Hunting & Fishing

For it or against it what it represents is the main key. Hunting and fishing has been in our blood ever since our ancestors arrived in America. If it wasn’t for them you wouldn’t be here right now. Keeping the tradition is very important because that is how America was built. It was built on the culture of the hunter.
Hunting and fishing is still some of the ways people survive and taking that away from them would just be outrageous. It is hard to believe but there are still some people that depend on only animals to keep them alive. We need to look past ourselves and understand what others may believe in.
You just don’t go hunting to kill something. You go for the enjoyment of being outdoors and spending time with friends and family. Hunting and fishing is a great way to build relationships. You are spending quality time with people and helping out the environment at the same time. Kids spend too much time in front of a screen at home and these opportunities give them a chance to experience something they don’t do every day. Fishing is a great way to spend time with parents and grandparents because it is an easy way to bond and everyone can have fun doing it.
What is great about hunting and fishing is it is very affordable. If given the opportunity an animal can give you the thrill of going on a rollercoaster. To buy a license it is usually around twenty dollars. The adrenalin rush you get if you have an animal walking towards you and you have your sites on it is one of the greatest feelings ever. It is very cheap entertainment but to get the feeling of success is something you can’t just imagine.

hunting and fishing

pre-writing questions

A problem that Americans face is the right to hunt and fish. Some believe hunting and fishing should be outlawed.

I think we should keep the tradition of hunting and fishing in America becasue that is how our ancestors survived and keeping the tradition is important.

Convince readers hunting and fishing is the right thing to do and there are a lot of positives that come out of it. You have to remember if it was bad we wouldn't have the right to do it.

What makes it enjoyable, Good for the enviroment, builds relationships, very affordable

I will give them ways to start enjoying hunting and fishing and what makes it fun.

It is an issue that has taken place for a long time ans some still agree with what has taken place and others still are against it.

pre-writing questions

peer review

Kyle Struzs
Add more detail about the up coming PGA tour events and the next matches. So the reader gets an understanding of when to expect these events to occur.
Get another resource from someone. Maybe someone from the golf team.
The story does give a good sense of what is happening and goes into great detail about the golf tournaments.
I would like to hear more of when the future tournaments are.


Jason Higgins
Add more detail about what students and the unemployed can do to find a job like extra schooling.
Get a source with someone that has a job and ask them if it has been hard to hang onto their job.
The story gives a good scene but more detail about why people are having such a hard time finding a job.
I would like to hear more about ways students can increase their chances of finding a job.

Wood vs. Alluminum

Wood or aluminum, that has been in the baseball headlines for years now but no big decisions have been made to make the switch. There are pros and cons to both but you also have to keep in mind the safety of the players. That is the number one concern but not everyone agrees with what the leagues have done.
Aluminum bats have become very popular over the past ten years and with new technology they keep getting better and better. The newest kind of aluminum bat is composite. It’s a very high quality of aluminum and players are starting to make the switch. “I personally made the switch to composite this fall and I can tell the difference” says Taylor Augustin. There are some downfalls to composite and that is they have to be broken in before they reach their fullest pop.
There is always a debate about whether the NCAA should go to wood. Kids are getting stronger and it is just a matter of time before a pitcher gets a come backer off their off there head and left with a serious injury or even death. “It is going to take a protest or major injury due to a line drive off a medal bat” says Scott Wobshall. There have been instances where major injuries have occurred but nothing was done.
Even college players said they would not mind going to wood. It gives them experience with wood for if they make it to the professionals. Some people say college hitters have an advantage using aluminum. Mike Barry agrees saying “with their strength and ability to hit, they are able to get hits which would most likely be a broken wood bat.” The NCAA is aware of these situations but they have done very little to make the switch. Wooden bats can be dangerous also because when they break they can sometomes shatter and then the peices go flying.

Wood vs. Aluminum

What is best for the game at the lower levels and how safety concerns come into play.


Peter Zukonoff
Mike Barry
Taylor Augustin
Nick Dolsky


1.Do you think the NCAA should go to wood? why?

2. Are aluminum bats getting to the point where they are unsafe. What evidence have you seen?

3. What is it going to take for colleges to go to wood?

4. Do college hitters have an advantage using alluminum?

5. What is the lowest possible level of baseball will they switch to wood?