Reinforce Stereotypes

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I wrote my argument piece last November on the idea that single sex schools and classrooms reinforce stereotypes. I believe that overall my assignment was very persuasive and I made some very convincing points. I talked about how in single sex schools, tomboys would not be able to have the chance to hang around with and talk to boys that they may want to do. This point is very personal and any tomboys who would read my presentation would understand what it would feel like. The quote is very meaningful and I’m sure many people would be able to relate to it. I believe that this example appeals to emotions of certain people and makes my argument stronger. In addition, I supported my belief with the fact that most boys and girls learn differently …show more content…
I believe that I spent more effort than any of my other writings. I payed very close attention to detail and made sure that every support clearly connected to the fact that wanting a think too much is not always good. For the sentence, “It is not good to want a thing too much,” I had and used lots of evidence from the book to support it. I used many scenarios in which the main character wanted a thing too much and became greedy only to have a severe punishment afterward. Every time that Kino, the main character, became too selfish and greedy, he faced some sort of punishment and in the end he lost his child as well. His own greedy self was the cause of his son’s death and he would never be able to regret that. In my essay, I had some very detailed and strong supports that backed up my thought about what the most meaningful sentence was. I believe that this paper was one of the best ones I have ever written. I included a lot of background info and made sure that readers would clearly understand what was going on. For example, before every support that I want to talk about, I give some info on where we are in the story and what is going on at the time. In total I had three scenarios in which Kino wanted a thing too much and caused problems for his family. Even though my writing was detailed and correct, there was one slight problem. In my last example in which Kino’s greed costs him his child’s life, I wrote too much background info. I wrote at least five extra sentences that I did not need to include. I gave too much information on the setting and background in which the scenario takes place. I should have just left out the extra info and made sure that my original support idea was taken care of

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