1.) I have decided to give you all until next Monday to hand in the final draft of Essay #2. That way, you will have this week to ask me any questions about the rough drafts and the whole weekend to polish them up. There is a catch though: This also means that I will expect higher quality revision.
2.) Our library visit dates have now changed to November 14 and November 18, so just take a look at the syllabus for those two weeks to see the adjustments that I made.
3.) This Thursday, we are going to hold a class debate regarding the legal drinking age. Therefore, I have adjusted the syllabus to reflect this and am now asking that you read pages 583-594 and do online research as necessary (with credible sources) to prepare. Everyone should be ready to speak in Thursday's class! This is an issue that I am divided on, so your goal is to convince me of whatever side I have assigned to you below (whether you agree with it or not). The idea is to practice making logical and supported arguments, to maybe look at the debate from a different perspective, and to have a little bit of fun. Any credible quotes, facts, statistics, examples, and stories you find are fair game for this debate (I suggest bringing them to class). Remember that when arguing, you should also consider pathos (emotional appeal) along with logic and credibility.
Assigned Debate Stance
For Keeping the Legal Drinking Age at 21:
Gabriela
Ana
Jae
Qin
Ellyn
Andy
Winnie
Katerine
Samantha
Terry
Arianna
For Lowering the Legal Drinking Age:
Meriam
Jisu
David
Tyler
Victoria
Jodie
Lauren
Tajkia
Olivia
Amanda
Jenny
Brian
We will discuss any questions that you have in class on Wednesday.
P.S. There are some of you who have not been keeping up with your blog homework assignments. Please start doing so. I will be grading them this weekend.
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