{"id":430758,"date":"2018-10-01T14:24:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T14:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essaypaper.org\/?p=42505"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:43:51","slug":"the-hard-economics-of-paid-family-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/the-hard-economics-of-paid-family-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"The hard economics of paid family leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-9 col-sm-16\">\n<h2 class=\"form-control-static orderTopic\" title=\"The hard economics of paid family leave\">The hard economics of paid family leave<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-9 col-sm-16\"><label class=\"control-label\">Description<\/label>https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/02\/06\/the-hard-economics-of-paid-family-leave-in-colorado\/For many people, the words critic, critical, critique, and criticism have a negative connotation. If<br \/>\nusing a different word (like evaluation, estimation, or appraisal) has a more balanced connotation<br \/>\nfor you, use it instead. You want to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Schrader\u2019s essay.<br \/>\nYour job isn\u2019t to \u201ctear her a new one\u201d! Instead, you should give your assessment of the merits of<br \/>\nher work.<br \/>\nChapter 2 of Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum focuses on writing critiques. The<br \/>\nauthors organized the chapter around two broad questions:<br \/>\n1) To what extent does the author succeed in his or her purpose?<br \/>\n2) To what extent do you agree with the author?<br \/>\nI like to talk about writing critiques in a slightly different way. I like to say that when writing<br \/>\ncritiques, writers have two broad goals.<br \/>\nGoal 1\u2014Summarize the source material. In this case, communicate Schrader\u2019s thesis and<br \/>\nmain points.<br \/>\nGoal 2\u2014Critique the source material. In this case, you will need to evaluate Schrader\u2019s<br \/>\nessay.<br \/>\nThree broad questions can help guide your thinking as you evaluate her essay.<br \/>\nQuestion 1\u2014How well written is the essay? You\u2019ll want to consider what she hoped to<br \/>\naccomplish and how likely it was that the essay would have accomplished her<br \/>\ngoals.<br \/>\nQuestion 2\u2014To what extent do you agree with the author? Students don\u2019t usually have<br \/>\nmuch trouble with this question because they are pretty comfortable sharing their<br \/>\nopinions. I don\u2019t care if you agree or disagree with Schrader, but you need to<br \/>\nsupport your assertions with good reasons.<br \/>\nQuestion 3\u2014How well is the issue framed? Your book doesn\u2019t directly address this issue.<br \/>\nFraming has to do with how authors choose to present information. An example<br \/>\nmight be helpful. In recent years, many communities in our region have been<br \/>\nholding local option elections. Most of us think of these referenda as wet\/dry<br \/>\nvotes. By now, the basic arguments people make are familiar. People who oppose<br \/>\nexpanded alcohol sales generally oppose the expansion on moral or religious<br \/>\ngrounds\u2014that is to say they seek to frame the issue as primarily being about<br \/>\nimmoral or sinful behavior. People who favor expanded alcohol sales generally<br \/>\nsupport them on the grounds that the change will result in more jobs and higher<br \/>\ntax revenues. In other words, they try to convince other people to see the issue in<br \/>\neconomic terms. When I was younger, voters (at least where I lived) seemed more<br \/>\nopen to accepting the religious\/moral frame, but lately, they seem to be more<br \/>\ninclined to see the issue in economic terms. Regardless of who you think is right<br \/>\non the issue, it is important for writers of critiques (critical thinkers) to recognize<br \/>\nand evaluate how others seek to present information and then to draw conclusions<br \/>\nabout the appropriateness of the choices.<br \/>\nWriting the Critique<br \/>\nResearch<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll need to do some research to back up the points you want to make about Schrader\u2019s essay<br \/>\nin your critique. The college subscribes to databases for students to use when doing research in<br \/>\nthis and other classes. To access them, go to the SCC Learning Commons page,<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/somerset.kctcs.edu\/current-students\/student-resources\/libraries\/index.aspx, click on the<br \/>\n\u201cDatabases\u201d button, and you will see links to the databases. Please note that when you try to<br \/>\naccess the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter a username and password.<br \/>\nUse the same ones you use to get into your email, Blackboard, and PeopleSoft. If you have<br \/>\nproblems signing in, please contact me or one of the librarians, so we can troubleshoot the<br \/>\nproblem for you.<br \/>\nSearching the databases is a lot like searching the web, only better! Once you are on the<br \/>\n\u201cDatabases\u201d page, click on \u201cGeneral Research\u201d and then click on \u201cAcademic Search Complete.\u201d<br \/>\nThis database is very popular for basic research because it makes a wide variety of information<br \/>\navailable. Once you are in the database, notice a couple of things. On the top right, in blue, you\u2019ll<br \/>\nsee a \u201cChoose Databases\u201d link. If you click on it, you\u2019ll see a list of all the EBSCO Databases<br \/>\nthe college subscribes to. You can search as many databases as you want at once by checking the<br \/>\nboxes next to the database names. If it\u2019s your first time, try checking \u201cAcademic Search<br \/>\nComplete\u201d and \u201cSociological Collection.\u201d (By the way, if you hover your mouse over a dialog<br \/>\nbox, you will see a description of the kinds of information in that database.) Click \u201cOK.\u201d Under<br \/>\nthe \u201cLimit Your Results\u201d section of the search page, check the \u201cFull Text\u201d box, so you\u2019ll only<br \/>\nget results that you can read, print, or email to yourself in their entirety. Search for \u201cfamily<br \/>\nleave.\u201d A number of the results will allow you to come to a better understanding of the larger<br \/>\ndiscussion and debate around family leave so that you can begin to understand the context as you<br \/>\nprepare to write your critique. The nineteenth result I got was \u201cAn International Embarrassment:<br \/>\nThe United States as an Anomaly in Maternity Leave Policy.\u201d Click on it. To peruse the full<br \/>\narticle click on \u201cPDF Full Text.\u201d If you find an article you like and think you might want to cite,<br \/>\nuse the \u201cE-Mail\u201d function under \u201cTools\u201d to send yourself a copy, so you\u2019ll have it and all the<br \/>\ninformation you\u2019ll need to cite it correctly. Explore the other databases that are available to you;<br \/>\nthey all work pretty much the same way.<br \/>\nChecklist for Introductions to Critiques<br \/>\nAn introduction to a critique is in many ways similar to an introduction to a summary, so using<br \/>\nthe same list is appropriate. The big difference is that in a critique, you are required to state your<br \/>\nviews, so you\u2019ll need to include a thesis in your introduction that sums up your overall<br \/>\nestimation of Schrader\u2019s essay.<br \/>\n1. Author\u2019s Name<br \/>\n2. Description of Author<br \/>\n3. Date of Publication<br \/>\n4. Source of Publication<br \/>\n5. Genre (Type of Writing\u2014in this case, editorial)<br \/>\n6. Topic<br \/>\n7. Author\u2019s Thesis<br \/>\n8. Author\u2019s Purpose<br \/>\n9. Your Thesis<br \/>\n10. Author\u2019s Title<br \/>\nOrganization for Critique<br \/>\nEnglish teachers often use the words arrangement, organization, and format interchangeably.<br \/>\nUsually, when they use those words, they are trying to stress the importance of the order writers<br \/>\npresent their information in. Your book addresses the issue on page 68 in the box entitled<br \/>\n\u201cGuidelines for Writing Critiques.\u201d Some of the discussion in that section can be helpful, but you<br \/>\nshouldn\u2019t follow that format when you write your paper. Generally, critiques integrate summary<br \/>\nand critique on the paragraph (and often the sentence) level (as you will see in my notes on the<br \/>\nsample critique from your book). Most often writers will summarize an important point from the<br \/>\nessay and then make their comments on that issue before moving on to the next point. The<br \/>\noutline below illustrates the arrangement I would like you to use for your critique.<br \/>\nI. Introduction<br \/>\nII. Summary\/Critique<br \/>\nIII. Summary\/Critique<br \/>\nIV. Summary\/Critique<br \/>\nV. Conclusion<br \/>\nPlease don\u2019t think of this as a five-paragraph essay. Each of the sections may take multiple<br \/>\nparagraphs. For example, the sample paper from your book, \u201cA Critique of Charles<br \/>\nKrauthammer\u2019s \u2018The Moon We Left Behind\u2019\u201d has more than one paragraph in the introduction.<br \/>\nSince writers have two goals when writing critiques (to summarize, to criticize) they need to<br \/>\naccomplish, it is common for them to address both in the same paragraph but that won\u2019t always<br \/>\nbe the case. For instance, a writer may want to summarize a point but not comment on it because<br \/>\ndoing so would not advance the thesis, so he or she would choose to summarize only. On the<br \/>\nother hand, a writer may believe that an issue of enormous importance was not addressed in the<br \/>\nessay under consideration and would spend a paragraph or more explaining the importance of<br \/>\nthat point to the larger discussion. You might have something that looks like this.<br \/>\nI. Introduction<br \/>\nII. Summary\/Critique<br \/>\nIII. Summary<br \/>\nIV. Summary\/Critique<br \/>\nV. Critique<br \/>\nVI. Summary\/Critique<br \/>\nVII. Conclusion<br \/>\nIf you plan to submit a draft of your summary to me for feedback, remember that the deadline to<br \/>\nemail it to me is 8:00 a.m. Monday, September 17th.<br \/>\n1. Start a new email message (always email me from your KCTCS account because it\u2019s a secure<br \/>\nsystem)<br \/>\n2. Type my email address into the address box: robert.spencer@kctcs.edu<br \/>\n3. Type \u201cDraft: Schrader Critique\u201d into the subject box<br \/>\n4. Click the Attach File button<br \/>\n5. Browse your computer to locate the document, click on it, and click insert<br \/>\n6. Click Send\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hard economics of paid family leave Descriptionhttps:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/02\/06\/the-hard-economics-of-paid-family-leave-in-colorado\/For many people, the words critic, critical, critique, and criticism have a negative connotation. 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