Summary Response Outline

“The Case Against High-School Sports” by Amanda Ripley presents the idea that High- School sports should be shut down so students and teachers can focus on academics.

She explains that High Schoolers are more focused on sports than academics which causes students to be less academically successful. “The Case Against High-School Sports” by Amanda Ripley asserts that High School Sports should be, ban to improve the academic success of students.

“The Case Against High-School Sports” by Amanda Ripley incorrectly portrays that shutting down sports will lead to students being more academically successful because the students are helped by the sports they play. Students who play sports often benefit from their sports socially and academically.One example is,”A survey conducted by the Minnesota State High School League in 2007 and reported by the NFHS found that the average GPA of a high school athlete was 2.84, while a student who was not involved in athletics had an average GPA of 2.68. The survey also showed that student athletes missed less school than their non-athlete counterparts, with a total of 7.4 days missed and 8.8 days missed, respectively” (Chen).This shows that students who play sports get higher grades and attend school more often than those who don’t. Additionally, Instead of hurting the student-athlete academically it actually helps them. However, Student-Athletes may benefit from sports the nonathletes actually suffer from sports because the school funding. Ripley states “Football at Premont cost about $1,300 a player. Math, by contrast, cost just $618 a student.” This shows that High Schools spend more money on sports than they do on school. Sports end up hurting the average student because the one that and should be spent on academics because that is school is meant for, is being spent on sports. Many think that high school sports harm students and student athletes, at first glance this seems reasonable because the focus would be taken off of academics. However, many studies show that student athletes are benefiting academically from sports. Playing sports and being a student makes it so the students have to learn how to divvy up their time. “The Case Against High-School Sports” by Amanda Ripley incorrectly portrays that high school sports are a waste of money because Many studies show that there are multiple benefits to them.

Redo #2 of Footprints in the Digital Age

Summary Response Outline

Summary:

• Topic sentence: title, author, strong verb, main idea “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles proposes that people could save the money that they would spend on college and spend it in other ways that would later benefit their future career.
• Supporting ideas and explanations to prove main ideas Boles illustrates this by creating a made-up scenario, where he has $20,000 and lists multiple ideas people could spend the money on.
• Ideas attributed back to author
• Concluding sentence: restate  title, author, strong verb, main idea“What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles suggests that would be spent on college can be more helpful when devoted to other opportunities.

Response:

• Topic sentence: title, author,,correctly portrays/ incorrectly portrays___(Main Idea)________ because ___________ . “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles correctly portrays that if students are going to study certain professions in college it is a waste of money because they end up being overqualified and unvalued.
• Claim 1:
• Set-ups In Bowles's video, Boles suggests that in many professions attending 4-year college ends up costing thousands of dollars but doesn’t get students anything.
• Evidence: Lead-in,  “ quotation” (Shakespeare 1.2.13-17). Boles states, ”Many end up overqualified and underemployed saddled with a bachelor's degree that you can't do anything with, and student loan debt that you have to pay off immediately” (Boles).
• Explanation of quotation to prove claim: explain quote, connect to claim This shows that having a college degree nowadays costs a lot of money and does not guarantee that students are going to have a better job than those who did not attend college. If there are no benefits from the degree, then there is no point to get it.
• Counterclaim 1: However, .... Boles overlooked many and almost all of the benefits of going to college.
• Set-up Many studies show that going to college gets people higher paying jobs which will, in turn, get rid of student loans faster.
• Evidence: Lead-in,  “ quotation” (       ) PayScale.com that the highest paying job wth an associates degree average is $57,000 while the average for the bachelor's degree is $63,000 (Payscale.com).
• Explanation of quotation to prove counterclaim: explain quote, connect to claim This shows that people who go to college longer and get a higher degree get benefits from the degree like more pay and they are more likely to be employed.
• What are the strengths/ flaws of this argument? (use rebuttal progression language) A standard view is that if students get a bachelor's degree or higher, they are guaranteed a job. This position seems reasonable because it should be that way, the longer students go to college and the more qualified they are, the higher chance they have to get a good, decent paying jobs. However since so many people are getting bachelor's degrees that title/ degree is becoming devalued.  A bachelor's is what a high school diploma used to be, suggests Caryn McTighe Musil of the American Association of Colleges and Universities” (Lawrence). Because it is being devalued it does not create as many high paying job opportunities as it used to.
• Concluding sentence: restate title, author,,correctly portrays/ incorrectly portrays___(Main Idea)________ because ___________ .  “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles correctly portrays that college is not for everybody and in some cases there are better ways for students to spend money.

Strong Verb List:

Tells, explains, compares, describes, gives, presents, lists, shows, defines, demonstrates, acknowledges, evaluates, classifies, adds, explores, confuses, advises, expresses, defends, asserts, features, depicts, assures, furnishes, encourages, blames, identifies, entertains, confirms, names, illustrates, confronts, offends, invites, considers, offers, judges, contrasts, predicts, misjudges, critiques, proposes, praises, demonstrates, provides, recommends, denounces, traces, simplifies, discourages, answers, solves, endorses, asks, suggests, entices, captures, supports, enumerates, classifies, teaches.

Rebuttal Progression:

1st step: Describe a "naive response" or an opposing interpretation of your position. A "naive view" is a view that you personally disagree with or a view that misses something important. But don't use the word "naive." Say something like…

One used to think that...

A common view is that...

At first glance...

Many think that....

X argues that...

Critics of ____ propose...

2nd step: Briefly explain the logic or reasoning of this "naive view." Answer the question, "Why would someone think this way? Why would they find their answer or solution logical or reasonable?" Why did I think this way? Say something like...

One cannot deny that...

This way of making sense of the position makes a degree of sense [why?]

This position seems reasonable [why?]

One can understand why someone might interpret X in this way [explain how so]

These conclusions seem compelling [why?]

3rd step: Provide a transition that indicates that you are going to contrast this "naive view." Say something like...

However...

But it's more complicated than that...

This interpretation is helpful, but it misses an important point...

This interpretation raises a fundamental question...

While this view seems plausible/reasonable at first glance, we should look closer...

Summary Response

“Footprints in the Digital Age” by Will Richardson, suggests that students today should work towards creating an online portfolio and a positive online reputation. Richardson illustrates this by explaining that the worst thing that could happen when someone looks up your name is, nothing showing up. “Footprints in the Digital Age” by Will Richardson asserts that students need to post their work, inside and outside of school, online for the world to see, to build their online status.

"Footprints in the Digital Age” by Will Richardson, correctly portrays that being known on the web is a good thing because it creates a positive online reputation. In Richardson’s article, he depicts that students should post their work online to get their name on the internet so they can connect with others that would like to see their writing. Richardson gives an example of a student sharing their work, he states, "Twenty-Five Days to Make a Difference," quickly caught the eye of some other philanthropic bloggers. Within a short time, Laura found herself in the midst of a community of volunteers far outside her geographic reach. The ClustrMap on her site tracks tens of thousands of readers from such places as China, Australia, Africa, and South America” (Richardson). This is just one example of how students can network themselves and share their thoughts and ideas with like-minded people around the world. However, the downsides of posting their work online outweigh the upsides. Richardson fails to address many of the possible downsides of students posting work online, like plagiarism. Many studies show that many students around the world plagiarize others work. Plagiarism.com states, “In a survey of 24,000 students at 70 high schools, Donald McCabe (Rutgers University) found that 64 percent of students admitted to cheating on a test, 58 percent admitted to plagiarism” (Plagiarism.org). This shows the sheer amount and frequency of people that plagiarize others work. This means that there is a pretty high, that if they post their work online, it will be plagiarized. Many think that the possible downsides of students posting their work online outways the upsides and one cannot deny that there are downsides. However getting their name on the web has benefits for the long-run as well as the short. For example, Richardson uses the idea that when a possible future employer looks their name up, an impressive online portfolio will come up, with many of their accomplishments and work. It also helps short term so they can share your thoughts/ideas to others and well network yourself. “Footprints in the Digital Age” by Will Richardson, correctly portrays that being well networked online helps you grow and connect with others because you can share your thoughts with people around the world.

Harrell - Redo of $20,000

Summary Response Outline

Summary:

• Topic sentence: title, author, strong verb, main idea “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles proposes that people could save the money that they would spend on college and spend it in other ways that would later benefit their future career.
• Supporting ideas and explanations to prove main ideas Boles illustrates this by creating a made-up scenario, where he has $20,000 and lists multiple ideas people could spend the money on.
• Ideas attributed back to author
• Concluding sentence: restate  title, author, strong verb, main idea“What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles suggests that would be spent on college can be more helpful when devoted to other opportunities.

Response:

• Topic sentence: title, author,,correctly portrays/ incorrectly portrays___(Main Idea)________ because ___________ . “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles correctly portrays that if students are going to study certain professions in college it is a waste of money because you end up being overqualified and unvalued.
• Claim 1:
• Set-ups In Bowles's video, Boles suggests that in many professions attending 4 year college ends up costing thousands of dollars but doesn’t get students anything.
• Evidence: Lead-in,  “ quotation” (Shakespeare 1.2.13-17). Boles states, ”Many end up overqualified and underemployed saddled with a bachelor's degree that you can't do anything with, and student loan debt that you have to pay off immediately.(Boles)”
• Explanation of quotation to prove claim: explain quote, connect to claim This shows that having a college degree now a days costs a lot of money and does not guarantee that students are going to have a better job than those who did not attend college. If there are no benefits from the degree than there is no point to get it.
• Counterclaim 1: However, .... Boles over looked many and almost all of the benefits of going to college.
• Set-up Many studies show that going to college gets people higher paying jobs which will in turn will get rid of student loans faster.
• Evidence: Lead-in,  “ quotation” (       ) PayScale.com that the highest paying job wth an associates degree average is $57,000 dollars while the average for the bachelors degree is $63,000 (Payscale.com).
• Explanation of quotation to prove counterclaim: explain quote, connect to claim This shows that people who go to college longer and get a higher degree get benefits from the degree like more pay and they are more likely to be employed
• What are the strengths/ flaws of this argument? (use rebuttal progression language) A common view is that if students get a bachelor's degree or higher they are guaranteed a job. This position seems reasonable because it should be that way, the longer students go to college and the more qualified they are the higher chance they have to get a good, decent paying jobs. However since so many people are getting bachelor's degrees that title/ degree is becoming devalued.  A bachelor's is what a high school diploma used to be," suggests Caryn McTighe Musil of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Because it is being devalued it does not create as many high paying job opportunities as it used to.

Concluding sentence: restate title, author,,correctly portrays/ incorrectly portrays___(Main Idea)________ because ___________ .  “What Could You Do With $20,000”, by Blake Boles correctly portrays that college is not for everybody and in some cases there are better ways to spend your money.