In the recent article, Generation Rescue Supports Desiree Jennings, Washington Redskin Cheerleader Disabled by Flu Shot, the non-profit organization Generation Rescue (dedicated to preventing and reversing autism) pours out their support for Desiree. After receiving her flu shot, Desiree
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Oh Goodness! I got the vaccine the other day when the school was allowing students to get them... i hope nothing like that ever happens to me!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly what I'm looking for, Katie. I just wanted to caution you about your source. The idea here is that you select a news article. Generation Rescue is a non-profit with a specific agenda, and so the information coming from them will be expected to be biased (in this case against vaccines). I'm not necessarily saying that the information is bad, although I do have my opinion on that. I'm just saying that you need to learn to recognize that ".org" is usually an indicator of some sort of bias that needs to be considered when evaluating the information presented.
ReplyDeleteThe only other critique I would make is that when you are only quoting a single sentence, it's appropriate to just include it as part of your normal text. You only use the blockquotes when you're quoting larger pieces of text (which is why I ask you to quote a paragraph...)
Mechanically, this is a really good first post. 23/25
how often does that happend? i heard that the school gave those nose spray vacines, could they prevent that cheerleader thing to happen?
ReplyDeleteI was scared to get the flu shot at first after seeing that, but now I am glad I did. It would be really hard to have everything you ever worked for taken away within the matter of days.
ReplyDeleteI deleted half of your post. Sorry.
ReplyDeletenow i am glad that i didn't get the flu shot
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