Author: hswartzenos

Rough Draft https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q3XsU8XYiYFIAXTxSvUa5I8PJtKQhl-_UXPcaJTNxgQ/edit?usp=sharing Final Draft https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qax6RuNjXnWetceQ_RRvuUoxZNxA13Nz_TbmFTIrmuw/edit?usp=sharing For this learning outcome I chose to take a look at my first and final drafts of my third essay, in which I argued that college athletes deserve to get paid. The first big thing that I did when editing my paper was add two Barclay paragraphs since I … [Read more…]

I’d say that one of my strengths in my last essay was my ability to transition between views in one paragraph. I was able to include the facts of the argument as well as my opinion on it and in some cases include a naysayer. I think that I did very well making the transitions … [Read more…]

In his piece “Consider the Lobster” David Foster Wallace argues whether our thoughtfulness about what we eat is really true since most people choose not to think about how their animal products are prepared before they consume them. Wallace refers to the Maine Lobster Fest as “something like a Roman circus or medieval torture-fest” although … [Read more…]

Although many people aren’t consciously aware of it, most of us go about our days thinking about the events that occur as they affect us or relate to us, rather than how they could simultaneously be affecting others around us. Take for example a scenario of a drive through restaurant that gives everyone else in … [Read more…]

In today’s society filled with busy people, it is not uncommon that we use most of our brain power to worry, complain, and stress. Thinking about not only the task at hand but also what we’re going to do next, what will we have to do when we get out of work or school, how … [Read more…]

• Be able to critique their own and others’ work by emphasizing global revision early in the writing process and local revision later in the process. One thing that I’ve noticed I have improved on a lot throughout the semester so far is being able to give a helpful and effective peer review. Before ever … [Read more…]

Asserting my own voice in my writing is ironically something that I have always struggled with despite the fact that I often have a lot to say and/or feel strongly about topics. After reading chapter nine of They Say, I Say I’ve realized that I feel the same way about adding my own voice as … [Read more…]

My final thesis statement was that Wallace’s theories are something worth adopting into my life because they serve as tools to help make me more empathetic and generally more happy. I arrived at my thesis kind of just by creating a graphic organizer for my thoughts before i wrote the paper. I knew that I … [Read more…]

Of course, some people may argue that a decrease in laws and regulations would only increase the amount of recreational marijuana use across the United States. This possibility instills fear in many people -and especially parents- that this could result in younger generations being influenced by drugs more because of the increase in exposure that … [Read more…]

The egocentric view of the world that David Foster Wallace discusses in his speech is an accurate explanation for the way that Jack Hooker lives his life. His failure to be as successful as the two neighboring hotels makes him miserable. DFW explains in his speech that we don’t have to think this way. We … [Read more…]