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My Notes Feedback Policy now through the end of the semester. Your very devoted professor is always delighted to provide feedback to students who use it to make substantial revisions to their essays. However, it is common at semester’s end … Continue reading →

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My Notes Feedback Policy now through the end of the semester. Your very devoted professor is always delighted to provide feedback to students who use it to make substantial revisions to their essays. However, it is common at semester’s end … Continue reading →

My Notes Good Citation Exercise Robust Sentences Exercise Rebuttal Exercise

A Price Too High Is Nuclear Power Worth the Risk? Bob Herbert asks the question in the Opinion pages of the New York Times. It’s pretty clear from the evidence he cites that he thinks the answer is No, it’s … Continue reading →

In feedback, I often remark that students overuse “it,” or “that,” or “there is,” or “there are,” or, worst of all, “that means.” Pressed to explain why you should avoid these simple, seemingly essential constructions, I stammer something about their … Continue reading →

The following are all good citation techniques. Refer to this list if you’re ever in doubt about how to cite and briefly quote in the same short sentence. Daniel Flath, in his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” claims that “boys can’t learn … Continue reading →

My Notes Update to Throwdown Model Update to Throwdown Assignment On Bias A10: Self-Reflective Statement

My Notes Update to Throwdown Model Update to Throwdown Assignment On Bias A10: Self-Reflective Statement Work Cited Friedersdorf, Conor. “Chris Christie’s Pig Problem.” The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 12 Nov. 2014. Web. 24 Nov. 2014.

While I was encouraging you to examine, for your Throwdowns, the bias of your authors and the publications for which they write, it occurred to me you might think of bias only as a bad thing, like prejudice. But bias … Continue reading →