...Meredith Butler English 1102 Fiction Essay In the story Everyday Use by Alice Walker, the author attempts to show the contrasts between family members in regards to their heritage during the 1960’s. Ms. Walker tells the story of how different the family members are in education, lifestyle and beliefs. In doing so, she illustrates the importance of everyday items and of everyday people. Ms. Walker, through the point of view of the mother, paints the picture of a young woman, too good for her family, running off to the city only to find that the city values her heritage and conversely, now must she. The character of Dee is first described by her mother in the excerpt, “Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure” (Walker, 1973). This is in contrast to her “large, manly mother who can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man” (Walker) and her sister who was disfigured in a fire as a young child. The same fire that Dee stands and watches, so intently, that her mother thought to ask her “why she didn’t do a dance around the ashes” (Walker). It is never stated why Dee feels such deep hatred for her home, however shame and ignorance play a key role. “Dee wanted nice things” (Walker), things that would be difficult if not impossible to a young black girl of the time to obtain. Her mother often notes that Dee daydreams to the point of not blinking, determined to get what she wants. When Dee’s mother and the town raise money to send Dee off to school...
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...Everyday Mathematics Teaching Math to Young Children Spring 2010 Ashley Dismukes I feel that this quote from Richard Wertheimer defines mathematics as well as describes how the majority of people view the subject, “Mathematics, the science studied and practiced by mathematicians, is a language that quantifies the world around us. In its applied form, it is used by workers in most walks of life. Unfortunately, most people see mathematics as cold, abstract, difficult and beyond their reach” (Post Gazette, 2002). Due to these feelings educators, administrators, and researchers are constantly working to develop new and improved ways to teach students mathematics. As a result there are many theories and curriculum sets available; one being Everyday Mathematics. When one enters the teaching field they will become acutely aware of just how many curriculums are available to teach each subject. The school where you are employed will most likely have adopted a curriculum that they feel best suits their needs and the needs of their students. As a teacher it will be your responsibility to teach to and with the curriculum. Everyday Mathematics is a curriculum that is used across the country (Wright Group, 2010) with more than 3 million students. It is “a rigorous PreK-6 curriculum” (Wright Group, 2010) that is “scientifically research-based and proven to build students’ mathematical knowledge from the basics to higher-order thinking and critical problem solving” (Wright Group...
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...Hannah Huie Kate Evans Composition II 05 February 2015 Analysis of Characters in “Everyday Use” Alice Walker’s short story, “Everyday Use,” illustrates the importance of family and heritage. Many times in the story, Ms. Walker brings up heritage and the importance of recognizing of what it means to belong to something or someone. Her characters each go through change. Mama seems to switch her favoritism from Dee to Maggie and realizes that Dee is not the perfect child she had come to idolize her as being. Dee comes back home to realize that she no longer able to get her way as she used too and that her place in the household has changed. Lastly, Maggie is recognized as having the gift of knowing her heritage and having the ability to add to it by being able to quilt. As we read through the story we see that Ms. Walker paints a wonderful picture of difference between Dee and the family she left behind. Mama is the voice behind this short story. She narrates and you only see the story through her point of view. As she waits for her daughter Dee to arrive she has a fantasy about her life being on a TV show. She dreams of being a beautiful women, whose hair glistens in the spotlight of the stage, whose witty tongue has the famous TV personality Johnny Carson trying to keep up. As the reader continues they would be able to see that Mama’s true view of herself is not as flattering, she doesn’t mince the truth, and doesn’t have any false illusions about her looks...
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...De Certeau, Michel. The Practice of Everyday Life. Translated by Steven F. Randall Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. In this insightful and thought provoking book, de Certeau endeavours to establish his theory of productivity and consumption being innate in everyday life. To add, de Certeau explores Foucault’s concept of social practices in Disciplines and Punishment, Bordieu’s habitus, and others, as his introductions to the procedures of everyday creativity, or practices. Furthermore, he explains the system of “the relations between consumers and the mechanism of production” while distinguishing two uses of practices: strategy and tactics. By opening the discussion with the “everyman” or the “nobody” he is talking about the philosophy of anonymity. There seems to be some mixed emotions towards this everyman, both praising yet somewhat negative. For how he is shown with “already democratic in inspiration” but has also “embarked in the crowded human ship of fools.” (pg. 1) The character noble in his struggle of existence against hostile systems, but is ironic in simplicity. Saying that, trivialities stand between the everyman’s paths. De Certeau claims that there is a must in using common language as a means to understand common, anonymous, people, when his language is anything but. Anonymity, the mass, hides within general society’s perception and are unknown to all, even to themselves. Saying that common is so unanimous that it is hard to differentiate...
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...In The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Goffman states that when an individual interacts with people, the individual will try to control the impression that others make of them, by altering their setting, appearance and manner. At the same time, the person an individual is interacting with is trying to construct information about the individual. A person’s motive is to “control the definitions of the scene for the audience, so that they will respond accordingly”. I found this concept to be an important aspect of socialization in everyday life. I thought Goffman's concept of dramaturgy was compelling taking all elements of a theatre performance into consideration, Such as social setting, appearance and manner to convey information about...
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...Good Evening Team, Moving forward please ensure you are placing an order every campaign. If you fail to submit an order of $50 or more every campaign, you may be removed as a representative. As a representative, we all know how important it is to have all your supplies available ie. brochures, samples and demos in order to be successful in your business. With the Holiday Season here, everyone has an opportunity to win with AVON. Customers are out there... I find them everyday. Talk to three new people everyday. Statistics show: For every 100 brochures you order, 30 people will place an order of $25 or more. That is $750 in Awarded Sales At 40% earnings, that is equal to $300 -$19 for brochures = $279 in your pocket Buenas Tardes, Favor de someter un pedido cada campana. Si no somete un pedido por campana, puede que Avon la remueva como representante. Asegurese de someter un pedido cada campana de $50 o mas. Como representantes todos sabemos lo importatnte que es tener los utiles ie. folletos, muestras y productos de demostracion para tener exito en este negocio. Con la temporada festiva aqui todos tienen la oportunidad de ganar con AVON. Hable con tres personas por dia. Los clientes nos estan buscando. Y lo se porque los veo diario. Los estudios reportan: Por cada 100 folletos que repartan. 30 personas le daran un pedido de $25 o mas. Son $750 en ventas A ganacias de 40%, es un equivalente de $300 -$19 para pagar los folletos= $270 en su bosillo por...
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...We will spend this week reading about how both geographical and demographic differences impact people's access to technology. Define the concept of the "Digital Divide" and discuss its implications. How do geographical and demographic differences among people influence their access to technology? Can you think of any other predictors of access to technology? Discuss these and how they might impact one's access to technology. Digital Divide is the space between those who have access to computing technology and those who don’t. For example, there’s people who choose not to use the Internet, while there’s others who use it everyday. I think geographical and demographic differences among people can influence their access to technology especially the Internet in many ways. The first way geographical differences among people can influences their access to technology is because not every country has enough resources to offer the Internet for everybody. There’s countries like Africa and Australia where it’s quite difficult to have access to any type of technology. For example, in El Salvador you have to travel like 15 miles to have access to a computer with Internet. On the other hand, demographic differences among people can influence their access to technology because sometimes people who are 65 and older don’t have a reason to get a computer with Internet. Younger people have plenty of reasons to have access to the Internet like the social networks and online classes...
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...[Report Title] [Subtitle] [Name], [Title] [Company]— [Address] T: [Main Telephone] DD: [Direct Phone] E: [Email] Executive Summary To replace any placeholder text (such as this paragraph) with your own, click to select it and then press any key. When you add the title on the cover page, the control containing the title remains. This is because there is another title control in the header that will automatically populate with the title you add on the cover page. To replace the logo on the cover page or in the header, or the photo on the cover page, start by selecting it. When you do, you see a bar across the top—click the icon on that bar to select your own logo or image for replacement. Word automatically sizes and formats your image to fit the space allotted. The table of contents that follows picks up any text that you format using Heading 1 through Heading 3 styles. To update the table after you add your own information to the document, click in the table of contents and then click the Update button on the bar that appears across the top of it. Note: Body text such as the paragraphs above are formatted using the default Normal syle. This paragraph is formatted using the style named Normal - Space After to create the space between the executive summary and the table of contents. Contents Executive Summary 2 Heading 1 3 Heading 2 3 Heading 3 3 Heading 2 3 Heading 1 4 Heading 2 4 Heading 2 4 Heading 1 This template uses a few tables to create the page...
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...| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,185 | 2,722 | 3,417 | 3,001 | 3,670 | 2,411 | | Receivables | 6,182 | 5,784 | 4,854 | 5,373 | 5,032 | 4,707 | | Inventories | 1,595 | 1,442 | 1,271 | 1,124 | 641 | 694 | | Television costs | 674 | 678 | 631 | 541 | 559 | 415 | | Deferred income taxes | 1,487 | 1,018 | 1,140 | 1,024 | 862 | 592 | | Prepaid expenses | 449 | 446 | 464 | 478 | 446 | 624 | | Other | 185 | 135 | 112 | 125 | 104 | 119 | | Other current assets | 634 | 581 | 576 | 603 | 550 | 743 | | Current assets | 13,757 | 12,225 | 11,889 | 11,666 | 11,314 | 9,562 | | Film and television costs | 4,357 | 4,773 | 5,125 | 5,394 | 5,123 | 5,235 | | Investments, equity basis | 2,052 | 2,123 | 2,173 | 1,327 | 706 | 1,075 | | Investments, other | 346 | 354 | 341 | 194 | 237 | 188 | | Investment in aircraft leveraged leases | 37 | 36 | 40 | 42 | 52 | 52 | | Investments | 2,435 | 2,513 | 2,554 | 1,563 | 995 | 1,315 | | Parks, resorts and other property, net | 19,695 | 17,806 | 17,597 | 17,532 | 17,433 | 17,167 | | Intangible assets, net | 5,121 | 5,081 | 2,247 | 2,428 | 2,494 | 2,907 | | Goodwill | 24,145 | 24,100 | 21,683 | 22,151 | 22,085 | 22,505 | | Receivables | 1,683 | 1,275 | 1,225 | 801 | 571 | 500 | | Prepaid expenses | 177 | 127 | 136 | 128 | 120 | 25 | | Other | 754 | 1,306 | 661 | 834 | 793 | 782 | | Other...
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...MKTG7501 Consumer Behaviour “Loyalty cards cost shoppers millions” Introduction - Everyday Reward Card What is “Everyday Rewards Card”? The Everyday Rewards Card is an initiative from Woolworths that provide a series of benefit rewards to their customers. Such as fuel saving offers, exclusive offers and discounts of their products. Also, now it’s able to earn Qantas Frequent Flyer points when you shopping in Woolworths, BIG W, Dick Smith and Tandy stores. How to accumulate reward points? You can earn one point per dollar when spent over $30 in one transaction when you shop in Woolworths, BIG W and one point per dollar when spent over $50 in one transaction when you shop in the Dick Smith and Tandy stores. Pros & Cons of using Everyday Rewards Card Advantages There are three major advantages that Woolworths offers its rewards card holders : save 4c per litre on fuel at Caltex petrol stations, receive exclusive offers and discounts from all participating retailers, and earn Qantas frequent flyer points for a free flight ticket. Disadvantages According to a recent report from a consumer group Choice, consumers will unconsciously spend more than what they can gain from these kind of loyalty programs. First of all, paybacks are very "poor". Woolworths Everyday Rewards program averagely offers less than $1 return for every $100 a shopper spends. And if anyone want to collect points for free flight tickets, he or she will need to spend at least $22,030 to gain...
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...Community College Critical Analysis of The Robot Invasion In the article The Robot Invasion by Charles Gillis, it talks about in the not too distant future how robotics will be a part of everyday society, how it will be used in manufacturing and labor industry instead of people for jobs that are dirty, dangerous, and difficult. The author argues that the world will be swarming with the robotics in the future which will change the job industry and even how basic chores are done around the house. The world is changing as the technology of robots are slowly taking over jobs, is not a too farfetched argument. “For many years the work of engineers and sci-fi writers have forecast a time when autonomous machines would become enough like living creatures to share our homes and work spaces.” The statement in this article is a good capture to draw the attention of the readers, drawing them into what they have seen on TV and in the media. Robots for many years have been the focus in movies and sci-fi, this is what we are expecting in the future of our world. This has brought the fears to the people to think that robots will take over the world and do harm on to them, which was a great way to understand that society will have a hard time adjusting or accepting that robots will be used in everyday life. As of right now there already is a little robot called the Roomba helping out in many households with the chore of vacuuming. This robot has been welcomed into many homes due to its practicality...
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...what those people do not realise is that it is this very subject that provides us with the knowledge needed to manage our everyday life. My interest in Business stems from the fact that I have been brought up in an entrepreneurial family where I have been constantly exposed to discussions varying from the accountancy of an everyday running business to the marketing of daily new products. The advantages of growing up in a family with a self employed business are that you begin to catch onto business traits from a very early age and I believe I have the experience of doing exactly that. By studying Business I would be able to learn what goes on behind the scenes of running a successful business and knowing that the Business industry is a very competitive and driven trade is what excites and motivates me even more into doing this particular course. As I have previously mentioned my interest in Business derives from my upbringing into a family who currently own 4 successful businesses and a number of different properties; therefore I have always been curious as to the work my parents have to put in, in order to make our businesses a success. You could say it is in my blood and I have certainly absorbed the interest and fascination of how business and commerce works. From an early age I have always been keen in how the business world operates among our everyday lives and to understand the complexities behind the industry. By studying Business it gives me an advantage over others...
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...and constantly connected with technology. Despite the recent technology boom and scientific advances that make us believe that we have very little in common with the rest of the animal kingdom, we are still very much a part of our ecosystem, whether we realize it or not. Before we had all of the technological advances that we have now, we were much more dependent on nature and we actually paid attention to the changes and nuances’. Now, with the advances and discoveries that have actually revolutionized our way of life, we seem to get more and more disconnected every day. It is essential, however, for people to connect with nature because it provides us with a sense of simplicity and an escape from the hustle-and-bustle of everyday life. Nature is the original home of the human species, and it remains to be the home for the vast majority of plants and animals, except for those that are domesticated, obviously. Spending time in nature shows us the world’s true beauty in its most simple form. There are no modifications, no exaggerations, nothing to distract. The Pew Education Research Center conducted a survey in 2009 that said 67% of the settings on the highest-selling noisemakers specifically oriented towards relaxation were nature-related sounds such as water, thunder, crickets chirping, etc. Even many of the world’s most famous pieces of art are nature-based. SLIDE How many of you have...
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...1. Morrie is optimistic towards his death. Although he is also distressed about his life-threatening disease, he is happy that he is given enough time to create more happy memories with his loved ones before he departs this material world. He perceives having the opportunity to bid farewell to the people around him as something good and wanted to make the best out of the remaining days of his life. For instance, Morrie even had a “living funeral” in which he himself who is about to die, participates in his own funeral. The close people who attended in Morrie’s “living funeral” all laughed and cried as they reminisce their experiences with Morrie, stressing how Morrie has touched each of their individual lives. What is very heart-warming and essential in the movie “Tuesdays with Morrie” that reflects Morrie’s outlook on death, and most importantly on life, is his interview sessions with his former close and favorite college student named Mitch. This is because Mitch wanted to preserve his memories with Morrie, he asked Morrie to tape record their interview sessions every Tuesdays revolving on fundamental questions about life. In response, Morrie happily agreed with the favor Mitch was asking him. Morrie wanted to share his life and experiences to Mitch in the light of teaching Mitch about life lessons on how one should appreciate the beauty of life and how to live it to the fullest. On one of the Tuesday interview sessions, the topic centered on death. Morrie pointed out one of...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix E Final Paper Matrix Fill in the matrix below, in which you will select two pieces of literature from the assigned course readings to compare and contrast in your final essay. Additionally, develop three possible topics for your paper, which your instructor will review for approval. Lastly, list and describe three to five sources that you will use to write your essay. |Literature |Title: Everyday Uses | |Selection One |Author: Alice Walker | | |Why I Chose This Piece: I chose this because of the symbolism it uses on the values placed on old quilts. | |Literature |Title: The House on Mango Street | |Selection Two |Author: Sandra Cisneros | | |Why I Chose This Piece: It emphasizes the symbolization on the emotions that Esperanza feels about her life circumstances. | ...
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