...This class has helped me learned many things about what to expect in college. The first thing I learned in class was the location of the Writing Center. When I moved to college, I did not have a clue where any of the buildings were located. However, I soon learned where the Writing Center is located because we had a class there. It is important for me to know where the Writing Center is located because it is likely I will need to go there while I am in college. Another thing I learned in class was how to form an appropriate email. In class we had an etiquette email assignment. I always knew how to write an email, but I never knew how I should address a professor in college. I learned that for this class I could say “Dear Kate”, but if I emailed...
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...LABR 251: “Know Your California Workplace Rights” (An Introduction to Labor and Employment Law – Online Class) This class provides students with an overview of labor and employment law in the State of California. These laws will include those applying to minimum wages, overtime wages, vacations, holidays, sick leave, as well as workplace injuries, disabilities, discrimination, sex harassment, and so on. There will also be an overview of important national workplace laws as they impact on the California employee; for example, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This course seeks to demystify the law, and to provide students with an understanding of the most important laws regulating the workplace in California. The goal of this class is to introduce students to our State’s laws and our legal system– to become familiar with laws and how they are written and enforced – we will start by learning about our legal system, and then we will turn to particular laws and what they say and how they are enforced. This course may serve as an introduction not only to Labor Studies; it may also prove interesting and useful to anyone considering law, criminal justice, and related fields, as their major field of studies. It is also useful to any student who has a job in the State of California, since it will teach them their legal rights in their workplace. Required Text: David Rosenfeld, Miles Locker, and Nina Fendel, California Workers’...
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...Language as a freshmen here. A first I didn’t know what to expect from the course, but I learned some pretty interesting things. And some not so interesting things. I would have to say the most surprising thing I learned from this course was when we talked about peoples feelings towards people speaking different languages aside from English. After watching the videos and actually interviewing a few people, I was surprised to learn that so many people really are against foreign languages being spoke in a public setting. One of the most meaningful articles assigned to read in this course was the article on the Chinese students who came to America and tried to learn English. Before reading that I never understood how difficult it would be to come to a different country and try to learn the native language, without really any help at all. We learned a good amount of useful things in this course. It is hard to really pick out what I feel was most useful but if I have to choose I think the most useful thing we learned was the different dialects that are spoken around the United States and around the world. I think it is useful to know how people from different areas other than the one you are from speak. Although I believe this subject was the most useful one taught, I also feel it was the most difficult to accept. It was hard to accept the many stereotypes against people who speak in a southern, or a New England or midland accent. It was also very difficult to understand all...
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...descriptive statistics of the variable (table 1) below show that most respondent’s answers falls between 3 to 4 and close to 4 which denote the perception of neutral to agree. That is, most answers are positive indicating the students are not on average dissatisfy with the teaching of the subject. Figure 1 | |N |Mean |Std. Deviation | |The tutorials are useful and |434 |4.09 |.922 | |relevant | | | | |The tutor is well prepared |436 |4.11 |.962 | |The tutor is knowledgeable |432 |4.19 |.807 | |The tutor is approachable |432 |4.31 |.825 | |The tutor is readily available for |434 |3.93 |.989 | |consultation with students | | | | |In this tutorial I feel free to ask|433 |4.26 |.780 | |questions | | | | |The tutor encourages students to |435 |3.77 |.916 | |think for themselves | | | | |The tutor promotes class discussion|433 |3.51 |1.059 ...
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...therefore deters others from committing crime along with creating a collective conscience. He also argues that crime and deviance allows social change to occur which is needed in order for society to remain stable. Durkheim’s theory is useful in explaining crime as it highlights that crime is not unnatural in society. However, Durkheim has been criticised as there is no way to tell what is too much to be useful and what the right amount is. Durkheim also fails to consider why some groups in society, such as the working class, are more likely to commit crimes. Merton explains crime by using his strain theory in which he focuses on goals and the means of reaching the goals. He based his study on the American Dream and suggested that all members of society have the collective value of wealth and possession. Due to this, Merton claims that crime and deviance arises due to society not being equal and those at the bottom of the hierarchy, for example the working class, are unable to achieve these goals via legitimate means such as education and work so turn to illegitimate means such as theft. This suggests that goals are linked to a person’s position in the social system, meaning that there cannot be a true value consensus for all. Merton’s strain theory is useful in explaining why people conform within society. However, he does not consider why only some of...
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...convention useful for the audience? The convention used to attract the audience is campus building where students go to learn and gain knowledge in programs or courses there interested. The convention is useful because it shows the audience the building is a place of learning and discovering future career paths. 2. Identify the purpose of the website. How do you know the purpose? What visual clues does the design of the website give you? The purpose of the website is to promote educational opportunities as well as offering career paths for those looking for employment, since the website shows links to continuing education, programs and courses, job searches for workshop, second career, and getting into business/film. 3. Identify the target audience for the website. Explain why you think that target audience would use that website. The target audience for the website are individuals seeking a higher education or employment opportunities since the website offers various links to programs and courses, resources and services, admission for enrollment and events for job searches. * The demographic of the website is catered towards individuals between ages 18 and up since enrollment for college requires a high school diploma, opened for all incomes since financial aid is provided, and occupation is students since it’s an educational institution. * The socio-economic status of the website is available for all income classes (e.g. upper class, working...
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...students of a particular class that you were planning to take? We have all been new students at some point in our lives, and we know how overwhelming it can be. When students sign up for English 92 with Mr. Chapa, they most likely aren’t aware of what they signed up for. However, feeling overwhelmed so early into the semester isn’t the way to start. There are useful resources available for anyone who wants to know about courses and professors. One of many useful resources is an online website that consists of previous students stating reviews and comments about courses and professors, but the website doesn’t offer sufficient advice. I have several pieces of advice for incoming English 92 students to be able to succeed in the course. The first piece of advice for incoming English 92 students is to practice the concept that is taught. By practicing the new concepts, student will be able to develop useful skills needed throughout the semester, as well as for future college writing classes. Many students will begin the course with bad writing habits, but in English 92 they will have to let go of their bad habits to be able to replace them with good habits. The most important part of learning for English 92 will not be done in class; rather it’s done outside of class. At home or at a library the student will slowly begin to develop proper writing skills. Mr. Chapa is not a professor that will check on his students to see if effort is being put outside of class. Therefore, the students...
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...with every fraction of time. It has given birth to globalization. The world has been contracted and concised at a tip. There are a lot of new means of communication which have made our life so simple and easy going. Mobile phone can be seen as the most used present day phenomenon in this fast growing time. Mobile phone is a revolutionary step in the field of tele-communication. We had the days when the telephones only served the purpose of communication through sound. Mobile phone has completely changed the concept of the telephoning. Now a phone is not only a mere phone but it is a lot in itself. A mobile phone works on a unique networked system which needs no wiring, no fixation and no botheration. Originally it was used in cars, airlines, and passanger trains but increasingly it is becoming ubiquitous. It is basically low- power radio telephone. In this magical system calls go through radio transmitters that are located within small geographical unit which are known as cells. Since each cell's signals are too weak to interfere with those of other cells operating on the same frequencies and more channels can be used than would be possible with high power radio frequency transmission. Narrow-band frequency modulation (FM) is the most common mode of transmission, each message is assigned a carrier, unique to the cell from which it is transmitted. The cellular phone was first tested in 1978. The cellular market in Britain alone had grown at a rapid rate to 8.5 million users by...
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...specific format, but all of that prior knowledge was extracted upon entering this class. I had never struggled with writing previously, but when this class began, I knew I was going to be challenged. I did not know what to expect from this course. I think I was just hoping that there would not be a drastic change. Even though there was a tremendous amount of change, this class had benefitted me the most out of all of my classes my senior year. Throughout this entire course I had learned many useful skills when it comes to writing a college level essay. I think one of the most helpful tools that I was introduced to during this semester was the website PaperRater. In previous years I just had to rely on peer editing which was not always the best method of editing. After using PaperRater I believe that my papers have advanced in vocabulary and sentence structure. Another useful tool that we were instructed to use was Noodletools. I had used this program during my freshman year, but I did not really understand how to properly use it. It has helped me keep my citations and information for my essays organized. The skill that I used most frequently was metacognition. The term metacognition refers to “the processes...
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...Can Cell Phones Be Educational at School? Have you ever wondered why schools don't allow students to have phones, but teachers can use their phones? Most schools only allow students to have phones in school if they are turned off and in the locker, but many people want to change that, even teachers. Although phones may be distracting for students, phones should be implemented because students can download practical applications on them and there is convenient access to instant communication. Cell phones are useful because they have many helpful applications that can be downloaded (Leyden). One of the many tasks it can carry out is acting as a graphing calculator (Leyden). It ends up saving you hundreds of dollars and a lot of space. A dictionary...
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...deviance happens which has then been developed further by other sociologists in to the form of subcultural theories. Merton’s strain theory is the basis of subcultural theories and he explains that the reason for deviance is the result of strain between the goals that society encourages individuals to achieve and what society actually allows them to achieve through legitimate means which leads them to commit deviance acts because they are frustrated at not being able to achieve, Merton explains the reason for this as being a combination of structural factors and cultural factors. He further develops this in terms of the American dream because the goal in society arguably is to achieve this and Merton explains that if a person is working class they will use illegitimate means in order to achieve the...
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...context of the Preface to the Statements of Accounting Standards 1 and the ‘Applicability of Accounting Standards to Various Entities’ (See Appendix 1 to this Compendium).] Introduction 1. This Standard deals with depreciation accounting and applies to all depreciable assets, except the following items to which special considerations apply:— (i) forests, plantations and similar regenerative natural resources; (ii) wasting assets including expenditure on the exploration for and extraction of minerals, oils, natural gas and similar nonregenerative resources; (iii) expenditure on research and development; (iv) goodwill and other intangible assets; (v) live stock. This standard also does not apply to land unless it has a limited useful life for the enterprise. 2. Different accounting policies for depreciation are adopted by different enterprises. Disclosure of accounting policies for depreciation followed by * Accounting Standard (AS) 6, Depreciation Accounting, was issued by the Institute in November 1982. 1 Attention is specifically drawn to paragraph 4.3 of the Preface, according to which Accounting Standards are intended to apply only to items which are material. 100 AS 6 (revised 1994) an enterprise is necessary to appreciate the view presented in the financial...
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...145 is absolutely the best advanced lab class one can take at Harvard. It is not only well designed, taught, and graded, but it will also give you the chance to befriend some of the best teaching staff you will ever meet. At the end of the semester, you will become such a pro at giving presentations, and you will feel competent to work for any inorganic or organic chemistry lab. The course itself is very nicely structured. Throughout the semester, you will be trying to synthesize a Co or Fe catalyst, which at the end you get to do some research and use your product for catalysis of your choice. The course kicks off with synthesizing the ligand in the hood, but soon moves onto metalation, reduction, and catalysis in your own glove box...
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...in this class, learning new techniques on studying, and learning new critical thinking strategies. Nine weeks that I’ve been in school again thinking and challenging myself and learning about a variety of new things. These last nine weeks have reminded me about the long term effects that higher education will have on my future employment and current job. This class has gave me so many tools that I can use in my everyday life. These last nine weeks have helped me get my mechanics back together academically I would say. I been out of school for about six months and I haven’t been reading, just working since I came out of school. Recently in class I relearned how to take Cornell Style notes, it’s like a lost art nowadays this note taking. My experience in this class was great overall for being my first time taking an online class. I enjoyed my time because with my work schedule always varying, this class came in handy letting me log in at times when other classes are long finished. This specific course was helpful in that it helped me see there’s more ways of doing things and not to worry about stressing yourself out. One of the most important things this class taught me was collaborative learning is an important aspect of life. I say that because every time we comment on things the atmosphere on the forum is good because it seems like we were constantly feeding off each others answers. The posts always seemed to drag on and for most of week...
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...diagnosing fall risk have been developed. The one selected for this study is the Humpty Dumpty Fall Scale. This scale was used at an institution with a higher-than-average fall rate among its pediatric patients. A policy and plan were created in the institution, and then the nursing staff was educated on the Humpty Dumpty Fall Scale. Whereas the fall rate before instituting the plan and Fall Scale was 4.5% per 1,000 patient days, the percentage dropped to 0% per 1,000 patient days after the plan and Scale were introduced. The article notes that the enthusiasm of the staff was a determining factor in reducing the institution’s fall rate. This article is useful in considering the importance of assessment tools in prevention, as well as in demonstrating the role of the nurse in making significant institutional changes. This article is also useful in considering populations that are vulnerable to falling outside of those that are commonly considered, such as the elderly and orthopedic...
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