Category Archives: Work In Progress

Moderat Philosophy

I feel as though for the most part, all the moderator philosophies that we will develop will have similar criteria: foster ideas from every perspective, allow for communication of ideas, play a bit of devil’s advocate. Currently, I have signed … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

WIP: This I Believe First Draft

Age: Four I waddle into the bathroom with my short, chubby legs and turn to stare at my father’s razor. My fingers wrap around its handle, and I feel powerful and grown-up. I gently place the razor on my face and pull down, … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

This I Believe Ideas

I believe in the storming of the brain. The irony of pushing for a thunderstorm, for high blowing winds, cracks of lightening, and torrents of water for that one spark of an idea. When it doesn’t storm, it’s nice, dry, … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

DAMN who is dat gurl in the mirror? REFLECTIONS2012: Final WIP of the semester

Think about yourself as a work in progress. What have you learned about yourself as a writer/speaker/student this semester? What are you most proud of? How would you like to continue to improve? What are you hoping to learn or … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

WIP: Public Controversy Project

The main idea of our project is whether the drinking age should be lowered from age 21 to age 18. We’ve focused our presentation on the policy side of this issue, forming these questions; Is lowering the drinking age logistically … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

TED Talk reflection

In my senior year, I contracted this disease where I would know what I was going to say, feel confident, and then a hole would suddenly appear, and everything inside my brain would fall out. It was a newly formed … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Paradigm Shift Draft

Meet Student A. He is a pleasant young junior in high school, and at this very moment, a very nervous one. We are lucky to observe him in the process of discovering his entire fate with just a push of … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

WIP Paradigm Essay Source

One of the more difficult parts of this assignment for my topic of intelligence and education is finding a specific time where there was a shift and finding research to prove that there was a switch at all. Here is … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

What does it mean to be intelligent?

For this essay, I want to focus on how there has been a shift in what it means to be intelligent in our society. When we think of intelligent, we think of those who study and work hard in and … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Rhetorical Essay Draft: Poison Persuasion

  A Fairy Tale of Poison Persuasion        Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess, a girl whose voice serenaded the animals in the nearby forest, whose beauty trumped all those in the land and attracted a multitude … Continue reading

Posted in Work In Progress | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments