Retrospective

The experience of collaborative learning through the use of this blog has taught me a little about my thinking process. When writing a paper, I can sit in front of the computer screen for hours, not putting anything on paper. But when I write on my blog, I am putting my free thoughts on paper, and then can use these ideas to later revise into a paper. I really like this method of thought process, it helps me to invent and clarify my ideas before I begin writing on a graded assignment.

I also like how I was able to view other's blogs. This allowed me to further my critical thinking skills by viewing differing perspectives. It helped me to write more well-rounded papers, rather than allowing my bias to show through in them. This blog really seemed to help me this year.

While I probably won't continue with this blog since the class is over, I may turn to blogging in the future. A friend of mine is using a blog to document the time with her fiancé before their wedding. She recently posted a photo montage of her and her husband recreating a $1800 headboard as a craft project for their new house. It is a really great way to present wedding ideas, and it will be great for them to go back and read through as years pass. This might even be a good idea to document my time here at USC. Only time can tell what I will do with blogging.

view my friends blog here: http://babblesofbrooke.wordpress.com

For now, Dancing my Way through the California Dream is SIGNING OFF!

Fallacy #3 MasterCard

MasterCard uses the false dichotomy fallacy in their main slogan "There are some things money can't buy, for everything else, there's MasterCard." This implies that for those items that you can buy, there is no alternative to using a MasterCard.

By not providing any other option, the ad implies that it would be impossible to buy anything without a MasterCard, therefore forcing people to apply for the card. The ad provides an unrealistic proposal, and therefore is a logical fallacy.

Source: http://www.mastercard.com/index.html