Author Archives: cooperderudder

While most of my friends are bored in their homes during this pandemic, I on the other hand am learning new skills and diversifying my time in order to limit my boredom. With my parents both gone at work and no restaurants open I knew that this would be the perfect time to learn howContinue reading “Blog Post #7”

One thing that I have learned a lot this semester is that there are many ways to improve your writing. What I mean by this is that someone’s essay isn’t better then someone else’s because they are by nature a good writer; they just have more practice and have made more errors. Throughout this classContinue reading “Blog Post #6”

When you write or present a topic to an audience you are always trying to be convincing. For example, when writing my rebuttal essay, I focused on convincing my reader why free college is a bad idea.  Similarly, in my photo essay I presented it to convince my audience how close everyone in my dorm isContinue reading “Blog Post #5”

As a white, male who grew up in an upper middle-class family I am very lucky to have not experienced any serious situation of negative rhetoric from my identity. A couple times people have told me my opinion is invalid in the argument: which sometimes I do agree I have no say from my lackContinue reading “Blog Post #4”

One time in my life where I convinced someone of something was when my friend believed that his Jeep was not having a substantial effect on the environment despite him being a vegan for reasons of protecting the environment. Personally, I am very moderate on the political spectrum but my friend is very liberal: specificallyContinue reading “Blog Post #3”

In this cover, published in 2008 by “The New Yorker”, we can see Obama and his wife displayed in an extremely offensive manner. This cover was published while Obama was fighting to be the first black president: clearly something many people in America were not happy about. At first glance we can see the cartoonistContinue reading “Blog Post #1”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Early Life My name is Cooper Joseph DeRudder and I was born in Torrance, California. I grew up in Manhattan Beach my whole life, which really shaped what activities I enjoy today. My mom, dad, sister (2 years older), and I lived in a small house near the beach and we did everything together. MyContinue reading “About me: Cooper DeRudder”