In the first day of English 101 Climate Change and Multimedia class, Professor Sheila Tefft assigned the class to write a self-reflection about our perspective on writing. I wrote that I use recursive strategy, which is writing in the order of a thesis statement, topic sentences, evidence, analysis, and conclusion. Knowing this approach, I thought I would be successful. However, I encountered more challenges in this class than a success.
I encountered a challenge in the first major assignment, which was writing a research paper after reading Mark Lynas' Six Degrees. In this research paper, we had to address our opinion on one environmental issue, and I asked myself whether vertical farming could be a potential solution to stopping deforestation in Brazil. The objective of this writing, according to the syllabus, was to learn how to "summarize, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the ideas of others as we [you] undertake a scholarly inquiry to produce our [your] own arguments." I exactly followed this step. I first did a general research on vertical farming and deforestation in Brazil, analyzed the information, synthesized the main argument, and delivered my thought to my audience, who are general public and proponents believing vertical farming is the future of agriculture.
The challenge had started when I had changed my opinion from vertical farming can stop deforestation to vertical farming cannot stop deforestation. It was a struggle to me, as pundits have already proven
In their book They Say I Say, Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst outline strategies writers can use to avoid common mistakes often seen in academic writing. The book thoroughly outlines the different components that make up academic writing, such as initially summarizing what others have said before, responding with original ideas, proving a purpose to the writing, and connecting the writing in a logical and eloquent manner.
In the same article, Elizabeth St. Pierre provides what I consider to be a systematic process to writing; she posits that, “writing is thinking writing is analysis, writing is indeed a seductive and tangled method of discovery” (p. 967). So, throughout the process of writing these assignments,
You may have heard people talking about how the weather is very different today than it was ten years ago. You may have noticed changes in the weather yourself. The earth's climate has changed many times over millions of years. And you may have heard about Global Warming. You may ask what Global Warming is. I remember the first time I ever saw and heard about Global Warming when I was just a little girl. I was watching the TV and a commercial came on, it was a cartoon with two kids and an adult. They were in the park enjoying the day. The adult started talking about Global Warming, the kids didn’t know what he was talking about, so he fast forward the time and showed them what the earth is going to look like when they are
I hope this proposal will assist the reader in understanding our Earth’s critical condition and ways even an individual can attribute to the betterment of our environment.
As science students, it is critical for us to express our thoughts and complex ideas in a clear and concise way. We must craft substantive and balanced academic arguments. Furthermore, to present ideas in a controlled and concise manner is an essential skill of a professional individual (Artifact 7). Before taking this course, I wanted to utilize the professional writing methods taught in high school and college without first perfecting the basic skills as a writer. I was caught up with the desire to utilize complicated and proper “methods” of writing (Artifact 7). However, with the help of writing tutors and Professor Lee, I recognized the flaws in my writing and have grown substantially in my basic writing skills (Artifact 1). Being a part
NGS integrates greenhouse into other major policy initiatives, such as the Natural Heritage Trust, and launches new measures to increase greenhouse emission reduction activities across the Australian community. It provides the strategic framework for an effective greenhouse response and for meeting current and future international commitments. It will provide a fresh impetus for action by governments, stakeholder groups and the broader community and set directions for that action into the next century.
These two points show how Writing in the Social Sciences has helped me improve my academic writing abilities. The module achieved this by ‘fixing’ my perspectives about academic writing, as well as taught me that I should develop new skills for old problems. Academic writing doesn’t seem as troublesome, pointless, or tedious as it did once before. These skills and perspectives I’ve learnt from this course should go a long way throughout my academic
Uncertain earth climate brings about unpredictable natural hazards; therefore it is necessary to acknowledge if the earth is getting warmer or cooler, what truly causes these changes, and is there a casual relationship between the increase of carbon dioxide and global warming. Only when these study results are reasonable and accurate, relevant forecast and clear polices can be made and implemented. In other words, those biased studies results might point out an opposite direction to protect earth environment and even make current situation get worse. For example, the original aim of Earth Hour is to reduce carbon emissions and balance climate change; however, according to Luke Weston’s lab experiment (2008), the candle burned during Earth Hour, shows that greenhouse gas emissions are increased by 9.6 g of carbon dioxide over electric lighting. Therefore, some misguided results might bring about inappropriate propose and run in opposite directions.
The earth’s climate is predicted to change because human activities are altering the chemical composition of the atmosphere through the buildup of greenhouse gases –– primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The heat-trapping property of these gases is undisputed. Although uncertainty exists about exactly how earth’’s climate responds to these gases, global temperatures are rising. Go to the Emissions section for much more on greenhouse gases.
In conclusion, the implementation of a few different techniques and tools discussed in this reflection has improved my ability to write effectively and produced vastly improved results. As for the disciplines, I feel a better grasp of the disciplines of social and natural sciences as I moved through the subjects than I initially had when I wrote the first assignment for the course. Furthermore, this experience and the lessons learned during the course will provide a stable platform as I move forward in my continued education and pursuit of a
Imagine you are placed into the future. The year is 2100. You begin to live in this
Climate change is neither new nor unusual. Throughout the history of the earth, the average surface temperature, climate and greenhouse gas concentrations have changed, sometimes gradually other times quite sharply. During the past 10,000 years the earth has been in an interglacial period with a fairly stable climate, surface temperature, and greenhouse gas concentration1. The problem that has arisen in recent times is when scientists analyze the past 150 years, especially the last 50. Scientists have found an increased greenhouse gas concentration, making the 20th century the hottest in the last 10,000 years.
U.S. Conditions like Florida and other states with a high range of hot spells are perfect
The climatic changes have been an issue of controversies around scientists, politicians, and people in general. Indeed, there are many aspects in which climatic changes and global warming step in, being sources of controversies and disagreements. In this opportunity, the discussion about climatic changes will be divided into two different aspects, the first one involves how scientists think about the main cause of climatic changes while analyzing the question “Are humans responsible for climatic changes? While the second aspect will place the climatic changes into a politician aspect, focusing in one of the 2015 presidential debates where disagreements among candidates took place.
As the delicate balance of time moves on, slight differences in the weather can be noticed. Anyone can see that there is a shift in the balance of the environment; heat waves, hurricanes, tsunamis and the like are occurring faster than ever. Given the name of “global warming”, it is a problem on a world wide scale and only the cooperation of everyone can it be fixed or at least slowed down. With the heat of the Earth rising, national landmarks as well as complete ecosystems are fading out, and the only way to help stop this is to be aware of global warming.