ENGL 298 B: Intermediate Writing Social Sciences   Autumn 2011, University of Washington

The aspect of college writing/ political theory that I found to be the easiest was the concept of “legitimate authority”. Although there are many different views and ideas on what makes authority legitimate, I am always able to grasp what each theorist is explaining regarding political legitimacy. I think that it is the easiest part of this strain of philosophy because it is generally very straight forward. The theorist will present “this is legitimate authority….and this is why” and I find the straightforwardness to be really helpful when going through the readings. The most difficult concept that I have yet to grasp is signposting. It was something that I was told never to do in high school, and it’s hard to make a 180 degree turn and signpost everything that I write. However, as the papers continue, I have found that I am becoming more adept at signposting. We’ll see how this last paper goes!