Category «English Comp»

Naysayer response

What makes the internet so validating is when you’re exposing a small piece of yourself to essentially thousands of people, getting the response you want feels like a success and makes you want to keep doing it. As Megan’s tweets went viral Chen reported that, “by the end of the day, Phelps – Roger had …

Peer review experience 9/22/2021

I actually liked our first college experience of peer review. The comments my partner, Jacob, made were helpful and appreciated. A good example would be that it’s Meghan Phelps ROPER and throughout my whole essay I wrote Meghan Phelps ROGER so that would have been kind of embarrassing to submit if Jacob had not noticed …

Konnikova summary 9/15/2021

In the article The Limits of Friendship, Maria Konnikova informs readers about the Dunbar Number, or average number of friends that a human can maintain real relationships with. Her research of the Dunbar Number continues into showing us that the effect of social media on relationships may become a problem in the future, and anthropologist/psychologist …

Revisions 9/12/2021

Original: There is actually a series of dunbar numbers. On page 2, where he starts to break down the numbers he groups it as 150 people, then 50, then 15 then 5. As the number decreases, usually your closeness to the people in the group would increase. That’s where the rule of three comes in. …

Unfollow 9/9/2021

Write a brief summary, using your words and direct quotes, of Megan Phelps-Roper’s personal transformation, as described in Chen’s piece. Be sure to include 2-3 direct quotes (with proper MLA citations) that illuminate changes Phelps-Roper experienced along the way.  In the beginning of the article Unfollow, Megan Phelps- Rogers volunteered to tweet for the congregation. …

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