Pride and Prejudice

I though Mr. Darcy did a fine job of proposing, I can't figure out why she said no. Just kidding. I guess the first thing I noticed that he mentioned that his family and friends and even his better judgement were telling him not to love or marry her. He pretty much tore her down with his arrogance and belittled her.

What he should have done, was leave his family and friends out of the proposal. He could have told her how great she made him feel, and he was only happy when he was in her presence. If she objected to that and brought up his family and friends he could have told her that nothing else matters to him but her. It appears that she detested him from the day they met. So he could have adjusted his behavior and courted her properly and then try to seal the deal at a later time.

Exercise 15.7

The traditional lecture method of education has a number of problems.
For example, you have to physically be there to take notes. Even if you received lecture notes from another student, it is not the same as listening to the lecture and writing down the notes in an individuals own style. In addition, it is very difficult to write down and gather every single piece of information from a live lecture. Some professors do not like to be interrupted to answer questions, so one is forced to just keep writing down as much as they can.  Making lectures available as podcasts, however will eliminate both of these problems as the student can listen and watch them as their schedule, and repeat as necessary to get all of the information from it if they missed it the first time around.
There are three reasons that this teaching method should be adopted. One reason will be that the student does not need to be present. Another reason is that the professor will not be interrupted with questions, the student can email the professor questions,  and the professor can answer at his or her leisure. Finally, the professor only has to do the lecture once and they can assign the student to listen to it semester after semester and not have repeat themselves over and over.
For these reasons, I believe that that making podcasts of lectures available to students benefits both the professor and student in an equal basis.

The Obvious Choice

   Anyone who has had to go to class during the day throughout the fall or spring semester has felt the frustration of not being able to find a parking space. The availability of parking has become a problem at the north west campus. The fall and spring semesters are the busiest time at Santa Fe College (SFC). Parking at SFC is insufficient to accommodate the amount of people who drive to this location. I propose that the employees that work at the north west campus be given a bonus for taking the bus to work. This would free up parking for students to park, and promote sustainability. Using public transportation by Santa Fe employees would further promote the effort to reduce the carbon footprint left by this institution. Some people might say that SFC should make the North Woods a parking lot, but that is not the solution for two reasons. It would destroy a natural habitat for the local wildlife and it wouldn't be utilized all year. Not destroying a natural habitat and promoting employees to think about the environment are two positive results of providing more parking for students. It's obvious the choice to provide more parking for students is to encourage employees to take public transportation to work.

Exercise 15.7

   The traditional lecture method of education has a number of problems. For example, if a student misses class he might be able to get notes from a classmate, but he will miss a lot from not hearing or seeing his professor talk. In addition, not utilizing technology in this day and age is a shortcoming. The technology that is available allows people to access more data. Making lectures available as pod casts, however, uses the technology that is available. There are three reasons that this teaching method should be adopted. One reason is that making lectures available via podcast allows students to refer back to lectures to retain information better. Another reason is that if a student cannot be present in a classroom he can still have the opportunity to learn. Finally, the transition society to becoming digital is inevitable, so supplying the demand of the desire to use electronic devices is providing a better education. For these reasons, I believe that traditional lecture methods are a thing of the past.

To His Coy Mistress

Andrew Marvell's poem titled 'To His Coy Mistress' captures his pure love and undeniable feelings for this particular lady friend of his. He is proposing the desire to share his love and life with her until their dying days. The appealing phrase "we would sit down, and think which way to walk, and pass our long love's day" makes me think of two people in love sitting on a porch on a swing holding hands professing their love to each other. The most heart string tugging phrase out of his whole poem is "for, lady, you deserve this state, or would I love at lower rate'. To me this says, I am not willing to sacrifice his love for the lady no matter what happens in life. I find his proposal quite moving and emotional therefore very convincing. The phrase "thus, though we cannot make our sun stand still, yet we will make him run" makes it sound like there is an extreme sense of urgency, like he wants to be with her before either of their lives end.

Mr. Darcy

Mr. Darcy's marriage proposal was a total failure for many reasons. The first being the most obvious, he is an arrogant man who speaks down to the very woman he supposedly loves. He states how everything in the universe and even his own judgment tell him not to love or propose to her, but that he must resist because it is the best thing for her. He acts as if he is doing her a favor by marrying her and he even states that she is below him in certain archaic language. When she tries to tell him of the reasons she doesn't trust him he appears to lash out immaturely. He might have had better luck if he had treated her with respect and shown real love for her instead of a pity proposal. He also might not want to tell people that it is against his better judgment that he loves them before asking for their hand in marriage. It kind of takes the romance out of it.

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Exercise 15.7

The traditional lecture method of education has a number of problems. For example, the traditional lecture method does not adjust for students who are ill, overseas, or those that prefer online classes. In addition, students who accidentally miss classes cannot ever get the full experience again without a recorded version of the lecture. Making lectures available as podcasts, however, is a modern and cost efficient way to teach more students. There are three reasons that this teaching method should be adopted. One reason is that in today's modern world, many people seeking education sometimes cannot attend live classes or are currently studying/working/in the military overseas. Podcasts allow every type of individual to learn. Another reason is that online classes and podcasts allow for one teacher to teach many more students. This makes the process way more efficient and the school gets more revenue from tuition from all types of students. Finally, students who accidentally miss or are sick during class, can make up the lecture on their own time and experience it fully (not just get the notes from someone else). For these reasons, I believe that these lectures should be made available as podcasts because everyone would benefit.

Oh, My #2

That was the most unbearable marriage proposal I have ever heard. Mr. Darcy, is a self-centered, arrogant, and selfish person. His arrogance and manners are much to be desired. His marriage proposal seemed more of a pity plea for the person who was asking to marry. Because of his lack of respect for her as well as other individuals, she was disgusted. The words were more for a fight than a marriage proposal, it was all about him and is feelings. This seemed to be more of a charity proposal than a heart-felt proposal. He was not convincing that he deeply wanted to marry her. Since she declined his offer of marriage, he seemed shocked that she turned him down. It is obvious that he is a rich and well to do person, and feels that he is entitled. This was a disaster from  beginning to end, and the way that he was doing her a favor because it was against his better judgement to propose to her. What a joke this guy is.

Discussion: TO HIS COY MISTRESS

In Andrew Marvell's poem, "To His Coy Mistress", Andrew pours his heart out to a young lady, confessing his love and affection for her by proposing that they should become more than just casual acquaintances. By Andrews words, "But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near;", leave me to believe that when Andrew wrote this poem, he was most intuitively much older than the young lady in question and by description of the young lady being coy, leave me to believe that he saw her as enjoying the attention of others as well as himself because of her looks and figure. Knowing this could quiet possible become a problems between them if she thought only of her beautiful appearance  for attention rather than trusting in the true love within her heart he writes, "Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor in thy marble vault shall sound", this is a convincing piece to appeal to the Young lady's vanity and persuade her to want more out of life with him than just fleeting moments of admiration from others.

To His Coy Mistress

TO HIS COY MISTRESS by Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell is proposing what would be possible in terms of life, love and death. Marvell gives his opinion on love and the things that he and his mistress could have done if they had been given more time to live. He seems to be trying to make his mistress understand that the love that he has for her will last for all eternity and that she will always have his heart. Marvell uses symbolism when he states  "For, lady, you deserve this state, Nor would I love at a lower rate," to mean that his love for her will never diminish and nothing in life could ever top it. He expresses that time is coming to an end and he wants his mistress to know of his love when he uses the phrase, "But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near." And when Marvell states, "And while thy willing souls transpires," he is expressing that death has come to take him and his mistress away, and this is just the beginning of the love that they share moving on to a new life as they pass through the iron gates symbolizing life after death. Marvell' poem is very convincing because it really makes one believe that above all else he loved his COY MISTRESS from the crown of his head to the sole of his feet.

Exercise 15.7

The traditional lecture method of education has a number of problems. For example, the traditional lecture method ignores the fact that lots of people learn in various ways. In addition, the traditional approach to teaching reduces education to a transfer of information, which does not really teach it simply gives one the information and expects students to memorize the information that has been given to them. Making lectures available as pod-casts, however, will allow for those who need to listen to these pod-casts more flexibility. Pod-casts allow students to be more hands-on and allows them to be more engaged in the lecture they are accessing. There are three reasons that this teaching method should be adopted. One reason is that combining  technologies with traditional teaching methods will help fill the need that many students do not learn in the traditional sense. Another reason is that if students are absent from class due to factors they cannot control they will not have to miss the information that had been given during the class that they missed as they would have access to the recordings of that lecture so they can continue to be in a positive position in their studies. Finally, having access to the lectures whenever you need it to study, and having them available whenever you may want to listen to them to verify the information you are studying. For these reasons, I believe that offering the lectures as a pod-casts would allow a greater ease of access and availability, which would also give students flexibility in getting the information needed to keep students from falling behind, allowing ease and efficiency.

Discussion: Exercise 15.7

                                     Template for Writing a Proposal Argument

                                           
       The traditional lecture method of the education has a number of problems. For example, the
over-crowding of students confined to one class alone can make it difficult for each student to get individual help with their class study. In addition, the rate of students who will fail or who are unable to show up during important lecturing because of the over-crowding of classroom or job, will want make up work in order to receive a passing grade. Making lectures available as podcasts, however, will remedy the over-crowding of classrooms and help end the need for studens' absentee excuses. There are three reasons that this teaching method should be adopted. One reason is that it enables the students who have full or part time jobs efficient enough time to complete class work with the online availability of podcast lecturing. Another reason is that there will be no need or excuse for missed or late turn-in class work. Finally, lectures can be made available to the student to be accessed anywhere and at any time beyond the confinement of the classroom. For these reasons, I believe that podcasts to be an excellent idea for professors as well as student to be in touch with each other academically unrestrained.

  

TO HIS COY MISTRESS


Andrew Marvell written a beautiful poem that relates to his feelings love,life, and death. He talks about is love for an individual that will last forever and no one has his heart. So, the phrase "For, lady, you deserve this state, Nor would I love at a lower rate," symbolizes that his love would be highest of all and nothing less. As the time continues on the phrase " But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near," seems that time is coming fast and he wants to present is love for the coy mistress.The third and final phrase "And while thy willing souls transpires," as death is upon him and his mistress that the ending will really be the beginning of a new life when they go through the iron gates of life after death. This was a strong poem that his love will be true from now to eternity even after death.

Remaining Posting and Assignment Schedule

Hello Everyone,

We are just about at the end of our course, and I wanted to give you all a heads-up on what will happen over the last few days of this week.
While Friday is the last official "class day," and next week is finals week, we are definitely at the end game.  So here is what is coming up:

Discussion Postings:
This week has been your final discussion week.  If you wish to take the chance to write any kind of wrap-up post or final post to your classmates, this would be the time to do so.

Assignment Return:
You will be receiving your grades for Essay 3 today.
Essay 4 grades will be posted late Monday.
Essay 5 grades will be posted late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
Any late grade submissions will be posted on Thursday.
My grades have to be posted on Thursday, so any revisions will need to be to me by Wednesday night.

Final Essay:
You will have one final essay which will be an online final exam.  You will type it up in a timed window in Angel.  It is a low-stakes assignment, so don't panic.  There is nothing special you will need for it.  It will be posted on Tuesday morning and will be available to you for all of Tuesday and Wednesday.

Final Grades:
Your grades will be available for review for as long as the Angel site is open, which will likely be until Thursday morning.  My grades are due in Thursday afternoon, which means you will be able to view your official grades by Friday.

week 6 DP #2

To his Coy Mistress is a beautifully written poem. The structure is very organized. The arguments are clear and broken into three sections. He first describes his growing love for the mistress. His love will go on forever and he will only love at his highest state. The second section talks about the question about the amount of time he will have to love. “But at my back I always hear

Time’s winged chariots hurrying near.”

In the third section he embraces his present love and wants to run with it. “Now therefore, while the youthful hue,

Sits on thy skin like morning dew”

“And why thy willing soul transpires,

At every pour with instant fires”

Basically his love for the mistress is the fire and at this time cannot be stopped. His desire is to face the presence of life with this powerful love.

The argument Andrew Marvell makes is very effective and conveys his feelings in a desirable way. His wording is quite sweet, and he uses metaphors to strengthen his persuasion. Overall, the poem is romantic and enticing and very convincing. You can feel his emotion radiating right out of the pages. The massage reveals the strength of love and desire.

Week 6 DP #1

Mr. Darcy prepared a marriage proposal that was highly ineffective. He did not ask for the lady’s hand in marriage from his heart. His speech also reflected his personality. The lady he proposed already had negative feelings about Mr. Darcy. She thought he was arrogant, cocky, selfish, and insensitive. Which during his proposal I felt the same way about him. First of all, he was standing up while she was sitting down and showing not a single sign of affection. He also said he that his decision to ask for marriage was against the wishes of his family, his friends and his own better judgment. The women doesn’t respond well to him. She is firm in her words also and tells him exactly how she feels about him. His proposal left her feeling humiliated and offended. Mr. Darcy should have been more sensitive to her feelings if he were to get any where close to connecting with the woman. The last thing you want to do is insult the woman you want to marry. Mr. Darcy failed because he was being entirely selfish in his proposal. He did not once consider any feelings besides his. Marriage is unity and is not functional as anything else.

Week 5 - Analyze the ad

This ad is clearly picking on one subject to focus on. The use of gasoline is killing our planet seems to be the primary point of view. Or you can look at it as not only are we killing the actual planet itself by depleting all its natural resources but what about killing the world? We are going all over the world in search of 'new' resources for our consumption and with that search in other countries we are also getting into wars over these resources. War is another form of economic stimulus and another way of killing our planet. Back to the primary view, we are actual caught in a vicious circle too. We drive our vehicles to work to make money to pay for the gas in our vehicle to drive to work. If you have a bigger family, you typically require a bigger vehicle which consumes more gas. If you have to commute to your job, that requires more gas to get there. So by needing this extra gas to live we make the sacrifice our of planet.

Hunsford Proposal - Doomed from the beginning

If Mr. Darcy has taken the manner in which he makes his exit like a true gentleman and applied that to the beginning of the proposal, he might have had a better chance of a positive outcome. Not only does it feel like he is shouting at her instead on holding a conversation with her, he stands while she sits. With Mr. Darcy standing is showing his power is dominating hers, that she is merely insignificant. I understand this is before the whole womens rights movement but if he truly wanted her hand in marriage, he would have tried all angles. Not once does he address her by name, it is if he is making a general announcement to the public. Mr. Darcy should have had some personalization with his proposal speech. On a defending note, Elizabeth, the woman Mr. Darcy is proposing to, already has a preconceived feeling about him which in the end of the clip she reveals to him. She had decided after knowing him for a month that she didn’t care for him. In other words Mr. Darcy was doomed, he was destined to get the negative response that he did.

Mr. Darcy The Ladies Man

Judging from Mr Darcy's tone and and diction alone, you can tell he is a pretty arrogance man. His marriage proposal is even portrayed that way. The reason his proposal fails is because one, he speaks to her like he is better than her. For example, he demands her to listen to him he doesn't ask "You "must" allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you". It seems as if he isn't giving her much of a choice to listen and judging from the woman you can tell she isn't very found of this type of action. Mr. Darcy makes it seem like it is wrong for him to love her which isn't the best way to ask someone's and in marriage. He blatantly tells the woman that he doesn't want to love her but it can't be suppressed. Mr. Darcy makes it seem like he is only asking her to marry her to better off himself. What he could have done was eased her into the question. He should have told her that his heart doesn't have a choice. Mr. Darcy should have better worded his argument and not make it refute its self to the point where he persuades her not to marry him.

Discussion post: Hunsford Proposal

The Hunsford Proposal failed so miserably because Mr. Darcy went about it perhaps the most ridicule-like manner I have ever seen in asking for one’s hand in marriage. He starts off with saying that he is doing this against his better judgment, his family’s wishes, and even his own character. Romantic, isn’t it? He then proceeds to talk about how her station in life is below his own and that he may even be disgusted with himself for harboring feelings for her but she should feel honored because a marriage to him would be the best thing for her.
After she refuses and he asks for her reasoning he lashes out at her explanations revealing himself to be egotistical in the process.
The more they go on the more it is revealed that throughout his past he has brought sadness to her life. First by convincing his friend to not marry her sister, a feat he is quite proud of and boasts to her so. Another is his history of dealings with Mr. Wickoms(sp?), from what I could gather the two had a business dealing that went south but Mr. Darcy came out relatively unscathed while his partner now wallows in poverty, something Mr. Darcy is not ashamed of. Lastly, his manners to her since she has known of him as been less than stellar driving her to dislike the man so much that within a month of knowing him she concluded that she would never form affectionate feelings for the man.
The only way he could of pulled off this proposal would of been to travel back in time and start over from the very beginning in a much more civilized and graceful manner.

Discussion post: Exercise 15.7

The traditional lecture method of education has a number of problems. For example, if you are absent from class for a personal reason then you miss out on the lecture that is given and all of the information that pertains to it. In addition, if the professor giving the lecture has a thick accent or one that the listener is unaccustomed to hearing they will find it harder to pick up on the key points that the professor is trying to hit on. Making lectures available as podcasts, however, will allow for the listener to engage more with the lecture using strong listening skills as well as using resources they wouldn’t be able to use in class. There are three reasons that this teaching method should be adopted.
One reason is that if a student is absent they don’t have to miss out on the information that was given during class as they would have access to a recording of the lecture to keep them from falling behind in their studies.
Another reason is that if the speaker has an accent that is difficult for some to understand the listener will be able to replay parts of the lecture to make sure they properly understood or even ask for others to listen to parts to make sure they’re hearing the same thing.
Finally, you will have a copy of the lecture to take with you wherever you go and listen to as many times as you please making studying a breeze and far more efficient.
For these reasons, I believe that lectures should be recorded and distrubuted to classes in a podcast form for ease of access, checking the accuracy of the student’s information, and for easier and more efficient studying.

Agenda Week 6

Practical Argument Readings:

• Chapter 15: “Proposal Arguments” (417-48)

Presentations:

Writing Proposal Arguments

View another webinar from Alisa Cooper

(Obviously you should ignore the last couple of slides that describe the assignment - those are not pertinent to our class.)

Resources:

(These are the same resources as last week, nevertheless, you should not hesitate to review them, as they are critical for your work on your final paper.

"Evaluating Sources" (Lakeland Community College)
Tyree Library - "Finding Articles"
Tyree Library - "Is It a Popular Magazine or a Scholarly Journal"

Discussion Questions:

• Complete exercise 15.7 on page 450 of PA and post it here.
• Read Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" on page 670 of PA.  What is Marvell proposing?  What kinds of appeals does he use to make his proposal more persuasive (give examples)?  Is his proposal convincing?  Why or why not?
• Choose one of the thesis statements from Exercise 15.1 (PA 423-24) and find one article from the library databases that you could use to support it.  Provide a link to the article here as well as an MLA citation for it.  Summarize the article and explain how you could use it to support the thesis statement.
• Using the "Structuring a Proposal Argument" on page 427 of PA, write a mini-proposal for a solution to the parking shortage on the northwest campus of Santa Fe College.
• The video below is an adaptation of the Hunsford proposal from Pride and Prejudice, one of the most famous marriage proposals in the history of English literature.  Why does it fail so miserably?  What could Mr. Darcy have done to make his point more persuasively?

Assignment:

Essay 5, due Monday, June 25 at 11:59 pm.
The assignment sheet will be posted to the Lessons page of Angel as Essay 5: Causal Argument - Research.
If you have not yet sent me your proposed topic for this essay, you need to do so as soon as possible.
Remember that your essay must be posted before midnight, or the dropbox will close.

Essay 5

Obviously I missed the "your topic must be posted to the course blog by 11:59pm on Sunday June 19th and must be approved by me" part of the paper. It took my daughter pointing it out to me for me to know it was there. I choose the topic of 'texting and driving and the consequences.'

Essay Topic

I want to make an argument on teen pregnancy and how it is viewed in this generation of teens and how it effects lives for the bad and possibly good.

Esay 5 topic

For my fifth essay topic I would like to discuss teen drinking. I think this is a topic that is truly worth discussing. So many teenagers die from accidents that happen after they have been drinking.

Essay 5 topic

I would like to write my week 5 paper on accidental gun deaths and how gun safety is not emphasized enough. My proposal would involve including a minor safety course with every gun purchased.

Essay 5 topic

I would like to write about how the media is making kids try and grow up way too fast. Considering all the "teen mom" nonsense and other such media atrocities, I figured it would be an interesting topic to write about.

Sorry this is late.  I would like to write about healthcare reform/Obamacare and how this a dilemma.
What do you think?

Essay 5 topic

I would like to argue that the oppourtunity to eat healthy food should be available to anyone. Eating healthy should not be a privelage and everyone should have equality when it comes to nourishing the human body.

Essay topic

What about dog fighting? I could write one on pit bulls and there reputation. Many people breed them to fight though they are not bad dogs. If people would stop over breeding these dogs and stop trying to make a buck on them killing each other, these dogs would not have the reputation that they have. To tell you the truth, I really can't think of anything to write about.

Essay 5 Topic

I would like to write about the extinction of dinosaurs and what led up to it. A lot of people have different theories about their extinction, although some were not proven, there are facts that do indicate that some people might be right. We may never know exactly what happened and why, I think I can produce a great paper of casual arguments about these theories and the evidence that backs them up.

I want to apologize for this being posted late. I was so busy trying to do me other work and deal with personal things that I did not realize this was due yesturday. I figured I had all week to check it out. That was my fault and I have learned my lesson about brushing things off.

Reasearch

I would like to wrte a paper on bullying.

Research Paper

I would like to research direct mail marketing.

Essay for week 5
I would like to the research on homeless children in Florida.

Economic Progress is killing the planet

What is its causal argument? The causal argument is that economic progress is killing the planet. One that we deal with locally is our water is polluted.  What does it identify as main causes? The main cause that ad identifies is fuel. The could mean a couple of things. One being the pollution caused by the fuel being burned in engines, and another cause could be the damage caused to the environment by the companies that drill for oil. A good example is the BP oil spill that happened close to us in the Gulf of Mexico. I think the gun pointing at the map is symbolizing suicide as that is a willful decision to do something, and ignoring our planet is willfully killing it.

Essay 5 Topic

Fast food is making Americans fat.

Facebook

What steps would you take to determine whether Elefant's information is accurate? I would possibly interview a few employers to see if they are using Facebook to screen employees.

How could you determine whether Elefant is respected in her field? I would probably check her Facebook profile, just kidding. I would Google her name to see what else see has written. I may even call on others in her field to see if she is legitiment.

Is Elefant's blog written for an audience that is knowledgeable about her subjects? I would say yes. The website she blogged on is a Legal Blow Watch Web Site. That is directed towards people in the legal profession.

Do you think this blog post is a suitable research source? No, she needs to cite employers comments and not just attorneys.

What insights about this blog post do the comments that accompany it give you? The people that commented seemed to have some knowledge on the subject.