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Sathwik. K, Alessandra. A , Diego J

1) The chickens on campus play a famous role for our school, they make us unique.      

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The chickens on campus play a famous role for our school, and they make us unique. 

2) What if the chickens laid eggs and hid them somewhere they would get left behind.     

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What if the chickens laid eggs and hid them somewhere? They would get left behind. 

3) The chickens bring laughter to our students, without them we’d be an ordinary school.               

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The chickens bring laughter to our students, so without them we’d be an ordinary school.

4) I remember, after my first class I was leading out to the bookstore unfortunately, I stepped on the chickens’ dump.    

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I remember, after my first class I was leading out to the bookstore; unfortunately I stepped on the chickens’ dump. 

5) Right now, there are many chickens living freely on campus but many professors don’t want chickens.  

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Right now, there are many chickens living freely on campus, but many professors don’t want chickens. 

6) Chickens should not be allowed to live freely on the campus because they cause stinky odors make noise and no one wants to clean after.          

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 Chickens should not be allowed to live freely on campus; they cause stinky odors, make noise, and no one wants to clean after.

7) Anytime students want to lie down on the lawn they need a place that looks clean and has fresh air therefore they can not take a nap or study.      

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Anytime students want to lie down on the lawn, they need a place that looks clean and has fresh air; therefore, they can not take a nap or study.

8)  But I strongly disagree with that opinion, chickens should not be allowed on campus at all.    

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But I strongly disagree with that opinion. Chickens should not be allowed on campus at all.

9) During the time students are in the lab if the chickens make a lot of noise the students won’t focus on doing their job.  

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During the time students are in the lab, and if the chickens make a lot of noise; the students won’t focus on doing their job.

10) In conclusion, if the chickens live freely on campus because students let them live free then these students should clean the chickens’ mess.   

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In conclusion, if the students live freely on campus because the students let them live free; these students should clean the chickens’ mess.

My first name, Alessandra, was handed down to me by my great-great grandmother. The name is Italian in origin and it means “the defender of man,” which I interpret as a kind of protector of mankind. My last name Aguirre is most commonly found in Mexico, Spain, and Argentina. My father is from Mexico and my mother’s family is from Italy but migrated to Argentina before my mother was born so it seems that my name fits me very well in a cultural sense.Aguirre comes from the original term, Basque ager is a topographic term which means “open space.” Any new interpretation such as my last name is an interpretation of that phrase.

I was never embarrassed by my name, if anything I actually loved that no one I knew had my name. For most of my life people have called me Ale, and pronounced it (ah-leh) not (ail-ah). But eventually I began encountering people who felt uncomfortable with using either and adopted Allie because it was easier for them. This embarrassed me more than my original name and never felt right but I didn’t care enough to correct them. Spanish was my siblings’ and my first language but as we became more immersed in American culture we all lost out on practice and have become fairly rusty since then. In my case I have not been mocked or ridiculed by European culture for speaking Spanish I’ve actually been judged by many Latin Americans for no longer speaking Spanish fluidly and well. It is my goal this year to try and get my Spanish back so that I can share more in my cultural communities and with family members.

I’ve decided to respond to Alec’s post under the February 1st discussion. Both of us wrote about arguments of definition and how defining a term or situation can breed controversy and conversation. I see a lot of similarities between our responses because each of us connected that this argument came up due to a class experience. I think seeing it through the lens of a classroom with many voices involved and chiming in showed us how easily a single word and the significance it caries can spark a good argument.

The key idea I got from Alec’s reading was that the way in which we define something can sort of be like the first domino in the domino effect. We base our decisions off of the guidelines we are given. Therefore, as he said in his response, people will base the morality or logic of their decisions depending on how they define the elements involved. “Normal,” could hold a variety of meanings, so depending on how everyone’s mind works, these individuals could be basing their opinion off of very different scenarios. We agree on our definition of Kairos and I believe Alec followed reading response guidelines well.