Social 33
You watched a film today called "Genocide" about the Holocaust in WWII. You should have also received a handout on the rise of anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. You have a homework assignment: please send me 10 high quality questions for a review game.
Social 10
You should have watched "Who Killed the Electric Car?" in class today and completed a film study sheet as well. You have your position paper tomorrow, go directly to the Blenheim Room.
Don't write the paper ahead of time, you're only allowed to bring that small bit of notes into the Blenheim Room. If you write it ahead of time I take that as a form of academic dishonesty (as per the Student Handbook), and then I take that sheet away from you and you have to write the essay without ANY notes (I talked about this in class, but I felt that I should remind you).
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sustainable prosperity is when you preserve something for future generation right?
then how can we avoid talking about sustainable prosperty when the topic itself is talking mainly about environment?
sustainable prosperity in your presentation referred to only environment factors.... so are we allowed to talk about organizations and economy, etc?
just a reminder that people posted on yesterday's article because today's wasnt on when they checked =)
Mr. G, what were the two definitions of sustainable prosperity again?
Mr.G, for our position paper's topic, "To what extend does globalization contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people? Is it saying that does globalization have an effect on sustainable prosperity? or that globalization doesn't have an effect on sustainable prosperity?
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No, actually the question means something more along the lines of, "Does globalization contribute to the sustainable prosperity for all people?" If you believe that globalization is benefitting people's lives, you would want to stress the economic benefits of globalization for all people. You would be emphasizing the benefits of the IMF, World Bank, the WTO system, the activities of TNCs and the benefits of economic trading blocs and trade liberalization. If you were arguing that the benefits of globalization are not being shared equally, that there are some countries and individuals not benefiting. If you take this position, you would be criticizing the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO and TNCs. You would also maybe emphasize the unsustainablity of contemporary economic globalization and environmental issues and poblems caused by globalization. Does this help?
Mr G can you tell me the city of the country that had to pay for the water because it was pivatized? I couldn't find it in the notes i took down.
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Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Here's a hyperlink to an article about it:
http://www.waterobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=33711
sustainable prosperity in your presentation referred to only environment factors.... so are we allowed to talk about organizations and economy, etc?
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Actually, one definition was environmental the other had a higher emphasis on the economic view of "sustainable prosperity". Please have a look at the definitions in "Globalization and Sustainability" (ppt).
sustainable prosperity is when you preserve something for future generation right?
then how can we avoid talking about sustainable prosperty when the topic itself is talking mainly about environment?
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Yes.
You can avoid it by how you define "sustainable prosperity". I made this point in class. In your first paragraph you would define globalization and sustainable prosperity. Your definition would only look at the economic benefits that globalization has brought. You would be discussing the benefits of the WTO, the IMF, the World Bank, TNCs and economic trading blocs. Also, have a look at the preamble before the essay question, I really lay out the two views of the issue.
Mr. G, what were the two definitions of sustainable prosperity again?
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I have this in the presentation "Globalization and Sustainability", so check that one.
just a reminder that people posted on yesterday's article because today's wasnt on when they checked =)
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Don't worry, I think I copied and pasted them here and answered them all here.
Mr. Gilchrist, the position paper question is "to what extent does globalization contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people?" so can you interpret it as "was globalization beneficial/harmful to the economy, environment and our daily lives?"?
Mr. G, is it okay if we use analogies? (i.e. people might think that suicide is okay, but it is actually the same as killing another person) that was a bad example. what i was trying to ask was if it was okay if we make up examples of our own. Also, can we express our opinions freely on this position paper? are we allowed to be really criticizing towards the opposite opinion?
Mr. Gilchrist, for any of the essays we wrote, you told us not to ask any questions... are we allowed to ask questions in this position paper?
for example, "how long will this support the government?" or something. Like a question that will prove our point.
are we allowed to use you/I/we/he/she?
Mr. Gilchrist, the position paper question is "to what extent does globalization contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people?" so can you interpret it as "was globalization beneficial/harmful to the economy, environment and our daily lives?"?
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That's sort of the idea, but don't change the actual essay question in your thesis statement.
Mr. G, is it okay if we use analogies? (i.e. people might think that suicide is okay, but it is actually the same as killing another person) that was a bad example. what i was trying to ask was if it was okay if we make up examples of our own. Also, can we express our opinions freely on this position paper? are we allowed to be really criticizing towards the opposite opinion?
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Sometimes analogies are okay, but I would have to say that to be more persuasive you should be using actual evidence/supporting details to make your position stronger. Use actual facts, figures, case studies that we've looked at in class.
Mr. Gilchrist, for any of the essays we wrote, you told us not to ask any questions... are we allowed to ask questions in this position paper?
for example, "how long will this support the government?" or something. Like a question that will prove our point.
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Don't do it. Students tend to raise all of these rhetorical questions and then never answer them, your focus should be on answering the only question that actually matters in this instance, and that is the essay question itself.
are we allowed to use you/I/we/he/she?
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No, especially not "I" or "my", that's a big no-no.
then is you okay?
then is you okay?
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All of them that you listed off shouldn't be used. This essay is a formal piece of writing, most of these subject pronouns that you're talking about are too informal to be used in a formal piece of writing.
Mr. G, if you were arguing against globalization, you would make environmental issues as one of your arguments right? and then we have to state the opposition's point of view. so can we bring up the advantages that globalization has brought to the environment? then the reader would see that against globalization has much more powerful facts right?
also, do the arguments have to match? (ex/ good-prosperity, technology bad-prosperity, technology) so that both sides are talking about the same thing
or can it be different? (ex/ good-prosperity, technology bad-technology, environment)
Mr. G, if you were arguing against globalization, you would make environmental issues as one of your arguments right? and then we have to state the opposition's point of view. so can we bring up the advantages that globalization has brought to the environment? then the reader would see that against globalization has much more powerful facts right?
also, do the arguments have to match? (ex/ good-prosperity, technology bad-prosperity, technology) so that both sides are talking about the same thing
or can it be different? (ex/ good-prosperity, technology bad-technology, environment)
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I'll try to answer your questions as quickly as possible:
1. Yes, maybe you would use the environment as one of your arguments but not necessarily. Use arguements that you can make the best case for (supporting evidence).
2. You would only state the opposing viewpoint in the first paragraph and describe why someone might feel that way, and the arguments they might use.
3. I would answer this next question by asking a question: what benefits has globalization had on the environment?
4. Wow! This last question is a bit scary for me! You have to take a position!! Are you arguing that globalization contributes to sustainable prosperity for all people or not? Pick a side and stick to it. Check some of my earlier comments to see that difference between the two sides to the argument.
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