In your Class Notes for today, tell me why you think it was appropriate (or why you think it wasn’t) to link to this news story about a largely Indian immigrant population in Seattle, Washington.
I choose Love and Money. Love was an obvious answer for me, “Life without love is no life at all” Leonardo da Vinci. The second option is harder. I chose money because it gives many opportunities to travel, living in comfort and providing this comfort and financial freedom to my family and future kids.
–Standing. People continue to do wrong things unless it costs them a lot.
-Convincing and being clear means that we can prove and show specific claims and definitions.
-What is a healthy environment? Sounds simple, but is it really?
-1) Causation, (2) Standing, (3) Separation of Powers, and (4) Legal Authority -> (1) permitting, (2) authorizing, and (3) subsidizing (3 categories to establish STANDING)
–Local meaning should be established in first 1000 words of the reasearch paper
–Everything sounds simple until your ideal reader start asking questions what do you mean by these definitions you use.
Definition Model: Do the Kids Have Standing?
-Argument helps me better understand the broad application of definition to making persuasive arguments. Something that looks obvious and defined is much more complex and completely undefined until you provide local meaning. In my paper I have to STAND for every single claim and term I use.
Definition argument: After using the term, define it, categorize it by listing, and then state the causation.
Clarify the local meaning- the meaning of the term for the purpose of the paper.
The power of using images to enrich your claims is a great way to grab the audience’s attention since it’s enticing to the human eye. Images are easy to look at and interpret compared to the audience reading something instead, it takes up less time when the audience can look at and analyze an image and its meaning.
Choose two between love, service, money, and fame.
I choose love and money, I do not want fame and I do not have the energy to give my life to service. A combination of love and money would create a life of peace for me, having love and never having to work a job is all anyone would need to be happy.
Professor went over how to make a definitional claims more clear, some things that seem simple to define and understand might need more definitional proof.
-all 1,000 word arguments could come together easily to be the 3,000 word final paper. (be sure to ask for feedback)
-what qualifies as standing and how exactly can it even be proven that a case HAS that standing? A person needs to prove that they were caused harm by who or what they want held accountable and that even bringing it to court will do anything in resolving something.
-the article discusses the banning of caste discrimination in Seattle. It becomes a question of whether the government has a responsibility to step in when it comes to discrimination or not since it was not caused or Is contributed to by the government at all, so I would say this is relevant to today’s discussions
-don’t just look for sources that agree with you because it becomes a sort of echo chamber where your statements aren’t even combated or original.
– the power of a strong and appropriate image to accelerate and enrich a claim can resonate with a reader/viewer and make them feel your claim more deeply
I believed it was appropriate to include this news report regarding caste discrimination among a predominantly Indian immigrant population in Seattle, Washington.
The news story demonstrates how global issues such as caste discrimination can become significant in local US situations.
Clarifications made about definition argument and how the rewrite will be both posted at the same time and the rewrite is the only one that will receive feedback and edits.
Standing
Children pursued a case against the U.S Gov, to prove “that the government has not met its responsibility to protect the public’s fundamental right to a healthy environment.”
It’s heavily noted that there are three terms (bolded) that can be subject to interpretation, it is up to the children (people making the case) to define these and not let them become vulnerable to twisting of definitions or in danger of plausible refute.
This is like our writing, it should be seen as if it’s “our one and only shot” of persuading a group of people (jury or audience) that our message is the strongest one.
The plaintiffs argument is made of 3 fundamental categories that they have a foot on, permitting, authorizing and subsidizing. All of which can be proven to a non subjective extent.
Seattle
Whether or not it’s appropriate to post the link to this article is based off the principle if the Govt has a responsibility to stop discrimination that they’re in no way responsible for.
I think it’s appropriate for this to be linked to, beneficial even. Reading this article is just helpful our personal understanding of how a case can be made when there’s a question of merit or morality.
Research/Sources
In the example of Westboro Baptist Church inadvertently creating support for LGBT, the researcher was looking for confirmation of WBC looking for enemies. His search of this seemed to be running dry and needed additional aid in finding research for his sources. Look in the right places, evidence that didn’t have to directly relate to WBC, apply this to your own research.
-Once we make a life choice, we can never change what we chose. That choice will stick with us forever, even if we don’t think so.
– At this moment, we will not get feedback until we make significant improvements in our previous assignments. Use other classmates assignments and the feedback given to them in order to help our assignment out.
-Our short arguments (3 of them) leads to our 3,000 word paper. Do not use the same words for your introduction, body, conclusion, etc. in each of the short arguments because it will lead us to have more work at the end of the semester.
-Post our 1,000 words in the definition argument and then create a 2nd post and post the same argument in the definition rewrite and ask for feedback. After getting feedback, go into the definition rewrite category and make the right corrections to help change and make our argument better. We can do this as many times as we want. We want our original draft to be different than the rewrite in order to show the progression in our portfolio.
-To be clear and concise in our terms is very important. With this, then we are able to persuade others in our writing. If we write things simply and our audience doesn’t understand it, our argument is over from there.
-Our writing may sound clear and concise, but if it lets the reader interpret a definition in their own way, we will lose the argumentative idea.
-local meaning: meaning of the term for the purpose of the paper. Must use if something in our text is defined broadly and narrowly. We have to clarify what the term means.
-find an academic term that will open the doors to all the academic research we need. Don’t just focus on one aspect.
I think this link to this article is beneficial. I think this because it allows us to see examples of how a problem can come about and cause arguments even when the person, in this case the government, does not seem responsible. Besides this, I also think that this link was okay to post because it allows us to see that many different situations can be argued whether the case seems right or wrong; anything can be an argument if we can persuade someone to agree with us.
Life Choices- choose two of the four (Love, Money, Fame, Service)
Having a “Standing”
Is it appropriate
Research Tips
What I got/My response:
I would choose money and love. Money because as a college student I could always use some for now and future endeavors. Love because I want someone in my life I can be close with and share experiences. Why I renounce the others: what would fame do for me except make me have a bunch of people who liked me as well as disliked me. My anxiety says no to that one. Service, while morally I should have chosen that one sometimes I am selfish and choose for myself due to not choosing for myself throughout my whole life, it is finally time I do so.
Be clear in what our terms mean or else we cannot be persuasive
I think it’s appropriate to talk about anything in class that makes people aware of social problems that need to be addressed and solved.
You have to have a good definition argument in order for the paper to go smoothly
clear and specific use of vocabulary is important.
giving your reader a clear and concise argument is going to allow them to see the point of the author and understand the author’s argument. Makes the paper successfully persuasive.
Lifechoices: I chose money and love (response is under life choices)
standing: having a standing is proving that you were caused harm by the action of another for that person to be held accountable.
Academicsources: Academic sources are important because they will give you the information that you are searching for, however it is important to insert your own point of view rather than just listing the sources that you found to agree with you. Add your own two cents.
Life choices served as a way to take a stance, to make a choice and exclude the rest. The choices are there to show how to renounce and explain why you renounce something. These can be contrasted with the ability to express why you chose your claim, and why you both support it and renounce the other claim
The “Standing” section serves as a way to explain definition. You specifically have to define the way in which the words are read and understood. The claim needs clarification, something you provide and have to guide someone to the answer to. You have to find the way in which you can define your claim or categorize it. Description of the words you claim have to be established, to identify the claim in the words that are there. The specifics of the current, and the extrapolation of the specifics that can be addressed and the solution you are pointing to.
Characteristics in which your sources provide evidence of your claim have to give local meaning, they have to provide a way in which your claim provides standing. Your claim has to be understood and defined; it has to have the evidence that supports the specifics and ideas that you present.
I personally find it appropriate to ban the caste system. I grew up knowing many Indian families, and I’ve heard personal stories about the caste system and know about many that societies have. Caste systems are relics of the past, ways to distinctly tell someone’s wealth and status from a preindustrial society, a simple way to keep societal stability. The system of categorizing and discriminating based on birth only results in less minds and idea being shared with the wider world, where someone who may solve a societal problem is forced to live their life in obscurity and squalor solely based on whom they were born to.
Research doesn’t have to fully what you are saying, it only has to be a source in where you can use the information and pull the ideas or purposes of the source to provide how it applies to your claim. This can be used to show how an example of something completely unrelated can relate. The example of “Username” provides how the source is completely unrelated, but also how an example of the endorsement of something provides effects that influence people, and then how it provides how the Westboro Baptist church is something similar to celebrity endorsement and negative information transference. It technically has nothing to do with the claim, but everything with how the position provides automatic influence change. You transfer information given on a topic that may be unrelated to an approach that can be related to your claim.
Rowan Campbell Library is amazing. It gives paid access to sources that can be extremely helpful to your claim. Use it. You only benefit from using it and if the source is not helpful, you didn’t pay anything on it.
Seattle took action to address the problem even though they were not responsible for the issue of the caste system, which invalidates the second clause in the prior essay that there needed to be proof that the government caused the problem.
Research Tips
It is a good thing if you cannot find any research that directly supports your claim or argument because if you do, then that means your claim has already been proven and you’re not contributing anything to the conversation.
The student writing about the Westboro Baptist Church was able to find evidence on another topic, celebrity endorsement and its effect on the public, to compare it to the effect of the Westboro Baptist Church’s homophobia and it inadvertently causing support for the LGBTQ community.
When searching for evidence, find related topics or situations to find terms that you can use to support your claim.
Definition argument time (after deciding what we want on the coffee cup lid of life)
When it comes to defining something, the more specific you get, there are more ways to weasel around what you want to get across, so you need more words to make sure to define it accurately.
Local meaning
What the terms mean to you, in your argument, the meaning that matters in the “definition categorical argument”
Research time
When some people are so plainly against something they do bad things in order to get attention on it, they can drive people away from the point they’re trying to make, purely in an effort to avoid association with the original group
Look for titles in the campbell library, get articles for free to make research way easier.
Find a good first source? Look into the references of that source, that can potentially assist in filling out your other sources
Life choices: this was a fun exercise and something worth thinking about.
There are always going to be difficult choices to make throughout life and this exercise was a good example of that.
Definition of standing: the more specific your situation the more ways there are to ask questions to understand
Definitional categorical argument: introduced to terms that sound perfectly clear but which are all subject to interpretation, definition, categorization.
You write about what it means to YOU.
Source after source makes claims that contain definition and categorical distinctions.
While it wasn’t Seattle’s issue to resolve they decided to solve the issue as best as they could to prevent the issue from continuing.
Research tips: you shouldn’t just be finding for sources that you agree with.
When you only find sources that you agree with, there’s nothing to argue. It’s no longer counterintuitive.
You should be finding sources that are actually against the idea you have, this allows you to be able to provide arguments regarding your claim.
If you’re unable to get access to an article that you would like, you can always use the rowan library to find it or at least one similar.
Talk about your topic, it helps you think about it. About the sort of topics you want to include into your arguments.
Talking about your topic is a very important step in the process.
• Life choices exercise: I would choose love and money. Love because I can be surrounded by those who love me whether its relationships or family. I could also help my family and those who love me with money. Such as repaying my parents for everything they’ve done or given me. I would choose money because I would be able to buy what I want such as a nice house, pay off my college loans, pay off my family’s debt etc. I would renounce the others because Im not really that interested in fame. Im aware that with fame comes invasion of privacy and security issues and I just don’t want to deal with that.
• I renounce service because although I would love to help those in need, I have to put my family and my life first.
Definition of standing is having the right to bring something to court or being able to sue. Almost like having the authority.
it is important to be clear in our claims and categories. Especially for our paper because it’s what we want our reader to understand / be persuaded of.
I think it is appropriate to link this news article because it emphasizes the importance of caste discrimination and whether the government should be responsible for the discrimination or if they even had anything to with it all. It relates to today’s topic.
Research tips: You are looking to make a contribution to your voice / argument. Research articles that agree don’t help. You have to be able to look at both sides of your argument and defend it.
I do have to look for claims that don’t agree with my claim as well. I was so busy looking for articles that agreed with my claim that I did not look for those claims.
The power of a strong and appropriate image to help claims because it grasps reader attention or makes them curious.
In order to make the claim that the federal government has a responsibility to take action against climate change, you must define what climate change is and you must also clarify what you believe to be a “healthy environment.”
Laying out the reasons the court is reluctant, including causation, plaintiff standing, separation of powers, and the lack of clear legal authority, is a categorical claim.
Plaintiffs establish legal standing by bringing specific claims about how they personally have been affected by climate change.
Local meaning: the meaning of the term for the purpose of the paper (how you want to define it.)
I think it was appropriate to include the article about the Indian population in Seattle because it is about how problems arise even when the government had nothing to do with them, and yet it is believed to be the responsibility of the government to solve these issues. In order to make the claim that this was a problem and the government needed to do something about it, the caste system needed to be defined.
Finding sources that are saying the same thing you believe means you are bringing nothing to the table. In order to actually make a contribution, you can’t just find information that you agree with.
You can use the Rowan library database to find sources.
Definition of “Standing“- what are suing about, having not agreed to something, depends on the situation, how many people are affected, is someone responsible for what is wrong.
A new Protected Class- It is appropriate because it is an example of a city taking responsibility for an issue in it.
Research Tips- not easily finding information for research is good because it means your idea is new, you look for information that indirectly supports your claim, the information does not have to be about your specific claim
Were these kids harmed? Was someone responsible? And is there something immediate that the government can do? Yes, therefore these kids have standing.
Sometimes looking for sources that support your claim by way of paralleling it is better than just focusing on your topic.
I would choose love and service, because these are two of the things that really matter in life. Money is good but if you don’t have love of service there’s no point in having the money since all you will do is keep it selfishly to yourself. Fame is not something I see much stock for, I aspire to lead a simple life. And fame without love or service means you probably are a bad example and shouldn’t have the fame anyways.
Yes this additional argument helps me understand the Definition / Categorical arguments more broad application of definition to making persuasive arguments. It helps show that you really have to focus and zoom in to define exactly what you mean. You can’t leave any words that are broad without further explanation and definition. You must be ready to close any loopholes that the defendants will point out to crumble your argument.
Though terms may seem clear, they may need further clarification
If referencing something that already exists like “public trust doctrine”, define it. The audience may have 0 idea what that is or what it does.
This article is a good example of claims becoming categories and then showing examples within the categories.
Protected Class:
I believe it was fine to link the news story for today’s lesson. The article showed that when there is a question of whether something is right or wrong, a case can be made against it, and that case can be argued.
RESEARCH TIPS
Brainstorming about your topic can produce ideas and questions.
Talk to others and see what questions they have
Try multiple search engines, but if you run into a pay wall use Campbell database. They may have it.
Follow both positive and negative, understand both sides to strengthen your argument.
Use evidence!
Life Choices:
It’s under that category’s reply box, but I chose Love and Money. A lot of people chose the same.
Today we did a Life Exercise where we have to choose two out of four options that will permanently stick with us for the rest of our lives.
We were trying to define what the word standing means in the definition model. For a definitive essay, a writer should clarify certain words to help readers understand what it is stated so that the reader can see eye to eye with the writer. Another way to find more resources for your research is to not directly search certain words that is based on the essay at hand.
Protected Class:
I believe it is appropriate because the way Harmeet Kaur defines the word caste in her article as an insidious form of discrimination. She didn’t say that caste was a discrimination of other peoples skin color, or gender, but a discrimination of the way one was born under a certain hierarchy and race. I liked Kaur proposal argument at the end where she called out to people who marched in the Black Lives Matter movement or desire change in society of racism, racial discrimination, and other aspects of discrimination because she’s trying to capture that specific peoples interest by making a comparison between the caste and BLM.
1,000 words each. In the end, each 1,000 words should make up the 3,000 essay. However, there needs to be no repetition and clear transitions between each.
Standing is the question of “Does the person bringing this case have enough cause to bring this case to court?”.
We must make sure that the reader understands the material, proving to them why it is this way, in order to make a proposal.
Claims need to be described well enough to establish it’s meaning.
Definitions are easy in a vacuum. They become much more difficult and nuanced when a specific situation is introduced. Definitions are situational and that is why they must be defined in your essay.
If you find lots of supporting evidence then your contribution is minimal. Supporting evidence that must be framed and reintroduced into a new argument creates a real contribution and a good essay.
To start we begin with a discussion of Life choices using four buttons to which we may only press two, one is Money, the others are Fame, Service and Love.The buttons I chose to press were Money and Love, Money for the satbilty wealth can offer a person and Love for the happiness of another person entering your life to make it feel more worthwhile. Life decisions are terrifying but if you ask me, you just have to pick the ones right for you in the end.
We then have another example of a definitional Argument, with the usage of the word “Standing”.Standing meaning a certain Postion, status or Reputation someone or thing may have.The example in question was an article on a bunch of Kids suing the government on the failure to address Climate Change and using their “Standing” to say that they have failed to meet its responsibility to protect the publics right to a healthy enviorment.The question in turn is “How are a bunch of kids able to sue the government over Climate Change, without the current info of what Climate Change technically is? ”.To simplify, What is the current Postion on these ideals and how do they call for the government being sued by these people in question.
We must Post our 1,000 words in the definition argument and then create a 2nd post and post the same argument in the definition rewrite and ask for feedback. After getting feedback, go into the definition rewrite category and make the right corrections to help change and make our argument better. While keeping in mind that being clear in terms is important. Then we should be able to persuade others in our writing. Its needs to sound clear and concise, but if it lets the reader interpret a definition in their own way, we will lose the main idea of the essay.
local meaning: meaning of the term for the purpose of the paper. Should use if something in our text is defined widely or narrowly, keep in mind to clarify what the term means.We also have to find an academic term that will open the doors to all the academic research we need and not just focus on one aspect of what we thing our idea is.
Life choices. I am not sure what this exercise is for? Critical thinking or reflection? I have already thought about this many times. I have even bought books and read literature on purpose, life, strengths, and choosing goals. I’ll summarize Carl Sagan; he once pointed out that there are so many books in the library, if you calculated how much time it would take to read all of them, it would take more hours than you are allotted to live. The point being that you must pick, be intentional, with what you do with your time left. Although you could infer the meaning from the context of “libraries” to be referring to book reading, I personally believe the words to be deeper and a metaphor for anything you choose to do with your life.
Standing: a story about a group of teenager environmentalists coming together and using their powers to form Captain Planet to fight against villains’ pollution schemes! Sorry, wrong story; I meant to say: a group of teenager environmentalists coming together and using their powers to form the Plaintiff to fight against the U.S.’s money making schemes. This topic took up the majority of the class, instructor with questions that danced all over the meanings of words as if they were made out of Jello. The compacting-and-stretching of words was to illustrate the potential disconnects of language. What is the scope of X? What happens if one party defines X to contain Y and the other party does not think Y is part of X? An argument can make or break on a single opening that was not accounted for or addressed. In this specific case, the teenagers had to define specific parts of their accusation and ensure it has the proper synergy with arguments presented in order to obtain the status of “standing” which is required before sitting in court (and hopefully no need for kneeling after the verdict is read). Standing in our legal system (as opposed to whatever interpretations other systems may have), requires provable damage, proving the U.S. caused it, and vague notions of whatever constitutes the U.S. “addressing the issue” for penance. I have much the same notion as Geroge Carlin when it comes to these matters. I believe only issues that have not yet been politicized can be “seen” somewhat impartially by the (people in the) justice system; everything else will just be interpreted along party lines to synergize with agenda.
Protected class. Is this an appropriate topic to post here or not? I take a neutral stance. I would not say it is or isn’t. I do not see its relations to the other topics. I read it. It was interesting. Should a culture be allowed to bring their caste system over? It would appear to me a caste system would go against the grain of The American Dream. Although, funny enough a French writer who sailed to America in its early days, once argued that America was crueler, because it did not openly admit there was a class (caste) system at play, when compared to countries that (at least) openly acknowledge there was a distinction (discrimination, as the disenfranchise might prefer) among citizens. “You can’t attack what you can’t see” perhaps? And also perhaps, being able to attach a label and definition (that is caste) enables it to be targeted for change?
The last part of our class was about (not) getting blocked or hitting dead ends. This part was the most abstract and situational. There is not a “one shoe fits all” solution to this common problem, however if we zoom out far enough, we can see a pattern that students usually get stuck by not knowing how to ask the questions needed to get their information. Or ironically enough, the student needs to shift their perspective and ask questions from that new angle, in order to get information to then write a paper that shifts someone’s perspectives.
I believe that it was appropriate to link to the Indian article because it provides a good insight to a definitional argument. Defining the caste system then describe the discrimination that comes from it and what we should establish prevention measure.
Tips for better research
Using Rowan Library linking to the google scholar to by pass the pay wall it works wonders
Beautiful Argument
I believe that image shown provide a message that this money that will. eventually end up back into the 1% profits. Using the images as claims and defining them by stating the importantance of the image which also leads to a course of action. Allows for many American to have a better insight on the wroth and ending of there dollar.
The life choices I would choose Fame and money, For fame I can become a famous actor, and act in some of my favorite tv shows/movies. For money I would use this for traveling, buying new homes, and helping my family.
Definition of standing
I found it interesting how teens that are almost my age took action for climate change, However the government is not taking action unless they can prove that climate injury them physical
Another thing I learn is the reasons why courts reluctant is ((1) Causation, (2) Standing, (3) Separation of Powers, and (4) Legal Authority)
A new protected class
I felt like it was appropriate so that we are more aware of what’s going on in this world
Research Tips
Some three helpful tips to use while writing an essay, Library Database directly, Google scholar and sometimes wikipedia
Choose two of: fame, money, service, love. Excluding the rest
I would choose love and money excluding fame and service. I don’t desire fame at all because when someone is famous, they are placed under a spotlight where all of their choices and what they do with their life is judged by others. The only thing good about fame would be the money and since money is not included in fame, I choose money so I can do whatever I want with that money. I also choose love over service. Service may feel like it gives you a purpose in life, to help others, but with love that person becomes your purpose and building a life for your future family will bring happiness too ( especially since I chose money too).
For the definition argument, make sure you don’t repeat ideas and words
What does standing mean?
The claim the children made is really bad the more I think about it.
They really didn’t define anything as pointed out. Also climate change really seems like a world problem not just a federal government problem
Standing -can they prove it was the fault of the government? Or that they can fix it in any way?
The seattle thing was interesting because seeing as we don’t have a caste system here, or its easier to move between them if anything, you would think it wouldn’t really. Be a problem.
When looking for sources, be open and not to strict with the specific thing youre looking for or it will be hard to find them.
Ill have to look into the rowan library thing, ive never used it before.
-I would choose money and love as a life without love seems to be dull and pointless. Money will allow me to live prosperous and be able to support the people I love.
-interpretaion, definition, and categorization must be introduced clearly
Arguments can be a way of getting a deeper and clearer idea of a topic to make an argument. Things can be more in depth without realizing at first glance.
It is necessary to clarify the local meaning which is the purpose of the argument
The article goes over banning caste discrimination and whether the government should step in if people are being treated differently and poorly or if they should just let it be given they aren’t the ones discriminating. I think it is very relevant today.
Choose two from love, fame, money, and service—no combining motives. Picking love and money means renouncing service, for instance.
“Standing” means plaintiffs have to prove personal harm, causation, and that a court can help. Kids suing the government for climate action need to link direct harm to government inaction.
Seattle’s caste ban addresses discrimination in the city’s immigrant communities, though the problem wasn’t originally Seattle’s. The ban now gives victims grounds to sue locally.
Definitions need “local meaning.” Terms like “healthy environment” must be clearly defined within the argument’s context so the reader grasps how it applies to your claim.
Research tips: When sources directly supporting your idea aren’t available, it can mean your argument is new. Use related ideas (like “negative information etc.” for Westboro Baptist) to find indirect but relevant support.
Strong visuals or clear examples can help make your point more engaging and understandable.
Feedback: Get feedback early, before grading, to get more substantial guidance. Correctly categorizing posts makes sure your work gets reviewed.
In your Class Notes for today, tell me what you learned about the power of a strong and appropriate image to accelerate and enrich your claims.
Counterintuitive Fall 2024 
Life Choices – phoenixxxx23
I choose Love and Money. Love was an obvious answer for me, “Life without love is no life at all” Leonardo da Vinci. The second option is harder. I chose money because it gives many opportunities to travel, living in comfort and providing this comfort and financial freedom to my family and future kids.
Class Notes- phoenixxxx23
–Standing. People continue to do wrong things unless it costs them a lot.
-Convincing and being clear means that we can prove and show specific claims and definitions.
-What is a healthy environment? Sounds simple, but is it really?
-1) Causation, (2) Standing, (3) Separation of Powers, and (4) Legal Authority -> (1) permitting, (2) authorizing, and (3) subsidizing (3 categories to establish STANDING)
–Local meaning should be established in first 1000 words of the reasearch paper
–Everything sounds simple until your ideal reader start asking questions what do you mean by these definitions you use.
Definition Model: Do the Kids Have Standing?
-Argument helps me better understand the broad application of definition to making persuasive arguments. Something that looks obvious and defined is much more complex and completely undefined until you provide local meaning. In my paper I have to STAND for every single claim and term I use.
Love the emphasis on Local Meaning, the essence of good Definition Argument.
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Class Notes – 10/14/2024
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Class Notes 10/14/2024
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class notes 10/14
Choose two between love, service, money, and fame.
I choose love and money, I do not want fame and I do not have the energy to give my life to service. A combination of love and money would create a life of peace for me, having love and never having to work a job is all anyone would need to be happy.
Professor went over how to make a definitional claims more clear, some things that seem simple to define and understand might need more definitional proof.
OK
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Class notes 10/14/24 – figure8clementine
-all 1,000 word arguments could come together easily to be the 3,000 word final paper. (be sure to ask for feedback)
-what qualifies as standing and how exactly can it even be proven that a case HAS that standing? A person needs to prove that they were caused harm by who or what they want held accountable and that even bringing it to court will do anything in resolving something.
-the article discusses the banning of caste discrimination in Seattle. It becomes a question of whether the government has a responsibility to step in when it comes to discrimination or not since it was not caused or Is contributed to by the government at all, so I would say this is relevant to today’s discussions
-don’t just look for sources that agree with you because it becomes a sort of echo chamber where your statements aren’t even combated or original.
– the power of a strong and appropriate image to accelerate and enrich a claim can resonate with a reader/viewer and make them feel your claim more deeply
Very nice
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I believed it was appropriate to include this news report regarding caste discrimination among a predominantly Indian immigrant population in Seattle, Washington.
The news story demonstrates how global issues such as caste discrimination can become significant in local US situations.
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Class Notes 10.14.24
Definition Argument
Standing
Seattle
Research/Sources
Very thoughtful.
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Class Notes: 10/14/24
-Once we make a life choice, we can never change what we chose. That choice will stick with us forever, even if we don’t think so.
– At this moment, we will not get feedback until we make significant improvements in our previous assignments. Use other classmates assignments and the feedback given to them in order to help our assignment out.
-Our short arguments (3 of them) leads to our 3,000 word paper. Do not use the same words for your introduction, body, conclusion, etc. in each of the short arguments because it will lead us to have more work at the end of the semester.
-Post our 1,000 words in the definition argument and then create a 2nd post and post the same argument in the definition rewrite and ask for feedback. After getting feedback, go into the definition rewrite category and make the right corrections to help change and make our argument better. We can do this as many times as we want. We want our original draft to be different than the rewrite in order to show the progression in our portfolio.
-To be clear and concise in our terms is very important. With this, then we are able to persuade others in our writing. If we write things simply and our audience doesn’t understand it, our argument is over from there.
-Our writing may sound clear and concise, but if it lets the reader interpret a definition in their own way, we will lose the argumentative idea.
-local meaning: meaning of the term for the purpose of the paper. Must use if something in our text is defined broadly and narrowly. We have to clarify what the term means.
-find an academic term that will open the doors to all the academic research we need. Don’t just focus on one aspect.
Protected Class:
I think this link to this article is beneficial. I think this because it allows us to see examples of how a problem can come about and cause arguments even when the person, in this case the government, does not seem responsible. Besides this, I also think that this link was okay to post because it allows us to see that many different situations can be argued whether the case seems right or wrong; anything can be an argument if we can persuade someone to agree with us.
Picked up a point with your response to the Seattle article
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10/14/24
What Happened:
Life Choices- choose two of the four (Love, Money, Fame, Service)
Having a “Standing”
Is it appropriate
Research Tips
What I got/My response:
I would choose money and love. Money because as a college student I could always use some for now and future endeavors. Love because I want someone in my life I can be close with and share experiences. Why I renounce the others: what would fame do for me except make me have a bunch of people who liked me as well as disliked me. My anxiety says no to that one. Service, while morally I should have chosen that one sometimes I am selfish and choose for myself due to not choosing for myself throughout my whole life, it is finally time I do so.
Be clear in what our terms mean or else we cannot be persuasive
I think it’s appropriate to talk about anything in class that makes people aware of social problems that need to be addressed and solved.
What I still have Questions about:
Nice. Glad you don’t have questions. Disappointed that you don’t have questions.
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10/14/24 notes
Solid.
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Mongoose Notes – 10/14/2024
Brilliant. I love your explanation of Username’s source material.
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Class Notes – 10/14/24
A New Protected Class
Research Tips
Brief and brilliant. I love that you connected the Seattle story to the prior example of Standing.
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Your most valuable Note here is to reference the references.
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Class Notes 10/14
Love these Notes.
An active mind was in class this day.
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• Life choices exercise: I would choose love and money. Love because I can be surrounded by those who love me whether its relationships or family. I could also help my family and those who love me with money. Such as repaying my parents for everything they’ve done or given me. I would choose money because I would be able to buy what I want such as a nice house, pay off my college loans, pay off my family’s debt etc. I would renounce the others because Im not really that interested in fame. Im aware that with fame comes invasion of privacy and security issues and I just don’t want to deal with that.
• I renounce service because although I would love to help those in need, I have to put my family and my life first.
Flirts with 4. Doesn’t quite get there.
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Class notes:
Meets and exceeds the need for Notes.
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Class notes 10/14:
Definition of “Standing“- what are suing about, having not agreed to something, depends on the situation, how many people are affected, is someone responsible for what is wrong.
A new Protected Class- It is appropriate because it is an example of a city taking responsibility for an issue in it.
Research Tips- not easily finding information for research is good because it means your idea is new, you look for information that indirectly supports your claim, the information does not have to be about your specific claim
Assignments:
Definition Argument-10/15
I like “Look for information that indirectly supports your claim.”
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10/14
Solid Notes, plus.
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CLASS NOTES
10/14/24
STANDING:
Protected Class:
RESEARCH TIPS
Life Choices:
Solid.
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Today we did a Life Exercise where we have to choose two out of four options that will permanently stick with us for the rest of our lives.
We were trying to define what the word standing means in the definition model. For a definitive essay, a writer should clarify certain words to help readers understand what it is stated so that the reader can see eye to eye with the writer. Another way to find more resources for your research is to not directly search certain words that is based on the essay at hand.
Protected Class:
I believe it is appropriate because the way Harmeet Kaur defines the word caste in her article as an insidious form of discrimination. She didn’t say that caste was a discrimination of other peoples skin color, or gender, but a discrimination of the way one was born under a certain hierarchy and race. I liked Kaur proposal argument at the end where she called out to people who marched in the Black Lives Matter movement or desire change in society of racism, racial discrimination, and other aspects of discrimination because she’s trying to capture that specific peoples interest by making a comparison between the caste and BLM.
The 4 is because you followed up on the Seattle article with interest.
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Class Notes: 14 October 2024
OK
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Class Notes – 10/14/24
Definitions are easy in a vacuum. They become much more difficult and nuanced when a specific situation is introduced. Definitions are situational and that is why they must be defined in your essay.
If you find lots of supporting evidence then your contribution is minimal. Supporting evidence that must be framed and reintroduced into a new argument creates a real contribution and a good essay.
Love your concise summaries.
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10/14
To start we begin with a discussion of Life choices using four buttons to which we may only press two, one is Money, the others are Fame, Service and Love.The buttons I chose to press were Money and Love, Money for the satbilty wealth can offer a person and Love for the happiness of another person entering your life to make it feel more worthwhile. Life decisions are terrifying but if you ask me, you just have to pick the ones right for you in the end.
We then have another example of a definitional Argument, with the usage of the word “Standing”.Standing meaning a certain Postion, status or Reputation someone or thing may have.The example in question was an article on a bunch of Kids suing the government on the failure to address Climate Change and using their “Standing” to say that they have failed to meet its responsibility to protect the publics right to a healthy enviorment.The question in turn is “How are a bunch of kids able to sue the government over Climate Change, without the current info of what Climate Change technically is? ”.To simplify, What is the current Postion on these ideals and how do they call for the government being sued by these people in question.
We must Post our 1,000 words in the definition argument and then create a 2nd post and post the same argument in the definition rewrite and ask for feedback. After getting feedback, go into the definition rewrite category and make the right corrections to help change and make our argument better. While keeping in mind that being clear in terms is important. Then we should be able to persuade others in our writing. Its needs to sound clear and concise, but if it lets the reader interpret a definition in their own way, we will lose the main idea of the essay.
local meaning: meaning of the term for the purpose of the paper. Should use if something in our text is defined widely or narrowly, keep in mind to clarify what the term means.We also have to find an academic term that will open the doors to all the academic research we need and not just focus on one aspect of what we thing our idea is.
What academic term has opened up your research?
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Life choices. I am not sure what this exercise is for? Critical thinking or reflection? I have already thought about this many times. I have even bought books and read literature on purpose, life, strengths, and choosing goals. I’ll summarize Carl Sagan; he once pointed out that there are so many books in the library, if you calculated how much time it would take to read all of them, it would take more hours than you are allotted to live. The point being that you must pick, be intentional, with what you do with your time left. Although you could infer the meaning from the context of “libraries” to be referring to book reading, I personally believe the words to be deeper and a metaphor for anything you choose to do with your life.
Standing: a story about a group of teenager environmentalists coming together and using their powers to form Captain Planet to fight against villains’ pollution schemes! Sorry, wrong story; I meant to say: a group of teenager environmentalists coming together and using their powers to form the Plaintiff to fight against the U.S.’s money making schemes. This topic took up the majority of the class, instructor with questions that danced all over the meanings of words as if they were made out of Jello. The compacting-and-stretching of words was to illustrate the potential disconnects of language. What is the scope of X? What happens if one party defines X to contain Y and the other party does not think Y is part of X? An argument can make or break on a single opening that was not accounted for or addressed. In this specific case, the teenagers had to define specific parts of their accusation and ensure it has the proper synergy with arguments presented in order to obtain the status of “standing” which is required before sitting in court (and hopefully no need for kneeling after the verdict is read). Standing in our legal system (as opposed to whatever interpretations other systems may have), requires provable damage, proving the U.S. caused it, and vague notions of whatever constitutes the U.S. “addressing the issue” for penance. I have much the same notion as Geroge Carlin when it comes to these matters. I believe only issues that have not yet been politicized can be “seen” somewhat impartially by the (people in the) justice system; everything else will just be interpreted along party lines to synergize with agenda.
Protected class. Is this an appropriate topic to post here or not? I take a neutral stance. I would not say it is or isn’t. I do not see its relations to the other topics. I read it. It was interesting. Should a culture be allowed to bring their caste system over? It would appear to me a caste system would go against the grain of The American Dream. Although, funny enough a French writer who sailed to America in its early days, once argued that America was crueler, because it did not openly admit there was a class (caste) system at play, when compared to countries that (at least) openly acknowledge there was a distinction (discrimination, as the disenfranchise might prefer) among citizens. “You can’t attack what you can’t see” perhaps? And also perhaps, being able to attach a label and definition (that is caste) enables it to be targeted for change?
The last part of our class was about (not) getting blocked or hitting dead ends. This part was the most abstract and situational. There is not a “one shoe fits all” solution to this common problem, however if we zoom out far enough, we can see a pattern that students usually get stuck by not knowing how to ask the questions needed to get their information. Or ironically enough, the student needs to shift their perspective and ask questions from that new angle, in order to get information to then write a paper that shifts someone’s perspectives.
Always fascinating.
de Tocqueville.
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POSTEMPTIVE CLASS NOTES
10/14/23
Pick Your Side
Standing
Tips For Better Research
Beautiful Arguments
We have no standing. We make our own standing.
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Protected Class
I believe that it was appropriate to link to the Indian article because it provides a good insight to a definitional argument. Defining the caste system then describe the discrimination that comes from it and what we should establish prevention measure.
Tips for better research
Using Rowan Library linking to the google scholar to by pass the pay wall it works wonders
Beautiful Argument
I believe that image shown provide a message that this money that will. eventually end up back into the 1% profits. Using the images as claims and defining them by stating the importantance of the image which also leads to a course of action. Allows for many American to have a better insight on the wroth and ending of there dollar.
Yep
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Two life Choices
Definition of standing
A new protected class
Research Tips
Clearly attended and paid attention.
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10/14
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Class Notes 10/14
-I would choose money and love as a life without love seems to be dull and pointless. Money will allow me to live prosperous and be able to support the people I love.
-interpretaion, definition, and categorization must be introduced clearly
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Class Notes 10/14
Choose two from love, fame, money, and service—no combining motives. Picking love and money means renouncing service, for instance.
“Standing” means plaintiffs have to prove personal harm, causation, and that a court can help. Kids suing the government for climate action need to link direct harm to government inaction.
Seattle’s caste ban addresses discrimination in the city’s immigrant communities, though the problem wasn’t originally Seattle’s. The ban now gives victims grounds to sue locally.
Definitions need “local meaning.” Terms like “healthy environment” must be clearly defined within the argument’s context so the reader grasps how it applies to your claim.
Research tips: When sources directly supporting your idea aren’t available, it can mean your argument is new. Use related ideas (like “negative information etc.” for Westboro Baptist) to find indirect but relevant support.
Strong visuals or clear examples can help make your point more engaging and understandable.
Feedback: Get feedback early, before grading, to get more substantial guidance. Correctly categorizing posts makes sure your work gets reviewed.
You always demonstrate a wonderful facility with language.
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