Homework for April 15th

Revised thesis statement:
Because Barbie is the single most successful doll ever produced, she is to blame for self-esteem and body image issues among young girls.


Subtopics:
-Barbie's have unrealistic body measurements that are not obtainable among girls
-Barbie's are the most popular doll making it influential on the expectations it creates for girls.
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I feel that my claim is important because Barbie is a very well-known doll around the world. So many young girls play with Barbie dolls and look up to/want to be or look just like her. How she looks and her proportions are unrealistic in the real world.

Toward a Policy on Drugs

-Narrow Topic: relationship between drugs and crime


-Thesis: Drug users should not be punished and it is not effective.


-Expectations in intro: Talking about what people want from a criminal justice system, different approaches to regulation/solution, see what has been working for other countries. 


-Subtopics:
     -sub points
Defining punishments, defining usage, the relations between crime and drugs. Also goes into talking about legalization as a solution, medicinal use, decriminalization. Another option talked about following methods that other countries use.


-Conclusion: Wraps it up by talking about the correlation between crime rates and drug use. Talks about even if drugs were easier to access doesn't mean that crime rates will go down. It is a complex solution.

Why is college bullshit?

The claim of this episode of "bullshit" was that college isn't what it is perceived to be. College is said to be a place where everyone's perceptions and ideas can come together and in the episode it tries to prove that's not the case. It also talks about the stereotype that in order to be successful and go somewhere in life you have to go to college. It gives examples of how professors are brainwashing.  I would say that the overall claim was fairly focused. They showed some interviews from students attending the college and their opinions. They also used consultants, lawyers, professors, etc. to back up the statement that college is bullshit.