I will say that week two had started ok. I had few setbacks but I hope that it will not hinder my chances of getting out of this course with an A. I worked hard, read the entire chapter 3 at least two times just to have a good understanding of the concepts discussed in it.
I learned about the stasis theory and contrary arguments.
As well as all the four questions that were defined by the ancient rhetoricians that helped them find the point of an issue. These questions are: conjecture, definition, quality, policy.
We had our second debate of the semester in the beginning of week two. The procedure was a little different from what we are used to.
To begging with, the class was divided in two according to whether one was for or against the application of death penalty. We all picked sides and we actually ended up defending the opposite side of what we stood for at the beginning. It was a very interesting experience. By the end of the week we all had brought the rough draft of the second paper and we had constituted small groups to discuss its content with the small groups that we constituted. The final paper has to be turned in on Monday.
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