This week’s discussion provoked a
decent bit of thought amongst myself. Prior to this blog post, I hadn’t really
paid very much attention to the argument culture around myself. However, giving
the topic a little bit of thought proved easier than expected. Out of the
classes I am currently completing, I would say two of them condone conflict.
The first course would be the one I am currently writing for, (English 1900),
and the second course would be Foundations in Clinical Health Care Ethics.
As you may imagine the argument
culture within our English course occurs on Thursday each week, usually. It is interesting
to think about whether these argumentative discussions are demeaning or
positive, but I would infer that they are helpful or we wouldn’t partake in
them. In terms of responsiveness, the professor promotes a healthy bit of
conflict in order to make our persuasive argumentation skills stronger in our
daily rhetoric encounters, at least I would assume that is the motive. The
other course mentioned in the first paragraph is such a fascinating one to
speak about. The discussions that occur are generally people disagreeing with
one another. When the disagreements occur they are not a bickering or yelling
sort, but they are civilized discussions amongst adults with contrasting opinions.
This course happens to be very opinion based, but often individuals can justify
their opinions with factual evidence. The course instructor promotes these
conflicting opinions, and can usually be heard asking if another classmate
disagrees with an individual just state.
In each of these courses, both the
students and instructors respond well to these discussions and often times may
be involved themselves. Other than these college courses, I do not have much
conflicting discussions occurring in my everyday adventures. While it may
appear boring and unsatisfying, I do enjoy not having to deal with conflicting
discussions. I tend to avoid them like the plague, and generally find them
unappealing.
Kevin, just like you said, argument can really be a plague sometime. As I read your blog, I found myself agreeing to almost every details and thoughts. But with that being said, I personally would love to get involve in healthy argument in order to gain knowledge and open up my mind. I tend to argue with people I know, people who seem to be more open toward other opinion. Lastly, when I argue, I learn more vocabulary, sentence structure, tone, pronunciation, etc. So we should argue sometime!
ReplyDeleteKevin, just like you said, argument can really be a plague sometime. As I read your blog, I found myself agreeing to almost every details and thoughts. But with that being said, I personally would love to get involve in healthy argument in order to gain knowledge and open up my mind. I tend to argue with people I know, people who seem to be more open toward other opinion. Lastly, when I argue, I learn more vocabulary, sentence structure, tone, pronunciation, etc. So we should argue sometime!
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