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Now you will have to take a different approach. Assume that you are a reporter assigned to uncover as much background research as you can about the kinds of work/jobs/careers that dominated the country and state of your birth. After you’ve taken notes , organize what you have into a three-page news report. What patterns do you perceive? How have jobs/careers/ changed since your birth? Are there any jobs/careers that have  vanished or diminished in importance since then? Why?  Do these patterns suggest a cultural attitude or attitudes different from those today? How so? Minimum 800 words.

Step 1: Your Relationship Bank Account `Each of us has beliefs about what represents “positive” and “negative” behavior in relationships with family, friends, and others.  Think of these beliefs as your “personal rules” for relationships.  This part of the assignment allows you to use your self-awareness to identify some “personal rules” you have for relationships in college.  It introduces the idea of a “relationship bank account” as a way to help you identify your “personal rules” for what represents positive and negative behaviors on a project team.    Step 1 is like a case study: it gives you a fictional situation and you will reflect on how you would react in that situation.  This part of the assignment is not asking you to reflect on actual students in our class.  Imagine that you are on a project team for one of your classes.   If you are currently in a team for another class, you might use that experience as you reflect on the situations below. At the top of a scratch piece of paper, write the number “100.”The number “100” represents the balance you have with one member of your imaginary project team.  After reading each situation below, decide whether your team member added or subtracted from their “relationship bank account” with you, and how much they added or subtracted. Example: Situation: You tell this teammate you are having difficulty in a class.  The teammate tells you they took that class last semester and earned an A.  They offer to meet with you before the next test to help you study. In this situation, did your team member add or subtract from the 100 balance in their relationship bank account with you?  Let’s say they added 20 because your “personal rules” place a high value on behaviors that show someone understands your situation and offers help before it is requested.  The new balance in their relationship bank account with you is now 120.  Situation:  This same teammate says something in a discussion referring to something you told them privately.  Your “personal rules” place a high value on confidentiality, so this person has now withdrawn 50 points.  120 minus 50 equals 70, which is the new balance. Situations: Your teammate noticed you weren’t in class and picked up an extra set of handouts for you.  After class, they texted to check on you.  Does this behavior add or subtract from their “relationship bank account” with you?  How much does it add or subtract?  Calculate your new total. Your teammate agreed to a meeting time for the team but, five minutes after the meeting was supposed to start,  texted to say “Something came up. Can’t make it.” How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. Your teammate arranged a meeting room for your team and helped the team set an agenda so your meeting was productive. How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. Your teammate comes to meetings but does not contribute.  Is often on their phone. How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. Your teammate responds promptly on the group chat. How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. Your team set a deadline for everyone to submit material for the presentation.  Your teammate missed the deadline and did not contact the team or explain why. How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. For your post to the discussion, answer the 5 questions below, referring to how you responded to each of the six situations.    Number your answers and type in bold the words that appear in blue bold so it is clear what question you are answering.  Your original post will include Step 1 and Step 2. Balance: What is the balance on your relationship bank account after reading and responding to each of the situations? Withdrawals: What situations caused you to make the biggest withdrawals? Persoal Rule for Withdrawals:  What “personal rule” did your teammate break that led to the withdrawals?  For example, maybe you expect people you have relationships with to fulfill their commitments, even if it means they need to come up with an alternative.   Deposits: What scenarios caused you to make the biggest deposits? Personal Rule for Deposits:  What “relationship rule” did your teammate follow that led to the deposits?  For example, maybe you value it when someone helps you out, even if you have not requested help. Step 2: Goals and Rules for Your Success Team You have been randomly assigned to a small group (3-5) students who will be your Success Team.  You have been assigned this discussion in your Success Team, so you will meet them and the discussion will take place among the 3-5 members of your team only.  Only after you have posted will you be able to see the names of your Success Team members.  (For those of you who enjoy a mystery, this discussion offers you a taste of that: as each member posts, the names of your Success Team members will be revealed!) The purpose of Success Team is to help you build your interdependence by providing a support network in our class to help you finish strong this semester.   To ensure your team functions effectively, for Step 2 of this discussion you will apply the 3 guidelines for effective study groups from Chapter 5 of On Course.  Skip Downing suggests three steps for maximizing the value of a study group: Choose Only Creators.  Instead of making a choice, you have been assigned to this group.  It is up to you and your teammates to create a Creator culture in this group.   Choose Group Goals.  Effective Success Teams have shared goals.   Choose Group Rules.  As a team, you will create what On Course refers to as a “team covenant” for the steps that you will each take to reach your team’s goals.     Your original post will include Step 1 and Step 2.  For Step 2 of the discussion, answer the 4 questions below.  Number your answers and type in bold the words that appear in blue bold so it is clear what question you are answering.   5.  Introduction: Briefly tell your team about yourself: your name, preferred pronouns, major, etc. 6.  My Creator Statement:  What Creator choices will you make to support a Creator culture in this Success Team? 7.  Group Goals: Suggest at least two possible goals for your Success Team, being sure to apply the DAPPS rule.  For example, “By Friday, December 11th, each member of the team will have completed the class, earned their goal grade, and continued their 32-Day Commitment.” 8.  Group Rules: Suggest at least two steps that each member of your team can take to reach your team’s goals.  Be sure they meet the DAPPS rule.  For example, “Starting Week 10, each week every member of the team will contact the other team members twice: On Mondays to share their DAPPS goals for the week and again on Saturday to report on their progress.”

Poetry Assignment: Close Reading   For this assignment, you will be using “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti. You will choose a section of the poem to do a close reading. The chosen section needs to be 14 lines MINIMUM. You can do more than 14 lines, but do not do the entire poem—it is too big to do a close reading in the amount of words I am limiting you to. You can do several sections of the poem if you want.   This past few weeks, we learned about “translating” a poem; now, I want you to practice that and move toward analyzing the poem. You will be using this same process in your official poem explication assignment.   I know poems are tricky, but everyone has the ability to understand a poem. Here are the steps you should take for this assignment.   Follow the link below to learn  about closely reading a poem:   Purdue OWL // Poetry: Close Reading : there is also a slideshow at the bottom of this page. This slideshow is very helpful for breaking down the process step-by-step.   So, to review: A close reading is the careful, sustained analysis of any text that focuses on significant details or patterns and that typically examines some aspect of the text’s form, craft, meaning, etc.   Now, in your textbook, read pages 518-520 to learn about rhyme scheme. ?       If you are still confused about this, there is a worksheet in the drive that explains it more (titled “rhyme scheme worksheet”).   Re-read and TRANSLATE a 14-line section of “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti. If you don’t understand the steps I gave you in class (watch the class recordings available to you), use the ones that Purdue OWL gives you: Read the poem slowly Read it at least twice Read it aloud Annotate/define important words, images, phrases, and sections Remember that you need to first understand the literal words before moving on to thinking about the text figuratively. Once you understand the literal words of the poem, now move on to writing down your close reading. This all comes from the Purdue OWL PPT I point out in #1. Understand the poem’s project/goal Subject of the poem? Speaker? Larger context? Genre/mode?  Examine form and structure: how is the poem formed or put together? What does the form contribute to the content? Look closely at each line of the poem and begin analyzing Line length and variation / line breaks / enjambed vs. end-stopped lines Look for places where form and line change Look closely at language the poet uses — remember that language and figurative language work to alter the layers and associations working in a text. Diction? Tone or mood? Images that stand out? Figurative language? The job of the poet is to “make it new” Does the poet combine unexpected elements, like form and subject? Does s/he employ an unusual perspective? How does the poet’s language make something new or surprising? Make a claim about how the poem works or what the poet is doing (your thesis). What is the overall effect of the whole poem’s crafting, and the elements that are part of the craft? Where does the poem take us (emotionally, intellectually, narratively, etc.)? Now that you have a claim (thesis), write a short essay around that claim in which you prove it using evidence from the poems. NOTE: Check the “Quote Integration” PDF in G drive to see how you quote AND cite a poem (it is different than fiction).   Requirements: ?       MLA Format ?       Thesis-driven ?       300-500 words ?       Due by November 6th before midnight in the Daily Grade folder drop box.

Compare and contrast Cyberbullying and traditional bullying in 2-3 pages and use sorces this is for a final exam so i need perfection and i will give tip as well if it is really good.

Go Danteworlds ( http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/ )and read to find an area, and discuss one of Dante’s circles of the Inferno or Purgatorio. Discuss briefly (one or two sentences) what kind of sin is there and what is the punishment or penance. Is it an appropriate setup? Do you feel it is too harsh or too lenient, and explain why? How would you change it to fit your answer, and fit the modern time? (Now, I understand that people can get creative, so please make sure to keep your language proper, and your responses relevant. Also, keep your replies respectful.

You will develop a seven-paragraph causal analysis essay where you will discuss the food industry and marketing as a social issue. You will also learn how to enter an academic or professional conversation by summarizing and paraphrasing an author’s main points and using evidence from sources to support your claims.   Think about different ways you can discuss the food industry. You might discuss the organic food industry and agriculture. What effect does the food industry’s cheap prices and high demand have on agriculture?   You might discuss the fast food industry marketing towards certain socioeconomic groups. How does the food industry target communities or schools, and what is the cause-effect relationship here?  Should the fast food industry take some responsibility for the role they play in health problems in our nation’s children?  How the industry might directly be causing obesity? Whatever you decide, you must have five main points (5 supporting paragraphs) to support your argument.   You must also decide whether you will focus on cause or effect and stick with one pattern for developing your argument. At least one reputable, reliable source should be used to support your argument and set up the conversation. A source can be used in support of your own ideas, or as a launching point for your disagreement. You can use other sources, but they should be from an accredited, peer reviewed journal and not a random website or blog online. You can also use a food industry documentary as a source. You must include direct quotes, summary or paraphrase, in-text citations, and a Works Cited page listing the primary text and any other resources.  MLA format is required.   You should also strive to maintain a balance between your ideas and your source material. Integrate sources, but lead with your own ideas. Use signal phrases to distinguish your writing from your sources, and follow all information with an in-text citation. Third person point of view is required.   Some basic rules: The essay must have a thesis statement that states your stance on the topic and establishes the cause and effect relationship between two things. Your thesis cannot be a question. You can ask a question to prompt a thesis, but you must make an original and arguable claim on the topic. The introduction must introduce the central issue you are discussing You must have at least one source to support your argument, and the source must come from an accredited, academic journal that has been peer reviewed, or the source must be from a reputable website like the CDC or the World Health Organization. Source material should be introduced before paraphrasing, summarizing, or quoting, including the author’s name and the title of the work.  All source material must be attributed to the author using signal phrases and in-text citations. You should have 5 supporting paragraphs with topic sentences that introduce the main idea in each paragraph. The topic sentence cannot be a quote or someone else’s ideas. The essay should be written in third person point of view and present verb tense.  When paraphrasing and summarizing another person’s ideas from an article or book, present verb tense should always be used. MLA format, in-text citations, and a Works Cited page are required.   Basic grammar—check for basic grammatical errors like fragments, run-ons, subject/verb agreement, verb tense consistency, and comma placement. I attached the files she gave us to use as sources.   Previous Next

HW #7 – “The Law and 3D Printing”  Pages 52-66  NOTE:  only pages 52-59 are the actual article.  The rest is bibliographical information.  Read the article and skim the bibliography.  Each response should be the equivalent of 25% of a single-spaced typed page. What are NASA and the military doing with 3D printing technology?  What are the advantages for these institutions in using this type of technology rather than conventional means of production? It seems as though the technology comes before the regulation of the technology. (I’m speaking in general terms, not just 3D printing.)  Why do you think this is?  Why don’t we anticipate the legal aspects of these new technologies? According to the author (Tran), what is the purpose of his creating a bibliography focused on 3D printing? What is “bioprinting” and what potential applications could be derived from it? What might the future look like when bioprinting becomes common? Tran coined the term “cloneprinting.” What is it and what might be the ethical consequences of such a development? How does 3D printing overlap with the First and Second Amendments? SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Read part 3 of Tran’s article.  This section explains how Tran gathered his research.  Note the successes and the failures he experienced while trying to search for what he wanted.  How does this parallel with your own experiences of conducting research?

Use the original stories but not outside critical sources, write no more than 5-7 paragraphs, and give yourself a maximum of 90 minutes (an hour and a half) in which to write. This midterm is due any time between Thursday morning, October 29, and Sunday night, November 1. It should be submitted on canvas as a file. No late exams will be accepted. In a well-organized essay of comparison of at least five paragraphs, answer ONE of the following questions: 1.In a just universe, the punishment always fits the crime. Is this true of the world we live in? Examine three of the works we have read this semester to support your response. (Suggested: Genesis: “Adam and Eve,” Genesis: “Cain and Abel,” The Epic of Gilgamesh, “Apollo and Daphne,” “The Story of Lycaeon,” Oedipus Rex, The Inferno. You can also use a work you read on your own for Paper #1) Are we the victims of fate or is our destiny determined by our own choices and actions? Explain how three of the works we have read this semester answer this question. (Suggested: Genesis, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Oedipus the King, “Apollo and Daphne,” The Inferno. You can use any other work covered in class as well as any work you have read for Paper #1) Has humankind increasingly been alienated from the natural world? Explain your response using three works we have read this semester. (Suggested: Genesis, The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Four Ages,” The Inferno) Previous

This assignment assesses awareness of attitudes and beliefs and evaluates worldview. To complete this assignment, reflect on an experience you have had in your life that has involved a cross-cultural experience (positive or negative) associated with at least one of the dimensions of diversity. Identify an incident that had significance for you.  The event may have made you stop and think or it raised questions for you about your beliefs, attitudes, values or behavior.  It is either a time you felt a great sense of belonging or an uneasiness.  Reflection ·       Write a narrative in the first person as the storyteller. Describe the situation you experienced in detail as the events occurred in a sequence indicating what, when, where, how and why the events occurred. Describe events, actions, conversations, and/or dialogue without trying to interpret it and include details that may seem like they are trivial or inconsequential.    ·       List the cultural characteristics of the person(s) involved in the situation giving their relationship to one another. Use objective language, identify own assumptions and perspectives at the time of the event. ·       Specify how you reacted or handled the situation. What did you feel at the time (fear, anger, hatred, compassion, etc.) Be descriptive about body language, physiological experiences, etc. Be kind to yourself and do not judge or blame. Simply share the details of your reaction, and explain what experiences or knowledge influenced your reaction. ·       Explain the ‘dimensions of diversity’ associated explicitly and implicitly with the situation and cross-cultural issues that occurred. Action ·       Describe why the situation was handled well or how it could have been handled better. ·       How might your reaction and emotions mirror others in the community? ·       What knowledge and skills are needed to improve empathy and compassion in our community?

Essay #3: The American Dream    Length: a minimum of 5 pages of text, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font   Assignment: “The American Dream” is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative, as well as an upward social mobility for families and children. In other words, we all have an equal chance for success regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. Do you believe this ideal still exists in this country? Did it ever truly exist in the first place? Write a research essay in which you examine the validity of the American Dream. Is the American Dream a reality, a falsehood, or something in between? Explain your reasoning using at least 3 OUTSIDE SOURCES to back up your argument.    Expectations: Your essay will consist of the following elements: an original title, an introduction that defines and provides context for your topic, a clear thesis statement (this should state whether or not you believe the American Dream really exists), body paragraphs that provide specific examples to support your thesis and engage with outside sources, a conclusion paragraph to sum up your thoughts on the subject matter.   Advice: Start by clearly defining the traditional ideal of the American Dream before you begin to critique and/or defend it. Think about what might complicate this notion of “equal opportunity.” Is race/gender a factor? Is socioeconomic status a factor? Also think about how this issue may have changed over time. Was there ever a time when the American Dream was a reality, or has it always been somewhat of a fantasy? Carefully organize your essay around the various aspects of the American Dream you may or may not find problematic.    Purpose: Demonstrate your ability to support a thesis statement and use outside sources in a clear, well-organized essay.   Audience and Style: Your audience is educated adults. Avoid slang, jargon, or overly informal writing.