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Imagine what it will be like when historians investigate forum postings, blog entries
That's kind of scary when you think about it. "So and so said this in 2003, but look what he said here in 2007"
Oh yeah, Wally, can you recommend any good (Left and Right) academic links? I found some articles from ERIC and from the major think tanks like Brookings, RAND, and AEI.
Cool, thanks. (although I wonder if Phis would rather this go by PM instead of taking up board space)Here's the questions I just emailed him:What are some positive things you've seen that have come out of NCLB?Negative?How difficult is it for the teacher to implement?How difficult is it for the a) slower learning students b) advanced studentsDoes it take away from learning other subjects? Is it too stringent for teachers or not stringent enough?Does it not give the teacher the freedom to educate according to his/her teaching style?Could the federal money spent on this program be used for more important educational programs?(didn't ask him this)Does it put more or less burden ($$) on the state?
Will you take questions, Wally? One of my friends is a teacher (and a Leftist), and he kind of likes NCLB.
I know you're right, I just can't think of anything to persude others about.Maybe I should do media bias and take the Leftist view. (the professor highly suggested taking the opposing view to enhance critical thinking)Another reason I'm choosing these topics is because I'm going to be studying them eventually, so I may as well start now. (but I'm probably wrong thinking this, huh?)
No they don't, but it would be better (more easily motivated) to write about something I'm strongly interested in or strongly for and is controversial. I don't have to write about this at all, it's just that I'm a little obsessed with the whole GWOT thing. What could be some more mundane, yet academically researchable, topics? Length has to be about 3 dbl-spaced pages, 5 or 6 paragraphs. This, "Muslim leaders are speaking out against terrorism", might be enough of a topic to address in a simple and basic essay while still being able to do it justice (i.e. get an A).
My biggest problem now is wittling down the 8 pages to 4 pages (as required) without losing structure. (And I haven't even done the conclusion yet. :P)I may have picked the wrong topic for such a short paper and might have to leave the military aspect out of it completely.
Seeing this is a beginner class, I don't think he's going to be all that fussy as long as it's cited somehow.Funny thing is I asked him, gave him these examples and he said to check out this other website which still had no information about it (but I can properly cite a Senate hearing now!). However, he did ask "Location?"I'm going this route, or close to it:Field Manual (FM) 3-24/Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 3-33.5, Counterinsurgency (Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army and Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, December 2006).It doesn't look like "citing" the book (Univ of Chicago press) is the correct way to go. I checked out some papers on an Army writing website and this is how most of them did it.Now I guess for the in text citations I'd go (Field Manual I-64) or something like if I'm referencing something.
