Housekeeping
- Feedback Please
- Regrade Please
Riddle: What Faces the Sphinx?
- When I look at the Sphinx, directly behind me is desert.
- When I look at the Sphinx, directly behind me are other monuments.
- When I look at the Sphinx, directly behind be are Pizza Hut and KFC.
Riddle
Lecture
Definitional/Categorical Unit
- Your Professor’s Model Definition Essay
- Attempts to answer the question, “Does polio belong to the category of eradicable diseases?”
- Model Definition/Categorical Essay
- The editors of the New York Times defines a crucial constitutional term: protected class that deserves heightened scrutiny.
- Includes a brief In-Class Exercise
Portfolio Task
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Your First of Three Short Arguments for the Portfolio
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Definition/Categorical Short Argument
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DUE MON MAR 08 (11:59pm SUN MAR 07)
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bluntwriting88
capched
cardinal7218
cfriery
chavanillo
Chris McGee
christianity19
clementine102
comicdub
compiistudent
corinnebuck1219
daphneblake25
dayzur
g903254
gabythefujoshi18
goldin92
gooferious
hailthegreat8
hazelnutlatte123
honeysucklelilac
icedcoffeeislife
imgoingswimming
iwantpopsicle
doorknob9
BabyGoat
jeffbezos123
jets1313
johnwick66
justheretopass
kobebryant32
kowiklinski
l8tersk8ter
aquarela
metro111c
mrmba1
mysterylimbo
nina525
nousernamefound1
nyaj32
oaktree1234
pardonmyfrench13
person345
pomegranate4800
Jessicariccio
rosekyd
rowanrat
rowanstudent24
runnerd4
shadowswife
SmilingDogTheProfWants
sonnypetro29
tcarter101
thecommoncase
wafflesrgud22
wazoo1234
yourfavoriteanon
Counterintuitivity 
JOHN CAGE (American Composer) reacting to criticism of his piano composition 4’33”, for which the pianist sits at the piano unaccompanied for 4 minutes and 33 seconds and does not touch the keys:
“They missed the point. There’s no such thing as silence. What they thought was silence, because they didn’t know how to listen, was full of accidental sounds. You could hear the wind stirring outside during the first movement. During the second, raindrops began patterning the roof, and during the third the people themselves made all kinds of interesting sounds as they talked or walked out.” John Cage speaking about the premiere of 4’33”.
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I imagine (I hope!) one or two of you, my most attentive students, will have noticed a punctuation error in my Reply above for which you’d like to critique me. And you would be correct, if . . . . Periods and Commas ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS belong inside the quotation marks. Twice in my Reply, I’ve referenced the title of John Cage’s piano piece, 4’33”. In both cases, and right here, I have placed the punctuation OUTSIDE what appear to be quotation marks.
They’re not. They are the (feet and inches) or (minutes and seconds) marks that, in this case, indicate 4 minutes and 33 seconds. No matter what I do, I can’t get WordPress to recognize and reproduce the correct characters in a Reply. So my punctuation is correct, but is sure does look wrong.
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Recommendation to request feedback and regrading to improve your writing and grade
Pizza Hut, KFC, Sphinx (Funny thought of an ancient monument being breached by the edge of the city
Street signs are proposal arguments (Make claim that sign is law)
Sounding like you know what you’re talking about commands authority and thought from the reader
Professor’s claim: Nothing exists until we name it
Coming up with a new name for a phenomenon would greatly help in the development of a definition essay
Development of phrase “pity dog”
Picture of Earth from space: Beautiful but Vulnerable
ALL TEXT IS AN ARGUMENT
Power of Labeling in relation to justification
Lower or Raise minimum wage: RAISE
Nothing is just a yes or no answer, there is always logic or perspective involved
Ernest vs Frank : All depends on outlook of a situation
Warning: PROFESSOR HODGES DOES NOT WANT A GUN
Categorizing rewrites original posts (Only difference is one word: Rewrite)
Definition/Categorical Essay (First Portfolio Argument): DUE MONDAY 3/8
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Nice work, CW. Nobody wants Professor Hodges to have a gun. 🙂
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–REMINDER Get some feedback in
-grammar errors are worked on after the first draft
– laws are very strong claims, authority & evidence gives them power
-our proposal argument is mostly based on logic and evidence, unlike laws
-should sound like you know what you’re talking about (the strength of our authority)
-When we name something we give it meaning
-naming makes something memorable but it creates narrow categories
-Makes things easy to communicate
-try to come up with a new term for my definition/categorical argument
-Naming something well can let you get away with certain meanings
-when used in the intro you can spend time getting into your argument
-The Blue Marble was the first picture of the Earth that everyone was able to see
-it compares Earth to a fragile marble that looks vulnerable surrounded by darkness
-perception of the world was changed
-The fishing sign is a proposal argument since it’s power rest on the authority of the voice and argues that one behavior is better than the other
-everything is getting more expensive, but minimum wage is staying the same
– we can’t lower it, it can’t stay the same, so minimum wage must go up
-there never really is an exact opposite
-the opposite of a black sneaker is… what? broccoli
-the opposite of a black sneaker is not a white sneaker
-another clothing item cannot be the opposite of another clothing item
-speaking generally cannot be disproved, but also doesn’t accomplish anything
-happiness is too broad of a topic to be defined, nothing to agree or disagree on
-I would rather we did not have armed teachers
-in black and white argument, the pro-gun side wins because the compromise involves guns in school, and the anti-gun side wants no guns permitted in a school
-remember to put definition argument in two posts (second is for rewrite)
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Good work. No item of clothing can be the opposite of another item of clothing. So can any law be the opposite of any other law?
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-Request/ respond to feedback
-First draft-don’t provide feedback on grammar/punctuation
-our proposal arguments are different from the government’s because they can send us to jail
-The strength of authority is the sound of our voice
-Do the best job to create our own authority
-Things don’t exist until we name them
-example- colors
-it helps to remember the day to have a name
-those who opposed the estate tax named it the death tax
-don’t fish from the bridge is an argument-no good authority
-authority of the voice is important(Thats where the bridge sign comes into place)
-you’re not allowed to leave it the same, nobody wants to lower it, so you have to raise it
-went through the opposite of a black sneaker
-don’t force yourself on the spectrum
-example-don’t assume the opposite of black is white
-went through the agenda page and upcoming assignments
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I’ve seen it twice already, so I must have said it: Things don’t exist until we name them? That can’t ALWAYS be true, can it? But it is surely true of colors and Orion the hunter. Is there anything in your research project that EVERYBODY believes exists, but that is just a construct of the imagination? Find that thing, and you’re really onto something.
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Start observing/ requesting feedback. You have the opportunity to improve your work so make sure to do it while you can.
Riddle : What faces the Sphinx?
A pizza hut and KFC
Signs are proposal arguments: Since they make a claim that is considered law.(the authority of the sign)(ex: no parking on this side of the street doing this time)
The strength of our authority is the sound of our voice and the evidence we bring to the table.
The invention of naming:
Language has the power not only to describe our experience but to create our experience.
Naming makes something memorable(cause it allows you to call on a memory) but it also narrows it, blunts it since it can’t be everything.
It helps bring back the feeling of the day when you name the experience you witnessed.
Pity dog: dogs that get adopted because overly compassionate people think that no one would adopt these dogs, so they would.
All text is a arguement:
” No fishing on the bridge sign ” A proposal argument where the only authority is from the sign itself.
A proposal argument based on nothing more than the authority of the voice.
Minimum wage:
Not every argument has an opposite arguing point. (You don’t argue that minimum wage should be lowered, instead that it shouldn’t be raised to a certain amount)
The favor of outrageous thinking:
Don’t join the black or white debate, but to create a color on the spectrum. The worst thing you can do is speak in generalities ( speak in the gray) (Speaking on topics that you can’t prove and accomplishes nothing in doing so)
Color on color argument: an argument where you can either agree or disagree with the argument itself. Which is a much better argument than the gray on gray.
Polar Opposites compromising doesn’t = a win, win but rather a win lose for one of the sides.
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Your Notes have found a way to identify the intangible contradiction in all of today’s observations. I hope they were instructive for you, JW. You were clearly paying attention.
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You can get a regrade on an assignment by revising work and by putting it in the “regrade please” category. Riddle: What Faces the Sphinx? There is a pizza hut and KFC behind the pyramids. They are on the edge of the city. Signs are Proposal Arguments, what they claim to say is law. The sound of our voice is authority as well as evidence that is presented. Things don’t exist until they name them. Strong move to make up a term that is being describe. We pay taxes one more time when we die. We pay an estate tax when wealth is changing hands. The “blue marble” was the first picture of earth from that angle. The signs on the bridge are considered as a Proposal Argument. It is proposed that there is no fishing on the bridge. The signs have an authority of law. Compromise of gun argument will benefit the pro gun lobby because some teachers will be armed which is part of their argument. Definition/Categorical argument due midnight 3/7. 1000 word essay. Requires a rewrite. Post it twice. First one is called “Definition” and the other is called “Definition rewrite”.
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Good. 3/3
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focus on the little victories this week
you’re falling behind, this is the time to get back on track if you want this to be a good semester not full of constant stress
continue to try and catch up, if needed consider dropping the PTSD assignment so you can continue foreword with your white paper
Riddle: What Faces the Sphinx?
-pizza hut right next to the Sphinx
Signs Are Proposal Arguments
-they make a claim about the law
-signs rest on authority and rules
Invention By Naming
-things don’t have an identity until they are named
-naming makes something memorable but also narrows and blunts it because it can’t be all things
-try to come up with a term to name the thing you’re trying to describe
Invention by Perspective
-bring new ideas to radically change someone’s perspective on an idea
Lecture
-The Opposite of a Black Sneaker
–In Favor of Outrageous Thinking
—radical thinking: the opposite of a black sneaker is a piece of broccoli
—don’t force yourself into a box when you don’t need to be in one, think of the most radical argument and you’ve started a conversation
—don’t go to the “grey” area either, make a statement, have an opinion, don’t stick yourself in the middle by not picking a side
Definition/Categorical Argument
-due date is next monday march 8th
-one of three arguments, each is 1000 words
-post it TWICE at the same time just copy and paste it, once under definition and username and again definition rewrite and username
-after feedback, place the definition rewrite into the feedback/regrade category
it is only march, you have time to catch up but it’s time to really get started and be proactive
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Good work. Love your self-reflections. Texted you.
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Notes 3/1
-Respond to feedback, submit things in Feedback Please, possible regrade
“Signs Are Proposal Arguments” as in, they claim that what they say is law. Only goes as far as the authority of the sign.
-Lots of things don’et exist until they’re named, I.E. colors. Naming things narrows down the subject at large, subject has to ft into some sort of category. Trying to come up with a new term for somehting you’re trying to describe can be a very strategical thing. Such as renaming estate tax the “death tax.”
“All text is an argument.”Just like making signs is enough an argument to convince the readers to obey the authority of that sign. If theres a sign on a bridge in a park that instructs “no fishing on the bridge,” than that has to hold weight to it for regular people crossing the bridge. They have to trust that that sign is there for a reason.
Some polls that we think result in compromise, one side is actually losing out.
This lecture did open up some views to me. Everything with names and arguments was useful because it shows how everything is a claim and people have to believe it for said claim to work. With the sneaker argument, it really opened up my mind as to how categories can be burst wide open, so to speak.
For definition paper, repost same contents into “definition rewrite” afterwards.
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Good to hear you’re starting to appreciate the strength and flexibility of claims, C2.
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-You have one week to request a regrade after receiving feedback
-A sign has to be based on some kind of authority in order to get its message across meaningfully. As writers, we don’t have any real authority.
-Things don’t exist until we name them.
-Once you name something, you can talk about it and remember it.
-It takes 11 minutes for light from mars to reach earth.
-You can always just say “no” to refute anyone’s argument. This might not be a very sound or evidential way to refute, but it is always and option for anyone.
-The minimum wage is arbitrarily based on a decision made over 20 years ago.
-The opposite of a black sneaker could be a piece of broccoli.
-Happiness does not = meaning in life. Happiness is how content you are with your currently standpoint on life and your environment.
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There’s a nice chunk in there.
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3/1/21
Class opened up about how we should be doing the feedback and regrade please category
You should respond back to feedback notes even if you don’t want to rewrite it, and you should add the feedback please before your grade comes out.
After you have your feedback on your post you usually have one week to submit a new and improved version
Claims rest on the authority like if a sign says “Don’t park here” and then after says “keep clear for street sweepers” you’ll think about not parking there anymore
If you want to own something, name it.
Then you will have full power over it and will be able to talk whatever about it
All text is an argument
There was a sign on the bridge and it said “No fishing from the bridge”
That is a proposal argument, it rest on the authority of who posted the sign
You have to sound authoritative when making an argument.
Lecture
The worst thing you can do in writing an essay is not naming your terms well
The misconception with someone who is happy is that we think that person has meaning in their life.
But in reality their life could be less meaningful
Think more outside the box. Don’t go mainstream
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Not sure we agree about everything here, but that’s OK.
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3-1-21
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It’s clear you were paying attention, C.
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3/1
– Signs are proposal arguments – they claim that what they say is law, based on its own authority
– Sound like we know what we’re talking about, create our own authority
– Things don’t exist until we name them
– If you make an abstract argument, name it to make it less abstract and more cohesive and understandable
– Be descriptive and detailed when naming all of your arguments, don’t assume they’re understood by the audience
– Narrows ideas, but makes something memorable
– Invention through perspective
– Bring a new perspective to a project or idea that changes now we see things, or at least attempt to do so
– In favor or outrageous thinking, the opposite of a black sneaker
– Not every proposition has an exact opposite
– Make an argument that can be proven and argued, not just a claim
– Compromises result in a win-lose, not a win-win. Be clear and make a distinctive argument/ claim
Side notes:
– For definition essay assignment, post twice. Once under the Definition category, and another under the Definition Rewrite category
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I like this:
“– Invention through perspective
– Bring a new perspective to a project or idea that changes now we see things, or at least attempt to do so”
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Sphinx Riddle
Signs are proposal arguments
You want to remember something and create a name for it
Come up with new names or a phenomena you are trying to explain
You cant make a sphere smooth enough to replicate the earth
The opposite of a black sneaker
The point of an argument is not to join black or white debates
Meeting in the middle will be grey
You dont want to be nailed down to any certain topic
Common misconception is that happy people have a meaning in life
Learned about black and white arguments
Definition categorical essay due date moved to next Monday
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This comes close to not having enough material takeaways to cost a point, but I like this:
“You cant make a sphere smooth enough to replicate the earth.”
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The warm-up today was a riddle for what is facing the sphinx. When we saw the video we saw that there was a KFC and Pizza hut facing the sphinx.
Signs are proposal arguments as they claim what they say is the law. When we write we instead ask our readers in our proposal arguments instead of it being enforced like government-made signs. We don’t have the authority.
If we want to own something we need to name it because then we define it in some way. Naming something also gives us a shorthand to an explanation and may give us some authority on the matter to the reader.
We looked at the blue marble picture and talked about the impact of this photo. This picture showed how small we really are and how we should take care of our earth so it brought people together trying to take care of it.
The fishing sign is an argument, and there is not much authority to the sign but people still follow it because they believe that there is. This is why when we write we need to try to show our authority when writing papers.
Our Categorical essay will be due next Monday.
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This:
“The fishing sign is an argument, and there is not much authority to the sign but people still follow it because they believe that there is. This is why when we write we need to try to show our authority when writing papers.”
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We went over how important feedback is and a reminder that she should put our assignment for regrading.
Once you own something, name it so it is easier to understand for you and your readers.
We spent a decent amount of time on the invention by naming
This was because we were going into detail about how things are viewed and seen by the world.
Within intention remain it is important to remember that if you gave an argument meaning, you are creating a new argument with the text
Moving on to the main lecture of the class we talked about arguments between people
With making a compromise between two groups, at least one group is going to be unhappy with the outcome of the arrangement.
Definition assignment is due next Monday
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Really confused by much of what I’m reading here, Iced.
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Signs are proposal arguments because what they claim on the sign is supposedly law.
There is some sort of authority in these signs we believe there’s a higher power telling us this claim.
When we give something a name it allows that thing to have an identity until we give it a name and allow it to become a topic or something.
When you die the last thing you have to do is pay a death tax before your money goes to whoever is going to inherit it.
Pity dog is a dog that get’s adopted by overly passionate people who think that this dog would never get adopted by others because those dogs aren’t as good as the others.
Since we have decided that Orion is a collection of stars made into a constellation and given that name we can no talk about it. Our information about these stars is probably false because of how long it takes the light to travel.
We assume that when we have arguments that both sides is going to be put on a spectrum and the conclusion has to be put in the middle, people don’t realize that a conclusion in an argument can be from anywhere.
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