...“Violence Vanquished” Response * Do you agree or disagree with Pinker's idea about violence? Why or why not? * Using the ideas from Gilbert (surrogates, super-replicators, predicting the future) how can we encourage society to further decrease violence in the future? Should we? * What connections do you see between Gilbert's argument, Pinker's argument, and our topic of future studies? I would say that I do agree that the rate of violence has substantially decreased, over the years since prehistoric history, but I ultimately would have to conclude that the rate of violence hasn’t been demarked to the status of miniscule, or, seemingly, vanquished. Violence is an act of aggression which demonstrates itself by stemming out of turbulent, hostile environments, and then spreads- quite like a pestilence growing from a natural and biological waste area. It can be used as an act to defy other individuals, or people, with intent to physically harm- and will generally incite more violence as a reaction. True, violence ran rampant in ancient times, in circumference to the authoritarian police ruling of our present-day court proceedings, but this doesn’t exclude the decisions of individuals or groups to continually act out their aggression and frustrations in domestic areas, during sporting events, as a means to accomplish a crime against fellow humanity, or even as a riot against civil demonstrations. Violence is still enacted on every nation-state, by one-another...
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...On the morning of October 12th, as many students were settling in for their third period class for the day, the 10th and 12th Grade GEAR UP Students from Haileyville High School were beginning a tour of one of the areas most acclaimed college campuses, the University of Arkansas Fort Smith. The 170 acre campus of UAFS has been recognized as one of the cleanest, safest, and most beautiful campuses in the nation by such groups as the Arbor Day Foundation, America in Bloom, and the Professional Grounds Management Society. As the Haileyville students toured the campus they learned many interesting and useful tidbits of information designed to entice them into embarking on their college studies at USAF. One of the most noted bits of information was that UAFS will NOT charge Oklahoma Students Out-Of-State Tuition. Add this to the availability of scholarship monies offered to students, UFAS quickly becomes an economical possibility for students to segue from high school into the work world awaiting them....
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...Essay for OSEP Why would you like to participate in the OSEP? First of all, to be honest, the sound of studying in a foreign environment is extremely exciting. Why exciting? It is the idea of independence, exploring new things, different culture & environment, making new friends, stepping out of my comfort zone and so much more. Let's put them into details: 1. Independence - I think independence can be picked up even locally, but your parents will always be there to pick you up when you fall unlike when you are overseas by yourself. That to me, living by yourself, simple things like; settling your daily meals & needs, doing laundry and just everything by yourself is one of the best ways to me to up your independence. 2. Exploring new things / different culture - Like what Mary Anne Radmacher said, "I am not the same, having seen the moon on the other side of the world." Embracing a whole different culture will not only help better myself as an individual but also widen my horizons that can be useful whether it is in business settings or street knowledge in the near future. 3. Making new friends - There's nothing better than making more friends, especially around the world. Period. I like to see having friends in this manner "Friends teaches you life lessons like no others can." 4. Stepping out of my comfort zone - I think this is one of the greatest takeaways from the OSEP. Just basically, staying in a foreign country where English isn’t native language...
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...Criterion SM Online Essay Evaluation: An Application for Automated Evaluation of Student Essays Jill Burstein Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road, 18E Princeton, NJ 08541 jburstein@ets.org Martin Chodorow Department of Psychology Hunter College 695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 martin.chodorow@hunter.cuny.edu Claudia Leacock Educational Testing Service Rosedale Road, 18E Princeton, NJ 08541 cleacock@ets.org Abstract This paper describes a deployed educational technology application: the CriterionSM Online Essay Evaluation Service, a web-based system that provides automated scoring and evaluation of student essays. Criterion has two complementary applications: E-rater®, an automated essay scoring system and Critique Writing Analysis Tools, a suite of programs that detect errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics, that identify discourse elements in the essay, and that recognize elements of undesirable style. These evaluation capabilities provide students with feedback that is specific to their writing in order to help them improve their writing skills. Both applications employ natural language processing and machine learning techniques. All of these capabilities outperform baseline algorithms, and some of the tools agree with human judges as often as two judges agree with each other. 2. Application Description Criterion contains two complementary applications that are based on natural language processing (NLP) methods. The scoring application, e-rater®, extracts...
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...many reasons why one to avoid taking on student loan debt, first of all we all know that any type of loan is required to repay to the lender later on. However, student loan debt can be very serious if one did not pay back to the lender. Having too much student loan debt can destroy person life financially and make things worse, and I also personally heard some people stories about their student loan debt. Some of them regretted about loan they took while they were in college. After 5 to 7 years repaying their student loan they haven’t pay off their loan yet. And there are several things happened to some of them such as: been denied from getting car loan or house loans. And because of these types of obstacles some people who graduated from college are having hard time with relationships, have kids...
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...1) Tell us about yourself – what are your interests, hobbies, what do you study at school, volunteer/community involvement, etc. As stated in my resume, I am an Illustration student at OCAD U. Art is an integral part of my life and I worked hard and dedicated all of my time to being accepted as a student at OCAD. In terms of my specific program, Illustration can be hard to define to people who are not very familiar with the field. I always simply define it as taking a problem and solving it with visual imagery. Something I believe that is essential to many everyday tasks and possibly at YMCA Day Camp. In terms of interests and hobbies, besides the obvious passion for visual arts, I am an avid cook and baker. I have completed several orders of cakes and pastries for clients. In a way, I always myself in roles that require the completion of time-based tasks, and I always make sure I am able to by planning and organization. With volunteer and community involvement, I always try my best to involve my...
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...Student-Caregiver Scholarship Hello, I’m La’Ronica Craven a sophomore at Wells College and I care for my great grandma, Zelda Klaczko, three times a week. She is a retired, very polite, strong-willed, independent woman that doesn’t like to ask for help or rely on anyone, that has volunteered at a local church in Camillus for several years. My great grandma had a stroke on April 26th, 2018 the day before my uncle Doug passed away on April 27th 2018 from cancer. With finals right around the corner, I had to learn how to grieve, cope, and adjust to caring for my great grandma three days out of the week, on-top of my part-time job and studying for finals that started on May 7th. I definitely overworked myself the last couple of weeks of school. Though it wasn’t easy, I was able to adjust to my new lifestyle without my uncle and with caring for great grandma. Due to stress, grieving, being a full-time student, being a caregiver for my great grandma, and working part-time at Wegmans, I had gotten very little sleep, but despite all of this I was able to ace all of my finals. I’ve been there to help her get better and feel some sort of normalcy after both of the devastating events in April from...
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...leave high school, but I was unsure if I was ready for college. This question concerns all students who want to go to college, and it affects all teachers. Meaning it is the teacher’s job to have the students ready for college. Because this question is being ask my so many people, finding information for my question was easy to find. First I use my most fallible source which was the library. I went on Galileo and found a scholar journal, and then right off the back I found my web source. For my last source I found a book, which I was able to find at the Dalton State library. The article that I found to be really helpful was titled “Strategies to Prepared Middle School and High School Students for College and Career Readiness.” The authors of this article are Rich A. Radcliffe and Beth Bos. In the article it says “Each year approximately 1.2 million students fail to graduate from high school,”...
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...you heard that debt is something everyone has and that it’s okay for you to have it too? Well, this is certainly not the case. Just because everyone else has student loan debt, doesn’t mean that you are required to make high payments every month for the next decade. Many students believe that student loans are necessary in order to attend college, but they really aren’t. Student loans can cause you a lot of trouble in the future, such as massive amounts of debt, and the fact that student loans are debt, and debt is not good. Like any form of debt, student loan debt can pile up high very quickly and can cause many problems in your future. There are so many stories out there about people who have not been able to afford paying both their grocery/utility bills and their student loan payments....
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...Student Days - Share a little about life as a student, what kind of a person were/are you (introvert, outgoing). I had always been a studious guy, slightly introvert but extremely confident and independent. I learned a lot from situations around me when I was at school, and realized that life teaches much more than books. Even today, I use some of the situations faced as a kid, to my advantage in my business strategies. Many of my quirky marketing strategies are direct results of my quirkiness as a student. - What were your career plans when you started IIT and how did they change over time. I got into IIT by doing self study, and like many other freshers, I was keen to explore my true passion while at IIT. I find IIT Bombay to have so many learning opportunities, that its tough not to find your true calling here. In my first year, I focused on learning everything that I can, by joining various clubs and groups. I have never planned a career and I still believe in the constant process of learning. The more we learn, the more we discover about what our future holds for us....
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...Student loans are becoming more of a problem for college students across the U.S. because of increasing tuition and decreasing scholarships and grants. A lot of people will tell you it’s just what you have to do but it’s not. If you take out student loan debt there is a good chance you’ll be paying on it long after you graduate. Thats why its a good idea to try and pay for it other ways. Over all people think debt is okay because it’s getting you a higher education, but it’s not worth going into debt. Tuition has become so expensive it seems nearly impossible to pay for it without going into debt, but there are ways to make it happen. Such as starting early, save as much as you can whenever you can, save the money you get from christmases and...
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...The question has been asked, with today’s economy what it is and so many college graduates leaving school in debt of student loans and no prospect of getting a job in his or her field of study, is a college degree really worth all the hassle? The thought of going back to school has always crossed my mind, but I kept putting it off because of all the fearful stories I’ve heard about student loans over the years. I myself was afraid to venture into the same fearful situation, I’ve always heard about and so I put going back to school on the back burner, because I wanted nothing to do with student loans. The year is 2018, and Americans today are more weighed down by student loan debt than any time in history, statistics show that Americans owe over $1.48 trillion in student loan debt, that’s stretched out over about 44 million borrowers. {“U.S. Student Loan Debt Statistics for 2018.” Student Loan Hero, studentloanhero.com/student-loan-debt-statistics/.} That amount is about $620 billion more than the total U.S. credit card debt. The average student from the class of 2016 graduates has $37,172 in student loan debt, A jump of six percent from the previous year. Here is how four-year or graduate degrees break down, percentage wise of overall...
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...As a committed and experienced Nurse Tech and current nursing student, I am seeking a position with Seattle Children’s Hospital that is committed to providing superior health care. My experience in the Emergency department and rehabilitation unit make me a strong candidate for this position because I have experience working with a variety of patients from many different ethnicities and backgrounds. Additionally, my clinical rotations in geriatrics and mental health nursing have helped to strengthen my therapeutic communication skills, nursing knowledge, and nursing practice. Throughout my time in the Emergency department I have learned how to collaborate with children of all ages and their families to meet their individual health care needs....
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...Alexandria Abbrat February 7, 2018 Fulbright Institute The Pen is Mightier than the Sword – How America’s Students are Signing their Lives Away Student debt is at an all time high for American college students, the amount of loans totaling 1.4 trillion and climbing for the nearly 44 million that hold them. This is an epidemic that unfortunately takes away the chance of a secure future for many students and their families, and it extends not only to graduates but also to students that for one reason or another have had to drop out or are unable to finish school. The debt of student loans exceeds the national credit card debt of America, leaving many students with a very bleak future of paying off loan debt that casts a hopeless outlook on...
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...Mikuski’s quote holds true to many American families in our society today. In recent discussions of student loan debt, a controversial issue has been whether or not colleges should give more opportunities for students to leave college debt free. On the one hand some argue that students should work to pay for their education themselves. College students personal agenda’s entail getting a job, working hard, and getting scholarships to support themselves throughout their college experience. Students should not assume that government or college aid will cover all of their financial costs, students should anticipate and accept the responsibility...
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