Week 8 Blog Reviews

Mary Bak

10/5 Love?? P. 310 #1

Hello Mary. I am wondering if you had a problem while uploading your blog. Week 8: Beetles pg. 310 #1 is misplaced after the first paragraph. The first 3 paragraphs flow nicely into each other, setting up your discussion about how viewing love and relation ships from a science view point affects our beliefs about “the dance”. After you got to infatuation I am wanting to read more and supportive information is missing. The question on page 310 was not fully addressed and your conclusion is omitted.

10/7 no blog post.

Mary-I hope all is well. I hope to read more from you soon.

Jessica Chee

10/7 Homosexual Nature Page 339 Critical Reading #1

Hi Jessica: Critical Reading was not a choice, although you answered the question well for Critical Reading. The syllabus states: Blog post: Choose one of the following prompts to answer thoroughly -(Beedles) p339 “Class Discussion” #1, p340 “Directed Freewrite”, or p341 #3. 

You picked out some good examples for describing the animal behaviors that were most shocking to Kluger, and his surprised tone. There is a typo in the 2^nd quote, 2^nd paragraph “years of even life” “of” should be “or”.

10/5 Love: A Science? p. 310 #1

Jessica, you really write well. Just a few housekeeping tips. In the first sentence, the verb have  is missing. People have always been intrigued, desired, or possessed by love throughout time. Paragraph 2 has a great transition sentence from chemical to biological love.  Paragraph 3, another great transition sentence referring back to chemical and biological love. It also flows nicely into divorce from the marriage topic in paragraph 2. In the 6^th sentence of paragraph 3, delete it after because. In your conclusion, it may be stronger if you used love consistently as I think you are linking love and divorce and marriage. We marry because we fall in love, the love dwindles, so the natural progression is divorce if we are basing it on the chemical and biological reasons in the articles. Substitute out the word “need” for “love”: However, looking at the reason why Americans marry, it makes sense that as we change, we may no longer need that person. You could also consider using the timeframe it takes for “love” to become neutral that was in Fishers article on pg 305, 36.