...Syllabus vs Syllabi “Syllabi” is the plural form of the word “syllabus.” The dictionary meaning of “syllabus” is: A summary or outline of the main points of focus of a lecture, course of study, or text. In law it means a short statement that is presented for any adjudicated case which contains a summary of all the points involved. “Syllabi” is the plural of the word “syllabus.” This article will discuss the word in context regarding the syllabus of an educational course. “Syllabus” is the summary or outline of an educational course and is descriptive. It is usually set by the examinations board or by the teacher who is responsible for supervising a particular course and controls its quality. Descriptive information of the course includes information like when, how and where to contact the teacher or professor, a schedule of the test dates, outline of the things that will be covered in a course, classroom rules, and grading policies. A syllabus is necessary along with the curriculum because it serves the purpose of an understanding between the students and their teachers. The grading policies, the classroom rules, the expectation of teachers from students, and the expectation of a particular subject matter being covered by the teacher are all a part of the syllabus. By looking at the syllabus, a student can choose very early in the course if that subject is attractive enough for the student or not. A syllabus is also very useful in making the curriculum more efficient. For...
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...Sanoussy Cisse 28 October 2013 Boondocks TV shows are entertaining and really educative. Every TV shows pass along a message and entertain at the same time. The Boondocks is a TV show created by Aaron McGruder in 2005. Based on the original comic strip Boondocks, Two young brothers (Huey and Riley) move away from their birth city (Chicago) to live with their quick-tempered grandfather out in the suburbs. With one brother being socially and politically motivated and the younger brother a stereotypical black youth who likes rap music and culture etc Biting socio-political commentary ensues when they meet a whole cast of crazy exaggerated characters set in a mainly white middle upper class neighborhood of Woodcrest. It has 3 seasons with a total of 15 episodes each. The TV show talks mostly about the culture of African-Americans, their point of views and way of analyzing; and ridicules the American politic. The main characters of the show are the freeman family. When Robert Freeman became the legal guardian of his grandkids, he moved the family from Chicago's South Side to the quiet and safety of Woodcrest, in hopes that he can ignore the kids altogether and enjoy the rest of his life in peace. Things aren't working out that way. And although the boys torture each other and provoke the neighborhood, they are still not what Granddad expects them to be. He has been a freedom fighter a really long time. He’s witnessed some of the most monumental events in history, and Malcolm...
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...Compare and Contrast the Garden Party and the Yellow Wallpaper Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” and Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” are both centralized on the feministic views of women coming out to the world. Aside from the many differences within the two short stories, there are also similarities contained in Chopin’s. Both "Party" and "Wallpaper" are what we today might categorize feminist works of fiction. Both reveal women who are imprisoned, though one is imprisoned more literally than the other. “The Garden Party” and “The Yellow Wallpaper,” such as the same concept of the “rest treatment” was prescribed as medicine to help deal with their sickness, society’s views on the main character’s illness, and both stories parallel in the main character finding freedom in the locker rooms that they contain themselves in. Both “The Garden Party” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” display women discovering freedom from society’s standards during the setting’s time period. I'm going to discuss “The Yellow Wallpaper” first. The speaker in "Wallpaper" thinks she is on vacation, but she is obviously mistaken. Written to discredit an actual "cure" that the author herself was treated with, the story features a speaker who suffers while being treated with the same cure. The treatment is extremely sexist and demeaning to women. At the heart of the cure is the belief that female mental illness is rooted in the ovaries. It was also believed at the time the story...
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...Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” and Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” are both centralized on the feministic views of women coming out to the world. Aside from the many differences within the two short stories, there are also similarities contained in Chopin’s. Both "Party" and "Wallpaper" are what we today might categorize feminist works of fiction. Both reveal women who are imprisoned, though one is imprisoned more literally than the other. “The Garden Party” and “The Yellow Wallpaper,” such as the same concept of the “rest treatment” was prescribed as medicine to help deal with their sickness, society’s views on the main character’s illness, and both stories parallel in the main character finding freedom in the locker rooms that they contain themselves in. Both “The Garden Party” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” display women discovering freedom from society’s standards during the setting’s time period. I'm going to discuss “The Yellow Wallpaper” first. The speaker in "Wallpaper" thinks she is on vacation, but she is obviously mistaken. Written to discredit an actual "cure" that the author herself was treated with, the story features a speaker who suffers while being treated with the same cure. The treatment is extremely sexist and demeaning to women. At the heart of the cure is the belief that female mental illness is rooted in the ovaries. It was also believed at the time the story was written that women were incapable of much mental activity, and...
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...Burning” by William Faulkner and “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield challenge social boundaries with the main characters, Laura and Sarty. Laura, unlike the rest of the Sheridans, cares not only for the people in her circle, but for those not fortunate enough to host garden parties. Sarty is a young boy that challenges his loyalty to his family when his voice of reason chimes in. Both undergo a transformation of consciousness. “The Garden Party” begins on a cloudless summer day at the home of the Sheridans who will be soon hosting a garden party equipped with fifteen different types of flags to distinguish the lot. “As for the roses, you could not help feeling they understood that roses are the only flowers that impress people at garden-parties” (Mansfield 565). The Sheridans live on a hill, symbolic of wealth, and live a sheltered lifestyle comparable to the Garden of Eden. Laura, the main character, carries on in her lavish environment. But then, the man from Godber’s, a bakery that delivers pastries to the Sheridan’s home, informs the Sheridans of the death of Mr. Scott, a man from down the road. Laura suggests cancelling the party out of respect for the grieving family, but her mother insists “You’re being very absurd, Laura […] people like that don’t expect scarifies from us” (Mansfield 572). She imagined the family’s situation, her empathy displayed, however the moment ends with a refusal to call. After the lavish party Mr. Sheridan reminded them of Mr...
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...in their literature. In their styles, figurative language is used because it presents the author's purpose to why the piece of writing was written. The Great Gatsby is a novel full of imagery, similes, and aesthetic language. In chapter three of the novel, vivid descriptions of Gatsby's party is illustrated because Fitzgerald specifically chooses what and how the words should be said. His decision creates a glamorous party scene. Despite the lavish glamour of the novel's party scene, Fitzgerald effectively uses figurative language, choice of diction, and sensory language to depict his purpose. At the beginning of the party scene, Fitzgerald uses a variety of stylistic devices to...
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... A tuition reimbursement policy is a contract and should include all six elements of a contract formation and include things like timeframe, restrictions, and repayment conditions into the contract (Williams, 2011). The purpose of this paper is to develop a tuition assistance contract for employees of a small family business called ABC Garden Center. I will discuss how it adheres to the six elements of a formation of a contract and discuss the potential ethical issues that may arise from the terms of the contract. The Employee Tuition Program for ABC Garden Center The following bilateral contract establishes a reimbursement of tuition for qualified educational expenses and successful completion of courses taken from accredited colleges or universities. A bilateral contract is defined as a contract in which both parties make a promise (Lau & Johnson, 2015) In accordance with our tuition assistance policy, the following Tuition Assistance Contract needs to be completed and submitted it to your immediate supervisor. The ABC Garden Center Tuition Assistance Contract As part of ABC Garden Center’s educational assistance program, ABC Garden Center agrees to advance educational expenses for you to attend: Course: ____________________________________________________________ Sponsor or College/University: _________________________________________ City, State:...
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...The Great Gatsby: Gatsby’s Party To some people, life is one big celebration. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Nick (the narrator) recalls the many parties his neighbor, Gatsby, has “hosted” and the type of people who attended. Through the use of polysyndeton and metaphors/similes, the author conveys Gatsby’s parties as lavish and the people as reckless. For instance, Gatsby’s orchestra hired for the party was “no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pit-full of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums.” Through the use of polysyndeton, Fitzgerald exaggerates the amount of instruments in the orchestra, capturing how huge it is. As a special guest to Gatsby and his parties, Nick reveals...
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...Question 1 If I were the salesperson for a new pest control service company that Jim Lo, who is a purchase agent and considers that his decision to order pest control service is a routine purchasing decision, does not use, I will process 3 steps to make a sale, such as making contact, closing the sale and following through. Making Contact In the very beginning stage, an invitation email will be sent to related parties for first approach and introduce our company background and products. After that, a courtesy call will be made to Jim Lo for brief company and product introduction and meeting arrangement. Closing the sale Before meet the potential customer, detailed slides and business proposal will be ready to introduce our company service offerings, competitive advantages and benefits. During the meeting, business proposal and brochures will be available for Jim Lo. Also, a fruitful and interesting presentation will be performed to him to arouse his attention and got into the conversation to realize their actual needs. After the meeting, a tailor-made or fine-tune business proposal will be ready to ingratiate and build rapport with Jim Lo for consideration. Furthermore, on site inspection will be free to Jim Lo’s company so that to reduce his post-purchase dissonance and overcome the difficulties encountered in service and respond to the problem quickly. While performing the service, we will be considerate, courteous, and careful with their belongings. Following...
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...coming from the suppliers. The impact this will have will be the fact that he will build trust with them and in the long run, they could adjust the terms of the contract to allow credit. My advice would be to amend the contract in the presence of the two parties. Advice to situation B: Green Colour The idea that Shrubs only wants to use second grade suppliers without notifying Green Colour shows and example of implied terms which Shrubs only fails to mention to Green Colour, but will include it in the execution of the contract. For this, since Don preferred quality flowers, it will result to the rectification of the contract to erase this clause so as to ensure the company is able to supply quality at all the time. However, there could be the application of Parol evidence where Shrub Only can explain this phase and provide a reason for why they want to change the quality supply. Advice to situation C: Joel The conditions of the contract require that Leisure Ltd must come within 24 hours when requested to do so by Garden Colour. If this is not done, then one party is breaching the contract (Cordero-Moss, 2011). In this case, there is an option to declare the contract void or this will require the Garden Colour to fail in being awarded their part of the deal from the contract. In this case,...
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...their own life. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two ordinary teenagers met by chance and immediately fell in love. Unfortunately, within a one week span, death, pain, heartache, and turmoil was spurred. The interception of the Capulet invitations list, the finding of the Capulet garden by accident, and an important letter that never reached its final destination are three major events in the play; all coincidences, all with the same, tragic ending. In the beginning, a Capulet servant made the mistake of asking a question, which would eventually lead some Montague boys to a party, and lead Romeo to fall in love at first site. Romeo and Benvolio both help read off a list of people who had been invited to the Capulet Mask Ball to the servant of a Capulet. But by doing this, it gave Benvolio and some of the other boys to go to the party and for Romeo to go as well to get his mind off of Rosaline. Romeo seemed reluctant to go, but gave into pressure and went to the party after many arguments. When, at the party, he started to loosen up and have fun. Romeo was miserable with his thoughts of Rosaline, but at the party, he saw an abundance of other girls and was certain to enjoy the party while it lasted. “And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart love till now? For swear it, site! For I, ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” Romeo finally saw Juliet and is overwhelmed by her presence. He has entirely forgotten about Rosaline and feels this type of love...
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...Essay on “The Great Gatsby” by Francis Scott Fitzgerald The book ”The Great Gatsby” written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, processes lots of different themes. One of those themes is the so-called “American dream”, a dream of success. One of the main characters, Jay Gatsby, you could say is living this dream. His life is extravagant and filled with all the material goods money can buy, Yes Jay Gatsby has it all, or does he? All of this is seen from our narrator’s point of view Nick Carraway, who also along with Gatsby is one of the main characters. In my essay on ”The Great Gatsby” I have chosen to keep my focus on chapter 3, the chapter takes place at Nick Carraway’s first party at Jay Gatsby’s Place. As mentioned earlier the narrator of the book is Nick Carraway, with a 1st person limited point of view, so we hear every thought Nick Carraway has “I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house …”. The fact that we hear every thought Carraway has helps us relate and understand the way he acts. Negatively 1st person narrative is unreliable to the reader, because we only se the situation from one point of view. It’s also a disadvantage because the main character isn’t aware of all events. And therefore as a reader we are very eager to hear what’s going on and what the other characters are thinking. In the book there is also use of direct Talk between the Reader and the narrator “Reading over what I have written so far, I see that I have …”. Because of this we get...
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...prominence by designing town houses for wealthy patrons like “Sainctot, Hesselin, Gillier, Gruyn des Bordes, and Jean Baptiste Lambert” (Gale). The Hôtel Lambert that Levau designed showed his great ability as an innovator by utilizing a creative plan to an extremely diverse site (Gale). Figure [ 2 ] (Plan of Hotel Lambert) Figure [ 2 ] (Plan of Hotel Lambert) Having been appointed as the King’s architect, Le Vau was immediately thrust into stardom in the mid 1650s (Gale). He received a commission from Nicholas Fouquet to design the Château of Vaux-Le-Vicomte (Gale). Fouquet was showing “his customary soundness of judgment in art” when making the decision to hire Le Vau (Lees 411). The structure and its gardens “outshone in splendor all others of the day. The grouping and the contrasts of shape within the heavy masses of the building, monumental in scale, assure an impressive visual effect.”...
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...Acknowledgement As a student of Mandalay MBA program, I would like to thank all those who have been contributing the existence and success of the program. The first ones I have to give my special respect and thanks are Professor DawKyiKyiSwe, the program director and my teachers from Economic Universities who come and teach us even in their weekends. After that, I would like to thank Mr. Richard Mayhaw, General Manager of Mandalay Hill Resort, for allowing me to complete my MBA internship program. Also, I have to pay my special thanks to U Bo, Human Resource Manager, for reporting my application for internship to GM and scheduling for my internship. Finally, I have to thank managers form Front Office, Food and Beverage, House Keeping and Sale departments, as they allowed me to learn and observe how they are performing hospitality management and how to run an international hotel in a perfect situation. Company History Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel forms part of the operations of LP Holding Co.,Ltd in Myanmar. The hotel was opened on 26th November 1995. During early years of the hotel, the operation was under the control of Accor Hotel Management. After 2000, the owner, himself has managed the hotel with the assistance of Australian general manager. The hotel lies at the foot of Mandalay Hill and facing the Royal Palace and beautiful moat. It is a 10 storied RC building constructed in a spacious compound. As it is surrounded by many Buddhist monasteries, the environment...
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...Case scenarios: Ansoff product–market matrix: Task 1: Australian Leisure Resorts (ALR) - Core business, selling rooms and holidays to individual consumer groups in Australia. - Key success factor: Keep occupancy rates high Issue: Brown (Founder of ALR) is developing new software for his hotel chains / resorts that will replace the current manual recording / booking system. This will provide real time booking information to potential customers, reducing the booking confusion currently associated with the manual system. Options floated to Brown: 1. Develop the software for use in the company’s currently owned hotels and Resorts. This strategic option can be classified as Market penetration (Quadrant 1). The key success factor for ALR is to keep occupancy rates high. Currently, due to the manual recording system employed, up to date hotel room booking information is not readily available to consumers. This option fits into quadrant 1 as it will increase the amount / volume of potential hotel bookings with existing customers in ALR’s existing market, as more meaningful booking information is made available to consumers (the information is “live” and in real time showing consumers what rooms in each hotel are available). This option does not fit Product development (Quadrant 2) as ALR is not introducing new products or services to existing markets. The organisations core business - hotel / resort room bookings remains unchanged. The change is...
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