In-class Cyber-Assignment
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, students cooperatively wrote an essay. Each student group had a position to articulate on their angle on the topic: mandatory voting. We looked at the thesis, antithesis and synthesis or pro-argument, con-argument and conclusion which looks at both sides of the issue and tries to fins a compromise. A student group was also given the task of writing an introduction.
Post these paragraphs here.
Reflect on the process and post here as well. How did looking at a topic from a variety of angles help students appreciate the complexity of the issue and think more critically about the arguments implications?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, students cooperatively wrote an essay. Each student group had a position to articulate on their angle on the topic: mandatory voting. We looked at the thesis, antithesis and synthesis or pro-argument, con-argument and conclusion which looks at both sides of the issue and tries to fins a compromise. A student group was also given the task of writing an introduction.
Post these paragraphs here.
Reflect on the process and post here as well. How did looking at a topic from a variety of angles help students appreciate the complexity of the issue and think more critically about the arguments implications?
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 10:19 AM
3 Comments:
Marco Gutierez
Linh Tran
Ji Won Park
Professor Sabir
English 1A
27 October 2010
Thesis (Pro)
In many countries, the people do not have the opportunity to vote; however, in the United States, voting is a right. The people in America who vote play a critical role in the balance of power in the government. It not only allows them to vote for who should be appointed in a higher authority but also how much the government has power over the people. Voting is basically the people's greatest weapon against an oppressive government. Citizens can have a voice in making decisions that directly affect their lives. The right to vote is not just a periodic, ballot-casting chore but a public duty and responsibility.
Esbeyde Checa
Patrick Schmidt
Dorothy Cooper
Monique Grant
Synthesis
In conclusion, whether or not voting is a right or obligation it is a necessity of our judicial system to have registered voters, because when you register to vote you are also registering for jury duty. The benefit of our present system is freedom of choice; if you don’t have a preference or if you don’t think yourself qualified to vote, you don’t have to. Alternatively, it is possible that if voting was an obligation it would create a more accurate democracy and possibly generate a revenue stream from non-voters. Either way, engaging in the participatory democracy is a vital part of our current government that should be taken advantage of.
Rochelle Predovic
Frena Zamudio
Patrick B
KiOsha Jones
Maxx Bartko
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
31 October 2010
Introduction: Should We Turn the Right to Vote into an Obligation?
At first, women and minorities were forbidden to vote. As Americans, many of them want their voices to be heard because before the passage of the 15th and 19th amendment, only white males were allowed to vote. Since women and minorities were not represented at the polls, this led to the push for the enactment of the 15th and the 19th Amendment. Even though Americans fought for the right to vote, not every one has exercised that right, because less than half of the population voted in 1996, and 56.8 percent voted in 2008.
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