Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Taking notice, or not: Pearls Before Breakfast

I received the article below by Email today, and was curious so I did a little research. This is a true story. You can find the original story at this washingtonpost.com URL. If you just want to listen to the performance, you can go to http://foxyurl.com/seD, but I recommend reading the entire article. This story [...]

Baloney Detection Kit and the persuasive essay

I thought the following video did a good job at explaining what makes good evidence, and good evidence is what is needed to produce a good persuasive essay. Of course, it doesn’t always have to be scientific evidence, the subject of the video. but valid scientific evidence is pretty darn convincing. Video retrieved on August [...]