vegetarians live approximately eight years longer than average
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42 Matching Annotations
- Mar 2022
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Huffington Post article
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meat is a leading cause of heart disease, diabetes, strokes and cancer.
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People claim eating meat is a health necessity.
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I had the opportunity to go on a safari where I witnessed a mother wildebeest mourning her newborn’s death. She stayed by the scraps of her baby for over 24 hours showing obvious distress. For those of you that have also observed an animal interacting with the world, there is no doubt they feel fear, joy, empathy and pain.
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cows have an unbelievable memory and form strong friendships, pigs recognize themselves in mirrors and chickens are empathetic mothers.
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article in One Green Planet,
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Once I questioned eating animals, one thing that shocked me was the complexity of farm animals’ feelings.
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New York Times editorial states that we need to disconnect from reality to eat meat.
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discusses carnism, the belief system that allows people to eat certain animals over others.
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The book, “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows,”
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This year, I volunteered at the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, helping mistreated dogs. I would tear up seeing the desperate eyes of previously abandoned dogs while there were chickens being ground alive, suffocated in bags, gassed to death and then eaten by me. One day, I began to wonder what differentiated those chickens from my two labradoodles and the other dogs at the shelter. Whenever pet abuse is seen, instant outrage is unleashed. Meanwhile, farm animals are tortured and killed daily, and we do far from express outrage: we eat them.
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Growing up in a family of meat-eaters, I always accepted the fact that animals were food. I was in denial of the inhumanity.
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Pizza, hot dogs, and soft drinks are often considered characteristically American, but they were originally Italian, German, and Swedish, respectively.
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George Chesterton writes for GQ, “If we can only exist in and guard the cultures we emerged from, from those we resemble, we will shrink into the superficiality of newly contrived tribes.”
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“Fashion’s Year in Cultural Don’ts”,
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the aforementioned skirt was too similar to an Indian lungi, the Dior campaign drew too much inspiration from the Mexican escaramuzas, and Keziah Daum’s qipao was too Asian for her.
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- Jan 2022
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theblackandwhite.net theblackandwhite.net
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Students have many reasons to not participate in the Pledge.
Claim. This is a claim made by the author
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Some refuse to say it on religious grounds, arguing that the words “Under God” break the division between church and state. Others object to the Pledge for political reasons, saying that it is too propagandistic or is a violation of political freedom. There are also a significant number of international students who would rather pledge allegiance to their own country’s flag.
This is evidence pulled from this paragraphs claim. They are backing it up with this information. The claim in this paragraph is "Students have many reasons not to participate in the Pledge" and then, they back up that claim by using this evidence that is highlighted.
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students no longer show respect for the Pledge
Diction - this is an interesting choice of words that creates an opinion in the readers mind. This word choice goes out of the way to make sure that the first couple of sentences you read are reinstating the fact that " students no longer show respect for the pledge"
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Because students no longer show respect for the Pledge, Maryland should repeal its law requiring schools to recite the Pledge daily.
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at some point noticed a teacher forcing a student to stand for the Pledge or were involved in an incident themselves
Anecdote that was received through second-hand information. This is a short, true story that gives the author his only real piece of true evidence.
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The history of the Pledge dates back to 1892, when Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy wrote the iconic words to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World. The Pledge then spread across American schools as a way to support national unity after the Civil War. Later, the Pledge was modified to include the words “Under God” in 1954, a decision influenced by American involvement in the Cold War and wishes to distance the U.S. ideologically from the non-religious communist states, according to Jeffrey Owen Jones of Smithsonian Magazine.
Historical Information and second hand evidence. This evidence was obtained through reading and obvious research. It is also historical information because all of the information is based off of dates far before today. It is based in the late 1800's, early to mid 1950's and has a bit of qualitative evidence.
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The history of the Pledge dates back to 1892, when Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy wrote the iconic words to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World. The Pledge then spread across American schools as a way to support national unity after the Civil War. Later, the Pledge was modified to include the words “Under God” in 1954, a decision influenced by American involvement in the Cold War and wishes to distance the U.S. ideologically from the non-religious communist states, according to Jeffrey Owen Jones of Smithsonian Magazine.
Red Herring - this is not useful and it doesn't represent an argument for either side. It is just a whole paragraph full of useless knowledge, in this case, about when the Pledge was written and how certain things were added and when. This is a useless paragraph.
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Students are often too lazy to recite the Pledge, and teachers are frequently reduced to forcing their students to stand up.
Confirmation bias. This shows evidence to back up the claim but there is very little talk about the opposing side of this argument. They have a weak counterargument acknowledgement and no evidence that relays on both sides.
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Because students no longer show respect for the Pledge, Maryland should repeal its law requiring schools to recite the Pledge daily.
Unfalsifiability is found slightly in this sentence. I noticed it when I read the claim that is made that can not be fact checked because it is so general and a huge assumption. This has no way of being checked of credibility.
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Black & White noticed after conducting a hallway walkthrough during the Pledge recitation.
This is a hasty generalization. They took a school in this case, one out of millions in the country, and are writing their paper based off of the couple hundred students at ONE SCHOOL in the US. A tiny sample resulting in a generalization.
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Such a high frequency demonstrates
Bandwagon; ad populem. This is a demonstration of people attempting to make a claim of policy because what they are trying to change is not popular.
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students suggest that’s the case
False authority. The author is appealing to a flase authority saying that the students suggest that the Pledge no longer carries it's traditional meaning. That is just their opinion, they are not experts they just have their opinion and htat is what eh is using as a "source".
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Pledge no longer carries its traditional meaning
The Pledge, he is noting, is still around because of tradition. So the people advocating for it to still be there are making an appeal to tradition. He disagrees with it, but it is still an appeal to tradition because it is still around and in our daily lives due to tradition.
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It’s true that the Pledge is an easy, well-known patriotic display.
Claim of fact. This sentence asserts something is true by stating that "It is true that the Pledge is an easy, well-known patriotic display."
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Black & White noticed after conducting a hallway walkthrough during the Pledge recitation.
First hand knowledge. This is first-hand knowledge because this information was acquired through the personal experiences of the author.
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it’s time that we come up with a new way to begin the school day.
The author is using circular reasoning by reciting his claim in the last paragraph. While he doesn't use the exact same wording, he uses syntax and diction to make it sound different but portray the same meaning.
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Maryland is one of only seven states to require students to recite the Pledge, along with Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, Tennessee and Texas, according to the Education Commision of the States.
Second hand knowledge acquired through research.
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60 students found that over 50 percent of students
Second hand evidence - This is collected quantitative data that helps the author buildup his argument and make it more effective and seem reliable on the surface.
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The history of the Pledge dates back to 1892, when Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy wrote the iconic words to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World. The Pledge then spread across American schools as a way to support national unity after the Civil War. Later, the Pledge was modified to include the words “Under God” in 1954, a decision influenced by American involvement in the Cold War and wishes to distance the U.S. ideologically from the non-religious communist states, according to Jeffrey Owen Jones of Smithsonian Magazine.
This is second hand evidence, collected through reading, research and historical information.
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the traditionally formal recitation of the Pledge has been replaced with a largely ignored daily announcement.
This writer almost completes the Classical Oration Structure, but is missing a few key things.
- There is exigence in the beginning where the author writes "the traditionally formal recitation of the Pledge has been replaced with a largely ignored daily announcement". This shows the exigence for writing this and it also is a small peek into some of the evidence he intends to have.
- The context lies within the entire article but the part that really stood out while looking for context was the phrase "Students are often too lazy" and quickly after "... teachers are frequently reduced to forcing their students to stand up". Both of these phrases give context and background information, which ties into the exigence.
- The third thing also is within the first paragraph which is quite interesting, since the first paragraph is so short, yet holds so much information about the author's stance and feelings about this. Using foreshadowing and clues based on tone, I can infer that the author is not pro-standing or reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. The verification I found for the authors position was the phrase "...Maryland should repeal it's law requiring schools to recite the Pledge daily. The evidence in this article is not very good, because it has many factual things about the Pledge which honestly makes this author seem confused about what he is saying and also does not strengthen his argument because it shows weakness and lack of evidence to back up his claim. This makes him an seem unreliable. Personally, reading this I feel like the article goes from side to side and does not keep on track when talking because he/she is arguing that the Pledge should not be recited but then adding facts about why it was written and percentages about different things. It is very disorganized and keeps going off track, the further you go. The author vaguely discusses the counterclaims or rebuttals when he/she says "affirms students’ right to opt out of the activity, stating specifically that they cannot be forced to participate in patriotic exercises." He is stating that they have the option but then further into the article says why many students don't want to. This was his only identifiable counterclaim acknowledgement which was not very strong nor complete. *The last paragraph is very strong and follows the Classical Oration Structure when the author summarizes his points and gives an extra opinion and idea that will stay in the reader's mind. Personally, I found this the most effective part of the article and overall this article was not well structured and did not have a strong argument.
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Pledge of Allegiance should not be recited in school
The title itself is a claim of policy AND a claim of value because it proposes a change and also argues that something is bad/wrong and should be changed.
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But teaching students from a young age to mindlessly recite slogans goes against the independent, critical thinking we teach in schools.
This is a claim of value because the author is explaining that this teaching is wrong and bad due to the way that it opposes what is taught in school about individuality and critical thinking.
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Teachers frequently require their students to stand and/or recite the Pledge
While I was unsure of my annotation choice at first, I have thought about it deeper and concluded that this is, in fact, a claim of fact It asserts that the teachers do often require their students to stand or recite the pledge. It is true, and it would strengthen his argument if he had made a claim and proposal about something else. I think their argument would have been stronger, and maybe more considerable if the author had argued that students should not be required by law to stand, rather than proposing to get rid of the required vow all together.
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Maryland should repeal its law requiring schools to recite the Pledge daily.
This is a Claim of Policy. While they are just explaining what they believe should happen in their opinion, they are also proposing a change and giving an idea out that could change many things for the state of Maryland.
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Because students no longer show respect for the Pledge, Maryland should repeal its law requiring schools to recite the Pledge daily.
This is a logical fallacy because this is a weak argument and a weakness in their writing that was quite obvious. The author is arguing that since respect is low with this, Maryland shouldn't be able to require it. This is a weak argument due to the opinion and obvious carelessness and disrespect towards the Pledge of Allegiance. Due to the evident bias, this does not make a very good argument when their only evidence in this first "claim" is that the Pledge of Allegiance is not respectable to students, so they should stop requiring it.
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