Riddle
Find the African-American
Old Business
My Hypothesis
- First Draft due before midnight SUN JAN 28
Stone Money
- READ AND LISTEN to the Source Material before class MON JAN 29
- Listen to the Invention of Money podcast.
- Pod 1, Pod 2, Pod 3
- Read the accompanying brief source materials.
- Start with “Island of Stone Money” by Milton Friedman
- Be prepared for class discussion and 10-question quiz
- Listen to the Invention of Money podcast.
- First Draft of Stone Money task due midnight SUN FEB 04
Looking for the Stone Money Material? Find it by scrolling the sidebar until you see something that resembles this:
Housekeeping
- Review my Replies to (and Grades for) your first sets of Class Notes for Classes 01 and 02.
- Reply to my Reply
- First-Week Checklist
- Let’s double-check to make sure everybody has a username.
- Now publish your first post: My Hypothesis—Username.
- For the time being, it will contain no content, but I need to be confident you will be able to post your “My Hypothesis” by midnight SUN JAN 28.
- Clean up the inevitable “Category” errors.
Web Skills: Google Scholar
Brief demo of the value and power of Google Scholar for BOTH finding sources to explore your Hypothesis AND to help you create your Hypothesis in the first place.
Content Demo
My Counterintuitive Journal
Tasks Explained
- Quick Preview of a Researched Persuasive Argument (also called the Research Position Paper)
Exercise
- Read the Stone Money Assignment, including the first draft titled “Kit Kats for Nerds.”
- In a Reply to the Assignment page, analyze the Feedback received for either the Argument, Rhetoric, or Mechanics aspects of the draft.
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Counterintuitive Spring 2024 
High school writing is like this foxhunt analogy — the game is rigged because they bring a fox to the foxhunt and when they catch it, it’s neither deemed a success or a failure because they already know it’s a fox they’re looking for.
College writing: we brought something back from the hunt. It’s a success because we found something. You want to find something you weren’t quite anticipating.
A hypothesis is a hope and a prayer — a statement, not a question. You want to be in unclaimed territory.
Nobody knows what your hypothesis was in the beginning — it doesn’t matter whether you take the stance of true or false on your thesis.
You are speed dating your hypothesis; make a choice and commitment then make a decision.
An experiment that fails is still valid (e.g., Thomas Edison had 499 hypotheses that failed before he hit on his 500th hypothesis that ultimately produced light). The point of this sentence and analogy is that the 499 other attempts simply proved that particular filament didn’t produce light, not looking at the 499 other hypotheses as fails.
You know you don’t have a hypothesis, but rather a topic, when you’re not making a claim.
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Utterly brilliant.
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– WordPress keeps your revisions to your posts so that you can always retain your original work.
– Finding Pheasant on a Foxhunt: This analogy pertains to how some people write their research papers. You already know that the fox is there and in the vicinity so it is no surprise when you find it. It should be in the woods looking for whatever you can find; be open to surprise and want to find something you didn’t know was there.
– Riddle: Spot the African-American American nomenclature calls its citizens African-American based on stereotypical appearances however, the proper definition includes a whole different set of people. Wording can be misleading and can be interpreted differently by many dissimilar audiences.
– My Hypothesis: First start by picking a broad topic and refining it until you have a specific claim. Your hypothesis is flexible and is subject to change as you commit further research or if you have any “enlightenment” moments and decide to take another approach. The hypothesis model should resemble 6 bullet points starting from your topic that evolve into your hyper-specific claim. Post this thought process as a post and add both your username and MyHypothesis as a category.
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Beautiful work, SleepyCat.
One tweak I would like you to consider:
We will not use 2nd-person language in our essays (you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves). It has no place in academic work (even semi-formal academic work like ours), so, for practice, I’d like you to wean yourself from it even in your Notes, if you’re willing.
Example with 2nd-person language:
Example purged of 2nd-person language:
No penalty for that.
These are terrific Notes.
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-Fox hunt: When people go on Fox hunts, they usually go into it knowing what they are trying to find. It is similar to research. Knowing what you are going to write and finding whatever you find. Research should be done in a non-lazy surprising way. You should put in some extra effort and not just do the basics required and maybe only find one thing. You should try and find and write something surprising.
-Riddle: Find the African American. The person on the right is African American. People often have negative connotations when talking about African Americans. When we see a white person we often never associate them with being African American. This does not mean they are not at all. Just because someone is not the color you associate with a certain description does not mean they can not be that race.
-Assignments: Due this Sunday is the first draft of My Hypothesis. The hypothesis is changeable. If it is changed though, it has to be replaced with a new idea. That idea can possibly lead into your thesis. The research is what you find, you first hypothesis doesn’t have to be known. Read and listen to the source material for Stone Money by Jan 29. First draft of Stone Money is due Feb 4.
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Nice work, EaglesFan.
Read what I said to SleepyCat above about purging your Notes of 2nd-person language.
Grade 3/3
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-WordPress allows you to edit your comments, and it stores previous revisions.
-Fox hunt used as an analogy for how research projects are often conducted in schools. Instead of looking for the fox we should act as actual hunters and look for things we wouldn’t expect.
-Hypothesis draft due on Sunday, the 28th. Our hypothesis should be in the form of a statement, not a question, we should present our hypothesis draft with six levels of specificity.
-We should not worry if our hypothesis is true or false.
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These are Toetio’s notes
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Good work, Toetio.
I hope you’ll be able to solve whatever problem is keeping you from logging in and getting Replies to identify as yours.
Grade 3/3
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-It was said that on WordPress edits can be made to our posts by the professor which are all saved. We can also edit our texts on WordPress and luckily with every revision everything saves so we can later view all of them in the “edit” section.
-We went over the foxhunt analogy and how that can relate to writing. The analogy was demonstrating how research is open to surprises, and you have to go and look around to try and find something that maybe you were not anticipating.
-Then we went over the riddle of who was African-American. There was a man and a girl in the photos side by side and we had to pick what we thought the answer was, even though it was not what was expected in my eyes based on the photos. The girl (the right side) ended up being the African-American which was not expected in my opinion based on stereotypes.
-We went over how a hypothesis is intriguing and how we need to brainstorm ideas of broad topics. Then once we found our topic to narrow it down so we are able to write 3000 words on it.
-An example made about starting our hypothesis was essentially to speed date your hypothesis. We have to make a choice and commitment, but we can uncommit that choice while replacing it with a new idea.
-A hypothesis is not a question but a statement. Saying it as a statement is a hypothesis. For these hypotheses we need to focus on the main elements and narrow it down to the best it can be with the most detail.
-The hypothesis needs to be 6 bullet points, getting longer and more detailed with each bullet. That way by the sixth bullet we have our hypothesis after going through all of the steps to get there.
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Beautiful work, Username.
(I’m always surprised when my students don’t recognize Denzel Washington and Charlize Theron, but there you have it. 🙂 )
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-WordPress Revisions:
WordPress retains post revisions for preserving original work.
Fox Hunt Analogy:
-Research should be like a fox hunt, exploring the unknown.
Be open to surprises and discoveries in research.
Riddle on African American Nomenclature:
-Addresses the stereotype in the term “African American.”
Highlights potential misunderstandings and interpretations.
Hypothesis Approach:
-Start with a broad topic and refine it.
Hypothesis evolves through research and may change.
Describes a model with 6 bullet points from topic to hyper-specific claim.
Post the thought process with username and My Hypothesis category.
Fox Hunt and Research:
-Compares fox hunts to research, emphasizing knowing what to find.
Encourages non-lazy, surprising research efforts.
Riddle on African American Perception:
-Challenges stereotypes about African Americans.
Highlights that appearance doesn’t necessarily define ethnicity.
Assignments:
-Due this Sunday: First draft of My Hypothesis.
Hypothesis is changeable but must be replaced with a new idea.
Research findings can lead to a thesis.
Stone Money source material reading by Jan 29.
First draft of Stone Money assignment due by Feb 4.
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Thoughtful Notes as always, Snowman.
I want to push back on one observation.
You say
While I completely agree that appearance doesn’t define ethnicity, I’d like to point out that “African-American” doesn’t, shouldn’t, doesn’t even sound as if it specifies ethnicity. The trouble with the term (among several) is that it uses citizenship or country of origin—not appearance or actual ethnicity—as an ethnic label. Having African and American ancestry or citizenship says nothing about race.
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When people go on foxhunts, they know they will find what they are looking for. They go on the hunt with a fox and release it. They proceed to hunt, but most of the time the dogs are the ones that find them. This can be related to high school research papers and writing because if you go in knowing what you are going to find, share, and research, it is a waste of time and you could be doing better. You want to find something that you aren’t anticipating and if it is a surprise that is even better.
A hypothesis is a hope and prayer. You have to make a choice and commit, but you always have the option to choose something else if it comes to that. There may be evidence to show proof of our hypothesis. If we can’t find a lot of information on our topics it is a good thing because you can be the one to find the information on it and actually prove it.
There is also a riddle that we did in class. The riddle addressed how mistakes can be made and things can be provided differently if looked at in the wrong context.
Rhetoric was brought up against. An example of it this time was from a promotional ad. “A potential for risk if involved with any financial investment transaction” What they really mean is “If you give us your money we can fuck you over”. The first is passive and the second is active.
A thesis is a big claim. A thesis always starts out as a hypothesis because you need to figure out if you can prove it. The final thesis will be whatever you find.
When we make our hypothesis we need to make sure that we have 6 bullet points worth of information. Each bullet point gets more specific as we go.
This Sunday our first draft of our hypothesis is due. The Stone Money material should be listened to by next Monday, and the first draft for that assignment is due on Feb 4th.
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These Notes do what all good notes should do: they name and summarize the takeaways.
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Foxhunt metaphor means going into your research knowing what you want to find preemptively, whereas it should be just doing research and writing about whatever you find
A hypothesis is a hail mary
No one needs to know what your hypothesis originally was
A series of failed results are actually successful because you proved that they don’t work, hence eliminating options
If you don’t have a claim you don’t have a hypothesis, just an idea of what it os your talking about
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Proof that Notes don’t have to be wordy to be spot-on. This tactic may not work forever, but for now it’s very effective, Temporal.
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– We discussed an example of rhetoric : Financial Company says….
Version 1 “potential for risk is involved with any financial investment transaction”.
Version 2: “If you give us your money to invest we can f you over…”. The change in vocabulary reflects the difference between how information is perceived by others. Instead of taking things as they are, find out what is actually being said and the deeper meaning.
– Fox Hunt: The point of the information is to show how similar the process is to writing. When going into a area that mostly has foxes, you wouldn’t be surprised to get a fox. However, if you go into a territory that you aren’t familiar with, you might end up with a quail. Keep an open mind when surprises come and don’t be panicked if you have to change up the original thought.
– Riddle: Spot the African American calls to attention how things on first glance isn’t how they seem. Off appearance it is to be assumed what the obvious choice would be however, African American was based on appearance. When looking into this, just because the person doesn’t look a certain way, doesn’t mean they are not apart of what others perceived to be a “standard”.
– My hypothesis – A thesis is the big claim that you’re going to make and ultimately try to prove. A writer should never admit that they failed because at the end of the day, you just proved that theory would have a low chance of working out.
Experiments or theories that fail are still considered valid. Thomas Edison had 499 thesis’s that did not work. His trick was that he never failed because he proved that certain approaches didn’t work. When writing your thesis, don’t become discouraged, keep working at it and eventually you’ll create something to be proud of.
– Ant example: The idea is that ants count their steps, so scientist made ants legs longer so they get the distance wrong. They tested their hypothesis. A hypothesis is a testable statement that you can prove. Again, if not possible to be proven, get a new idea.When choosing the topic to discuss, make your hypothesis as specific as possible. Your hypothesis should be workable and can be changed as you collect research to support your claims.
– On Sunday, the first draft for the My Hypothesis is due. 6 bullet points should be made as a post to display the thought process, it should go from the topic you chose to a very specific claim. Additionally, make sure you select your username and the category labeled “MyHypothesis”.
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Beautiful work, NatureChild.
Some observations:
—Entirely true, but also meant as advice to Authors (as well as Readers). Phrasing work in the way that best persuades your Ideal Reader requires knowing how your Ideal Reader is likely to “take things.”
—That’s as good a summary as anybody could ask!
—Thank you for giving me a place to discuss this a bit.
—Notice that one of your classmates put the question into a very special context because he already knew to expect the unexpected in a class Riddle.
—In other words, we take an attitude toward information based on what we know of the Author and the medium.
—Instead of reflexively answering, everyone in class had to try to figure out, before answering, how Charlize Theron could possibly be called “African-American.”
—Recognizing this feature of the Author/Reader interface will be very helpful when you write your Definition/Categorical argument. You’ll be in charge of saying who belongs in what category.
—I don’t follow this thinking, but I’m glad you recorded that the author never has to reveal the original hypothesis.
—Thank you for saving this anecdote. It doesn’t appear on the Agenda, so it indicates you were really paying attention.
—”Workable” is a really good description.
Your Notes show good evidence of analysis and critical thinking, NatureChild.
Grade 4/3
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Reminder: The teacher can erase words, cross them out, and change the text of the words too. Edits my stuff if he feels necessary.
WordPress keeps all revisions
See both the revision and first draft side by side to compare them.
When doing a research paper always be ready to have a surprise coming. No one else is doing the work for you, make sure to do the work and look for the information needed. In the end, any information is good information it is always a success.
When writing the hypothesis you do not have to commit to it, always change it but when changing make sure to know that is what you want
The hypothesis can be changed from “This is what I want to prove” to “This is why this is not true”
The ant hypothesis is proof of whether being wrong or right the hypothesis can change because in the end no one else knows it was yours and you can switch your argument
hypothesis: a statement that has to be proven right or wrong
Make sure the hypothesis is very specific to where 3000 words can be written.
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Very nice work, Gymrat. You’re recording takeaways with enough context so that you might be reminded where the lesson came from if you were ever to review your Notes.
One observation:
—I’m glad you picked up on this and recorded it.
—The reality is not complicated, but I want to clarify it here in case you’re unclear.
—Your original “My Hypothesis” post is a “speed date” commitment to give a contender a good look.
—But, like a first date, your contender might turn out to be a bust, so you can break up without much consequence.
—But your “My Hypothesis” remains YOUR HYPOTHESIS until you replace it with a new “My Hypothesis.”
—In other words, you can’t abandon your Hypothesis without a replacement.
Grade 3/3
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Professor Hodges Lifetime guarantee will always be under the syllabus tab incase we ever need to get in touch with him.
He can change our essay if you use filler words 500/1000. Filler words should not be used to take up space in an essay, we should be finding more context to add to it.
Research papers are like foxhunt, they are rigged. You would not have found a fox if you hadn’t brought one with you; research should be a hunt for whatever is there. Have a topic in mind, trophy, and a mount. It doesn’t matter what you were looking for in the first place you brought something back, something to be proud of. The proper role of research is to be open to surprise, research projects include finding what you find and being open to surprise, you want to find something you were not anticipating.
Riddle: Phrases have all different connotations, this riddle was an example of two people, Denzel Washington and Charlize Theron. Were we instructed to find out who the African American was, Charlize was born in Africa meaning she is the definition of an African American.
Hypothesis: there is a value to a good hypothesis so you should pick one that intrigues you. Schedule conferences with the professor to go over any concerns you may have regarding it as well as help with it. It is important to be flexible with it but not too broad, think of it as speed dating.
Thomas Edison’s light bulb: He tried 500 times and he eliminated 499 ideas, he found a filament that works; he has a premise he suggested he put it through experimentation; that’s what you need to think about.
The hypothesis is due Sunday night and should be 6 bullet points starting from an idea and becoming a hypothesis. It can be changed, and revised from what it started as.
Stone money reading should also be done by Monday, and the assignment is due February 4.
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Really good Notes, HockeyFan.
You talk things through with yourself in context. I like the approach. Some observations:
—I love this very much.
—More than that: she has dual citizenship.
—Beautifully stated.
—So glad you mentioned this. It’s not on the Agenda, so it indicates you were paying careful attention.
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– In WordPress you can edit all posts and save all previous drafts. WordPress retains all revisions even when a new draft version is uploaded. We also have the option to compare them side by side so we can monitor the progress of both.
– Analogy with fox hunting. When a fox hunt happens, the hunter, in this case, already knows exactly what he is going to look for, find and hunt. Research papers should be the opposite, something more like; let’s go to the forest and hunt whatever is there. Anything we find or hunt will be a success, it doesn’t matter if we don’t find what we were looking for in the first place, because no one will know what our intention was. The only thing that matters is what I know we actually hunt and if it’s worth sharing.
– African American has a connotation. In the United States, the idea of calling people with a connotation that does not belong to their identity has become normalized. Not all black people should be called African American because not all black people come from Africa or are familiar with the culture. Some black people are simply Americans and deserve to be called what they believe is part of their identity. It is not our job as a society to dictate or categorize people based on their physical appearance.
– Hypothesis: A hypothesis is praying or hoping that something that seems interesting to us is provable. If it is not, then it is our job to share what we find and change our theory. For example, it took Thomas Edison 500 attempts to discover the light bulb, and each attempt was a victory since with each attempt he discovered something new.
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I love these Notes, ILoveBees. They’re sweet little essays.
Grade 4/3
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-Pheasant on a Foxhunt Analogy: Don’t search for something you have already captured. Look for anything you can find that has to do with your topic. Don’t go on a Foxhunt, the goal is to find something new.
-Hypothesis Ideas – Similar to speed dating, there is no commitment but must have something worth talking about. Start general and narrow it down to very specific ideas through the steps found on hypothesis assignment post (concussion example). Due Sun. January 28th. This Hypothesis launches research but isn’t final until you come up with a thesis. Finding out your hypothesis is wrong is good, it establishes that your idea is false, therefore giving you the hypothesis of “it is not true that”.
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Nice work, ES.
Grade 3/3
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-We talked about blog posts and how our professor can edit the posts that we make. If we write a 1000-word essay and the other 500 words are not the best, he can strike it out. It’s helpful and we will still see the past revisions
-Fox hunt- A fox hunt is a bit similar to research, because you go in with what you’re researching.
But things change, and maybe you didnt find what you were looking for, but you found something else and it was even better. Research should be, looking for everything, not just one thing. Finding anything is considered a success. “You want to find something that you weren’t quite anticipating”
-Riddle- Find the african american? There was a pic with a white woman and a black man. We assumed it was the black man, but he was born and lives in the USA. It was the white woman who was african american, she was born in Africa. It’s a stereotypical thing we do in the U.S and we assume. People that are black might not be african american, vice versa.
-The Hypothesis is due 1/28. You want to find no information on the internet about your hypothesis. Compares finding a hypothesis and doing research to speed dating. If you don’t like your hypothesis, you can switch it and tweak it. We have to create a thesis statement. You never should say that your experiment failed, that could happen in an experiment. It should be 6 bullet points that get more specific as you keep going down.
Ex. It took Thomas eddison multitple tries to figure out the lightbulb, but he figured it out and become famous.
-Definition of Hypothesis- is an educated guess/claim, it’s a guess that can be approved or disapproved.
Make sure your hypothesis is not broad because you have to write 3000 words about your hypothesis
Stone money is also due on 1/29. Along with a class discussion and a 10 question quiz!
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Good Notes, DogLover, but . . . this one is not quite right:
—There’s information on the internet “about” almost everything.
—Your goal in forming a worthwhile Hypothesis should be to craft a claim that is 1) fascinating, 2) not impossible, 3) but not likely, 4) researchable, 5) very specific and clearly stated, 6) worth your time, 7) NOT ALREADY PROVED hundreds of times.
—That last one is the characteristic you interpreted to mean: shouldn’t be found on the internet.
—You should want to write a new song, not just join the chorus singing somebody else’s.
Grade 3/3
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– We briefly talked about the nature of Rhetoric with an example presented on the board pertaining to the language that most banks use to confuse the average consumer. This was done with two examples of the same concept, one was the bank’s wording while the other was up to our degression to decide. The bank’s language was mostly passive and stated that there was a “significant risk of losing money” when the bank trades it. Though a statement that would represent the side of one using the bank would point out why there was even a risk in the first place if the bank was intended to be a safe place to store money.
-Then we discussed the nature of fox hunts and how their essentially useless to the average person as when one of these event’s occurs the people participating know the outcome. And so the professor highlighted the importance of attempting to find an outcome not previously accounted for, like perhaps a pheasant.
– And with this spirt we continued on to a riddle called spot the “African American” where we were presented with Denzel Washington and a white woman and were made to assume that based on the very nature of asking us this question that the white woman was the African American as she is from South Africa. We then briefly touched on the reason Black people are called black people as a student from the class shared some research a friend had done.
– We then discussed the my hypothesis assignment where we were to apply these ideas presented above and write a hypothesis based on that. We were presented with an example of if football helmets cause more concussions then they prevent. This is due to the nature of a concussion, where your brain rattles around in the skull and the fact that other contact sports without helmets seem to not have this problem. Another example presented was the ant example where researches found that ants count their steps.
-We then created our first post on the website by clicking the white write button on the top of the screen. This post consisted of our fist inklings of our hypothesis. We are also supposed to write a six sentence hypothesis that is due on the 25th. We are to include our username in the subject line.
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Very thorough, TPOT!
I’m glad we’ve worked through your username process.
Grade 3/3
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Calm&Patient: Sunday night, my hypothesis due. not a topic, be as specific as possible.
a hypothesis is a hope that something you believe is understandable
it’s best if you don’t find any evidence
anything you can’t bring to bear to your topic is great
anything you can bring to bear to your topic is great.
A hypothesis is like speed dating, if you find you aren’t compatible, make a change, replace temp, infatuation w/ new infatuation
A hypothesis should be exactly 6 sentences.
My hypothesis, first draft due before midnight sunday.
Listen to intervention of Money Podcast- 1, 2, and 3.
Starts out as a hypothesis, if you realize it’s not true, you will discover something else about the topic.
We spoke about Thomas Edison. He had 500 attempts to make the lightbulb. The first 499 times weren’t a failure, he figured something new out each time.
Ant Hypothesis: How do ants know what direction to travel no matter how far they go? How do they know if they went too far.
Scientists tested if ants count their steps by gluing stilts to their legs
The hypothesis needs to be long enough for a 3000 word essay.
1. General Topic
2. Topic
3. Topic
4. Hypothesis
5. More specific hypothesis
6. More specific hypothesis- only work @ 1 aspect. Not unrelated to claims, look for a pattern. Not a way to cast over other approaches.. work towards a narrower and narrower topic.
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Nice work, Calm&Patient.
I’m very disappointed that you don’t seem to be able to Log In and Reply under your username. I’m also still confused why you sometimes show up as VanillaWoods. Can you clarify?
Grade 3/3
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-Highschool writing and research projects are almost like foxhunts. Instead of going in and trying the fox because it is pretty much set up for us. Try to find research that you would not expect or that is unique.
-The riddle find the African American is funny it is not actually the black guy but it is the girl on the right that looks white. This is because she was actually born in Africa.
-Homework is to submit six sentence hypothesis on your topic by Sunday night.
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These Notes are good enough to earn you a Participation grade, RavensFan. (Anything is better than 0/3.)
I’m glad you got the message of the foxhunt example. 🙂
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-WordPress keeps your revisions on your post so that you will have your work there and not lose it and improve it while you’re at it.
-Foxhunt is an interesting event that gives people a chance to get up and get moving and even though there isn’t a price at the end it’s still good for people to get moving and going and also learn a thing or two.
-Riddle: The are two pictures shown in the diagram Spot the African American and it’s obvious that people will pick the Black American but it also could be misleading to others thinking that someone who is white cannot be African American.
-The hypothesis is neither a question but rather a statement. Which is due Sunday Jan 21 and the Stone Money should be listened to by Jan 29 and the assignment for it is due by Feb 4.
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Thanks, Gamer. I’m glad we’ve resolved your Username problem. I left you feedback on your Notes at the Agenda page for Class 02.
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1/24 College Comp Notes
Today’s Agenda-
Finding Pheasant on a Foxhunt
* I learned that this saying can be used for an analogy for research. If you enter a search for something you once already had then are you really finding anything at all? Or, if we going into the search with an open mindset that whatever we find then it will be a success. No matter the amount or extent of what you find then it is still a successful hunt.
Today’s Riddle-
Find the African American
There’s a picture of a black male and white woman-
* The African American male was born and raised in America and so was his blood relatives. Such so, making him an American
* The white woman who stereotypically wouldn’t be thought of African American was actually born in Africa but now lives in America, making her the true definition of African American
Learning that finding the opposite or maybe even nothing that supports your hypothesis is and can be considered a good thing as well because you can change your thesis
Speed dating compared to a married hypothesis-
You are mandated to stay with your thesis but you can’t just leave your thesis without another one waiting for you.
The Ant Hypothesis-
* Researchers believed that ants were counting their steps to remember how they can get back to their nest, they then glued stilts on the ants legs to make their steps bigger thus creating less steps taken. They now have their answer
Hypothesis development-
Name a topic
Limit your topic
Narrow your topic discussion
Create a claim
Stay flexible
Most specific statement made
Creating a Post on Word Press
– Write button
– “My Hypothesis WebbWrestler135”
– Publish Button
– Post not Block
– Chose a category
– Under author (my username)
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Nice work, WW.
Let’s clarify this:
—You cannot have NO Hypothesis
—But you’re not married to your Hypothesis
—You can’t break up with your Hypothesis without dating a new Hypothesis, but you can upgrade at any time.
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January 24th, 2024
College Comp II
Professor Hodges
Rowan University
@coffeelover03
Class Notes
Riddle of the day: Is finding the African American…
– There’s a picture of Charlize Theron and Denzel Washington and it is asking us to differentiate the two people and tell whether or not who is or who isn’t African American….
The main topic of discussion here is basically saying whether or not someone is considered part of that country based on their ethnicity or based on their citizenship. I believe it can be based on the citizen ship, but your ethnicity follows you because its your background. See for instance me…I am American because I was born in the United States of America. Also both my parents were born here in the United States as well. Though both of their parents were born In different countries. I am American but with a Dominican and Puerto Rican background. Yes I am latina, but my citizenship states I’m American because I was born here. So to answer the question of the topic I believe that I am American through my citizenship and my Latin background because of the ethnicity.
Stone money assignment:
– Read and listen to the stone money material before you we go back to class on January 29th
– Listen to podcasts 1,2, and 3…
– Read all the other sources and materials that are accompanied with stone money as well and by the following class be prepared to discuss and answer the 10 question quiz.
– First stone money draft would also be due by Sunday February 04.
Also use other resources to help you with the stone money assignment. There will be a list of other resources related to the topic to help you better understand and complete the task.
As also discussed in other topics and class discussions we will be using hypothesis. We need to also brain storm some ideas after reading and listening to class discussions to help us complete the assignments due. A hypothesis at least needs to be 6 bullet points and more extended with an explanation along side of it.
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This is fascinating:
—How exactly does it relate to the question of the riddle: What do we call these people, and why?
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