PA#4 -- They Say, Part 2 (Confirmation/ Downshifting)
Please bring notes for the assignment to class on Monday (9/9/13). We'll be writing a draft in class that day. Then blog the paragraph by Tuesday (9/10/13) at 5 PM.
The assignment:
Look at your notes from other classes. Find some small claim made by the professor in that class. I emphasize the word "small" here. You're writing only a paragraph and not an entire essay.
State the claim. Explain it. Then, provide evidence to support it.
Note that your opinion is valid here, but it does not argue. You need to build an argument with evidence from valid sources. Use them in the paragraph.
“Time is man made.” These few words are mind blowing. Man has created time to help ground society. There isn’t a special force making clocks internal's turn. Clocks are made to function according to what measurement man thinks “time” should move at. Without time what would happen? Kids would miss the school bus, adults would arrive at work late, and food wouldn’t be properly cooked. We use labels to help organize our time such as: minutes, hours, days, weeks, past, present, and future. Time is merely a system to measure change; it is purely psychological.
ReplyDeleteIn sociology class, the professor made a claim that society is a functional unit. He explained that society incorporates small parts that fit and work together . We work like a lock and key model , the key does nothing by it's self and the lock is also useless without the key. Every individual , group and organization can't live by it's own ,instead is integrated amongst one another. This idea is similar to Newton's third law of action and reaction . One party acts and the other reacts in a certain way that a chain reaction is formed not only between the two parties but a whole group of parties , in return creates an institution and when the same thing happens between a group of institutions , we find our selves a society that is interdependent on each other. To illustrate this point , looking at the high demand of education for a job qualification is a good example. When employers raise the bars , more people get to attend technical school and mothers get to force their children to study more. It is clear in the example that the actions of one group of people are influencing the actions of different other groups . This is how the claim cam be addressed clearly, and in a way that I agree with it.
ReplyDeleteMy Economics professor, Dr Meyer, has been focusing a lot on the idea of opportunity cost for the every day American. He believes in the idea that "Real cost is what you give up to get the good." This Statement is very true in considering the main idea of opportunity cost. We must all give up a certain amount in order to receive another, that's just life. Every day when we all decide to go to class, we give up that time while we could be working on other things, sleeping, or hanging out with friends. Nothing ever comes free when you really think about it.
ReplyDeletePipe organs are one of the largest and most elaborate musical instruments in the world. They can have hundreds of pipe and several platforms of keys for the organist to play. However, my Music Appreciation teacher taught us that many pipe organs in English churches were destroyed during the Protestant Reformation. He told us that the reason for this was because the Protestants believed that something so complex must be the work of the devil. According to Dr. Caroline Woodell Cagle, who taught at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, it is true that many churches were raided during 16th century England. Furniture, stain glass windows, organs, and other decorative items were destroyed because Protestants believe the churches to be sinful. Cagle points out that another reason for the destruction of the pipe organ was its affiliation with the Catholic Church. The Protestants were against anything that stood for the Catholic Church, which is why they saw the organ as a sinful work of the devil. However, Protestants today do not destroy these beautiful instruments, and they do not believe them to be created by the devil.
ReplyDeleteIn class, Professor Bryan introduced the idea that Risk impacts your decisions. Risk comes up quite often in everyday life and you frequently have to make decisions through out your lifetime. Risk can make your or break you. Some people thrive off of it and others back down. It just depends on your personality. Before making any risky decision, you will always second-guess yourself. Risk makes you think about both sides completely because there is usually something on the line or a consequence if you make the wrong decision. Without risk, the answer is simple. When risk is added, there may be only one correct answer. If you come up on the short end of a risky situation, it could be detrimental. On the other hand, if you come out on top, it could mean wonderful things. Risk is something that we cannot avoid and can completely change our decisions.
ReplyDeleteAccording to professor Eastman, my New Testament history and Literature professor, the Gospels portray the "real Jesus", not necessarily the "historical Jesus". What he means by this is the Gospels try to show the character, love, and compassion of Jesus. Not just the things Jesus did in chronological order. The Gospels tell the sayings and stories of Jesus, therefor telling the readers more about Jesus' personality more than the things he did. After reading the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, it makes it clear what professor Eastman was saying. They do not necessarily start when Jesus was born, then go through a timeline of his life. They kind of skip around his life in order of importance from the writers perspective. Professor Eastman worded the Gospels perfectly by saying they portray the "real Jesus".
ReplyDeleteGeology is the study of Earth and planetary evolution. This statement is true because many principals which derive from geology help us understand what planet Earth and the solar system are made of. As human beings, we interact with the environment for natural resources in or to survive. By studying geology, we can understand why natural disasters occur and how they affect us. Without Earths four systems, the biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere, life wouldn’t be able to sustain itself. Appreciating the Earth is the basic principal of being thankful.
ReplyDeleteMy sociology professor John Durst, was pontificating on the ideas and words of Karl Marx. He said, "When people can't enjoy their hard work, they feel life is meaningless." Marx's argument that people must reap rewards from their labor in order to feel satisfied is supported by the unchangeable characteristics of human nature, showing that people do not care to work as hard for the benefit of strangers as they would for themselves or their families. If one were to see a homeless person on the street, they would likely not stop and give money from their own pocket. But if instead it was a friend or family on the side of the road, the situation is much different. This is the reason Communism only functions in theory, and proof that a sense of alienation is the result of meaningless work.
ReplyDeleteToday at the very end of class, my psychology professor was discussing positive and negative reinforcement with us. My parents being psychology professors themselves, I am very familiar with these two types of reinforcement. To summarize, positive reinforcement is giving a reward for good behavior; negative reinforcement is using negative consequences to change action. After explaining this to the class my professor closed with a statement about punishment. He said: punishment suppresses behavior, but it doesn't teach anyone how to act. Thinking back to my own experience with punishment as a child, I realized how true that statement was for me. The punishments I received did suppressed my behavior more than anything else. I believe they made me more of a timid child, but they did not teach me how to behave. It is well known in psychology that positive reinforcements and reward for positive reinforcement works much better than punishment. Rewards teach children to know what is right, and in doing that, it will inevitably show what is wrong and not accepted as well.
ReplyDeleteIn economics, my professor, Robert Gitter taught the class about basic choices of an economy. He explained to the class that the economy only produces what people want so it could boost the market economy. The basic questions he asked us were what to produce? How to produce? Who are we producing for? He went on explaining to the class that the market economy controls what people want. The market economy decides what to make for the consumers so they can make profits. Professor Gitter used the soccer and rugby to explain this. He asked the class how many people played soccer and 30 students out of 32 students raised their hands. Then he asked how many students played rugby and 2 students out of 32 students raised their hands. Therefore, the market economy would rather produce more soccer balls than rugby balls.
ReplyDeletePaul Dean, my Social Problems professor, explained to us how class and status are related, but two different concepts. Class is a group of people that share the same economic life chances. On the other hand, status, even though it is usually associated with class, is the social honor or prestige given to a person. Both of these topics, though, are determined differently. Class is determined by, for example, education, property, education and in some cases culture. Status is determined by what the person consumes and how others perceive them. Class can be portrayed in different ways. An example of class can be Karl Marx’ distinction of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, or Max Weber’s separation of classes by upper white collar, lower white collar, upper blue collar and lower blue collar. Status, though, only has two types, these are achieved and acquired. Even though status, in many cases, is associated with class, they are two different concepts.
ReplyDeleteOne statement made by one of my professors was the importance of turning in all of my assignments. They made it very clear that keeping up with all of your assignments is the key to passing the class. However, do you have to do more than just doing the homework to be successful in the class? Does the class require that you actually sit and study what you just worked on. Also when the professor says just do the assignments, people could argue the quality of the assignment. It could be just a matter of doing the assignment or doing it in a way that is beneficial for you. I believe that you actually need to put effort into the assignments in order to get a knowledge from them and understand what the purpose of the class actually is.
ReplyDeleteMichael Mora Brenes
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In my sociology class, the instructor John Durst talked about how difficult it is for sociologists to make research on their study field. He claimed that “one of the problems of doing investigations in sociology is that data comes from people”. Mr. Durst is surely right about that statement, because the essence of his argument is that people are constantly changing. In other words, society is always modifying itself and the way people interact with each other. Also, social institutions are continuously building and adding new components to their structures, altering the mode they function. Consequently, it becomes challenging for sociologists to state solid arguments about certain facts that involve the study of people, forcing them to` base their work in simple predictions and estimations related to society. That is what some theorists call “the essence of the sociology”.
Alexis Dryier
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9/10/13
According to professor Paul Dean, there are three Baltimore’s. The Underclass City, Renaissance City, and Prosperous Suburbs. The Underclass City consists of dilapidated houses, high crime rates, drug abuse, and ghetto poverty. The Renaissance City has luxury hotels, high-rise offices, and the waterfront. The Prosperous Suburbs have many jobs, lots of businesses, and new homes. The Underclass is the main focus in sociology. We see the different effects that the economy has on certain individuals. The effects can either be positive or negative, but in Baltimore, the effects are commonly negative. This is because of the high crime rates, and bad education systems. According to the American Fact Finder, 29.9% of people are without jobs in Baltimore due to the decrease in job opportunities. The Underclass has seen drastic changes in the past twenty years, and will continue to change for the worst.
"Writing is hard," that is what Professor burns told our English 105 class. Writing does not come easily to everyone, and ti takes time perfecting the various techniques. It is hard, even for the brightest minds,to gather their thoughts and ideas and write them down as a glorious work of art. No matter who you are, no matter how long you have been writing it is always difficult. Everyone comes across a topic they have no clue about, or obtain writer's block in the middle of an essay. It just happens that while writing may seem so easy, it is actually hard.
ReplyDeleteRobert Gitter, my economics teacher, taught the class that in economics people must make trade-offs. This means that in order to get one thing, something will be affected in return. He gave an example of a town in ohio that has signs protesting against windmills. For these people, the windmills will cause their house values to go down. So, there must be a trade-off between the windmills and house value. Either there is more efficient cleaner energy, or the peoples house values go down.
ReplyDeleteDalia Lorenzo
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Elementary Education
One of the important statements that my Elementary Education professor emphasizes is that children learn through play. That means that most children find out how things work and why things are by playing. In the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) website it shows a video where the kids learn how to interact with each other by playing tea. The children learned how to pour into a cup and be respectful towards each other. Through this video, I understand better why it is important to let children play and I believe that my professor is correct in her statement that children learn through play.
"the truth shall set you free.. but first you must set the truth free" this is a quote from my professor Mr. Chukwuemeka. this quote ties in very well to the class being that its Afro-American History. People tend to just forget about the past. Everyone should have a general understanding of their history. I feel its a must to know the truth about what really happened in history with no sugar coating, so history wont repeat it self. The last thing we want is another hitler but if were not educated on what actually happened, then how could we be prepared to stop something like that from happening again? When it comes to history there should be no beating around the bush, we should all know the facts and when we do the truth shall set us all free!
ReplyDeleteI personally do not think that I am a good writer. I have trouble organizing my ideas on paper, and I tend to repeat myself if I run out of ideas, facts, or evidence to support my claim. For an example, one of my assignments for my freshman English class was to write a paper about a problem I have noticed in my short time at OWU. I decided to write about the water pressure in the showers in Hayes Hall. I couldn't find enough evidence to support my argument that poor water pressure affects the time management skills of college students. So, when my professor returned our essays back to us graded with comments, my lack of writing skills was definitely noted and affected my grade. Mr. Burns, my english professor, told my class that " Writing is hard," and my first paper for his class was the perfect example!
ReplyDeleteThe three related gospels (Mark, Matt and Luke) are normally claimed to be of a two source hypothesis. The two source hypothesis is that Matt and Luke use Mark and the mysterious source called Q, that has roots to Germany language the word Quala meaning sayings, in addition to there primary source themselves or Paul. However in both cases it must added that both authors did use other sources, the two source is that those three were primary sources of information. However our own Doctor Eastman holds onto the minority hypothesis that it truth is a one source hypothesis. The one source is that, we know Matt was written before Luke, and in that case Matt used Mark for his Gospel. Luke used Matt and not Mark for his Gospel. The logic is used to explain the similarities between Matt and Luke, which could not come from Mark or Q (as Q if logic follows is just a list of sayings). In addition the mysterious Q has never been seen or mentioned at any point in the historical archives or records when there are records of less known pieces of work. Thus the minority imposes that Luke uses Matt and not Mark, thus explaining any additional similarities that Q would not work for.
ReplyDeleteOn the first day of Introduction to Psychology course, my professor Dr. Andrew Brandt said that in life people will take all or nothing risks when given the chance for that small chance of winning it all. He explained to us how he was going to do an experiment and gave us all a sheet of paper and told us write the number one or three. He told us that if everyone in the class writes the number one, then everyone will get an extra point on their final grade. He went on to explain that if one person writes down the number three, than only that person will get three points extra credit on their grade, but if more than one person writes down three, no one gets any credit. In the end, of course, more than one person wrote three because they were willing to take the risk in order to benefit themselves. Being a master of psychology, Dr. Brandt knew this would be the outcome as this test gets the same results every time it is given, and proved to us that his words were true.
ReplyDelete"The speed of the Leader, is the speed of the gang", states Coach Jay Martin. Dr. Martin is a terrific teacher and very successful coach and professor. Coach explained this quote because it is relevant to the business world as well as for each athletic sport. Leaders can not just drive themselves and have the rest of the group tail behind. They need to make sure the gang is sound with each other to become successful.There are many qualities that make a great leader. Having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through good and hard times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
ReplyDeleteEveryone loves pudding, but not everyone knows the different kinds. That’s where I would have to agree with Dr. Lance. The plum-pudding model is a terrible depiction of an atom because no one from our generation would know what it looked like. In the pudding there are raisins that are supposed to depict the shape of an election in an atom and tell why the whole atom is neutral. The space in between the raisin and the pudding is a positive charge and the raisins are tiny negatively charged electrons that make the atom neutral. Moreover, according to Dr. Lance the plum-pudding model should be re-named to something that this generation can relate to, like tapioca pudding. Because in tapioca pudding everyone knows that the pudding is filled with tapioca balls, so people are able to visualize it. And the tapioca pudding is more realistic because the tapioca balls are round just like an electron. All in all, the plum-pudding model should be changed to the tapioca model.
ReplyDeleteAaron Caputo
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Thomas Burns
September 10, 2012
I was sitting in my geology class drifting away last Tuesday, when I heard something that interested me. My teacher said, “ The Earth started off as a piece of dust”. As he started to explain this theory I wanted to know more, so I looked in my ‘Exploring Geology” textbook and I found he wasn’t lying. 4.6 billion years ago, a concentration of interstellar dust and hydrogen gas formed a molecular cloud called the solar nebula. The solar nebular ignited and a huge wind and caused all of the material in space to blow around. According to the theory of Planetary Accreation, the material that was blown around would either collide and stick to each other or collide and break off pieces of each other. Therefore, a piece of dust collided with another piece of dust and so on until that piece of dust became a piece of sand. Next, the pieces of sand would collide to become pebbles. Then those pebbles would collide to become rocks, and then boulders. These would become bigger and bigger rocks, then planetessimals, and lastly planets. One of these planets would eventually become Earth. This is just one theory on how the Earth began, but the statement caught my attention!
In my two-dimensional art class, my professor always tells us to let our minds open up to new ideas and try different things. He wants us to take chances with our projects because we could create something very unique and inspiring. It never hurts to try, because even if the final project comes out unsuccessful, we always have more opportunities to try it again. Currently in the class, we've been working with three different black strips of paper. We can cut, fold, move, bend, and basically do whatever we want to them, although we have to keep the strip identity to show that there are three pieces. Its been a challenge for many students to come up with ideas, but with our professor reminding us to take risks and go out of our comfort zones, we've all created outstanding pieces of art.
ReplyDeleteAs we read Plato's, Euthyphro, in Intro. to Philosophy class, our professor keeps encouraging us to find our own definition of "piety". However, she has asserted in class that she concedes with Euthyphro that "...what is dear to the gods is pious, what is not impious.". I would have to disagree with this, not solely because I am an athiest, but because my own definition of piety: morally/ethically sound and gracious. I believe this to be the definition of piety, because to be pious is to commit nice, kind, and just acts, and that is how I would describe somebody who would committ these types of acts. However, of course, adjectives are indefintive, despite what any dicctionary may say, which means that everyone may have their own definition of piety, and at the end of the day, there may not ever be any concensus as to what the definition of piety is.
ReplyDeleteWhile looking through some Islamic art in my Introduction to Islam class I noticed a repetitive aspect in them all. There was always one figure that didn't have a face. I asked Dr. Gunasti why this was. She replied that in most Islamic art, Muhammad did not have a face. Having further looked into this, I have found that in most of the Muslim culture, it is forbidden to give Muhammad a face. They do not want their sacred view of him to be disrespected. He is held high, above all besides God himself, and to depict him as a human being is belittling. Muslims will use brighter colors around where that figure would be, but their main focus in art is the calligraphy within.
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ReplyDeleteMy economics professor on the first day guaranteed that if any student were to take notes on their laptops they were guaranteed half a letter grade in his class. Being a student who used to take notes on their laptop, I can assure there is a good chance he is right. Taking notes on a laptop gives you the ability to "quickly" check each of your social media profiles, or simply browse the internet without having to worry about your teacher finding out. You're simply one click away from being distracted from a lecture. Of course there is also a lot of required graphing in Economics, which adds to the importance of taking notes using paper and pen in Econ. class.
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