The chapter I chose from They Say/I Say was “They Art of Summarizing”. I chose this chapter because I find that I don’t always summarize my paragraphs very well and when I attempt to, I often will add more to the thought that I hadn’t discussed previously. One of the beneficial strategies discussed in the … [Read more…]
Mark Boslough and Yo-Yo Ma both agree that science is something that is important in our society today. Boslough however, argues that government should give the sciences more funding than they do currently. He expresses that, “science is under attack by a budget-cutting Congress to whom dollars have measurable value but scientific knowledge does not.” … [Read more…]
In “Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education”, Yo Yo Ma makes the argument that art should be incorporated into the STEM education program. However, Education is supposed to prepare children for the real world and if we face the facts, the arts can be impractical field to go into. To teach art in our schools … [Read more…]
Yo Yo Ma’s essay “Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education”, brought up many interesting points about art being a part of education. As far as surrounding context goes, his essay was published by World-Post in January 2014 and was written by Yo Yo Ma himself. I noticed in Ma’s bio that his list of awards … [Read more…]
I found “the Art of Quoting” in “They Say I Say”, extremely beneficial. Specifically, I know for a fact that I will use the templates for introducing quotes and explaining quotes because after seeing them, I have a feeling my quotes look a little out of place as well as not explained well. I don’t … [Read more…]
Before: A connection I made between the TED talk and the EA’s was when Urhahn and Koolhaas were talking about their very first project in Rio and they had made the beautiful mural of a boy flying a theoretical kite. The children came up to them and asked where was the kite, so they told … [Read more…]
