Monday, October 27, 2008

Response to Suggestions for my Essay

When a classmate read through my essay and wrote a letter about his opinions of it, he pointed out a major issue that I had never noticed before. My essay contrasts the learning that goes on through SEEDS with the learning that occurs in a school classroom. However, in doing this, I come off as biased against school learning, because I mainly focus on the advantages SEEDS has as a way of promoting the organization. It is suggested that I could remove some of the bias by including citations from sources, but most of the information I used is derived not from books but from my own thoughts and personal experiences, both being a student and working with younger students/children. Thus, while I'd certainly like to remove any element of bias from my essay, I am not entirely sure that I can do this through citation. I'll have to come up with something...

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