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Month: April 2019

Homework – Globalization

Homework – Globalization

In Kwame Anthony Appiah’s writing, The Primary of Practice, he discusses the idea of how globalization of certain industries obviously has its positives, but also its negatives. This was a particularly interesting concept for me because when people think of globalization, they think of increased communication, efficiency, and convenience, and I too thought the same. Appiah discusses how we have the ability of “contacting any other of our six billion conspecifics and sending that person something worth having” (Appiah 45)….

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Essay 3 Final Draft

Essay 3 Final Draft

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cuINdTmj4BTmkElXtY7-NAqj3Oh2xB7r2dRnjx_tEmg/edit My final draft of our third essay of the semester titled “The Global Citizen”

Revision Plan – Global Citizen

Revision Plan – Global Citizen

After reading the comments I received from the peer review global workshop, I have some major restructuring and revisions for my essay. These corrections will really improve my essay. The first global revision I am going to make is adding more evidence from authors in my paragraphs because I found that I did not include enough that was sufficient. In one of my paragraphs, I only had evidence from Duhigg and Barboza, and I found that my paragraph was mainly…

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Peer Review in Another Class

Peer Review in Another Class

My classmate Robyn and I have the same professor for our Lifespan Development class. Throughout the semester we have to write two essays answering a prompt and providing sufficient and relevant evidence that we learned in class to do so. So using our skills we learned in our English Composition class, we peer review each other’s paper before submitting. This has helped a lot because we are able to catch any mistakes we might have made, or even add suggestions…

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Drafting in Another Class

Drafting in Another Class

This semester for my Human Traditions class I have had to write a lot, whether it be short paragraphs or longer essays accounting for a good portion of my grade. Given I have written a lot for that class, I have had to draft and revise a lot too. One specific assignment was our midterm essay, which accounted for 15% of my total grade. It was a three to four page essay in which we had to answer a prompt…

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Annotations Framing Statement

Annotations Framing Statement

Comparatively speaking, my annotations at this point of the semester are much more valuable than they were at the beginning of the semester. My annotations now showcase how my active reading skills have really transformed and improved. I think my annotations reflect how I am much more aware of what I am reading and I have developed skills that allow me to further connect myself to the reading and compare it to other readings, authors, or ideas I have observed…

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