Mengo's Argument Analysis

The three main arguments that Crito said to convince Socrates to escape jail are Socrates’ responsible for his sons, the situation where his friends will help him escape, and the just and unjust. Crito argued that if Socrates’ decides to die, he’s just going to betray his sons. If Socrates’ won’t escape the jail, he will hurt Crito’s reputation.(Crito, 47c)

Gerald Graff is a professor of English and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Graff, in his essay, emphasizes the importance for instructors to teach and increase enjoyable courses that students shall truly understand. Graff assures that all kids have hidden intellectualism trying to emerge from within, and as a teacher he feels partly accountable to help those kids develop their competencies in educational work. The essence of Graff’s argument is for students to know that intellectualism lurks within them all, and they need to implement their potential at school. Furthermore, he enriches the essay based totally on his own life experiences, along with his hidden intellectualism, while he attended school during the anti-intellectualism

Political inactivity on the part of young Americans stems from one fundamental source -- a general cynicism of the American political process. This disdain for politics is further perpetuated by a lack of voter education and a needlessly archaic voting procedure that creates barriers to voting where they need not exist. While many of these existing problems can be rectified with relative ease through the implementation of programs such as Internet voting and better voter education, such programs create only a partial solution.

In conclusion, young voters need to take an active role in government in order to continue one of the founding principles of our country which is that we are an democratically elected republic who is looking out for the interest of all of its people. The problem lies not within the older generation who have high turnout rates and are concerned with supporting issues relative to their stage in life. Instead, the burden lies upon the apathetic younger generation whose unique ideals, viewpoints, and experiences are being squandered because we are not voting. It is time for young Americans to step up to the plate.

Though youth voter numbers have fallen over the years, it is no indication that youths are becoming less politically agile. Youths are not voting but increasingly getting involved in non-voting political activities. They are boycotting products, attending demonstrations and signing petitions. This indicates that political thought and concern continues to flare within Canadians who do not queue up at polling booths on election days. General apathy towards political parties and leaders and growing perception that politics does not address their needs is keeping voters away. It is therefore for the government, politicians and parties to take steps to rectify the situation. They need to demonstrate greater understanding of youth issues and concerns to win their confidence.

In these chapters, Sensoy and DiAngelo argue that race is socially constructed and therefore, racism is a form of oppression towards people of color created by whites. The authors also argue that racism is not something that is possessed individually, but rather as a system. The authors support their argument by providing examples where white individuals may state that they are not racist, so they have no need to be concerned. However, all people hold prejudices and this denial just supports whites, rather than the ones affected by racism. Although a white person may not feel “racist,” they are a part of the bigger system which benefits them (whites) and oppresses people of color. The authors continue to support their argument by discussing how “reverse racism” does not exist. People of color do hold racial prejudices, but they do not have the institutionalized power to be racist, they cannot benefit from their racial prejudices in the system controlled by whites.

In my search to find an argument for omnivores, I found, despite typing in the exact opposite, that pro veganism articles outnumbered most them. Nevertheless, I discovered a piece about reverting from veganism on the blog of Aaron Moritz. The author’s reason for his renascent into his former meat-eating ways were primarily for health purposes. Ironically, health was a motive for converting to his vegan lifestyle. Differing is Moritz’s argument for as to why he completely renewed his sentiments on consuming meat.

As an institutionalist, Steinmo has reflected his many perspectives on how the American government is reliant on institutions. While Steinmo does have a strong argument on how institutions impact the government, I believe culture plays a major role in the way our country runs. Steinmo’s argument that, “Much of American history can be and has been interpreted as a conflict over which set of values would hold force.” (Steinmo 1--) I believe this is a very accurate depiction of how conflicts have been resolved throughout history. Culture play a huge part into how people form their values, especially when noticing the differences between America and other countries.

Citizenship lessons educate young people about morals and principles within society. Teaching politics in schools would also educate and inform young people about political parties’ manifestos. “Data from the 2009 International Civic and Citizenship

Colleges are implementing classes to teach students how to avoid “microaggressions” and maintaining “safe spaces.” However, Campuses Cautiously Train Freshmen Against Subtle Insults also highlights the fact that some colleges are doing the complete opposite and refusing to take such measures, instead hoping their students will realize that is they can not deal with basic insults, they should not be in college. While Saul does provide quotes from both sides of the argument; when Saul was introducing the topic of microaggressions and safespace, she made sure to include definitions and positive quotes. When Saul introduced the opposing views of some colleges who disliked safe spaces and trigger warning, the quotes she chose seemed rather rude and kept the counter argument on the short side. So Saul carefully chose how to best highlight the positive side of safe spaces and more social acceptance training even bringing up cases of people pretending to be another race entirely.

The first talk featured Miki Kaneda and focused on the manner in which the idea of prestige is entrusted in the current time period. The argument was that though prestige can still be gained through traditional institutions, such as conservatories and companies, new music and its practices broadens accessibility to prestige. The multi-media, multi-genre, and collaborative elements present in the performance practices of those involved in the New Music scene, such as WetInk of New York, demonstrates how successful this new model of prestige can be in reaching new audiences and of maintaining financial sustainability in a market environment.

Our vote is our voice and to have our voice heard in the politics is our right. When a person goes out and votes, he/she is telling the elected officials that how they feel about the education, public safety, health care, and other important issues in the society. He/she is letting them know that by putting them into the office, they are expecting officials to understand their problems and get them resolved soon. Voting is something that the youths least care about. However, they are unaware that by doing this they are giving their future into someone’s hands who least care about it. Later when something goes wrong and

Nowadays, with the development of the world in many fields, the contribution of the young is very important. The society needs to pay attention to orienting the young, keeping them aware of their own worth. Only by doing so can we make the young do the right thing in the right way.

Voting is an act that is necessary to elect leaders in a democratic society. It is often said that it is a civic duty to vote, yet there are many people who do not participate in voting. Currently, we are seeing a trend that youth are not voting nearly as much as the older population. This phenomenon is usually attributed to one thing, voter apathy, but this is just one of the factors that can have a major effect on youth voting habits. Youth voting habits are greatly affected by access to voting, socioeconomic factors and status, and voter apathy and cynicism.

Throughout the history of America young people have always played a crucial role in politics. The famous writer Srirangam Srinivas wrote, “Our country is not in the hands of lazy and corrupted old politicians, this country is ours i.e. youth”. Young people between the ages 18 to 25 are the future of this country and its political system. The young people of America have a responsibility to be involved with politics and with their civic duties. The youth in America must be involved in politics to ensure that America stays a country of freedom, and to combat the corruption in politics, they must also be involved with their civic duties in order to give back to their country and to leave a legacy of political and civic participation