is how we can optimize costs, arrange meetings or look for better opportunities. It is important to highlight the importance of the video-conferences, specially, because with them companies save money and time when doing business out of the city we live in.

The third aspect, and the most important, is that electronic literacy is employed at school. In present times there are only a few teachers who are very traditional and only use the board, markers and a book for teaching. Instead, teachers bring to the classroom a computer, a tape recorder, speakers and a projector to perform a lesson. In the same way these teachers with an electronic literacy ask students to use technology for presentations and when doing assignments. Use of the internet when doing homework help us to save time and even money because as a substitute of going to a library you just turn on the computer. On the other hand; when you are the teacher like when studying the B.A. in E.L.T .It is mandatory to be updated with the most recent teaching techniques, and them require that you posses an electronic literacy. First of all, due to including technology when teaching has a huge impact in the students learning and interest. They tend to respond very good to it, so that you, as a teacher, would build a better relation with them.

To sum up the relevance of the electronic literacy in a city daily life, we only have to think about in all the times we use a computer or when we desire to have one. For example: when we don not have time to talk with our family and we need to send them an e-mail at least to know if they are alive or not. Or when we are working or at school and we need to finish an assignment quickly. Surely, if the entire world could acquire an electronic literacy, everything will be easier for all of us.

FIRST ESSAY (FINAL DRAFT)

CORRECTED BY TEACHER

(FINAL PAPER)

OUTLINE

T.S. : What about Me?

I. INTRODUCTION

II. MY FAMILY
a) My mother.
b) My Father
c) My brother

III. MY LIKES AND DISLIKES
a) Food
b) Weather
c) Music
d) Movies

IV. MY FUTURE
a) Near future
b) Distant future

V. CONCLUSION


ESSAY

What about Me?.. My name is Greta González Gutiérrez, I am from San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. .and I am twenty-two years old. Right now I am studying the third semester of the B.A. in E.L.T. at the Universidad Autonoma of Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes City. I moved up to this city with my parents and my brother three years ago but my relatives are in San Luis Potosí. There are many other things that you must know about me to make out who I am. In the next lines you will find out who the members of my family are, what my likes and dislikes are, what makes me laugh or cry, and a brief description of my future plans.

First of all I am going to talk about my family; my mother, my father and my brother. My mother´s name is Marina. She is 55 years old and she was an English teacher. Maybe that is the reason why I chose this B. A. She is very optimistic and she is the pillar of my life. My father’s name is Gustavo. He is 47 years old. He helps me whenever I needed and I know that I am his pampered girl. And the last member of my family is Gustavo; my brother. He is thirteen years old. He is studying the 2nd grade of secondary school. He does everything for me. My family loves me so much and they would die for me and I would do so.

Now let´s talk about my likes and dislikes related to food, weather, music and movies. I find irresistible Mexican, Italian, Japanese and Chinese food. My much loved deserts are ice-cream, chocolate and pie. Concerning to weather; I prefer cold weather than hot. However; I like so much beaches when going on vacation but I prefer rather a cold city to live in. Talking about music, I have to say that I enjoy all kinds. I can listen to a pop song or a heavy metal song. Although; the genres that I listen more are pop and norteño. Regarding movies; I like romantic comedy, horror, fantasy and action movies; therefore I enjoy any kind of movie. As you can see I am not very special when listening music or watching a movie.

The third point of which I´m going to talk about is: my future. My near future, which is from now up to August of 2010, is to conclude my fourth semester in the B.A. in E.L.T. to keep my record of zero subjects failed. On the other hand, I hope to obtain a scholarship and to get a job to help my parent with the bills. For my distant future, which is from August 2010 up to the year of 2013, I plan to work as a teacher in a prestigious university of Aguascalientes and to open my own English school. Also; I plan to be traveling out of this country. Those are the most important plans for my near and far future.

Now that you have read the upper lines, you should have a clearer idea of who I am and my way of thinking. I mentioned some of the most important aspects about me. These aspects were: my family, my likes and dislikes related to food, weather, music and movies, and my future plans. So that you have a draft of Greta González Gtz.

Introductory Essay- First Draft-

Out Line

T.S. What about Greta?

I. Introduction

II. Me Right Now

III.My Identity

a)Food

b)Hot or cold.

c)Music

IV. My Future

a)Near future

b)Distant Future

V. Conclusion

Essay

What about Greta? In the next lines you are going to find out some of the principles characteristics that form my personality. The first thing you have to know about me is my likes and dislikes related to food, places to go, and the type of music I like best. And second you will read a backward of my near and distant future.

My name is Greta González Gutiérrez, I´m 22 years old. I´m studying the B.A. in English Language Teaching in theUniversidad Autonoma of Aguascalientes. I had worked as an English teacher in an elementary school. My family is the most important thing in my life, then there are my friends and me. I have a pet, it is a dog named "Zuko" I love it.