cmc16_mp3 For this paper, I’m having a hard time finding where I could insert information from the blog posts. I know Paige recommended that we use the blogs as evidence, but I’m not sure where I could put them in and still make them fit. And for that matter, I’m not sure which blog post […]
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MP 3 3 comments
Week 9 Blog 1 comment
I think the hardest concept I’ve encountered is writing directly in all my writing pieces. I think I have gotten more used to it with all the practice I have had over the quarter, but I still have to remind myself to be blunt, and just tell it like it is. In high school I […]
MP 2 Rough Draft 3 comments
cmc16_mp2 So, I’d like to start off by saying I will gladly take ANY criticism in any part of this draft. I’m not feeling very confident in this paper, for whatever reason I’ve been having a hard time connecting with the topic, so any help you could offer would be appreciated. However, the areas […]
Locke on Rebellion 3 comments
I’ll be looking at Chapter XIX, specifically sections 221, 222, and 225, pages 111-113 Here Locke is starting to explain his idea of the right to rebel. He starts by saying that when the government dissolves, it has put itself into a state of war with the people and therefore the people no longer […]
Snapshot of MP1 5 comments
In my proposal, I was way too broad. I had wanted to focus on Goldman’s central idea of freedom from all authority. Later in the proposal I had thrown out some ideas to maybe focus on, and one of which was religion. After getting my feedback, I decided to write the dialogue on whether or […]
MP 1 Rough Draft 3 comments
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2.5 weeks 4 comments
After 2.5 weeks in college classes, I’ve already learned a lot about reading and writing. The biggest change I’ve encountered was the idea of writing as bluntly and directly as possible. Learning to do that in my papers is definitely going to be an adjustment. In high school, I was the master of creating interesting […]
Goldman-Thick or thin? 4 comments
This is a really hard question for me to answer, because I definitely see both aspects in her essay. On one hand, she is clearly very concerned with the individual, the thin self. She says “the individual is the heart of society”. She believes people should be free of religion, which according to Goldman is […]
Important words 2 comments
One word that jumped out at me in the Crito was the word “persuade” when Socrates was talking about the laws speaking to him. I have a hard time with this notion of somebody persuading the law. I think they make light of it in this text, essentially either you obey our laws or you […]