...Thesis: In order to be an adequate high school that shows phenomenal examples to other high school that Ritenour live up to its own expectations, revisit the traditional schedule, chaos in the cafeteria, and adopt an essential solution to the lack of after school academics. One complication at Ritenour High School this year is trying to adapt to not having their traditional schedule. Every class I got it like once I sat in my seat the time already exceeds. Teachers are impotent to explain the curriculum to feed their students’ brains to be cable of masterminding the homework giving. How do teacher expect student to mastermind the lesson when the rudely interrupt their tedious but helpful lesson. Fifty minutes may not seem so stressful and more manageable but in reality it really stressful to maintain when most student are used to ninety minutes or more. Every second in a class period you gain more knowledge and full students brains up. Now that Ritenour no longer have traditional schedule the teacher have to repeatedly telling adolescents that they have no a lot to do in a little time to get done. Which make them rush through the every sentence they speak that may inform their students? Students hear the teacher mouth moving but rude bell eventually capture their attention and the runs out as if they were track star to get through the crowded hall to get to their next class. A conclusion to this situation may be to concern the traditional schedule. ...
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...Exemplification Essay How many times have you heard the saying “It’s not the clothes that makes the person, it’s the person that makes the person?” I know it’s a mouth full. And we’d all like to believe that, right? But unfortunately in today’s society that’s not the case. How you dress is a representation of you. Like a first impression and we all know you only get one. But exactly why does it matter? Why would anyone care about how I dress? Well that’s what where here to find out. In today’s world how you dress is a reflection of you. It defines how people will react or treat you. Possibly even stereotype & judge you. Luckily it all depends on the type of social situation you are in. If you dress appropriately for the right occasion you’ll have nothing to worry about. Let’s use me for an example. I went job hunting for the first time when I was 16. I didn’t know any better. I went to different stores in the mall wearing a pair of ripped up jeans with my American Eagle striped polo shirt and my most favorite pair of black and white low top Chuck Taylors. I felt like I could conquer the world, or at least the mall. I went to the mall around 2pm and left around 5pm with no job applications. I didn’t understand it, every store I went into had a “Now Hiring” sign, but I kept getting turned down. Soon my “conquer the world” attitude disappeared as I took the bus back home. When I got home my grandma asked me how the job search went. When I told her what happened she sat me...
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...I do believe that the background checks need to go deeper when buying a gun. First off, to my knowledge the only thing stopping someone to buy a gun is a felony which is a serious thing to get charged with. But, somebody who has committed crimes before that aren’t felons could waltz into a gun store, buy a gun, and then go do a mass shooting. Also, people without felons aren’t the only problem, it’s people with a mental illness. People with a mental illness who are one of the leading causes for shootings and the way to stop that is for the background check include that they have a mental illness and whether or not it is considered seriously by doctors. Third, now I’m not saying that we should take all guns from the peoples use away and confiscate them because Australia has confiscated most of the public's guns and it hasn’t done anything but increase suicides. What I am saying is gun store employees need to to better background checks and they need to know if they’re mentally ill. Well, I think it’s pretty clear that we need to a better job of knowing who’s purchasing a gun. Now I will present my best reason. First, there were 464,033 total gun deaths between 1999 and 2013: 270,237 suicides (58.2% of total deaths); 174,773 homicides (37.7%); and 9,983 unintentional deaths (2.2%). [4] Guns were the leading cause of death by homicide (66.6% of all homicides) and by suicide (52.2% of all suicides). So, looking at the data in this paragraph, it and guns were the leading cause of...
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...Exemplification of Sustainable Development Patricia Mejias Professor’s Name Course Code and Name August 3, 2013 Exemplification of Sustainable Development Sustainable development is a strategy used to promote a sustained quality of existence (Dalal-Clayton & Bass, 2002). The sustained quality of existence can be applied to the general population of a community, to a government, or even to a commercial operation. The goal of this strategy is to ensure that the materials that are needed for survival and for the specified quality of existence will be available for the long-run. This requires extensive planning, strategizing and problem solving. An exemplification of sustainable development is advantageous, therefore, to understand how quality of existence is sustained by this practice. The first example of the application of sustainable development involves the general population. Sustainable development in this case refers to the strategies that are utilized to manage resource acquisitions, utilization and disposal. The quantity of resources consumed by a family, the type of resources consumed by a family and how they dispose of unused and waste products all impact how sustainable the family’s behaviors are. For example, sustainable family behavior includes buying locally produced foods, installing solar energy panels to provide for their energy needs, buying clothing and other items from thrift stores and recycling used materials (Dala-Clayton &...
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... David remembers a trip his family took to Kansas City. The long, 4 hour drive was mind numbingly drab for the most part and was just a waiting game to see how long before his parents snapped at his three younger siblings. However one thing that stood out to him were the numerous military silos they drove past. His father explained that those funny looking building contained enormous nukes, set to launch, in the event of a war breaking out. But that was just the way things were in the 1970s and 80s. Life in America went on, business as usual, in the age of disco and awful haircuts with an ever looming dread of the Red. Things in Berlin however had not improved. By 1980 the wall had been up for almost two decades and showed no sign of coming down. David always knew about the wall. He had never known a time before it. He saw it as a physical representation of the cold war. Two sides at odds but neither able to move. A giant arms race to be the dominant nation but never actually striking. He holds memories of hearing stories on the news about people dying trying to break in or out of the Iron Curtain. Time passed and David grew into a teenager. He was more independent and clever than ever. On top of his exceptional grades, David was also a photographer for his high school's news paper. Photography became a deep passion of his. Capturing a single fleeting moment in time and developing it into a breathtaking image captivated him. Nature was his favorite thing to photograph. He spend...
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...In life we often have to judge our character. We have to think about whether our choice or right or wrong. One do the hardest things in life is trying to judge someone's true character and not who you want them to be. This is something that Steve’s parents are now struggling with. On pages 110-113, Steve’s Dad came to visit him in jail. This was the first time we have gotten a glimpse of Steve’s dad and who he is. While Steve was having a conversation with his father, his father began to start crying. An initial thought that it was a very emotional moment to just sit with your son and know that he is in jail. As you continue to read based on how Steve seems to live, you realize that Steve’s dad was expressing pain for his son, but may have also felt bad for his son because he thought he was innocent and suffering through jail for no reason. One thing that stuck out to me was when he told his son everything was going to turn out okay. Overall from this, it lead me to believe that Mr. Harmon does not think his son is guilty. Also on page 121-126, Steve’s mother came to visit him. This was the first time we got to meet Steve’s mother besides from flashbacks of the day he was sent to the station. Steve’s mother seemed as if it was just a visit and nothing more other than that. She didn’t seem to even question the fact that her son might be guilty. One thing that stuck out in these pages is how she never waivered or seemed to be awkward around her son. Even if you were to visit...
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...I think that people don’t vote mainly because they don’t like their choices and are apathetic and feel that their votes don’t count and do little to alter public policy. It seems like the majority of people I know don’t like or trust politicians and feel they just tell us what we want to hear and never carry through with their campaign promises and disenchanted with the whole process of voting and politics in general. Assuming that low turnout is a reflection of disenchantment or indifference low turnouts can lead to unequal representation among various parts of the population. During presidential elections what really counts is the Electoral College. I know where I live the winner of the Presidential election is announced before the polls even close, so that is a little disappointing. I think if the Presidential election was changed to a popular vote more people would be energized and excited about voting. A National Popular Vote for president, which would make every vote in every state equally valuable in every election, would expand presidential campaigns from just ten states to all 50. Older people tend to vote more than youths, so societies where the average age is somewhat higher, such as Europe; have higher turnouts than somewhat younger countries such as the United States. For myself sometimes I am unsure how to vote on certain measures even after struggling to read and try to get through the voter pamphlet that they send out. For me it is very confusing and it seems...
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...AP3: Homework over break We are reviewing the different modes (or ways) or writing. Thus far, we have discussed narration, description, and exemplification. We will continue on with exemplification and introduce process writing. 1. Read our last exemplification essay: “Why Looks are the Last Bastion of Discrimination” on page 429. Answer the “Style and Structure,” “Style and Structure” and the “Combining the Patterns.” 2. Process writing: Read the background information on how to write a process essay: pages 263-278. Either print out the notes below (see the page below) or copy them by hand and fill in the blanks. 3. Process: Read Malcolm X’s “My First Conk” on page 281. Do the Purpose and Audience and style and structure questions. 4. Process: Read Piven, Borgenicht, and Worick’s “How to Decorate Your Room When You’re Broke” on page 290. Do the Purpose and Audience and style and structure questions. I hope you have a very happy and restful break. You deserve it! ( See the page below for the notes for process writing. Process writing (pages _____________) I. Overview: A process essay __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A. Puts events in ___________________________ order ...
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...In real, golf is not a common game. You will often see boys playing cricket or football in public grounds. They will be found enjoying their game as they know how to play it. These two kinds of sports are easy to handle and play. Most of the population is not aware of the golf instruction; however they know all the necessary rules and regulations of other famous and common games like tennis and badminton. If they are doubtful in some case, they invent their own instructions. A very limited number of people are thus in relation with the golf rules. Basically, golf game is played with patience and a lot of time. The middle and lower class people are not able to give so much time to them selves. They are either busy in their hard working routine or indulged in other important activities. However, the leading high class society is able to manage their time quiet smartly. They earn a lot and therefore, need not work over time. On the contrary, most of the low paid men work in a couple of offices to increase their take home amount of monthly income. Eventually, they only take rest in their free time. They would never prefer any sort of work out and exertion after such a tough day. However, a rich man does not go through such a fatigue. So in the evening, he feels pleased to play golf games and enjoys the sunset. The overall living standard of people has improved drastically since a few years. Thinking of the work force and the trend of their life style has changed a lot. People are...
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...Ever since I touched a baseball I’ve been hooked. I’d nag my dad to play catch almost every day. Eventually he hurt his elbow from throwing the ball too many times, so I had to nag my mom to play catch. Soon as I started VAA I would get ready for practice about an hour early, because I was so excited. When I started traveling baseball I was on the AAA team. I wasn’t very good, but I still had fun with my friends. Then I dropped down to AA, and I was pretty sad, but I found that it was way more fun than AAA. Over the years it's gotten more competitive, and harder to be good. I’ve been through ups and downs during my journey through my baseball career. Now I am just coming up on my 2nd to last year for my Lake Elmo Traveling Baseball. I am still...
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...Technological advancements have been received with different reactions. These advancements are what have led to the invention of Google. Google, which is an information site, has made academic life very easy. It is now easier to access information of different times within a short period. However, the effect of Google has led to a lot of controversies. Is Google really making us stupid or clever. This question requires a lot of insight and analysis in order to answer it. Some people say that Google makes us to be stupid while others are of the contrasting idea. Each side has given substantial evidence supporting their idea. Nevertheless, Google is of much benefit rather than making us stupid. Some professions argue that it has its own disadvantages and hence makes us stupid. One of this is that Google makes people lazy and hence stupid. Google provides all the required information to people and thus an individual is only required to press and find the answer (Sparrow et al, 2011). This is seen to have promoted laziness in students as they search all their answers from Google and hence do not do an extensive research. This behaviour affects the performance of students because some of them use Google in doing their assignments and even exams. Another reason why Google is believed to make people stupid is due to its flexibility in changing information. People can easily write blogs or article containing medical information which can be wrong. Some of these sites have even been burned...
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...More often police get a report of a body lying beside the road because of terrible accidents. The U.S. News reported 2,368 pedestrians killed in the first six months of 2015, compared to 2,232 during the same period in 2014 a six percent increase. Though the circumstances of a driver that kills a pedestrian can either be unintentional or intentional someone ends dead and the offense or criminal charges may vary from state to state. Depending on the circumstances the driver could be charged with capital murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide. If instead of hitting and killing only one pedestrian the driver causes the death of two or more individuals in the same criminal act, the driver could be charged with capital murder. For instance, while driving home the person fails to obey a police officer traffic stop, the driver is under pursuit driving more than 50 mph down two city blocks open only to pedestrians, crashes into a crowd of people causing four deaths and 24 injured. The driver does not stop, slow down, or pull over, instead the driver speeds up and knowingly run over people with the car. The driver intentionally or knowingly uses the vehicle in a manner to cause the death of more than one person. The driver does not target or seek out these individuals to kill them, but the driver knew his actions were likely to cause the deaths of those struck. The driver could be charged with voluntary manslaughter. The driver arrives home and...
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...FALE 1033 WRITING FOR SCIENCE Topics Covered Introduction to effective writing skills Writing thesis statement and topic sentences Definition , exemplification and classification Description Cause and effect Interpreting diagrammatic information Comparing and contrast Proofreading and editing Text Used 1. 2. Main Text: Oshima, A & Hogue. ( 1997). Introduction to Academic Writing. New York: AddisonWesley, Longman Zimmerman. (2003).English for Science. Singapore: Prentice Hall Additional Text Brannan, B. (2003). A Writer’s Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays. McGraw Hill Trible,C. (2003). Writing Oxford: Oxford University Press Method of Assessment 2 Assignments + 1 Test Assignment 1 -15% (Outlines) Assignment 2 – 15% (interpreting data) Test – 10% (Grammar/proofreading) Final Examination- 60% Section A- Essay Section B- Grammar Section C- Interpreting Graphic Data LECTURE 1 INTRODUCTION TO EFFECTIVE WRITING SKILLS What is Science Writing? Science writers are responsible for covering fields that are experiencing some of the most rapid advances in history, from the stunning advances in biotechnology to the exotic discoveries in astrophysics. A science writer may include coverage of new discoveries about viruses, the brain, evolution, artificial intelligence, planets around other suns, and the global environment, to name a few topics Aims and objectives for writing for science To provide students with the necessary knowledge of the...
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...For other uses, see Essay (disambiguation). Essays of Michel de Montaigne Essays are generally short pieces of writing written from an author's personal point of view, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of an article, a pamphlet and a short story. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population are counterexamples. In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills, and admission essays are often used by universities in selecting applicants and, in the humanities and social sciences, as a way of assessing the performance of students during final exams. The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other mediums beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary film making styles and which focuses more on the evolution of a theme or an idea. A photographic essay is an attempt to cover a topic with a linked series of photographs;...
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...Essays are generally scholarly pieces of writing written from an author's personal point of view, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of an article, a pamphlet and a short story. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population are counterexamples. In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills, and admission essays are often used by universities in selecting applicants and, in the humanities and social sciences, as a way of assessing the performance of students during final exams. The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other mediums beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary film making styles and which focuses more on the evolution of a theme or an idea. A photographic essay is an attempt to cover a topic with a linked series of photographs; it may or may not have an accompanying text or captions. Contents...
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