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Project Three Reflection
Final Draft Description Project three was focused on combining three sources and creating an argument from them. One of the sources was a narrative except, a scientific article, and a social science article. I read Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, ““More Than Skin Deep”: Stress Neurobiology and Mental Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination” by Maximus Berger & Zoltán Sarnyai, and “Effects of Diversity Experiences on Critical Thinking Skills Over 4 Years of College” by Ernest T. Pascarella et al..The goal was to take the information from the article and develop your own “I say” argument. Each source provided a very different perspective which allows for creative options…
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Project Two Reflection
Project 2 Final Draft Project Description The purpose of project two was to make an original claim in response to The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. The authors argue that colleges are doing a disservice to students by overprotecting them. The goal of the essay was to come up with an original claim rather than just simply agreeing or disagreeing with it. It also required analyzing the source, using critical reading skills, organizing the essay in an effective manner, and citing the source properly. Another point of the project was to approach writing as a recursive process. Students had to plan their essay, write…
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Project One Reflection
Final Draft Link The task required of project one was to create a cohesive conversation on the liberal arts. It entailed of incorporating the ideas of George Anders, Christopher Rim, and Jeffery Scheuer with your own thoughts. In order to complete this project, there were assignments such as annotations, homework entries, a first draft, peer reviews, a revision, and a final draft. Annotations For the annotations, we had to read and annotate three articles. I was very successful in this task because I really thought it through. I included multiple comments per page, underlined important parts, asked questions, circled things I was unsure of, made not of things that…
