- Sep 2022
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thefederalist.com thefederalist.com
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have no idea what a non-sequitur is, or when they’re using one; nor do they understand the difference between generalizations and stereotypes.)
what is it
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“peer review” and not to “everyone review,
peer reviewing are experts on the field not just people
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merely because otherwise intelligent people have been second-guessing their doctors and refusing to vaccinate their kids after reading stuff written by people who know exactly zip about medicine. (Yes, I mean people like Jenny McCarthy.
so much anger
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Yes, I said “Western civilization”: that paternalistic, racist, ethnocentric approach to knowledge that created the nuclear bomb, the Edsel, and New Coke, but which also keeps diabetics alive, lands mammoth airliners in the dark, and writes documents like the Charter of the United Nation
huh noted
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doctors, whatever their errors, seem to do better with most illnesses than faith healers or your Aunt Ginny and her special chicken gut poultice.
I understand the point but the others conventions are questionable
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in other words, between those of any achievement in an area and those with none at all
writer seems angry
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Having equal rights does not mean having equal talents, equal abilities, or equal knowledge.
democ def
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expertise produces an explosion of anger from certain quarters of the American public
Kind of feels like he's saying everything makes americans angry, which may be considered true but also rings the point of is america no longer as submissive but rather questioning authority?
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human.libretexts.org human.libretexts.org
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is to analyze the text rhetorically to establish a clear idea of what the author wrote and how the author wrote it,
reflect the reading
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human.libretexts.org human.libretexts.org
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understand what you have read.
taking breaks is fine and beneficial
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process
to much info at once makes you lose a lot of the info
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broad questions and then work towards more specific questions
same with identifying a theme or thesis in an essay start bold and then work your way into detail
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taking notes or annotating the text,
reading is not just reading its engaging with it
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not interested in the material
sometimes textbooks or other texts suckkkk but you still have to understand so you can use it
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human.libretexts.org human.libretexts.org
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social media and instant publication
anyone can say anything if you just accept it as fact you could be in the wrong about something
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With scholarly articles, critical reading can help you evaluate their potential reliability as future sources
useful for more than just eng comp
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human.libretexts.org human.libretexts.org
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or does not achieve
question writing dont just take it at face value because its a respected author
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different aspects of a writer’s work.
purpose
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analyze a text beyond its surface.
have to read attentively and summarizing after pages could be beneficial
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- Aug 2022
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mycourses.cccs.edu mycourses.cccs.edu
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“you need to give people a sense of control.”
everyone craves control and a sense of having some control is good but you dont want to be walked over in the future for giving control.
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Conversation then becomes a sharedprocess of trying to dig down to the underlying disagreement
FIght the problem or conflict and not each other.
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f you can both seize that gemstatement it may point to a solution
avoiding personal attacks
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The effect is magnetic.
People have a sense when they are truly being listened to.
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The important part of people’s lives is not what happened to them, but how theyexperienced what happened to them.
I think of this like when you hear a story you can say "wow what an amazing experience!" when you dont know how they experienced it and that implication of emotion could be detrimental.
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What crossroads are you at?What commitments have you made that you no longer believe in? Who do you feel most grateful to have in your life? Whatproblem did you use to have but now have licked? In what ways are you sliding backward? What would you do if you weren’tafraid?
This is really interesting to ask these questions when you don't really know someone or even if you do know somebody well. It seems like asking these questions would be so awkward.
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The people who have greatconversations walk into the room expecting to be delighted by you and make you feel the beam of their affection and respect.
This is so important to make people feel good. Especially in light of recent years and with the growth of social media where everyones lives seem picture perfect and many do not feel that way this simple gesture of being in awe of one another can be more beneficial that just a depper connection
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