Wed April 29th

• Went over things that need to be in a portflio, due Mon May 4th by 6:30 PM.
• Reflective statement with core values due by Sunday.
• Had my 2nd half conference this evening about my research paper.

Mon April 27th

• Posted my research paper but, I need to add a few things to it.
• For long chunks of quotation, use the block quote button in the editor.

Wed April 22nd

Attended Class

Mon April 20th

Attended class

Wed April 15th

Attended class.

Monday April 13th

• Assertion, if you group a bunch of claims, if one claim is slightly untrue, it changed the claim entirely.
• AAMCO  doesn’t want to say “There’s nothing we haven’t herd and can’t fix” They want to say, there’s nothing we can’t fix.
• Walter Scott 4 articles reading and discussion. Every piece of writing has an opinion and it’s impossible to write something that is unbiased.

Monday April 6th

• Attended class today.
• Age has 2 defs. Days from birth, or days from death.

Mon March 30th

• Card puzzle post on agenda.
• Answer is only card 1 and card 4.
• Reply in comment for the 50 statements and evaluate them.

Wed March 25th

• Don’t claim that there is not enough information given by the author, instead, provide your own evidence that disproves what the author has provided.
• Using google scholar can help find sources when you get stuck between a rock and a hard place.
• Rebuttals are formed when you find a mistake in an authors logic and capitalize on their mistake by providing your own evidence.

Mon March 23rd

• There is no explanation. I hereby declare that on this fateful day, March 23rd, 2015 at precisely 6:40pm, science was destroyed.
• A07, definition rewrite due Wednesday.
• Rebuttal demo/lecture
• Look at the post to see how to refute certain types of “un-proofs” in someone’s argument.

Wed March 11th

• Elephants are tortured.
• Elephants are tortured by circus owners
• Elephants suffer torture.

Mon March 9th

• Prof conference today after class
• Start with a conclusion, end with an opening.
• You can’t win an argument in the first sentence, but it can be lost.
• Write your own good opening.

Wed March 4th

• piano music to start class.
• Mystery guy from tv drama
• Conferences before spring break.
• Claim workshop

Mon March 2nd

• Ordering pizza today. Too bad I ate before class.
• Safer saws argument
• Safety doesn’t sell, the manufacturers claim.
• Ridiculous lawsuit against Bosch because of injury caused by a miter saw, a product that doesn’t even have a market alternative with the saw stop in it.
• In class assignment Wednesday.

Wed Feb 25th

• Started off class with music by Darren and a Michael Jackson cover of Smooth Criminal
• What is rape? Many different instances/circumstances/outcomes can make the definition tricky to set in stone. Drop a comment to the post w/ definition of rape.
• Definition essay never explicitly defines the thing it seeks to make a definition for, instead the essay uses specific language to draw the reader to a conclusion about the authors proposed definition.
• Model definition essay shows authors stance on the thing he’s trying to define.

Mon Feb 23rd

• Remember the specific phrases for feedback.
• White paper reviews
• There not just two sides to an argument, there are tons of different viewpoints on a controversial topic.
• Fix the sentences

Wed Feb 18th

• Claims: definition(a statement), categorical(things that are directly related to a claim, symptoms), causal(cause and effect, “this” causes “that”), categorical/clausal(“Can one person catch PTSD from another)
• PTSD contagious?
• Review of good statements from authors posts.

Wed Feb 11th

Right to die.

Margret was diagnosed with dementia and her living will stated that she not be kept alive if she became unable to care for herself. The care facility denied her request saying that she had signs that she was still responsive.

Moving visual class workshop.

White paper, hypothesis, leave feedback on the post.

Mon Feb 9th

• Hodges variety of music this evening ranged from Beck to Foo Fighters to System of a Down.
•  Take credit for work by categorizing your own username.
• Grade conferences once before spring break, once after, and once for a final portfolio grade.
• Their can only be used with a plural, never a singular.
• Revise the moving visual rhetoric assignment for Tuesday night.
• Proposal Sunday night.

Wed Feb 4th

• Choose a counterintuitive artice to write about for the rest of the semester. 3 small essays turn in to one large essay for the end of the semester.
• Grade explanations! Brevity and clarity is key.
• Summaries of counterintuitive topics, re-read Dave’s summaries to model the one’s I write.

Mon Feb 2nd-

• Request feedback, or grade, or both if you want.
• Mechanics and writing tabs on the header.
• Kitchen sink editing tools to help with font size, color, justification, indenting, etc
• No 2nd person,ever!
• No throat clearing (excessive background info)
• Never say I believe, in my opinion, i think, etc.
• Provide background only when it’s needed.
• The reason we research isn’t to prove a point that is already true, but to prove what is actually true. Then when we draw a conclusion we use only the portions of the articles we have found to advance our arguments.
• Sunday night, summarize counterintuitive topics.
• Gonna have to pick a counterintuitive topic for the rest of the semester. Oh no, commitment.
• Add some cows to your arguments.

Wed Jan28th- Learned how to create a hyperlink in our posts. Everything you write is crap, pick out the things you like, and destroy them. Stone money? What? Oh, Dave will explain. Micronesian Island called Yap, the people are called Yap, and the currency is Fei. Money made of limestone. The bigger the fei the better. The Yap’s sense of currency is not much different than ours in America. Brazilian economy in total turmoil, 4 economists developed URV’s to slowly lower the inflation rate over time. Brazil’s economy went from extremely poor to quite stable and successful.  What even is money? Mind blown. Sunday night read the post and complete assignment.