These are the instructions:
Week 1 Discussion
Respond to peers’ main posts with replies of 100-150 words each, answer the following questions:
• Was the situation described clearly and with enough detail to envision the situation?
• Reflect on the results. Could the situation have been handled differently? If so, how?
• Identify areas of Ethos-Logos-Pathos and specify which of the three your peer’s argument relied on most heavily.
• Suggest areas of Ethos-Logos-Pathos that could have been used to make your peer’s argument successful or stronger.
• Have you ever encountered or witnessed a similar situation? How did you handle it? (For this question, you could add a recommendation like: Since I am an
occupational therapist and introducing new texture or food to a child is an activity I do frequently, you could do something like making food fun, like animals
or objects he likes, serving different food in a plate and allow him to help himself, reward every steps even if they are small steps) It’s just an idea. It doesn’t
have to be exactly like the text, but something similar.
Here is the situation I have to write about:
Week 1 Discussion
There once was a time I tried to get my five-year-old son to try a vegetable. Now, this specific vegetable I was trying to get him to try was broccoli. My son has
had a very weird eating problem since he was born. As he got older, I learned it was a texture problem for him. Sometimes, the way a food may look or feel
will discourage him from trying it. One day, I told him, “Kingston, you should try this vegetable, it is called broccoli, and it will make you super strong, big and
fast like sonic the hedgehog!” He looked like he thought about it for a minute, and he replied, “If I try it, I will be super strong and fast like sonic?” I said “Yes!”
At this point he tells me “You first mommy, let me see.” I figured this argument would only favor my part if I acted it out. I ate it and acted like I got super
strong and became fast like sonic. My baby was excited! He proceeded to try it and took a little bite. While he took a bite and quickly ran to the garbage and
spit it out, he acted like he became super strong and fast like sonic. I played along with him.
Although he did not like broccoli, my ethos meaning trust and creditability made my baby believe if he tried it, he would be super strong and super-fast like
sonic. The fact that I showed him that by me eating the broccoli made me super strong and fast encouraged him to also try it and gain the same strength.
The argument continues with other vegetables and foods I try to get him to try, but I am incredibly happy to know there are ways to get him to try things even
if that means me pretending along with him.
