Inmate Paul Brown wrote this essay, “Should I Have Let my Friend on Death Row Kill Himself?” (December 6, 2018), about finding a fellow inmate, who he thought of as a friend, attempting to commit suicide. Both of these inmates are on death row. Brown made it to his friend right in time because he …
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In Class 9/11 [With Ashley & Adela]
https://time.com/5667887/shailene-woodley-saving-our-seas/ Liberal Point of View The article I read was supported with evidence, from their first hand experiences about traveling and making a change. While other parts were supported with more claims. The evidence is from credible sources because most of it comes first hand from the author themself (Shailene Woodley). A large portion of …
Social Media (In-Class 9/5)
What type of content are your top three posts (or most recent) on your timeline? Is this pretty typical for your timeline? What kinds of social groups/communities are you a part of? Compare what you see with what your peers see. Are there more similarities or differences? Honestly the top 3 things on my Twitter …
My Values (In-Class 9/4)
Family Responsibility Wealth Self-Respect Health Happiness Growth Adventure Stability Love
In-Class Writing 8/29
Fact: “Saturday’s Straight Pride Parade, hosted by a group of far-right agitators called Super Happy Fun America (SHFA),” Opinion: “The parade was a perversion of the Pride ethos, undoubtedly designed to take advantage of this country’s generous protections for free speech and assembly for the purpose of making LGBTQ-identifying people feel small and unwelcome.” Claim: …
Homework for 8/28
https://tuftsdaily.com/opinion/editorial/2019/09/03/editorial-hate-doorstep/ Over this past weekend there was a Straight Pride Parade in Boston. It had taken an almost exact route as the Pride Parade from this past June. Despite how messed up a Straight Pride Parade is, the Boston Police Department handled and reacted to peaceful protestors in a violent way. Claims of being beaten, …
Motivation (In Class 8/28)
Out of the four personality types, I identify best with the obliger and when I took the online quiz I got obliger too. I am not sure if that’s a good thing or not. I am a people pleaser and always put other people’s needs before mine. My motivation comes from other’s expectations of me, …
The Ocean is Dying
If you didn’t know already, the ocean makes up 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. Between pollution, humans being horrible, fish farming, etc. the ocean is dying. A large amount of ocean animal species are dying and on the brink of extinction, the Great Barrier Reef is almost completely dead, the oceans are no longer …
HW for Tuesday 8/27
After reading Why Blog? Searching for Writing on the Web, I got clarity on the idea of a blog used for writing and school purposes. This course is not the first time I have used a blog for a class, my yearbook and photo classes throughout high school we used Blogger to turn in assignments …
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the …