The prospects for the great majority were almost invariably lives of drudge labor in urban sweatshops, on tropical plantations, or on the wharves of an expansive, global export economy. Throughout the century, advances in human rights, which were spread ever more broadly among different social groups—including women, laborers, INTRODUCTION • 3 ethnic minorities, and gays—made strides that were perhaps greater than all of those achieved in previous history combined. During the same…
critical of what we do or say. But critical also means “involving or exercising skilled judgment or observation.” In this sense critical thinking means thinking clearly and intelligently. More precisely, critical thinking is the general term given to a wide range of cognitive skills and intellectual dispositions needed to effectively identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments and truth claims; to discover and overcome personal preconceptions and biases; to formulate and present convincing reasons in support…
of Signs 3 Ethics of Writing 6 Keeping a Literacy Log 7 Domains of Writing: Print Texts and New Media 8 Eviction memories. Molly Osberg and Tim Fitzgerald 8 Multimodal Compositions 10 Print and New Media 10 For Critical Inquiry: Double-Page spread 14 Technology, Dining, and social Interactions. Ryan Catalani 14 For Critical Inquiry: multimodal Composition and new media 18 Analyzing Literacy Events and Practices 18 memo to a Thief. Memorandum 18 Three Literacy Narratives, Three Events 19…
deficit. We're not the only ones. It's a national condition—a temporary national condition." Eddie stood looking at him silently. What Taggart disliked about Eddie Willers was this habit of looking straight into people's eyes. Eddie's eyes were blue, wide and questioning; he had blond hair and a square face, unremarkable except for that look of scrupulous attentiveness and open, puzzled wonder. "What do you want?" snapped Taggart. "I just came to tell you something you had to know, because somebody…
tradition placed great emphasis on precedent and what is called stare decisis. A court considering one case would feel obliged to decide that case in a way similar to previously decided cases. Written decisions of the most important cases had been spread throughout England (the common “realm”), and judges hoped to establish a somewhat predictable, consistent group of decisions. The English legislature (Parliament) was not in the practice of establishing detailed statutes on crimes, torts, contracts…