Exam #2 Review (Essay) — Transcript

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1. 0:00in class s it's not going to be in
2. 0:03classes it well si review alright so
3. 0:07first let me go over some general
4. 0:09information as far as the the si some
5. 0:12common questions that students normally
6. 0:15ask with an essay exam one common
7. 0:18question does writing count the answer
8. 0:22to that is yes and no no I don't have a
9. 0:27separate writing score where I'm going
10. 0:30to deduct points for grammatical errors
11. 0:35you know spelling errors those kind of
12. 0:37things but yes writing does count in
13. 0:41terms of your ability to write is your
14. 0:44ability to communicate what's in here in
15. 0:47the case of this exam to the screen okay
16. 0:49and those students who are better at
17. 0:53writing will be better able to
18. 0:54communicate what they know and
19. 0:56understand here - to the screen and
20. 0:59those students who are not as good at
21. 1:02writing will struggle even if they may
22. 1:04understand it here they won't be able to
23. 1:06communicate that that to me and
24. 1:09ultimately I can only grade you based on
25. 1:12what I read alright so in that sense
26. 1:15yeah writing does count a whole lot
27. 1:17alright it is an essay exam you are to
28. 1:22answering complete sentences and
29. 1:24paragraphs and to give it your best
30. 1:26writing effort now this essay is
31. 1:31basically a three paragraph essay okay I
32. 1:35know in your English 101 courses that
33. 1:38you take your drilled into that you know
34. 1:41five paragraph essay format and there's
35. 1:44a reason for that you're being taught
36. 1:46the fundamentals of right okay but as
37. 1:50you'll learn later on you know sometimes
38. 1:52you need to relax those fundamentals or
39. 1:54you know you need to adapt your writing
40. 1:56style depending on the situation so in
41. 1:59the case of this essay I'm explicitly
42. 2:02telling you spare me your introductory
43. 2:04paragraph spare me your conclusion
44. 2:07paragraph I don't need it I won't read
45. 2:09it
46. 2:09and for those students who struggle you
47. 2:12know literally the first sentence of
48. 2:16your first paragraph should read you
49. 2:18know the rational basis test is boom and
50. 2:22then you go on explaining that the
51. 2:24rational basis test so it should be a
52. 2:26three paragraph essay the first
53. 2:28paragraph you devote to explaining the
54. 2:31rational basis test the second paragraph
55. 2:35you devote to explaining the
56. 2:37intermediate scrutiny test and the the
57. 2:41third paragraph you devote to going over
58. 2:45the strict scrutiny test okay and you
59. 2:50know reading the question identify and
60. 2:52explain the three different tests
61. 2:54rational basis test intermediate
62. 2:56scrutiny strict scrutiny that are used
63. 2:58to determine whether a law illegally
64. 3:01discriminates against a particular group
65. 3:03then explain which test would be
66. 3:05appropriately applied to each of the
67. 3:07below policies policy one a law that
68. 3:10requires public colleges to only accept
69. 3:13applications with a GPA of 3.5 or higher
70. 3:17policy to a law that prohibits pregnant
71. 3:20women from smoking policy 3 a law that
72. 3:24prohibits Asian Americans from owning a
73. 3:26fire so directions alright so paragraph
74. 3:311 you are to explain the rational basis
75. 3:34test that's what you should do okay
76. 3:37explain what it is and which types of
77. 3:41laws it applies to all right now in your
78. 3:46explanation of the rational basis test a
79. 3:50you may want to provide an example
80. 3:53actually I change that not you may want
81. 3:56to you will provide an example of a law
82. 4:01like a law that prevents people who are
83. 4:04blind from driving where the rational
84. 4:07basis test would be applied okay
85. 4:10remember the rational basis test applies
86. 4:12to forms a discrimination that are not
87. 4:15based on sex or gender race or ethnicity
88. 4:19okay and then you would pick one
89. 4:23three laws that the rational basis test
90. 4:28would apply to to determine whether that
91. 4:30law is legal or not I'm not asking you
92. 4:32to answer whether the law is legal or
93. 4:34not I just want you to answer which of
94. 4:37those laws the rational basis test would
95. 4:41be applied to and I think at least I
96. 4:43hope it is clear which one it would be
97. 4:45applied to that's paragraph one
98. 4:47paragraph two right you explain your
99. 4:52intermediate scrutiny okay now of course
100. 4:56you're going to explain what forms of
101. 4:59discrimination intermediate scrutiny is
102. 5:02apply to to determine whether the law is
103. 5:04legal or not you're going to explain
104. 5:07what the government is ultimately going
105. 5:10to have to demonstrate in general terms
106. 5:12in order to justify the legality of the
107. 5:17discriminatory law and then of those
108. 5:22three policies pick which of those three
109. 5:26policies the intermediate scrutiny test
110. 5:29would apply to and again as long as you
111. 5:33know what the intermediate scrutiny test
112. 5:35consists of and where it applies I think
113. 5:37it should be pretty clear which of those
114. 5:40policies the intermediate scrutiny test
115. 5:43should be applied to then paragraph
116. 5:46three the third paragraph you're going
117. 5:49to explain strict scrutiny in your
118. 5:52explanation of strict scrutiny you will
119. 5:55explain which types of discriminatory
120. 5:59laws the strict scrutiny test is applied
121. 6:03to you'll explain what the strict
122. 6:06scrutiny test consists of in other words
123. 6:08what does the government need to
124. 6:10demonstrate in order to pass the strict
125. 6:14scrutiny test and justify the legality
126. 6:17of their law okay again I'm not asking
127. 6:19you to answer whether the law is legal
128. 6:22or not that's not for you guys to answer
129. 6:24I'm simply just trying to see if you
130. 6:26know what these tests consists of and
131. 6:28where they apply and then the last thing
132. 6:30you're gonna do in paragraph 3 with
133. 6:32strict scrutiny is identify which of
134. 6:35those three
135. 6:36cause this strict scrutiny test would
136. 6:39apply to and again it should be fairly
137. 6:42obvious
138. 6:43assuming that you understand the strict
139. 6:48scrutiny test so that's it okay and
140. 6:54again just as many times as you may need
141. 6:57you may want to replay my my directions
142. 6:59that's all I'm asking you to do again
143. 7:02generally with each of the different
144. 7:04tests one at a time one paragraph at a
145. 7:07time
146. 7:07explain what what each test consists of
147. 7:11explain what type of discriminatory law
148. 7:15each test applies to and then of the
149. 7:19three laws that I provided the example
150. 7:22laws right clearly specify which of
151. 7:25those three that test would apply to
152. 7:28okay and you just do that one at a time
153. 7:31all right again any questions you guys
154. 7:35have I'll be happy to answer to the best
155. 7:39of my ability I wish you guys all the
156. 7:43best and I hope all of you do do well on
157. 7:46the exam all right