Blog Entry 7

Considering the main argument of the article, I do agree with where this student stands on the issue of hard copy texts converting to E-books. I think that financially, E-books are much more efficient and available to the students here at ASU.  I also agree that it will give ASU a boost ahead of other universities competing for grants and titles. I think that maybe he could have quoted students on their opinion of E-books and hard copy texts. Conducting a survey could have proved beneficial.  I think the part where he mentioned the idea of giving students Ipads or tablets is irrelevant to the specific problem. He states a fact about a local private school, where tuition is even higher than it is here at ASU. It is an idea, but an idea that could prove to be an entirely new paper. Most classes here require some type of online work, and it is rare to come across a student without some form of computer or tablet. The audience for his paper would be school officials that are in contact with the book companies and bookstores here at ASU. They value education more than anything, and believe that books are necessary for a class to function properly in most cases. I do not think that they would be opposed on this topic, yet I also don’t think that change would come easy. They are interested in what will most help the students and the university. Financially, I am sure they are concerned as well. E-books are much more cost-efficient for students but are they just as cheap for the university to disperse them? I think the author does a wonderful job at addressing the problem to the specific readers. The writing used only small amounts of ethos. He makes a point of ethos through financial needs. Is it ethnically correct to be charging students hundreds of dollars for a hard-copy book when there are other options available? These are problems and questions the author applied very well to his paper. I would have liked to see more ethos in his paper; therefore, I would only rate it a 5 or 6. His paper included a great deal or logos, but it would need to be balanced with some or more ethos. I do think this is a good model for our assignment. Overall, it is a very well written paper, and is set up correctly as stated in the directions. I think he addresses the problem and topic very well. It sparked a few ideas for my paper as well. Which is really good, because I was having a mental block at the moment. I think that this student could have enhanced his paper with even more research. If I were him, like I said, I would have conducted a survey or teachers and students. I think that more numbers could have been involved in his essay as well. Not just surveys and percentages but charts and pictures. Maybe even quoting articles or officials could have given this essay the boost that it needed.