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After reading/listening to LBJ’s “Speech on Vietnam” and MLK’s “Beyond Vietnam,” determine which speech is more persuasive in arguing FOR or AGAINST America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. Keep in mind the context of which you are writing; do not immediately determine your position based on historical knowledge alone. You are writing from the position of knowledge from 1967; therefore, your position should be the THIRD PERSON, as well as from that time period (after these speeches).  Consider the following questions as you develop your position: What sorts of rhetorical strategies did Johnson and King use to make their argument (logos, pathos, ethos)? How does Johnson explain the necessity of America’s involvement in Vietnam? What is Johnson’s position on Vietnam as a country and why is it necessary for America to “fix” it? How does King view the problems at home (in America) versus the problems in Vietnam? Does King believe the Vietnamese have the right to follow communism? Why? Other than The Age of Great Dreams, no outside sources can be used. This essay must be typed in MLA format, 1200-words MINIMUM, and turned in online to Canvas. You will submit rough drafts to Canvas by the above-listed date, then complete the peer-review workshop by the above-listed date. You will need to provide a word count at the end of your final draft, as well as a Works Cited page.

This assignment assesses awareness of attitudes and beliefs and evaluates worldview. To complete this assignment, reflect on an experience you have had in your life that has involved a cross-cultural experience (positive or negative) associated with at least one of the dimensions of diversity. Identify an incident that had significance for you.  The event may have made you stop and think or it raised questions for you about your beliefs, attitudes, values or behavior.  It is either a time you felt a great sense of belonging or an uneasiness.  Reflection ·       Write a narrative in the first person as the storyteller. Describe the situation you experienced in detail as the events occurred in a sequence indicating what, when, where, how and why the events occurred. Describe events, actions, conversations, and/or dialogue without trying to interpret it and include details that may seem like they are trivial or inconsequential.    ·       List the cultural characteristics of the person(s) involved in the situation giving their relationship to one another. Use objective language, identify own assumptions and perspectives at the time of the event. ·       Specify how you reacted or handled the situation. What did you feel at the time (fear, anger, hatred, compassion, etc.) Be descriptive about body language, physiological experiences, etc. Be kind to yourself and do not judge or blame. Simply share the details of your reaction, and explain what experiences or knowledge influenced your reaction. ·       Explain the ‘dimensions of diversity’ associated explicitly and implicitly with the situation and cross-cultural issues that occurred. Action ·       Describe why the situation was handled well or how it could have been handled better. ·       How might your reaction and emotions mirror others in the community? ·       What knowledge and skills are needed to improve empathy and compassion in our community?

In class we have read and talked about two types of factors that affect student success:  resources (such as money, supplies, funding to pay teachers) and a student’s mindset (such as confidence, beliefs about education, family experience).  Which do you think is a more important factor in student success:  resources or a student’s mindset?  Or, do you think these factors are equally important?  Why? “Re-see” your essay: I will expect your revision to be significantly different from your first draft.    Remember that in academic writing, we are respond to other people’s ideas and arguments about our topic.  So, in order to “re-see” your essay, you will need to re-read at least parts of James Vaznis and David Gardner’s articles.    Guidelines: You must use examples or ideas from “Struggling Brockton Schools May Sue the State” by James Vaznis and/or “Confronting the Achievement Gap” by David Gardner. A substantial part of your essay (at least a full paragraph or two) should respond to one of these texts.  You are also welcome to use any other examples you like, including your own experience.    You must use quotations from at least one article we read.

How would you dine with a person who has different dining etiquettes from you?

Argumentative essay on “Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?” 1.  Essay Outline in MLA format with 5 sources – showing two sources supporting opponents and 3 sources supporting proponents with citation page using Galileo Database – Pro /Con My choice is to write in support of  wearing school uniform.

Compare and contrast Cyberbullying and traditional bullying in 2-3 pages and use sorces this is for a final exam so i need perfection and i will give tip as well if it is really good.

Step 1: Your Relationship Bank Account `Each of us has beliefs about what represents “positive” and “negative” behavior in relationships with family, friends, and others.  Think of these beliefs as your “personal rules” for relationships.  This part of the assignment allows you to use your self-awareness to identify some “personal rules” you have for relationships in college.  It introduces the idea of a “relationship bank account” as a way to help you identify your “personal rules” for what represents positive and negative behaviors on a project team.    Step 1 is like a case study: it gives you a fictional situation and you will reflect on how you would react in that situation.  This part of the assignment is not asking you to reflect on actual students in our class.  Imagine that you are on a project team for one of your classes.   If you are currently in a team for another class, you might use that experience as you reflect on the situations below. At the top of a scratch piece of paper, write the number “100.”The number “100” represents the balance you have with one member of your imaginary project team.  After reading each situation below, decide whether your team member added or subtracted from their “relationship bank account” with you, and how much they added or subtracted. Example: Situation: You tell this teammate you are having difficulty in a class.  The teammate tells you they took that class last semester and earned an A.  They offer to meet with you before the next test to help you study. In this situation, did your team member add or subtract from the 100 balance in their relationship bank account with you?  Let’s say they added 20 because your “personal rules” place a high value on behaviors that show someone understands your situation and offers help before it is requested.  The new balance in their relationship bank account with you is now 120.  Situation:  This same teammate says something in a discussion referring to something you told them privately.  Your “personal rules” place a high value on confidentiality, so this person has now withdrawn 50 points.  120 minus 50 equals 70, which is the new balance. Situations: Your teammate noticed you weren’t in class and picked up an extra set of handouts for you.  After class, they texted to check on you.  Does this behavior add or subtract from their “relationship bank account” with you?  How much does it add or subtract?  Calculate your new total. Your teammate agreed to a meeting time for the team but, five minutes after the meeting was supposed to start,  texted to say “Something came up. Can’t make it.” How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. Your teammate arranged a meeting room for your team and helped the team set an agenda so your meeting was productive. How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. Your teammate comes to meetings but does not contribute.  Is often on their phone. How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. Your teammate responds promptly on the group chat. How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. Your team set a deadline for everyone to submit material for the presentation.  Your teammate missed the deadline and did not contact the team or explain why. How much does this behavior add or subtract from their relationship bank account with you?  Calculate your new total. For your post to the discussion, answer the 5 questions below, referring to how you responded to each of the six situations.    Number your answers and type in bold the words that appear in blue bold so it is clear what question you are answering.  Your original post will include Step 1 and Step 2. Balance: What is the balance on your relationship bank account after reading and responding to each of the situations? Withdrawals: What situations caused you to make the biggest withdrawals? Persoal Rule for Withdrawals:  What “personal rule” did your teammate break that led to the withdrawals?  For example, maybe you expect people you have relationships with to fulfill their commitments, even if it means they need to come up with an alternative.   Deposits: What scenarios caused you to make the biggest deposits? Personal Rule for Deposits:  What “relationship rule” did your teammate follow that led to the deposits?  For example, maybe you value it when someone helps you out, even if you have not requested help. Step 2: Goals and Rules for Your Success Team You have been randomly assigned to a small group (3-5) students who will be your Success Team.  You have been assigned this discussion in your Success Team, so you will meet them and the discussion will take place among the 3-5 members of your team only.  Only after you have posted will you be able to see the names of your Success Team members.  (For those of you who enjoy a mystery, this discussion offers you a taste of that: as each member posts, the names of your Success Team members will be revealed!) The purpose of Success Team is to help you build your interdependence by providing a support network in our class to help you finish strong this semester.   To ensure your team functions effectively, for Step 2 of this discussion you will apply the 3 guidelines for effective study groups from Chapter 5 of On Course.  Skip Downing suggests three steps for maximizing the value of a study group: Choose Only Creators.  Instead of making a choice, you have been assigned to this group.  It is up to you and your teammates to create a Creator culture in this group.   Choose Group Goals.  Effective Success Teams have shared goals.   Choose Group Rules.  As a team, you will create what On Course refers to as a “team covenant” for the steps that you will each take to reach your team’s goals.     Your original post will include Step 1 and Step 2.  For Step 2 of the discussion, answer the 4 questions below.  Number your answers and type in bold the words that appear in blue bold so it is clear what question you are answering.   5.  Introduction: Briefly tell your team about yourself: your name, preferred pronouns, major, etc. 6.  My Creator Statement:  What Creator choices will you make to support a Creator culture in this Success Team? 7.  Group Goals: Suggest at least two possible goals for your Success Team, being sure to apply the DAPPS rule.  For example, “By Friday, December 11th, each member of the team will have completed the class, earned their goal grade, and continued their 32-Day Commitment.” 8.  Group Rules: Suggest at least two steps that each member of your team can take to reach your team’s goals.  Be sure they meet the DAPPS rule.  For example, “Starting Week 10, each week every member of the team will contact the other team members twice: On Mondays to share their DAPPS goals for the week and again on Saturday to report on their progress.”

HW #7 – “The Law and 3D Printing”  Pages 52-66  NOTE:  only pages 52-59 are the actual article.  The rest is bibliographical information.  Read the article and skim the bibliography.  Each response should be the equivalent of 25% of a single-spaced typed page. What are NASA and the military doing with 3D printing technology?  What are the advantages for these institutions in using this type of technology rather than conventional means of production? It seems as though the technology comes before the regulation of the technology. (I’m speaking in general terms, not just 3D printing.)  Why do you think this is?  Why don’t we anticipate the legal aspects of these new technologies? According to the author (Tran), what is the purpose of his creating a bibliography focused on 3D printing? What is “bioprinting” and what potential applications could be derived from it? What might the future look like when bioprinting becomes common? Tran coined the term “cloneprinting.” What is it and what might be the ethical consequences of such a development? How does 3D printing overlap with the First and Second Amendments? SLIGHTLY OFF-TOPIC: Read part 3 of Tran’s article.  This section explains how Tran gathered his research.  Note the successes and the failures he experienced while trying to search for what he wanted.  How does this parallel with your own experiences of conducting research?

Use the original stories but not outside critical sources, write no more than 5-7 paragraphs, and give yourself a maximum of 90 minutes (an hour and a half) in which to write. This midterm is due any time between Thursday morning, October 29, and Sunday night, November 1. It should be submitted on canvas as a file. No late exams will be accepted. In a well-organized essay of comparison of at least five paragraphs, answer ONE of the following questions: 1.In a just universe, the punishment always fits the crime. Is this true of the world we live in? Examine three of the works we have read this semester to support your response. (Suggested: Genesis: “Adam and Eve,” Genesis: “Cain and Abel,” The Epic of Gilgamesh, “Apollo and Daphne,” “The Story of Lycaeon,” Oedipus Rex, The Inferno. You can also use a work you read on your own for Paper #1) Are we the victims of fate or is our destiny determined by our own choices and actions? Explain how three of the works we have read this semester answer this question. (Suggested: Genesis, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Oedipus the King, “Apollo and Daphne,” The Inferno. You can use any other work covered in class as well as any work you have read for Paper #1) Has humankind increasingly been alienated from the natural world? Explain your response using three works we have read this semester. (Suggested: Genesis, The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Four Ages,” The Inferno) Previous

Assignment: Identify a culture or perhaps some cultural phenomena, then compare and contrast both insider and outsider perspectives, discussions, and explanations of that culture or cultural phenomena; in addition to comparing outsider and insider perspective you will also engage in a cause-and-effect analysis of that culture or some of its practices.  Your outsider-perspective analysis must include the theories, concepts, and studies present in Clash!. In addition to the theories presented in Clash!, you may include other theories discovered through your own research. But make sure that your essay makes use of the concepts from Clash!, concepts such as the culture cycle, dependence/interdependence, and any other areas of cultural analysis explored in Clash! that are relevant to your essay. For example, if you were to explore Southern California surfing culture, your essay would likely benefit from utilizing the analysis of U.S. regional cultures found in Chapter 6 of Clash!.  In addition to the outsider perspective found in Clash! and other academic sources you find relevant, your essay must use an insider source. An insider source is the product of a native or natives of that culture. Novels, poetry, music, movies, visual and/or digital arts, interviews, academic work from natives to that culture, as well as other sources may serve as insider perspectives. Academic discourse often favors the outside expert’s point of view. For example, if you were to explore female genital mutilation, you would likely hear many voices from outsiders, most of whom would likely be, understandably, critical of the practice. However, in this assignment, an essay that only explored this outsider position would be incomplete. You must go further and find insider voices, people for whom the practice is natural and normal, or at least those who have experienced it firsthand. Then, through comparison and contrast of these perspectives and cause-and-effect analysis, arrive at a more thorough exploration of your chosen culture or cultural phenomena/phenomenon.  Length and Formatting: 6-7 pages (not including works cited page). Follow MLA conventions for academic writing: In general, 1-inch margins all around, 12-point MLA-approved font (Times New Roman if uncertain), double-spaced, page number and last name in upper right-hand header (.5” from the top). Sources: You will need at least four sources. We will discuss different types of sources and their appropriate use. Among your sources you must include:  ·       Clash! ·       One insider source of your choosing ·       One multimedia source representing insider perspective ·       One additional academic article accessed through our college databases This assignment challenges us to find authority outside traditional institutions. Consequently, it may be challenging to determine whose voice is authoritative on a given subject. For example, a paper exploring the issue of sexual violence facing Native American women on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation would want to look at the work of sociologists, anthropologists, and similar experts dealing with this issue; however, it would be necessary to listen to those who are directly affected by this phenomenon — the survivors. Finding these unmediated insider voices can be more challenging. For this half of your research you may use social media posts like Instagram and Twitter; visual media such as TV, movies, photography, and paintings; novels, poetry, or essays; as well as interviews with native participants, which you may conduct yourself.  Organization: The dominant rhetorical mode of this assignment is compare/contrast (and perhaps some synthesis) and cause and effect. There are a couple of ways to organize a compare-and-contrast essay. One method is whole-to-whole while the other is part-to-part. We will talk about the specifics of each of these. You will need to decide what method is most appropriate for your topic. Also, your essay will benefit from use of our previously studied rhetorical modes.  The Purpose: This is a research assignment (blended with some cultural analysis and perhaps a little psychology or economics or biology, depending on the direction of your exploration and your own areas of interest) designed to help you practice the research and the higher-order analysis waiting for you at the university level. Potential Areas of Focus: Broad areas of consideration in which you may find more specific topics are family, friends, love, marriage, work, leisure, education, class, food, medicine, sex, death, art, religion, migration, drugs, technology, individualism, collectivism, war — basically the entirety of human experience.  For example, if you chose to explore the veneration of the cow in Hindu culture, you would next need to find sources that explore cow veneration from both insider and outsider perspectives and consider the following questions: How are these perspectives in conflict with one another? Can these two perspectives be reconciled? How are these perspectives in agreement? How does looking at this phenomenon from both perspectives lead to a richer and fuller understanding of the issue?