institutions
the writer does a good job of covering all topics of interest regarding the topic, from the supporters and they're history, to the religious pushback, as well from a scientific viewpoint.
institutions
the writer does a good job of covering all topics of interest regarding the topic, from the supporters and they're history, to the religious pushback, as well from a scientific viewpoint.
removing fundamental concepts
I like how the writer referenced someone who gave a potential solution but then argued why the way that they were going about doing what they want to achieve is completely wrong.
2020
I wonder if/when the NCERT will come out with a rationale, what will it be? There is not much to say when it comes to the necessity of science especially in younger ages.
students
This seems a bit dangerous for the county to bring up the next generation without the proper knowledge of the government as well as the processes that occur. This could easily become an issue of individual rights.
May
I wonder if the NCERT rules over all of India's states and dictates the education for all of India.
ationale for making them
I wonder if the parents of the children have a say in if these changes should be made. I would then argue that most of them would vote against it.
evolution
I wonder when they submitted the appeal in relation to when news of the content cuts were made public.
Osborne
India has many businesses that create a lot of air pollution, thus would be important for kids to understand that at a young age so they could make mindful decisions as they grow.
relevant for us. It’s all the more so currently
As someone who has family in India and frequently visits the country, I think it's quite interesting that the country would not want to educate the younger generation on the dangers that the country, if not the world, is facing.
Jonathan Osborne
Biology is one of the first sciences we are introduced to. I find it pretty difficult to understand why or how they could cut out such an important part of biology, especially human biology.
cut from the curriculum for students aged 15–16
I wonder how the government set on this age range as a bar for not introducing them to chemistry or science to that extent.
energy
Writer starts off the article with the main statement as a way to introduce the issue but also establishing a more serious tone rather than starting out with an anecdote or story.
says
Concludes the article by reflecting on all the points made in the article, and some final thoughts to summarize the significance of the issue.
n the case of the Champagne
I like how they brought this reference back from mentioning it as the last reported orca attack. This makes the article seem more well-rounded.
salmon hats to come in vogue in orca circles
This was funny, I liked how they used the word "vogue" to represent orca fashion trends.
science and researchdirector of the Washington State–based nonprofit conservation organization WildOrca
Uses a source who specializes in the conservation efforts for Wild Orcas to speak about the history of the relationship between humans and orcas/killer whales.
mixed-agedgroup consisting of an adult female named White Gladis
Adds a bit of personality to the orcas by naming them. I wish that they had elaborated a bit more on why she is called "White Gladis"
a trio of juveniles occasionally joined by a fourth
paints the picture of teenagers, effective comparison to something that the reader can relate to the human world.
And finally, in this month’s attack, theSwiss sailing yacht Champagne had to be abandoned, and the vessel sank while it wastowed to shore.
Documented all the reported attacks, from the first to the last. I also noticed that the most detail was given for the most recent attack.
Marine MammalScience
uses source that is a peer-reviewed scientific journal to use for statistics and facts within the paragraph.
The first known incident occurred in May 2020
By documenting the first known incident, the writer establishes a timeline that the reader is then able to easily follow.
watercraft
uses the term "watercraft" instead of "boat" to show some variety and keep from having to repeat the same words over and over again.
The subpopulation of orcasin this region began harassing boats
Writer personifies orcas by saying that they're harassing boats.
A trio of orcas attacked a boat in the Strait of Gibraltar earlier this month, damaging itso badly that it sank soon afterward
Starts the article with an example of orcas attacking in the Strait of Gibraltar.
The train thundered past; she stopped.Then the doors opened, and strangers poured onto the platform.
The descriptive language the author uses in the end conveys a sense that the issue is still ongoing and just as prevalent as it was before. By using this as the conclusion, it does then spark a conversation of what is the next step, for those who read the piece.
Recommend? No. But there are plenty of dishes that I’d dare you to eatthis evening.”Cartoon by Andy Friedman
This cartoon by Andy Friedman makes the waiter say the phrase "dare you to eat this evening" to invoke a sense of fear and doubt in the people ordering.
a Washington Post database, since 2015 about a fth of people killedby police nationwide have been in the midst of a mental-health crisis. Aninvestigation by The City, a nonpro t news outlet in New York, found that, duringa recent three-year stretch, fourteen people in such a crisis were killed by theN.Y.P.D. In those cases, most of the officers on the scene had not received C.I.T.;in one instance, the cop who killed a mentally ill person was the only respondingofficer who had not received it. But even a well-trained police officer is not thebest person to defuse a mental-health emergency. Six weeks ago, two officers shota forty-two-year-old homeless man in the midst of a schizophrenic episode. Onehad received C.I.T.;
One of the sources that the author used is the Washington Post, a specialized news site that mainly deals with national politics.
a recent Tuesday morning, I visited the second oor of a shabby buildingon Rockaway Avenue, in Brownsville. Social workers were sitting in blueoffice chairs, surrounded by large Rubbermaid containers lled with granola bars,body lotion, sweatpants, toilet paper, detergent, and chocolate-chip cookies. The
Uses many stories from many people to convey the seriousness of the issue and tug at the heartstrings of the readers. Throughout this article, though most of it is just stories from those who have had direct experience, the author does well in incorporating statistics and other factual reasons for those who want to know more about the topic, rather than just the emotional aspect of the issue.
Does the individual have a weapon?Where’s the nearest egress?
Similar to using a sentence in the middle of paragraphs, this is another way to grab the attention of the reader. By italicizing these words, the reader can set up what the call between the cops and the EMT team would look/sound like.
1987, Mayor Ed Koch announced a broad interpretation of New York statelaw that permitted him to hospitalize the “loonies” and “crazies” around tow
Goes back in time to find the root cause of the issue, the origin of it all. By referencing the terms "loonies" and "crazies" in the sentence, it gives the reader an insight on how those who dealt with mental illnesses were viewed in the 1980s.
Adams’s policy, in other words, was more of the same.
By placing this one lined text here, it easily grabs the attention of the reader. Much like a quote the is placed in the middle of articles, this one sentence has the same effect on the reader. .
Were the police about to startrounding up people who simply appeared to be mentally ill? How many weregoing to be detained?
Places questions throughout the article to jog the readers minds and to lead into what they will be talking about next. In addition, it also keeps the reader's engagement by switching up the pace from all this information into ideas that could spark a further conversation.
Norman Siegel, the former head of the NewYork Civil Liberties Union a
Uses a source that also leads to another link. This proves their credibility to the reader regarding the topic of civil liberties in New York.
of them and they called the police. Carolyn told thePost that she had tried for years to get judges and doctors to help. “The wholesystem just failed him,” she said. “He fell through the cracks
This makes the reader wonder what would have happened if he had moved with them or if his aunt didn't move. His aunt's confession that the concept of "easy access to healthcare" is so wrong and flawed .
the inpatient psychiatrist, who has workedin hospitals in New York for more than fteen years, told me
Uses a source who has credibility as an inpatient psychiatrist and uses it to tell their personal experience.
ot long ago, on Sixth Avenue in Chelsea, I walked past a man in a blackcoat, who was hunched over, licking the sidewalk. He murmured to himselfand passersby. For a moment, it occurred to me that he might be having apsychotic episode. Then I ducked into a deli, bought lunch, and headed to theoffice. Should I have called 911? Maybe. The thought didn’t linger long
Uses a personal story to start the story and to introduce the problem. The way that he starts the next paragraph by typing to the first one makes the transition between paragraphs more fluent/blend better.
The System That Failed
Title that grabs you in. A system that "failed" someone. Even if we don't know the person, something failing that causes a person some injustice draws the reader in.
Through the car window, we saw a temple perched on an ancient granitemonolith. We drove through a town where hundreds of elderly men were buyingand selling cattle. At one point, we passed a truck that was weighed down with amassive orange-and-white wind-turbine blade.
Uses personification and similes to engage the reader
Already, activists like Greta Thunberg are protesting wind farmssited on traditional Sámi territory, in Norway. In Indiana, locals have led lawsuitsto resist a Pavagada-sized solar park on valuable farmland. In Colombia, advocatesof the Indigenous Wayúu people, whose ancestral lands are ideal for wind farm
This talks about the tension in India on a global scale, relating the issue in the context of other countries/states as well as the results of those efforts.
Deepak Krishnan, theassociate director of the energy program at World Resources Institute India
This source talks about the tension that has arisen between the urban and rural parts of the country and how it will affect the energy production and consumption of the country of India.
He is one of the lucky ones who found a job here, buteven his living must be cobbled together from his security-guard paycheck, leaseincome, and sustenance from the cattle. Nine months ago, his rst daughter wasborn. Narayanappa se
This makes Narayanappa seem more relatable as, through the descriptions, he seems like someone who is just trying to provide for his family and live a peaceful life. This makes him more established as a source who is personally affected by the immersion of modern technology.
Pylons and transmission wires loomedover us. The buzzing made me feel as though I were in the belly of a bee
The use of a simile to compare the buzzing of the transmission wires and the belly of a bee gives the reader an insight of the negative viewpoint locals have regarding the project.
creamy Hallikar bulls clip-clopped to a halt
This paints a scene of the bulls using onomatopoeia with the phrase "clip-clopped".
shok Narayanappa, atwenty-eight-year-old man who was steering a bullock cart laden with hay
Uses another source, Ashok Narayanappa, a local who would be directly affected by the expansion and plan from the large corporation. This also portrays the type of village that would be the most affected, which are rural farming villages who don't rely as much on modern technology and live a different lifestyle.
n February, I sat beside Saldanha in his Honda hatchback as he slalomed betweencars and trucks on our way to see the solar park. Saldanha wore sunglasses andsandals; Rao, who has a mane of silver hair, sat in the back seat with myinterpreter, Elizabeth Mani.
This shifts the focus back to the narrative track, putting the reader into the writer's point of view. This also brings us back to more of the present while painting a picture of the people he was with and what was around them. Within this, the author also uses the term 'slalomed' which is another word I am unfamiliar with. I would argue that they should have used a synonym for the word, making it more accessible for the general public.
Bhargavi Rao and Leo Saldanha, trustees of the Environment Support Group, asocial-justice nonpro t that has advocated for rural residents of Karnataka, toldme they were troubled when the government argued that leases would helplandowners keep their property and earn a steady income
These were the two people mentioned in the picture before. Now, they are used as a source to go in-depth about the issue from the rural village's point of view.
Using a strategyknown as “plug and play,” K.S.P.D.C.L. auctioned off development rights tointernational corporations such as Adani, Tata, Fortum Solar, and Azure.
The author mentions several large international companies to help the reader relate to the article more.
pylons
The author sometimes uses vocabulary that is not too reader friendly. I didn't know what the word "pylon" meant and had to look up the definition for it and from there, understood how it is used in this context.
n 2010, India launched its National Solar Mission, a sun-powered moon shotwith a staggering goal: twenty thousand megawatts of installed capacity by2022. Six
The first part of the article was describing the events that is occurring right now in the country, however they start the second section by going back 13 years and working their way from there to tell the story of how India's government has been slowly becoming more conscious of the carbon emissions and the effort to move to more solar powered/ other renewable energy.
Bhargavi Rao and Leo Saldanha are trustees of the social-justice nonpro it Environment Support Group, whichadvocates in part for rural residents
This picture shows the people in charge of making sure the rural residents get a fair share of compensation and rights from the large corporation trying to expand the solar powered panels into their small villages.
Many more ultra-mega solar parks are in the works—and, asphotovoltaic panels become even cheaper and more efficient, the primary obstacleto growth may no longer be technological. “Whenever you establish an industry,the main problem is about the land,” Amaranath told me. “The landowners arevery attached. . . . They are not ready to spare it.” A fan blew warm air at us as heasked the thirteen-thousand-acre question: “How do you solve that problem?”
Within this text of the digression/explanatory track, there is a bit of the narrative track that is also present. Up to this point, the readers had been given a lot of data and information about the importance of solar energy and India's plan to deal with this rising issue. However, the last sentence of this paragraph takes the reader back to the scene by describing "[a] fan [blowing] warm air" at them followed by a question that will spur on the next part of the article, the potential solutions.
panchayat, the local villagecouncil
Uses the national language of Hindi, followed by the english definition, to engage the readers. This strays a little from the digression track as a bit of fun knowledge interwoven with the article.
Some arefenced in with colorful old saris that waft in the wind. And nestled like islandswithin the silicon sea are ve small villages, virtually untouched.
Uses imagery and similes to demonstrate the layout of the high-tech panels in the cropland. This portrays the cropland as a low-tech village that have these panels placed throughout it.
ong, dark eyelashes; a salt-and-pepper beard; and threeparallel streaks of white across his forehead, the tilak of a practicing Hindu
Author uses imagery to describe what type of person the reader should picture when they think about N. Amaranath. They even include the tilak that he had on his forehead.
Imet N. Amaranath, the C.E.O. and general manager of Karnataka Solar PowerDevelopment Corporation Limited (K.S.P.D.C.L.),
Uses the CEO and general manager of KSPDCL as an interview source. This source is credible as they are the head of the organization and can give reliable information about future goals as well as reasons.
within twentyminutes of sunrise on a morning in late February, the park was producing 158.32megawatts, enough to power, on average, more than a hundred thousand Indianhomes. As the temperature soared into the mid-nineties, the air seemed toshimmer with heat; a single ghostly raptor hovered over the area, looking for preyin whatever patches of grass remained. The wind gusted and overhead power lineshummed. Around 1 . ., the park’s electricity output peaked at more than twothousand megawatts—enough for millions of homes
This whole section I would argue is the start of the actual digression/exposition track as this paragraph is the first to have a bulk of facts for the reader to digest.
a computer monitor decorated with a redhibiscus ower registers their collective power in megawatts
Uses vivid imagery to keep the reader engaged. The mention of the "red hibiscus flower" on the computer monitor doesn't relate to the actual facts but is sort of a fun attention to detail.
hotovoltaic panels, lined up inrows and columns like an army at attention
Uses a simile to compare the photovoltaic panels to an "army at attention". This gives the reader an insight of how the panels are lined up.
the sun tips over the horizon and lights up the green-and-brown hillsof the Eastern Ghats. Its rays fall across the grasslands that surround them and theoccasional sleepy village; the sky changes color from sherbet-orange to powderyblue
This uses descriptors to set the scenery of the article. They use specific imagery to paint a picture for the readers. By using this type of rhetoric language, the image in the reader's mind is a serene one, somewhere pretty with no worries of a bustling city. In addition, they use personification to demonstrate how rays of sunlight "fall across" and "surround" the village.