Blog Post #14

I thought that the speeches this week went really well and everyone did a great job presenting their arguments. They all had really good controversial topics that aren’t constantly talked about today. I think that Kellen’s speech over how punishment or reinforcement can affect a child’s life in school and other aspects was an interesting topic. Most of us don’t usually think about how our parents raised us or punished us has effected our learning. He even took it a step further by talking about how the lecture-based classes should let us decide if we should come to class or not. They should not be taking away points where we don’t even do anything in class. He also brought up the point that sometimes having to attend these classes doesn’t affect our grades at all. Like he is still getting an A in both classes, where one he goes to lecture, yet the other he doesn’t go and it does not affect him.  I also liked how he made it relevant to our lives. He did not talk about how punishing a child could have on their older adult life but their young adult life and schooling. It made me listen more because I knew the information had to do with me and where I am at in my life. He also talked about his personal experience which made me think that he knew what he was talking about when presenting the information.