Finale

Most of these entries had to do with what we did in the previous class to see if we understood the material and how we assessed it. Taking this course has widened my view of arguing. I mostly thought of arguing as a debate going back in forth between two people, but it’s more than that. Arguing has to do with giving accreditation to others works to help you fight your opinion. It has to do with reaching out the audience in order to persuade them to go onto your side. It’s not about just proving a point; it’s about getting the ethos, logos, and pathos in order to justify a claim. Now that I have learned these new skills, I think I’d find myself arguing more, since now I know persuasive manners to grab hold of my listener. My family and friends used to think I was good at arguing before, wait until they see what I can do now.

presentations

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go to class, so I missed the first debate, but the second day of debates I saw the groups present their work without hesitation. I thought maybe it’ll be easier to go up there and discuss my topic since I have a partner, and my other classmates made it look easy. I enjoyed the presentation that both groups discussed the pro. There was a mix up, so it forced the classroom to have a discussion. I think it’s easier to understand something when you are involved as well rather than hearing someone go on and on about a certain topic.

fear of public speaking

My partner’s and I debate topic wasn’t that difficult to find research on. Considering the fact that my partner understood more the project than I did helped with our presentation. The main difficulty I have was public speaking because I am very shy. I tried countless ways, imaging people in their underpants doesn’t work. I have no advice to give on overcoming public speaking, since I have not overcame my fear. I try not thinking about it, but I tend to speak faster and confuse my words. Overall, working in partners did make it seem less overwhelming, but my shyness surpassed my knowledge.

change in policy

I was born and raised in northern New Jersey, and the areas that I lived in we weren't pressured to recycle. Here, there are blue bins all over, and people are constantly talking about recycling, so one has no excuse to not recycle. I believe if our community gave more visual aids to recycle, we would.

eating animals analyzed

I personally didn't enjoy reading eating animals. I thought the book leaned more towards vegetarians, and I am far from that. The book seemed more of his opinions, and at times i had to re-read a paragraph in order to understand it. If it was something more my interest then maybe I would have enjoyed reading it, but as much as I tried, this book was a bore.