ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson

Eryk Trela-Reading Responses 11/16

1- Research Question: What makes the S&P 500 Index Fund a safe investment?

Argument 1-The S&P 500 on average returns 10-11% annually, a safe investment, due to the fact that your investment grows 10% each year, and has been for the last 10+ years.

Argument 2- The fact that whenever you invest in the S&P 500 you automatically have a properly diversified portfolio, one of the many keys in investing.

Argument 3- Contains an extra layer of investment protection, since the index contains 500 various well-performing stocks, and each stock is a good representative of their industry

Argument 4- S&P 500 yields a dividend of 1.31% (As of October 2021) annually, a.k.a. additional money, and also another source of cash flow.

2-Emanuela Gallo with utmost certainty believed that being continuously observed exponentially increases the societal expectations/norms of people. The norms matter of fact frame the human brain, constructing the way we think, obey laws, and values. In regards to evidence of being monitored/observed places pressure on one being. Such factors can change the way a person may act and behave. For instance, in the Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio, probable cause from the officers were in fact ignored. For a case in which such stature (Supreme Court) gave a plentiful amount of officers a green light to illegally search and observe people. Such actions riled up people, believing that this causes a lot of conflict in relation to people’s privacy. Drastically making this a controversial matter. 

3- “Surveillance and conformity in competitive youth swimming” Sport, Education and Society (Lang, M.)  

After having read the article, I could obviously and explicitly tell that Lang had used this article in support of her statement. Yet, this article didn’t speak on what we view as traditional surveillance like being observed by the camera, it still brought a solid point. The example of physically making contact with a minor(child) in a private matter versus in public can show decency of the condition. I believe this was a good source used in support, not a traditional way of backing up your argument.

“The Spirit of 1968: Toward Abolishing Terry Doctrine.” New York University Review of Law and Social Change (Cooper, Frank)  

Gallo had used Cooper Frank’s article in direct support. The author Gallo used Cooper’s article to show a supporting view from a legal perspective. Cooper’s articles dive into stop and frisks (Terry v. Ohio) to demonstrate and exemplify the effects when someone’s privacy has been invaded. However, the article from Frank doesn’t stop there, it also splits people into boxes. People who follow societal norms and the people who don’t follow the same values and behavior.