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Answer the questions as you are reading the article – Cultivating Una Persona Educada: A Sentipensante(Sensing/Thinking) Vision of Education.In order to prepare for a vibrant, energetic discussion on the first research article, use this reading guide as you read. You should be taking notes of your thoughts and feelings as you progress with the items below as you read. Type your answers here, save, and submit.1. As you read the intro and first section in Rendon’s article (The Best and Worst of Times), ask yourself what the author is concerned about.a.    What are some questions Rendon believes ought to drive our daily existence?b.    What are the specific complex issues Rendon believes you should be concerned about?2. Read the section named Una Persona Educada.a.    In the first two small paragraphs of that section, Rendon describes what una persona educada does. What does she explain?b.    In the rest of that section, Rendon describes five major dimensions of personal and social responsibility. Which two most speak to you, and why?3. Read the section named Toward a Newly Designed Vision of Education.a.    What are the agreements about education Rendon identifies in the first paragraph of the sectionb.    Read the end of that first paragraph. Why is it hard to challenge those agreements about education?c.    Read the second paragraph. What type of vision do we need in order to transform education?4. Read the section named The Agreement of Monoculturalism.a.    In your own words, what are the three characteristics of a vision of monoculturalism?b.    What does Rendon say the New Agreement ought to focus on with respect to culture?5. Read the section named The Agreement to Privilege Intellectual/Rational Knowing.a.    In your own words, what two specific things does this agreement yield/do?b.    What does Rendon say the New Agreement ought to focus on with respect to learning?6. Read the section named The Agreement Work Addiction.a.    In your own words, what is the main thing Rendon says about the negative aspects of this agreement?b.    What does Rendon say the New Agreement ought to focus on with respect to work and our lives?7. Read the section named Toward a Sensing/Thinking Pedagogy.a.    What two seemingly contradictory terms does sentipensante combine? What does each mean/entail?b.    In your own words, which three specific things a professor embracing a sentipensante approach speak most to you? Why those three?8. Read the section named Pairing Content With Contemplative Education.a.    In your own words, describe three practices connected to both intellectual and inner knowing skills.b.    Why might creating a cajita in this UNIV class be an important project?9. Read the section named Focus on Multiculturalism and Social Justice.a.    Which three of the six Rendon multiculturalism suggestions speak most to you? Why those three?b.    How does the Naropa University course Rendon describes “assist students in seeing hope and possibility and in becoming compassionate humanitarians”?10. Read the section named Transdisciplinary Model of Learning.a.    What exactly is a transdisciplinary approach to learning concerned with, and what exactly is its goal?b.    What two things can learners do by “cutting through disciplinary approaches”, and what are six specific aspects are needed to do this?11. Read the final section named The Challenge Before Us.a.    In your own words, describe what Rendon says will have to be done in order to cultivate the new persona educada.b.    What do you think of the two new “simple powerful questions that can start us on this adventure of inward and outward transformation” at the very top of page 9?12. How are Cronon’s 10 qualities of a liberally educated person connected to Rendon’s ideas presented?  (Use article attached “Only Connect…” The Goals of a Liberal Education by William Cronon  to answer)13. Why might this be an important article to read and discuss in a UNIV 1301 class?

An individual finds himself infected by a previously undiscovered pathogen, Transmissio. Prepare a written paper of at least 1000 words that examines the defense system of the body through the following bullet points.1. What is the body’s initial response? What are long term effects?2. Describe the direct players (cells and organs) that participate in the innate vs. adaptive immune response.3. Mention through what conduit soluble or mobile immune factors reach and interact with the pathogen.4. Predict the consequences of administering the MMR vaccine in this individual if he is currently infected by Transmissio.Your paper should be formatted as a proper research paper with an introduction and conclusion. References need to be in APA format as well

Read about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge then discuss the following questions.  While the articles below and attached are not recent, the basic arguments haven’t changed.  Your comments should be substantive and reflect some thought and research into the issue.Should exploration and drilling be allowed in ANWR or should we forego the fossil fuels that are there to preserve the habitat and animals that live there?Should drilling and/or fracking be allowed offshore of Florida? What about in the rest of the Gulf of Mexico?Does everyone have the right to drive whatever kind of car they want, regardless of gas mileage and the impact that our need for oil has on the environment?Does everyone have the right to use however much electricity they want,regardless of resources used or the impacts on our environment?Do you agree or disagree with the commentaries below from the Florida Times-Union newspaperIf you said no to drilling in ANWR, drilling and fracking off of Florida, but yes to individual rights to drive any car and use unlimited electricity – how can we manage to do both sustainably?Articles to read and comment upon:1.  Less Drilling a Fantasy to Politicians  Mark Woods article.docx2.  Florida must move away from fossil-fueled power plants Apr 6, 2015

It has to be 2-3 paragraph long, is not really an essay, just a paragraph response* Read either William Dunning (for Debating Reconstruction) or Frederick Jackson Turnerhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1901/10/the-undoing-of-reconstruction/429219/*  What is the author’s thesis, which is the main argument or point?* Can you find what it is that makes these works of history outdated?

Describe BLM, why the riots should be stopped and what people can do to help put them to an end

essay on the three things you learned or know that will help you understand the relationship between Faith and Freedom in America.

A presentation about the character PIP write a deep presentation about the characteristic of PIP and everything about him in this novel The presentation is based on his character

Identify the two lessons mentioned by Marian Wright Edelman that you think should be included in a Commencement Address. Explain why you selected these two points.I will attach the reading this should be written in 5 paragraphs intro 3 bodys and conclusion

The Wilt Chamberlain ArgumentRobert Nozick uses his Wilt Chamberlain argument to defend his entitlement theory of justice over a patterned theory of justice like that of John Rawls. Describe the Wilt Chamberlain argument in your own words. Explain what can be said in its favor. Raise at least one problem for it, and discuss whether it can be adequately addressed by someone who defends Nozick’s theory of justice.

Refer to the syllabus, Week 1: “Poe & Intertextuality” to access the readings for this DB response.The assignment is for you to write a 4 paragraph essay drawing from Poe’s poem “The Raven” and secondary sources (film/articles).Consider the two prompts below and choose one and respond to the question in essay formatting:1)How are Griffith’s film and Frank Bidart’s poem, “To the Dead” (stanza on page 2) highlighted in “Cracking the Shell of the World” examples of intertextuality drawing from Poe’s poem “The Raven”?  Consider using a comparison essay structure to highlight the intertextuality between Griffith, Bidart and Poe.2)Or, of the 3 types of intertextuality: obligatory, optional and accidental which one do you think apply to Griffith and Bidart in referencing Poe’s poem, “The Raven”?