ARW 5/1 Response

ARW 5/1 Response

Today's ARW class took place at H-405, a room without any computers so before the class started Rab told us that this lecture is going to be boring. No Way! It was as interesting as usual. First he announced about an upcoming test, which I am being nervous about, but apparently it is going to be not so hard since it will be an open-book test and we can have access to the internet, too. Still, before the test I will read two chapters of Lies over again just in case.

Today's main theme was how to write a good essay. For the most part, I've learned already at schools in U.S. but his lecture got to deeper parts. I've been always wondering how to write an "attention-grabber" because none of my previous teachers have ever taught me examples. He explained four effective ones: Shock, Quotes, Humor and Stats. Another technique I learned for the first time is 5A's, since I was not at the startup program. 5A's stands for: Academic, Argumentative, Achievable, Access, and Attractive. We are going to choose a topic for research paper that can pass through all these five filters. I am interested in writing a paper about music, but I should come up with a topic that can be quantitatively compared. After all, my understanding of how to write a strong five paragraphs essay, or five sections essay rather.

At last, here are my answers for the psychology tests. Although I wrote "obedient" for the second question, I don't intend to have an obedient partner in the future...maybe. Anyway it was very interesting and I think this test would be 60% accurate. I am looking forward to the visual version of psychology test that we are going to take in the near future.

Green (Myself): eco-friendly, refreshing, relieving, fresh, healthful
Dolphin (Partner): intelligent, athletic, obedient, therapeutic, adorable
Ocean (Love): huge, indispensable (in terms of providing food for us), strong, blue, smooth
White Room (Death): nervous, confused, exhausting, anxious, sparkling (to eyes)