___________________________ Thesis Even though objectivity can never be reached, people are better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they attempt to set aside their biases. ___________________________ Topic Sentence Background Evidence Analysis Respond back to the thesis.

Dr. Martin Luther King implored a nation to continue the pursuit for equality through his rhetoric on April 3, 1968 in his now famous “Mountaintop” speech. King shares a story of narrowly missing death from a “demented black woman” who stabs him while at a book signing. While in recovery, King received several famous notes - even from the President of the United States. However, King chose to discuss a note received from a young white girl happy that he did not sneeze and therefore survived the ordeal. Kings ability to establish credibility through referencing those who respect him: Presidents, Governor of New York, even The New York Times allows for him to point out that this little girl means even more. He uses her “I’m so happy that you didn’t sneeze” comment as a jumping point to establish his own creditability of his experiences of the movement. Since he didn’t sneeze, he has witnessed or participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides, the 1962 Albany Movement, The “I Have A Dream” speech and so on to where he is today at the Sanitation Workers strike . All of this work has placed him in a position, his “Mountaintop” so to speak, to witness a little white girl, the next generation of society to write to a black man that she is glad he is alive. This is ethos to the ninth degree. Our next generation changing its views on equality or at least fighting for it IS our Promise Land. When King ends his speech with, “I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promise Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know, tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promise land!” Looking back now, his haunting words display a vision quest for our future as a country; yet his life, and unfortunately, his death, foretell the struggles America will have to get there.

MLK paragraph Dr. Martin Luther King implored a nation to continue the pursuit for equality through his rhetoric on April 3, 1968 in his now famous “Mountaintop” speech. King shares a story of narrowly missing death from a “demented black woman” who stabs him while at a book signing. While in recovery, King received several famous notes - even from the President of the United States. However, King chose to discuss a note received from a young white girl happy that he did not sneeze and therefore survived the ordeal. Kings ability to establish credibility through referencing those who respect him: Presidents, Governor of New York, even The New York Times allows for him to point out that this little girl means even more. He uses her “I’m so happy that you didn’t sneeze” comment as a jumping point to establish his own creditability of his experiences of the movement. Since he didn’t sneeze, he has witnessed or participated in the 1961 Freedom Rides, the 1962 Albany Movement, The “I Have A Dream” speech and so on to where he is today at the Sanitation Workers strike . All of this work has placed him in a position, his “Mountaintop” so to speak, to witness a little white girl, the next generation of society to write to a black man that she is glad he is alive. This is ethos to the ninth degree. Our next generation changing its views on equality or at least fighting for it IS our Promise Land. When King ends his speech with, “I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promise Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know, tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promise land!” Looking back now, his haunting words display a vision quest for our future as a country; yet his life, and unfortunately, his death, foretell the struggles America will have to get there.

As I have learned in my Theory of Knowledge class, perception and thought are intimately connected. While the same rays of light may enter two different peoples eyes, what they see may be very different. The brain takes the input from the eyes and processes it to form an image. That image is not the only thing the brain produces; it also provides extra information based on generalizations and bias. This unconscious addition of information changes the observation of an object. By attempting to reduce the addition of extraneous information being added to the observation, by being objective, a true observation of an object can be more closely approximated.

Discoveries, especially in the scientific realm can be doubly affected by a lack of objectivity. Since scientific discoveries are based on observation, all of the problems associated with observation apply as well to discoveries. Additional problems occur in the analysis of data collected by a scientific experiment. In a recent experiment in physics class, almost all of the students in my class analyzed the data incorrectly. However, armed with the knowledge that zero percent error is never possible, we were satisfied with the results. Our personal belief in the validity of the method of analyzation we chose, and lack of objectivity, led to our incorrect discovery in the field of energy. A lack of objectivity can clearly be seen to be a problem in my last student council election as well. The most popular person was chosen for president, not the objectively best candidate. Since then, the president has done nothing for our school. If the people involved had attempted to set aside their biases and pursue the goal of objectivity, it is less likely that errors would have been made.

Now it is your groups turn to write a body paragraph. Come up with a thesis based off the prompt: “What is grit? Why is it important?” Then come up with ONE reason to prove your thesis – this is your topic sentence and the start of your body paragraph. Use TBEAR format and use evidence from: TED talk, song lyrics, Stanford article on growth mindset, and/or the tv advertisement.