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pur·pose

pur·posed, pur·pos·ing.

noun

1.

the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/purpose?s=t)

The word purpose has been an important part of our class discussion this week in INQ. We discussed the purpose of a liberal arts education. We came to a conclusion that it's a better way to help students learn. Students will learn something in school and not think about it once they get home. We also discussed the purpose of innovation, investment, and initiative. Everything that we do in life has a purpose. Without purpose we would have no motivation to do things. Without motivation there would be no initiative, innovation or investment. All these things that we've been discussing in class are all coming together.

Two new words I learned this week were Reciprocity and Toulmin Argument. Reciprocity means the relation or policy in commercial dealings between countries by which corresponding advantagesor privileges are granted by each country to the citizens of the other. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reciprocity). Toulmin argument is a helpful way to come up with ideas or to test arguments.