Have you ever experienced grade inflation and why it effects so many people? In Scott Jaschik‚ “Grade Inflation Higher and Higher‚” he defends how there are more A’s in four year colleges than two year colleges. Jaschik insists adjunct instructors at community colleges have a lack of job security‚ students that have a wealthy home life‚ and students finding a college that is less expensive than other four year colleges. Students need to recognize why grade inflation has impacted many of us‚ such
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Salvador Y. Watanabe Prof. Audrey Breay English 101 October 12‚ 2014 Self-Responsibility One positive to Grade Inflation is the fact that students are less stressed over grades and school over all‚ besides the more money the school gets as a result of higher letter grade output. Although students are less stressed‚ the do however become lazier which in the end results in more stupid people. Some students might take advantage of this and take more classes or do positive and valuable things outside
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"Born on the Fourth of July" This book was incredible! In all truth this was the first book I have ever read cover to cover. The book‚ by Ron Kovic‚ as compared to the film‚ by Oliver Stone‚ had some impressive similarities. Both the book and the film did a great job of portraying Ron’s childhood in Massapequa‚ Long Island. From the little league games to playing war in the woods‚ leading charges and setting ambushes. This was especially well done in the movie‚ and exactly as I pictured them while
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on to eighth grade I reflect on the many great memories I have shared at this school. Seventh grade was a fresh new year‚ not like sixth grade‚ or fifth‚ or fourth. You do not have high school next year like the eighth graders‚ you are not the young new ones like the sixth graders. You are the seventh graders or as many refer to the “middle class.” At this school I have done everything from fun field trips to studying for hard tests. From kindergarten to now going into eighth grade. Sometimes I
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1.If the earth moves around the sun‚ then we ought to observe a stellar parallax. 2.There is no observable stellar parallax. 3.Therefore‚ the earth does not move around the sun. The argument is valid (i.e.‚ modus tollens)‚ the first premise seems quite reasonable and the second premise was in fact true—no one before‚ during or for almost three centuries after Copernicus had Figure 8.9 216 common sense logic ever observed any stellar parallax. Yet‚ Copernicus had anticipated this objection and
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How Oil and Gas Prices Affect the Economy Stacey Melton Eng. 101 September 5th‚ 2010 Karen Glass How Oil and Gas Prices Affect the Economy While supply and demand affects oil and gas prices‚ the United States and surrounding countries may be suffering economically due to their intense dependence for crude oil. The effects on our economy today are somewhat extreme. Population growth combined with current unemployment rates have temporally brought on a recession. According to Dictionary
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According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (2014)‚ 20% of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime. One of the most common mental illnesses is depression. Depression is characterised by feelings of sadness‚ loss of interest in pleasurable activities‚ and withdrawal from friends and family (Public Health Agency of Canada‚ 2013). Traditionally‚ people with depression are treated with talk-based therapy and/or medication. In the past decade‚ another form of therapy
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Curtis Little COM/150 Effective Essay Writing Week 9 Day 7 Final Expository Essay November 7th‚ 2010 Kathryn Geranios Gay Rights Expository Essay Even though some people believe that being homosexual is a choice made by an individual either as a way to rebel or as a perversion‚ the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual‚ and Transgender community (LGBT) deserve the same rights that heterosexuals are entitled to. Rights such as the right to be married in more than just a few states and the right to openly serve
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Molly O’Brien Analyzing a Text Expository Writing Gay Marriage Helps Children Thesis: Dale Carpenter argues in hist article “Gay Marriage Helps Children” that the competence argument is factually unsupported and contrived by the laws of every state and that the optimality argument is irrelevant regardless if it is correct or not. The Competence Argument A. Children raised by gay parents are at a Higher risk emotionally and cognitively. B. Children raised by gay parents are more apt to be
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Hello students‚ parents‚ and staff members today is a really big day for the 8th graders. They are taking a big step in their future. They are setting their goals to what they’re going to be in the future. It has been a long 8th grade year this year was a very great year now it’s time to move on to high school. I know this year we had some good and bad times but that was all in the past and you’re a new person. Whatever happens during your high school year just know to dream big and never
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