March 15‚ 2011 Dr. Kevin R. Carman Dean of the College of Science A103 Life Sciences Annex/336 Hatcher Hall Baton Rouge‚ LA 70803 Dear Dr. Carman: I called my friend as I was leaving the testing center to see how she had done on her business calculus exam. We had surprisingly similar results‚ and neither of us were pleased to say we received a D. When I asked what she had got wrong‚ she couldn’t tell me‚ because she did not know. This frustrated me because we had no feedback on the exam
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6.1 COMPARISON OF A POSITION ARGUMENT AND A PROPOSAL ARGUMENT |DISTINCTION |POSITION ARGUMENT |PROPOSAL ARGUMENT | |Definition of each |Proposal arguments‚ however‚ are arguments in which you |Position arguments are arguments in which you state your | | |request a change in policy or procedure of something that is|position on a certain issue and then proceed
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Catherine Andrade Professor Sassenoff English 2 – 019 2/22/2012 A Modest Proposal Argument Jonathan Swift‚ a satirical author from the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ wrote A Modest Proposal‚ in 1729 to bring to the attention of the Irish officials that the poor were in dire need of help. In this essay‚ Swift proposes that the poor sell their children to upperclassmen for ten shillings in graphic detail (Swift 3). Through this disturbing mental image that readers were not able to look away from‚ the author
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Licensing for personal trainers: legitimizing the profession. “In its present form‚ personal training only dates back a few decades‚ yet it is among the fastest growing professions in the U.S.” (Holt). In the 80’s and 90’s personal trainers were predominantly heavy lifters who looked like they could soon compete in a bodybuilding contest. The muscular physique automatically qualified each of them as “guru” in the fitness world and helped quickly build a clientele. Towards the late-90’s‚ the situation
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“PLATOON… DISMISSED!” said the platoon sergeant. Without skipping a heart beat a platoon of 45 marines responded “DISMISSED‚ I SIR!” They all took one step back‚ they smartly raised their right arms with elbows at a 45 degree bend‚ their fingers joined and aligned to the tip of their cover rendering a salute. The platoon sergeant saluted the platoon back and returned his arm back to his side. In unison the platoon about faced and let out a thunderous “00H RAH!” It is payday Friday‚ two days of liberty
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References: Arizona.gov (2012). Education Budget Statistics. Retrieved from http://arizona.gov. Bushweller‚ K (1997). Teaching to the Test. The American School Board Journal. http://www.pittsburghfuture.org/downloads/TeachingtotheTest.pdf Celaya‚ June (2012). Maricopa High School’s 2011-12 AIMS Results Report. Maricopa‚ Arizona. Jones‚ K.‚ Vermette‚ & Jones‚ J (2009). An Integration of Backwards Planning Unit Design with the Two-Step Lesson Planning Framework. Education; Winter209‚ Vol. 130 Issue
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Nicole Smedile Proposal Argument Life without Art Life without art is boring and dull. But often at times‚ art is a subject that is underestimated in schools. The art courses in many schools are being cut back across the country. Many classrooms now have little supplies‚ and some courses are being taken away entirely. There are many reasons to which students need the aspect of art education in their curriculum‚ whether it is because it is an outlet for them to
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Professor Donna Pope English 121-046RL 04/07/2013 Argument Paper‚ Draft 3 Final “Are the educational systems priorities being out of whack at fault for lack of success?” There are many negative influences on students today that the quote “Knowledge is the key to success.” has lost its power. The lack of success of our current youth is not directly related to a failure of the educational systems priorities but instead the society around it. A school fails to accomplish its goals
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One of the most devalued concerns in the United States is tobacco smoking. A frightening addiction several young adults pick in college is smoking. Recently‚ I have noticed a trend that is popular amongst college students called hookah. Hookah‚ also known as water pipe‚ shisha‚ narghile‚ goza‚ and hubble-bubble‚ is used to smoke exotic flavored tobacco. A common misconception that is widely accepted around college campuses as well as societies everywhere is that hookah is a healthy alternative to
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YUSH: Youth Understanding Sexual Health A Proposal for a Family Life Education Program Studies show that the national average for an adolescent’s first sexual intercourse encounter is seventeen years old. Despite this number being very close to the average age in other industrialized countries‚ the United States holds a higher percentage of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) contraction than those countries (Harper et al‚ 2010‚ p. 125). It’s becoming evident that while
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