Rational Argument Day 1

I come into class today not knowing what I would write about for this rational argument, the last paper of the semester. I have written this whole semester about the wrong doings of funding among schools and the injustices it has done in our society. I decided to continue with this idea of attacking the education system after speaking with my professor as she had asked what was on my mind and the only thing I could think about were these injustices. This whole semester all I have heard about were the interactions some of my friends have had with these bias instructors. I decided to focus on this very topic for my rational argument as a way to draw attention to the subjective way professors have become over the years.

Celebration of Scholarship

Today was celebration of scholarship at Lewis University, the halls were filled with posters and classrooms were packed for presentations! The talk that I went to was entitled: "Let Your Life Speak: Connecting the Personal with Public Advocacy". Andrea Holm was the first to present and she read from part of her essay entitled "Other People". She mentioned how she never truly had to check her white privilege before until she enrolled in a sociology class. The part that she read focused on a teacher who was laid off and he struggles of facing life without a paycheck and finding a new job all while taking care of a family. She mentioned that her motivation for minoring in social work was because of this very story!

Multimodal Presentation

https://spark.adobe.com/video/KmQ7jgEKQn7q4

Free Write: Argument Essay

This current project of the summary and analysis has gotten me to reflect a lot about how I used to write argument essays. Coming into any English course in college, every student has had an extensive history of teachers beating into them what structure essays should have. This has conditioned us to pull out that format every time we have to start a new essay. I was guilty of this when starting this assignment. I immediately thought back to my teachers in high school and could almost hear their voices saying: "It should be a five paragraph essay format where you present a new idea and argue that till the end of the paragraph. The conclusion should be a summary of all arguments put together." This, I have realized being a student in Dr. Kyburz's class, is not how it should be at all. I need to have a more open mind when writing and not limit myself to a template I learned a couple years ago. I need to write and just see where the argument takes the paper instead of where the paper can take the argument.