GASCAP

Generality: Economies change, as does the demand for certain types of expertise and skill.

Analogy: Just as wheat and corn survived the decline of the American farmer, our cultures, our values, and our yearning to understand our acquaintances and ourselves will survive the decline of the humanities major.

Sign: There is no clear if-then statement, but the whole article revolves around the fact the if the humanities majors decline then there is no reason to anticipate the decline of the humanities.

Causality: Fewer humanities majors will mean fewer credentialed literary theorists, hermeneutic circles, and other professions dealing with the humanities.

Authority: Academics do not have unique access to the instructions for being human.

Principal: Those who are upset with the trend of the decline in humanities are told, eat code.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/11/8/let-them-eat-code/

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Generality: The author thinks that Western mothers aren't strict enough with their children.

Analogy: Chinese mothers are more strict while Western mother's aren't strict enough which leads to Chinese children succeeding in academics more than Western children.

Sign: If parents push their children to go further and are stricter then they will be more successful.

Causality: Creates stereotypes and systematic learners out of children but prepares them for the future and lets them see what they're capable of.

Authority: The author is a Chinese mother and has had experience with her own children and raising them with the Chinese method instead of the Westerner method.

Principal: The reader is most likely a Westerner and would agree with allowing their children to be individuals rather than being overly harsh and strict like Chinese mothers (parents) are.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754

Thesis

I've always been strongly opinionated about the fact that the sciences and arts are split. You are only ever allowed to study one or the other. To me, it seems as though our specialized society has become so specialized that we are expected to only ever stay in one field of expertise. In high school, balancing all of the regular classes and taking the classes that would either lead to a future career or become a hobby was always very difficult. I love robotics and I am also interested in music and arts. I had to bend head-over-heels just trying to schedule classes because I wanted to take both band and robotics along with required classes. Now in college there is more freedom, but not quite. Specialization is a great thing because you can do what your best at and focus on that, but the more advanced classes, like a music theory class, are only available to those who are majoring in that field and no one else. Everyone should have a hobby, an interest that they spend time on other than what they do for work. As a computer engineering major, I love to relax by playing the piano. I love learning more about music and find music theory to be as interesting as all of the little details that make up a computer. Because society wants specialized workers we are limited by expectation to choosing one area of knowledge. But is it not the well-rounded worker who is proficient at many skills more desirable?

Intro

Computer engineers, well at least this one, and writing assignments don't play well together. That being said, here goes nothing. 

The Typical List:

Me playing my saxophone at a jazz concert.

• My name is Michael Blomquist
• My hometown is a little place called Goldendale, Washington.
• Definitely on the map if you want to question it.
• I enjoy music.
• I've played piano since I was 5.
• I started on the clarinet but transitioned to the tenor saxophone.

• I love jazz, pop, techno, any non-lerical piano music.

The Not-So-Typical List:

• I have a twin, we're mirror images of each other.
• Found that out because of the dentist.
• If computer engineering doesn't work out I hope my swim practice will eventually pay off so I can compete in the olympics(secret goals).
• I experimentally tried rock surfing once and I didn't receive any major injuries: success
• Cats are warm, soft, and cute...and I love them.
• Dogs, but only big ones, are cool too.
• I am the youngest of 6 with a total of eleven people in my family and I bought all of them different flavors of hot cocoa for Christmas.
• My math is not incorrect, my sister is married and I am now an uncle.
• I reside in the soon to be nonexistent old heritage--the place where I developed my love for varying flavors of non-caffeinated beverages.
• I also enjoy board games, most of which involve strategy. 

• Some of my top favorites to play would be:
• The Duke (look it up, it's like chess but more epic)
• Chess
• Risk
• Robo Rally
• Catan
• Dominion