Praise equals Difference

I believe in accepting all students' unique qualities and to provide an environment where said qualities can be expressed.

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Common Core IS GOOD!

Just like with every other community, the education community has norms, too.  Common Core is changing those norms.  I hope to speak to the audience of people who are against changing the norms.  It is okay to change things in the education world if it is going to better the education for our future generations.  Common Core will do just that.  Our future generations will feel more comfortable in the classroom and will ultimately learn more.  Teachers, administrators, parents, and any other opposing members of this community need to read the pros before they believe the cons.

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This one needs some help...

All to often us teachers see students who are struggling and NEED our help.  Rhetorical situation-- As a teacher, I see a student who is struggling in school.  Struggling more than just with school work, but socially and physically, too.  I have the choice to act on this and help this student.  Or, I can simply watch as he/she throws their life away because they just cannot seem to get out of that funk.  Ervin would say this is rhetorical because in this situation, the issue at hand can be changed.  Secondly, this modification can be done through an appropriate use of language.  I can go to district and report this.  Or I can send a note home to the parents.  There are many options which also shows characteristics of a rhetorical situation. 

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So Much Hate for Common Core

http://truthabouteducation.wordpress.com/tag/common-core-standards/

Looking into Ervin's four configurations of public sphere- the national public is greatly effected.  Psh... This will change edu. across the country!  What about local publics?  Just as much as the national public.  Common core is changing laws- EVERYWHERE... State to state.  But, global publics?  Not so much, but some.  Common core will effect the U.S. students and any international students that come into a U.S. edu.  Everyday publics...again not so much.  People don't just go around making casual convo about Common Core.  Though, maybe they should to solve any misunderstood ideas and suggestions?!?

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Rhetoric=True Experiences

Rhetoric is not, and probably never will be, truly defined by any one definition.  A "working definition" just about sums that up.  Rhetoric, being rhetorical, is persuading someone, a group of people, whoever your audience may be to believe in you (as the creator of a piece).  This working definition can also include that what a person says or acts or writes can be linked back to personal experience... So, we use our personal experiences in situations where rhetoric is found.  Rhetoric is often ironic because every person uses it, but they may not realize it.

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Communication and All

What is communication?  Never constant.  Always changing.  Complicated and situational.  There is so much to encompass in Derrida's essay, "Signature Event Context."  I first read it wondering what the heck some of these words even meant.  But seriously?  What do they mean?  I had to look them up to understand Derrida's view on communication.  Polysemia.  Meaning multiple ways of communication; speeches, actions, literally everything).  Is he right?  I don't know.  I know there are soo many means of communication, but are they all accepted?  Not really.  Not all the time.  I do know, thanks to Derrida, that communication is NOT a thing, there is no proper meaning behind it, and it doesn't give access to something.