Policy debate

interactions with others and with leadership. He cares for more than just academic success; he constantly strives towards excellence. I’ve seen him leading countless school events in his unwavering quest to help others. I’ve seen him leading intellectual debates on philosophical topics, often shaking the traditional belief systems that many ignore to question. I’ve seen him extend solicitous and unconditional kindness to others to uplift them through positivity.” From the new member at State…

shared 50-50 between the Presidency and the Congress is a fallacy. Foreign policy involves various players, the executive arm, and the Congress being the major policy contributors (Hastedt 169).However, the Presidency has several key arms that provide a superior advantage. Considering that the Presidency is established on a purely political process, the Congress somehow becomes divisive on matters relating to foreign policy, always leaning on one side, in this case, the Presidency. Pillar (51)…

English 102 class you taught this semester had many aspects to it that I will now discuss in terms of how they came across to me. To start id like to speak about the things that stuck out to me most. These things would be the debates and controversy analysis paper. The debates were an opportunity to work with a group and objectively discuss a controversial topic to which I had not partaken in and try and fight so that the topic of Greek Life on campus would be looked upon as favorable on a…

In “Disliking Books” (an excerpt from the 1993 book, Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education) Gerald Graff tells his story about growing up as a middle-class Jew in Chicago (22). He grew up disliking and fearing literature, history, and other advanced books. His explanation for his disdain towards reading was his fear of being bullied by the other boys in the working-class. Reading at the time was only acceptable for girls. When entering college, he…

My initial thoughts on my discussions when I read them is that I had quite a few misspelled words. Some of the art pieces we analyzed and discussed were a little more difficult to understand and it is blatantly obvious in my discussions. A lot of them are shorter than others. For example, Module 2: Introduction to Flanders seemed to be shorter in length than any other of my other discussions up until that point. I struggled to find the words to analyze Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride. My…

Berne, & Clark, (2008) article Focusing Literature Discussion Groups on Comprehension Strategies, Maloch, (2002) article Scaffolding Student Talk: One Teacher 's Role in Literature Discussion Groups, and Coffey, (2012) article Literacy and Technology: Integrating Technology with Small Group, Peer-led Discussions of Literature are three empirical descriptive research studies. The three articles focus on how literature discussion groups affect student learning. This paper will evaluate using…

Sports debate is a hobby that I am most passionate for. A reason I am so fond of this hobby is because it includes two of my favorite things: sports and arguing. I constantly find myself tuning into ESPN to watch ESPN first take or Fox Sports to watch Undisputed. These two sports debate shows take up most of most mornings as I would sit watching the art of oration between two well prepared candidates. Unlike sports debate, writing papers was not one of my hobbies. In fact my mindset towards…

“Just copy what I say and you’ll win,” my coach said to me. This was a common catchphrase she would tell my partner and me at our speech and debate practices. No matter how much we would tell her that she is wrong, she would sternly reply to just follow what she said. When I started to stop copying what she said I learned to start thinking for myself and saying what I believe. This past summer I qualified to attend the national speech tournament by competing in a local district…

My pedagogy classes thus have provided several different learning experiences. My most recent learning experience was a close reading assignment that was to be completed in field. However, before I completed this assignment in my field placement, I engaged in one myself in my pedagogy classroom. It was at this point that I was able to see first-hand what a close reading actually is. The purpose of a close reading is to allow the student to “develop a deep understanding of what the author is…

Visions and Voices: Dirty Talk The on campus performance by Visions and Voices titled “Dirty Talk” was an eye-opening experience. Discussed were real-life stories, obtained through interview and dramatized on stage. The rawness of the dialogue was uncomfortable but necessary in order to break down barriers for victims of sexual assault to be able to speak freely about their experiences and for outsiders to be able to obtain a better understanding of the trauma that these situations evoke.…