The standard way of thinking about education has it that “sticking to the book” is the best way of learning things. However, different social aspects of life, not just the traditional intellectual approach to education, can be used to further one’s academic knowledge. Gerald Graff supports this when he discusses the flawed line between “academic” subjects and “non academic” subjects. In his essay, “Hidden Intellectualism”, he remarks, “We associate the educated life, the life of the mind, too narrowly
In high school, teachers told their students to use rhetorical devices to make the essays more interesting to the reader. It is so hard to use certain rhetorical devices and make it flow through the paragraphs. Martin Luther King Jr. made it sound so easy with his prodigious speech “I Have a Dream.” He uses a numerous amount of rhetorical devices which help his speech flow beautifully. Without the rhetorical devices, the speech would be harder to connect and understand to the public. The most used
Communication is essential in a workplace as it is the backbone of productivity and relationships for the success of the organization (Mayhew, 2010). It is therefore necessary to evaluate ways on how to improve communication effectiveness especially in diverse workforce. Communication in a diverse workforce requires understanding on how different persons perceive communication. Communication is very critical in maintaining good relations at work and it is quite difficult to modify the type of communication
Civility is like playing a board game. A board game is essentially any game that involves the movement of pieces. The players in the board game are like citizens. Just like the players, we are dictated by rules and are always moving in spaces. Cheating during a board game, trying to get to the finish line is simply the act of not being civil. Just like the players, we are always finding shortcuts to reach our goal. Every move you take on a board game has its rewards and consequences. If you go through
Let's look at the first stanza, "I was mercy brought me from my Pagan land, taught my benighted soul to understand that there's a God, that there's a Savior too". Reading this tells us that she found her liberty in her faith since many of her writings makes the reader think that how she was so immersed by the religious teachings, and regardless the circumstances that made her life tough. She was able to see her presence in America and exposure to the education as
Based upon my own personal preference, I preferred Dweck’s ideas over Cahn’s. Again, like we’ve discussed multiple times after our group discussions, Dweck’s work is closely related to Ken Bain’s explanation of the three types of learners and that was one article that really connected with me. SO picking just one main idea to discuss was a hard decision for me. Instead of picking out the idea that spoke to me the most (basically the main idea of the entire essay), I decided to focus on one that I
Anaheim High School should add more writing to the assignments and homework each student receives on a daily basis. According to Claudio Sanchez a writer from National Public Radio, In 2012-13 the average SAT writing score was a 488, being 9 points lower than when the SAT writing section was first introduced. This shows that students are not improving their writing and possibly performing below average comparing to the college standards. The Standardized Aptitude Test, SAT, is a test designed to
The Arrival has been an interesting selection not only as a part of this course, but as my first graphic novel. I originally thought of the first chapter as the preface to the text, and for obvious reasons the text never came. To correct myself, text was displayed, but not in a language I understood. Language plays a significant role in this book and immigration. Dedicated to his parents and other immigrants, choosing to put the illustrations on the forefront was a brilliant concept. This line may
The audience is an important element because it may affect the other elements by encouraging certain choices over others. After all, the ultimate goal for writing something is for readers to take interest and if you do not appeal to your target audience than it may have been a failure. With the wide range in the population from race to gender to groups, there are countless target audiences that one may consider
sense of uneasiness, knowing they could be “blown up” at any moment. Faulkner uses repetition and parallel structure in the delivery of his speech to inform the aspiring writers that they must infuse their writing with what he refers to as the “universal truths,” because without them, their writings will be “ephemeral” and “doomed.” Within Faulkner’s speech, there are many instances in which he uses repetition to enhance what he is trying to convey. For example, in the first sentence, Faulkner tells