In the podcast episode My Little Hundred Million, the Revisionist Podcast continues its dive into the deeply flawed American education system. In this episode, they focus on donations of over a hundred million dollars and how a vast majority of those donations go to schools that do not need the money. The podcast starts by …
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Food Fight
This podcast had an incredibly captivating introduction. It started with a chef in the cafeteria at the prestigious private Bowdoin College in Maine. The chef went through what dishes he makes on a normal day and it sounds like a 5 star restaurant’s menu rather than a college. Next, several students are interviewed about the …
Carlos Doesn’t Remember
I found the topic of this podcast very interesting and important. The idea of students’ intelligence and accomplishments being ignored as a result of their social class is mind-boggling. The phenomenon of students with the proper credentials to get into universities because they are poor is an example of the failure of the educational system …
Square Root Dictatorship
The creator of this image is the Polish photographer and artist Pawel Kuczynski. Kuczynski’s background heavily impacts the image as most of his work is political and goes against the idea of dictatorships and tyranny that the image represents. The intended message of the image is that dictators or those with the complete control of …
Where’s the Beef?
Trent Schwartz The article’s claim that companies advertise towards men through displaying masculinity or putting down femininity is supported by sound evidence most of the time. There are a few examples in the article in which the evidence to support the claim makes the claim seem like a stretch. The article does make a very …
They Say, I Say: Part 3
Trent Schwartz “As A Result”: Connecting the Parts This chapter focuses on connecting sentences when writing to make the flow of the essay more natural. It pointed out that many students’ essays make the reader lose interest because of how the sentences don’t seem connected. The use of transitions can assist in making sentences link …
Critical Analysis
Trent Schwartz The main argument of the video from PragerU was that contrary to popular belief, socialism makes people more selfish than capitalism does. The idea expressed in the video was that when people are given free things such as free healthcare or free college tuition, they gain the mindset that they are entitled to …
Wanting to Believe is More Powerful than Evidence
Some people are just stuck in their ways and it seems that nothing can even slightly sway their view on something. As the saying goes, history tends to repeat itself. Throughout recorded time, instances in which a person or group of people are presented the facts and evidence and their stance on an issue is …
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Patriotism
Trent Schwartz Over the last few years, one of the most controversial topics has been 49ers player Colin Kapernick kneeling before the national anthem to protest police brutality towards people of color. After the first game in which Colin Kapernick kneeled during the national anthem, Kapernick told reporters that: “I am not going to stand …
Part 2: “I Say”
Chapter 4 This chapter elaborates on the struggle that students transitioning from high school to college have when writing argument based assignments. The struggle that many students exhibit is being unable to clearly state their stance on a point of discussion because of an inability to respond to other people’s arguments properly. When referencing scholarly …
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