08 Class THU SEP 29
Genius Hypothesis
How would you construct an experiment to test the Hypothesis “Bees Don’t Fly in the Dark”?
Too Late to Meme
First, you might need to know who Christopher Walken is. He has one of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces. But it never occurred to me that he resembled a famous actress until I saw a particular image of him as a young man.
The first time I saw this image of Christopher Walken, I struggled to figure out who he reminded me of.
When it hit me that he resembled Scarlett Johanssen, I went looking for an appropriate image of her to build a meme.
And I found several.
But they’d already been paired to show the same resemblance I had noticed.
I was too late to be the first to build the meme. I have the same reaction when I go looking for sources to PROVE my hypothesis. If I find a source that claims exactly what I’ve been thinking, I’m disappointed that I wasn’t first. Now, what can I add to the conversation?
Back to the rabbit hole until I find something no one else has noticed.
Late again.
How to Avoid the Dark
Housekeeping—Feedback Please
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Powerful Rhetoric 1.
From the president of Colombia.
Powerful Rhetoric 2.
From Topher Grace in “Traffic”
Same message, different medium.
Claims Task
DEADLINE: Before Class WED FEB 16
First, review the “lecture” called “Claim Types.” You’ll want a quick review of some basic ways to categorize the dozens of ways we can transmit information, opinion, facts, in language.
The non-Portfolio PTSD Claims Task is a critical reading exercise of an assigned reading. It is designed to take less than two hours to complete and has a one-week deadline. The first part of the assignment is to read or listen to the article “Is PTSD Contagious?” The second part is to spend ONE HOUR selecting very short excerpts from the article and identifying the claims it contains.
Music in the Half Pipe
For an Olympic freeskier who also studied piano, running the half pipe is making music.
alwaystired247
AnonymousStudent
azntaco
beforeverge
BigBabyBaller
bitagaming
breakingbad1820
Caravan
cinderella1013
davidbdale
Yankeelover18
fatboy489zt
giantsfan224
glacierfreeze21
gobirds17
green0728
gymrat230
Gir
jerseymikes1106
jesusisking1738
jetsfan806
Kenneth Alex Krug
manipulator66
mercythyhealer14
McCormick Karner
mochaatrain
oni
powerranger
peanut2348
pinkcottoncandy4
princess01430
redbird1123
rubes1256
shxrkbait
sillyinternetperson
soulpond47240
spatel8267
stingingcrib5
tacotyphoon
thepersonindisguise
usmnt23
worldofjuice999
xephos1
Counterintuitive Fall 2022 
– The proper punctuation for Jules when using it as a possessive noun is Jules’ instead of Jules’s because while the pronunciation is the same, the apostrophe after the s accomplishes what you are trying to say and the extra s is unnecessary. Pronouns without an s get an apostrophe and then a s such as David’s.
– First paragraph must grab attention of the reader and include what we learned about money. Most people will only read something once if that, so the first paragraph has to keep them reading. Keep concepts clear and clearly state your view. In the example we read in class, there was 5 different things money can be interpreted as according to the author. Instead of this, discuss only one or two idea of money, and state it early (first or second sentence) on so that the reader can stay engaged. Patience wears thin extremely fast.
– Generally don’t use rhetorical question because you allow the reader to think of their own idea of money which may contradict what you had in mind for money. In a way a rhetorical question at the start is counterintuitive because the purpose of writing the essay is to tell your point of view of what money is, but right at the beginning you ask the reader what they think it is. If you feel that you really want to include a rhetorical question, answer it immediately.
– When uses sources, write as if the reader has never read the source meaning that you have to include all the details of what you are talking about.
– A lot of our writing consists of a claims as sentences often have several claims in it such as definition claims, analogy claims, categorical claim, etc. (Self-Note – Check claims to see the others) When reading sentences, try to identify what types of claims are being made in the sentence.
Very fine Notes, NF. You write clearly even when taking notes, which is good practice for active Purposeful Summarizing.
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Meme
Professor Hodges was searching for a picture of Scarlett Johansson to compare to Christopher Walken. When searching he came across multiple side-by-side comparisons.
This was the same feeling that is felt when one finds sources that make the claim the same as their hypothesis.
The Dark
Thomas Edison tried hundreds of different filaments before finding that metal alloy was the one. His failures are considered successes being that they eliminated what did not work out of the equation.
If someone else tried to use dental floss as a filament for the lightbulb. That can not be eliminated as a filament being that it could not have worked because of the way it was set up.
The principle of not eliminating something after one try should be applied when trying to prove a hypothesis.
This is because many people declare their hypothesis “unprovable” when in reality they cannot find the right sources.
Analyzing Stone Money Paragraph
Leave out unnecessary words.
State thesis within the beginning of the paper.
The longer we delay the main idea, the more readers we will lose. (Provide the incentive to carry on).
Focus attention on the content when using a source within an essay.
Assume the reader does not know much about the topic, therefore include little details that can provide clarification on the topic.
Claim Types
Definition Claim
Analogy Claim
Categorical Claim
Factual Claim
Evaluative Claim
Ethical or Moral Claim
Quantitative, Numerical, or Comparative Claim
Causal Claim
Recommendation or Proposal Claim
There’s good writing advice in there, Shepardspy.
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Notes – f0restrun
-You (the teacher) were not the first to figure out that Christopher Walken looks like Scarlett Johanson
-If your name does not appear in the category then he (you the teacher) would not see it
-S to make possessives out of proper nouns
-You are really hard when reading essays
-If you ask a rhetorical question in your essay answer it immediately
-You would like guidance as to feedback when reading our essays
-Every sentence you write should contain claims of some kind
-At the end of the sentence you either made your case at the end of the sentence or your reader does not buy it and rejects your claim
-Some claims can be several different types, and some sentences can contain 5 or 6 claims, often when you are describing a thing you are describing the effect it has on other things.
Most sentences contain well more than 1 claim.
-An analogy claim is when one thing is like another.
-My very own white paper is on the question of whether polio is eradicable or not.
There are factual claims but that is rare; not all claims are factual.
This part is best:
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-Edison was a very skilled experimenter, more skilled it seems than the aid agency that ran the “cash grant” experiment.
-Researchers couldn’t really determine that poor people didn’t know what to do with the money, it seems like they really couldn’t prove anything.
-The point is, too many students declare their hypothesis “unprovable” when they fail to “Find the right sources”
-Jules’ rule: If you’re going to say it, write it down, if you’re not going to say it don’t write it down. Spell Jules-Jule’s for the reader to say, Spell Jules-Jules’ for the reader not to say it
-We went over everyone’s stage money assignment, and what we did wrong with the assignment.
– 4-minute even handed, which is how long the conversation took place and how long it took to talk
– Some people put their assignments in the Feedback Please category in the Blog itself
-We went over the assignment that’s due on the 16th but first we are looking at the Critical Reading-Claim Types reading.
-Definition Claim- When you say “PTSD” is a psychological disorder,” in your first five words you’re making a definition claim
-We are getting assigned a paragraph, we have to listen to a podcast. If you listen to the podcast and do the paragraph at the same time, you will be there for 20 minutes.
-Analogy Claim- When you say, “PTSD is similar to other communicable diseases because it can be spread by a victim to others with whom he interacts,” you’re claiming a similarity of one thing to another.
This is nice:
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Notes for Feb.14
Christopher Walken had a suicide wish to drive into traffic.
That is not a good hypothesis because all it takes is putting the pictures together to prove that they look alike. ( Christopher and Scarlett)
If you find a source to support your hypothesis and not echo that is better.
If you find a source that echoes your hypothesis, you can’t do much with that.
When inviting something , in this case writing a hypothesis , you are going to go through many filaments until you find the one that is successful.
Thomas Edison when inviting the light bulb went through many trials and error until he found the right substance that made the light glow
If you are going to give people something, start with what they want and things that they cannot do on their own
Before you abandon your hypothesis , you just have to look for the right alloy.
If you say it , then write it (regarding writing)
It is important to have your thesis in the beginning of the paper , so the reader can decide whether or not they want to read your essay.
When writing , make sure you stay away from bringing up certain topics in the beginning , and then not talking about the topics later because that will stop the reader from being interested in what you are talking about.
Every sentence should claim something
Claims are small arguments that contain a certain amount of evidence.
A definition claim is saying “ PTSD is a psychological disorder”. It is also a categorical claim.
The fact that PTSD can be spread to people who do not even have it is crazy to me. I fel like my uncle who used to be in the army suffers from PTSD.
Thoughtful and thorough.
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-Christopher Walken and Scarlett Johanssen look extremely similar.
-the idea of avoiding the dark relates to Thomas Edison’s idea of finding a filament that worked for the lightbulb
-if people are given money to buy healthy foods, it is highly unlikely that all will use it for its correct use. Instead they should buy healthy foods and give it to those people.
-If you are going to give something to someone, make sure it is something that they need.
-”targeted aid” helps you narrow down the search that you are looking for
-be open to feedback and advice from the professor. He will help spark ideas and “illuminate” key aspects of your hypothesis
-David→David’s, Hodges→Hodges’s (if you say it, spell it)
-4 minutes vs. 4-minute conversation, the 4 modified the conversation so it needs to be hyphenated
-get your hypothesis into your essay early so the reader knows what opinion or argument the focus point of the piece of writing
-Claims should be found in every sentence in some way. They are small argument.
-Definition claim is when you give a meaning behind what you are stating.
-Analogy claims is when you are stating a similarity between two things.
-Categorical claims is when you give several examples of some aspect of your topic.
-Factual claim discuss indisputable facts
-Evaluative claims are arguable claims
-Ethical or Moral claims place judgments of social situations and moral judgments
-Quantitative claims are numerical measurements
-Causal claims are cause and effect circumstances
-Proposal/recommendation claims offer advice to an audience
I had to think about this one. I hope you remember it means that precise phrases in quotes can make for much more successful internet searches.
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Goal is always to prove a hypothesis.
If you say it, you should write it.
A better way to grab readers attention is to have a thesis in the first paragraph.
Make sure to make a clear thesis, instead of making a bunch of claims with no meaning behind them.
If requesting feedback, make sure you will spend the time revising your work instead of blowing it off.
Task due Wednesday- listen to podcast, examine a paragraph, list claims.
There are certain claim types to identify.
Claims can be hidden through a paragraph, and if you say the one paragraph is made of one singular claim, who’ve missed a bunch of others.
Is there any chance you remember what this was about?
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Christopher Walken surprisingly looks similar to Skylar Johansson. This shows that since the hypothesis was already proven then that means that you should not be satisfied because then you are not being the first one to test an issue.
The experimenters have learned from the experiment that when you fail you will have to learn from your mistakes. Thomas Edison was trying to attack it from different ways to prove his hypothesis and disprove his null hypothesis. This is how we will be approaching our 3000-word essay as we will be attacking the experiment and if we aren’t able to we will go back and look at the sources that we found and maybe look for new ones.
When you are using google scholar the way to get more scholarly articles you must write “targeted aid” before the topic you are looking for. This will definitely will take time to find the best sources so this tool will be helpful.
When doing possessives you should write it the same way that you say it not the way you don’t say it. If you cant say it then readers probably will be confused if they see it in the writing piece.
The more that you make the reader wait for the explanations of your thesis may cause to lose interest in what they may be reading.
In the Homework assignment, we will try to find if PTSD is contagious by examining a paragraph and writing a paragraph about claim types you can see in the paragraph that you have read. Some sentences could have a different claim and they could come together by explaining.
I hope you don’t think there’s magic in the phrase “targeted aid” for ALL searches. The value of phrases in quotes is that it finds more specific results than for the individual words. In this example, we want to find sources regarding humanitarian “aid” that is “targeted” to achieve specific goals. A search for aid and targeted would deliver millions of sources that contain “aid” and millions containing “targeted,” but that’s not what we want.
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2/14/22 44Elk In-Class Notes:
Today I got to class about 3 minutes late and I arrived when Mr. Hodges was describing his comparison between Christopher Walken and Scarlett Johanson. They look very similar.
Next, we talked about ‘How to Avoid the Dark’; a conversation that Mr. Hodges had with 3 students. It’s a conversation about aid programs that fail to achieve their worthy objectives because of bad design and not taking the adequate time and effort to accurately measure the results. It’s a lesson that when trying to solve a problem, maybe something that doesn’t work isn’t a sign to scrap it and start over, but to rethink the strategy instead. Mr. Hodges tied it together with a lesson that some students find their hypothesis “unprovable” when they fail to find the right sources, but it may be beneficial to look again somewhere else.
Mr. Hodges next gave us a lesson about possessives. (David’s) Jules (if it’s expected to be pronounced is Jules’s) and (if not expected to be pronounced is Jules’.)
Next, we looked at some Stone Money essay examples from some students. Actually, we dove in-depth with examples from 2 students and we pointed out their mistakes and also what they did well.
Next, Mr. Hodges described the Claim Types assignment. We discussed PTSD and how it could be “contagious.” We have a one-hour time limit for this assignment.
I wish I knew what you thought were the good parts of the Stone Money essays.
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Our class began with an attempt in the new meme being the similarity between Scarlett Johansson and Christopher Walken. But the meme was already created of their faces side by side. This is exactly what it is like to find information to prove your hypothesis. If you find information that exactly proves your hypothesis, keep altering your hypothesis until you think and notice something no one else has before. Our class then began into the topic of how to get out of the dark. Which also was focused on our hypotheses. Finding research that will benefit you and your hypothesis. Certain terms and words should be used to look for the right results. We spent a little time during our class discussing and working on grammar, which I was thankful for. We established how to write possessives in order for the reader to understand and properly pronounce what we are saying. Then we began going over our peer’s Stone Money assignments and seeing what should be improved, also to get student’s points of view on money. We began discussing the idea if PTSD is contagious or not, for an upcoming assignment. I was questioning my own views on it, and I think I am still very stuck in my ways. Yet I still have not read or listened to others points of views. I think it could be impossible to pass PTSD to someone else. Because the person that it is passed to has never been in the stressful situation that triggered the disorder. We went over the different types of claims such as definition claims, categorical claims, factual claims, and many more.
I love the way your Notes, if you were reading them months later, would put you back in the classroom wondering how to react to new ideas, Reeses.
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My Notes; (very short today)
Feedback – Just a few points in lecture, ,/. inside the quotation marks. Some words need to have -, but it is only in certain situations for ex. A 4-year-old child. Discusses Stone Money essay feedback for a portion of class. Revise unnecessary words or sentences that do not fit into the essay correctly.
Claims Task – Examine if PTSD is contagious or not. Identify as many claims as possible within the paragraph to be written. Different claim types include Definition Claim, Analogy Claim, Categorical Claim, Factual Claim, Evaluative Claim, Ethical or Moral Claim, Quantitative or Numerical Claim, Causal Claim and Recommendation or Proposal Claim.
Personal Notes – This Claim assignment will be due Feb. 15 at 11:59 pm. Will be assigned a section to review.
Nothing at all to recall about the good and bad points of early Stone Money drafts besides eliminating unnecessary words? I’m OK with that. ONE GOOD LESSON is better than none.
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Find a source exactly what you’re thinking you are not the first. What can you add to the conversation? 500 different filaments. Didn’t abandon the effort afterwards.
Enough money for immediate needs and the food. Or give you the food instead. Targeted Aid. Jules’s excuse. David’s excuse.
PTSD contagious? Analogy of contagious disease. More than one claim per.
Well, I think you were there.
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Notes 2/14/2022
Scarlet O’Handsen and Christopher Walker look very similar in looks. Professor Hodgeses’s hypothesis was not supported since he was too late to the realization that another person has already realized that the two actors look similar to one another which makes his idea not unique.
How to avoid the darkness was focused on a hypothesis and how it can be filled with a lot of filaments that are failures. These failures help avoid certain ideas and get a better understanding of which idea works and which ones do not.
We can prove most things right if we make them correctly with the accurate materials needed to make the product or idea work properly. Such as making floss, at first, it can be made out of a weak material that easily breaks which can make it hard to get through every tooth. If the materials are changed multiple times eventually there will be a sturdy enough material to successfully use the floss.
A better idea is focusing on something people need instead of giving people money so they can get quality food and give it to the people since the parents are not able to pay for it.
Looking for the right alloy instead of Toms shoes look up “targeted Aid ” which will make the sources a lot narrower.
Example:
Jules’s Excuse is worded in a better way for the readers to better understand
Jules’s
Jules’
Placing the thesis at the beginning of the essay is important for the reader to either continue or stop reading the essay. The essay needs to grab the reader’s attention especially in the first couple of sentences to read to the rest of the other paragraphs.
Is PTSD contagious?
Examine-in a paragraph and identify as many claims as possible
Types of claims (arguments/evidence/reasoning). Name the category and describe why for all claims
Sounds like you were inventing dental floss while I was trying to use it to invent the light bulb, Cookie. 🙂
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COMP II Notes – 2.14.22
Christopher Walken
I remembered him from the movie Click
Looks like Scarlett Johansson
Probably not the first to make this discovery
“If I find a source that claims exactly what I’ve been thinking, I’m disappointed that I wasn’t first.”
Someone already had that same opinion
Be original, persuasive, and clear
Give people what they need
Refresher on possessives
Ex: David —> David’s ; Jules —> Jules’s, Jules’ ; Hodges —> Hodgeses —> Hodgeses’s (learned a new one :))
Was a little awkward to review my post for class, even though my identity is anonymous 🙂
Was helpful to go over my Stone Money Essay though
Revisions*
Paragraph 1 – 2:
Went over some punctuation errors
Reminder = Commas go inside the quotation marks
What was learned?*
Stone Money essay = too abstract
Establish and make thesis known
Provide incentive
Help draw the reader in quick
Add more emphasis
“MONEY IS TRUST”*
Move “agreement and acknowledgement” to the first paragraph.
Paragraph 5:
Elaborate more on yap^
Word of Mouth*
Paragraph 7:
I also thought Brazil was hard to explain
Did realize how some of my sentences and explanations were confusing even when writing them
Essay notes above are mostly for me as reminders
Thank you for your feedback
Claim task
Went over different types of claims
So for the assignment we review the source and then determine what types claims are being made in them?
Disappointed to see you still haven’t revised your Stone Money assignment, Wanda.
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Comparing the striking similarities between Christopher Walken and Scarlett Johannson does not serve as a good hypothesis because all it takes to prove it is to put two photos side by side.
It’s better to find support for your hypothesis rather than finding sources that just reiterate it.
Jules’s Rule: If you say it write it, if you don’t say it dont write it (ex. Jules’s vs. Jules’)
The child is 4 years old vs. You have a 4-year-old child
Get to the thesis! Convey the way you view the material you’re presenting before demonstrating other ways of thinking about it.
Important: No rhetorical questions!!!!!!!!
Love this:
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First couple thoughts today:
I forgot my glasses so I really can’t see well. Unfortunately I didn’t realize this until I was driving which was a bad time to notice…
My laptop stopped working… again … which is frustrating because I have a test today and I can’t take it on my laptop that has the program I need…
How to avoid the dark conversation:
What did the experimenters learn?:
In my opinion. Nothing.
Personally I think of myself. Just last week my parents gave me 20$ for lunch. The gesture was extremely generous, and helpful because I work basically all the time I’m not in class. Rather than actually use the money to go get lunch, I decided to use it to help pay for college rather than to go buy food. I feel like a lot of people would do the same. They will use money for the need that is most pressing. Even if it means going without eating. It doesn’t mean that a person doesn’t know what to eat or that they should, but it means that they have more pressing matters.
The hypothesis seemed off from the start and it’s almost virtually impossible to prove. They did a poor job of running an experiment and moreover a poor job of helping those in need.
Possessives : grammar is frustrating. That’s all I really took from this lol
Stone money essay : Looking at the first essay that pops up, I really love the title “In money we trust?” I think it’s quite clever.
Punctuation: it all still confuses me. I feel like I’ve heard so many different rules over the years explaining punctuation and I’m wondering if it’s a difference of dialect, region of scholarship, or if it was just flat out wrong.
Back to stone money: I honestly felt this was a hard paper to write, mainly because I was unsure where to start or go with it. I felt like all I could really do was hold a discussion without any opinion. Truthfully I didn’t even know what opinion I held which made it even harder to figure out what exactly to convey. I wasn’t sure if we were just trying to inform, convince of an opinion, or inform to convince of an opinion. I know my internal dilemma seems ridiculous, however it is just how my brain seems to work.
Different types of claims: not all claims are the same
Sort of like subcategories of what the author is trying to say.
Your example of how to spend “aid” was right on the money. 🙂
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Class Notes:
-A good way to solve the question, have you ever seen bees fly at night? Put bees in a box where you can turn the light on or off
-When doing a research paper there is always that moment where you ask yourself, is this really a good topic for a research paper? When you are at this point and are on the verge of changing it, give your professor a chance to help you out.
-If you are seeking feedback or aren’t sure about your assignment then ask for feedback. Communicate with the professor don’t leave him dry and not respond back to his feedback he is giving you help so take it and get the most out of it.
-For the white paper assignment and the bases for a research paper @giantsfan did a great job with his white paper assignment. The details and structure is amazing and that is a great example if you are confused or want a piece for you to see what the standards of the assignment is.
-There are claims in every sentence, there are no sentences that don’t include claims
-Definition claim – within the first five words of a sentence
-Analogy claim – claiming a similarity of one thing to another
-Categorical claim – naming of several examples of the same category
-Factual claim – A claim that circumstances or conditions exist beyond doubt. Factual claims can be proved by appealing to indisputable evidence.
-Evaluative claim – A claim that involves judgment of the characteristics of an item or situation
-Ethical claim – A type of evaluative claim that places a judgment on a social situation expresses an ethical or moral judgment
-Numerical claim – Claims that rely on measurements
-Comparative claim – Two or more things that are comparable
-Causal claim – Assertions of cause and effect, consequences, preconditions, or predictions of what will occur in certain circumstances
-Proposal claim – Convince the reader to believe in a course of actions
-Those are only 10 claims, but there are more
– Re-crafting the hypothesis isn’t a bad thing. Getting the search terms right can lead to obtaining good evidence and sources.
-Review the note comments to see what the qualifications are of a good set of notes.
– Write as if you know you are writing to very careful readers.
– Make the type of feedback that I want known. That way the recommendations can be more helpful and specialized towards my needs.
– Acknowledge the comments made on my posts so that the teacher is willing to provide more feedback in the future.
– Having powerful rhetoric is the best way to make use of the very limited words that you get.
– Be specific on who you are writing to. Make sure that you will grab their attention. – – Writing to everyone means no one will read it.
– Small sentences have the possibility of carrying strong rhetorical power when making multiple claims in the smallest amount of words.
“Bees don’t fly in the dark” is a hard hypothesis to prove because we can’t see in the dark. We can’t prove a point without ruling out any doubts. We may have to adjust parts of our experiments to help prove our views.
Scarlett Johansson and Chirstopher Walken look alike. You were able to discover that by looking at a picture of him that looked just like her, and not considering genders when you were wondering who it looked like. We need to do the same with our essays and eliminate any sexism or bias that may get in the way of proving our points. We need to open our minds to any possibility.
Aid workers decided to give adults money instead of using that money to tell them about nutrition, assuming they would spend that money on healthier foods for their children. They did not spend that money on nutritional foods. Researchers are left wondering how to get these families to eat healthily, without accidentally wasting anymore money. A better idea would be to buy the healthier foods and give it to the families. Sometimes we will have to alter our experiments in order to get the results we want. We shouldn’t give up after the first failure, but instead take a different approach. The problem could be the way we prepared our experiment or a flaw in our research. It is not always that our hypotheses are wrong.
If we want feedback quicker and more suited to our concerns, we should comment an explanation of what it is that we want feedback on. We should also reply to the feedback you do give us. If we do not do this, you may spend a half an hour critiquing our introductions and we may be disappointed there is nothing about our body paragraphs. An example would be, “I think I have three good points that prove my hypothesis and that my paragraphs transition from one to another nicely. What do you think?” The posts that detail what it is they want feedback on will be replied to first.
We have to alter our White Papers and fill out the frames if we have not done so already.
When writing our essays, we should narrow down our hypotheses and write to a smaller audience if possible. If we claim to write to everyone, everyone will ignore us. Even if we only reach 300 people, it could be 300 of the most important people that will benefit from what we wrote.
We should recognize that every sentence includes several claims. A categorical claim would be listing something like symptoms or reasons. A factual claim is a claim that’s circumstances exist beyond doubt. An ethical or moral claim is judgment on a social situation. Quantitative or numerical claims are claims that can be counted. Comparative claims are any claims that rank two or more things. Causal claims are assertions of cause and effect. Lastly, proposal claims are when we say something should happen or convince an audience to adopt a course of action. There may be other types of claims, and learning these types will help us easier detect them in every sentence we hear.
We have until Thursday to complete our Claims Task, correct our White Papers, and fix anything we have to in our Stone Money essays.
Don’t be deterred if your find our that somebody else had the same hypothesis as the one that you made
Just because you might not be able to find anything right on the dot about your hypothesis, doesn’t mean you have to just give up on it. You just need to tweak and play with the search bar for a little bit.
When writing your paper, write as if there is a bunch of people ready to nitpick your writing and just looking for the slightest mistake
It would be extremely helpful if you already have your language and your sources prepared on the white paper so that you can be ready when writing.
Write for a specific group or person. If you try to make an audience out of everybody, then you will have nobody as an audience
Class notes 9/29
Bees don’t fly in the dark. While this experiment may be hard to prove by just going outside at night, you can set up parameters to test your hypothesis. For my hypothesis, I can set up terms on which I test my hypothesis to find out if I can prove it. I can’t go and interview serial killers myself but I can find another way to prove my hypothesis.
When we go to research our hypothesis, don’t be deterred if others have already proved your hypothesis to align with your thoughts or not. Pull research from many sources and compile them in a way to prove your hypothesis
If our hypothesis doesn’t come up when we search for it, try to use similar terms and topics. Broaden your parameters and search for things that are closely related. This will help us find research that we can compile in a way that proves our hypothesis.
Grammar is very important. Improper use of grammar or lack of grammar can lead readers to perceive what I am saying differently than how I intended.
To get priority feedback, we need to add a comment detailing what we would like feedback on.
Rhetoric that is powerful and straightforward reflects well on your hypothesis and helps invoke emotion and thought about your claim. Every sentence includes several claims. Saying PTSD is like an infectious disease because it can be spread is an analogy. This is an analogy because you could say “living with dad is like living in a warzone” and has given you PTSD itself. Lots of claims are evaluative. An evaluative claim is the judgment of characteristics in a situation. “Should”,” must” and “demand” are terms that are almost always used in ethical claims.
* Bees don’t fly in the dark. When the sun goes down or when there is no light, they walk. (It’s funny though)
* If you don’t find anything during the research for your hypothesis you may have to be tweaked a little bit. That isn’t really a bad thing, but it’s just something that you have to do. It may not be your hypothesis that’s the problem, it may just your wording when you do something
* If you want some feedback on your work, you have to leave a reply on your original post. If you want to focus on a specific point, you have ti say that. BE SPECIFIC AND THEN TELL THE PROFESSOR IF IT WAS HELPFUL OR NOT
* The President of Columbia and someone that plays a teenage drug dealer basically gave the same speech. It may not be the same exact speech, but it has the same premise.
* There is a lot of things that I can feel that I can add to my White Paper. The white paper is meant to have lots of language that helps you stay organized. Looking at someone else’s example I realized that I have a lot of work that you have to do, on top of narrowing it all down.
* There are claims in every sentence. There is no sentence that doesn’t include claims (apparently that sentence has roughly 2 or 3)
* A claim goes by the formula “This is a that.” Ex. College Comp is a writing class. It is a type of claim (Categorical claim)
* An analogy claim compares two different things. It’s an analogy because it’s not a pure “equation.” It can literally be an analogy.
* A definition claim is when you define something. Ex. PTSD is a psychological disorder
* A factual claim is a claim that can exist with indisputable evidence. They mostly won’t be said
* The trick to finding claims is that every sentence has multiple claims.
* An evaluative claim involves judgement of a characteristic of something. Most claims are like that.
* Ethical and Moral Claims. Its an evaluative claim that places judgement on a social situation
* Quantitative or numerical claims can be factual based on the the measurements that are provided
* Comparative claims(very similar to an analogy claim) but this can literally compare two or more things
* Casual Claims are basically cause and effect
* Recommendation or Proposal Claims are written to suggest an action that the audience can take. More often than not “should,” or “want,” or “need,” or “demand” are words that are used.
People may have discovered what you are searching for. But don’t be discouraged, because you can still add your own twist on your hypothesis.
Treat your hypothesis like Thomas Edison did. Do not give up after one attempt that fails. Reword it and hit it from a different angle.
If your grammar is slightly off, the readers could get distracted and then focus less on the main point of the article.
If you would like to get priority with feedback, specify the type of feedback you would like, so it is easier for the professor to provide you with what you need.
Putting as much information in your white paper early will provide more use for when you need to begin really writing your paper
It’s important to know who your audience is and form your hypothesis for that audience
There are claims in every single sentence, perhaps multiple
Definition claims provide a definition for something (shocker!)
Analogy claim is providing two things and finding a similarity between them
Categorical claims puts something in a group and lists that. The example used was PTSD symptoms, which is the category, and the various symptoms are the listed part
Factual claims are not usually used, since it requires indisputable evidence.
Evaluative claim is the “judgement call” on something’s quality. It usually needs an expert opinion or some sort of ethos with it in order to be legitimate.
Moral claims places judgement on a situation in an ethical or moral sense
Quantitative are any factual or evaluative claim that can be physically counted
Comparative claim takes two or more things and ranks them in a better or worse, categorizing by the quality of each thing
Causal claims focus around the cause and effect of a situation and what attributes the other
A proposal claim tries to convince an audience to think a certain way or act in a way that is beneficial to them.
A hypothesis allows one to research and produce clear, bold, persuasive claims. Constructing a research to test that hypothesis would just be an extra cherry on top. Which gives you the opportunity to prove if your claim is true or not? An example would be “Bees don’t fly in the dark?” Testing that hypothesis outside at night wouldn’t be possible, so they found a way to experiment bees inside. Inputting lights and bees into a container to implement a light and dark environment. The genius claim ended up being true that all bees don’t fly in the dark, they fall and walk.
Thomas Edison was a brilliant inventer and experimenter. He never gave up no matter how hard the situation was. His failures led to success and nobody would’ve matched what he had done with the filaments in the lightbulb. This relates to our research hypothesis due to the fact that too many students declare their hypothesis “unprovable” when they can’t find the right sources on their first search. It’s vital how the research/experiment is conducted leading it to success.
To most efficiently request feedback would be to leave a reply on a post you have created. Most importantly detailing what exactly you want feedback on. This course is all about feedback and rewriting; taking the advices and implementing that into writing. Responding to the feedback would allow the professor to see you’ve acknowledged the time and dedication put into responding to your post. It also helps the professor to know exactly what you’re trying to explain because its not like they can read your mind. They can help make your claims more clear and professional.
There are many different types of claims. A couple including the definition/categorical claim which is determined by how a term is defined or what category of thing it belongs to. Other claims include the analogy, factual, evaluative, quantitative/numerical, comparative, causal, recommendation/proposal, etc.
– Christopher Walken and Scarlett Johanssen look shockingly similar. Professor wasn’t the first person to discover this. If no one has ever thought about your hypothesis, it can be good to be first.
– Financial aid was given to parents, in cash, in hopes they would use it to buy nutritious food for their children, instead of using the money to educate the parents on what to feed their children. This had a small improvement, so now it was time to go back and tweak a few of the variables.
– You can rephrase the hypothesis in a different way. Dental floss in this particular way didn’t work for the lightbulb. You can’t eliminate your thinking in one try, you may have to look for a different way to phrase your hypothesis. It might not be the hypothesis, it might be the way you researched the hypothesis.
– Using things affiliated to your hypothesis is best.
– If you want to get to the top of the feedback please tab, leave a comment explaining exactly what kind of feedback you wish to receive. If you want to continue to receive feedback, you have to respond to the feedback given.
– Think about who your audience is. You have to find the specific group of people that your hypothesis will connect with. Keep trying to find the people that care the most about your topic.
– PTSD can be passed from one family member to another, like the flu. While not physically, it can still be transferred to someone else. This is an analogous claim.
– A factual claim requires specific circumstances that can be proven with evidence. Veterans suffer from PTSD, requires judgement and is therefore an evaluative claim.
– Small sentences carry a lot of rhetorical weight.
Class Notes 9/29
You may not be the first to write about your hypothesis or come to a certain conclusion, but don’t get deterred, just go back into the rabbit hole.
How to Avoid the Dark
Turn on a light…Poorly designed experiments can’t prove anything. Don’t rule out the possibility because of one failed experiment, it could’ve been the way it was prepared that was wrong. If you fail, just try and try again.
Use search terms that are closely affiliated with your hypothesis that will help you prove your hypothesis.
Take advantage of feedback please by posting what you’re looking to get feedback on. This will place you at the top of the list and help you get back to your work in a timely manner.
When it comes to grammatical issues I’ve been using Grammarly to help correct most mistakes. Obviously, if there are any missed errors feedback on that would be helpful, but I would appreciate most of my feedback to be centered around simplifying ideas.
Powerful Rhetoric
Think about ways that we can be so straightforward that we can silence any arguments.
Thinking of who I’m writing to, I’d be writing to league officials of the MLB. They’d be the most influential people in developing new guidelines on PED usage within the league.
GET YOUR OUTSIDE-THE-BOX THINKING CAP ON FOR OUR CLAIMS TASK.
Almost nothing is ever a factual claim, its conditions have to exist beyond doubt.
Genius Hypothesis
You wouldn’t know that bees don’t fly in the dark because you never see them
Too Late to Meme
The actor Christopher Walken looks exactly like actress Scarlet Johanssen
How to Avoid the Dark
To avoid the dark, turn on a light
If you don’t find a lot of sources for your hypothesis you may have to tweak it a bit to find something
You can’t throw your hypothesis away after one search
Housekeeping
You get a 0 in if you don’t attend class and don’t submit notes
Put your stuff in the “feedback please” category if you want feedback
Make sure to respond to feedback
Make sure to tell Professor Hodges what type of feedback you are looking for
To get to the top of the feedback queue make sure to leave a reply on your post detailing what type of feedback you want
Respond to feedback if you want even more feedback from Professor Hodges
Do not write for everyone, write for someone
Try to narrow down your audience as much as you can
Claims task
In “Claims Types” it describes different types of claims
Only spend around 2 hours on this assignment
“This is that”
A definition claim would be “PTSD is a psychological disorder”
An analogy claim would be “PTSD is similar to other communicable diseases because it can spread by a victim to others with whom he interacts”
Factual claims can be proved by appealing to indisputable evidence
Class Notes-
Christopher Walken, a young picture of him looks somewhat similar to scarlet Johansson. When going to compare the two photos it was found someone already thought of this and made a meme. This relates back to our term paper because we may encounter this when research our topic. But this is OK; we can add to their thoughts. It is better if we cant find exact research related to our topic because we get to be the first.
How to avoid the dark-
Discussion regarding direct indirect aid. Meaning giving money directly to the people or funding social programs. Results found combination of education and money did find a slight increase in stopping child hunger. When we dig and find results we can alter of hypothesis to make it more accurate and provable.
Before giving up on an idea discuss with the professor to see if we can refine the idea or our search terms to find better results.
Housekeeping-
We should seek continuous feedback on our hypothesis to ensure we are tweaking it to make the best it cant be.
On feedback please we can request further reviews to analyze our second level grammar. This will help us write a more clear and grammatically correct paper.
We need to leave a reply specifying what we would like feedback on. We can say things like is this laid out correctly, is the argument conveyed well, or how is my grammar in this piece
Videos-
The videos showed the immense power of rhetoric. We can try to attempt to use the power of emotion to categorically explain how one of our sources is wrong. Both videos showed a view that was against a mainstream idea and used powerful language to express their view.
White paper Review of gymrat-
We need to write for someone. The answer to, Who are you writing for? Should never be answered by everyone. We need to narrow down our broad topic into something more specific. The more and more focused it is the more interesting it will be.
Claims task-
Two pages Claims type and claims task. We will all read the same article but have an assigned paragraph. There are claims in every sentence. Claims in that sentence: there are claims. There are sentences. There are no sentences without claims.
English comp is a performance course- categorical claim (performance is category)
The claim ptsd is contagious. Shows how we can take the liberty to define words in our writing. The dictionary definition of contagious would not consider ptsd contagious but since it has an effect on everyone around you, they may experience a similar disorder but have a different cause. You could then argue that ptsd was contagious.
College Composition 2
09/29/22
Christopher Walken when he was younger looked exactly like Scarlett Johanson which is funny.
Bees do not fly in the dark, which is kinda interesting.
Do not be afraid to recraft your hypothesis, as sometimes your hypothesis does not have a lot of research compared to other ideas and hypotheses. But it could also be the way you prepare your hypothesis.
You should retweak your hypothesis until you feel it is ripe for your research.
Use your feedback bar to ask the professor questions on your work.
Make sure you use the right grammar. This is why feedback is important as professor Hodges will help you as long as you ask.
I like hearing whatever professor Hodges thinks I need instead of just grammar errors.
Sometimes professor Hodges takes some time to respond because others could already ask for his feedback before you.
The President of Colombia spoke to the U.N. saying that the U.N. is not interested in helping Colombia; they just keep asking for oil and other resources. Saying we keep poisoning the jungles and people of Colombia.
We watched a Michael Douglas clip about drug addiction and a kid explained to Michael Douglas that if the roles were reversed the white man would be selling drugs to and not go to law school because of how profitable drugs are.
If you are speaking to an audience in your white paper make sure it is the right audience and not just everyone.
Claims Task is our homework to listen to a podcast and record as many claims as possible.
Make sure you read claim types so you get a sense of what claim truly is and how I can identify claims.
Factual claims are going to seem like they are everywhere in the reading. More often than not it is not a factual claim.
We actually went over most of the claim types in class so it’s easier to understand thankfully.
I was assigned section 22 or 21.
-Don’t be deterred by researching an unknown topic. Find the elements around it and conjoin them. To create a well-developed argument.
-Setting up one big experiment that is well thought out and executing it to result in undetermined results is not failing. It just means you have to think of the original hypothesis and try something different. Don’t just give up.
-Even testing experiments that are relative to the hypothesis is good.
-When using “how” be careful because it may not fit into the sentence correctly. If you say that, “a person shows how currency is made through items of importance,” it actually should be “a person states that currency is made through items of importance.
-Type a reply into feedback please post to help the professor. Specify what you want to be examined.
-After you get feedback from the professor, RESPOND. Otherwise, you could lose the feedback privilege.
-From the rhetoric videos the tip is to get an emotional feel to it. Get offended that people aren’t gonna agree with you. Defend it like your gonna get an F because it was one word short of three thousand words.
-Have a specific audience. If you are writing for anyone, you are writing for everyone.
-In the claims assignment if we run out of claims to identify before the time runs out, then we are doing it wrong.
-things might seem like factual claims, but they usually aren’t. To make sure it is a factual claim look out for words that specify whether things have been proven or not. Like the word “diagnosed.”
Small sentences can carry a lot of rhetorical weight. Having multiple claims all at once, limited to ten words.
Notes:
– There can be very clear, obvious ways to prove your hypothesis
– Do not immediately eliminate your hypothesis; reword your searches to try and find more related information
– When asking for feedback, reply to your post asking for the advice you’d like to receive
– Use your evidence to create an inarguable powerful impact on readers
– Write with a target audience in mind
– Take no more than two hours scanning for claims in the PTSD article, due next Thursday Oct 6
Class Notes Don’t be deterred or discouraged when sources prove that you aren’t really original in your idea and that others have already started to think in the same way you have. It is bound to happen.
When looking for evidence it might not be crystal clear evident sources that align with your opinion so try to change your wording or look within unlikely articles to find some results. In class, the idea of the creation of the lightbulb and its continued experimental phases demonstrates this persistence. Overall, don’t give up on your hypothesis keep trying it.
Grammar can change the way your work is read and understood so try to keep good 1st and even 2nd level grammar.
If you can be straightforward and powerful then you can make a huge impact on your readers.
The state of our first white paper should include two hypotheses, summarizing sources, and further thinking that can be useful to export at the end of the year. Also, it would be very helpful to define your indicated audience. If you want your feedback pushed to the top of the list for revising type in the comments specifically what you want.
The next assignment is claims and claims types. Identify as many claims as you can in 2 hours. Before that though focus on revising white papers and essays. For the next assignment, there is a podcast to write about the claims evident in the source. We will each be assigned a certain “chunk ” of it to decipher for claims. There are claims in every sentence. There are numerous claim types such as definition, categorical, factual, etc knowing these can help us recognize that every sentence contains some sort of claim. Do next midnight of Wednesday, aka Thursday. I am group 15.
9/29
Bees don’t fly in the dark
You will find someone who might have already proved your hypothesis. This means you should try to find something new rather than supporting what others found.
Don’t go searching for a source that already proves the hypothesis
Cash grants for children’s nutrition show that an experiment that fails should not be abandoned. Stay out of the dark- Don’t discard the entire hypothesis, modify it to find better results.
Write what type of feedback you want for feedback please post. Respond to feedback to get more.
Powerful Rhetoric- Good rhetoric illustrations can help persuade your argument.
Could PTSD be transferrable?
Analogy claim- comparing one idea or statement to another, PTSD is “like” a contagious disease.
Definition claim- PTSD is a psychological disorder, giving a definition.
Categorical Claim- naming examples, such as symptoms of PTSD.
Factual Claim- A claim that exists beyond a doubt. Ten thousand veterans from Iraq war have been diagnosed with PTSD.
Ethical/Moral claim- something “should” happen. Family should get the support they need.
Comparative- Putting two items in a ranking or naming as best or worst.
Causal Claim- cause and effect stated.
Recommendation claim- saying “let’s do something”.
“Bees Don’t Fly in the Dark” hypothesis is hard to test since we can’t see in the dark. In the lab experiment, it has shown that once the lights are turned off, bees suddenly drop to the box floor and start to walk/crawl.
When looking for a source, you do not want to find one that proves your hypothesis. It’s like looking for the third person between the comparison of Scarlett Johansen and Christopher Walken.
Challenge yourself to find something unique to say, don’t look for points that have already been proved
Introduce a control group where you divide the population into 3-4 groups; you will then find out if the differences in money help or not.
When you look for sources and fail, don’t quit on your hypothesis, you should be recasting instead. Modify search terms or add them to find new sources
Professor will help illuminate new ideas, so you don’t quit on your hypothesis.
When you add your work to feedback, please, make sure to tell professor what type of feedback you would like
If you want to slide to the top of the “feedback please,” leave a reply on your post detailing the type of feedback you would like to receive.
PTSD claims task due October 6th
Defintion claims define something within
Anlaogy is discovering two things and finding something similar between the two
Categrocial puts something into a group and then lists
Factual claim would be like going out and testing tire pressures to see how many are under the recommended PSI.
Evalutaive claim is almost like an experiment. Tends to need an expert opinion.
Budget two hours for the assignment
My section is five
Bees.
Christopher Walken.
Right, but too late. Be the first to discover.
Sometimes you can find something and it may not be the whole answer, so it is useful to continue to explore it.
When searching for a paper, add (+”_”) subtract (-“_”), or modify the search term.
Be anal about grammar so people can not misinterpret it. Take any criticism about it.
Due on Oct 6th, PTSD Claims. Titled Claims.Write about the author’s claims.
Definition Claim: basically just defining something
Analogy Claim: making an analogy to possibly make something more relatable to the average person.
Categorical Claim: to assign something to a category, saying something falls under a more general group.
Factual Claim: Gives a fact about something, claiming it as fact.
Evaluative Claim: A claim that involves judgement. Taking the facts and evaluating what these facts may add up to mean.
Ethical/Moral Claim: A claim of what should be or that something is right or wrong,
deserved or undeserving.
Quantitative Claim: Gives a number of something.
Comparative Claim: Claiming there is a relation between two things and to compare them.
Learn how to make claims you silly goose.
Bees don’t fly at night: They drop immediately when the lights turn off.
Christopher Walken: He had a great idea, but he was too late. Someone had already thought it before. We are trying to prove something new, so it’s good to not be able to find sources that directly prove your hypothesis. Be challenged to find something unique to say.
Family Experiments: When they gave the $500 and didn’t see any worthwhile results. Luckily they didn’t decide that cash grants don’t work, they were able to notice that the money helped a little bit. When we are doing our research, we can’t give up when we don’t find any sources that pertain to our hypothesis. Instead, we need to recast the way we conduct our experiments (adding/eliminating/modifying search terms). Thats how we avoid living in the dark
Grammar: “How currency used to have real profit” change that to “That currency used to have a real profit” If you say how, you need to explain how. I do this a lot, work on being specific and less wordy. When you ask for feedback, leave a reply on what you want feedback on. More engaging if it’s like a conversation.
Powerful Rhetoric: “The jungle is not the culprit…” “Its an unbeatable market force. This place?”
Claims:
– Definition claim~ giving the definition
– Analogy claim ~ making a comparison
– Categorical claim ~ listing examples
(Most are pretty self explanatory)
Claims Assingment!
Class Notes (09/29/2022 9:30 am COMP II)
-try to make your hypothesis unique
-make it something that has not been already proved many times
-you might not find exactly what you’re looking for when researching
-instead of trashing the whole hypothesis, just modify what you’re looking for until you can find the results you need
-when using the feedback please option, specify what kind of feedback you are looking for
-find the perfect illustration to portray the message you are trying to convey to your audience
-there are many different types of claims
-you need to be able to identify what type of claim your hypothesis is
-test how much you can do in two hours (an hour of prep and an hour of writing)
-less words are more
Do bees fly at night?
It doesn’t seem like bees want to fly at night
If you find a source that proves your hypothesis you are already too late
The government spend a bunch of money to educate families on how to properly feed their kids and it didn’t work
They then tried to just give the same families more money and it worked to a very small degree
The government could have decided that cash grants don’t work, and stopped giving them
Or they could have given more money to try again
When you put something into “feedback please” add specifically what you want for feedback
The Columbian president is angry that we keep asking for resources and then complain that the forest is dying, and the drugs are coming to our country
Is PTSD contagious?
PTSD isn’t contagious in the sense of someone being able to catch it, but a person with PTSD can put it onto there kids through their own trauma
COMP 2 Class Notes 08-
Constructing an hypothesis does not solely involve finding sources to back it up, but rather sources that both back up & disprove your hypothesis. Should also include a middle source that combines both sides.
Rhetoric is a powerful way to add weight to your words & make a more convincing and persuasive argument
There are different types of claims to make in an argument or conversation. Analogical claims make for good comparisons & discourse but are not necessarily based in fact.
-Bees do not fly at night, when the light was turned off they instantly dropped to the ground
-When trying to prove your hypothesis, you don’t want to include sources that have already published it
-Modifying the category of your hypothesis is more beneficial than just dropping the entire hypothesis
-Eliminate, add or edit terms in your statement will be more successful
-Professor Hodges will listen to specific feedback requests to improve your writing
-Nit picking grammar, perfecting citations
-I realized how rusty my spanish is from listening to the clip of the president of Columbia
-No more than 1 hour for preparation and no more than 1 hour for production (Claims task)
-Trauma can be received in different ways ex- domestic abuse, soldiers in war, PTSD
-Very internal, can be mental or physical but it is how your mind reacts or handles the stress/panic you experience
-“PTSD is a psychological disorder” is a definition claim because it gives the term being talked about a definition
-*Claims can be detained in just a few words*
-Numerical claims have numerical values (quantity/count)
does bees fly at night?they dont they just walk at night, as shown in the lab when the person turned the light out the bees dropped and started walking.
find something unique if someone already beat you to your hypothesis
you might not find evidence for your hypothesis, you should recast your hypothesis, treat it in a different way
how you should writ your feed back
Pstd psychological disorder from stress victims that live with someone who has it
9/29/22 In-Class Notes
How would you test the hypothesis that “bees don’t fly in the dark”? For starters you would need to define how literally that should be interpreted.
We may find that our idea or hypothesis isn’t quite original, but that shouldn’t discourage us from pursuing it. That is bound to happen whether you find it out yourself or not. Moreover, finding undetermined results does not mean failure. It’s possible that desirable results are simply hiding behind a different phrasing of your hypothesis or search terms for sources for your hypothesis. We also might find important information through testing adjacent hypotheses.
When using Feedback Please, the help we receive will be far more beneficial if we can specify what exactly we are looking for. We should also always be responding to the feedback we receive. If we want feedback on our citations, we should say we want feedback on our citations. The same goes for rhetoric, how an argument is conveyed, grammar, etc.
Emotion is a very important part of rhetoric. If your feelings and energy are palpable and authentic, you can more effectively elicit similarly passionate responses from your audience.
We have a claims assignment due the coming Thursday. We are meant to complete it without spending more than the suggested time, and if not we are doing the assignment wrong. Types of claims include:
Definition Claims. Claims which make a concrete statement.
Analogy Claims. Alleges a similarity i.e. using the word “contagious” to describe how something can spread between people even though it is not literally so.
Categorical Claims. Involves taking multiple items and explaining the ways in which they fit together in a category, i.e. “sleeplessness, hyperawareness and quick anger are symptoms of PTSD” or “PTSD is a psychological disorder.”
Factual Claims. Assert something which is objectively factually true. This has to be executed clearly. Saying 10,000 Iraq War Veterans have been diagnosed with PTSD is factual, but saying that 10,000 suffer from PTSD is evaluative
Evaluative Claims. Makes a judgment based on expertise, authority, credentials or available evidence, i.e. “the families of veterans suffering from PTSD are not being given adequate support to handle their own traumas”
Ethical or Moral Claims. These are statements about what is right or deserved, whether in an ethical sense something should happen or needs to happen
Quantitative or Numerical Claims. Can overlap with factual or evaluative claims depending on the reliability of measurements, i.e. “There are more returning veterans with PTSD than at any time before in the history of warfare”
Comparative Claims. Make statements about the “best” or “worst” or simply what things are “better” out of multiple.
Causal Claims. Assert clear cause and effect relationships, with conditions and results that are generally reproducible.
Recommendation or Proposal Claims. Seek to convince an audience to adopt a certain belief or goal.
Oftentimes even the smallest of sentences bear claims, though they may be hidden at first glance. The claims assignment will touch on this. We need to read the article as a whole and then respond to the specific section assigned to our usernames.
Too late meme is a concept of originality, if you realize something that has already been realized, what real contribution are you making. This goes hand in hand with our papers and how we should strive to find new discoveries rather than agree with the known.
Feedback can be asked for and should be used to get a better understand of where you stand in the eyes of professor
Don’t give up on your research, your original hypothesis you set out to prove may end up being totally wrong. This is the beauty of research, keep tweaking and updating your hypothesis too your discoveries
When feedback is given, you must reply to get feedback in the future.
There can be many different types of claims, which aim to achieve different types of opinions, factually or not.
Be attentive to the way things are wondered and what exactly they mean.
Listen to podcast and answer assignment, paragraph will be assigned (must not take more than an hour)
9/29
How to avoid the dark
– Don’t be delighted when you find your hypothesis already published and researched, you want to find and research a novel hypothesis
– Instead of completely changing your hypothesis when you’re not satisfied with it, just try changing a few key words in it to help steer you in the right direction
– Phrasing searching and wording your hypothesis correctly and efficiently can help make writing your paper much easier by slimming down your search, and finding more specific and helpful information
Feedback
– When asking for feedback, make sure you are specific with what you want feedback on, don’t just submit a piece of writing to feedback please with no questions or suggestions on what you want feedback on
– Stay away from language that is distracting so the reader can stay focused on what your writing is conveying
Claims
– Definition claims are vaguely describing your claim, all you have to do is simply define the claim you are making
– Analogy claims claim that one thing is similar to another
– Categorical claims are more clear than definition claims because you further define the term and give it some sort of category to put in it
– Factual claims are claims that have, without a doubt, conditions or circumstances that exist beyond doubt
– Ethical or moral claims place judgment on a social situation that expresses ethical or moral judgment
– Quantitative claims rely on factual or evaluative evidence to make the claim more believable and reliable
– Comparative claims involve claims like “best or worst”, and will always compare one thing to another
– Causal claims focus on the cause and effect relationship between multiple ideas, and formulating a prediction based on what has been presented
– Recommendation claims are used to try and convince someone to adopt a course of action
If we know the bee is flying during the day, and how do we know if a bee flies in the dark, to answer the question, we should have an experiment to see if they fly in the dark. In An experiment from twitter, they put bees in a box with a light in it. When the light is on, bees are still flying but when the guys turn off the light, they all fall down and walk.
How do we avoid the dark, just turn on the light?
Write down all things we need to get feedback from professor David Hodges, should tied it up to small or certain problems that could be useful, ask for feedback and receive feedback. Try to reply to feedback, in that way we could improve our work better and this process will repeat to help us.
Get yourself as important as you are, try to prove something without worrying about feedback, getting feedback from others is getting more point of view to help our work better. If we are trying to show our work to 1 person, try to think it is 1000 or 100000 people out there.
Make statements about the best or worst or simply what things are «better» out of multiple.
Recommendation or Proposal Claims. Seek to convince an audience to adopt a certain belief or goal.
The claims assignment will touch on this.
The definition claim is vaguely describing your claim, all you have to do is simply define the claim you are making. Causality statements focus on cause-and-effect relationships between many ideas and build a prediction based on what has been presented. Proposal statements are used to try to convince someone to accept a course of action
Class notes:
– You don’t want a source to prove your hypothesis because your point is already proven therefore there’s nothing you have to prove anymore.
– Test different ways and categories before disqualifying the whole experiment.
– The more distractions you can eliminate in your writing and grammar, the more concentrated the reader will be.
– Write paper on topic assigned, make sure to take one hour to read though and one hour to write paper, no more.
9/29 Class Notes
You may find information that has already been proven, dig deeper
Utilize Feedback Please
Powerful Rhetoric—strong, specific language shows that you know what you are talking about. It will provide a sense of passion and understanding when looking at hypothesis
There are multiple ways to make a claim
Complete claim assignment before Thurs.
I have slowly began adding more to my White Paper
Class notes
9/29
-“Bees don’t fly in the dark” is a hard hypothesis to prove because it is harder for us to see in the dark, in this twitter video a man shows a herd of bees under light flying around and then he shuts of the lights and all of the bees instantly fall to the bottom of the glass box.
-Professor shows a picture of Christopher Walker and says he resembled Scarlett Johnson. Professor when looking for an appropriate image of Scarlet to make a meme of the two. By the time he built it it was too late. Another person had already made a meme to prove his hypothesis. So he went back and looked again to find something no one else had proven yet.
-Professor talked about Powerful Rhetorics 1 & 2, the example for 1 was the president from brazil and for 2 was “From Topher Grace “Traffic” Same message different medium”.
9/29
Riddle Answer: Bees do not fly at night was tested by a scientist in the lab. He has bees fly with lights on and when the lights are turned off the bees drop to the ground so the results are that they do not fly at night.
Don’t find a source that proves you’re hypothesis
If the hypothesis fails, look for other ways to treat the hypothesis in a different way. It may just need to be tweaked and not discarded.
If I need a feedback post and categorize it in the feedback please section and explain what you like to be reviewed for feedback that you are looking for.
If you going to do a rewrite it would be better to have an overall structure review rather than miner tweaks to the sentences
# 9/29/22
Genius Hypothesis- Do bees fly at night? Bees can sleep most do sleep 5 to 6 hours, if you were to take a bee and hold it out at night would it fly? It would be an artificial test waking them up would they fly by choice or by force since they’ve been awaken?
How to Avoid the Dark
Using dental floss and seeing how it doesn’t work since dental floss cant conduct electricity, The cash grant experiment, aid workers gave grants of money to families so they could get healthy food for their children instead of being educated on what healthy food is. They did not spend the money to get healthy food. Being in the dark in research could lead for one to essentially give up. Using better search terms adding things to keep you out the dark.
Hodges use to use twitter a lot [big twitter person] A twitter clip of a speech from the president of Colombia. Discuss the hypocrisy that surrounds the country and about the cutting down of the rain forests. Then shown a clip from the movie Traffic discussing the same ideals but more focused on the drug aspect. Michael Douglass grabs the kid that has been selling his daughters drugs. The kid goes into a spewl about how black communities are **marginalized** drug dealers and that causes a market to be taken advantage of which they do since they are stereotyped constantly.
HW: Claims Type review, Non portfolio Ptsd Claims Task listen to the article “Is PTSD Contagious?” spend ONE HOUR selecting very short excerpts from the article.