similiar

“But what about those queer devotions and frustrations, experiences and ideas that have stirred an individual heart into peculiarity?”


These questions allow Korb to better connect with his readers. By making the reader ask themselves a question in their head as they read, Korb is able to better draw readers' attention to his main argument about student writing and connect his readers to a conclusion.

In the science of habits, Stephanie Parker writes about how the good habits, that bring us benefits, are not the ones that we acquire easily. Parker describes how habits generally need to be developed over time, and are not immediately in the circumstance. For example, a person would perform an action several times over a period for it to actually become habitual, something that is done with a subconscious mind. Parker also emphasizes on the notably important point of how good and beneficial habits are not developed easily because the positive effects take a while to show themselves. She adds how the first and initial reaction in trying to form a healthy habit is negative, with a lack of dopamine, which is something that reinforces habits in an individual’s mind. “Desirable habits do not have immediate rewards,” substantiates the point that claims that better habits are much more difficult to form. 

Many of us are getting a glimpse of dystopia. Others are living it."
I like how he puts it into perspective of how much worse some people had it, like healthcare workers.