Legacy

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I need help answering the attached questionaire. Below is a note from the teacher and the answer to one of the questions regaRDing participation.

8.1.4 PARTICIPATION

There are activities/assignments that count as participation grades. Participation activities are graded for thought and effort, not for “accuracy.” The objective of participation activities is for you learn the overall concepts in a worry-free environment. If you put thought and effort into the assignments, you should have an “A” for your participation grade.

8.1.5 SERVICE LEARNING Project

UHD Cornerstone Students are required to participate in a Service Learning project IN PERSON at the Houston Food Bank. The dates chosen for all Spring 2015 Cornerstone Classes are Saturday March 28th or April 4thfrom 8 am-12 pm at the Portwall St location. **GLEASON’S classes have been designated for Saturday, March 28th from 8 am – 12 pm at the PORTWALL ST location. Students will be getting complimentary T-Shirts and water and coffee are provided free at the Food Bank, however, there is a cafe and vending machine items for purchase. Links and details to sign up for the Food Bank and give your T-Shirt size are in Blackboard (TO COME).

Service Learning is different than “volunteering.” Service-learning involves students in community service activities and applies the experience to personal and academic development. The service-learning component of Cornerstone gives you the opportunity to learn by doing. Think of the community you’re working with as a “live text” for the class. Like your textbooks, lectures, and discussions, the community is a source of information about the concepts and issues covered in class. Though the time you spend at The Houston Food Bank is part of your homework for this course, service-learning is more than homework. It’s a way to get hands-on experience through your academic studies. By viewing this activity as “live text” similar to the written text you’re required to read for class—your instructor doesn’t grade you for the act of reading. Instead, you’re graded on how much you learn from those readings, and how well you demonstrate that in papers and exams. You will be graded in a similar way for your community work. The Service Learning paper requires you to articulate what you’ve learned and how that connects the subject of the class.

Note from teacher:

Please answer the questions in number format (not essay). For example, 1. answer 2. answer 3. answer I have attached the scanned pages from the book (chapter 9a) needed for this

Legacy/Children of Alumni Assignment

6th edition

Instructions:

Read all of Chapter 9a. Then answer questions 1-8 below in number format on the short story entitled “ONE MORE TIME” about Legacies/Children of Alumni on p. 403. To make sure you have the correct story, it begins with “I know a lot of people who whine and complain about the children of alumni…..” *See screenshot (file attached)

Note: Do NOT answer the questions on any other story or a zero will be given.

1. What’s the issue at hand (question at issue)?

2. Is it significant?

3. a. List the claims being made (you need to find 6 + claims)

b. Is there a factual basis to the claims? Why or why not?

c.What kind of evidence is being provided in support of the claims?

d. Is the use of statistics or other numerical evidence credible?

4. How credible is the speaker as well as the sources cited?

5. What assumptions are underlying any claims being made? (at least 3 + assumptions)

6. Is the language that is being used loaded or slanted in any way? (at least 3 +)

7. Are there any logical fallacies (pp. 396-399) in the argument? (you need to find at least 6+ fallacies). You need to identify which sentences in the story are fallacies and specify which fallacy (or fallacies) they violate. For example:

“If we cut down on the number of legacy admissions, what would happen to the college budget? We might not even be able to keep things running!” Slippery Slope

8. Is there anything important being left out of the presentation?

Helpful Hints:

To help you answer the questions, you will need to read Chapter 9a

A. Assumptions presuppose (take for granted) something. For example, Hope “assumes” that her friend that works at the admissions office is reliable.

B. Loaded or slanted language tries to bias the reader or put a “picture” in the reader’s mind of the situation without the reader really knowing all the facts. Examples of loaded or slanted might be:

Ex: 1. John, I see you “missed” my class the other day.

Slanted/ Loaded: John, I see you “ditched” my class the other day.

Ex 2. Susan has “gained” weight.

Slanted/ Loaded: Susan has “ballooned” up.

Ex 3: “A woman who killed her husband by running over him with her car was

ordered Friday to pay $3.75 million Wednesday to her in-laws.”

Slanted /Loaded “A woman who killed her cheating husband by mowing

him down with her car in a jealous rage was ordered Friday to

pay $3.75 million Wednesday to her in-laws.”