part three

them if i don't part of her three part series

will in reviewing the pros and cons activity

will also discuss a testrake

involving thinking about the logic of the response we give on these particular

tasks

we would then take a few minutes to put it all together that we've learned in

these three videos

give some final thoughts

have been discuss her first homework assignment

can the pros and cons activity teacher s

again being able to think about different perspectives helps us in

making stronger arguments for the opinions in choices we make

if we can anticipate an argument against our choice

then we can better prepare for it

and that's right a better answer

so think of this activity in a way

as two sides of our brain

arguing with each other

to help us form a stronger clearer argument

we also must consider the importance of logic and argument

remember there are no right or wrong answers to these essays since they are

mostly personal choice

but we must make sure if our answer is logical

so again when taking a test we need to think about

well is the response i'm going to give going to be a logical response

let's talk about looking at an essay topic

in some countries teenagers have jobs while they are still stands

do you think this is a good idea

supports her opinion by using specific reasons in details

now first off

this particular essays one in which we have to give an opinion

but notice

it gives a defense essay largely because we have to think

is it a good idea to do this or not

we do have to defendant think about this

of course before we even given opinion it probably is helpful to think a little

bit more about well

what kind of job would be logical for teenagers to have

well here in the united states logical jobs that teenagers have would probably

something involving say retail sales maybe

selling clothes at the mall

working at a movie theaters a ticket taker

cashier at a fancy restaurant

perhaps even helping their parents their parents on a business

working in some sort of service industry may be mowing lawns

or cutting the grass

or other part-time jobs especially ones you do after school

order and weekends

now but would not be logical

well for example most teenage jobs are paid very well

so it would not be logical to say that teenagers can make a lot of money at the

east jobs

also it would not be logical to say that they'd be working full time positions

the question more or less implies

that these students are going to school they are teenagers after all

also we don't think it's heated yours as being professionals yet

they may be learning valuable skills towards becoming professional sometime

in the future

but most of these jobs are you know generally jobs that don't require some

sort of degree

from the university

now why is this important

part of the idea in giving our personal opinion is to demonstrate that we can

some experience with this type of question

because that's perhaps the only way we can show that we fully understand the

topic

i mean after all it's going to be difficult to believe your ideas

if you've never actually done nothing before in your life

so if you try to argue that's a good thing for teenagers to get a job

do you really know what those requirements would be

and think even deeper

do you really know what the difficulties would be for teenagers if they weren't

going to get the job

think about it for a moment

what would be logical in this case

it would be difficult for teenagers because these workers potts' abilities

could conflict with their homework

so their grades might suffer

if you try to argue that their grades wouldn't suffer at all or that they

would have plenty of time to study

that may not be the most logical response

because oftentimes have since teenagers are working after school

they may have to work for five hours

and as we know there are only so many hours in the week

and again oftentimes jobs especially on the weekends may take up lots of her

hours as well

of course another thing we have to think about his teenagers are sometimes

working in areas that could be a little bit dangerous

fast food for example could infer could involve perhaps burning yourself

if you accidentally uh... misquote or over cook some particular item

of course what would not be logical

well for example he would not be logical to argue that one difficult there would

be that they will get paid too much

or that there would be absolutely no conflict between their life

uh... their work responsibilities and their grades

and of course it would be very difficult also argue that their grades with

insufferable

why his logic so important here

we can have a better picture if we really think about all of these

particular factors

so if you are going to argue that

their job would never interfere with their school work

that would perhaps not be realistic and be a very difficult arguments make

because honestly there are only so many hours available in the day and week

so i think that all the ideas we've learned in our in these videos together

polygonal so get another topic

this particular topic

is a defense essay

learning about the past has no value for those of us living in the president

do you agree or disagree

you specific reasons and examples to support your answer

the first thing we have to recognize is what are we agreeing to if we agree with

the statement

well if we agree we're saying the learning about the past

has no value

if we disagree does that mean i have

he has complete value or is more value

for us

or perhaps is that some value

most likely if we disagree

the idea is we can disagree with the word no

and this is an idea will talk about a little bit later in our series

but for now let's make sure were clear

if we agree with the statement

we're going to see the learning about the past has no value

and if we disagree we're going to say that has some value

so first off let's think one of the reasons to agree with that statement

one of the reasons to disagree with the statement

what will be logical points to consider

and what would be points that would not be so launch

is learning from the past valuable or not

let's start by looking at the logical arguments

first off events

hugely tend to echo themselves another words

there are things about different as for the current history that share some

similarities if

not exactly the same ideas

of course another logical thing to think about is

where in the event takes place may also play a part

culture for example

can help of play a very significant role in how the the events peg shaped

of course it would probably not be logical to say that events happen in

exactly the same way over and over

even though there may be overwhelming similarities

clearly the people involved or the events

uh... he even the technologies involved are not the same

so we couldn't necessarily argue that events always happen the same way in and

the exact same detail

and of course it would also be very difficult to say that all cultures of

the same as well

that would not be logical

even though we may have lots of common characteristics short rates

it would not be a good idea to say that we are all the same everywhere

now when it comes to the pro and con arguments

remember that this particular essay

is somewhat backwards when it comes to its organization

if i agree with this statement but i'm saying that

basically learning for the past has no value

but if i'm speaking against the argument

i do think that there is some value to study

so while some of the pro arguments

if we say that learning from the past has no value one of the reasons why i

want to think about is that comparisons themselves are not perfect

and often we misunderstand or unable to interpret the results of historical

events because frankly most people are not experts

so would be very difficult for us to be able to look at all of the details

and thereby make our comparisons most likely

flawed

another issue to think about is that if we follow the pay ast it might prevent

us from seeing new and perhaps more innovative solutions to our current

situation

some people may be to conservatives in their fridge

and it might blind us to think about how we can solve this uh... particular

problem or situation now

of course

we can't recognize that have been some repeat themselves

but on they uh... kansai we can't think about the fact that they do provide some

basic structure

and they did give us an idea of where to begin when trying to solve a martyr

problem

many times it's very scary to try to solve a problem as we know something

about the uh... what history can teach us

and especially if the pass at a negative outcome we can try to work to remedy

that situation using these new tools and technologies

not available at the time

so when you notice both sides do have very valid arguments

the question of course is which one do you think would be easier for you to

make

so some final thoughts and our first set of serious

when dealing with these

uh... writing tasks

in order to write the good response

we must first understand with the topic is asking us anne and we'll refer to

that is the type of essay or type of topic

we have to be able to think deeply about the topic is well and today looking at

the defense essay we usa strategy called looking at the pros and cons

finally we had to think about what what is a logical ideological response and

thinking about the reasons we give for that response

we have to begin by thanking

is this response logical

does it make sense

now it's time for you

to do some homework

at the bottom of this page you will see homework link

please finish this activity before our next on my class

thanks for watching this video

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