In the section on Composing, you were introduced to a set of questions that enable you to critically consider the status quo. You can use these questions to help you generate other questions about what you read.

The article that follows was written by a faculty member at the West Virginia University College of Law and appeared on The Conversation, a website through which researchers and academicians deliver arguments and the results of research to a public audience rather than audience of fellow academicians. The annotations in the margin are examples of how you might engage in a conversation with a text and generate ideas for writing and research.