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http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2013/05/08/exposing-the-tyranny-of-the-food-fascists/


I believe that the article kind of jumps around, though i think it is well written I personally was confused about certain things. Obviously the author believes that engineering being apart of our farming methods is important enough to stay, but he contradicts himself by saying organic food are good too. I was completely confused even though he had the information there, he could have presented his argument better, but that is just my opinion. Personally I believe the government should stay out of what we eat, but at the same time something should be done to make the food we do consume so people don't get sick from pesticides and food that makes us addicted to something bad. You personally know what you should ad shouldn't eat, if a person chooses to eat it then it is that person's right to do so. Locally grown foods are a good thing but just buying home grown stuff isn't something you can do constantly lets be honest, although i think it is important to have some regulations on grown foods, like what kind of pesticides to use, it's also  important we make it to where small farmers can be apart of this big process. Big business seems to be so agianst the bio engineering is because the process can cause a surplus making prices hit bock bottom prices, which obviously means no money for the big guys, but it would benefit the little guy because it's his crops being sold. 

Motivation Matters

http://goo.gl/eswlB


The quality of the writing was very simple, the author is trying to persuade you into thinking that certain things motivate students,through the use of statistics and use of examples he tried to sway your thoughts to thinking that "maybe this will work". I think that his ideas are okay, but as a student most of this wont motivate me, just for the simple fact i have to be motivated by myself first before someone else can motivate me, you get more done if you're self motivated before trying to be pushed by someone else. If you aren't, then it becomes more of a chore to do the assignment.

Attendance Policy

http://goo.gl/oRFWq


I believe that even though it was short, it was written on a level I could understand which I appreciate. The main point of the article was about how attendance policies and how some instructors believe it effects the learning process of students even though there is no evidence saying so. I believe the author achieves this through using the example of a classroom and explaining how the students prevailed.

Shakespeare Research

http://goo.gl/SrcBW



Although I honestly can say the way we talk today is ... lazier than the way they spoke in the Elizabethan era but it's the strange dialect that makes Shakespeare.... Shakespeare!  Of course, reading difficult works requires more brain activity than reading something simpler. Thats why allot of high school and college students hate Shakespeare  Its challenging to read and translate into words we can compute, Shakespeare requires too much concentration even for people whose brains have been fully stimulated for a long time.
The article never explains how the researchers conducted showed that such stimulation is beneficial in itself. Everyone takes Shakespeare in a different way some people don't mind the tough context, but for those who hate it of course the brain activity is going to be higher because they'll be struggling to understand it and they will slowly become stressed over it. The quality is okay, I think they could have explained them selves a bit better but it is what it is.

Welfare Response

http://goo.gl/7v6dX



I would consider this article a fairly written, they seems to have all the information needed to conclude that their information was well researched and he appeared to know what they were talking about. I am not exactly sure if it was biased because at some points it made it sound like they were upset that so much money goes here or so much goes there, but it may have been the way it was written, although it may be an argument that too many social programs are abused and the republican candidate wants them eliminated because it makes the people lazy and not want to work, it is an opinion which everyone is entitled to but they back theirs up fairly nice. The authors seem to be very researched in the topic so perhaps it was just say this is how much goes here vs how much goes there. The quality of the writing seems very high and well thought out, the graphs were certainly a great touch so you can visibly see the change in amounts, and if any bias at all was within the paper it was hidden and can be brushed off as the authors maybe disagreeing with one another or just stating factual information especially since it was written while presidential campaigning was going on. Personally I think the programs talked about in this article are important to the well being of the people who desperately need it, although I do think something needs to be done with all the abuse that does take place within the system we should not eliminate them completely.