Paper 3 Reflection 2. Comments on Papers: 3. Three Framing Statements 1) Looking back at my first complete draft, it was interesting to see how I start to construct an essay as compared to where I finish. In my first draft, I first noticed that each paragraph seem to stand alone making its own points. As I completed the essay, I had to changes these paragraphs to flow and fit with the rest of the essay. Also, my usage and…
One reason Congress doesn’t want to study reparations is out of fear that they don’t know what the conclusion will be; that it won’t be the answer they are looking for. This cycle of avoidance is a result of the catastrophization of those who would potentially suffer from the institution of reparations, especially the white population. David Burns defines catastrophizing “as a kind of magnification that turns ‘commonplace negative events into nightmarish monsters’” (qtd in Lukianoff and Haidt para. 25)….
Paragraph 1 Original (Introduction): HR 40 is a bill that would fund the studying of the efficacy of reparations for African-American citizens. Both Democrats and Republicans of Congress have rejected the bill, leaving it with no legislative support. Coates writes that this “suggests our concerns are rooted not in the impracticality of reparations but in something more existential.” He is noting that even though this is a bill that is simply to study the idea of reparations, the fact that…
Task 1: HR 40 is a bill that would fund the studying of the efficacy of reparations for African-American citizens. Both Democrats and Republicans of Congress have rejected the bill, leaving it with no legislative support. Coates writes that this “suggests our concerns are rooted not in the impracticality of reparations but in something more existential.” He is noting that even though this is a bill that is simply to study the idea of reparations, the fact that we deny…
Task 1: “A country curious about how reparations might actually work has an easy solution in Conyers’s bill, now called HR 40, the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act. We would support this bill, submit the question to study, and then assess the possible solutions. But we are not interested.“ “That HR 40 has never—under either Democrats or Republicans—made it to the House floor suggests our concerns are rooted not in the impracticality of reparations but in…
TASK 1: TASK 2: “And Ross had not signed a normal mortgage. He’d bought “on contract”: a predatory agreement that combined all the responsibilities of homeownership with all the disadvantages of renting—while offering the benefits of neither.” I think this quote is clearly representative of how racism endured in this countries institutions. Even though Blacks were not supposed to be discriminated legally, when doing things like buying a house, Blacks had to pay more simply because if they argued, something…
Coordination: Jeffery Scheuer argues the importance of a liberal arts education and Sanford J. Ungar weighs in on the common misconceptions associated with attending it. This core requirement causes students to pursue interests outside of their field, allowing them to then take that knowledge and apply it after they graduate. CAS fits the first type the best because it is designed to include the essential liberal arts classes such as English, but also requires the student to take science and…
Original: There are three main types of liberal arts education that Scheuer mentions in his article. The first, he writes, “embraces the ideal of the integrated curriculum, encompassing virtually all nonprofessional higher learning, from the natural and social sciences to the humanities and the performing arts” (para. 9). The second format excludes, “but does not denigrate” (para. 12) the sciences, and the third “focuses mainly on the humanities” (para. 12). CAS fits the first type the best because it is…
PART 1: In my opinion, the most valuable form of liberal arts is one that includes both the arts and the sciences while still focusing on the foundations of critical thinking and citizenship. This type of liberal arts education is portrayed by Scheuer in his article “Critical Thinking and the Liberal Arts.” He writes that this format “embraces the ideal of the integrated curriculum, encompassing virtually all nonprofessional higher learning, from the natural and social sciences to the humanities and…
PART 1: A common misperception about the liberal arts is that it focuses little, if at all, on the sciences, and “the STEM fields… are where the action is.” Looking at the core handbook of UNE, we see that liberal arts do have a large focus on the sciences. It states: “Scientific literacy, including an understanding of scientific along with quantitative and qualitative approaches to comprehending the universe, is also central to our educational mission.” Liberal arts values the skills…
