Persuasive Communication Consider the following as you complete this exercise: 1) What idea do you have to improve something at your job, your organization, or in your community? Is it a new process or policy? Is it a new position that should be created? Is it a new program that could be created? 2) Who […]
Assignment: Review the Rodney King Incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King) and think about how the violence perpetrated on King could have been predicted and perhaps prevented. Suggest a set of workable alternatives to the use of deadly force that today’s police forces might effectively use in their confrontation with violent individuals. You may give some consideration to the […]
Social studies develop students’ ability to critically examine and interpret current and past socio-political issues, historic events, and provide an understanding of geography, economics, and civics, yet elementary teachers are fraught with numerous challenges and are unable to teach the subject. Respond to the following question by: 1) citing at least 7 articles from class […]
Defined-benefit retirement funds In recent years, many defined-benefit retirement funds have been unable to meet their obligations. These failures include both private companies and government funds (even the Ohio State Teachers Retirement fund has had to cut back on the benefits promised to teachers decades ago). There are many reasons, but often these failures are […]
Social Security system Research the current and expected future state of the Social Security system. Then, respond to the following questions: • What challenges face the System and what caused them? • Can you expect to receive the level of benefits that current retirees receive? Why (not)? You must cite your sources. Your response should […]
Instructions: Answer the five questions below. Please review and respond to each of the following questions. Each response should be substantive, meaning at least three to four sentences demonstrating analytical thought. If the response is simply yes or no, or a short single sentence, you will likely receive either partial or no credit for that […]
Fallacies Find an argument from a politician, journalist, or other public figure that commits one of the informal fallacies that we learned about in this module, Fallacy of irrelevant reason, Fallacy of Argument against the Person, Straw Man Fallacy, Suppressed Evidence, Begging the Question, Appeal to Ignorance, Either/or Fallacy, Fallacy of the Line, Inconsistency. Find […]
Race, Race Relations and Racism In the wake of nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer, Texas athletes presented a statement demanding, among other things, the replacement of The Eyes of Texas with “a new song without racist undertones.” The response to the demands has been mixed. In this […]
Purpose This essay fulfills the course requirement to conduct written research on a work of art or architecture. The work of art (or architecture) that you select will also be used to create your Research PowerPoint (due in Module 3). Directions Select an artwork (or architecture) from the eras covered in Modules 1 and 2. […]
Weight lifters Weight lifters who use anabolic steroid drugs might be more prone to anger and aggressive behavior. Explain what “roid rage” is. Do you think this is a real possibility based on what you know about hormones? Are there famous cases of aggression that could be explained as steroid rage?
