Mercury Reader and the Rowe Article (HW#2 for 9/7)

It has come to my attention that the Mercury Reader is out of stock at the College Bookstore. Therefore, some students in the class have been unable to read this article and thus been unable to complete the homework.

I have also been informed that this Friday (9/4) there should be more copies of this text coming into stock. So please check the bookstore ASAP so that you can purchase this text. Beginning this upcoming week each student in the class will be responsible for owning a copy of the Mercury Reader. 


For those of you who have not yet obtained the book, the Rowe article can be found here. Please read it.


I would like every one to post their responses to the Rowe article below as a comment. Here are the two questions I would like you to answer, with a full paragraph devoted to each:

1)How do you feel when you hear other people's cellphone conversations in public spaces? Why?

2) In your view, what is Rowe's strongest argument against cell phones? What is his weakest? Why?

I hope you all enjoy the long weekend. Have a safe Labor Day!

First Day's Response (HW#1 for 8/31)

After reading the post titled "Introduction: How to Join and Contribute", please comment below by posting your first writing assignment for this class. Recall that you responded to the following prompt:

Describe one time when your beliefs/ideals were challenged. What was the experience like? How did you react? What was the outcome? 

This will be your first trial run at using this site. My advice to you is to simply copy and paste your response paper into the comment box. First changing the double spacing to single is preferable because it will save space on the webpage and it will also allow us to read the responses with greater ease.