Defintion-Username

Posted on February 27, 2024 by username1132005

The rise of homeless people around the world has skyrocketed over the years, but right now in America, the rates are at an all time high. In 2024 there are said to be around half a million homeless, who are either in shelters or living out on the streets. Some of these homeless people are all alone, while others are blessed with having a companion, in the form of a dog. Dogs offer constant love and are good for keeping their owners mentally stable. The homeless out in the world most likely lack getting love and companionship, which having a dog could fill that void. The benefits from having a dog alongside a homeless person has endless positives, and is something that many out there fighting for their lives could benefit from. 

Benefits can come in all different shapes for people who need different things. For example, dogs can bring in attention and offerings due to the fact that they draw attention to the strangers walking past the homeless on the streets. Seeing a dog alongside a homeless person could strike people’s hearts, and open up their wallets to someone in need. Financial benefits would be a huge bonus for the homeless considering most are unable to have jobs and provide for themselves. If a stranger helped a homeless person by providing an offering, that could open many doors for the homeless and could give them hope for their lives. Benefits can be defined as either an action, payment, or helpful goods that can help someone in times of need. A benefit can be different for everybody, and everyone could benefit from different things during different times of their lives. 

At the end of the day, the homeless are people just like us who need love and attention in their lives. The homeless can go days without eating and drinking, which are inhumane conditions that they are sadly often facing. While the homeless are fighting for their lives, their dogs are as well. Dogs need care and love as well to keep going and keep providing the benefits they do to their owner. The reason why homeless people who are blessed enough to have dogs with them are more likely to receive a donation is because of the empathy that dogs bring to people. People are more likely to want to benefit the dog and their owner by taking a minute out of their day to help someone in need. 

Humans are often visual learners, and need to see things to believe it. In order for people to want to benefit the homeless, they may need to see the real life struggles they are facing. It is important for people to especially see the love that the homeless own, so that they are going to want to help both parties out. The more love they see, the more likely they are going to want to help. According to the article titled, Are Dogs Children, Companions, or Just Animals?Understanding Variations in People’s Orientations toward Animals, written by Blouin states that, “the protectionistic have high regard for both pets and animals…they view pest as valuable companions and as creatures with their own interests”(Blouin 2019). If the homeless showcase a protectionist type of love for their dog, people will notice that and will hopefully want to give back and one help the homeless, but then also help out the dog. Blouin states how the dogs are used as a companion and something that has their best interest at heart, which would be getting the benefit of acquiring a donation. 

Social interaction is something that varies from person to person. Some people are content with just a hello, while others would prefer to go have longer and deeper conversations with people they may not even know. Social interaction is something that many homeless out on the streets have a lack of. Certain people may find themselves hesitant to go near a homeless person, based on their stereotypes or their looks. Due to the more intimidating or scary nature of a homeless person in general, if they were to have a dog alongside them, that can make them look more approachable and personable. A dog can act as a conversation starter, which would benefit the homeless by hopefully getting a donation or even having a conversation. Just like how certain people are more generous with how much time they want to give up interacting with people, that is similar to how generous someone is with donations. 

The benefit of having a dog can make social interaction more comfortable and also more likely to happen. Dogs can attract people to come over and greet the homeless, see what their situation is, and then based on their knowledge hopefully benefit them and provide a donation of some kind. Especially if during the interaction the potential donator can see that the dog is also thinned out and struggling, they would be more likely to benefit the homeless and dog. Benefits are different for everyone, and some people require different types. For the homeless, a conversation could go a long way and make their day, or some would prefer a dollar or two. It all depends, but at the end of the day they could appreciate some help for themselves, alongside their animals. 

Human interaction is a key component of life, and is necessary for one’s mental health and sanity. According to the article, Does Having a Dog Make You More Attractive, written by Golbeck and Colino, states that having a dog gives the impression that, “…you are kind, caring, trustworthy, compassionate, and patient..”(Golbeck, Colino 2023). Allowing people to let their guard down and be willing to approach a homeless person and let alone have a conversation with them can depend on the person being pretty far left. But the feeling after you could potentially make someone’s day would override all of those negative feelings. Having a conversation with a homeless person could benefit both parties involved. That is due to making the homeless feel appreciated and thinking that someone actually cares about them. 

Oftentimes the homeless who are on the streets cold and hungry think that their lives are never going to change or get better. It is a vicious cycle for them, with the end of the journey often not seen. The benefit for the people who take time out of their day and approach the homeless, would most likely feel as if they made a difference, and helped someone in need. The dog being there could give the person the strength and courage to approach the homeless, and provide benefits for all like good karma and hopefully a couple dollars for the homeless to survive off of. 

Overall, the benefits from the dogs being with the homeless can provide a sense of clarity for those struggling individuals and help them conquer their life the best they can.The dogs can break the negative stereotypes that come along with the homeless, and can show that they are people just like us. The more dogs with the homeless, the more they will end up benefiting. Each individual can benefit from different things and people, but at the end of the day, dogs could be the main culprit for achieving these potential benefits that could change the homeless lives.  

References

Are Dogs Children, companions, or just animals? understanding … (n.d.). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272271895_Are_Dogs_Children_Companions_or_Just_Animals_Understanding_Variations_in_People’s_Orientations_toward_Animals 

Sussex Publishers. (n.d.). Does having a dog make you more attractive?. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gone-to-the-dogs/202311/are-dog-people-more-attractive#:~:text=They%20give%20the%20impression%20that,to%20at%20least%20say%20hello.

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Definitions-Thatpersonoverthere

Posted on February 27, 2024 by thatpersonoverthere

Art is the result of expression

What is art in the modern day?

Throughout the timeline of humanity there is one constant. Humanity has learned and evolved and through that human expression has also evolved. This can be seen with the existence of cave drawings up to paintings in chapels. While these two examples range in complexity they are still examples of human expression and experience. 

This sort of expression always serves some sort of purpose, whether to document one’s surroundings or perhaps to represent that peoples god or gods. The piece itself was shaped by the ideals of a people or peoples. If perhaps the cave system that was built by these ancient people were highly important to them it would makes sense that they would attempt to depict themselves and the animals that surround them. And similarly if church and different forms of religion were hugely important to these people then it would make sense for their to be intricate structures and paintings depicting their gods. If a certain way of life is important to a civilization or a people then we should see some representation of that in the forms of art left by those people. 

This can even be seen in the modern day with the Stanley cup craze for example. That something like a cup, a resource used to ensure people get their proper intake of water, can turn into such a craze that there are now ways to decorate a cup. And some people have multiple of these cups that are also intended to reduce waste. This example speaks to a modern way people express themselves, that Americans live in a culture that is so deeply rooted in individualism that we can get lost in it. If everyone is different in the same ways then are we really different? 

The Stanley cup craze is similar to some artistic movements where artists are creating pieces with similar theming, people with Stanley cups are creating and buying cups in order to both fit into social norms while still trying to be individualistic. The art of the Stanley cup is that it lets us see the lengths people will go to for social validation. That in itself is art. It shows the expression of a culture. Also the long lasting nature of the cups will most likely survive many generations. 

Though this is different from individual expression. An example of this would be different forms of books and Tv. And while a tv show or book could reach insane levels of popularity that rival the Stanley cup ,a book or Tv show is usually the result of a few people. Or at least the initial idea is. It can’t define a person but much like the stanley cup, it can define a generation. This can also inspire others to create stories of their own. It allows for them to explore complicated topics and ideology and to show some parts of themselves. It’s one of the purest form of art.  It can help people to rationalize complicated topics and to see themselves in spaces and worlds that are either impossible or out of their reach for various reasons. 

Art can take many forms and can mean different things to different people. Art can either be very important to them and highly valued or not at all. And this can be seen with the rise of AI usage in relation to art. This usage can range from Ai use in books or Ai use with creating digital art. Now it’s important to point out that not all digital art is art created by AI.These non Ai pieces can be created through digital art programs that can mimic pencil and brush strokes. AI art on the other hand is art that is intended to mimic the art style of a creator or group of creators and is sometimes passed off as it’s own original work. A computer only knows what you tell it, it can’t really think for itself, so if you tell a computer program to create an image or a book it’s going to give you either complete nonsense or the work of someone else. 

Humanity and the human body and the larger roles of civilization in human development are art because they exemplify unique ideas and forms. No two people are truly alike, this fact remains even at the molecular level with cross over of cells during meiosis ensures that the genetic information passed down through daughter cells are different. AI instead copies the information directly much like a human body cell. 

The truly scary thing about art in the modern day is that with the debut and subsequent updates of A.I. software, we as a society are seeing a decrease in the value of artists in the corporate world. And it seems like the situation will only get worse as more A.I. softwares is being developed. Though thankfully there also seems to be more of a push to put some AI under scrutiny by legislation. 

Art is a representation of humanity in different time periods to archive our experience as living beings. It’s a representation of how we see ourselves in the world and sometimes the greater universe. Sometimes we get to make our own realities through our art, like with TV shows and Books, or how we want to be perceived in real life as evidenced by the Stanley cup phase and other popular trends that people participate in in order to feel some connection to other people. A.I. is a bastardization of this experience, it can’t think outside of the ridged outlines given to it. And yet it’s use is still very prevalent with some people calling themselves A.I. artists and writers without ever creating a meaningful piece of art created by their own two hands. A.I. itself isn’t an example of art in modern times, the reaction to it is. 

Art is supposed to elicit some sort of emotion. To some this is the only rule that art has.

References

Bellaiche, Lucas, Rohin Shahi, Martin Harry Turpin, Anya Ragnhildstveit, Shawn Sprockett, Nathaniel Barr, Alexander Christensen, and Paul Seli. “Humans versus AI: Whether and Why We Prefer Human-Created Compared to AI-Created Artwork – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.” SpringerOpen, July 4, 2023. https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-023-00499-6.

Lin-Fisher, Betty, and Bailey Schulz. “What Is so Special about Stanley Cups? The Psychology behind the Year’s Thirstiest Obsession.” USA Today, January 31, 2024. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2024/01/13/stanley-cup-obsession-explained/72176008007/.

Schukei, Abby. “Digital vs. Traditional Art: Is One Better than the Other?” The Art of Education University, March 27, 2023. https://theartofeducation.edu/2019/05/digital-vs-traditional-art-is-one-better-than-the-other/.

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Definition/Categorical Argument — Holistic25

Posted on February 27, 2024 by holistic25

Mattresses are Making Us Sick

Like the food we put into our mouths, our skin also eats. The skin is the largest organ of the body, and certainly the most vulnerable entry point for toxins to wreak havoc on our system.

Logically, the items we clothe ourselves with and sleep on must certainly impact our overall well-being. From the never-ending supply of material produced by the textile industry, the waters are tougher to navigate than ever.

Manufacturers are not even required to disclose all materials they use, like in a mattress. There’s a vast range of suspect chemicals in our environment that leach into our bedding. From flame retardants to VOC’s, what do these all mean and why are they important to us?

Volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) are simply gasses that are discharged into the air from products, many known to cause cancer, like formaldehyde.

Flame retardants, counterintuitive to its name, are not helpful because of the unintended health consequences. They are a host of chemicals aiding in the prevention or slowing of fire, if present.

The prevailing notion thus far is that chemicals are bad. Chemical irritation is a trigger to a spectrum of disorders in the body. This phenomenon has been coined a term, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), which may have been laughed at decades ago, but now recognized by 22 federal agencies, is a concoction of symptoms such as nausea, coughing, shortness of breath that are associated with exposure to petroleum based, synthetic materials.

To date, there are 120,000 man made chemicals in our environment. A man made chemical is something that doesn’t occur naturally on Earth, composed of synthetic organic chemicals (e.g. pesticides) or volatile organic chemicals (e.g. gasoline).

Unfortunately, despite many chemicals being recognized as carcinogens, they still lurk in not only our environment, but in our bodies. For instance, DDT, a synthetic insecticide associated with adverse reproductive effects in humans. DDT has been banned since 1972 yet somehow according to the EPA, 99% of the population has some level of DDT in their blood to this day. Where are we ingesting these carcinogenic chemicals?

A culprit for such toxic exposure can be found in the chemical laden bedding we rely on for comfort every night. Walter Bader, in his book, Toxic Bedrooms, puts it succinctly, “while your mattress label may tell you what your mattress is made of, it does not tell you what those materials are made from.”

Some other notable materials that make their way into our mattresses are vinyl chloride monomers, TDI’s, and boric acid.

Vinyl chloride monomers, a colorless gas, are classified as a human carcinogen, associated with liver damage, blood disorders, and breathing problems.

Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) is the prominent chemical used in the production of polyurethane foam (also known as “memory foam”), the industry’s leading mattress. It is a human carcinogen, known for its respiratory problems, such as bronchitis and asthma.

Boric acid is one of those things in which you learn its origin, and in return, want nothing to do with it ever again. Boric acid is a roach powder, often used in mattresses. Ensuing conditions are liver, kidney, and reproductive problems.

There’s no shortage of examples of the toxic world we live in. It’s no secret the mattress industry in particular is toxic, compounded with its dubious labeling practices. Because labels are unregulated, for the consumer who investigates even in the slightest, taking caution is secondary because of the gibberish and confusion a general materials list consists of. Who’s taking the time to investigate what toluene diisocyanate means?

Even if you do your due diligence regarding your petrochemical of concern, your standard google search results in a barrage of information, some more threatening than others, leaving you more confused than when you started seeking information on this mysterious chemical embedded in your mattress. The term petrochemical needs to be dumbed down to a simple phrase: petrochemicals equals bad. Yes, it’s that simple.

A great fear of the health conscious, anti-chemical population is the refusal of compliance from industry. Post World War II is a pinned point in history in which man made chemicals not only reached a premium but started to be mindlessly applied to products, like furniture, that had no business being treated like such. Nor was there even a need, other than for these gargantuan companies to keep their cash flow intact to impress wall street.

In 2013, Monsanto, a prominent agrochemical company, received backlash over the safety of their most revenue generating product, roundup, which contains the controversial herbicide glyphosate. They made several proclamations to the public about how glyphosate, this herbicide which was a defining feature in many of their products, was safe for human health. Yet, in 2015, the WHO (World Health Organization) publicly classified glyphosate as a carcinogen. Despite this, the product roundup still dominates the marketplace as the prevailing product to kill weeds. If such a claim, that glyphosate is a carcinogen, can’t ruffle the feathers of industry, who’s going to seriously entertain foreign concepts like multiple chemical sensitivity, indoor air pollution and outgassing? Particularly, as it pertains to our furniture, the mattresses in which we spend one third of our lives on. The question rides off into the sunset for now in the public domain after being shot down by industry, but we must not relinquish in the pursuit of punishing the chemical industry by voting with our dollar.

Pesticide free natural fibers, organic backed products are ones that should be captivating the average household in lieu of this petrochemical nightmare. Believe it or not, there are valuable certifications on the market that are instrumental toward promoting health on a consumer and producer level. GOTS-certified is a label gaining notoriety as it pertains to mattresses, bedding, and clothing. The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) ensures organic fibres. Suitable to consumer needs, their website provides a certified suppliers database in which an individual can search for anything from clothing to footwear that possesses the GOTS certification.

It’s important to not be swayed by greenwashing in pursuit of healthful products. Greenwashing, advertising a product in a deceitful or misleading way to make a product sound more environmentally friendly than it actually is, serves a reason for why consumers find it so difficult to make impactful decisions for the environment and for their health. Blanket terms such as eco-friendly, recyclable, provides energy, are unsubstantiated claims that don’t mean anything. Rather, it’s important to focus on the gold standard of the GOTS certification.

References

Association, A. L. (2023). Volatile organic compounds. Retrieved Feb 27, 2024, from https://www.lung.org/clean-air/indoor-air/indoor-air-pollutants/volatile-organic-compounds

Australian Government. Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). Retrieved Feb 27, 2024, from https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/npi/substances/fact-sheets/vinyl-chloride-monomer-vcm

Bader, W. (2010). Toxic bedrooms: Your guide to a safe night’s sleep SCB Distributors.

EPA. (2009). Publication no. 13: Man-made chemicals in private drinking water wells. Retrieved Feb 27, 2024, from https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Departments-and-Agencies/DPH/dph/environmental_health/pdf/13ManMadeChemicalsinPDWWpdf.pdf

Home – GOTS. Retrieved Feb 27, 2024, from https://global-standard.org/

Lugavere, M. (2024). 370: How to detox common environmental pollutants that cause inflammation and disease | stephen cabral, ND

Zucco, G. M., & Doty, R. L. (2021). Multiple chemical sensitivity. Brain Sciences, 12(1), 46. doi:10.3390/brainsci12010046

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My Hypothesis- Coffeelover03

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Coffee Lover 03

1.) Being a First Generation college student is important

2.) First Generation college students have weight on their shoulders

3.) First generation college students are role models to others

4.) First generation college students are supposed to get a degree

5.) First generation college students doesn’t need to have a set career to make tons of money

6.) First generation college students will only be known for their background

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Bibliography -breakingbad45

Posted on February 25, 2024 by BreakingBad45

Bibliography

SOURCE 1

“Adverse Effects.” Adverse Effects | Youth.Gov, youth.gov/youth-topics/preventing-gang-involvement/adverse-effects. Accessed 14 Apr. 2024. 

BACKGROUND
What content does the source contain that was relevant to your research?

This article goes on to give research on children and the prevention of gain involvement. It carries many graphs and columns to talk about the serious effects of inner city schools. It also goes on to mention the impact gangs have on society and the student mind.

HOW I USED IT
Describe the way you deployed the material to support your argument.

I was going to use this in my argument so I could show the true effects students can have living in these areas. In my topic about inner city schooling these ideas of moving to gang life is a real possibility for these students. With these risks in mind I was able to better explain my paper.

SOURCE 2

Domestic violence: Recent trends in New York. (n.d.-b). https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/domestic-violence-recent-trends-10-23.pdf 

BACKGROUND
What content does the source contain that was relevant to your research?

This article covers many different facts and statistics involving domestic violence in New York. The article goes on to talk about how many children will grow up to potentially be abusers themselves. The children being abused in these articles are the same children that are unable to go to school.

HOW I USED IT
Describe the way you deployed the material to support your argument.

I used this material by explaining the connection between domestic violence and education. Many children in these inner cities deal with neglect and may not have the best caring parents. These ideas push a kid to not want to attend school because these children are struggling with much more at home. This article was a great way in explaining the severity of the abuse in these cities.

SOURCE 3

Do poor housing conditions affect educational attainment? : An analysis of the impact of poor housing conditions on educational achievement, a study based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (n.d.).
 https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/553803&nbsp

BACKGROUND
What content does the source contain that was relevant to your research?

This article talks about the serious issue of poor housing in New York City. The article explains that many places in New York with poorer finical support will always tend too have a bad school system. However these schools that are private, are better in quality teaching and it helps them better in the future. Many children will never be as lucky in school because of where they were born or how they are raised.

HOW I USED IT
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I used this material to display the idea that students do not get to choose education. Many children struggling with finances will always have setbacks with education because of the quality of learning and the safety of the students. I used this source to imply that the success of students also depends on their environment because not all education can be beneficial for children in these areas.

SOURCE 4

Golden, V., Campanile, C., Brown, H., & McCarthy, C. (2024, April 9). Long-awaited report on Future Control of NYC schools released – and it just calls for more studying. New York Post. 

BACKGROUND
What content does the source contain that was relevant to your research?

The content that was relevant to my paper was the board of educations feelings on their own school systems. The schools believe that they need to do more studying as many students in these schools are failing their classes. This idea shows the true reality that may of these teachers are willing to place the blame on these students instead of themselves. I was very saddened by it and wanted to show the harsh reality of this.

HOW I USED IT
Describe the way you deployed the material to support your argument.

I used this material in my paper by explaining in my article how many of the teachers in these poorer areas do not care to help the students. I go on to imply that schools are willing to blame you before themselves making it really hard to. one better into a better education without the schools taking accountability somewhat for what has happened. I mention that these schools need to change more then studying for students to thrive.

SOURCE 5

Hunger in NYC. City Harvest. (2023, August 14). 
https://www.cityharvest.org/hunger-in-nyc/ 

BACKGROUND
What content does the source contain that was relevant to your research?

This article covers the hunger in New York City and the true reality to how bad it is getting. This article covers many facts on how many children and parents are hungry and the results are shocking. They display that many children will not attend school because they are starving and cannot gain the energy to attend. This article was very sad reality to how bad it is getting and increasing around the city.

HOW I USED IT
Describe the way you deployed the material to support your argument.

I was going to use this article by explaining how and why these things are happening to children as well as giving further explanation on why children are hungry in the city. I think this article will help me persuade the reader more because it shows how many children are struggling with this many giving a bigger answer to why children are giving up on education. In the article I explain the only way this can get better if children are being g fed at home and in the schools.

SOURCE 6

Marrone, C., & Bullimore, M. A. (n.d.). A Case Study of Secondary School Leaders’ Perceptions of Attendance Policies and Procedures Used to Increase Attendance. 

BACKGROUND
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This article created by a Rowan University students shows the Bronx and how they are currently dealing with the school systems. They show the harsh reality of gang life and the poverty that many of these kids are facing. Something that I took away the most was that the principal in the article believes there can’t be change unless the whole city is able to work together. This idea is very shocking because it means it could never be fixed if people don’t work together.

HOW I USED IT
Describe the way you deployed the material to support your argument.

I used this in my article by explaining the many issues at hand for these schools. This article gave me a descriptive look into one area that is struggling, but many children are dealing with the same thing. The idea that things can never work itself out is very shocking and in the article I am implying that this way of change can possibly be the only good outlook on this all. With the difficulties in the Bronx you start to wonder if they are struggling the hardest, or is there cities even worse than this.

SOURCE 7

Nieuwenhuis, J., Kleinepier, T., & van Ham, M. (2021, May). The role of exposure to neighborhood and school poverty in understanding educational attainment. Journal of youth and adolescence.

BACKGROUND
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This article goes on to explain how the exposure of these schools connects to the education attainment they gain. This article explains that many of these schools that don’t have any funding really struggle long term in succession. The claims are that students cannot succeed in a envoirnment that isn’t trying to change. This idea is if you are constantly bettering your city it will become easier to fix. But with these areas there is much work to be done in order to fix the dilemma.

HOW I USED IT
Describe the way you deployed the material to support your argument.

I used this material in my article by explaining that these schools struggling are the ones with little to no funding. without finding the education will always be pretty poor making it much more difficult to succeed outside of those schools. Something that needs to be fix as I imply in my argument is that without the right funding, these schools will not be long lasting. Instead they will be shut down therefore pushing children away more from education.

SOURCE 8

Urban schools: Executive summary. (n.d.). Accessed 14 Apr. 2024

BACKGROUND
What content does the source contain that was relevant to your research?

The next article was created by the National Education of Statistics. It goes on to explain the true demise of education in poorer areas as well bring up many graphs to show the serious decline in education. The problem continues every year, and every year they claim that is getting much harder and harder to support these kids with a good school. This article also explains that schools with funding and that are more financially stable will always be better of then the broker areas. With this in mind the only way to succeed is to apply more financial aid.

HOW I USED IT
Describe the way you deployed the material to support your argument.

I used this article to further my opinion on the debate of schools. This article gave a bigger variety on why schools fall apart and these ideas carry into New York schools. I imply in my essay that schools need to further there finances if they see any chance fixing there issue. The other example I used was the idea that these things can e preventable even fixed, the only issue is that the community all together would have to work in order to help the next generation of children.

SOURCE 9

Wormald, J. (2023, June 13). Inner-city schools solving the problems of inner-city architecture. ArchDaily. 

BACKGROUND
What content does the source contain that was relevant to your research?

This article explains that many of New Yorks schools are instead of funding they want to fix the architecture of these schools. I can understand how this would help but the reality is that fixing what the building looks like will not further benefit the student. I used this article to show that these school systems are using their budgets in the wrong way. If a school uses their budget in the wrong things it will effect the children.

HOW I USED IT
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I implied in this argument that these schools are ignoring the true issues and instead are using the funding in the wrong direction. This correlates with my debate because these schools are using this money the wrong way and it will just negatively impact the communities more. I go on to say that schools should be investing in the quality of learning or even school lunches to keep more children from joining their school. Without the proper funding this will not better the communities futures.

Source 10

Schwartz, P. (2023, September 18). What’s the real reason so many urban schools fail?? Medium. https://leafacademy.medium.com/the-real-reason-urban-schools-fail-7afde29c22bc#:~:text=Since%20public%20schools%20are%20funded,household%20to%20fund%20their%20schools.

BACKGROUND
What content does the source contain that was relevant to your research?

This article goes on to show why so many urban schools decline or fall apart. The issue hand depends on the area but they all tend to carry a similar idea. These poor areas believe that joining gangs and not attending school is much more beneficial from them because they think they will never succeed in school. The idea goes on to give many different aspects and examples on why schools fall apart while also mentioning a few schools that fell apart or closed.

HOW I USED IT
Describe the way you deployed the material to support your argument.

I used this final source in my article to give a more descriptive insight on why students have issues in urban schools. Many of these schools will never succeed unless they take note of these former schools that closed and learn from them. If these schools that are falling apart look into some of theses formally closed schools they would learn so much and many even fix there situation a fraction more then to what they have done already. This article was educational because of the many examples and ideas of schooling that can be a risk for the children.

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PTSD Claims – Calm & Patient

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Calm&Patient

“With a half million disability cases stuck in a VA backlog, and an estimated 25 percent of Iraq/Afghanistan troops with PTSD not seeking treatment…”

  • •This is a factual claim. It provides statistics about the current situation regarding  disability cases in the VA. It discusses the significant pileup of patients who aren’t able to receive treatment and points out a significant administrative issue. 

Factual, sure. Most claims are factual, whether true or false. What else is it? It’s Quantitative for sure. It’s Evaluative since, as you say, it indicates a backlog. It’s Evaluative in another way, too, in that it suggests that with massive backlogs, vets despair of being treated and stop seeking it. Altogether those claims add up to an Ethical claim that vets deserve better treatment.

“When you share this sort of thing with a person, and you make it through it, it’s a deeper love, really.” 

  • •This is an evaluative claim. The statement evaluates the significance of a bond between individuals who face challenging circumstances together. It infers that facing and overcoming difficulties can strengthen the emotional connection between people, leading to a more profound and meaningful love.

“She doesn’t regret one day” 

  • •This is an ethical claim. This claim pertains to the judgment of Danna regarding her experiences as a military spouse. It suggests that despite facing numerous challenges, including her husband’s health issues and her son’s struggles, she has no regrets about her decisions or the path she has taken. This claim reflects Danna’s love for motherhood and her integrity in standing by her family through these struggles.

“Two nights ago,” she writes in one post, “I was doing my normal nightly running around like crazy to get laundry and school bags and lunches ready for the next day, when the hubby found me in the laundry room…”

  • •This is an illustrative claim. It is an illustration of a specific moment in the author’s life, providing details about her actions and environment. It offers a glimpse into her daily routine and highlights a brief, but significant interaction with her husband amidst the chaos of daily life.

This is nice, but you cut it off too soon. The interaction follows.

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PTSD Claims – NatureChild

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Naturechild101

Section 8:

“She hasn’t seen any other therapist or a therapist trained to deal with PTSD—Brannan knows what a difference that makes since the volunteer therapist she tried briefly herself spent more time asking her to explain a “bad PTSD day” than how Caleb’s symptoms were affecting the family.”

This can be an example of a comparative claim or Evaluative claim as it shows how the character compares what a good or bad therapist is. In this statement, the author is hinting that a person trained to deal with trauma is more beneficial in treatment than someone who has the therapist title.

“Katie was not covered by the VA under Caleb’s disability; actually, she wasn’t covered by any insurance at all half the time, since the Vineses aren’t poor enough for subsidized health care and the Blue Cross gap insurance maxes out at six months a year.”

This can be an example of a casual claim, the author states how PTSD isn’t considered a disability in close readings. Because of this, she does not have insurance to afford the treatments she needs to help her PTSD. It is casually stated that if you aren’t considered “unfortunate” by insurance companies for health care, you only get protected for a couple months.

“Certainly she seems better than some other PTSD vets’ kids Brannan knows, who scream and sob and rock back and forth at the sound of a single loud noise, or who try to commit suicide even before they’re out of middle school.”

This is an example of a Contrastive claim, the comparison being made is the character exhibiting different traits of PTSD than the stereotypical characteristics of someone who went through trauma.

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PTSD Claims-HockeyFan

Posted on February 19, 2024 by hockeyfan

I had section 11:

It’s to help kids like that that Brannan and her volunteers put together an informational packet on secondary trauma for parents to give to teachers, explaining their battle-worthy idiosyncrasies and sensory-processing sensitivities. They’re common enough problems that the Department of Health and Human Services got in touch with Brannan about distributing the packet more widely.

This is a proposal claim, by giving these secondary packets it is a way of saying this is here to help you.  They are giving a recommendation for help to parents who have children who suffer from PTSD. It allows the teachers to better understand what the child is going through and how to help them to the best of their ability.

Brannan gave the packet to Katie’s kindergarten teacher, but thinks the teacher just saw it as an excuse for bad behavior. Last fall, she switched Katie to a different school, where she hopes more understanding will lead to less anxiety. Though Brannan hopes Katie will come out of childhood healthy, she still says, “She’s not a normal kid. She does things, and says things. She’s a grown-up in a six-year-old’s body in a lot of ways.”

This is a causal claim, by Katie switching to a different school it is hopeful that it will reduce Katies anxiety leading her to be a healthy child in the future. However it cannot be deemed factual that this packet alone will reduce Katies anxiety, but along with programs for people who suffer from PTSD it may be possible to reduce her anxiety. 

She certainly looks like a normal kid when she comes down from her room dressed for tap class. In a black leotard, pink tights, and shiny black tap shoes, she looks sweet as pie.

This is an illustrative claim, by describing what Katie looks like you are able to visualize her in a sense and what her life is like. This give the reader a sense of connection to the story because they can visualize in their mind what Katie looks like. 

“One time, a bad guy in Iraq had a knife and my dad killed him,” she says, apropos of nothing.

This is an illustrative claim, she is describing an event that she recalls happening. It cannot be deemed credible just because she said it, but she has captured the reader’s attention by stating this claim.  

“Katie Vines.” Brannan is stern but impeccably patient. She doesn’t know why Katie adapted this story about confiscating a weapon from an insurgent into a story about bloodshed, but she isn’t too happy about it. That kind of small talk recently ruined a birthday party one of her classmates was having at Chick-fil-A. Brannan and Katie have a talk, again, about inappropriate conversation. Katie is sorry—God, is she sorry, you can see it in her face and guilty shoulders, but she seems to feel like she can’t help it. Sometimes, at bedtime, she asks her mom to pray with her that her teacher will like her. Once, she asked Brannan to take her to a hypnotist, so he could use his powers to turn her into a good girl.

This is an illustrative claim, by adding “you can see it in her face and guilty shoulders” they are trying to evoke sympathy for Katie.  They describe the events of her wanting help and how sorry she feels that she is the way she is.

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Claims – Toetio

Posted on February 18, 2024 by toetio

Claim one: diagnosing PTSD is a tricky thing. The result of a malfunctioning nervous system that fails to normalize after trauma and instead perpetrates memories and misfires life-or death stress for no practical reason, it comes in a couple of varieties, various complexities, has causes ranging from one lightning-fast event to drawn-out terrors or patterns of abuse

  • The beginning where it states that “diagnosing PTSD is a tricky thing” is an evaluative claim as it is making an evaluation of the difficulty of diagnosing PTSD.  The rest of the claim is a factual claim, albeit one which does not use highly objective language.

Claim Two: in soldiers, the incidence of PTSD goes up with the number of tours and amount of combat experienced. 

  • This is a factual claim.  It makes the claim that incidents of PTSD go up with combat experiences, and it states it as a fact.  I initially thought that it could be a causal claim, however, I decided otherwise because the claim only brings up a correlation, however, it does not directly state causation, though it strongly implies it.

Claim three: As with most psychiatric diagnoses, there are no measurable objective biological characteristics to identify it. Doctors have to go on hunches and symptomology rather than definitive evidence. 

  • The first part of this claim is factual. The second part which states that “Doctors have to go on hunches and symptomology rather than definitive evidence.” is evaluative because it makes an evaluation about how doctors diagnose PTSD.

Claim four: the fact that the science hasn’t fully caught up with the suffering, that Caleb can’t point to something provably, biologically ruining his life, just makes him feel worse. It’s invalidating

  • This is a causal claim.  The claim is that Caleb’s suffering is exacerbated because of the fact that PTSD is not well understood, which leads to him feeling like his issues aren’t valid issues.

Claim five: Unlike PTSD, secondary traumatic stress doesn’t have its own entry in the DSM, though the manual does take note of it, as do many peer-reviewed studies and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

  • This claim is a comparative claim.  It compares a difference between secondary traumatic stress and PTSD.  The difference is that one is not present in the DSM while the other one is.

Claim six: Symptoms start at depression and alienation, including the “compassion fatigue” suffered by social workers and trauma counselors.

  • This is categorical.  It lists some symptoms of secondary traumatic stress.

Claim seven: some spouses and loved ones suffer symptoms that are, as one medical journal puts it, “almost identical to PTSD except that indirect exposure to the traumatic event through close contact with the primary victim of trauma” is the catalyst. Basically your spouse’s behavior becomes the “T” in your own PTSD. If sympathy for Caleb is a little lacking, you can imagine what little understanding exists for Brannan.

  • The beginning of this claim is attributive because it uses the words of a medical journal to support its position.  The claim is also comparative and causal.  It is causal because it claims that the behavior of the spouse with PTSD becomes the “T” for the other partner.  It is comparative because it compares the level of sympathy offered to the spouse with direct exposure to traumatic events, to the spouse with indirect exposure, using this comparison to make a point of how little sympathy the spouse with indirect exposure receives.
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Claims-Username

Posted on February 18, 2024 by username1132005

I was assigned section 10

Today she’s fielding phone calls from a woman whose veteran son was committed to a non-VA psychiatric facility, but he doesn’t want to be at the facility because he, a severe-PTSD sufferer, was already paranoid before one of the other resident loons threatened to kill him, and anyway he fought for his fucking country and they promised they wouldn’t abandon him and he swears to God he will have to kill himself if the VA doesn’t put him in with the other soldiers. 

  • This would be an example of an Ethical or Moral claim. That is because this section of writing is making an opinion on a social situation, or what is right or wrong to do. This claim is ethical because it is saying how the soldiers who suffer from PTSD already have to go through so much, and should not be placed in facilities that are adding to the stress and paranoia. There should be places for the people who suffer from PTSD to go and feel safe and try and get better, but not get death threats and added stress. 

Another veteran’s wife calls from the parking lot of a diner to which she fled when her husband looked like he was going to boil over in rage. Another woman’s husband had a service dog die in the night, and the death smell in the morning triggered an episode she worries will end in him hurting himself or someone else if she doesn’t get him into a VA hospital, and the closest major clinic is four hours away and she is eight and a half months pregnant and got three hours of sleep, and the clinic’s website says its case manager position for veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan is currently unstaffed, anyway.

  • This would be an example of an illustrative claim. That is because of how the text was explaining how a certain smell could trigger an episode, which is linked to PTSD. The sympathy aspect is achieved with this type of claim due to when it was explained how the episodes could lead to physical and emotional despair, affecting individuals and the people around them. That statement paints the picture and can make you visual a scene, and draw in sympathy. The descriptive words such as “death smell” paints the picture and can trigger your senses into really picturing that situation. 

The phone never stops ringing. If it does for 14 seconds, Brannan writes an email to help get whatever someone needs, or publishes a blog post about her own struggles. Caleb was not amused the first time one of these posts went live. But now he’s glad she didn’t ask him his permission. “I’d have said no,” he tells me on the couch one day. It’s a brief emergence from his bedroom—he’s been “sleeping or hiding,” Brannan describes it, 20 or so hours a day for a few days. He leans forward to put his glass of orange juice on the table; it takes many, many long seconds for him to cover the few inches; today, like most days, he feels “like a damn train ran over me.” “But because of the feedback she got, I know that other people were going through the same shit I was. And she’s helping people.” His face softens. “She’s got a good heart. She’s always been like that. I’m glad she’s doing it,” he says again, and shrugs, because that’s the end of that story.

  • This paragraph would be an example of a Causal Claim due to the cause and effect aspect of it. The cause of Brannan writing an email to help someone or posting about struggles that she may face, is for the cause of helping other people going through similar situations. At the end of this paragraph this is proved by when it said, “But because of the feedback she got, I know that other people were going through the same shit I was. And she’s helping people.” Brannan achieved her goal of the cause, of helping people and getting her story out there, with the positive effects of making people not feel as alone and depressed about their situation. 

So she doesn’t. If she’s not saving lives on the phone or blogging, she’s offering support via Facebook, where thousands of Family of a Vet users and nearly 500 FOV volunteers congregate and commiserate.

  • This would be an example of a Quantitative or Numerical Claim. This is because it is giving a numerical amount of people who are volunteering and who are on Facebook who discuss what they are going through. 

“I am now more hypervigilant than my husband,” volunteer Kateri Peterson posts to her Facebook page, and people comment things like “I know that even if my husband is having a decent day I am still in that alert mode and he is asking me to please relax and for the life of me, as hard as I try, I just can’t, I am still on the lookout. I know people probably think I am nuts.” On a private Facebook group, Kateri tells the story of how her family was at Olive Garden when she started sobbing into her Zuppa Toscana. There was no visible reason for it. Just the general overwhelmingness of her distress, of that awful overstimulating hypervigilance, the sort of thing you develop sometimes when you live with someone who looks out the living room window for danger literally hundreds of times a day, or who goes from room to room, room to room, over and over to make sure everyone in each one is still alive. 

  • This portion of the paragraph would be an example of a comparative claim. That is due to the comparison of stress levels from social media (Facebook in this case) to being in a stressful situation at your house or a facility. It is comparing how people can be stressed wherever they are, and that can be on your cell phone, or in person. This is also an example of an Evaluative claim because of how the husbands family member cannot seem to relax due to their own stress, aside from her husbands. It is showing how the family members of people suffering with PTSD can be just as stressed and can be walking on eggshells due to all of the stress and worrying. 

Kateri’s eight-year-old son now also counts the exits in new spaces he enters, points them out to his loved ones, keeps a mental map of them at the ready, until war or fire fails to break out, and everyone is safely back home.

This last part of the paragraph could be an example of an illustrative claim. That is due to the fact that the excerpt is explaining how the eight year olds effects which definitely evokes sympathy, because it is sad that an eight year old is developing traits that are from witnessing PTSD.

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