...Barriers to Critical Thinking Lisa Miller HUM/115 Due Date 08 03 15 Beverly Sessoms The winter of 2010 in Cambridge left three feet of snow on campus most weeks. Professors did not cancel any classes or final exams. My three hour proctored exams were held on campus at 8 pm with a minus ten degree wind chill factor. Critical thinking skills were required to figure out how to make the ten mile drive into campus with no car and no taxis running. I found a cheap car service with snow chains and made it in to each exam. Getting out of campus at 11 pm was more difficult, with a two hour car service wait outside when they locked the exam building. You learned defensive strategies such as keeping your cell phone charged, triple layered gloves, scarves, hats, and socks. Waterproof snow boots were mandatory. My role as a student, employee, friend, coworker, and significant other is to use the best critical thinking skills possible for the best ethical outcomes. I challenge myself to be a reflective thinker, recognizing barriers, and finding methods of replacement and modification. I am always surprised to hear so many stories of tenured professors and students conspiring to cheat on exams. I am discouraged by stories of local stories of college athletes accepting gifts and money without shame. Internal biases lead to corrupt critical thinking in each case. 12.85 GB (85%) of 15 GB used 12.85 GB (85%) of 15 GB used Self-analysis of external and...
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...EFB201 Financial Markets Learning Guide EFB201 Learning Guide 1 Workload Expectations The unit has a two-‐hour lecture with a one-‐hour workshop/tutorial each week. QUT Guidelines are that “Eight to 10 hours per unit per week should be spent outside the classroom reading and working on assignments and tutorial tasks.” This unit covers a large amount of material commensurate with the workload expectations described above. The lectures are an integral part of the course materials and will contain spoken or written material that is additional to that in the textbook and set readings. Conversely, not all the set textbook or other readings will be covered in the lectures. In addition, you will be expected to do your own research in respect of particular topics, and this also forms part of the unit materials. All unit material is assessable; in other words, it is not possible to identify...
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... 2015- 2016 I.Subject Code: English 101a II. Subject Description: Afro-Asian Literature III. Credit Units: 3 IV. Pre-Requisite: none V. Duration: 18 weeks (54 hours) – 1 meeting per week (3 hours per class session) VI. Course Overview: Afro-Asian Literature is a survey course in reading and writing. The text focuses on selected works of Afro -Asian literature ranging from 3,000 B.C. to the present and is augmented with a wide array of novels and other supplemental materials. All literary genres will be covered. Students are expected to critically read all genres of literature and write cohesive, clear, and well-structured analyses/critiques about what they have read. Students will write a variety of rhetorical modes and for a variety of purposes including narration, information, and persuasion. Students’ papers will reflect a sophisticated level of original analysis and include references to the read text or to outside sources where appropriate. VII. Course Objectives: Students will: * develop an ability to write about problems from historical, philosophical, rhetorical and/or cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives; * engage in group discussions and activities to develop critical perspectives, a clear sense of audience, and a fluent and effective style; * plan, write, and revise three to four formal essays approximately 4-6 pages in length, at...
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...All Summer in a Day Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Critical Reading Identify the letter of the choice that best answers the question. ____ 1. What are the children doing as “All Summer in a Day” opens? |a. |They are teasing Margot. | |b. |They are reciting poetry. | |c. |They are peering out a window. | |d. |They are pushing Margot into a closet. | ____ 2. What does this passage from “All Summer in a Day” suggest about the setting? A thousand forests had been crushed under the rain and grown up a thousand times to be crushed again. And this was the way life was forever on the planet Venus. |a. |Venus was a thousand years old. | |b. |Venus had rain most of the time. | |c. |There had never been forests in Venus. | |d. |There were no forests in Venus. ...
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...Analysis Essay on “A Sorrowful Woman” Gail Godwin signifies that not all women want to be a full time wife and mother in her short story, “A Sorrowful Woman.” This idea of feminism helps the audience understand the poignant character and her actions. Gail Godwin incorporates this epigraph, “There once was a wife and mother one too many times.”(1st Sent.) This quote at the beginning of her short story implies that the woman should not have been a wife or mother. Her unhappiness in (Para. 1) is based on how she was so sad and it made her sick to see her husband and son. She did not want to be a wife or mother so she tried new things. “She tried these personalities on like costumes, then discarded them.”(Para. 20) This shows how she could not pin-point her true identity; therefore, she tried new personalities, but none of them worked. (Critical Analysis of “A Sorrowful Woman”) When she picked up the pen and pad and attempted to write a poem (Para. 20). She failed to succeed. Because she wanted to be free, all the freedom she did have seemed overwhelming. The sorrowful woman sought to be independent. She moved into her little room and slowly but surely disconnects from her son and husband by not seeing them anymore. (“Critical Analysis of “A Sorrowful Woman”) Because the sorrowful woman could not identify herself, her husband had to fulfill her roles. “I don’t know what to do, it’s all my fault, I’m such a burden.” (Para. 15) The husband, always understanding her feelings, hires...
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...|Business School | |4a. Module Status: |4b. Module Credit Rating: |4c. Module Type: | |Dedicated |20 |Core Module (Compulsory Module) | |5. Programme Stage in which module is offered: | |Year 3, Semester A | |6. Total learning hours: | |200 (53 Contact hours + 147 Hours of Directed Study) | |7. Pre-requisites: | |None...
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...Readings in British and American Literature HanQiqun June,08,2015 Irony Analysis of the story of an hour Guerin concludes that the formalistic critic deals with irony and paradox，with symbols and with the tensions that result from multiple interactions within the organic form of the literary piece.( Guerin 118) "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin is a short story that there is a "deeper level of irony in the story" in it. The short story expresses what happened to Louise Mallard after hearing of her husband Brently’s death in a railroad disaster. Since Mrs. Mallard suffers has heart problems, her sister Josephine told her the horrific news in a gentle way. After crying for a while, she went to her room alone and locked herself there. She should have been mournful and hopeless because of her husband’s death. However, she felt somewhat excited and frenzy. "Free! Body and soul free!" is what she really got from his death. After she accepted her husband’s death and realized she was free then, her husband came back safely. Finally she died. Although she died from the shock of seeing her living husband, the doctor said she was killed by joy. Though Chopin sympathizes the heroine, she puts bitter irony on her, meanwhile her attitude to the independent freedom is contradictory.(周亚萍 221）From the above introduction some perfect examples of irony use can be easily found. Here are the analysis of two of them. One is that Josephine was worried that Mrs. Mallard...
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...Literature Review of “The Story of an Hour” By Kate Chopin Introduction: "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin speaks to a negative perspective of marriage by giving the onlooker a lady who is plainly thrilled that her spouse has passed on. This is communicated through the dialect in "The Story of an Hour". The storyteller relates what she sees in straightforward exposition, yet when her feelings are portrayed, the words are energetic and influential. This proposes that Louis has a profound internal life that is not joined with the outside universe of her spouse or companions and the way that she houses herself in her room to run across her emotions is critical. The world outside of her own room is just negligibly depicted, yet the world within her psyche is enthusiastic and overall portrayed by the storyteller. The window outside of her room is alive and lively like her brain, while everything about her physically is sequestered. At the point when Louise's feelings are depicted in regards to something she is excited about, the dialect gets vivacious and rich with shade and dynamic pictures. This stands in sharp complexity to the segments in which she appears aloof or candidly unattached. It is essential to recognize not just the dialect becomes animated with the utilization of words like "mystery" and "impulse" but the exact stating evolving. The beginning feelings depicted in these quotes in which she was latent about is short clean sentences, yet when she starts to feel...
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...Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Critical Reading Identify the letter of the choice that best answers the question. ____ 1. At the beginning of the story, what seems to be the most important thing in Tom Benecke's life? a. | opening the window that always sticks | b. | going to the movies with his wife | c. | getting paid at the end of the week | d. | getting a promotion at work | ____ 2. Which of the following events happened first in “Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket”? a. | Tom thought about what the police would find in his pockets. | b. | Tom dropped coins from his pockets to the street below. | c. | Tom watched his wife get ready to go out alone. | d. | Tom smashed his fist through the window. | ____ 3. Which of the following events causes Tom to go out on the ledge? a. | Tom does research on store displays. | b. | Clare goes to the movies alone. | c. | Tom's paper flies out the window. | d. | Tom puts on his coat. | ____ 4. Which event in “Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket” causes Tom to panic? a. | His wife goes to the movies. | b. | He sees the street below him. | c. | He thinks about the contents of his pockets. | d. | He sees a man reading a newspaper across the street. | ____ 5. Which of the following is a moment of high suspense in the story? a. | Clare leaves. | b. | Tom looks down and panics. | c. | Tom stares through the...
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...events and lived in solicitude. Fortunately, the 24-hour news cycle has made that reality implausible. Over the past 40 years, the emergence of major news networks such as CNN, Fox and MSNBC has allowed for a constant stream of information directly into people's homes. This media spike has allowed people all over the world to stay in touch with current events, but as seen in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, every new creation comes with consequences. Despite allowing people to stay connection with the world, the 24-hour news cycle has resulted in reports of insignificant news,...
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...case. As the first module usually studied when pursuing a Professional Certificate in Marketing, its three-hour exam demands preparation. The exam is broken into two parts. Part A requires candidates to answer 10 short questions, each carrying four marks. Part B includes three questions based on a case study, each carrying 20 marks. The following tips tell you how to successfully approach and complete all of them. Tip 1: Be concise. It is important to take note of the answer length you need to provide based on the marks awarded for it. In Part A, candidates are asked to provide short answers. In fact, try not to write more than five to six lines for a two-mark question. Addressing the requirements is all that is needed. Tip 2: Understand the questions. Part B requires a very different approach. They are designed to test your ability to apply theory to a given context. They always raise key points and students are required to identify these points to contextualise the answers. For example, a question could be as follows: “As a marketing manager of a newly formed manufacturing company in the fashion industry, you are required to recommend a suitable pricing strategy that will help the company to grow.” In this question, the key words are “newly formed”, “manufacturing company”, “fashion industry” and “grow”. Tip 3: Allocate your time. The exam being set for three hours (180 minutes), it implies that the maximum time that you could spend for one mark is 1.8 minute (180/100)...
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...1. Overview The Business Impact Analysis presented here was developed on March 18, 2012. It is developed as a part of Omega Research’s contingency Planning process. The report here will analyze different aspects related to Omega business processes. The report will analyze the business processes carried in the organization, requirements of data and resources and priority related to them. 1.1 Purpose BIS aims for identification and prioritization of components of system by correlating system’s business processes to these components. The information extracted will be then used for evaluating the impact that the system unavailability will have on processes. The BIA is comprised of three steps given below 1. Determine business processes and recovery criticality. The downtimes are required in every system. Also the business processes should include:- * Non-specific events on business processes identified during the work flow analysis. * The impact of legal and regulatory requirements. * The associated acceptable level of losses for the identified business processes 2. Identify resource requirements. Identification of resources is second important activity as resources play two important roles for a system. * The employees must be provided with all personnel facilities so that the employees can work smoothly. * In case of the equipments proper hardware or the good hardware and software should be provided for the productivity...
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...6th, 2014 Abstract The following paper discusses and analyzes the work “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. The story uses the irony of life to show that marriage can be full of undisclosed hatred, suppression, and unpleasantness between partners – a point that remains concealed from the outside world. “The Story of an Hour” is a story about a married couple. The story begins with the wife hearing the news of the death of her husband. The news, instead of sending her into a shock, sends her into a state of excitement. Her excitement remains concealed from the people around her, who assume that she is under great shock. However, her excitement does not last too long, and she again faces news. This time, the news arrives with the arrival of her husband in front of her. Unable to control her feelings of sadness, she falls and dies on the spot. The paper takes into account multiple readings of various authors, compares their stance, and studies their views of the story. The paper establishes the point that time is running very quickly, and the story also revolves around the importance of time. It concludes with the outcome that if married couples trust each other, interconnect well, and resolve their problems, instead of thinking evil of each other, their relation is likely to remain flourishing. “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin The background of “The Story of an Hour” sets its foundations on the moralities of marriage. Marriage is a respected commitment...
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...____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Course Title Course Code Pre- requisite Credits : : : : World Literature Lit 02 Lit 01 3 Units Vision-Mission Statement : Instructor : Email : Office : Consultation Hours: MWF Venue : Consultation Rm. I. Course Description: Socorro D. De Jesus, Ph.D. Associate Professor 1 socorro_dejesus@hotmail.com General Education Faculty Rm, 2 nd floor, St. Anselm's Building 1 The course will introduce students to the writings of persons from selected countries across the different continents of the world. Students will gain an understanding of literary concepts to be able to interpret, analyze and evaluate various genres. Furthermore, students will have the opportunity to learn and appreciate the cultural heritage that is articulated from each literary text. II. Course Objectives: At the end of the semester, the students should be able to : 1. read and understand representative literary texts from various continents in the world. 2. analyze literary texts using the various approaches in literature. 3. employ critical thinking skills. 4. appreciate the...
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...purpose in life. We spend hour after hour, day after day in the pursuit of happiness. Somehow we all seem to be laboring under the common delusion that wealth can bring happiness. Yet the past has proven that the joy that money brings is fickle and impermanent. Our individual experiences usually concur with this statement. Assuming that this holds true for the majority of people, employers and employees alike, we have to ask ourselves whether material success is enough? Can a company retain its proficient and conscientious employees by offering them mere monetary incentives? Can human resources be stirred or inspired to achieve for the organization by something as ephemeral as money? The history and present of the business world will answer with a resounding “NO”. In that case, what is the formula, in a system driven by human beings, whose minds are swayed by objects, emotions and thoughts, to create a harmonious organization, which endeavors for excellence together? Pixar appears to be one of the rare organizations whose methods resolve this question. They have managed to attain a global reputation for their employees’ satisfaction and assiduousness. This report delves into some of Pixar’s secrets of creating an environment that is incalculably favorable to innovation. It begins by introducing Pixar to the readers and advances to an analysis of some of the Pixar’s philosophies that have contributed to their success. The first theoretical analysis section begins with an evaluation...
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