Online Deliberation Options
1) Huffington Post Article: “Mitch McConnell Gun Control Email: You’re ‘Literally Surrounded,’ They’re ‘Coming for Your Guns'” This article talks about Senator McConnell’s reaction to President Obama’s...
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So, for my online deliberaton website I chose the Huffington Post, which has some pretty thoughtful commenters. The article I chose discusses a father, Neil Heslin, of one of the Newtown victims making...
View ArticleAnd the Deliberating Continues…
So I’ve been jumping around on the Huffington Post website in an effort to try to find a solid debate topic. It’s interesting how on some issues, like gun control, the comments are pretty civil and...
View ArticleWhat is Sustainibility?
To me, sustainibility is acting in such a way that helps the environment, or at least injures it less, so as to keep things running for the next generation. It’s about making sure things, well, sustain...
View ArticleDeliberation Evaluation and Moderating Philosophy
According to the ever-useful resource of Dictionary.com, deliberation is defined as “long and careful consideration or discussion.” If this were a truly all-encompassing definition of what...
View ArticlePossible Persuasive Essay Topics
The first topic/issue that came to mind when we started talking about writing a persuasive essay was rape culture, which is basically when society normalizes and trivializes rape by victim blaming and...
View ArticleThe Stigma of Mental Illness
So this is what I have so far on mhy persuasive essay. I have quite a few sources right now and quite a bit of information, but I’m not quite sure how to make this more personal and less like a...
View ArticlePersuasive Essay Rough Draft
Here is an interesting editorial discussing the restrictions Congress has put forth on firearms dealers:...
View ArticleEssay Rough Draft: Attempt 2
The Mental Illness Stigma Imagine if our society blamed people for being diagnosed with cancer, claiming it was their life choices that had led to such a terrible disease. Sounds horrifying, right?...
View ArticleE-portfolio
So, here’s the link to my E-portfolio. Let me know what you think! (It’s so weird to think this is my last WIP post ever….wow. Where did the year go?)
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