...never been a part of a team before. I was 13 yrs old when I started living my talent dream. Who in a million years would think a skinny black little girl from the projects could have a talent of dancing. It all started when I joined the talent show in 8th grade at Jenkins Middle School. They were throwing together a talent show for an end of the year fundraiser. Even though it was a fundraiser they were giving away $50 cash prize to the first place winner, and $20 to the second place winner. The third place winner would just receive a trophy. I joined the talent show to perform a dance that I had created on my own. I practiced this dance for a few months so I wanted to show everyone what I was capable of. We had sign ups on the stage that friday afternoon. There were so many girls signing up to either dance or sing. I became nervous. I almost gave up because I felt that I would lose since there was so much competition. Something inside me reminded me that if I wanted to be good at something; then I should never give up. It was finally my turn to sign up ! all the judges greeted me with a smile and gave me papers about the qualifications. They seemed so nice , but yet and still they can be tough to work with. I went home all excited to tell my mom about me doing the talent show. She was so eager to hear the great news and she called all my family members so they can be there. It was boiling down to the talent show. One day left and I was so excited. After school that day I went...
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...This past week was a blur. Having classes canceled last Monday threw me off and I took my week with me. For the first time this year I felt really overwhelmed and still do. Where life got crazy was Friday in Elementary Statistics. To begin, I’m a terrible test taker. I get stressed out and rarely choose the correct option in multiple choice tests. I’m not sure what I missed in class, but the test included topics that I thought weren’t supposed to be on it, throwing me for a loop. This was a poor start to my weekend and it didn’t get any better. I left my dorm to go to Walmart for tissues, the football game, and to eat. The rest of my time was spent doing homework in West Mary. Rhetoric and Public Address forced me to stay in and work until...
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...Growing up I have always enjoyed writing. I have always been an emotional writer. I liked writing on how I feel. Even though I considered my writing “good” I was just never the one for presenting. I had friends and teachers to tell me my writing was great. I considered my writings personal reflections. I like writing and reflecting on them to see how I have grown as a person. Though I didn’t like sharing, my English teacher of my freshman year help change that. We were assigned to pick a theme song. The theme was our life. When we were first assigned I was pleased but when she said we were presenting I became apprehensive. Now that I have actually did it I consider that assignment the door to a new experience. I walked into my English class...
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...Writing a Literacy Narrative A literacy narrative is telling a story. To be exact, it is giving an account of an experience, most likely a personal one, which tells about a time when reading and/or writing helped you to learn something significant. The main idea of a literacy narrative is to speak about a time you were able to learn and grow from a specific experience. When writing any sort of essay or paper, it is always necessary to do the following: Pick a topic that you feel very strongly about but are willing to share. Title your paper (something suitable to your topic) Engage the reader (“Show” the reader rather than “telling” the reader.) Give vivid descriptions throughout the essay. Use sensory details, such as what you see, smell, touch, etc. Include dialogue, but use it sparingly. Dialogue is most effective when it is only used for key moments. Remember to punctuate dialogue correctly. For example: “I don’t know what happened, but I’m not going to give up,” Jasmine said. Know that an important tool in narratives is imagery, which can be defined as visually descriptive language. These details are important because recalling a day such as this shows it’s importance to you, allowing the reader somewhat of an emotional connection to the event. This method is called reflecting. Whenever you’re writing an essay that involves something from you past, it is vital that you ask yourself these following questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What...
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...When comparing Paul McHenry Roberts narrative essay "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words" and Maya Angelou's descriptive essay "Sister Flowers", Roberts essay holds superior because he uses 2nd point of person, relate-able topics, and problem solving strategies in his essay. By using descriptive language, an author has the power to tantalize their readers simply by word usage. Descriptive language "refers to words that are vivid, expressive, and highly specific to the topic" (Connell & Sole, 2013). For example, in the essay "How To Say Nothing in 500 Words", the author sets the mood by stating, "It's Friday afternoon, and you have almost survived another week of class" (Roberts, 2013). All college students, the author's intended audience, can relate to anticipating the weekend, and a break from the stresses of college coursework. In speaking directly to the reader, second-person point of view, the author, Paul McHenry Roberts, establishes an intimate connection. Roberts uses humor within the body of the essay as well, furthering the connection between himself and his audience. Roberts states, "All subjects, except sex, are dull until someone makes them interesting." (Roberts). He further goes on about how to set up a unique paper. Roberts lists examples of different topics throughout this essay. He creates an informative essay about writing on much-debated topics by thinking outside the box. As Roberts illustrates by stating" Picture poor old Alfy coming home from football...
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...| Service Learning Experience | | | | I chose Teen Night at Fort Boise for my service learning project this semester. With the idea behind Teen Night being that there is an option for kids to get out, socialize and participate in many different experiences on a Friday night, in order to try to keep them from choosing activities that would be poor choices and possibly getting in trouble. Although this activity is open to any junior high and high school student in the area, I realized very quickly that most of the teens that attended could easily be labeled as “high risk” teens. Many of them have very stressful/negative settings at home. For some of the teens this was easily identifiable quickly. Others were very good at hiding their troubles. I enjoyed serving my service learning hours at Fort Boise, but, in a way, I wish I would have chosen an organization where I would have been able to get a little closer to the people, on a personal level. Teen Night was just more of group interaction (playing basketball, dodge ball, video games, etc.). There was one teen (Will) I was able to form a bond with that was, originally, very closed off. I later found out, from one of the other volunteers, there were concerns of suicide with Will. I will discuss this bond further into the paper, but I will say that connecting with Will was the highlight of my service learning. In an article from 1995 about the Adolescent Transition Project which was a study conducted in...
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...I hesitated to reveal how I felt in a time of havoc because I felt it put me in a position of vulnerability to the reader, who is that case was my judgemental, Honors English class. To display myself as frightened, nervous, and unstable seemed out of place in something I was writing about myself. I realized once I began rewriting my paper, although it felt wrong at first, that the details of my heartbeat in the panicked situation and how I considered hiding the debris gave the story a whole new angle. It was rich and colorful. It was my voice, my style. Writing was not burdensome when it was done like that. I loved the way my narrative paper sounded and I felt nearly ready to share it with my classmates the next...
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...Search” paper allows you to relate your personal experience engaged with some aspect of a topic, to hunt for facts and opinions firsthand, and to provide a step-by-step record of the search process. It’s part research paper, part personal narrative, part reflection. • First step: choose a controversial topic broadly pertaining to digital technology, digital media, “the internet,” television, or modern computing technology that truly interests you—specifically some problem or concern you want to be more informed about (use Homework #1 as a launching point). The topic, however, has to be argumentatively rich, meaning that there have to be many different viewpoints on the issue. • Second step: rather than starting with a thesis or claim, you’re going to begin with a question or problem spurred by some personal experience or exploration. Think of yourself like an investigative journalist or social scientist: if you’re writing about online communities, immerse yourself in one; if you’re writing about internet/television/cell phone addiction, deprive yourself for a few days; if you’re investigating some activity, try engaging in that activity; etc. You’re trying to get the heart of a controversy by gaining first-hand experience. • Third step: start researching. As you research, keep track of what you know and what you learn about the topic, how your assumptions change, and how different sources affect your perspective on your personal experiences and other sources. If you...
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...Celebrity Concerts Present VALERIE TRYON Convocation Hall Friday, January 26th, 2007 8:00 p.m.. Friday night’s howling blizzard didn’t have the predictable effect on the McMaster University School of the arts Celebrity Concerts. The Convocation Hall was filled with people, not sprinkled about as the ill fated weather would have suggested. The pianist was the British Valerie Tryon, an England born naturalized Canadian who was awarded the Franz Liszt Medal of Honor for 'outstanding achievement' in the interpretation of Liszt's music by the Hungarian Ministry of Culture in late 80’s. The first piece she selected to perform was Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor, k.396; this fantasia was the prime display of Valerie Tryon’s amazing musicianship. Unfortunately, the fact was that very little in C minor was designed to reward an attentive listener; after all, very few people would take care to listen to the internal themes of such a music piece played right after arriving. Moreover, the melody and the tune radiate a ghost of sadness and mope which brought audience into a sentimental mood. The intro would have been a bit more uplifting if she were to play a delightful piece at prime tense to prepare the audiences enters into a fine musical fettle! The second piece of the evening, Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in G major along with Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in G minor, Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in E minor and Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in F major were rewarding. Scarlatti’s...
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...Phone: Email: Course Objectives: • • • • • • • • To examine movies as art, business, entertainment, and a cultural expression. To display the difference between narrative, documentary, and avant-garde films. To explore various genres, film theories, and cinematic styles. To illustrate a variety of filmmaking techniques, conventions, and icons. To gain knowledge of international cinema. To study the works of prominent filmmakers and their cinematic impact. To provide a critical methodology and practical application to facilitate a greater critical understanding and appreciation of all aspects of film. To gain experience in writing critical academic essays in relation to film analysis. Students should gain a solid foundational knowledge and understanding of different film genres, forms, and techniques of film making and be able to analyze and communicate how those concepts are used in films to 1) tell a story effectively, 2) communicate meaning in a visual medium, and 3) persuade audiences towards different or particular ways of feeling about or seeing themselves and the world. As a result of taking this course, I hope that students will 1) understand...
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...The film Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1943) follows the protagonist Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) who is quite the bitter, cynical club owner residing in the city of Casablanca, Morocco since leaving America. After an encounter with a past lover, Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), Rick enters a conflict concerning two life changing decisions. He could either help Ilsa and her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), escape the Germans by providing them with letters of transit visas or rekindle the whirlwind romance between the two of them. Ilsa’s world is completely turning upside down as she also must decide whether to choose her husband or the man to whom she once held a flame. Whereas in the film His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940) the protagonist...
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...Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Men or Children? The gangster is a fictional story written by Colson Whitehead in 2008. It is a short story about African- American teenagers and its setting is in Sag Harbor, in 1985. The story begins with a question, “When did you get out?” The opening question emphasizes the title of the story on a particular notion to the reader. In the fictional story, the gangster, Benji and Reggie are twin brothers of ten months apart. They grew up together inseparably in every aspect. It was common for them to be seen together and when they were not, people always question them on where the other is. High school and puberty brought the difference between them physically. They would be seen away from each other severally, and they even looked different physically with Benji being skinny while Reggie looked chubby. Benji and Reggie are brought up in an upper middle class family, and their parents own a beach house in Sag harbor where they go to during the summers. In the summer of 1985, Benji was 15 years old, and Reggie was 14 years old. During the summer when the whole family left for their beach house, the boys would be left alone for some time when their parents went back to the city to work during the weekdays. Benji and Reggie are described, in the story, as Siamese twins when they were young, describing their inseparable nature. This is clearly brought out by the language used as quoted “Where is the surgeon, who is gifted enough to...
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...TASK: Blog 1 (post and comment) Friday 12 August, 3pm (10%) Make your first blog post (250-300 words) to your Tutorial Group’s Blog. (Sign up instructions on LeanJCU). Contribute your first comment to another student’s blog (about 150 words). Remember to make connections in your discussion with relevant ideas from lectures, tutorials, and set readings. Ideas drawn from lectures and set readings must be acknowledged with in-text referencing in the APA style (instructions below). (Blog 1 instructions can also be found in the Subject Outline). Your Blog must address the week 3 Lecture on ‘Maps’ and the subject key concept ‘power’. For your blog post this week you may like to use the questions below to help you reflect on your virtual network. Remember to address the week’s lecture topic ‘Maps’ and focus on the subject key concept of ‘power’. (It is not compulsory to use these questions, nor is it compulsory to attempt to respond to all of them; they are just ideas to help you get started). You might also find it helpful to have another look at Prouty’s ‘Turtle on a Leash’ set reading as an example of good critical blog post. Blog Focus Questions * Describe the new virtual network you joined (last week). * Explain your persona for your new network – have you kept your own identity or changed it? Why? * Analyse your experience of ‘travelling’ in your virtual network. Do you experience more or less freedom than when travelling in physical space? ...
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...case studies and an on-line test. Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Due date On-line test (see study desk) 100 20% Friday, 18 December 2015 Case study 1 (2000 words) 100 40% Friday, 15 January 2016 Case study 2 (2000 words) 100 40% Friday, 05 February 2016 On-line test (due to be completed by Friday 18 December, 2015) Please note, the on-line test relates to 20 multiple choice questions prepared from the main text Millmore et al, 2007, Strategic human resource management: contemporary issues. Prentice Hall. To pass this test, you must have acquired a copy of this textbook. You can acquire a copy of the text by contacting the USQ cooperative bookshop where both your texts (i.e. Milmore and Davilla et al) have been packaged together to reduce the cost. Please see the study desk in week 1 under the heading ‘ON-LINE TEST’. A ‘Guidelines for the On-line Test’ will also be posted in this section. These guidelines will set out which chapters you should study to be able to answer the multiple choice questions. Further details will be posted for completing this test. © University of Southern Queensland MGT8034 Assessment page 2 Case study 1 Description Case study 1 (2000 words) (approximately 5 typed pages single spaced) Marks out of Wtg(%) Due date 100 40% Friday, 15 January 2016 You should write the case study in such a way that you start your answers from line 1. That is, there is no need...
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...The assessment for Strategic management of human resources and innovation has two case studies and an on-line test. Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Due date On-line test (see study desk) 100 20% Friday, 18 December 2015 Case study 1 (2000 words) 100 40% Friday, 15 January 2016 Case study 2 (2000 words) 100 40% Friday, 05 February 2016 On-line test (due to be completed by Friday 18 December, 2015) Please note, the on-line test relates to 20 multiple choice questions prepared from the main text Millmore et al, 2007, Strategic human resource management: contemporary issues. Prentice Hall. To pass this test, you must have acquired a copy of this textbook. You can acquire a copy of the text by contacting the USQ cooperative bookshop where both your texts (i.e. Milmore and Davilla et al) have been packaged together to reduce the cost. Please see the study desk in week 1 under the heading ‘ON-LINE TEST’. A ‘Guidelines for the On-line Test’ will also be posted in this section. These guidelines will set out which chapters you should study to be able to answer the multiple choice questions. Further details will be posted for completing this test. Case study 1 Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Due date Case study 1 (2000 words) 100 40% Friday, 15 January 2016 (approximately 5 typed pages single spaced) You should write the case study in such a way that you start your answers from line 1. That is, there is no need for large introductions that...
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