"Why Michael Sam's Coming Out is Not an Unnecessary 'Distraction'"

"Why Michael Sam's Coming Out is Not an Unnecessary 'Distraction." Kellygallagher. n.p. n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2014. <http://kellygallagher.org/resources/AoW%201314_24%20Michael%20Sam.pdf>.

Qwertyus, Marcus. "Michael Sam final Mizzou home game." Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, 10 Feb. 2014. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Sam_final_Mizzou_home_game.jpg>.

Michael Sam has recently “come out of the closet” and announced to the world that he is gay. This is very bad to some people. Some of the players on his team are a sum of the people that think that this shouldn’t be okay. Because Sam will be in the same locker room as them they feel uncomfortable and wish to have him not be allowed in it, but does the fact that he’s gay mean that he has to like or feel attracted to anyone in the locker room? Perhaps none of the men in that room have anything to do with his sexual orientation.

How do I see all this? Well, why does it even matter? If he wants to be gay, let him. Hes been working with these men for years and has never once been called on for his “attraction to the players.” If it didn’t happen before, why would it happen now? And why does this matter to anyone in any situation that involves someone being gay? How they see the world and who they want to be with does not in any way affect you so why should you have a say in if they get to do it or not? I dont think that its fair for them to call him out for this.

The author’s point of view is that it doesn’t matter if he is gay or not. It doesn’t affect his playing ability and that should mean he should be able to continue thinking that way. The author supports Sam and is happy with his ability to come out in this field, knowing good and well what it could get him.

The Higher Purpose of Doodling

"The Higher Purpose of Doodling." CBSNews. CBS News. Jan. 19, 2014. Web. Feb. 10, 2014. <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-higher-purpose-of-doodling/>

Forsythe, Giulia. "Why Doodling Matters (draft 1)." flickr. Flickr, 4 Aug. 2011. Media. 6 Feb. 2014. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/gforsythe/6009763204/>.

     People think that doodling is just a thing that people do while they begin to get bored, like in class or while sitting at home doing some random task. The Oxford English Dictionary even states that doodling is a "drawing made absentmindedly" which a lot of people find to be untrue. People use doodling to help themselves remember important things by attaching a small picture to help symbolize what they need to remember for another time. 

     Mapping things out is doodling, many people use that all over the world, planning out what you need and how to get it. Graphing what you need to know. Twenty-nine percent of the people that doodle while trying to remember something remember it more than the people that sat and listened to the whole message.

     My stand point of this topic? To be honest I could care less about whether or not doodling helps to pay attention, it all depends on you and how you learn when you get down to the bone doesn't it? So why not let people do what they like and learn how they want; if it helps people learn by doodling while they listen, let them. If they need to pay full attention one-hundred percent of the time, let them.

     I believe that the author thinks that doodling should be more widely accepted as a way to learn. Once they say "The doodle seems to be the artistic equivalent of Rodney Dangerfield -- it just gets no respect."  The author seems to believe that people discredit doodling as a way remember things and to help and the work place and they are not going to "take that sitting down." They are trying to show the audience how doodling can be good for you while trying to prove their point.