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CSS students currently on the quarter system aid they felt anxious about the proposed change. “l wouldn’t want to see the quarter system replaced because I’ve gotten used to the pace, and think I can complete my degree in less time,” Melinda Sisal, a junior criminal justice major at SILICA, said. Jonathan Sotto, a junior Spanish major at the Pomona campus, said that the quarter system helps him stay focused. “The quarter system keeps me on task,” Sotto said. “It’s challenging, but it forces me to be engaged both in class and outside. A task force enlisted by Armstrong at Cal Poly SOLO concluded in December that making the quarter-to-semester switch old not be in the best interest of the campus. “While there is a strong commitment among all our constituents to improve Cal Poly [SOLO] continuously, to enhance student success, the SORT [Semester Review Task Force] did not see significant evidence that a calendar conversion from quarters to semesters would result in improved student outcomes,” the task force wrote in its report.
Argumentative Essay First Assignment About 1 2 years ago, the CSS, East Bay campus community (students, faculty, and staff) voted about making a change from quarters to semesters. Obviously, the vote was for staying on the semester system. In the CSS, LB article, the Cal State University system is trying again to make all 23 campuses have the same academic schedule. Recently, the Presidents office of CSS, East Bay has requested all faculty to submit their opinions about changing to semesters.
In the very near future (if it has not been done already), SPICES should request that students express their opinions about making this change. Your Argument Essay is to present clear, appropriate, valid reasons for an opinion of either changing to semester or staying on quarter. Your final draft should follow the classical argument method (to be discussed in class). Part 1 of this essay is to do a Pre-writing.
For this, you are to type (print) your name, Argument Essay Pre-write, English 1 002 in the upper left of a page (use Times New Roman, size 12, 2 line spacing). Then, for each opinion?change to semester/do not change to semester?you are to write at least five reasons (5 for changing, 5 for not changing). These reasons can be written briefly?a few words each. After listing the reasons for both opinions, write in one to two sentences your pinion and your major reasons. This will be your beginning (working) thesis.
Following your beginning thesis, develop a plan for gathering support. In other words, how are you going to validate your reasons? Where will you try to find evidence to support your thesis? This can be written briefly.