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…
Adele Douglas and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt both start their argumentative piece by defining who their argument is targeted to as well as what they will be arguing. Over the course of the two contrasting papers, they both use similar and contrasting methods to try and convince the reader of their opinion. By doing this, a number of flaws as well as good techniques can be seen in both writings.…
Published in the New York Times, Murray is addressing a primarily liberal audience. However, it is read by a general audience both liberals and conservatives between the ages of twenty and sixty because it is circulated nationwide and internationally. This newspaper reaches the educated upper, middle, and lower classes. Murray includes himself in the same category as the reader, however his tone and word choice suggest that he sides with Summer's radical comments and this in turn weakens his argument as a whole.…
Furthermore, the fact Parfit uses “happiness” and “quality of life” interchangeably leaves room for debate. Because he does not accept utilitarian happiness as being objective, the reader must again make an assumption: that Parfit believes happiness is subjective. If subjectivity is the case in terms of measuring happiness, then whole population comparisons and contrasts cannot be formulated. Though this may seem to swing in favour of Parfit’s argument, as it dismisses the utilitarian method of measurement altogether, it actually works against his aim. The irony following the assumption that Parfit believes subjectivity to be the true measurement of happiness is that his own argument also presupposes happiness amongst populations in order to…
The two pieces of writing from Sheingold and Polleta both analyze how law can play a role in advancing rights claims in public policy.…
The topic sentence is clear in this paragraph but is missing information. I expected to be reading about Vancity’s launch of Fair and Fast and that is what is included; detailed information was given to expand on what is Fair and Fast and how it operates. I do think that topic sentence should have included talking about low-income needs in order for me to anticipate the information included in the paragraph where Jerry Buckland is quoted and his experiences and expertise is quoted to support the need for small short-term bank loans that available to more people. I would have it read: In June 2014, Vancity launched Fair and Fast, offering sums between $100 and $1,500, addressing a need to serve low-income Canadians. By including the key points…
Anselm is not trying to say that whatever one can think of exist because, everyone can think of something that does not exist. Neither is he trying to saying believing in something without any doubt makes it exist. Finally Anselm might believe in God, he is not trying to convince us that God exist but rather he is trying to show us that once one understands or grasp the concept of who or what God, then based on logic it follows that God has to exist. Anselm ontological argument follows that if one makes an assumption and can show things that follow from that assumption lead to contradiction, then the initial assumption is rejected and conclude the opposite…
The method of skeptical inquiry or way by which Pyrrhonian skeptics bring themselves to withhold assent to every non evident proposition is known as the modes of suspension of judgment. There are five such modes that Sextus provides and they are based on: Discrepancy, regress ad infinitum, relativity, hypothesis and circular reasoning. (Empiricus, 165–169) The modes are designed to assist Pyrrhonian skeptics in in continuing their inquiry by guarding themselves from the disquieting state of dogmatism. For the sake of argument, suppose there is a dogmatist who believes that P. In order to avoid the snares of dogmatism, the Pyrrhonian skeptic would resort to withhold assent about P. According to the mode deriving from discrepancy, due to an undecidable…
Use this worksheet, your understanding of critical thinking, and the structure of an argument to analyze the Grohol article titled “The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children”.…
1.1 Describe how cognitive, functional and emotional changes associated with dementia can affect eating, drinking and nutrition?…
Capitalism. The word means, an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. In other words, capitalism is pro-business and anti-government. In the book, Everything’s an Argument, on page 26, there’s a bumper sticker on the bottom of the page with the word Capitalism in bold, italicized white letters. It has a similar look to that of the word Coca-Cola on the bottles. I take this as an inference to the person who made the bumper sticker wanted the audience of everyone to take a liking of capitalism, as they do for coca-cola. I came to this conclusion, as whenever you see a coca-cola commercial, the person always seems to be glad to have one of these…
My experience using Grammerly and Safe Assign has been quite favorable. Although I make a full-fledged effort not to plagiarize, I find myself at a loss of words when trying to summarize information which has been written so eloquently. I have a process set up which seems to have worked as of now. First I read an article and highlight all of the points or paragraphs which I think are of particular interest. I then take a break from this task and come back to it. I try to put in my own words what I feel is the essence of the paragraph I just read. I find that by giving my brain a break I can synthesize and make sense of what I read. if I try to take notes and summarize what I am reading, I find myself just rewriting the same article. Lastly…
The existence of God is one of the greatly talked about philosophical topics throughout history. There have been many arguments proposed in order to answer the question. One argument is the ontological argument. The first person to propose the ontological argument is St. Anselm in the eleventh century. St. Anselm tries to prove the existence God from the idea of a being that which no greater being can be imagined. St. Anselm contemplated that, if such a being did not exist, then a more superior being can be thought of to…
As I enter into my second week in EDU605, I was given the opportunity to read and analyze an academic research paper that relates to differentiated instruction within my educational context. As I searched through articles and academic journals, I came across an interesting read. Charles Greenwood, Judith Carta, Howard Goldstein, Ruth Kaminski, Scott McConnell, and Jane Atwater presented their arguments on how the use of multi-tier approach to preschool language and early literacy instruction is the key for success for young learners who may be at risk.…
The topic of gun control is hotly debated today. 50 % of the population are for it, believing that having a gun provides them with protection. Because of various reasons the government aren’t able to protect us, which is why people look for other ways to stay safe. However a gun is still a weapon. Despite the fact that people want to have to be on the safe side there were many accidents were an innocent people end up hurt unintentionally. Since Obama took office in 2008 there’s been about 23 mass shootings (Grider, 2015), 62 shootings at schools, 12,223 people killed in gun incidents and 24, 722 people injured(Gunter, 2015). There’s been shootings in Washington D.C, North Carolina, California, etc.…