Fact Versus Opinion: Finding the Thesis of a Passage - MCAT

I think a lot of what this test looks for is the ability to separate fact and opinion. That’s why you get questions like "does it strengthen or weaken this statement to say…?" and so forth. So when evaluating each assertion, you need to look past the facts, which contribute to the summary, but are not the point of the passage. It is the conclusions derived from those facts–which are opinions that the author seeks to support by the facts–that are the main idea.

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Student Journalists Blog Back

This is why students should be taught to blog. A Georgia high school principal decides to pull the plug on the journalism class because the stories in the paper it was producing were too controversial. (Guns in schools and teen mothers…shocking!) Then he also pulls the school magazine and cancels an introductory journalism class that the same teacher had proposed. So, the students start a blog “Speaking Underground”:

We believe students’ rights to exercise responsible free speech should be encouraged and not stifled. The Speaking Underground forum was created in an effort to keep students’ voices from being silenced by school authorities. We invite you to study the documents on this website. Please contact the Pebblebrook administration, as well as Cobb County School District officials and encourage them to rescind the decision to remove journalism classes at Pebblebrook High School.

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NASA uses tagcloud format for popular content navigation

A redirect link called “Visit the NASA Portal” on one of NASA’s galaxy of webpages sent me to the url nasa.gov. The page is worth a semester’s study in a web design class. There are many, many features ranging from old school nav bars top and bottom to the usual gorgeous photos and an interactive poll. You can read it in two languages, but when you switch to Espanol most of the cool stuff turns to plain text.

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Life Round Here Winner - Center Elementary

Today’s winner annoucement comes from Center Elementary School in Waycross, Georgia, USA.

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The winner is Trey!

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