Embracing Vulnerability: A Deep Dive into Men’s Mental Health (Trailer)

Two basic rhetorical positions can help you frame the novelty-and-importance argument in academic research.

• Build on or extend a set of existing ideas. 'Person A has argued that X is true. This implies Y, which has not yet been tested. My project will test Y. If I fi...

1. Reading is our moral duty: We read because knowledge is power. We become weak and are easily manipulated if we don’t read.
2. Reading is a way to see the future: The truth is old and preserved in most classic books, which is rehashed and repackaged in...

• Consider that any hierarchy creates winners and losers. The winners are more likely to justify the hierarchy and the losers to criticize it.
• Understand that hierarchy is inescapable. The pursuit of goals lends life meaning and the collective pursuit of goals produces hi...