Liron Bitton

Sophomore transfer student. First semester at UMD. English 101 account.

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4. I least liked reading democracy and demagoguery. 5. I especially liked creating my own website. 6. I disliked the online coursework where we had to listen to podcasts. 7.

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1. A bad writing habit that I have tried to break this semester is to write without proofreading. 2. I tried to use as much evidence as I could when writing. 3. I enjoyed reading about what your tweets say about yourself.

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Before: He bought a Mercedes can only 1986 and equipped it with computers, cameras, and sensors.
After: Ernst Dickmanns, the first man to build a self-driving car, bought a Mercedes van and equipped it with computers, cameras, and sensors.

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A piece of writing that I found memorable this semester was a paper in my Comm class about Social Penetration Theory. This theory is about discovering how a relationship develops through self disclosure. #flamm101

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The ambulance shows up and you are no longer panicking, just in a state of regret. What if all of this could have been avoided before you even got into your car? #flamm101 #english101

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3. Self driving cars should be viewed as the way of the future and introduced to the public now because they are safer than human drivers.* #flamm101

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Three potential thesis statements
1. Self driving cars are not safe enough yet, and humans should stick to driving themselves around until the technology gets better.
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2. Self driving cars are somewhat unsafe, and humans will just have to adjust their lifestyle a little bit to ensure their safety. #flamm101

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Carlin and Klein both have viable arguments. Carlin appeals more to an older audience because of how he makes fun of the topic. Klein is being much more serious and her argument would be more receptive to younger people because climate control will affect them more. #flamm101

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Carlin has some credibility because he is well educated on the topic, but he just a stand up comedian so I see some limitation there. On the other hand Klein is doing a ted talk and she has actual experience in the field. Not many limits on her credibility. #flamm101

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Before: how can flights be more pleasurable for passengers?
After: how can airlines improve their flights so that he customers experience will be more pleasurable? #flamm101

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Help! In 2014 Brit Marling was requested to have a meeting Harvey Weinstein. #flamm101

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Began, found, realize, wrote, explain, want, offer, understand, study, think. #flamm101

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A piece of helpful feedback I received on my draft was to remember to use in line citations #flamm101

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To him being really good at debate was in some way like being a gangster or at least a fake gangster.

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“If many of my friends were fake gangsters, I was a fake fake gangster; debate and speech, by transposing conflict to a verbal and comparatively intellectual register, offered at least a partial synthesis of these two worlds” (Ben Lerner)

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This kid excels in debate, and in life. But he is also very interested in his fake gangster persona. #BenLerner #ContestofWords #English101