If the sSoldiers who initially joined only did an initial tour and went back to the private sector there was a constant revolving door at the initial entry training locations (IET). This createds a high demand for training allocations and increaseds the training budget significantly. Initial entry training can ranged anywhere from 3 months to a year to complete, depending on the occupational specialty of the sSoldier. So if a sSoldier iwas in one of the longer schools he could spend less than a year with his unit. This didoes not allow for strong unit cohesion but. more importantly to policy makers, cost a lot of money. Finding the appropriate solution that would allow the all-volunteer force to draw a larger and better educated population of sSoldiers and retain them would eventually reduce both personnel and training costs. Drawing a better educated group of recruits would help reduce training costs because many sSoldiers would make it half way through the initial entry training before failing out. Every day they were at training was a waste out of limited funds and training seat allocations. Representative McCloskey elaborated on the caliber of Ssoldiers serving in the military by reading an article out of a May 1979 issue of Stars and Stripes:. “450 Soldiers were tested in West Germany, only 7 out of 450 could read, write, and compute at the ninth grade level. This is the army that will have to take on new technical systems. If our troops are stationed at the Brandenburg Gate, or if they are guarding an embassy in Islamabad, they need to have judgment, coolness under fire, good common sense. We do not have that Army today.”14 The chart below shows how scores that score in the top categories I through IIIA pass job performance test while those in IIIB and IV fail the same…
The artist that peeked my interest the most within the, Art 21: Time video was Paul Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer appears to me as a man who understand the significance of his surroundings. Like myself Pfeiffer is attracted to events that bring in a crowd like sporting events, he works on showing the relationship between objects, what is around the object, and what role the object plays where it is. Pfeiffer even believed of himself as a translator not an author, meaning that what he is showing in his art isn’t his own he is recycling these materials, and displaying them in his own perspective, which I believe is very humble of him to admit.…
One character’s choice and consequence affected Paul’s development by either hurting, scaring, helping, teasing, or encouragement. The relationship between Paul and Erik, was not very friendly. For example, “Suddenly I felt the hot breath of a predator on my neck. I screamed in terror. Erik laughed and ran over to Mom and Dad” (Bloor 168). Erik likes to scare Paul all the time and finds it amusing. This makes Paul visualize him as a jerk. As for Paul’s way of living, “And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open while Vincent Castor sprayed white paint into them” (Bloor 263-264). Erik and Vincent Castor were the reason Paul went blind; the reason why Paul has to wear the goggles. Erik hurts not only Paul, but other people too. “Immediately,…
Paul’s Case is published by Willa Cather in 1922. She wrote a story about a boy whose dream is to live the “triumphs of the cash boys who became famous.” (W. Cather, 217) This dream means a different life out of his vicious circle, that is personalized in everything connected with Cordelia Street. But he has created a few windows or portals to carry out his dream; therefore, Paul works beside school as an usher at Carnegie Hall, where he “loses himself“ (W. Cather,…
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Shakespeare’s works are not limited to expressing the concerns and interests of a narrowly confined historical period. They have in them the…
On the next few pages I have included my own annotated bibliography entries from a paper I later published in a small journal. Please don’t feel like you need to understand what I am talking about (these notes would be read by Shakespeare scholars), but do take a look at the length of my entries, what types of things I am saying about each source, and how each is set up. You might note that these are quite similar to your Reading Responses (Coincidence? I think not).…
Oxfordians also try to say that Shakespeare lacked the education to produce such wonderful masterpieces. However, Richard Field, “who grew up down the street from Shakespeare, became one of the leading publishers and booksellers in London.” (David Kathman and Terry Ross, 4)…
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Hook: Shakespeare undoubtedly uses many literary devices and elements throughout Macbeth. One such element is the characterization of Macbeth.…
Grendal is an evil monster, or maybe that is what the poet wants his readers to think. The poet’s use of sensory images, emotive words, and kennings to paint a picture that Grendal is a monster, but this is only an illusion.…
In William Shakespeare’s Othello, desire manifests itself in Iago, compelling readers to see him as if he were a leech; Iago drains Othello of all his moral qualities until he is sucked dry. Similarly, Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice indulges in seeing Antonio sucked dry of money. Both Iago and Shylock are compelled to see their enemies suffer through means that once deprived them, such as Iago being deprived of his rank and Shylock being deprived of money and respect. Although Iago and Shylock both expose their enemies’ weaknesses in order to destroy them, Iago’s tactics are more effective because Shylock becomes incapacitated by his Jewish heritage.…
Walter Gropius was one of the most important architects and educators of the 20th century. The son of a successful architect, Gropius received his professional training in Munich. After a year of travel through Spain and Italy, he joined the office of Peter Behrens, the most important European architect of the day, in Berlin. In 1910, Gropius left Behrens to work in partnership with Adolf Meyer until 1924-25. This period was the most fruitful of Gropius's long career; he designed most of his significant buildings during this time. The Fagus factory in Alfeld-an-der-Leine (1911) immediately established his reputation as an important architect. Notable for its extensive glass exterior and narrow piers, the facade of the main wing is the forerunner of the modern metal and glass curtain wall. The omission of solid elements at the corners of the structure heightens the impression of the building as a glass-enclosed, transparent volume.…
Bell, Millicent. "Shakespeare 's Moor.(Critical Essay)." Raritan: A Quarterly Review 21.4 (Spring 2002): 1(14). Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale. Florida International University. 14 Dec. 2006…
Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch delivered a highly memorable and inspirational presentation in 2007, entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” I thought it was emotional, powerful and gripping, as was the book about it, The Last Lecture.…