Faculté des sciences sociales | Faculty of Social Sciences SCS1150 A Introduction to Studying the Social Sciences Professor Kathleen Rodgers Fall 2011 Social Movement Activism in National and Global Contexts Course Schedule : Monday 8:30-10:00 Thursday 10:30-11:00 SMD 503 Professor’s Availability: Wednesday‚ 11:30-12:30 Office : DMS 8160 Assistants: Stephanie McAnany smcan058@uottawa.ca On Virtual Campus: Yes Email : Kathleen.rodgers@uottawa.ca* *Any question
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First-Rate Intelligence F. Scott Fitzgerald said that “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” XXX I think this statement is very true. XXX Intelligence is a very broad term that can mean lots of things to lots of different people‚ to F. Scott Fitzgerald intelligence means accepting not just your opinion but other people’s as well. Once you realize someone else’s point of view on something
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This article written by Scott Gilmore really opens your eyes to the racism that actually happens in Canada. Most Canadians pride them selves on living in such a multicultural and peaceful country. It is the total opposite; the racism just goes unnoticed. The racism that Canadian Aboriginals face is even worse than the racism that African Americans or Canadians face. The government seems to put these issues on the back burner‚ Scott says “Possibly it is because our Fergusons are hidden deep in the
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“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words‚ you can control the people who must use the words. “ -Philip K. Dick In the novel Enders Game the author Orson Scott Card shows us a complete different world than we are used to. Set into the future‚ the world has just recovered from a devastation alien war that was won by a fluke of luck by our soldiers. Although this time we will strike back‚ in preparation for the upcoming
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cases presented in this discussion board are major to the nations history. Each showed both the need for civil right advancement and progress that was made in this area. In the Dred Scott case the issue of freedom amongst slaves was first highlight in this nations court system. It can be argued that though Dred Scott was not successful in his attempt towards freedom‚ his case was a victory for the slave population. This is because the case examined whether African American should be viewed as citizens
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"Today’s Fail – Safe Students” by Scott Carlson‚ states that today’s students are being coddled from failure. “How to fail isn’t always a lesson today’s students are learning. Instead‚ they are insulated from it” (page 1). Students who have been taught failure are the ones who become more successful in life. As you see in the article‚ students at the College of Wooster are often receiving failing grades and don’t know how to recover. Students who have never experience failure are unfazed by it.
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This shift of ideals was not only evident through the actions and mindsets of Americans during this time but also through authors and literature. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote several novels and short stories that reflect the developing ideas during the Roaring Twenties. Within one of his most famous novels‚ This Side of Paradise‚ he reflects upon his
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circumstances including: the context in which it was written‚ the background of the reader‚ and the specific elements that are being focused on. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most highly lauded work‚ The Great Gatsby‚ which provides insight into the corrupt lives of wealthy American society during the 1920s‚ offers a myriad of themes depending on the focus of its analysis. In the novel‚ a young businessman‚ Nick Carraway‚ narrates the intriguing story of his summer spent living next door to an extremely wealthy
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Through his classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald allows many aspects of his personal life to permeate into the story‚ characters‚ and ideologies. Without having any background into the life of Fitzgerald‚ the average reader would conclude that the story was no less than a figment of Fitzgerald’s imagination. This is not the case however‚ as F. Scott funnels many of his thoughts and ideas into the characters in the book. There are quite a few stunning similarities between his character
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A Writers Style The Pulitzer Prize winning writer N. Scott Momaday has become known as a very distinctive writer who depicts the stories of the Native American life in almost poetic ways. He does an excellent job of transporting the reader from the black and white pages of a book‚ to a world where every detail is pointed out and every emotion felt when reading one of Momaday’s books or other writings. This style of writing that Momaday uses is very evident in his work "The Way to Rainy Mountain
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