...The world of Kpop In a world where music dominates and influences everything we do, there is a new type of music that is quickly progressing in popularity, not only nationally but globally as well. Kpop is Korean pop music, although it is not only pop music, it is also trot, hip hop and R&B and Rap. It is a competitive field that requires hard work and determination. Kpop is not only music though; it is a guide that can help give a person more insight about the world around them. It is a hard thing to be an idol in Korea, there are so many values and difficulties they must overcome in order to achieve recognition and fame. If someone were to want to be an idol in South Korea then their best bet would be to go to “The Big Three”. YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and SM Entertainment, These three companies are named “The Big Three” because they are three of the most highly distinguished and accomplished companies in all of South Korea. “The Big Three” have led many idols to fame in not only South Korea but globally as well. In comparison to Canada or the US you could call South Korean’s harsh with the way they train upcoming artists, but they have higher standards. The training process consists of around three year’s minimum of being a trainee and there are many hardships that must be overcome through that process. The trainee years are what determine whether or not a person can make it in the competitive field of being a Korean pop idol. Have you ever looked around and...
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...PERCEPTIONS OF RURAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS OF THE TRANSFER PROCESS TO A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY by ELIZABETH E. SACKSTEDER LACLAIR A DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Education in the Graduate School of The University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 2010 Copyright Elizabeth E. Sacksteder LaClair 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ABSTRACT Utilizing the current literature base on rural community colleges, transfer student adjustment, academic advising and articulation issues, the purpose of this research study was to ascertain the adjustment issues and experiences of rural community college students who have the intent to transfer to a four-year baccalaureate degree granting institution. The perceptions these rural community college students have regarding the transfer process are the focus of the study. Students from ten rural community colleges, who participated in the Alabama College Transfer Advising Corps, a project of The University of Alabama and funded by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation were used in the study. The survey instrument used in this study is a variation of Laanan Transfer Student Questionnaire (L-TSQ). Survey questions were reframed such that those regarding university experiences and the students’ potential transfer to a four-year college/university were treated as reflections on the meditational transition, or transition that has not...
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...personal narrative You act white tell a personal narrative of multi-racial girl. The girl has more problems with her skin color because she is too shy to make friends. Three black girls deride her and cause some problems. She is only 8th grade's student and a small kid. These three girls give pressure that a kid can not easy to withstand. Their threaten and actions to her makes her so upset. What those girls has done to her makes her suffering a lot. When I read this article, my childhood also has some dark memories that I did not want it happened to me again. When I was 12 years old, this was the time to go to junior school in China. The Chinese education system force students to very hard and compete with each other. Students needs to study sine 6am till 10pm everyday to study all kinds of subjects. And most of parents want their children to go to top schooling their city in order to have a promising future. With a huge amount of students but limited best schools, not all the students can make their "best school" dreams come true. So the entrance exam is the only way to pick students who want to go to the best school. Fortunately, I was 1000 of 10000 students who passed the exam. However if i had a chance to chose again, i would rather not pass that exam. What I had experienced made me feel so upset and lonely. The Foreign Languages School, one of the best schools in my hometown, was a boarding school. Students only had 4 days off to home per month. I lived with my grandparents...
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...Sewol" (This Tumultuous Time) by Park Chae-seon and Lee Ryu-saek from 1925 and contained popular songs translated from Japanese. The first pop song written by a Korean composer is thought to be "Nakhwayusu" (낙화유수, Fallen Blossoms on Running Water) sung by Lee Jeong-suk in 1929.[41] In the mid-1920s, Japanese composer Masao Koga mixed traditional Korean music with Gospel music that American Evangelists introduced in the 1870s. This type of music became known as Enka in Japan, and later in Korea as Trot (Korean: "트로트").[42][43] These songs became extremely popular.[41][third-party source needed] Later, in the 21st century K-pop singers rediscovered the genre of trot, for example singers like Daesung from Big Bang and several members of Super Junior produced trot...
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...On February 10, 2015, Lexeme county’s largest and fastest growing newspaper; the citizens voice published an article by Michael A. MacDowell entitled “The Community College Model Works Just Fine” In this article, MacDowell, aims to convince his audience mostly the middle class citizens that President Barack Obama’s proposal for free tuition in the community college system is an admirable goal but the “practicality and unintended consequences of such a program render it problematic at best”.Throughout the essay, Dr. MacDowell uses logos, pathos and ethos to effectively support his thesis that “by federalizing the finances of community colleges through this free tuition proposal, the efficiencies enjoyed at the two-year college level may evaporate under the stress of federal oversights that tend to maximize interference and reduce effectiveness”. In the first paragraph MacDowell uses a combination of ethos and logos to introduce his topic to the audience and also establish his credibility. He begins by stating that the proposal regarding free tuition in community college is “an admirable goal” at the same time he continues to state that “the practicality and unintended consequences” of the program render it “problematic at best” MacDowell’s use of the solemn tone was appropriate to the audience and shows his sincerity and common sense as well as respect and understanding of the position of the audience. By doing this MacDowell has effectively made the audience trust...
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...by member Amber, -Won 2nd place on 2008 SM’s Everysing Contest (1st place was Jino) -he looks like he Is Chinese but he's Korean -when He was a child they used to call him "little fattie" -has a chubby face and a cute grin -the next member that knows martial arts besides Tao -In Korea shares the room with Lu Han and Kris -In China shares the room with Tao -neatest member in the group -is the funniest of the group -his ideal type of girl is hug able and can give comfort to others -the strongest member from EXO-M -likes to wear casual clothes -he’s apparently close to Super Junior’s Henry -he is the most organized and clean member from EXO-M -his favorite music genre are ballads -likes all types of dances -role model: Super Junior -favorite song from mini album MAMA: "MAMA" Name: Wu Fan 吴凡 Fan Name: Kris Height: 187 cm Birth: November 6, 1990 Blood Type: O Skills/Hobby: English, Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese, Basketball Leader and rapper from EXO-M NEWS ABOUT KRIS Facts: -apparently as a child Kris lived in Vancouver, Canada -very social and can talk to anyone -other trinees and team members of EXO think of him as a big brother -nationality Chinese -joined SM by global auditions in Canada in 2007 -enjoys reading book -self improvement and inspirational -he made an appearance on 2011 Girl Generations' VCR during tour concert -he was a captain of a basketball team in China when he was 15 year old -Kris looks better in person than on camera...
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...Listening summary/response Summary Duckworth (2013) in her talk “The key to success? Grit (研磨)” says that grit is the key to success. She explained that she change the job to teaching seventh graders Math in New York City public school when she was 27 years old. She found that I.Q was not the only difference between her best students and worst students. In her opinion, the Math of seventh grade is hard, but she is convince if they work hard enough. Then, she concluded that ability to learn quickly and easily was not only one thing to influence the performance of school and life. So, she came back to school and started learning psychology. She and her team a researched on who is successful person in super challenging situations (for kids and adults). Finally, she found that the most important character trait (特性) to influence success was grit. Grit is sticking with your future, and working hard to make the future a reality. She made a survey about the grit influence of students in high school, and she found the students who have strong girt character can easily graduate. She was shocked that we know a little about grit, and we do not know how to build grit in kids, but according to the data, we know that grit was not related to the measure of talent. The best idea was building grit in kids in something called “growth mindset.” This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck. When they learned this method, they can preserve if they failed, because they believed...
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...Does anyone know what Korea’s biggest export is? Somebody might think its automobile or electronics but it’s actually their popular music. Korean popular music or Kpop refers to a musical genre fromSouth Korea, which includes a wide variety of musical and visual elements According to CNN Towards the turn of the 21st century, the K-pop genre began reaching out to other regions of the world as part of the global Korean wave. Music production, music video making and artist promotions define the 3 specific sections vital to the Korean popular music industry. Music production is vital to the production of KPOP music . Music producers who have collaborated with various K-Pop idols include many recording artists from the American music community, such as Akon, Kanye West, will.i.am., Snoop Dogg and Teddy Riley. Andrew Hampp of Billboard magazine states that "The American hip-hop community's recent interest in K-pop has helped open a lot of doors for other artists and managers stateside." Another factor in Music production is the Singer or the artist itself. Entertainment companies in Korea have weekly auditions to find the best singers and performers all over the peninsula. Those who lucky enough to be discover signed long term contracts and spend years in a trainee program. Akiko Fujita of ABC news said that “Not like the other generations of Group bands, KPOP groups aren’t born so much as built” The journey to stardom often starts around age 9 or 10, with tightly supervised...
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...I would like everyone to know that I am JPop fan. I have nothing against KPop but to KPop fans who did nothing but to compare the two different fandom (KPop and JPop). At first, they say some bad things to JPop as a whole. Then later, insulting words are being thrown not only to the Japanese music but to the Japanese artists/idols too! As a fan of JPop, I did not like it one bit. And I decided to defend my fandom. It’s about time to JPop fans like me to voice our feelings, opinions about this matter. We have been so quiet for a long time. It is the time to STRIKE BACK! (By the way, my examples are the JE boys. I know that JPop isn’t all about JE but its just that for now, I’m focusing on them..=D) FACE THE FACT I know that Korean Pop Music or KPop is new and continuously increasing their popularity. Here in my country, the Philippines, KPop is popular. (I will not deny that fact!). Many Korean artists already have come here in the country to have concerts. They also appeared/featured in different local TV programs and KPop albums are available in some record bars. In KPop conventions, many KPop fans are attending to support and show their love to their idols. They are really supportive. The biggest factor that contributed to the KPop popularity here in the country is the Korean dramas aired in the local TV stations. (I know some KPop songs and they are the OSTs of the Kdramas I’ve watched.) On the other hand, JPop...
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...43 Wilton Estate Green wood Road London E4 YT78 24/11/13 Marketing Manger Bsix Sixth Form College Kennington Road London E6 TY67 Dear Miss Rose,Sir or Madam Re: Evaluating External Corporate Communications of Bsix Sixth Form College Corporate communication is the communication issued by an organisation to all stakeholders such as employees, customers, media, government and the general public. Corporate communication activities involved in managing all internal and external communications aimed at creating good impressions with stakeholders. An organisation can present corporate communications in ways such as: mission statement, advertising, packaging, logos, livery, straplines, endorsements and sponsorship. What is the purpose of each of the corporate communication and what Bsix is trying to achieve? Mission statement is a statement that defines the purpose of a company or a business. The mission statement represents the business products or services it intends to offer to customers. Mission statement includes the aims and objectives of the company for the future benefit or plans. Aims and objectives shows where the business is set up to achieve in the future also serve as a guide to the business. The mission statement should be the first consideration for that for any employees before applying for that specific job in the business. Bsix College mission statement shows where the college wants to go in...
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...Relative vs. Absolute Cell References in Spreadsheets In working with spreadsheets, you need to know about relative vs. absolute cell references. Here is the issue: when you COPY A FORMULA that contains cell references, what happens to the cell references? Usually the CELL REFERENCES will CHANGE! If you copy a formula 2 rows to the right, then the cell references in the formula will shift 2 cells to the right. If you copy a formula 3 rows down and 1 row left, then the cell references in the formula will shift 3 rows down and 1 row left. These are called "relative" cell references, since they change relative to where you copy the formula. If you do not want cell references to change when you copy a formula, then make those cell references absolute cell references. Place a "$" before the column letter if you want that to always stay the same. Place a "$" before a row number if you want that to always stay the same. For example, "$C$3" refers to cell C3, and "$C$3" will work exactly the same as "C3", expect when you copy the formula. Note: when entering formulas you can use the F4 key right after entering a cell reference to toggle among the different relative/absolute versions of that cell address. The trick in creating spreadsheets is deciding before you copy a formula what cell references in the formula you want to be relative and what you want to be absolute. If some cell references refer to input cells in the spreadsheet, you usually want those cells to be absolute. The...
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...Community College Reflection Paper Brian Pierce AET/ 555 Overview of the Community College August 04, 2014 Dr. Luke Petriccione Community College Reflection Paper Who Attends a Community College? Students who attend a community college consist of a large range of backgrounds and learning styles. There are students who are young and students who are in their mid to late careers. Students attend a community college for varies reasons and have different needs when attending. A couple of the reasons to attend a community college are to receive vocational training or work towards a four year university. Over half the students who attend four year colleges to receive an undergraduate degree attend a community college first ("Students at Community Colleges ", 2014). Some of the needs required of students consist of those who seek to upgrade skills, those pursuing an associate degree and even those who wish to pursue a hobby ("Students at Community Colleges ", 2014). Whatever the reason these students attend a community college it is clear these institutions serve a very diverse student body. When reflecting on my original opinion regarding who attends a community college I now can see just how deep these institutions are striving to keep pace with a ever changing student body. Quality of instruction When discussing the quality of education at a community college Mary Ferguson a community college examiner makes a valid point when she says Ferguson (2014), "Education is deemed legally...
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...Previous learning and experiences; Primary school was a big influence on my learning as at the beginning of Junior school I was really rubbish at Maths, so my head teacher used to hold maths classes after school to help me and others out and then by the time I was in year 6 taking my sats tests I got a high level which made me feel very happy as even to this day I am still good at Maths. Some bad experiences that I’ve had as well, but mainly in high school I was made to do a course called computing but as me and my teacher didn’t get on and he wasn’t supportive I failed the course and he blamed it all on my for not being a good pupil. But then in Product Design I loved it and me and my teacher did get on but I didn’t feel like I was going to pass but with all the extra support I was given with my course work and exam preparation I managed to get a B and was like 3 marks of an A. Attitude and self-discipline: My attitude towards doing coursework can be good but I work better under pressure knowing that I have to get the work done. Also if I’m given a deadline I make sure that the work is done for that deadline. Aspirations and motivations: I am doing health and social care because I either want to be something on the lines of a social worker or a probation officer. I want to be a social worker because I have a sister with special needs and she doesn’t get enough help from them and I want to be a social worker that will always be there for them. Also I want to be a probation...
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...According to the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, suicide takes the lives of nearly thirty thousand Americans each year. One person dies due to suicide every 16.2 minutes; 6 people will take their own lives each hour. Over half of all suicides are completed with a firearm, and suicide is most common in the spring. Both of these are true for my favorite football player of all time; Junior Seau took his life with a bullet to the chest on May 2, 2012. On January 19, 1969, Junior Seau was born in San Diego, California. The fifth of six children, Seau was born Tiaina Baul Seau Jr. At an early age, his family moved to American Samoa, but they returned to the mainland prior to him entering grade school. He did not speak English until the age of seven. Seau attended Oceanside High School, where he played linebacker and tight end for the Pirate football team. He was named CIF San Diego Section Defensive Player of the Year, all-state and USA Today All-USA honorable mention, as well as All-North County and Avocado League Offensive Player of the Year. In addition, he was consensus San Diego Section Basketball Player of the Year and a letterman in track and field. He was named to California’s all-academic team with a 3.6 grade-point average. He continued his football career at the University of Southern California. Seau first made his name as a terrorizing linebacker for the USC Trojans. After a slow start to his career due in part to academic concerns, Seau roared onto the scene...
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...Good morning to Miss Liana and fellow classmates, my name is Chua Wen Yee and the topic I’m going to talk about today is K-Pop. First of all, I’ll start off with some basic facts. K-Pop is a musical genre originated from South Korea. The pioneer of K-Pop is Seo Taeji and The Boys, which one of the member is the CEO of YG Entertainment, home of Big Bang and 2NE1 now. K-Pop was strongly criticized by a lot of people, including me. However it has been rising day by day and not only conquered the Asia music market but it is also globalized in the sense that there are K-Pop fans all over the world. According to my research, in year 2012, 68 K-Pop groups made their debut compared to 12 in year 2008. From hate to love, from critics to praise, how does this happened? I think everyone of you definitely has a friend who is a hardcore K-Pop fan. Most of you must have suffered a lot because they like to share their K-Pop information and ask you to watch funny videos very much. Thanks to them, you’ll slowly found out that you are starting to love K-Pop and soon you’ll become one of them. Seriously, some of you may wonder why people love K-Pop so much? The reasons are simple. First of all, the songs are really nice. There are three main components in a song, melody, choreography and visual. Catchy and repeated chorus is one of the reasons why K-Pop songs can be viral and popular. For example, “Wow, fantastic baby”, “because I’m shadow, shadow, shadow”, “bwara Mr. simple simple” or “I...
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