...succeed and those who fail. In the setting of a college, much akin to Chattahoochee Technical College, success or failure can mean the difference between an upward trajectory in a career path, or a minimum wage position at the local “hole in the wall” restaurant. According to collegeatlas.org, “70% of Americans will study at a 4-year college, but less than 2/3 of them will graduate with a degree.” (Beckstead) This means that for every 3 students in a college, at least one will likely drop out, either due to personal reasons, or due to failing grades. Therefore, this essay will present to you a few discrepancies between a pair of example students, who we shall name “Alex” and “Frank,” as a way of demonstrating the differences between an “A” student and an “F” student....
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...thought their brain goes to is drag, which is not even an element of it. Transgender is actually when somebody is born into what they recognize as the wrong body. They feel as if they identify with the opposite sex rather than their own. This essay will focus on only one side, the trans-masculine side, which is usually assigned female at birth people identifying as transgender. It will talk about physical and mental struggles, social relations, and supporting transgender people. Initially, there are several struggles we face, physical...
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...thinking. You will learn to read fiction and non-fiction in a meaningful way as a means to improve both your written and verbal expression. All lesson plans will be firmly based on Florida’s Sunshine State Standards and East River High School’s Benchmarks for Language Arts IV. Students will also further study and practice writing skills, sentence patterns skills, grammar and usage skills, vocabulary skills, and oral communication skills. Students will be expected to participate actively, so that they may master these essential skills that are vital to succeed in the future. FLORIDA SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS For Language Arts (English), the Florida Department of Education has revised certain standards and benchmarks for the 2011-12 school year. Students should accomplish these standards and benchmarks during his / her studies. The Language Arts curriculum has been broken down into six major strands: 1 = Reading Process 2 = Literary Analysis 3 = Writing Process 4 = Writing Applications 5 = Communication 6 = Information & Media Literacy Supplies: Notebook paper (College Ruled) Blue or Black ink pens (No other colors or metallic colors are allowed) Highlighters (4 different colors) Post-it Notes Plastic Paper Covers 1 three ring binder with 5 dividers is a must so that notes and assignments can be organized Jump drive (suggested) Black and White Composition Book or single subject spiral MLA Style Handbook, College Level Dictionary and Thesaurus (Suggested) ...
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...Analytic Essay The political documentaries, Street Fight and Last Man Standing, portrayed elections that in an overall situational view were very similar. Both elections had a younger challenger than the incumbent; they also had one member that was from the area and one who grew up elsewhere, and like most elections they both had a central theme. Ethics, though, was the determinative factor for both. Street Fight showed the 2002 Newark, New Jersey non-partisan mayoral election between the longtime Democrat incumbent Sharpe James and Cory Booker. The old joke “the only way an incumbent leaves office is death or conviction” held true for this election as Sharpe James blatantly abused the power of his office to disrupt Cory Booker’s campaign, having the housing authority prevent Booker from canvasing buildings, sending code enforcement to threaten or shut down businesses for supporting Booker and having the police department tear down campaign signs on the day of the election. (Curry, 2005) Last Man Standing on the other hand had been about a rural Texas state legislature election in 2002 between the Republican incumbent, Rick Green and a Democrat challenger, Patrick Rose. With the number of ethical conflicts that had arisen for Green he was forced to acknowledge Rose and challenge him to several debates, backlashing, giving Rose even more of an opportunity to strike against Green’s ethics while in office and have more media face time within the district. The only thing working...
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...School Environment Analysis Essay Grand Canyon University: EDA-575 February 8, 2012 School Environment Analysis No school is a utopia. Each presents unique problems and challenges, and with that comes opportunities for change and successes. Many times it takes a giant collaborative effort to bring about change, and there are times where it seems that the challenges are insurmountable. I work in a public inner city high school in Syracuse, NY. There are issues within the school including a high drop-out rate, incidences of bullying, little parent involvement, lack of technology, and old school materials. This high school is in a high poverty area, and the surrounding community is not very active or involved with the school. All of these factors combined with many newer teachers in the school and some new members of the administration lead to a school requiring assistance in many areas. In this essay, I will explain many of the environmental and contextual factors and describe some potential solutions to address these factors. One environmental factor influencing my school is the high rate of poverty in the surrounding area of the school. Students are often unprepared for school with proper materials. Education is not been a major priority for many students since it was not very important to their parents or guardians. If students have a little extra money, they will quickly spend it on snacks on their way to school instead of making sure they are prepared...
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...Grades will be earned from: Regular reading and writing assignments, current events article reviews/presentations and assigned practice/focus questions. Following each unit of study outlined below, students will take a multiple-choice/free-response examination that is meant to assess their overall understanding of the material presented. Reflection Essays and free response questions Short reading quizzes/projects will also be given periodically to ensure students are not falling behind on assigned readings Students will complete weekly current event article reviews Utilizing current event articles written throughout the semester students will create a final project taking an in-depth look at an issue of their interest Grading Policy: Quarterly Grade Percentages: 40% Tests 25% Projects and Quizzes 20% Homework 15% Class Participation School Percentages: 95 – 100 Highest...
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...COURSE OUTLINE & CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PLAN Course Description: This course covers both Macro and Micro Economic principles and is aligned with the California State Standards for Social Science in Economics. It is designed to provide a basic understanding of the core concepts, ideas, and theories relevant to the study of Economics as a social science in today’s world. Although many of the topics we cover will be new to many students, it is my goal to relate them to both the life of a teenager about to embark on his or her own economic odyssey and the larger issues filling up space on the pages of our newspapers and the screens of our computers. Whether you like it (or even know it) or not, we are all subject to the economic system we live in and its ever-changing conditions. We are all economic actors! Course Topics: 1. What is Economics? What are the basic ideas, questions, and vocabulary underlying the study of economics as a social science? 2. Economic Systems How do society’s decide what to make, how to make it, and who gets what is made? 3. Supply and Demand How are prices, the language consumers and producers use to communicate, determined in a free market system? 4. Labor Unions What do they do, what are their pros and cons, what is their history, and their current status? 5. Financial Markets What are the fundamentals of our financial system and how can you begin to learn to take advantage of it for...
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...misleading historical lessons, specious claims: 9 CONCLUSION 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WAR-FIGHTING AND NATION-BUILDING. Nothing is, and will remain in such short supply in the greater majority of the polities of the world’s ‘countryside’, as a sense of political community; and yet no such crucial term as ‘nation building’ has of recent been subjected to so much trivialisation and casual usage. This essay attempts to lay out what it is that nation building entails, as a background to assessing whatever linkage it may have with war fighting, causally or by coincidence. I outline existing schools of thought on nation building and demonstrate that it bore a clear relationship with war fighting especially in the dusk of the extensive empires of Western Europe. I argue that the United States had a much rosier experience by virtue of its geographical isolation, and of being constituted by an immigrant population, and as such, it may the least qualified actor to enforce nation building however construed. The essay points out the prevailing fallacy of conflating short-term post-conflict reconstruction with protracted nation building and state making and concludes by asserting that, recent ‘successes’ in war fighting and ‘nation building’ are attributable more to conjunction than to causation. General Models Nation Building and Political Development It is necessary to outline essential ingredients of nation building that can furnish...
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...US History and Government Singapore American School! ! PLC Instructors:! Vicky Colorado: H312! ● vcolorado@sas.edu.sg! Scott Meredith: H318! ● smeredith@sas.edu.sg! Doug StanWiens: H311! ● dstanwiens@sas.edu.sg! ! US History Standards: Our class will be aligned to the following curriculum and learning standards! Change, Continuity, and Context! ! Analyze change and continuity in historical eras.! Perspectives! Analyze complex and interacting factors and contexts that influenced and continue to shape people’s perspectives.! Historical Sources and Evidence! ! Use questions generated about multiple historical sources to pursue further! inquiry and investigate additional sources.! Causation and Argumentation! Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past, and! distinguish between long-term causes and triggering events in developing a! historical argument.! ! Historical Argumentation! Construct a plausible and persuasive argument that requires a clear and analytical! thesis. Is able to evaluate and use historical evidence to analyze, not merely ! describe historical events.! ! Core Knowledge and Concepts! Acquire key foundational knowledge in U.S. History such as terms, people,! events, and legislation that can be applied in their historical writing or thinking.! ! Course Description: ! This course will focus on the period in U.S. History from exploration to the present with a focus not only...
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...DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE STUDY HABITS Mayland Community College S.O.A.R. Program Revised April 2002 GET THE STUDY HABIT Did you ever stop to wonder what sets apart the really successful students from the average ones? Why do some students who appear to study all the time just get by, while others who don’t appear to put in as much time and effort do well? Is it all related to IQ and genetics or are some other factors involved? The truth is that success in school is not so much determined by sheer intelligence as knowing how to study. Studying is a skill. Being successful in school requires a high level of study skills. Students must first learn these skills, practice them and develop effective study habits in order to be successful. Very often the study habits and practices developed and used in high school do not work for students in college. Good study habits include many different skills: time management, selfdiscipline, concentration, memorization, organization, and effort. Desire to succeed is important, too. In this module you will discover your areas of strength and identify your weaknesses pertaining to studying. You will learn about your preferred learning channel, tips to organize your studies, and ways to help you remember what you study. The skills you will learn about in this module can be applied in other areas of your life as well: your job, your career, or any activity that requires thought, planning, information processing, and selfdiscipline. You’ll find...
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...CONFIDENTIAL HM/JUN 2012/HTM600/605/HTH600 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION COURSE COURSE CODE EXAMINATION TIME HOSPITALITY RESEARCH METHODS HTM600/605/HTH600 JUNE 2012 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of two (2) parts : PART A (40 Questions) PART B (3 Questions) 2. Answer ALL questions from all two (2) parts : i) ii) Answer PART A in the Objective Answer Sheet. Answer PART B in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of: i) ii) iii) the Question Paper an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty an Objective Answer Sheet - provided by the Faculty DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO This examination paper consists of 11 printed pages © Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 2 HM/JUN 2012/HTM600/605/HTH600 PART A MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the most appropriate answer for each question. Shade your choice on the Objective Answer Sheet. 1. A scientific explanation that remains tentative until it has been adequately tested is called a (n) a) b) c) d) 2. Theory Law Hypothesis Experiment A Study to determine the degree of relationship between two events is called a) b) c) d) Naturalist observation The correlational method A controlled experiment The survey method 3. A researcher observes...
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...MANAGEMENT 163 Entrepreneurship and New Product Development Winter 2015 Draft Syllabus January 2015 Instructor: Farhad D. Rostamian, PhD., MBA Office and Office Hours: By arrangement Teaching Assistant: TBD E-mail: fdrostamian@gmail.com Messages: Valerie Myers, (310) 206-3011, vmyers@anderson.ucla.edu Enrollment: Open enrollment. Time: Wednesdays, 4 to 7 PM First Class meets: Wednesday, January 7 Room: Anderson Complex, Cornell Hall, D-307 Course Description New products are the lifeblood of any corporation and the cornerstone of any economy. Without expanding the product portfolio, any modern corporation can quickly succumb to competition and lose significant market share, or even be totally dis-intermediated. This phenomenon has been intensified with the advancements in digital economy. The innovation process has been significantly altered as a result of the impact of digital economy across all industries and markets. While most companies recognize the need for new products, not all such new products that are introduced to the market are successful. And even a smaller percentage can stand the test of time and reach significant market share or achieve resilient popularity. Innovation is one of the key drivers of making new products. We will examine the process of innovation and new product development and discuss the associated paradigms and success factors (through the case and class discussions). This course is designed to help students deepen...
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...Fayette County Schools Research Paper Survival Guide June 2009 (revised November 2011) Compiled by: Jillian Bowen, Joanne Dirring, Monica Dorner, Greta Jackson, Shery Kearney, Ann Richardson, and Cheryll Thompson-Smith Based on the work of: Linda Brem, Kathy Franks, Cathy Nix, Ann Richardson, and Cynde Snider Table of Contents Plagiarism………………………………………………………………. Plagiarism Statement - Middle School……………………………..... Plagiarism Statement - High School……………………………….... English Research Requirements…………………………………….. Middle School Requirements…………………………………... 9th Grade Requirements………………………………………… 10th Grade Requirements………………………………………. 11th Grade Requirements………………………………………. 12th Grade Requirements………………………………………. Frequently Asked Questions…………………………………………. Annotated Bibliographies……………………………………….. Citation Formats…………………..……………………………... Common Mistakes………………………………………………. Documentation and Plagiarism…………..…………………….. Internet and Databases…………………………………………. MLA Manuscript Form…...……………………………………… Note Cards…..…………………………………………………… Outlines…………………………………………………………… Paraphrases and Quotations..…………………………………. Parenthetical Documentation……………………………...…... Quoting Poetry……………………………..……………………. Research Papers..………………………………………………. Research Process……………….……………………………… Research Projects……….……………………………………… Source Cards..…………………………………………………… Works Cited Page……………………………………………….. Research Glossary……………………………………………………. Online Resources……………………………………………………… Works Cited…………………………………………………………….....
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...KEYS TO COLLEGE SUCCESS* TAKING NOTES: Basics Clear,Concise notes are more effective than copious notes. Instead of using a spiral, use loose leaf notebook divided into class sections. Make all notes on loose leaf paper. In an upper corner title and date each sheet as you use it. Rewrite and combine your old study and lecture notes into a new single set of notes or outline. Use them as a replacement for your old notes in the loos-leaf binder. This gives you complete control of, and fast access to, a crucial part of the learning process - Your Course Notes - their organization, additions, replacements and rewrites! Lecture Notes Sit near the front of the class to avoid distractions. Be a good listener - Focus and concentrate on the main points of the lecture. Get them down on paper. You'll put them in your own words later, along with your study notes. Pay attention to the Instructor's clues as to what they consider important. If there is something you don't understand, ASK! For fast classroom access to key information on major topics, use a Quick Study chart, if available. Immediately after a lecture, without looking at your notes, try to recall on a seperate paper as much as you can about what you have heard and learned. Then review your actual lecture notes to confirm and/or supplement your memory. During your next study session, quickly recall again on paper what you learned. Then review and reorganize your lecture notes...
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...Comparative Literature 153: “International Cultures: Film and Literature” Dr. Thomas Jay Lynn * Penn State Berks * Fall 2015 * MWF 12:00-12:50 Franco 101 * Office Meeting Period MWF 1:15-2:15 (For an office meeting during this or a different time, please e-mail, phone, or speak to me in advance, if possible.) Office: 117 Franco * Office Phone: (610) 396-6298 * E-mail: TJL7@PSU.EDU Please note: This syllabus and various other course documents (including essay guidelines) will be posted online at our ANGEL course site. “I am proud of my humanity when I can acknowledge the poets and artists of other countries as my own. Let me feel with unalloyed gladness that all the great glories of man are mine.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore Course Overview Official Penn State description of CMLIT 153: “Comparison of narrative techniques employed by literature and film in portraying different cultures, topics may vary each semester.” This Fall 2015 offering of CMLIT 153, “International Cultures: Film and Literature,” focuses on cultural tensions in varied parts of the world. Among the tensions that these films and novels explore are ones that arise in relation to poverty and wealth (class tensions); changing female and male gender roles; concepts of love and marriage; family dynamics; traditional and modern identities; work and education; and shifting political realities. In your approach to the works considered in this course, moreover, please consider how such tensions...
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