...This coming semester in the spring of 2012 will ultimately be my 5th semester I have spent taking courses at TCC. My degree plan is far from anything but normal, but I am aware of what I need to take, and I have been planning it in a manor that seems to work for me. I am specifically attending for an AAS in Information Systems Technology. This is a field in which I have already been working in for nearly 12 years. I guess I am good at doing things backwards. There are people in this world who are fortunate enough that they made it through high school and had financial backing, or the desire to attend 4 years of college and they make it through in a breeze. I am not one of those people. I’m not sure if I just like to make things as hard for myself as I possibly can, but I would not trade one experience I have ever had for anything different. College is something I have been doing as I can, and as tough as it is sometimes I seem to be making it just fine the unorthodox way. The school formula I have kind of developed for myself has been the same for 2 semesters and most likely will be until I graduate at the end of the spring semester in 2013. Every semester I will sign up for 3 classes, two lectures one online or hybrid class. One particular reason I can’t say exactly which classes they will be is because of availability. I am taking some technical classes at the ACT building in Virginia Beach that unfortunately not every class is offered every semester in a night...
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...The information learned in English 111 will have a major impact in my life. This class was created to teach students how to write properly and understand different genres of writing and to emphasize the importance of writing. As numerous of us continue our educational paths, it will be critical to understand the fundamentals of writing, and I am positive this class will be a great stepping stone. Through the course’s heavy focus on annotation, writing, and analyzation, I hope to learn new information that can act as a stepping stone for my career path. My intentions for this class is to learn the valuable tools of writing and reading, not receiving an A. English 111 is a class focused heavily on writing, so I expect to learn different formats of writing such as essays and articles and how to write them properly. In order to achieve a full, detailed understanding of different writing techniques, it is essential for students to be exposed to a variety of texts. I expect the class to be assigned different forms of writings to achieve a better understanding of different types of texts. As we read our assigned passages, many of us will portray words and ideas that differ from each other. Because of our different backgrounds...
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...TRYING TO BECOME A BETTER WRITER At the beginning of my English 111 class, I was unsure of my writing skills for college, thus English 111, which is a writing class, was intimidating to me. I had been out of school for over thirty years, and my memory of my writing in high school is not so clear. So at the beginning of the year, Dr. Kennedy asked us what we wanted to get of our class this semester. It was not hard for me to say I wanted to improve my writing skills. The skills I learned in English helped me improve my writing in other classes as well. Learning how to take notes with the double entry journal and Kia styles were a big help in my psychology and art history classes. Accordingly, the MEAL plan was a big help with getting...
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...Writing Review Throughout this English 111 course, I have learned tremendous amounts of information and skills that I will carry with me and use throughout the remainder of my life. This class has helped me to not only become a better writer but also to become an active reader too. Needless to say, I have attempted this class in the past, this is the second time I have taken this course, and I must say I am glad that I did. Since then, I have learned and remember more from this semester than before such as the importance of pre-writing; choosing a topic and developing a thesis; how editing and revising can help construct an A paper. Unfortunately, I haven’t done any other writing this semester other than this class because this is the only...
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...In English 111 I have learned different things to perfect my writing skills. We specifically spent more time focusing on rhetorical knowledge and its different categories. These categories include what rhetoric is its self, what a rhetorical situation is, what the rhetorical triangle is, and what are the rhetorical appeals are. It all can be tricky to understand but I think I have a pretty clear understanding of what rhetorical knowledge is. Let me first explain what rhetoric is. Rhetoric is the ability in each particular case to see the available means of persuasion. We use this all the time is our everyday life; when we speak, write, or any type of communication to convince other we are using rhetoric. For example say you’re watching TV and Dove soap commercial comes on, there’s a woman in the commercial that uses a different brand of soap and she states that she is having problems...
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...Since I never been interested in reading I never really engaged with what I read about. It was not until last semester in my English 111 class that I started enjoying what I read by actually evaluating the text in further detail. Active reading means reading something in further detail by evaluating and analyzing the text in different ways then just re-reading the text. By doing this you establish more support in your assessment. This hands-on-way to read, by highlighting or writing in the margins, is a way to enhance the reader ability to expand their assessment of the text. Active reading also consists of reading, asking questions, and examining the text. This is different from any other reading technics I have used in the past. Active reading...
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...Reflective Essay on What I Learned in English 111 I am a first-year college student at Delta community college, in Bay City Michigan. English 111 was my first English class since completing high school. When I received my syllabus for English 111 I was a little overwhelmed with all the writing assignments. I was not sure if I could express myself on paper. I had no idea what MLA, and APA format was. I could not remember the proper essay formatting stile, it has been years that I wrote an essay. When writing an email, you are quick, and short, straight to the point, how could I ever write a five-page typed paper. Work cited was also a very unfamiliar thing to me, but this was also explained during the MLA, and APA part of the...
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...ACS Code of Ethics Case Studies & Related Clauses to the Code of Conduct Australian Computer Society July 2012 Title ACS Code of Ethics Case Studies & Related Clauses to the Code of Conduct Authors Committee on Computer Ethics Mike Bowern Version History Date Document Version Revision History (reason for change) Author /Reviser July 2012 2.0 ACS Branding Sarah Li Approvals Date approved Version Approved By Date in force Date of Next Review To be confirmed 17 July 2012 2.0 Ruth Graham 17 July 2012 Custodian title & e-mail address: Responsible Business Group: Distribution: ruth.graham@acs.org.au Professional Standards, Learning & Development General (no restriction on distribution) Content Security: Unclassified Australian Computer Society | ACS Code of Ethics Case Studies & Related Clauses to the Code of Conduct | July 2012 Page 2 ACS CODE OF ETHICS CASE STUDIES & RELATED CLAUSES TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT This document provides a range of case studies with references to relevant clauses of the ACS Code of Ethics. These Codes consists of a series of clauses which gradually expand on aspects of ethical behaviour relevant to professional people in the ICT industry. Clause 2.0 describes the Code of Ethics, summarised as six values: The Primacy of the Public Interest; The Enhancement of the Quality of Life; Honesty; Competence; Professional Development; and Professionalism. Clauses 2.1 through to 2.7 cover the ACS Code...
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...Case no. 1 Home Style Cookies Members: Abrasaldo, Patty Angela Albina, Ciela Carpio, Rochelle Jinson, Mary Mae Ramirez, Erikka Mae Romano, Mariah Corinne Shiraishi, Chandie Case no. 1 Home Style Cookies Central Problem: The Lew-Mark Baking Company is unadaptive to change and isn’t open for new opportunity of the Company in terms of innovation, productivity and processing. Alternative Courses of Action 1. The Company should try making new product such as hard/ crispy cookies. 2. The Company should use suppliers who are located closer to the plant. 3. The Company should add preservatives or additives to certain product to increase shelf life. 4. The Company should consider the use of technologies in packaging. Than manual labor. 5. The Company should think of new ways to create a new and better products. Evaluation 1. The Company should try making new product such as hard/ crispy cookies. Advantages: A) The Company can attract a new customers. B) The Company can compete with other larger companies. Dis Advantages: A) Additional Cost B) Time- Consuming 2. The Company should use suppliers who are located closer to the plant. Advantage: A) Reduce delivery lead times and transportation cost. Dis Advantage: A) Quality of product might suffer. 3. The Company should add preservatives or additives to certain product to increase shelf life. Advantages: A) The Company can attract new...
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...Dual Enrollment English 112 is a pre-college composition course provided to the students at Brooke Point High School. Students must have completed Dual Enrollment English 111 to move on to this course. Similar to English 111, English 112 continues to develop college writing while putting emphasis on critical essays, argumentive styles, and research. The second semester of Dual Enrollment will have taught me how to accurately embed research into my papers by locating, evaluating, and documenting APA format, while effectively editing for style and usage. In this last semester of English 112, our class has written four different types of papers to improve our writing skills and show the importance of research. The first paper written in Dual Enrollment...
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...LING 111 Reaction paper 1 Globalization according to me is the spreading and homogenizing of cultures. The advancement of technology and various inventions in the past century have brought about a major change in the world today, the biggest being the integration of societies. Thanks to technology, we can now communicate with people from all around the world with great ease. The internet has also allowed us to transfer huge amounts of data to a place half way around the world in a matter of seconds. Various means of transportation are now a lot faster and we can now travel half way around the world within a day. This has led to globalization of languages, where different languages of the world are integrated through a global network. The English language is a language of communication and official language in many countries. With the powerful internet, english is now no longer the sole domain of the native English speaker. Non-native English speakers now far outnumber those born to the language. As the popularity of English continues to grow in the world community, the flexible and organic nature of the language will encourage it to evolve and change into a form that native speakers may not easily recognize. Eventually, if there ever will be a common world language, it won’t look or sound much like English anymore. It would be a new hybrid language. Current trends might produce a language with simplified grammar. For example, in Mandarin, Cantonese, and other tongues, sentences...
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...PREFACE In Tra Vinh University, students who is studying last year of English major - three year or four-year course has an opportunity to practice outside environment. Besides studying in school, the program of study also has eight months for student to internship to accumulate the practical experience. I am a fourth year student of English major so I also have completed eight practicum weeks from (February 29th , 2014 to March 8th ,2014 ) at Thanh Tra hotel. I got many advantages as well as disadvantages when I practiced here. Eight practicum weeks helps me realized that working is not easy. It is very different from studying in school. However, thanks to this valuable time that I can learn many things, I can recognize my strengths and weaknesses as well and some special talents that I do not know before. There are four parts in this practicum report: the description of my practicum place, my practicium activities, task and experience, my self -evaluation, and my suggestions. In my practicum report, I have indicated my daily activities task, experiences, some problems and difficulties while practicum. I also give my suggestions for students who are going to have internship to practice better. acknowledgement Firstly, I want to send my sincere thanks to School of Foreign Languages to allow and support me to do this report. Secondly, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to teachers’ guidance, friends and family’s care in the past four years...
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...Randi Dierlam 1750 W. Boston St. #1122 Chandler, AZ 85224 Ket00001@byui.edu ------------------------------------------------- 602.578.7129 Ms. Kate Reschke Remote Adjunct Faculty Brigham Young University—Idaho Dear Ms. Reschke: I am applying for the position of Editor in Chief at Spori Communications. I am currently a senior at Brigham Young University—Idaho working toward my B.A. in English with an emphasis in Literary Studies. I will be graduating in December of this year. My experience in leadership positions has prepared me to be successful in an Editor in Chief position. In my educational experience, I have taken many editing and literature classes which have prepared to be an asset to your magazine. Please consider educational qualifications: Advanced Writing Skills: Before entering my college career I also successfully passed the Advanced Placement test in English and reading which allowed me to skip English 111 and English 120 and move immediately on to more advanced writing classes. Lastly, I was accepted into the National Undergraduate Literature Conference for my original poetry where I read my work in front of hundreds of college students from around the country. In my employment background, I have experience in managing and have moved up corporate ladders at a fast pace. Please consider these career qualifications: Pool Manager/Head Lifeguard: I successfully managed a team of 10 lifeguards underneath me, writing schedules and...
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...Brian Bristow September 29th 2008 Eng 111 Essay on George Orwell Political or Lexical Reasoning Could Eric Arthur Blair, A.K.A. George Orwell, have used Lexical instead of Political as his underlying reasoning for the general collapse and degradation of modern English writing? I believe he could have based on four reasons. First, here are simpler reasons than those perceived by Orwell as responsible for the ugliness as he describes in “Politics and the English Language.” (1-2) Secondly, there is other, more pedestrian reasoning than the four mentioned in Orwell’s “Why I Write,” (2-3) which are: sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and Political purpose (1-2). And finally, after research into his past and getting only a small glimpse into the trials and hardships he had to deal with, compounded with poor health since childhood, I believe his views pertaining to writing were largely shaped by these ordeals (Stevens 9-11). After reading the assigned work by George Orwell, and other samples of his work, I have come to ascertain that there are simpler reasons than those proposed by him “Why I Write,” for the general collapse of modern writing. Writing this essay for example, is not an easy undertaking, but I have available to me technology that while useful, may contribute to lazy writing. I am thankful for modern devices of today’s technology. I couldn’t fathom writing this by hand and all the mistakes and backtracked thoughts would certainly...
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...In fact, the renowned linguist Micheal Halliday adamantly argued that the language system’s potential is much more realized in spoken than in written discourse. (Coffin, Hewings and O'Halloran, Applying English Grammar: Functional and Corpus Approaches 26) Do these two unique languages differ? The answer to this intriguing question is obviously yes and determining the extent of their difference is this academic essay’s core objective. The ability to speak is ingrained in people and goes back to...
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