...Steps for Reading Visual Argument 1. Some history about computers 2. A beat up car and a nice new car, a tired mechanic and a happy mechanic, and computer company logos 3. Who’s computer is better 4. That Apple makes a better computer than Microsoft 5. The Apple side is new, faster looking and the mechanic looks happy 6. It wants people to buy Apple computer Review Questions 1. What did you think of when you encountered the word argument as you began to read this chapter? What do you think now? I thought an argument was when more than one person had opposing views on the same issue. After reading this chapter I feel that the word argument is much broader than just a disagreement between two people. 2. Provide three examples of your own to illustrate the statement “Argument is everywhere.” One of your examples should be a visual argument. * Who makes the better video game console Microsoft, Sony, or a PC gaming rig. * T.V. commercials * nicoleashleyrd. (Artist). (2013, Feb 4). Visual Arguments [Web Drawing]. Retrieved from http://thefamilyofblood.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/visual-arguments/ 3. Describe traditional and consensual argument. Give two examples of each. A traditional argument is when you try to change the audience point of view and a consensual argument seems to be one where the two parties must come to an agreement. Traditional * A movie trailer * Consensual * A couple trying to decide what...
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...Annotated Bibliography Educational Technology Issue Question: Should online higher education courses replace traditional on-campus learning? Arguments for online courses replacing traditional learning: Clark, K. (2009, April 2). Online Education Offers Access and Affordability. US News Education. Retrieved November 8, 2012, from http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Online-Education-Wont/133531/ Summary: US News Education provides rankings of the best universities and provides valuable insight for college students. In this article, the author argues that recent improvements in the quality of online courses are attracting millions of students. It also states that adults who are time-stressed and already worried about commuting to a campus university find convenience in online courses. As the economy began its decline, there has been an increase of students enrolling in online courses. Coleman, S. (2005, August 14). Why Do Students Like Online Learning? Worldwide Learn. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-articles/benefits-of-online-learning.htm Summary: Worldwide Learn is an online resource for students’ educational needs. This article contains a list of reasons why more college students are enrolling in online courses. It provides a convincing argument that includes accessible course material 24/7 and allows for a broad spectrum of content. The article praises online courses for its flexibility, accessibility and quality of content....
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...Name: Allison Melbert Class Time: M, W, F 1-1:50 Identifying Data Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Epperson vs. Arkansas court case dealing with the religious schooling taught in public schools. Central Idea: The Supreme Court case between Epperson and Arkansas deals with the problem of whether it’s ok or not to teach the Evolution theory to children in the state of Arkansas. Type of Speech: Supreme Court Organizational Pattern: Event Introduction: Attention Getter: How many people were taught the Theory of Evolution in a high school class? Thesis: In this speech I will present the facts of the court, the religious views of Evolution, both sides of this argument, including Susan Epperson’s side and Arkansas State’s side, and the judicial decision. Preview Statement: In this speech I will present the facts of the court, with both sides of the argument, and the judicial decision. (Trans: I will begin today by presenting how the theory of evolution contradicts religion). Body: I. In the case of Epperson vs. Arkansas, the driving force behind the ban of the theory of evolution were moral views. A. The population of Arkansas in the 1960’s was made up of rural traditional families with conservative views. 1. The conservative views were mainly affiliate with religious beliefs. 2. The driving force behind the outlaw of the teaching of evolution was the fact that evolution, “contradicts a literal interpretation of the first chapter of Genesis...
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...things like civil rights, war, and various other objects the counterculture was rallying for. Before this life-changing decade these things were near irrelevant, they were normal and not expected to change. However, during the 1960s these arguments were unavoidable and it was traditional people, typically the elders or parents of the generation, vs the new agers, young adults of the generation. The issues debated in the 60s stirred great conflict between the “religious” elders and the “secular” youths, by facing tradition against charisma, which brought together each of the groups since they needed to rely on each other to develop their argument. The elderly people in the 60s who were not for desegregation, anti-war, nor the new counterculture were categorized as “normative Americans who continued to believe in God, hard work, American exceptionalism,… and “traditional gender roles” (Snyder). This categorization defines them as the “religious” portion of this argument since they identified with believing in God. They were a hard group to get to budge on what they believed since for years prior to the 60s they ignored the efforts made by the younger generations to change the world. The elderly being set in their ways adheres to Smith’s argument that “A little more than half of emerging adults remain quite stable in their levels of religious commitment”(Smith,282)....
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...language and culture go hand in hand. Because language simultaneously is defined by the world around us, learning another language opens one's mind to new ideas and new ways of looking at the world. While most of us can't hope to learn the languages of more than one or two cultures other than that of our own, those that we can learn help us to learn how other people learn and think. In North American, most people choose French and Spanish as their second or third language. Many people believe that Spanish is actually more useful than French, and obviously the foreign language most spoken and studied--by far--in the North America is Spanish. Compare with French, Spanish can offer a wealth of literature of Latin language, both modern and traditional. For example, when you are reading a Latin American websites, you may find that you could gain a sense of how other people think and fee if you know Spanish. As a matter of fact, both of the languages belong to the Latin group of languages. Hence, they show some similarities too. On the one hand, French is spoken by the country of France in the continent of Europe. On the other hand, Spanish is spoken in the country of Spain in the continent of Europe. However, French and Spanish are two languages that show enormous differences between them when it comes to the pronunciation of their words, word formation and the like. It is important to know that both French and Spanish belong to the family of languages called the Indo-European family...
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...last saved/printed: Section 2 ( To be completed by the Lecturer) COMMENTS: --- 09.03.2015 (Updated automatically) Lecturer: Nina Sharma MARK AWARDED: Number of words: 1976 Created by: sbsjj15 Document last opened: 09/03/2015 14:22:03 Version 2.3 Oliver Conroy C1218229 Management Accounting & Control BS3517 i.) INTRODUCTION The apparent flaws and inaccuracies in the traditional budgeting process have caused many scholars to openly question the need and validity of this stalwart of modern day management accounting. Hope and Fraser (2003) spearheaded the ‘Beyond Budgeting’ approach, challenging the conventional format of budgets and arguing that they should be abolished, removing the rigid shackles imposed on businesses of traditional budgets...
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...Digital vs. Traditional Photography Monique Myers English 121 Prof. Brandy Ross December 2, 2011 Most digital images still start out from traditional media. In fact, traditional photography was the one who gave birth to digital photography. Therefore, the two are parallel to each other. Aside from inheriting the features of traditional photography, digital photography only improved the ability to produce the exact desired image. The argument that comes out from the debate between digital and traditional photography is that the produced image in traditional photography is the most accurate and realistic image that one can have. Traditional photographs don't lie because unlike in digital photography, it can never be changed or manipulated. In digital photography, images can be altered according to the photographer's context in different ways easily and more artistically. A possible problem with digital photographs is their quality because they fade rather quickly. Though improvements are being done, few digital images will have the longevity of traditional photographs. A counter-argument, however, is that digital photos can be easily reproduced when necessary but it's only for a short-term basis. Once needed, there is no assurance that computers will be able to access them for future use. Another rarely explored issue is the immediacy of digital photography. Immediate results are sometimes not much productive. Your worst photos wouldn't...
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...Maryland, Washington, and New Jersey will eventually allow same-sex couples to marry, but the bills haven’t taken effect yet. There are several other states that respect out-of-state marriages, and recognize domestic partnerships or civil unions (“States”). Denmark has accepted same-sex marriage for over twenty years and for several years now in Canada. No societies in these two countries have collapsed nor are divorce rates rising, which are common accusations (Eskridge). If Denmark has had a successful twenty years of same-sex marriage without the fall of their civilization, I doubt the societies in the United States will breakdown if same-sex couples get married. However, that doesn't stop the arguments from being made. So, the only thing someone has to do to cancel out a logical argument is to introduce fear. Nearly forty-six percent of people in the U.S. oppose gay marriage, but fifty-eight percent of people are supportive of gay rights (“Most Say Homosexuality Should be Accepted by Society”). This means that many of the same people who are passionately in favor of gay rights oppose same-sex marriage. This may be because a majority of the population doesn’t understand what homosexuality really is. There are also a lot of stereotypes about gay...
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...The Charter versus Public Debate BCOM275 Introduction The article Charter Schools vs. Public Schools: Which One is Under Performing takes a closer look at the realities of the charter versus public school debate. In some cities, such as Manhattan, the District of Columbia and parts of Los Angeles, charter schools are a necessary option for parents that cannot afford private schools but want a better education for their children than what the public school system can provide, according to the big screen documentary “Waiting for Superman” written and directed by Davis Guggenheim. This particular article focuses on charter schools as a whole and looks at the entire country. In the article, arguments are shown for both the charter school side and public school side of the argument. Unfortunately, very little factual data is given to support the opinions given. Demographic information, test data and other various factors used to measure performance are mentioned yet not supported, leaving the reader to wonder what is really true. Analysis of Article The author used three various sources, US News and World Report, Stanford, and one non-profit organization, Change.org. The sources used by the author do make the article seem very reliable. Both sides of the argument are represented in an unbiased way, but not many statistical facts are used to support the arguments. The article would seem more credible if actual statistics were used. Since there were no statistics...
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...her attempt to restructure nursing practices at this community hospital. She very clearly presents her personal experience as what practices (whether or not they were best practices) she was seeing in the nursing community verses research based best nursing practice. One piece of evidence she presents for this is how “This meant that labor nurses were assigned only one patient allowing the time to provide continuous labor support. Despite strong encouragement to remain at the bedside, most nurses remained tethered to the central monitoring station” (p.235). This observation strengthens the argument that research based best practices were not synonymous with current practices. She presents the proposed research based practices as time old patient centered care and the new accepted practices as being heavily based on technology with little emphasis on patient-nurse relationships. This argument seems completely logical, especially concerning a...
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...Sustainable Operations Sarang Deshmukh ------------------------------------------------- MBA 713 Case#1 1. Regarding the conventional economic arguments for providing services (i.e., leasing) rather than simply selling a product, which of these is most important in the carpet industry? The conventional economic arguments for providing services argue that the value of the option comes from higher margins, stable revenue streams and long-term customer relationships. For the carpet industry, the long-term relationship aspect of the argument is most important. The industry is unique such that the each and every customer (building owner) in the industry has to continue availing the product and services of the industry for a long time, until the building ceases to exist. Thus the business of the customer is a repeat business. In traditional product selling approach the industry stakeholder (carpet manufacturer) gets the business every few years, typically 7-10 years. Due to the large gap in time when the business happens in a traditional market, it may not be possible for the manufacturer to maintain the relations with the customers to secure the repeat business. The long-term customer relationship aspect of the services model enables the seller of the service to maintain the relationship with the customer and get the repeat business after expiry of the lease thereby increasing the retention rate. 2. What is your assessment of Interface’s Evergreen Services business model...
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...entitled to free education, heath care services, food stamps and an assortment of other social service benefits? Does it make sense to reward those who break the law? Individual assignment 1. 5 primary barriers and obstacles that cause us to breach our moral & ethical values 2. How do they cause you to breach your moral and ethical values - Things that cause us to do the wrong things (temptations) ex: how does self interest cause us to do the wrong things 3. What needs be done to over come those obstacles 4. Do this for each of the primary barriers Week 3 presentation: 10 points 1. Provide background on issue- extent of it taught in schools MARCELA Ex: polls, legislature, historical value 2. ID and discuss all arguments on either side of the question (broad implications of this issue) Do schools have the rights where do their rights begin and end JAMES What are the rights of the parents where do their rights begin and end JOE 3. Team conclusion- 4. Justify conclusion, why was one side more compelling than the other MIKE 20 min presentation * Construction (4 out of 10 points) * accuracy * COPY OF PPP 3 slides to each page NOTES Metaethics: understanding where do our ethical principles come from Normative: Study of ethical theories Applied ethics: examination of specific controversial ethical issues- practical application Ethics= search for the truth Ethics= what you do when no one is looking Ethics= involves values...
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...or a lesbian, and recognizing same-sex couples should be able to marry whoever he or she love regardless of sexual preference not to mention infringement of one’s civil rights. Homosexuality is as natural as heterosexuality, and there is not one societal benefit for denying same-sex unions. Seems the argument against same-sex marriage it is forbidden in the Bible and thinking of the act itself. Acceptance continues to increase among generations, marriage equality will be law and such unions will be recognized. Historically marriage is seen as a heterosexual privilege, not even interracial marriage was acceptable and many people continue to believe this, regardless of the many changes in today’s world. Times have changed and advocates argue same-sex couples deserve right to the same benefits of marriage appreciated by heterosexual couple, and by denying same sex marriage is unconstitutional discrimination. On the other hand the oppositions argues changing the acceptable definition of marriage as between heterosexual couples will weaken an already threatened institution and by legalizing same-sex unions will introduce legalization of polygamy, incestuous, and non-traditional unions the right to marry, which seems to be a little extreme. Glen Lavy, JD, senior counsel with the Alliance Defense fund, argued in May 21, 2008 Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, “ The movement of polygamy and...
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...persuasive and controversial argument against patentability of higher life forms are ethical. The Morality Doctrine in the E.U. mentions morality as the relation to the belief that some behavior is right and acceptable whereas other behavior is wrong, this belief founded on the totality of the accepted norms, which are deeply rooted in a particular culture (Campbell, 2007). Although the U.S. does not have a similar doctrine in place, the courts are left to decide what is ethical vs. unethical in terms of patentability. The Supreme Court’s gene patent decision makes patenting naturally occurring genes no longer patentable. Genes that are edited and not found in nature are patentable (National Geographic, 2013). Thus introducing the controversy of what genetic modifications and life forms are acceptable, thus leading to an argument to prevent genetic modifications to maintain an ethical...
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...Washington vs. Glucksberg Case Synopsis Washington v. Glucksberg was a case upon which the United States Supreme Court came to the unanimous decision that the right to assist patients commits suicide was not protected by the Due Process Clause. To begin with, Dr. Glucksberg, a medical practitioner with the assistance of a non-profit organization challenged the ban by Washington state against assisted suicide in the Natural Death Act of 1979. The main argument was that assisted suicide was a right interest safeguarded by the Due Process Act present in the fourteenth amendment of the constitution. Furthermore, the district court made a ruling in favor of Dr. Glucksberg which was later over turned by the United States Court of Appeal after rehearing the case. Nevertheless, the ninth circuit reversed the decision made by the previous court and affirmed the ruling made by the district court. The chief question raised during the arguing of the case was whether the protection of the previously mentioned clause encompassed the right to commit...
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