Anderson and Graff have an argument about setting battle room scenarios unfair or not. Ender is placed in the Rat Army. The commander, Rose De Nose, immediately hates Ender and warns Ender to stop practicing with the Launchies. Ender sees Dink, (Ender is assigned to Dink’’s platoon) as a kind soul,but is suspicious sometimes because of Dink’s actions. Ender and Dink talk one day and Ender finds out that Dink was promoted twice, but refused to be commander because he didn’t believe in school. Dink says the real enemy is the teacher, not the students. Dink doesn’t want the adults to ruin his childhood and life. Dink tells Ender that he thinks the Buggers have vanished and the school is running to keep the I.F. in charge. Ender doesn’t believe…
The general argument made by Teresa Watanbe and Jason Song in their work, College Students Confront Subtler Forms of Bias: Slights and Snubs, is that victimhood is occurring in colleges around the U.S. More specifically, Watanbe and Song argues that students are getting effected by slight comments which hurt their feelings or emotions. They write, “minor slights harm student performance, mental health and work productivity,” In this passage, Watanbe and Song is suggesting people feel down in the dumps and they can't get back up because of all the negative energy to goes towards them. In conclusion, Watanbe and Song's belief is…
Donald L. Niewyk’s fifth and sixth chapters both deal more with outside perspectives and outside reactions than it does with those who were persecuted. The fifth chapter, “Bystander Reactions,” offers four different arguments as to why bystanders acted they way they did during the Holocaust. The sixth chapter, “Possibilities of Rescue,” discusses three different viewpoints on what foreign governments could have done to prevent the Holocaust. These two chapters conclude Niewyk’s book The Holocaust and wrap up the final sequence of events surrounding the Holocaust and the camps.…
As stated in Lee Bollinger's article, "admissions policies do not meaningfully affect a white student's chances of admission" so there is no actual proof that affirmative action is reverse discrimination against whites. Also affirmative action does not demean individual accomplishment, but enhances it because according to Nell Irvin Painter "without affirmative action, it never would have occurred to any large, white research university to consider [her] for professional employment." So if anything, affirmative action helps individuals have more successful lives by providing people with better opportunities than they would otherwise have. I think that Lee Bollinger's argument is the strongest, since he provides concrete evidence and actual…
Marc Prensk’s argument is that all textbooks should be banned and we should be using electronic textbooks. This way students and teachers will be able to access them from their iPad, iPhone, Tablet, or Nook. Prensky thinks that this would give the opportunity for more resources, and motivate the student to always read and refer to the textbook instead of just sticking it on the shelf where it would never be touched. “But I suggest that it 's time to go much further: to actually ban non-electronic books on campus.” (Prensky 1) He believed in freedom away from the page, and thinks that a collection of books and ideas in your pocket would be accessed more than books on a shelf. “Digital texts are also accessible anywhere, at any time, while…
Grant is asking four men if he could see Jefferson and speak to him. These four white men who have decided to have complete control over how the rest of Jefferson’s life is going to go. Four white men that have decided that they are better and superior to Grant because of their skin color, despite the fact that Grant is an educated man who teaches, which is respectable. In fact, they think that they’re so much more superior than Grant that they kept him waiting for two and a half hours. Even after the blatant disrespect they showed Grant, he is still debating how to treat this discussion. Grant chose to act like the teacher he is, which was very smart. He showed that he was a teacher through his speech, how he formed sentences, his word choice,…
If someone attempted to rape you, fail to succeed, and then beat you, what would you do? Go to the police and risk nothing coming of an investigation? Pretend it never happened and sweep it under the rug, just to manifest in your later years as perhaps a mental illness or PTSD? I believe that Bean going to a lawyer and pressing charges was the best way to handle this problem. Why? Well, because Jerry Maddox needs to pay, the town needs to know, and Liz needs justice.…
I believe Stephen Feldman’s argument is very accurate. I think his arguments are eye opening, especially his arguments about religious holidays. Around Thanksgiving time there are a lot of Christmas decorations. For individuals in outgroups it would be difficult living in a world of cultural imperialism where everyone assumes you practice the same religion as them. I also agree with the author’s main argument, the separation of church and state does not equally protect all American’s religious freedoms. I realized this when the author mentioned the case of Thornton v. Caldor Inc. the main argument in the case was to allow employees to not work on their religious Sabbath, which ever day that might be. The Supreme Court approved the Christian…
Carnegie has inspired women and men to use their funds to their communities. Although he advised other wealthy to use their money to benefit the communities and help in the preservation of the political system and America economy. I believe Mr. Carnegie’s argument is persuasive and is still relevant today. The wealthy, as well as small business owners, are the job creators in our society today. Their vision and leadership help to support the lower class in earning a decent living while allowing them to realize their own potential. The lower class today has more opportunities that were not available to them generations ago. While government is there to provide a safety net for those less fortunate, it is the wealthy and job creators that…
Even if the affluent are rational voters, focusing on their views would still result threaten the democracy of America because the views of the general public are not being met. Furthermore, the average citizen might not be as incompetent as generally assumed since they are able to use political cues to make informed decisions.…
Ketcham’s article brings light upon the harsh truth that the world is incapable of handling itself along with the growth of human consumption. Humans are proud of their innovations in earth, but it is costing the planet. The authors of Limits affirms this when they argued that “‘The application of technological solutions alone has prolonged the period of population and industrial growth, but it has not removed the ultimate limits to that growth’" [1]. I agree with this quote. For example, in a recent article I read, scientists have figured out how to essentially “hack” a better environment— a process called solar geoengineering. Although it proved to be beneficial to the environment, the scientist asserted that there will be less incentive…
In the article written on February 13, 2010, NPR’s Ira Robert Krulwich talks with Barbara Smuts about why her glasses got all steamy when she went to the mountains of Rwanda to visit a wild gorilla preserve. Before Barbara Smuts became a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, she was also a field biologist in Africa where she studied animals such as baboons and chimps. According to Barbara, she sat with female gorillas, and across from where she was sitting; she caught a young female gorilla staring at her. This female gorilla had a friendly look. After a while, the gorilla stood up and walked over to her. She stood right in front of Barbara and pressed her forehead up against Barbara’s forehead. Gorilla’s breath caused her glasses…
In recent discussions of Susan Bordos reading about women’s pressures in society, one controversial issue discusses how women have expectations in society that they think they have to follow. These expectations consist of being able to cook and work in the kitchen, look beautiful, and dress certain ways to gain attention. In contrast, other arguments are; men do not have to worry about their weight, they should be strong and maintain a fit body, and not needed to cook or help out in the kitchen. Proponents of this position, emphasize that women in this world have to follow what society portrays of them, otherwise by not doing it, they will not receive the same attention as they would if they listened to society. Overall, the issue presented…
This quote interested me greatly, and I also find this quote to be very logical. I am curious as to what Burnham means by “political stimuli”. I am not sure if by “political stimuli” he means the current status of the United States regarding its economy and foreign affairs, such as if the United States is at war, or if he means the characteristics of the nominees. For example, the 2008 presidential election was marked by an increase in voter turnout rates for African Americans and younger voters. I am curious if Burnham would argue that an example of the “political stimuli” which caused an increase in voter turnout for this election is that it is the first election where an African-American was nominated by a major party for the first…
In his essay, Bogard states that darkness should be preserved, due to all of the light pollution. Paul Borges argument is effective because he pulls out facts to back up his reasoning, his use of emotional connection when he states feelings from religious groups and his use of imagery, such as “Covered with a blanket of life”…