Blog Post 21

Language is a universal tool that everybody in the world can utilize. In this day and age, language is slowly becoming more and more deteriorated because of technology. Technology can serve as another form of language throughout texting, emoticons, and social media posts. In the past, language was so much more prominent than it is … [Read more…]

Blog Post 20

Original Intro Paragraph:Human trafficking is a horrible and unethical crime that is happening in the world today. Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked worldwide. Traffickers use force, labor, or coercion to force them into doing things that they don’t want to do, especially sex, which is basically a modern-day form of … [Read more…]

Blog Post 19

Chapter Three: The Art of Quoting I chose to read chapter 3 of “They Say/I Say”, which is The Art of Quoting. In some essays, I have a lot of trouble trying to incorporate a quote into my essay, and then put it into conversation with the rest of my essay. In high school, the … [Read more…]

Blog Post 18

Essay Topic: The ethics and empathy of human trafficking. Tentative thesis: While critical thinking allows us to asses what is happening in human trafficking currently, empathetic thinking will drive creativity by opening the mind to predict future patterns, and eventually put an end to human trafficking. Topic Sentences: What is human trafficking and is it … [Read more…]

Blog Post 17

“When Sex Trafficking Goes Unnoticed in America” Human trafficking is a horrible crime that is happening in the world today. Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked worldwide. Traffickers use force, labor, or coercion to force them into doing things that they don’t want to do, especially sex, which is basically a … [Read more…]

Blog Post 16

In the world today, science is the most advanced it has ever been. There are new discoveries being exposed to the world each and every day, and it is always developing. However, there are questions about this universe that are far too out of scientist’s hands and science alone cannot solve it. Many STEM supporters … [Read more…]

Blog Post 15

TREAC Paragraph: The addition of art to science discovery can allow for new perspectives to be seen. Since science, such as physics or neuroscience, is so dense and complex, using art can propose new mechanisms and new ideas. As an illustration, in “The Future of Science…Is Art?,” Author Jonah Lehrer demands that science has limitations … [Read more…]

Blog Post 14

How am I achieving my annotation goals? My biggest goal with annotation was that I wanted to use it as a resource to help me better understand the essays that I read. Before this class, I would just annotate and not really put any effort into it. Now, I use it as a tool to … [Read more…]

Blog Post 13

Do you see any patterns? I noticed that in my first English prompt, I included an excessive amount of pointer words and repetition. The pointer words I used a lot were they, this, and that. I have always used a lot of pointer words in my writing because I automatically assume that my reader will … [Read more…]