{"id":16879,"date":"2023-04-24T12:56:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T12:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/is-it-better-to-be-happy-and-blissfully-ignorant-or-philosophically-concerned-but-not-always-happy-why\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T12:56:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T12:56:26","slug":"is-it-better-to-be-happy-and-blissfully-ignorant-or-philosophically-concerned-but-not-always-happy-why","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/is-it-better-to-be-happy-and-blissfully-ignorant-or-philosophically-concerned-but-not-always-happy-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it better to be happy and blissfully ignorant or philosophically concerned, but not always happy? Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In just one paragraph, respond to the above prompt. Your response should an argument, meaning it should have a point of view (that&#8217;s your answer to the first question), and it should prove or demonstrate your point of view (that&#8217;s your reasoning and answers the &#8220;why&#8221; part of the question).<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Your essay should be ONE PARAGRAPH (~300 words), typed, double-spaced.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Purpose<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This assignment helps me assess everyone&#8217;s writing baseline. It will also help you get acquainted with the format of the short essays, how to submit your work, and how you&#8217;ll be graded.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tips<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In your paragraph-essay be sure that:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Your first sentence is your thesis statement. No need for a lengthy introduction.<\/div>\n<div>Your thesis is in response to the prompt.<\/div>\n<div>You (briefly) explain what the prompt means to you\/how you interpret the question.<\/div>\n<div>You supply reasons for your point of view\/you provide evidence that demonstrates your view<\/div>\n<div>You review the rubric for more detailed essay criteria.<\/div>\n<div>All ideas are your own&#8211;please do not do research (and certainly do not plagiarize).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just one paragraph, respond to the above prompt. Your response should an argument, meaning it should have a point of view (that&#8217;s your answer to the first question), and it should prove or demonstrate your point of view (that&#8217;s your reasoning and answers the &#8220;why&#8221; part of the question). Your essay should be ONE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[706],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=16879"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=16879"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=16879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}