In addition, I was born with what's called club feet. Basically that means that both of my feet were upside down and backwards. When I was about 6 months old I had to go through complete reconstructive surgery on both of my feet. They cut all the way around the back of my feet and rearranged everything. I was then outfitted with spring loaded casts that went up to my waist for the next 6 months to a year of my life. This surgery that they did was state of the art at the time. Research had been combined from many different doctors around the world, and this new surgery was born. In short, it's safe to say that if it were not for globalization, I would be a cripple and living my life in a wheelchair instead of traversing the walkways of BYU and playing basketball multiple times a week.
Friday, January 10, 2014
The greatness of globalization
Almost a decade ago I was diagnosed Celiac, or in other words, gluten intolerant. I was in 6th grade at the time. Back then, it was almost impossible to find anything labeled "gluten free" in the stores. Although my mom tried really hard to get me to make special gluten free food, the majority of the gluten free food that we experimented with seriously tasted about as good as soggy cardboard. Because of globalization, many new gluten free foods have emerged in the last 10 years. Also, not only is there more variety of gluten free products, but many of them actually taste really good too. One of these, as we have discussed in class is Quinoa. Quinoa is a naturally gluten free product. Not only that, but it tastes great and is extremely healthy.
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These are illustrative (and specific--hurray!) examples. The specificity and personal nature of the examples are a great way to connect emotionally to your audience (emotional appeals). Your last sentence is especially compelling.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with this. I was born with club feet too so you and me are in the same boat with globalization.
ReplyDeletetwo years ago i started talking to this girl and came to find out that she was gluten free. this was the first time i had heard of it but as our friendship grew she shared more of what she could eat and not eat. just in the two years that i've known her i see that the options and foods she is eating have grown a lot. she was so excited when a gluten free shop opened last summer in our town. so i can personally agree of seeing how gluten free diets have been helped by globalization.
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