HW For Friday

1.  What key terms occurred frequently during the discussion, which are important to understanding Anyon?  Name and define at least four.

Methodology, social classes, occupations, incomes, empirical, conceptualization, independent, developing socioeconomic relationships, and theory.  (bold words are important to understanding Anyon)

Methodology -  a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline : a particular procedure or set of procedures, Social classes - people are arranged into appropriate classes according to their occupations, income, and education, Empirical -  originating in or based on observation or experience, Socioeconomic relationships - relationships between social classes and members of the same social class based on income, wealth, occupation, and education.

2.  Describe at least two discussion points which clarified your understanding of Anyon -  the discussion point may have changed your mind, added something you hadn't known or thought of before, or even agreed with your own conclusions in an interesting way.

Anyon's thorough definition of social classes helped me understand the parents background and what types of jobs each class usually holds,  this helped the correlation between social classes and the work expected to be done by the students at school.  Her conclusion is put together very well and is also written very well.  It sums everything up accurately, states her position, and persuades you without much prodding.

3.  Compare and contrast your experience of reading Anyon and your experience of discussing Anyon.  Which experience proved most valuable for you in understanding Anyon's argument?  What did each experience bring you?

Well, reading Anyon was pretty straight forward.  She stated her position and her parameters for how she was collecting her data and then did it.  Overall the whole article is put together very well and is very persuasive.  Discussing however is different since all classmates are coming from very diverse schools and backgrounds, viewpoints are going to vary.  Discussing is more valuable because it allows for all viewpoints to be heard and opportunities for rebuttal.  Discussing is also more valuable because you can say your viewpoints as opposed to reading where Anyon is just stuffing information and her views into your face.  Granted, reading is helpful.  You would have no idea what we would be talking about the past couple of days,  but I find discussing, and even sometimes debating, about this article more entertaining.