Seeing is Everything

While doing research for the multimodal project I was able to locate several forms of convincing my audience of the points I will try to portray throughout the paper. Most of these are pictures in the form of cartoons. Although it is sometimes difficult I enjoyed looking for different ways to inform the reader that when Americans are over work they are less likely to be productive. This is counter intuitive, you would think that the more you work, the more you get done.

The image that I will be using for this blog post is one that I found from CartoonStock.com. In the picture it was an image of a man being carried tons of papers by his secretary that he then has to go through.  Then there is the caption “Done at last, I wonder how old my kids are?” This is a typical representation of the American business man. In order to be successful they must put in ho

urs after hours in at the office. This takes away from the precious family time at home.

After viewing this along with others it is clear that there is a lot of evidence out there that support this claim that Americans are indeed over worked. In my multimodal project I plan to compile all of these sources to create the most convincing presentation that I can.  Do you think that pictures like these help convince the audience that your points are in fact true? Or do you think they are not needed and just straight facts works best when convincing your audience?

Super Easy

When locating a source for a paper I always like to use the library's  resources and databases. This is an easy reliable and effective way to locate scholarly sources that will be used as strong evidence to support your claims. Again this very easy, literally anyone can utilize these resources.

For my writing project I’m looking at the effects of over working Americans. Are Americans over working by working 40 hours a week? And is there a more effective work schedule for all employees across the world. I found a source by typing random words that related to my topic and then tons of sources just appeared for my picking; all of which were scholarly reviewed sources.

Then I scrolled down till I discovered a n article by Tibor Scitovsky titled "More Workers+Fewer Hours=Higher Productivity" This is a good source for my topic because it is scholarly and gives my evidence to build my argument on.

In the article Tibor looks at several companies and the working schedules of the workers. He then breaks it down to the points that employees that work shorter shifts are more productive and have better attitudes while at work. There is points made that when people are happier they are more confident and therefore enjoy doing their job, and actually do a good job.

This source was located using A&M’s resources and without it, discovering scholarly sources would be very difficult. Do you use these same resources? If so, Do you find them extremely effective and easy to use?

Workaholics

Do Americans work too hard? To most of us it may not seem so because we know no different. Growing up both my parents worked 40 hours a week and didn't think anything of it. It was what was expected by society and what was necessary to be successful. But as I read more and more on the idea of working less makes me wonder if Americans are reaching the max productivity in a 40 hour work week?

Bloomberg suggests that Americans are over work and our work lives carry over into our family/ relaxation time. How many times have you sent a work email from? Scheduled a meeting for job related events on your off period? This is taking away bonding time with family/ friends.

However us all being in college most don’t have a full time job but I think that this can still relate.  I think that if you, as a college student, woke up every morning at 8 o’clock, even if you didn't have class and you did nothing but school work till 4 in the afternoon, you shouldn't have to worry about school on your “off time”. This sounds really nice. Not ever having late nights studying for exams.

Do you any ideas about this issue? Are Americans worked too hard in general? Or is this work necessary to be successful in our economy?