Electric cars have always come in and out of popularity since their creation. In 1900 they were popular as they were 28% of all cars created at that time says the American Census from 1905. As we have become more concerned over our environmental impact on our earth we have tried to find what we can do to save our planet. This has been by reducing plastic usage, recycling, and trying to cut down on using non reusable resources. The newest and most promising way to help save the environment is by bringing back these electric cars. With current technology these cars have advanced to now become better in many ways than traditional gas or diesel powered vehicles. The downsides is that these electric cars still find ways to run on gas, diesel, and even coal. While many believe that these electric cars are going to save the earth we tend not to focus on the dirty side of clean energy.
The Dirty Side of Clean Energy Vehicles
Electric cars are believed to be the future and are currently taking over our roads, but what many don’t know is that electric cars have always come in and out of popularity since their creation since 1890. In 1900 electric cars were popular as they were 28% of all cars created at that time says the American Census from 1905. The electricity produced for those cars was made from coal energy which is much worse than gasoline and diesel emissions. Electric cars have now had a major comeback and have finally stuck for what seems to be the long run in an effort to save the environment. These cars don’t have emissions coming out of a tailpipe like gas or diesel vehicles, but still run on gasoline, diesel, and even one hundred and thirty one years later electric vehicles still run on coal. While many believe that these electric cars are going to save the earth we tend not to realize that there is a dirty side to this clean energy.
“While the flesh detecting technology is roughly the same, the mechanism for stopping the blade is much different between the two saws. SawStop uses a break to stop the blade from moving, which destroys the blade in the process. The REAXX saw drops the spinning blade into the housing below.” This is a comparative claim because Gass is describing how Bosch used his flesh detecting technology to make a similar, but different version of the safety saw. This is why Gass took Bosch to court.
Customers
“In 1300 documented cases, customers have come into contact with the blades of their saws and come away with just tiny nicks.” This is a factual claim because it shows the statistics of customers who have put the safety system to use without it failing. This is a good statistic for Gass.
Industry Spokespeople
“SawStop is currently available in the marketplace to any consumer who chooses to purchase it,” This is a factual claim by Susan Young, a representative for multiple saw manufacturing companies. Despite being available to any manufacturer, they still aren’t buying it up. This is because they claim that it can add $100 – $300 in manufacturing costs.
Consumer Safety Advocates
“Ten people every day – according the CPSC’s own data – have their fingers amputated in power saw accidents. 10 a day!” This is a quantitative claim because it describes the average number of people who cut their fingers off in saw accidents per day. This number could be reduced if Gass’ invention is mandated.
Injured Plaintiffs
“If this safety mechanism had been included in the table saw, Osorio’s injuries would have been limited to a 1/8-inch cut on only one finger, instead of two unusable fingers and three fingers with no feeling, requiring five surgeries and $384,000 in medical expenses. The court awarded Osorio $1.5 million in damages.” This is a causal claim because it describes that Osorio would not have been injured if the safety mechanisms were included in the saw. The court also awarded Osorio money in compensation for the damages due to the saw. This is cause and effect.
Personal Injury Lawyers
“Every year, there are over 40,000 table saw injuries, resulting in more than 4,000 amputations. Table saws cause more injuries than any other woodworking tool.” This is a factual claim that presents the statistics of how many people are injured by saws per year. Despite these numbers, most saw manufacturers are still reluctant to adopt Gass’ saw safe technology into their saw production.
Government Officials
“In 2012, California lawmakers tried to pass a law that would require all table saws sold after January 1, 2015 to have flesh-sensing safety technology.” This is a proposal claim because the lawmakers are making a proposal that all table saws should have flesh-sensing technology implemented within them. Despite these efforts, it still failed to pass in congress.
News Reporters
“Sure enough, the blade came to a dead stop in about three one-thousandths of a second, leaving the dog with only a minor nick.” This is an evaluative claim because it describes that the safety saw fulfilled its intended purpose when put to the test, and the hotdog only received a minor wound. This is good press for the safety saw technology.
The Stigmatization of Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder is often considered among the most emotionally painful (for sufferers and those affected by them) personality disorders. BPD is often diagnosed on the basis of quite a few symptoms and behaviors. According to the Lancet, BPD is a serious mental disorder with a characteristic pervasive pattern of instability in affect regulation, impulse control, interpersonal relationships, and self-image.It is known to affect about 1-2% of the general population. Many consider people who suffer from this condition to be dangerous, unwanted, and unworthy of help. This stigmatization makes it very hard for those affected to get help.
BPD and The Reasons for The Stigma
Those who suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) often experience stigma from the people around them in their daily lives. Doctors may treat them poorly and people who are aware of their diagnosis may avoid social interaction with them. This comes from the belief that those with BPD are a threat on multiple levels. They are capable of lashing out, lying, or manipulating people to get their way. Without proper help and support, these individuals can never unlearn these habits and improve. Individuals with BPD need to be cared for and given specialized medical treatment in order to live healthy and productive lives.
Instructor’s Note: What follows is a perfectly fine Open Strong paragraph for an essay devoted to exploring the harm done to our psychologies by depriving us of even the promise of traveling any time soon.
The deprivation of travel has damaging effects to the human mind. When most of the world shut down due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, people were not able to leave their homes for an indefinite amount of time. This caused many people to experience negative effects such as anxiety and depression since they could not leave their homes and had to be socially distant from everyone else. People cannot travel anywhere to escape their stressful and busy lives and they are unable to receive the benefits of traveling. As a result of depriving someone of travel, the human mind becomes unhealthy.
Instructor’s Note: What follows NOW is a deconstruction and reconstruction of the paragraph to improve its impact and rhetorical strength by
Eliminating broad generalizations and abstract language.
Replacing weak subjects and verbs with specific subjects and robust active verbs.
Personalizing the paragraph with first-person-plural language (WE, not THEY).
The deprivation of travel has damaging effects to the human mind.
—Travel deprivation undermines human well-being.
When most of the world shut down due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, people were not able to leave their homes for an indefinite amount of time.
—When the Coronavirus pandemic shut down the world, we were imprisoned in our homes with no promise of parole.
This caused many people to experience negative effects such as anxiety and depression since they could not leave their homes and had to be socially distant from everyone else.
—Confinement depressed us, social-distancing made us anxious.
People cannot travel anywhere to escape their stressful and busy lives and they are unable to receive the benefits of traveling.
—We lost the promise of travel and the freedom of movement that ordinarily lifts our spirits.
As a result of depriving someone of travel, the human mind becomes unhealthy.
—A year later, we’re all suffering the unhealthy condition known as travel deprivation.
ABSTRACTIONS ELIMINATED: has effects / were not able / for an indefinite amount of time / many people to experience / negative effects / such as / they could not leave / had to be / they are unable to receive / the benefits of traveling / as a result of depriving / becomes
EMPHASIS ADDED: Undermined / shut down / imprisoned / depressed / lost / lifts / suffering. The more robust our verbs, the more our readers FEEL the power of our arguments.
PERSONALIZATION: You may have been told in other writing classes to avoid the first person (I, we, us, our, etc), and for many types of writing, that is good advice. Here, where our product is the persuasive essay, the more we emphasize our unity with our readers the better. Travel deprivation doesn’t happen to “those people”; it happens to US when we’re locked down.
See the end product of eliminating abstractions, adding robust verbs and subjects, and personalizing your argument:
Travel deprivation undermines human well-being. When the Coronavirus pandemic shut down the world, we were imprisoned in our homes with no promise of parole. Confinement depressed us, social-distancing made us anxious. We lost the promise of travel and the freedom of movement that ordinarily lifts our spirits. A year later, we’re all suffering the unhealthy condition known as travel deprivation.
While the original paragraph was strong, and you may want to stand on the merits of such paragraphs, you should at least consider revising them if the examples of these changes impress you as worthwhile.
The deprivation of travel has damaging effects to the human mind. When most of the world shut down due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, people were not able to leave their homes for an indefinite amount of time. This caused many people to experience negative effects such as anxiety and depression since they could not leave their homes and had to be socially distant from everyone else. People cannot travel anywhere to escape their stressful and busy lives and they are unable to receive the benefits of traveling. As a result of depriving someone of travel, the human mind becomes unhealthy.
Stages of Travel Deprivation
Depriving someone of their will to enjoy life are detrimental to the overall happiness of people. When people travel, they expect to get satisfaction and happiness as they escape from their stressful and busy lives. This is a process called the Stages of Travel. People get happiness as they go on a vacation. As the Coronavirus spreads throughout the country, people are unable to enjoy themselves by traveling because flights are suspended, and that people are unable to leave their homes. This creates a parallel process called The Stages of the Deprivation of Travel which yields the opposite effects of the Stages of Travel.
The ad begins with a dad hard at work on his laptop with files pulled up on his screen. He appears to be in a home, with a child’s pink bike against the stars and children’s artwork behind him, as well as a children’s art station next to him. It can be concluded from this that he is working from home. His desk and work space is quite cluttered, but in a good way. There are craft supplies, pictures, and paintings surrounding his work space so it can be deduced that he has a good relationship with his child. In the background, there are several pictures with him hugging and kissing his little girl, as well as a painting of a monster attacking someone in bed with “Papa” being there to save the day. All of this is on a board amongst his own work, so it can be seen that he has a good balance between work and spending time with his daughter. Although not confirmed, there does not appear to be a wife in any of the pictures, so it can be possibly be assumed that he is a single father raising his only daughter, while also doing work in able to make money and take care of her.
This environment, even in the first second, was chosen to let the audience understand the type of connection that he has with his daughter. Even though no actions were taken yet, with all of the artwork and selfies of the two pinned to a board right alongside his work, the dedication and the connection that this father has is crystal clear.
0:02
He looks up from his laptop in a quick, startled way towards the ceiling, stopping his work completely, with a worried look that turns to understanding following the initial shock, almost as if this type of noise is regular or familiar. His daughter must be upstairs trying to sleep and having nightmares, as foreshadowed by the monster painting seen at the 0:01 mark. Since the father seems to understand what’s going on, we can presume that this is a somewhat regular occurrence and that father knows what he has to do to comfort his little girl.
0:05-0:15
Hearing that his daughter is upset, he stops what he’s doing, closes his laptop, and heads upstairs before quickly grabbing his laptop to bring with him. As the camera slowly zooms into the monster painting on the back cork board, we can more clearly see that the father is protecting his daughter from a scary monster while she is in bed, as she labeled the two people as “Papa” and “Me.”
0:16
The camera is zoomed in on a little girl, sound asleep in her bed. This makes us wonder what the father was hearing if she’s asleep.
0:20-0:25
As the camera pans downward, we see the father laying underneath his daughter’s bed, presumably fending off the monsters from the previous painting that have infiltrated her room and are trying to scare her. He has his laptop open and is continuing his work, while also staying with and comforting his daughter enough to where she can soundly sleep. If the first second didn’t convey a healthy work/ family balance, this scene definitely does. He doesn’t ignore her to continue his work and doesn’t simply forget about his work. He balances both perfectly showing that he truly loves his daughter. The words “Never stop being a dad” appear on screen, emphasizing and confirming the points that we’ve witnessed so far. This is followed by the hashtag “Dadication,” displaying the importance of fathers being dedicated to raising their children.
Being the main actions of the sequence, what the father chooses to do solidifies the idea that he is great at balancing his life. This is a great display of dedication, and the choice by the director to include this and make this the focal point of the ad was genius. Through the simple action of laying under his daughter’s bed while continuing his work, we as the audience can clearly understand how much he loves and cares for his daughter. He’s not afraid of multitasking if it means comforting his child, and isn’t consumed by work as most fathers seem to be. This drives home the importance of fatherhood and is a perfect example of how even a simple action can be so important and comforting for a child.
The ad begins with a dad hard at work on his laptop. His desk and work space is quite cluttered, but in a good way. There are craft supplies, pictures, and paintings surrounding his work space so it can be deduced that he has a good relationship with his child. In the background, there are several pictures with him hugging and kissing his little girl, as well as a painting of a monster attacking someone in bed with Dad being there to save the day. All of this is on a board amongst his own work, so it can be seen that he has a good balance between work and spending time with his daughter. Although not confirmed, there does not appear to be a wife in any of the pictures, so it can be possibly be assumed that he is a single father raising his only daughter, while also doing work in able to make money and take care of her.
This environment, even in the first second, was chosen to let the audience understand the type of connection that he has with his daughter. Even though no actions were taken yet, with all of the artwork and selfies of the two pinned to a board right alongside his work, the dedication and the connection that this father has is crystal clear.
0:02
He looks up from his work and towards the ceiling, stopping completely, with a worried but understanding look on his face. His daughter must be upstairs trying to sleep and having nightmares, as foreshadowed by the monster painting seen at the 0:01 mark. Since the father seems to understand what’s going on, we can presume that this is a somewhat regular occurrence and that father knows what he has to do to comfort his little girl.
0:05-0:15
Hearing that his daughter is upset, he stops what he’s doing, closes his laptop, and brings it with him upstairs. As the camera slowly zooms into the monster painting, we can more clearly see that the father is protecting his daughter from a scary monster while she is in bed.
0:16
The camera is zoomed in on a little girl, sound asleep in her bed. This makes us wonder what the father was hearing if she’s asleep.
0:20-0:25
As the camera pans downward, we see the father laying underneath his daughter’s bed, presumably fending off any monsters that have infiltrated her room and are trying to scare her. He has his laptop open and is continuing his work, while also staying with and comforting his daughter enough to where she can soundly sleep. If the first second didn’t convey a healthy work/ family balance, this scene definitely does. He doesn’t ignore her to continue his work and doesn’t simply forget about his work. He balances both perfectly showing that he truly loves his daughter. The words “Never stop being a dad” appear on screen, emphasizing and confirming the points that we’ve witnessed so far. This is followed by the hashtag “Dadication,” displaying the importance of fathers being dedicated to raising their children.
Being the main actions of the sequence, what the father chooses to do solidifies the idea that he is great at balancing his life. This is a great display of dedication, and the choice by the director to include this and make this the focal point of the ad was genius. Through the simple action of laying under his daughter’s bed while continuing his work, we as the audience can clearly understand how much he loves and cares for his daughter. He’s not afraid of multitasking if it means comforting his child, and isn’t consumed by work as most fathers seem to be. This drives home the importance of fatherhood and is a perfect example of how even a simple action can be so important and comforting for a child.
Seize the Awkward :30 | Friendship & Mental Health | Ad Council
0:01. The ad starts with two teenage girls sitting on a couch at opposite ends. The surrounding furniture, piano and lamps tell us that we are in one of the girl’s homes. At first the windows in the upper third of the wall might suggest that this scene takes place in a basement however, the fireplace in the left corner of view makes it more likely that the girls are in a living room.
The brunette on the left is fidgeting with her hands and her feet are pointed in to each other, it seems like the ad may have started after or before an uncomfortable conversation. Her eyes are also looking down and to the side as if she is trying not to make eye contact with the other girl. The blonde on the right side of the couch has her legs crossed and is looking straight ahead. This detail suggests she may be watching a tv that we as the view cannot see yet.
The camera is slowly zooming in on the scene then cuts to a close up of the brunette with her eyes still looking down on the floor.
0:02. Now the camera cuts to the blonde as she looks over to her friend to say something. She inhales as if she’s about to speak and looks over to her friend before her eyes dart back forward. It is clear the the blonde wants to say something but then decides not to.
0:03-0:06. The camera cuts again so we can see both girls sitting on the couch. The middle couch cushions fold down and white male appears in their place wearing a brown turtleneck with his hands folded. He is older than the girls, probably in his late twenties.
0:07. The camera cuts again to focus on the male in between the two girls but they are both still visible. The brunette is looking to the left with wide eyes and her mouth slightly open, indicating that she is uncomfortable, possibly by what the man in the middle is saying. The blonde is looking straight ahead, mouth closed as if she is refusing to acknowledge what is happening around her.
0:08-0:09. Camera cuts to a new scene of two men, one African American, the other white, both in their mid thirties, in a tub with the same white male as before in between them rising from the water. The bubbles coming from the tub and the décor of seashells and plants show that they are at a spa or perhaps the hot tub at a gym.
0:10. Another new scene, this time we are in a school or team bathroom. This is known because of the line of urinals, blue, yellow and white painted wall and the lights hanging from the ceiling. There are two large men, football players, wearing uniforms with number on the back in the same yellow and blue as the bathroom walls. Both men are larger than the one in the middle with long hair. They are going to the bathroom and we can tell by the fact their arms are not hanging at their sides The same white man from the previous scenes is squeezing himself in-between the two men. He can only fit between them if he is standing sideways and turns to face the camera and smiles.
0:11-0:12. The camera cuts to the last new scene of people. We are looking down at them in bed as if hovering above and looking down. A white male and an African American woman are laying in bed with the same white male in a turtleneck in the middle of them. The pink pillows and carpet indicate that the room they are in is the woman’s. The man on the left is shirtless as well as the woman, both with slightly disheveled hair. There is no lamp visible and daylight is shinning on then indicating that is it morning and they have just woken up from a night out. The man and woman look at each other and when eyes contact is made, quickly away. This shows that they are not comfortable with each other like a couple who had been dating for a while would. The man in the middle is positioned lower than the couple so they do not look at him when they glance at each other and so the viewer knows they are looking at each other and not the man in the turtleneck.
0:13-0:14. The camera cuts back to the hot tub scene from earlier but the camera is zoomed in on the man in the turtleneck between the other two men while we can still tell the men on either side of him are there because we can see their arms.
0:14-0:15. We are back at the scene of the two girls on the couch with the man in the middle. We can see half of the girl’s faces with the same expressions as before. The man in the turtleneck points to both of them before the camera changes angles.
0:16-0:18. The angle of the camera changes so that both girls are visible and the man in-between them is gone. The brunette’s expression and body language has not changed. The blonde opens her mouth as is if she is going to speak. She looks over to her friend and her eyes look at the brunette’s but do not make eye contact before she looks down at her lap at her hands. We can tell she is struggling to find the words she wants to say.
0:18-0:20. The camera angle changes to focus only on the blonde. She starts speaking and the way she is tilting her head and raising her eyebrows we can tell she is trying to be empathic or sympathetic with what she is saying.
0:21-0:22. The camera the cuts to focusing on the brunette and she shakes her head and looks to the right at the blonde before looking down, telling us the blonde had asked her a question that she is uncomfortable answering because she can’t maintain eye contact.
0:22-0:23. The camera cuts to the blonde as she looks to the brunette and says “it’s okay”. Meaning that if she asked a question the brunette isn’t ready to answer that she is okay with waiting until she is ready.
0:24-0:25. The camera cuts to the man in the turtleneck sitting in a chair with his thumbs up. This shows that the blonde handled the situation in the appropriate way.
Seize the Awkward :30 | Friendship & Mental Health | Ad Council
0:01. The ad starts with two teenage girls sitting on a couch at opposite ends. The surrounding furniture, piano and lamps tell us that we are in one of the girl’s homes. At first the windows in the upper third of the wall might suggest that this scene takes place in a basement however, the fireplace in the left corner of view makes it more likely that the girls are in a living room.
The brunette on the left is fidgeting with her hands and her feet are pointed in to each other, it seems like the ad may have started after or before an uncomfortable conversation. Her eyes are also looking down and to the side as if she is trying not to make eye contact with the other girl. The blonde on the right side of the couch has her legs crossed and is looking straight ahead. This detail suggests she may be watching a tv that we as the view cannot see yet.
The camera is slowly zooming in on the scene then cuts to a close up of the brunette with her eyes still looking down on the floor.
0:02. Now the camera cuts to the blonde as she looks over to her friend to say something. She inhales as if she’s about to speak and looks over to her friend before her eyes dart back forward. It is clear the the blonde wants to say something but then decides not to.
0:03-0:06. The camera cuts again so we can see both girls sitting on the couch. The middle couch cushions fold down and white male appears in their place wearing a brown turtleneck with his hands folded. He is older than the girls, probably in his late twenties.
0:07. The camera cuts again to focus on the male in between the two girls but they are both still visible. The brunette is looking to the left with wide eyes and her mouth slightly open, indicating that she is uncomfortable, possibly by what the man in the middle is saying. The blonde is looking straight ahead, mouth closed as if she is refusing to acknowledge what is happening around her.
0:08-0:09. Camera cuts to a new scene of two men, one African American, the other white, both in their mid thirties, in a tub with the same white male as before in between them rising from the water. The bubbles coming from the tub and the décor of seashells and plants show that they are at a spa or perhaps the hot tub at a gym.
0:10. Another new scene, this time we are in a school or team bathroom. This is known because of the line of urinals, blue, yellow and white painted wall and the lights hanging from the ceiling. There are two large men, football players, wearing uniforms with number on the back in the same yellow and blue as the bathroom walls. Both men are larger than the one in the middle with long hair. They are going to the bathroom and we can tell by the fact their arms are not hanging at their sides The same white man from the previous scenes is squeezing himself in-between the two men. He can only fit between them if he is standing sideways and turns to face the camera and smiles.
0:11-0:12. The camera cuts to the last new scene of people. We are looking down at them in bed as if hovering above and looking down. A white male and an African American woman are laying in bed with the same white male in a turtleneck in the middle of them. The pink pillows and carpet indicate that the room they are in is the woman’s. The man on the left is shirtless as well as the woman, both with slightly disheveled hair. There is no lamp visible and daylight is shinning on then indicating that is it morning and they have just woken up from a night out. The man and woman look at each other and when eyes contact is made, quickly away. This shows that they are not comfortable with each other like a couple who had been dating for a while would. The man in the middle is positioned lower than the couple so they do not look at him when they glance at each other and so the viewer knows they are looking at each other and not the man in the turtleneck.
0:13-0:14. The camera cuts back to the hot tub scene from earlier but the camera is zoomed in on the man in the turtleneck between the other two men while we can still tell the men on either side of him are there because we can see their arms.
0:14-0:15. We are back at the scene of the two girls on the couch with the man in the middle. We can see half of the girl’s faces with the same expressions as before. The man in the turtleneck points to both of them before the camera changes angles.
0:16-0:18. The angle of the camera changes so that both girls are visible and the man in-between them is gone. The brunette’s expression and body language has not changed. The blonde opens her mouth as is if she is going to speak. She looks over to her friend and her eyes look at the brunette’s but do not make eye contact before she looks down at her lap at her hands. We can tell she is struggling to find the words she wants to say.
0:18-0:20. The camera angle changes to focus only on the blonde. She starts speaking and the way she is tilting her head and raising her eyebrows we can tell she is trying to be empathic or sympathetic with what she is saying.
0:21-0:22. The camera the cuts to focusing on the brunette and she shakes her head and looks to the right at the blonde before looking down, telling us the blonde had asked her a question that she is uncomfortable answering because she can’t maintain eye contact.
0:22-0:23. The camera cuts to the blonde as she looks to the brunette and says “it’s okay”. Meaning that if she asked a question the brunette isn’t ready to answer that she is okay with waiting until she is ready.
0:24-0:25. The camera cuts to the man in the turtleneck sitting in a chair with his thumbs up. This shows that the blonde handled the situation in the appropriate way.
There is an african american male who seems to be looking away. It seems like he is looking at a window. If so, then we can tell that there is still light outside. It’s possible that the man is probably staring at something outside. Maybe something is going on. The man looks down at his phone. He has an iphone but it’s hard to identify what type of iphone it is. The phone is currently open on the instagram app. It appears to be that the man is viewing a post of him and somebody else. They are both holding diplomas in their hands. The instagram post didn’t get that much attention as it only has 37 likes. The man is wearing jewelry on his left hand and he seems to have some writing on his right hand. He may have a tattoo.
The video then goes through a series of photos. Each photo has the man and some other person in it. We see that one of the photos has a female. The female looks young so it’s probably the man’s relative or someone whom he has a relationship with judging by the smiles they are both putting on. Their relationship seems to be genuine. We then see more photos of the girl again. It’s obvious that this girl plays a role in this man’s life. Otherwise, we wouldn’t see multiple pictures of her.
The man is now smiling. He is happy about something. We now see a better image of the man. He looks like he’s in his late 20s or early 30s. The man has been to the gym before. He looks to be in shape. The screen seems to be in an instagram post template with the words “Finally getting my HS diploma!” Now we know that the man did not receive his high school diploma during high school. I’m unsure of the reason why. Maybe he dropped out of high school or maybe he never went to high school. It’s clear that he made the effort to complete his education. By the way that the man is smiling, this is a very big deal to him.
It turns out that the girl in the pictures is the man’s daughter. We see a picture of her going down the playground slide in reverse. She’s looking at the camera. Judging by the background of the picture, it is clear that they are outside. The weather seems to be very warm as the daughter is wearing a short sleeves shirt. Judging by the positioning of the daughter’s shadow, it is probably close to afternoon.
The man had his hands rubbing on his face and his eyes had a gleam in them. The man is probably emotional from achieving this accomplishment in his life. Receiving a high school diploma is a big milestone as high school is not all that easy. The man seems to be in a quiet room or a study room where he is seen to be doing some school work. The man is probably taking some notes since he is writing inside of a notebook. The time of day in the video had changed a few times. The man has probably been studying and taking notes for a while. He seems to be very studious.
The man is now seen with his son. His son looks young. He is probably between ages 6 and 12. The man looks like he is helping his son out with some work, or the son probably joined his father during his time of studying. There is a cat in the background, so it’s safe to assume that this man’s household welcomes pets. We see that the background has also changed. They are in the living room. The man is now carrying his son. They seem to be playing around or the father is escorting his son out of the area. It’s hard to tell since the camera is zoomed in. There is a picture of the man and his daughter but it’s an old picture. The man’s beard isn’t there anymore. They are both pointing at the camera. The man probably lives in the suburbs judging by the way that neighborhood looks. It seems like it’s a peaceful area to live in.
The man is seen again with his child. Now it is clear to assume that the man cares about his children very much. Maybe he went back to get his high school diploma for the sake of his children. Probably the man didn’t want his kids growing to find out that their father never completed high school. The man wants to set a good example for his children. He wants them to complete their education as well. Now we see that the father is on his phone going instagram stories. We see an ad on the plone with the link “FinishYourDiploma.org.” The man probably used it to help go back to school and achieve his high school diploma.
The reason for the man dropping out of school is still unknown. Maybe he dropped out because he had children to take care of. The father going back to complete his education just shows that he won’t let anything stop him to achieve his goals. Obstacles will come along the way, but it’s about how people handle them. Will they overcome it? Or will they succumb to defeat at the hands of the obstacle?
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