Critical phenomena

The students at Perspectives IIT/Math and Science Academy followed a fairly disciplined schedule. With two hours of math and science, and an hour for other required classes, the goal of the school was get students to work on becoming critical thinkers. However, being in the longer class periods did not always provide this service, unlike the shorter periods. Based on Freire’s idea of the banking concept of education and problem-posing education, the two hour classes were more likely to…

Making Ethical Decisions For me, ethical decisions take careful consideration and a great deal of critical thinking. I try to think of multiple outcomes that my ultimate decision may cause, as well as my confidence in that decision. If I don’t feel completely comfortable with a decision that I’ve made, then it’s an indication I need to analyze the situation and possibly more before coming to a final conclusion. When this option isn’t available, due to time constraints or other hindrances, I put…

Argument and Persuasion Outline: I. The Method In our everyday lives persuasion is almost everywhere, and we are not even aware of its abundance. We can state out opinion in an argument and show our views, making a proposal to recommend action. In many professions, persuasion is very important; writing letters to gain support for things such as a grant or even gaining support for new developments in a field. Organizations and companies will use persuasion to gain support or a campaign or sell…

Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor provides a lively introduction to the subject matter of literature and insight into the mind of an English professor. Being an English professor at the University of Michigan-Flint, Foster has gained valuable experience in reading literature; experience that he shares with the reader in his book. Put simply, this book is a general guideline for what to look for when reading literature. An essential characteristic of Foster’s writing is…

The effects of fear on people and how people can be manipulated by fear are Gore’s main points in the excerpt from The Assault on Reason. Gore argues these points most effectively through his demonstration of his expertise. Both his use of personal experience and scientific research exemplify that his argument is well thought out and researched. Other interesting features of his argument that relate to his illustration of his expertise and strengthen his argument are his use of historical…

Differentiating Between Valid and Invalid Forms of Propositional Arguments Pages 164 – 175 of the textbook focuses on assessing valid forms versus invalid forms of propositional forms. It provides a brief description of what would be considered a valid argument and invalid argument. A valid argument passes the proper form test, while an invalid argument fails it. Five of the nine most used propositional arguments discusses are valid arguments. These valid forms include: the denying a disjunct,…

What can we define a decision as? A decision can be defined as a determination arrived at after consideration between a conflict that a person(s) are having (“Decision”). This means that, after you are faced with a decision, picking between at least two things or ideas, you have to decide on what you think is right, and that turns into your decision. Many people have decisions they make on a daily basis, for example, brushing their teeth, combing their hair, and eating dinner; they also could…

In John McWhorter’s Ted talk “Txting is killing language. JK!!!” he explains how texting is evolving into a new language that is beneficial to our society today. Even though we don’t necessarily use correct grammar or punctuation in our texts and when we talk, we still know what the meaning of the message is. Writing is more of a complex process and required more thought. Texting is a great way to get our ideas and feelings out to somebody in a quick and convenient way. John McWhorter, who is a…

This writer’s statement will be exploring the structural techniques of a persuasive argument and a review. This written statement will discuss the purpose and context of each text as well as evaluate how both texts challenge their audiences through the use of numerous persuasive devices. This writer’s statement will also analyse the targeted audience of each text. These texts were both presented in a different format. Though the persuasive text was conveying an opinion and the review promoted a…

Yehuda Berg once said "Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble." If we try to understand what Berg is trying to say through his quote. The quote simply mean that words have a lot of power and when every used should be chosen carefully. The use of this quote to start off my essay perfectly ties in with what we are going to talk about, which is the word “Bitch”. This word is one of the most controversial word to be…