01/27/11

What is the main point that Drehle makes? Does the author of the student essay your are considering address that point? What do you think about his claims, especially in light of the quick poll that we took at the beginning of class? How does this affect the author's ethos (his or her integrity; how much faith we have in his argument)? How does this essay compare to Victor's essay?

Drehles main point is that summer enrichment programs end the problem of the summer slide, but with the economy the way it is they're aren't as many programs as we need. The students essay does address that point in some parts, but trails off in others. In my opinion the student's claims make sense, once you ask an older person they would say yes, but if you ask a younger child they would say no. 

Purple Thumb Day

The purple thumb became a symbol of democracy in the Iraqi election in 2005. Many women voted and showed off their thumb. This showed that iraq is moving in the right direction towards a democratic government. In 2008, "purple thumb" was referenced when Barack Obama won the presidential election

because of the large amount of votes.

1/25/11

President Ma Ying-jeou presided Tuesday over the unusually public test firing of 19 surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles, but about a quarter missed their targets, earning his dismay and raising new questions about Taiwan's readiness to defend itself against Chinese attack.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2042939,00.html#ixzz1C4MEptTb






This sentence is the topic sentence because the whole article goes into detail about the failed missile test in taiwan.