Carol Alvarez
Eng 122
29 March, 2010
B. Kern
Preliminary thesis: The captivity of killer whales is inhumane and should be banned in the United States.
Authority
The Humane Society. “Do Marine Mammals Belong In Captivity In The 21st Century?” The Humane Society of the United States. September 25, 2009. Web. 23 Mar. 2010.
Recent controversy has occurred over the keeping of orca whales in captivity for the publics entertainment, after the death of a Sea World trainer. Orcas are highly intelligent, predatory mammals with complex social structures and massive natural territories and migration routes.
To supply the “ dolphinariums,” a facility that keeps dolphins and orcas for entertainment, the animals are hunted down in the wild where tight nit family pods are separated and many animals killed in the process. The captivity of killer whales is inhumane and should be banned in the United States.
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About this blog:
This blog is an ongoing discussion among members of two sections of Brookdale Community College's English 122 class, taking place in Spring 2010. This class teaches critical thinking and research writing skills, using the news stories of the day as a starting point for investigations. This blog seeks to encourage conversation about important cultural events and developments among community college students.
What each member contributes
Each class member is required to create a new post every week. This post will contain: a link to the new article (or several links, if the student is interested in seeing how the story has been handled by different news outlets), a 3-5 sentence summary of the story, and a paragraph response to the story. This paragraph should identify a controversy raised by the story. If there is no controversy, choose a different article. After identifying the controversy, one might imagine the repercussions of supporting one side over the other, connect the article's contents with other unfolding new stories, or express a viewpoint or opinion about it. These paragraphs should always use a quotation from the argument to help create a strong dialog between the author of the article and the author of the blog posting.
Each class member is also required to comment on another student's post once a week.
All posts are "labeled" with the writer's name so that each student's work can be followed in the label index.
Each class member is also required to comment on another student's post once a week.
All posts are "labeled" with the writer's name so that each student's work can be followed in the label index.
Labels
- 2/04/10 (1)
- Alexandra DeCaro (5)
- Amanda Pemberton (5)
- Anthony Sobieski (4)
- B. Kern (1)
- Brandon Carson (8)
- Brian Malley (8)
- Brittany Celambrino (8)
- brittany pawling (1)
- Carol A. (7)
- Christopher Duncan (6)
- Courtney Casey (6)
- Eric Hampton (2)
- jarrod sneed (8)
- Jason Chan (1)
- Jessica Lisk (9)
- Joe Serpe (7)
- K wombough (8)
- Kimberly Hatcher (6)
- Kristi Wells (2)
- nicole morris (8)
- Nikki Aronowitz (8)
- Rich LaFaman (8)
- Ryan Abela (8)
- Ryan Albano (1)
- Sarah Fuerst (8)
- Stephen Fehlhaber (1)
- Terrorist Trial in NYC (1)
- timothy mcgullam (8)
- Tunell Polk (8)
- Werusca Shea (5)
This is where we get our news:
Labels
- 2/04/10 (1)
- Alexandra DeCaro (5)
- Amanda Pemberton (5)
- Anthony Sobieski (4)
- B. Kern (1)
- Brandon Carson (8)
- Brian Malley (8)
- Brittany Celambrino (8)
- brittany pawling (1)
- Carol A. (7)
- Christopher Duncan (6)
- Courtney Casey (6)
- Eric Hampton (2)
- jarrod sneed (8)
- Jason Chan (1)
- Jessica Lisk (9)
- Joe Serpe (7)
- K wombough (8)
- Kimberly Hatcher (6)
- Kristi Wells (2)
- nicole morris (8)
- Nikki Aronowitz (8)
- Rich LaFaman (8)
- Ryan Abela (8)
- Ryan Albano (1)
- Sarah Fuerst (8)
- Stephen Fehlhaber (1)
- Terrorist Trial in NYC (1)
- timothy mcgullam (8)
- Tunell Polk (8)
- Werusca Shea (5)
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