Assignment 1
My name is Lenny Logrono and I’m 20 years old. I work at my brother’s girlfriend hair salon in Jersey City as an assistant. This is my first semester at City College and majoring in Early Childhood Education. I’m really nervous to be here because it’s a new environment, people, and school system for me. My goal for this semester is to increase my vocabulary and public speaking skills. I find it difficult for me to speak in front of people, specially when there is 50% chance of me being the only one with English accept. At side from school, my interest is to save up money to travel. I love going to different places and learning new cultures. Last year, I had the opportunity to go to the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, and Canada. This year I went to Colombia with my mom we had an amazing time over there. For me traveling means a lot, every time I go to another country it feels like a dream come true. I like making new friends, working, going to the movies, listening to music and spending time with my family. One of my most valuable possession (material stuff) is my two instax cameras I always take them with me when I’m traveling or doing something new. I rather have a hard copy of my photos than having it on my phone, sometimes I hate technology because it takes a lot from us.
The first chapter of this book was a little bit difficult for me to understand because I was not paying attention to the argument or what she was trying to say. The first time I read the chapter I had no clue of what I was reading, but the second time I understood the argument and everything she wrote. In Inventing Human Rights the author used different points of view and evidences to support her argument. After reading The Paradox of Self-Evidence, I finally understood what she was trying to tell the readers. The argument is that according to Thomas Jefferson equality is self-evident, but the real question is if they are so self-evident why did this allegation had to be made. In other words, if having human rights is self-explanatory why was it necessary to put into writing. In addition, Thomas Jefferson did not explain what he meant when he wrote all his beliefs, which made people question everything he wrote. People still argues and debates the terms he used when writing the Declaration of Independence.
