their surroundings. Mary Louise Pratt describes this as creating a contact zone where parody‚ critique‚ and unseemly comparisons create social disruptions in which students are challenged. In her essay “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” she proposes that classrooms should take up this style of educating. What would a contact zone in a classroom perform like? Out of all the elements that are capable of creating a contact zone‚ parody is one of the more familiar choices that would behave well in a classroom
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grown in culture. This is called the Kirby-Bauer disk-diffusion method‚ and here is how it works. The bacteria of interest are swabbed uniformly across a culture plate. Then a filter-paper disk‚ impregnated with the compound to be tested‚ is placed on the surface of the agar. The compound diffuses out from the filter paper into the agar. The concentration of the compound will be higher next to the disk‚ and will decrease gradually as distance from the disk increases. If the compound is effective against
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Pratt wrote A Contact Zone‚ a short story about how many different cultures interact through Transculturation and contact zones. A contact zone is defined as “is the gap in which transculturation takes place- where two different cultures meet and inform each other‚ in uneven ways” (mariexotoni). In my owns words‚ a contact zone can be where two different people from different backgrounds‚ teachings‚ and traditions come together and share their experiences. Contact zones can be seen in every social
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Neritic zone is also called coastal waters‚ the coastal ocean‚ and the sublittoral zone. It is the part of the ocean extending from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf. It is considered a shallow depth‚ extending to about 200 meters. The Neritic zone has decently well oxygenated water‚ low water pressure‚ and fairly stable temperature and salinity levels. This is the location of most of the sea life in the ocean. Salinity is the level of salt in the water. The Neritic zone has a
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Mable Finnie Professor V. Oliver Whit3 Collar Crimes September 3‚ 2012 Reaction Paper-1 White Collar Crime White Collar Crime is consided Fraud. That involves theft. The essence of fraud is larceny by trick; that is‚ possession of property obtained through deception. There are many kinds of fraud including false advertising‚ bankruptcy fraud‚ and criminal impersonations. But the object of frauds is always the same: to obtain property through false representations. Another category
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Sociology: Divorce‚ Page 1 of 24 Social Effects of Divorce on Children A Paper Requirement in Sociology Submitted by Sociology: Divorce‚ Page 2 of 24 Abstract Divorce is compared to an epidemic in any society it infiltrates. Currently‚ it is spreading at an alarming rate. Frequently‚ offspring are most affected. Various researches on the relationship of divorce and its social effects in children are compared and contrasted by this study. Three researches were scrutinized namely: Parental
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In this paper I will discuss why I want to become a teacher‚ some of my personal characteristics that will make me an effective teacher‚ how I will stay current in the field of education‚ and how I will maintain my passion about teaching. Finally‚ I will include my teaching philosophy. I want to become a teacher for a few reasons‚ mainly to be able to shape our future by helping to teach our children. Becoming part of the learning process and actually seeing a student finally understand something
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John Ralph M Boo July 18‚ 2012 “English in my life” Personal Response Paper I. In my language‚ English has only a small part. First of all‚ I speak tagalog all the time and my dominant language is tagalog. For example at home‚ we rarely speak English. Most of the time my family and I speak in tagalog and taglish. So‚ I’m really adjusting during my social interactions‚ most of my friends
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last seven weeks‚ this theology class has discussed several topics that have been very insightful and helpful in my Christian walk. I have learned many new things and have also gone deeper in my understanding of the things I already knew. In this paper‚ I would like to discuss three topics that I found to be the most interesting. The topics that will be discussed are as follows: Did Jesus need to be born of a virgin? If a person is a Christian‚ does it matter how they live their life? And what can
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Securing Hot Melt Supply: Navigating the New Landscape of Adhesives Raw Materials May 2011 Securing Hot Melt Supply: Navigating the New Landscape of Adhesives Raw Materials Securing Hot Melt Supply: Navigating the New Landscape of Adhesives Raw Materials A new business reality has emerged from the economic crisis. New trends are now challenging the pre-recession status quo. The adhesives industry is not immune to this shifting landscape. Hot melt adhesives‚ in particular‚ are being
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