The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf raises the question: Did the Obama Administration ever spy on Mitt Romney during the recent presidential contest? Alex Tabarrok, who raised the question at the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution, acknowledges that it is provocative. Until recently, he would’ve regarded it as a “loony” question, he writes, and he doesn’t think that President Obama […]
We have two essays ahead for the month of November, one argumentative piece and one research paper about education reform. You can download both of them here. The Tiresias argument piece is due on Sunday, 11/17 at 1:00 p.m. and should be submitted using Google Drive. The Education Reform research paper is due on Wednesday, […]
These are the Kenneth Robinson videos we watched and discussed in class today: Changing Education Paradigms Do Schools Destroy Creativity?
We’ll being having our third test of the year on Thursday, covering the elements of persuasion. The topics for the test include: Logos Pathos Ethos Kairos SOAPS Model Tone/WILDS Model The Toulmin Model Warrants All of the notes are (or will be) online before the exam.
We will have a test over the Ethics unit on Monday. It will cover these topics: Introduction to Ethics Just War Theory Moral Absolutism and Relativism Jeremy Bentham Immanuel Kant Ayn Rand Niccolo Machiavelli