Comments for SplAtteR http://mermer.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:43:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Let’s Get to the Point by mermer http://mermer.edublogs.org/2009/02/25/lets-get-to-the-point/comment-page-1/#comment-17 mermer Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:43:23 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=24#comment-17 Lives probably would have been spared. I was just trying to show that guns and other concealed weapons aren't anymore dangerous than other things that are around us everyday. We just don't really think about footballs or tall buildings as being used for harm. Lives probably would have been spared. I was just trying to show that guns and other concealed weapons aren’t anymore dangerous than other things that are around us everyday. We just don’t really think about footballs or tall buildings as being used for harm.

]]> Comment on Let’s Get to the Point by lhuff http://mermer.edublogs.org/2009/02/25/lets-get-to-the-point/comment-page-1/#comment-16 lhuff Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:48:43 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=24#comment-16 Interesting that you choose not to argue that guns can be a tool for protection. I wonder: in some of the recent college campus shootings, if some of the law-abiding students had been carrying weapons, would lives have been spared? Interesting that you choose not to argue that guns can be a tool for protection. I wonder: in some of the recent college campus shootings, if some of the law-abiding students had been carrying weapons, would lives have been spared?

]]> Comment on More Weapons Lead to More Violence by lhuff http://mermer.edublogs.org/2009/02/22/more-weapons-lead-to-more-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-15 lhuff Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:42:44 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=23#comment-15 Good point you make. Good point you make.

]]> Comment on Should Colleges Consider SAT/ACT Scores? by lisahuff http://mermer.edublogs.org/2009/02/04/should-colleges-consider-satact-scores/comment-page-1/#comment-14 lisahuff Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:25:13 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=19#comment-14 Yes, it makes SENSE. Yes, it makes SENSE.

]]> Comment on I Want the Right to Protect Myself by lisahuff http://mermer.edublogs.org/2009/02/17/i-want-the-right-to-protect-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-13 lisahuff Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:35:25 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=21#comment-13 Excellent job integrating info from sources. Also, you make good use of rhetorical questions (Don't forget to use a question mark.). Excellent job integrating info from sources. Also, you make good use of rhetorical questions (Don’t forget to use a question mark.).

]]> Comment on Should Colleges Consider SAT/ACT Scores? by mermer http://mermer.edublogs.org/2009/02/04/should-colleges-consider-satact-scores/comment-page-1/#comment-12 mermer Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:12:03 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=19#comment-12 O okay I didn't realize we were supposed to label. My backing is "If you pass...yours goodbye" in the first paragraph. I would say the sentence before these two represents the warrant being backed up. It kind of brings together the students and people already in the workforce. Does this make since? O okay I didn’t realize we were supposed to label. My backing is “If you pass…yours goodbye” in the first paragraph. I would say the sentence before these two represents the warrant being backed up. It kind of brings together the students and people already in the workforce. Does this make since?

]]> Comment on Should Colleges Consider SAT/ACT Scores? by lhuff http://mermer.edublogs.org/2009/02/04/should-colleges-consider-satact-scores/comment-page-1/#comment-11 lhuff Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:32:55 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=19#comment-11 Okay--you've constructed a reasonable argument. You were supposed to label the parts in this exercise, according to Toulmin's theory, so that I can see if you're understanding and are able to apply his theory. What is your backing? Okay–you’ve constructed a reasonable argument. You were supposed to label the parts in this exercise, according to Toulmin’s theory, so that I can see if you’re understanding and are able to apply his theory.

What is your backing?

]]> Comment on The Art of Rhetoric by lisahuff http://mermer.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/the-art-of-rhetoric/comment-page-1/#comment-10 lisahuff Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:31:15 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=15#comment-10 The last example (anaphora) also employs asyndeton! The last example (anaphora) also employs asyndeton!

]]> Comment on Blog Evaluations by lhuff http://mermer.edublogs.org/2008/06/21/blog-evaluations/comment-page-1/#comment-9 lhuff Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:39:46 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/?p=6#comment-9 I look forward to watching your blogging journey. You're right: the hard work is definitely worth it! I look forward to watching your blogging journey. You’re right: the hard work is definitely worth it!

]]> Comment on Obomba by mermer http://mermer.edublogs.org/2008/05/16/obomba/comment-page-1/#comment-8 mermer Thu, 22 May 2008 18:01:10 +0000 http://mermer.edublogs.org/2008/05/16/obomba/#comment-8 Jenny... 1st off...Where did Obama go to a Muslim school, Hawaii, Indonesia, or New York...those are all the places he grew up in as a child. (barackobama.com) As for your comment about him not saying the pledge of allegiance, that is not true. You can read more about this on this website: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/11/obama_nabbed_by_the_patriotic.html On the subject of him pledging an oath to Africa, if you have any reliable evidence to support this, then let me know. Jenny…
1st off…Where did Obama go to a Muslim school, Hawaii, Indonesia, or New York…those are all the places he grew up in as a child. (barackobama.com) As for your comment about him not saying the pledge of allegiance, that is not true. You can read more about this on this website:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/11/obama_nabbed_by_the_patriotic.html

On the subject of him pledging an oath to Africa, if you have any reliable evidence to support this, then let me know.

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