You will be writing a TREAT response to answer the question: Do you think Eichmann is to blame for the mass execution of Jewish individuals? Why or why not? Be as specific with your ideas/opinions on this as possible (Meaning: This is a heavy topic, so cover it thoroughly using the TREAT method!) Consider the reasons he gave to explain why he’s not responsible. Are his reasons valid? The TREAT acronym is detailed below:

T- topic claim (Turn the question around and answer it. This will be what you're trying to prove)
R- Reason (give your reasoning--in your own words)
E- Evidence (provide quoted evidence with a citation, that helps to prove your answer)
A- Analysis (analyze your quote to explain HOW your quote proves your topic claim)
T- Tie-back (this is a tie-back to your initial claim).

it wants you to read whatever it gave you. then compare it to the others you read. you need to use textual evidence, and cite anything you do!

hope this !

~courtney

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).