Discuss the below:
Below is the list of features from the peer review worksheet that I and your peers will be looking for in your paper. Evaluate your paper beforehand to ensure you've effectively included all required elements.
Summary: Does the first sentence (or two) contain the author's full name, article title, source, and a paraphrase of the author's main point or thesis statement? Identify what is missing.
Circle any places where the writer's opinion is present.
Thesis: Is there a clear thesis that states the writer's WTG and ATG evaluation of the article? (Hint: Does it use although or however?)
How could the thesis statement be clearer?
Criteria: How does the writer make clear his/her criteria for a successful essay?
Support: Does the writer support the thesis with clear evidence?
How could the writer develop WTG and ATG evidence more effectively?
Conclusion: Does the conclusion bring together the summary and the review?
Clarity: Circle on the draft any confusing or unclear or confusing sentences.
1. When you were growing up, with whom did your parents socialize? Where did they live and what social functions were they likely to attend? Now that you are an adult, with whom do you chose to socialize? What is the demographic anatomy of your social group? Is it influenced by race and ethnicity? Is it influenced by common interests? Explain.
2. What does Brooks mean when he says "Human beings are capable of draw-ing amazingly subtle social distinctions and then shaping their lives around them" (paragraph 2)? What examples does he give of such distinctions? Can you think of any "subtle distinctions" in your own life that influence where you live and with whom you choose to associate? Explain.
3. What is "cultural affinity"? How does it influence the social and cultural values of a particular area? How is it reinforced, and how can it break down? Explain.
4. When we refer to the word "diversity," what do we usually mean? What types of diversity are identified by the author? What factors tend to influ-ence people to find others like them?
5. What is ironic about the way many institutions that stress diversity (para-graph 13)? Why do they emphasize the need for diversity, and how do they fall short of actually practicing it? Explain.
6. Brooks states that he believes when we live with "people like us" we tend to be happier. Do you agree? If this is true, why do we tend to pay so much lip service to the idea of diversity but actually fail to achieve it?
7. Brooks begins his essay with the statement, "We don't really care about diversity all that much in America, even though we talk about it a great deal." Do you agree? Why or why not?