Further Discussion

This coarse would packed full of information that we have gone over, but the one thing I felt that should be further discussed would be misleading claims with numbers. When doing test 4 this came up and I was like “huh,” I was not sure what it meant at first, but good thing its open book, so I looked it up and it made more sense to me. Numbers can be in fact misleading when dealing with claims because when numbers are used it looks exact, but a vague or meaningless comparison gets no better by having a few numbers in it. So it does not matter if there are numbers. It may look exact and accurate, but do not let that deceive you because it is not always true. Numbers do not mean it is exact, they can be extremely misleading.  Having numbers in a claim may make it seem important, but when looking deep into the claim itself, you can see that that is not always true.

Most and Least Favorite

My most favorite thing about the class would have to be the group work. I felt that this was nice to actually see other classmates and interact with them. This was a great way to use our new communicating skills and to communicate with one another on what we have learned. However I wished that there would have been different groups each time because it would have been nice to meet most of the class as well.  My least favorite thing about this class would be the blogging. Don’t get me wrong blogging was extremely useful, but I wish that there was not time limit between each blog because this semester I had a really tight schedule and it was hard to keep them 12 hours apart, but I managed to do so. Also the one thing that was not my favorite would be the timed test because I felt rushed when I am taking it. It would be awesome to have had more time on the test. But overall I enjoyed this class a lot.

What i learned

This semester have been packed with tons of concepts that where helpful and knowledgeable. The one concept that stuck with me through the whole semester would have to be claims and arguments.  In everyone’s everyday life they use claims and arguments, but not all the claims or arguments will be strong or valid. Why in fact some are extremely misleading and to vague.  To determine whether or not the argument or claim is strong or valid, the fallacies and the conclusion must be determined. I feel that I use this concept in my everyday life when it comes to debating and mainly speaking at all.  Everyone uses this concept whether or not they realize it or not. This is the most commonly used method when communicating with others.  This concept will be the one thing everyone will use even after this course because in order to speak your mind and disagree with someone, then a claim or argument must be said.