Religion Debate Essay

A part of my formal education, that has challenged me the most was class debates. While I am fairly skilled in argumentative essays, I always had trouble voicing my arguments as I am an introvert, and in an extremily extroverted society, this was a detriment. I was often pitted against more vocal opponents, who more often than not didn’t have solid arguments, but spoke clearly and confidently, in contrast to my timid soft spoken voice and lack of eyecontact causing my audience to be disinterested

In the article that Deborah Tannen wrote titled “The Argument Culture Moving from Debate to Dialogue,” stated that she believes that opposition is the best way to get anything done. That an argument is the only way to get your point a crossed to someone. Tannen stated that she believes the best way to discuss an idea is to set up a debate. That instead of listening to some else, it is just better to set up a debate instead. Tannen also stated that she believes the best way to show that you are really

Ezra Faulkner was like any other popular, handsome, male jock. He “owned” the popular kid table, was a star athlete, and was dating the most popular girl in school. That was, until he got in a car accident. The accident left Ezra with a shattered knee joint, enabling him from ever playing sports again. His hopes and dreams went down the drain. Suddenly Ezra was thrown in a new world filled with completely different people. Ezra has a hard time moving on in the story, but he attempts to move on several

People argue television has increased awareness of politics to create more fair and accessible elections. However, I think TV has had a negative impact on politics because it promotes a superficial image of candidates and provides dumbed down content mainly to boost a TV station's ratings. Television promotes candidates’ image over their policies. Instead of the candidates discussing what they are going to do for the country, they simply argue why they are better than each other. The candidates being

The debate team erupted in a great debate. The team captain argued and fussed, while the team members scrambled to find a solution. The team captain started to push of the members when the lead singer stepped in to interrupt. "You guys stop !" Callie said " showing your anger in a fuss, you must be disgusted!". "I'll tell a story about how wrath can be deadly, it's a must." One upon a time there lived a young man by the name of Jimmy. He was an average sized fellow and very bright. Although he

Give it to FOX News for giving the American people the most entertaining and informative debate every broadcast on national TV. Thursday double-header of debates gave the American people something to talk about for the weeks to come. From who won, to the entertainment of exchanges and questions, FOX reminded everyone that these 17 candidates are running for the highest office in the land and our future is in stake. However, some people don’t feel this way. Some are mad at FOX performance, the questions

This critical evaluation will focus on Yuan’s article “Face Revisited – Negative Face Wants in Chinese Culture.” Yuan (2013) argues the significance of negative face in Chinese culture (p. 90). He examines Gu and Mao’s concept of face, which he claims that Gu’s argument is not as persuasive as Mao’s argument, and it is an invalid argument to apply onto the Chinese culture. He also looks at the notion of the negative face from the socio-pragmatic perspective. He ends with looking at the examples from

There has been a world-wide debate that has been going on for some time as to whether or not people are actually getting dumber. There are five authors, Jackson, Flynn, Gottfredson, Pinker, and Duncan, that have debated on this very topic found on nytimes.com. Each author is very credible, Flynn is an author and a professor, Jackson is a stand-up comedian, Pinker is an author and a professor, Gottfredson is a sociologist, and Duncan is a staff writer. Just as most of the nation is with this topic

This is due by the end of the week, ten slides minimum.” One day in a high school in Gary, Indiana, Ms.Perry explained the challenging assignment to her tenth grade students. Later at lunch, Katherine and Alisa began to have their daily lunch time debate as usual. They began to discuss the history assignment and imagine what the world would be like if they could “fix” the world. “We would have to make it so there aren’t homeless or starving people.” Alisa began to ponder this imaginary world. “We

The summer before my ninth grade year, was the first summer I spent away from home at an academic residency. I remember driving to the Duke TIP (Talent Identification Program) campus at Davidson scared. I was scared about being away from home for three weeks, scared I would not be as smart as the other “talented” teens. However, these fears faded away after my first hour in the That’s Debatable classroom. I was motivated by my classmates whose love of knowledge matched mine. We spent our free time