2008年11月24日 星期一
2008年11月20日 星期四
Response Essays
I can easily get your main point from your topic. It does forecast the thesis in your following paragraph. However, you can rethink your topic and make it a sexier one. You have pointed out the two opposite attitudes of the public about whether it is good or bad to have plastic surgery, but you did not tell the reader your point of view yet. So you might think of adding your viewpoint about the issue. By the way, I think you have stated the arguments well. ( Joyce)
As a reader, when I saw your topic, I could understand what you were going to talk about in your article. Thus, I think you have a clear topic. The issue you have brought out was really a controversial one. You did point out your point of view about the issue: innocent animals are abandoned in the first paragraph, but you might want to emphasize your viewpoint more directly in the first paragraph. I realize that you strengthen your idea at the last paragraph, but do you want to do it both in the first paragraph and the last one? Also, you can talk more about your viewpoint.( Candy)
I think that you did give the readers a clear idea about what you were going to mention in your article from the topic you have given. You stated your point of view well, and by the relevant information you gave out, I was convinced by your viewpoint! ( Elsa)
I can easily understand the content before I read the article. You have pointed out the different point of views about the issue. However, you did not tell the readers your own opinion about the issue. You might want to add some of it in your article. Furthermore, I think that you can give out more ideas on the debate. By doing so, you may convince your audience. ( Claire)
As a reader, when I saw your topic, I could understand what you were going to talk about in your article. Thus, I think you have a clear topic. The issue you have brought out was really a controversial one. You did point out your point of view about the issue: innocent animals are abandoned in the first paragraph, but you might want to emphasize your viewpoint more directly in the first paragraph. I realize that you strengthen your idea at the last paragraph, but do you want to do it both in the first paragraph and the last one? Also, you can talk more about your viewpoint.( Candy)
I think that you did give the readers a clear idea about what you were going to mention in your article from the topic you have given. You stated your point of view well, and by the relevant information you gave out, I was convinced by your viewpoint! ( Elsa)
I can easily understand the content before I read the article. You have pointed out the different point of views about the issue. However, you did not tell the readers your own opinion about the issue. You might want to add some of it in your article. Furthermore, I think that you can give out more ideas on the debate. By doing so, you may convince your audience. ( Claire)
2008年11月13日 星期四
Gay Genes, Revisited.
By: LeVay, Tim; Hamer. Scientific American, May 1994, Vol. 270 Issue 5, p44, 6p Abstract: Two pieces of evidence, a structure within the human brain and a genetic link, point to a biological component for male homosexuality [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] (AN 14327844)
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Different sides of the scientists were arguing whether homosexuality had something to do with chromosome X. Some thought that the sexual tendency was the cause of genes, while other thought that that was not being proved yet.
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Different sides of the scientists were arguing whether homosexuality had something to do with chromosome X. Some thought that the sexual tendency was the cause of genes, while other thought that that was not being proved yet.
2008年11月5日 星期三
Reflection
The topic of my paper is “ Could Gay be gay?” As for the second word “ Gay,” it contained double meanings: “ happy” as an adjective, and “ homosexuals” as a noun. Thus creates an interesting pun and so this topic could be dealt either with emotional aspect or simply with optional aspect. Due to the fact that the topic could be discussed in broad views, it makes the process of writing the issues all the more difficult. In my first draft, I tried to put emphasis on the perspective on the scientific areas. I gathered many scholars’ ideas and tried to find out the related ideas and also found some interesting ideas on the topic.
There are a lot of methods in writing such issues as my topic; one of them is to start from the point of views of the scientists, and the other is to start from the aspects of cultural matters. If I am to deal with the problems of science, I should start with finding all those scientific jargons and then make attempt to figure out all the meanings of the terms that may appear in the relevant resources I have found. On the other hand, if I want to focus on the psychological sides of the homosexuals, I have to start and interview with some of the gays and lesbians. Teacher said that I could write my papers by means of three ways. Firstly, I can choose to focus on the scientific position. Secondly, I can write my papers in the view of psychological position. The last choice is to arrange both sides of viewpoints into my articles. As long as I state the examples clearly, it does not matter whether I choose the first choice or the second one and the third one vice versa.
In the beginning, the related research papers I have seen were all talking about the issue in the same point of view- scientific theories. Thus, my papers adopted their common ideas and talked of chromosome in my writings. However, I also found some other interesting articles pointed out that cultural problems and living background could more or less affected the sexual tendency. In the academic papers, although we would see many authors mentioned similar views, the authors still had their own ideas and gave out the result of their research to support themselves.
My very first topic was “ Rainbow,” which was the representative symbol of homosexuals. However, this topic, as the above mentioned, could be discussed in very broad ranges. Thus, it took me a lot of time to decide what aspect I should focus on. It was definitely a tough work. At the end of the meeting, I decided to try and change my writing a litter bit, and to deal more with the background of the homosexuals, and to add some of my opinions from the experience of my interacting with my friends. This would be huge reverse.
There are a lot of methods in writing such issues as my topic; one of them is to start from the point of views of the scientists, and the other is to start from the aspects of cultural matters. If I am to deal with the problems of science, I should start with finding all those scientific jargons and then make attempt to figure out all the meanings of the terms that may appear in the relevant resources I have found. On the other hand, if I want to focus on the psychological sides of the homosexuals, I have to start and interview with some of the gays and lesbians. Teacher said that I could write my papers by means of three ways. Firstly, I can choose to focus on the scientific position. Secondly, I can write my papers in the view of psychological position. The last choice is to arrange both sides of viewpoints into my articles. As long as I state the examples clearly, it does not matter whether I choose the first choice or the second one and the third one vice versa.
In the beginning, the related research papers I have seen were all talking about the issue in the same point of view- scientific theories. Thus, my papers adopted their common ideas and talked of chromosome in my writings. However, I also found some other interesting articles pointed out that cultural problems and living background could more or less affected the sexual tendency. In the academic papers, although we would see many authors mentioned similar views, the authors still had their own ideas and gave out the result of their research to support themselves.
My very first topic was “ Rainbow,” which was the representative symbol of homosexuals. However, this topic, as the above mentioned, could be discussed in very broad ranges. Thus, it took me a lot of time to decide what aspect I should focus on. It was definitely a tough work. At the end of the meeting, I decided to try and change my writing a litter bit, and to deal more with the background of the homosexuals, and to add some of my opinions from the experience of my interacting with my friends. This would be huge reverse.
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