Posting Response 2

Bianka Bedoya:

I liked how the imagery of “your green may be someone else’s purple” was placed in. It was rather creative and insightful, but I did not think it had the capability of catching someone’s attention. By “everyone is different”, you mean that an individual thinks of something differently than another. However, most people no the term but do not really believe it that deeply; many people on the inside believe Everyone has unique ways of thinking, but they all are aware of one thing that connect them all into one point: common sense. Say if I were writing an essay for a scholarship when suddenly someone else is chosen for an essay that he/she did not write. That person has the right to say “everyone is different, and I think I should be the chosen one with the scholarship because I ran out of time and I desperately need the money for my family.” The only problem is, everyone else is aware that that person cheated and plagiarized and they believe the right thing to do is be original, which is common sense. When these arguments occur, make sure to narrow down what you mean so less people can counterattack it. Thus the “basic definition” may be too broad (remember the Monty Python video?) and a simple term may go in depth a long way. So it is best to try and steer a bit away from the “basic definition” and narrow down the options. For example, if you were to write about the meaning of “soccer”, it would be difficult because you’d then have to cover what individuals think of when they see or hear the word. A much better topic to work around that deals with “soccer” may be “Spanish soccer teams,” “Argentina soccer,” “British football,” or the like.

HollyG:

Cold is a great term to work with when it comes to definitions. Operational definition I believe is probably the more interesting out of the two. I see this type of definition as one of those cornfield mazes, where you are given paths to take, and depending on the path chosen, surprises await. Basically for operational definitions, when you take a word to a different level, it changes everyone’s conception of it (similar to Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age 2 if you are into video games; the story all depends on what you say to others. For example, you can choose to lose a healing mage through just a tiny mistake out of your mouth, and sometimes that can never be redone unless you reload the game). Another way to see these definitions is like it’s determining the future; there are plenty of doors open for you, and when you choose your first door there will be other doors beyond that one. Thus you will travel to places (or conversations) you never expected to go to. The only issue with the word “cold” or “hot” is what YOU mean to define it as. Do you mean how the weather is hot, the soup is hot, or hot as in “spicy”? Similarly said with “cold”. You can narrow your topic down to “cold weather”, “cold feeling”, or just “cold temperature”. Just “cold” or “hot” seems a bit broad, and you can easily confuse other people if you have too many doors or options open, so it is best to narrow your subject to “cold temperature” or the like.