Step 1- Read all the comments from the previous assignment.
Step 2- Choose one comment law which is thoughtful.
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First, paraphrase the comment you are responding to: For example: “Ms. Yana Krasnokuskaya thinks that…”
Then, write a question about the comment. The question must be: clear, sincere, useful and be the sort of question which leads to more questions. The question you write must complicate the comment’s argument, make the reader of the comment you are questioning think deeper. Stir up some intellectual trouble.
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Erika Lopez states that it is important to study the Jefferson Era because we can learn from events that happened at that time. She explains how different things such as making cotton producing machines during the Proto-Industrial Revolution helped us as we advanced towards the future. A second example Erika stated was Alexander Hamilton's economic plan. He came up with the idea of having a banking system. In the present,we still use Hamilton's banking system and without his idea, we wouldn't have come up with new ways to help the economy. Another example stated was about the Yellow Fever. Yellow Fever was one of the worst epidemics that America has faced with. Many people were killed in Philadelphia because of this deadly disease. Doctors didn't know how to cure this disease. Erika explains that we have learned from this horrific crisis and that now we know how to deal with an epidemic like the Yellow Fever if it were to ever occur again.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Erika is "How did we get from not knowing how to cure the Yellow Fever to advancing in finding and creating cures and vaccines for other illnesses?"
Ms. Fradah Gold believes that many of the events from 1810 were significant in preparing us for 2010 because it has helped us advance in technology and science. I agree with Fradah that since we have studied and looked back to where the events had started, we have become more knowledgeable in those areas. For example, as a result of learning about Hamilton’s Economic Plan, we were able to revise and improve our economy to fit the society of 2010. Also, due to studying, observing, and testing the deadly disease, Yellow Fever, scientists and researchers have produced vaccines and medicines to cure other harmful diseases. This has also made people more aware so that if there were to be another epidemic (not necessarily Yellow Fever), we would know how to handle the situation.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Fradah would be, “If the events in 1810 had not taken place, how would we be affected today and how would we cope to keep our economy standing?”
The economy we live in today has been greatly influenced by the events that had taken place in 1810. Our technology has advanced. Nowadays, many people rely on computers for information, cell phones for faster communication, game systems for entertainment, etc. Our economy has boosted. Today, many people depend on banks for loans and for exchanges. Many people have jobs that are related to the economy, such as working in banks or working in corporations. Our factories and building facilities have become larger and more well equipped. Merchandise can now be mass produced in a little amount of time and with better materials.
So what would happen if all that disappeared? Would mankind still progress? Would we still be able to survive, or would nature cause us to become extinct?
Ms. Rina Gershman says that by studying the Jefferson Era, it will prepare us for facing the future of 2010. I agree with this, but she also says that the War Doves had not fought with their fists, but with their words. A person must know their limits of how and when to use their fists and words. Fists will only cause an outbreak of fights and words can also cause a riot if they are used to insult and offend someone. The War Doves could of insulted the British using their words, and yet they didn't have to use their fists. Either way, it will end up in a bad situation.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Ms. Rina Gershman is "If words and fists arent enough to end arguements and riots, what will?"
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ReplyDeleteMs. Illana Urman says that we must study the Jefferson Era to see the mistakes we made in the past, and not make them in the future. I agree that we should know the past so we do not repeat the bad events that happened. She stated that an example of a significant even in the past is the War Hawks. They were for war against Britain. Illana said that we can use some of their strategies in future war and learn from their mistakes. I have to disagree with her there. To those favoring war, some actions done by the War Hawks may seem like mistakes that should never be repeated. However, to people who were never for war, these mistakes seemed like good things. Different opinions may cause different points of view on their actions. My question is, “How do we act to please all people with different points of views?”
ReplyDeleteMr. Krumgalz states that it is important to learn who, when, and how people invented what we have today. Although that is imprtant, that is not the most important subject to worry and study on. I agree with him but there are other more important lessons to learn. The most imprtant thing is to learn what outcome it gave us and how it affected America/Americans.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Mr. Krumgalz is, "Is the most imprtant thing to learn who and how people invented items, or the outcome it gave us?"
Ms. Julia Dankov says that it is always possible to look back at the mistakes we made years ago and compare them to the deecisions we are making today. She claims that this way, we could prevent the same mistakes from happening twice. Julia states that things that happened 200 years ago like Yellow Fever, The War Hawks vs. The Doves, and The Shakers teach us something different and it is always possible to retrace them back to the decisions we are faced to make nowadays. She believes that this is why it is important to learn about the past
ReplyDeleteMy question is Ms. Julia Dankov is: "How can we retrace past events back to our decisions/events when they were completely different from what we have to make today? How will this help us from making the same mistakes twice if our mistakes and decisions are different?
Mr. Connor O'Hagan believes that we should always study the past. He states that the past is important to study because it helped build the future that we have now. He also believes that we should learn from our past so that we can be inspired, and so that we won't make the same mistakes that we made before. My question for Connor is this: "What if we don't learn from our mistakes? Then what will happen to our future?"
ReplyDeleteRina Gershman thinks that the Jefferson era is important to remember. I agree but her statement is not fully true. For example she thinks that the war doves taught us to fight with words but that does not always work. if we had just sat back and not fought Britain we'd still be a colony.Fighting wars has probably been one of the most important things the usa has ever done.If the war doves ruled us where would we be now?
ReplyDeleteMs. Katie Li believes that the Jefferson Era is an important time in history and should be remembered. She believes that in order to progress in the future, we must build on our mistakes in the past and I agree with her. She stated that many previous events like the Yellow Fever Epidemic and the War Hawks' fight against the British could help us prepare for the future. However, she also said that the War Hawks had given us more ideas on how to fight Britain along with new strategies and tactics. I would like to question this statement. Ms. Katie is saying that because of the War Hawks, we now know new ways to fight the British. However, the U.S. isn’t looking for war. On the contrary, it is looking for peace with all the countries. My question is “Why would we want to find better ways at defeating a country by looking at the War Hawks, when we could look at the War Doves and find a peaceful compromise?
ReplyDeleteMs. Rina Gershman said that it is important to understand the Jefferson Era. She gave some examples such as the war doves. She said that the war doves taught people how to fight with words, not with our body. But I do have one question I would like to ask Ms. Rine Gershman. If we followed the war doves and fought with words and not our body, wouldn't that be easier for countries to destroy us?
ReplyDeleteMs. Erika Lopez states that the Jefferson Era was important because it benefits us in 2010. One example that she gave to prove this is the Yellow Fever epidemic in 1810. Many people died in Philadelphia because there was no cure. We have learned from this and now doctors know how to treat Yellow Fever. However, we also have had major advances in technology and medicine. Even if we did not have this horrible epidemic in 1810, I think that 200 years later doctors still would have found a cure. There have been cures found for many diseases that even which when we did not have a cure, there was no epidemic. My question to Ms. Erika Lopez is, “Even if we did not have this horrible Yellow Fever epidemic, do you think that a cure for Yellow Fever would have still been found due to the major advances in technology and medicine?”
ReplyDeleteMs. Katie Li stated that by looking at events from the past, we can learn from our mistakes and become stronger. I agree with Katie. Mistakes are not really mistakes, they are lessons. From the mistakes we can learn what actions and decisions are better in the future. This can help us become stronger. Ms. Katie Li said that looking at the past will help prevent the same thing that happened years ago from happening again. She then said we can make sure that something that happened in the past will not occur again. This is where I disagree. My question is “How can we prevent an epidemic from occurring if we do not know about it until it strikes?” Just because an epidemic such as the yellow fever had occurred in the past does not mean that there will not be any more epidemics in the future. Therefore, an disease is not something we can stop from happening in the future no matter how many epidemics took place in the past.
ReplyDeleteMr.Andrei Doilidov says that by studying events that happened in history, we can find ourselves successful. For example, he mentioned in 1810, the yellow fever epidemic hit Pennsylvania. Now, that scientists have studied the disease and found a vaccine for it, we don't have it anymore. I agree with what Andrei is saying. From looking at the past, we can become even stronger. But my question to him is, "I understand that by learning from our mistakes in the past, we get stronger; but is this the only way the US can become a better country?"
ReplyDeleteMr. Mitchell Eng states that learning about 1810 will help with making a better today. He says that, the War Hawks strategies and fighting techniques can help our troops today who are or may go into war, and I do agree with him. Mr. Eng also talked about how if we used steam power now, more then we use fossil fuels, we may be cutting down the emissions that are causing global warming, because we would only be sending water vapor into the air. Mitchell also spoke about the yellow fever epidemic. It has helped doctors to come up with a cure for this disease, and taught them that many more diseases can be treated too. So then 1810 has helped us with making today a better place.
ReplyDeleteMy question for Mr. Eng is, “What would our life be like now if people would not have tried to fix the mistakes and make the trials and errors of 1810 better? Would we have the technology we have today? Would global warming not be an important situation to the economy?”
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ReplyDeleteMs. Ilana Urman says that it is helpful for us to study the war hawks so that we can have better war methods. I don't think that is this necesarily a good idea ,though because war isn't the only solution to a disagreement. We should be trying to prevent war instead of coming up with better war tactics than they had in the past. I think that this is one of the things of the Jefferson Era that we shouldn't be learning from. Instead we should learn how to comprimise with other countries that are giving us problems. By comprimising we can really change how the world works so that we can make it a more peaceful place for people to live.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Ms. Ilana Urman is "Will studying the war hawks methods in hopes of improving our own actually help to make the world a better place?"
Ms. Erika Lopez states “Alexander Hamilton came up with the idea of a banking system that we still use today and without studying this we can never come up with new ways to help our economy.” This idea is partially true. America did develop over the years extremely well by studying what happened in history. Although, we anyways have an economic crisis. Even if we studied Hamilton’s ideas and they have worked in the past, this does not mean they will always work. For a while his ideas were excellent and helped the U.S. economy but as you can see now, we are stuck economically. In the beginning, the banking system was an original idea but this banking system is now one of the main causes of our economic crisis.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Erika is, “Does studying the ideas of many intelligent people always help in resolving/preventing many of the ongoing problems? If their plans work well at first, will they work well forever and always help?”
Ms.Ariel Leong states "The Proto-Industrial Revolution was started to help with the production of cotton. Today, with the advancement of technology, life is made easier with inventions like the internet, cell phones, I-pods, etc". I understand that some inventions in the Jacksonian Era have lead to other inventions that have been very helpful to every day life in America. What I don't understand is how advances in cotton mill technology has improved life for us in the present. I believe there must be a missing link between the Jacksonian Era and our Era.
ReplyDeleteMy question for Ms. Leong is " How exactly was the Jacksonian Era involved in the technology we use today,such as the internet, phones,I-pods,etc".
Ms. Rina Gershman says that the Jefferson era will help us in 2010. I agree with her. She also says that War Doves solved problems without violence but instead with speech. Violence in this world has only led to destruction and pain. Speech may damage someone verbally but never physically. The War Doves may have insulted the British with their words but they didn't actually hurt them. No one died or got hurt when they spoke.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Ms. Rina Gershman is that "If the enemy didn't listen to our words and attaked us, would we fight or would we just do nothing.
Ms. Erika Lopez believes that we, the people of 2010, are where we are now with our economy and money because of Alexander Hamilton. She states that him and his previous studies taught us many things about the world of business and money.
ReplyDeleteIn a way, I agree, but if you think about it, Hamilton's studies and theories didn't get us to a very good place. We are living in the time of an economic crisis, so how did he really benefit us in any way? Was it really all him who taught us what we know now?
Ms. Rina Gershman stated that the War Doves showed us that there was another way of fighting. Not by fists, but by words. I agree with her statement, but if we followed the War Doves forever, we would get beat by countries very easily. Other countries would take over. If we didn’t fight the American Revolutionary War, then we would’ve still been ruled by Great Britain. My question to Rina is “If we start following the War Doves now, what would happen to our country?”
ReplyDeleteMr. David Krumgalz discussed the importance of the 19th century and how it relates to 2010. He stated that over the past 200 years our country has had many changes and technological advancements. David included the War Doves and how they prevented the war with Britain over Canada. In addition, the Yellow Fever Epidemic helped us come up with medicine to treat it. I do agree with David that there have been many changes and advancements, especially in technology. My question is “How would the world be different, in terms of pollution, if we didn’t have this many advancements in technology?”
ReplyDeleteMs. Genie Gorbunosov stated that the War Doves taught us to fight with words, not weapons. This is not true for what she is saying is that we tried to talk to Great Britain and tell them to stop, due to rule of the Doves. We never did this. This fact is untrue.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Genie is "Can we really say that the War Doves taught us to fight without war?"
Mr. Eng states that past studies have made the future better. In my opinion, studying the past doesn’t only cause positive effect, but also may cause negative consequences. For example, certain studies have helped us develop many import technologies such as MRI tests and CAT scans. On the other hand, these technologies produce radiation, which is one of the reasons why the number of cancer victims is rising. Also, many centuries ago alcohol was created. Alcohol has been proven to be helpful in preventing cardiovascular disease, if used in moderation. It relaxes people and helps them socialize. On the other hand, alcohol can become addictive, and if over consumed it can cause health problems such as liver cirrhosis, liver infections, cancer of the mouth, larynx, etc.
ReplyDeleteMy question is, “How can we prevent the negative effects of new discoveries and inventions?”
Ms. Ariel Leong states that the past helps us improve, and propel to create a better tommorow. All though this may be true, we have had things, that we still do not have a cure for, even though it has been present in our society for a long time. For example, we have had diabetes, cancer, or HIV as a disease for a long time, but we still do not have any cures. My question for her, is that even though tghe past may benefit the future, how can we use it to cure diseases that have been around for a long time?
ReplyDeleteMitchell Eng states that we should look back on steam power and acknowledge it today. I disagree with this statement. Steam power has been just about completely done away with, and we have much more efficient ways of providing energy for our modern day needs. We are also developing more efficient renewable energy sources to replace fossil fuels. There is almost no more need for steam power, so why should we remember it?
ReplyDeleteFrederick Yen states: "The reason we should study 1810, so that we do not repeat history." i belive this applies to some aspects of history, but not all of them. for example, wihtout fighting whatsoever, the war doves prevented a war with Britain over Canada. Wouldn't we want to repeat things like this, prevent many people from being killed, without any violence? This is one of the many things in history that many people wish they could repeat today, but cannot. though frederick has a point, there are many cons against it.
ReplyDeleteMs. Rina Gershman stated that the War Doves showed us that there was another way of fighting. Not by fists, but by words. I agree with her statement but if we only fought with our words we would never have fought in the Revolutionary War. Therefore we wouldn't be independent. Other countries would "pick on us" because they know we wouldn't fight back. My question is "How different would are country be now if we followed the war doves"?
ReplyDeleteMs. Rina Gershman said that we should study the Jefferson Era because it will prepare us for facing 2010. Even though I agree with her, I feel that some parts of that are wrong. For example, Rina stated that the war doves didn’t fight with fists, but with words. Even though the War Doves didn’t hurt the British physically, they still hurt them emotionally by saying mean insults. This doesn’t help countries win wars. Like the saying goes, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me.” If the U.S had fought many wars with verbal attacks instead of physical attacks, we would have been citizens of a different country instead of citizens of the U.S.A. My question is “How are verbal attacks beneficial in a war?”
ReplyDeleteMr. Mitchell thinks that the war of 1812 helped the world in tactical strategies. Though his point is true the War of 1812 shouldn't of happened. The USA looked for a reason to attack the British. Nobody should ever look for a reason to kill thousands of people. We should always try diplomatic tactics then kill thousands of people. My question to Mitchell is "Should we learn a lesson from war?
ReplyDeleteMs. Genie Gorbonosov thinks that the war doves tough us to fight with words not by war. I disagree with this. When you’re arguing with someone, or trying to prove your point, or don’t like someone, of course you should use words not actions. However, during evens such as terrorism, bombing, and killings, we need to go into war. I doubt we could’ve “talked things out” with Saddam Hussein . In some cases, violence IS the answer.
ReplyDeleteMy question to Genie is- “What kind of a world would we be living in if we wouldn’t go into war?"