Week 12: A Week in the Life of a Part Time Teacher

1. The teacher probably "acted like an ass" because he assumed that the classroom was his and she was barging in. I believe if the teachers would get together and propose new strategies, they would be: (a) To amend new work schedules, preferably to save the teachers' jobs. Although, the chances of this actually happening would probably be slim, because of budget. (b) finding a way to possibly send the students to a new college with no extra charge to them. This would also probably be very slim, but the school could be recognized for doing this as a kind gesture. The cost, again, would definitely be the problem.
2. The problems Claitor describes affects the students, because they are all their needing to learn to be able to preform and accomplish goals within their own jobs. Also, she might not give full effort when teaching them in this sad amount of time, because she has a lot on her mind and is very stressed about the whole situation.
3. (a) The students could request that the classes be made bigger, that way even if they had to do away with some of the teachers, they could still be taught. This would only better the school's budget, but they would probably have to let go of some good, dedicated teachers. (b) They could ask to be transferred to another close college for their own sakes. Although, it would have to be at no exspense to them.
4. The cause of the problems described by Claitor is the cutting of the school's budget by the administration.
(a) The school might have a greater number of teachers then they should.
(b) Someone might argue that teachers get paid just as much or even more than some of the "harder" working jobs.
5. (a) Without teachers, the university has nothing. If there would be no good teachers, there would be no students coming to learn.
(b) Without the students coming to learn and pay their money, the university would go in the hole and have to eventually shut down.

WEEK 11: SCENARIOS TO TEST YOUR DEFINITIONS AGAINST

1)  A person has  Baccalaureate degree, but they weren't content with their field of study, so they only half heartedly worked toward their degree.  Also, they cheated on the final exam that they took right before getting the degree.  Can they still be considered intelligent?
-This person can still be considered intelligent, although he or she does not deserve to have earned their Baccalaureate degree in the instance of them cheating on the final exam. Working hard to earn this degree would be under the category of "book smarts." A person must apply their self in order to become more intelligent. "Common sense" also plays a part in this by having to know that it is not smart at all to cheat on the most crucial exam of your whole college career, even though they did not get caught. It says that they were not content with their field of study; maybe if they would have had more "experience" with it, it would have helped them out a lot.


2)  Bill Gates was a college drop out.  Do we consider him intelligent?  Why or why not?  How might this affect your criteria for your definition of intelligence?
-Although a college drop out, Bill Gates is still considered an intelligent man in my book. He worked extremely hard to get what he wanted and in the end it paid out very nicely. Since 1995 he has been ranked among the world's most wealthiest people. An honor which so very much requires "true intelligence." "Common sense" is needed in his unique situation by knowing how and when to make investments. Knowing the situation at large would require "book smarts." Although, he might not have had an extreme amount of "experience," he still had to have had some to plan out his fortune.


3)  A man with a BA goes into politics and proposes going to war with another country.  He knows the war will drag out, and he knows many people will be killed during the duration of it.  Was this an intelligent decision?  Are people we admit are intelligent allowed to make unintelligent decisions from time to time?  Why or why not?  How might this affect your criteria for your definition of intelligence?
-This man seems to be less intelligent than he might think of himself. Although, the decision if his wanting of war is now known, he drags himself down on the intelligence poll a mighty good bit. In my opinion, it was not a very intelligent decision, but his backing for it may explain why he wanted it in the first place. Yes, no one person in this world is perfect. Everyone makes and if not will eventually make at least one mistake in their life. Most "intelligent" people will make mistakes, because at that point in time it is what they thought was right. This would only effect my criteria a small bit, because the only part they would be lacking is "common sense." If they had this, they would not be considering killing millions of people for no reason.

Monday November 7, 2011 Online Class Assignment

1.       After reviewing the information about the drafting introduction on page 3, review your own intro and decide what you can do to:

a.       more clearly show what is at stake for your issue

In my introduction, to more clearly show what is at stake, I can explain a better situation of what I am trying to get across.

b.      more thoroughly contextualize your issue with background information (this is helpful for both intro and conclusion)

When I revise my paper, instead of only focusing on one main paint I can expand it to two or three.

c.       write a few sentences for a. and b. that you will insert into your next draft.
Intelligence is defined by many characteristics. Such would would a person having common sense, book smarts, and also experience. These together form into the perfect scenario for an intelligent person to be recognized, but all in their own way.

2.       Review your topic sentences of your body paragraphs:

a.       Whether you are doing org. plan 1 or 2, your topic sentences should contain the criteria that you are discussing in the paragraph.  (Review bottom of page 4 and all of page 5). 

b.      If you have any main topic sentences (do at least two here) that don’t contain the criteria of your definition that you are about to discuss in your paragraph, paste the old sentence, then write the revision of it that you will change in your next draft, like this:

                                                               i.      OLD SENTENCE:   YADDA YADDA

                                                             ii.      NEW SENTENCE   YADDA YADDA now with criteria clearly stated so we know what to expect out of this paragraph

                               i.   OLD SENTENCE: Common sense is what people strive on to survive in this lifetime.

                               ii.   NEW SENTENCE: To be able to survive in this lifetime, people must provide their own "common sense."

                               i.   OLD SENTENCE: Book smarts are what have proceeded to be most important.

                               ii.   NEW SENTENCE: In the economy today, jobs are more focused on a person's "book smarts."

                             

3.       Now, go through your body paragraphs and make sure that in the evidence sections of them, you are “developing” the criterion you are discussing, which means: explaining/defining each criterion for your definition.  By the end of your paper, we should be able to tell a) your definitions, b) the criteria for those definitions, and c) the definitions of those criteria. (Look at page 5, description of BP1).

a.       Find your shortest body paragraph.  This is a quick way to determine which one needs more development. 

b.      Paste it in.

c.       Then paste in a revision of it that contains more details and explanations of the criterion under discussion.
 Books smarts are what has proceeded to be most important. Surely sitting in a classroom for 8 years, which is high school and college combined, would endure a person to be intelligent in all subjects. In high school everything is taught at a basic level, and when you make the transition to the college level, it gets much harder. The smarter a person is and the more they apply to their schooling and studies, the easier it is to make anything happen. This is required greatly in the quest for true intelligence. 

Revised: In the economy today, jobs are more focused on a person's "book smarts." Surely sitting in a classroom for 8 years, which is high school and college combined, would endure a person to be intelligent in all subjects. In high school everything is taught at a basic level, and when the transition is made to the college level, it gets much harder. The smarter a person is the more they apply to their schooling and studies, the easier it is to make anything happen. This is required greatly in the quest for true intelligence. To apply one's self in their "book smarts," and also the majority of their time.

4.       Look over one of your rebuttal areas.  If you have one (and you should; “considering the opposition” or “other viewpoints” is on the rubric) look for a way to revise it to be more developed, if you don’t have one, make one now to add into your next draft.  Review page 6 and the ways that you 1) acknowledge opposition to your argument, 2) but prove how the opposition is not strong enough to invalidate your argument.

a.       Paste in the old and new rebuttal sections

b.      Or say that you hadn’t gotten around to that yet in your first draft and make one up now to include in your next draft.

For example, a person in the military does not start at the top, they begin at the bottom and make their way up using hands on experience to guide they’re way. Once they complete this, they are ready for the real fighting with great knowledge on how to survive. Also, the same thing can be specified with Athletic Training. A trainer must first learn how to practice the exercises themselves before being able to devise them for other people. Although, many people may not think that experience is needed to gain true intelligence, it is just good to have experience in anything. 

Revised: For example, a person in the military does not start at the top, they begin at the bottom and make their way up using hands on experience to guide their way. Once they complete this, they are ready for the real fighting with great knowledge on how to survive. Also, the same thing can be specified with Athletic Training. A trainer must first learn how to practice the exercises themselves before being able to devise them for other people. Although, many people may not think that experience is needed to gain true intelligence, it is just good to have experience in anything. No one has gotten anywhere in this world, being opinionated, without any true intelligence. All good jobs call for it and it's what employers want out of their new "recruits."

Week 10, Topic 1

Does earning a Baccalaureate degree make you an intelligent person?

Claim: Earning a Baccalaureate degree does not insure a person's intelligence.
Reason: Because intelligence is learned throughout a person's lifetime in many different ways, not just in a classroom.
Warrant: Intelligence can range anywhere from common sense, book smarts, and experience. You need all of these to call yourself "intelligent." I'm majoring in Athletic Training, and in this field you have to have all of these. When growing up, I was taught that you needed common sense more than anything else, but in my major you also need a great deal of book smarts and experience as well. They all need to flow together, you need one just as must as the other.

WEEK 9: Adrienne Rich

1. "In teaching women, we have two choices: to lend our weight to the forces that indoctrinate women to passivity, self-depreciation, and a sense of powerlessness, in which case the issue of "taking women students seriously" is a moot one; or to consider what we have to work against, as well as with, in ourselves, in our students, in the content of the curriculum, in the structure of the institution, in the society at large." To me, this is very crucial. Rich is saying that, as women, we have to step up and become better. Today, I would say over half the teachers at high schools and universities are women. I believe they still can be relevant to today's students, although not was much as in '78.

2.  I believe the issues of race and class are actually more extreme than those of gender. Still today, people are judged by their skin color and the way they look and carry themselves rather than who they really are. I do agree with Rich, although in my opinion, race and class are placed out more vigorously. You are going to see this at any University still. Although, at UL, everyone is accepted pretty much the same. It is not like high school where you get "shunned" and you are "the weird kid" if you are not like everyone else.

Discussion #7

For Lisa D. Deplit's article "Education in a Multicultural Society: Our Future's Greatest Challenge," her purpose of writing this was to help those reading it understand what goes on in classrooms between students and teachers in a our multicultural world. Her attitude while writing this was formal and to the point. You can tell she knows very much about what she is talking about, as her background is very seasoned. The purpose of her audience is to explain the downfall with many different cultures in our world today. The attitude of her audience should be interested and wanting to know more. Their background might be not actually knowing what goes on in our world today with the multicultural society. The text is very good. She went into a lot of dept while writing the article. The tools used to make the text were her own thoughts, facts, and opinions, but also that of other quality. Tools she used to decipher the text, I would think, would be a dictionary and computer. She spent a lot of time writing this, so it was not a last minute paper. The place would most likely be in her own quiet space. Those readying this would be anyone who is interested in knowing more about our society or those who are in school and have to.

On Self Respect

1. Didion did use a lot of allusions to support and illustrate her points in her paper, BUT the ones used were not all familiar to me. Those used were not from classic films or books that normal, every day people would have watched or read. I believe that if she would have deeper explained exactly what she was trying to mean by using them in her story, it would have made a lot more sense. If someone does not fully understand something they are reading, it is not going to be all that interesting to them. Her illusions were somewhat helpful for me, just because I have seen or read a couple of the examples she gave. To other people though, who have not been introduced to the materials, it would have no positive effect.

2. When Didion made the statement about "commiting adultry," I did not quite understand what she meant by it. She does not exactly go into full detail with it, so we do not fully understand what she means by it. I think, if she would have clarified it a little more we would have had a better understanding of it. Although, she does have some very good points in the paper. Back to the "adultry" topic. No one with self respect, in my mind, would commit adultry. I do know of some people who have cheated on their spouse, and they have gone back to confess what they have done. In my opinion, when someone does do this, they not only do not have respect for themselves, but they also do not have respect for their spouse either. One example from her paper of this is "The careless, incurably dishonest Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby."

3. Her statements about self respect as a discipline are connected to the idea of building writing skills by you having to really discipline and train yourself to become a good writer. To some, writing comes naturally. Although, to others, it is very difficult and takes a good time to achieve. Your mind has to be set and clear to be able to think properly on what is "right." You cannot just put a pencil in your hand, join it to the paper and hope that your paper just starts writing yourself. Nothing in life come easy.