According to the course description at Schenectady Community College “ College Composition is a course that provides a foundation in academic discourse by developing effective communication skills with an emphasis on expository writing.” The course is offered to students’ in the Technology‚ Criminal Justice‚ Early Childhood‚ Hospitality‚ and Culinary program. RCCC plans on eliminating the ENG 123 course as a requirement. As a student taking this course I find it to be very helpful‚ therefore‚ it
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I approached this semester with dread. Most of my life I have made a conscious effort to avoid writing classes at all costs. Not for lack of ability‚ rather a lack of interest. Thus was my mentality entering into my semester of English Composition. The semester started off the same as most. I go into it telling myself that I will stay caught up this time. I won’t allow myself to do assignments at the last minute. As usual these promises are quickly broken. I work eight to twelve hours a day and
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1) Quanti and Quali Evaluation don’t always match. Quantitative: Good for the Overview. Explanation (Hypotheses). Closed Q . Suitable for generalization. Qualitative Research: Detail Research. Exploration‚ Generation. Open Q. Understanding/Motivation * Small Samples * Understanding people and their context * Close contact with participant * Detailed and rick data Empiricism (Social Science): knowledge comes from our experiences and is derived through our senses. Looks for understanding
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English Composition Course Work Attitude Although English and Writing was always a strong class for me in high school‚ I was nervous about starting it for Penn Foster. Not being one to admit my aging is affecting me‚ I have been out of school (and out of practice) for several years. I was strongly concerned that my once adequate skills were going to be sorely outdated or worse‚ completely gone. One thing I was sure of‚ from being raised in the age of Instant Messaging‚ my typing skills are still
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ALLUSION VOCABULARY Second Six Weeks 1. Herculean: a. adj. - of extraordinary power‚ size‚ or difficulty relating to the characteristics of Hercules; having enormous strength. (Most often used in capitalized form when referring to Herculean task: may not require great strength‚ even though expression comes b. from name of mythical superhero. Such a task is a difficult or dangerous one.) Given twelve impossible tasks. Hercules completed all of them overcoming great difficulties
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Week 3 – Learning Team Reflection Team names LAW/531 Date Teacher A counselor job or purpose is to identify the strength and weakness that is in a case. Every case is different; some have great damages with huge liability problems‚ while others are in a reverse condition. In addition‚ a counselor can also provide an insight on other similar cases. It never hurts to have all the information needed to make the best choice. All in all‚ it is important to know how to evaluate a case the right
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The First Attempt on Archduke Franz Ferdinand the 2nds Life When Franz Ferdinand got on the Black Hand’s radar‚ they decided to have him killed. Nedjelko Cabrinovic was the first member to give it a try. Nedjelko was an often-sickly man‚ who changed sides often (at times he was a socialist‚ at others an anarchist‚ and even a nationalist). He was recruited by the Black Hand around 1912‚ shortly after being expelled from Sarajevo for a period of five years. He trained for 2 years with
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Cause and Effect on Drinking and Driving Everest University Online Composition / Prof. Waller Drinking and driving is a very bad combination. Mixing the two would be very deadly for many people on the streets. Drinking reduces your concentration and your reactions to sudden hazards which can lead to fatal accidents or severe injury. You should not drink while under the influence as it can put yourself and others in danger. This can all be prevented by making smarter decisions. If you choose
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Allee1 Eric Allee Professor McCrary Rhetoric and Composition 22 April‚ 2013 Organ Donation Many citizens constantly see television shows and media that negatively portray organ donation. One prime example comes from the new hit series‚ Nip Tuck. Nip Tuck has a storyline built around this image of beauty through plastic surgery while working with an underground kidney market. Many patients in this show wind up being murdered in some cruel intentional way just for a single kidney. Not only does
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How good can I be at writing‚ I thought I was amazing‚ this semester showed me there is always room for improvement.Coming into a senior composition class to learn about the best format to write papers is stressful‚ especially for a slam poet. I hadn’t really learned a lot about my professional writing before. I always thought I was a wiz at correctly writing complex papers. I read some of my old writing recently‚ it’s atrocious. From my atrocious writings of yesterday to the writings of tomorrow
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