I chose to read chapter seven, ” So What? Who Cares?”, from They Say/I Say. This chapter is about how to correctly address the “who cares” of the topic you are writing about. It also addresses the “so what” or, why should we pay attention to what you are saying? The so what talks about … [Read more…]
After this round of peer review, I will go back to my paper and take a look at the flow of my paper and make sure it makes sense to the reader. I have a lot of areas that are considered gray areas that need more explanation. I could go into more detail for the … [Read more…]
Galen Strawson writes “I am not a Story” all about how narrative isn’t a life story. Life is bits and pieces and messy. It is not meant to be written as a story. Not everyone can sit down and write their life story from beginning to end because for them it’s just not possible. The first … [Read more…]
While reading Julie Beck’s “Life’s Stories”, one of the things that jumped out to me was “But just as there are consequences to telling, there are consequences to not telling.” By keeping a story to yourself because you are scared of how other people react or you are ashamed of that part of you, you … [Read more…]
While doing this exercise I noticed that I have a habit of using pointing terms. I think it is because I am afraid to elaborate more, causing confusion for readers. I don’t really use many transition words, I think I just jump from one sentence to the next without a proper way of doing so. … [Read more…]
I liked the way you started off your introduction by asking us questions. Your thesis was very strong and clear. I really like how you started off your first paragraph relating your experience here at UNE with art and science. It really brought your opinion into the paper and ensured we knew that you … [Read more…]
Brainstorming Session: List Method
Pinker vs Lehrer Both Stephen Pinker and Jonah Lehrer agree that the arts should be incorporated into the science world. Lehrer proposes that art can make science better if the scientific community and the arts both just modify and come together. “The sciences must recognize that their truths are not the only truths… The struggle … [Read more…]
Five Minute Free Write Summary: After reading “The Future of Science…Is Art?”, I found that Jonah Lehrer mostly talked of the incorporation of art into neuroscience and physics. Lehrer definitely took a while to hit on the main points of his article and made it a lot of it more confusing than it needed to … [Read more…]
