Introduction

Hello,

My name is Jason Frederickson. Please, sit back and make yourself at home, while I share a little about myself...

Beside being a graduate student at California State University, San Bernardino, I am also a substitute teacher. Currently, I teach in the High Desert, as well as San Bernardino. The grad program has had highs and lows, due to issues outside of school, and while I am approaching my second year in the program, I have just passed the half-way mark. However, I try to keep an optimistic outlook on life and just keep plugging away. Eventually, I am hoping to teach at the Junior College level, and I am not really certain at this time if I will continue my education beyond the Masters level. At one time I would have gave a definite 'no way in hell' answer to the notion, but lately I have juggled the idea around of getting a Doctrine in Educational Leadership; specifically focusing on the Community College level. This thought was conceived because I have noticed a difference between the two and four year institution approach to writing; henceforth, in order to fix the issue, we need more compositionist in the higher echelons of decision makers. Pardon me, I have rambled into the future and will now digress back to the present.

In the present I am interested in the way language affects the world we live in. I am currently interested in the arena of law, language, and society, in which I have just recently completed a course. I find it intriguing that the arguments that we hear on everyday issues, are very different underneath the surface when one does a discursive analysis and deconstructs an argument. For example, when society talks about same-sex marriage, many times religion and ethics are thrown around; however, if we go beneath the problem, we find that governments oppose the idea due to the granting of benefits. Religion and ethic are just a patsy, which sidetracks society from the real issue. It makes sense, especially when marriage has moved away from the church and into courthouses; not to mention the Vegas drive-through chapel. If I have stepped on any toes, or offended anyone, please forgive my rhetorical clumsiness.

I am so glad that you have taken the time to stop by and visit. Please feel free to drop in anytime.