The Presence of Others

Introduction

The presence of others is a book containing various opinions on provoking topics; this book is inviting every student to get into a dialogue with the readings and accompanying commentaries from experts, student writers, and editors from other fields and disciplines. In addition, this book is encouraging students to react selflessly to disagreements and disputes so that they could move towards excellence in supporting and articulating their own positions (Andrea, 7). In this paper, we are going to compare A Whole Lot of Cheatin' Going On' by Mark Clayton and Making Peace with the Greeks' by Susanna Ashton so that we can know the way Susanna Ashton solution to cheating is different from the solutions provided by in Clayton to deal with cheating.

Discussion

Having a talk with the members of the fraternity was at the time “sucking up”, Ashton did not realize was that those methods of having your students take the reigns of the class by suggesting something that could be beneficial, for everyone makes a lot more of a difference. Students like to be treated as adults to and also praised for their positive efforts. This tactic is used mostly on adults, trying to butter them up so that you can get something in return whether you're doing it to your parents for a new car, or to a teacher for an extension on a paper. She did not realize that what she was doing by “sucking up to them” was testing out a new tactic of getting her class less rowdy and that could have been something that she could use later on. It also got her to realize that just because someone has joined a fraternity does not make them the stereotypical binge drinker who stays up all night and went to college just so ...