William Landsheft The Purpose of a College Education The reason that most people go to college is to make them more marketable to future employers. As we see our economy in dire financial straits we see record number of people entering colleges across the nation‚ such as Drury for one example. But a college education is about much more the just the foundations for your career. It is the building blocks for the rest of your life and will make you better‚ different then you are now. It will transform
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“The purpose of the Grand Jury is to hear evidence against an accused person (or persons) and determine whether there is sufficient evidence to bring the case to trial” (Worrall‚ 2016‚ p. 184). In other words‚ whether or not there is enough probable cause to indict a person of a felony crime or in cases of “great public or political significance” (Worrall‚ 2016‚ p. 186). The Grand Jury has significant investigative power and “in some case’s is able to issue an indictment faster than preliminary
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Paul Gee in his Article “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics: Introduction.” Discourse is capitalized because the lowercase means connected stretches of language that make sense. The Discourse I use and will talk about is my family Discourse. The purpose of my Discourse community is being formal and respectful as if you are in a restaurant. This group exists because it is what I was born in‚ no choice but it’s just that I was born in it. It teaches me how to behave in the world outside or so of what
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The tenth and fourteenth amendment are both very controversial amendments that are critical to our lives. The original purpose of the tenth amendment is that any power not given to the federal government is given to the states and the people. The fourteenth amendment’s original purpose was to grant citizenship to former slaves. Now it is used to grant citizenship and equal protection regardless of your race; “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof
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The Purpose of First Drafts When students must write an essay they often struggle with the starting process of coming up with the idea and once they’ve even done that they may struggle with figuring out how to start it. This makes writing the first draft the hardest‚ especially for inexperienced writers‚ for example student writers‚ who often feel like they’re expected write perfectly the first time. First drafts are the first version of a paper that someone has written‚ with the number of drafts
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The origin and purpose of superstitions Superstitions are part of every modern culture in today’s world. They help us overcome issues difficult to understand and aid us in transitional years‚ often telling us what is ethically writ and wrong. I say modern culture because I regard superstitions as elements of "earlier versions of our culture". Every culture has an evolution of its own‚ and as we advance in science‚ technology‚ art and humanity in general‚ our culture evolves and changes. What
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The new day The purpose of a descriptive essay is to describe a person‚ place‚ or thing in such vivid detail that the reader can easily form a precise mental picture of what is being written about. The author may accomplish this by using imaginative language‚ interesting comparisons‚ and images that appeal to the senses. Read this sample descriptive essay‚ and then read the notes below. The subject of the sample essay is fairly ordinary—a ride on a Ferris wheel. The author makes it interesting
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What is Social Studies? Social Studies can be defined in many ways. One definition is; Social Studies is the interdisciplinary integration of social science and humanities concept for the purpose of practicing problem solving and decision making for developing citizenship skills on critical social issues. Identify the key goals in Social Studies. These goals are‚ fostering attitudes and identifying values‚ developing skills‚ establishing knowledge and understanding and promoting social participation
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In the introduction‚ Sandra Gilbert explores the novel‚ The Awakening‚ by viewing it as a feministic and fantasy life of Edna Pontellier‚ who seems like the second-coming of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite. Gilbert’s purpose for writing the introduction is to shed a new light on the novel by viewing it a different way that most of us haven’t considered before‚ in hopes to explain parts of the novel that have often been misunderstood‚ and to argue or persuade that despite the realism of the book‚ Chopin
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and also knew that this was not true for every young person who engaged in drug use. Courts try to circumvent the path these young people are on by addressing underlying issues that moved them to be in the possession of drugs. One of the main purposes of drug court is supervised probation‚ which is mandatory part of the juvenile’s treatment. Probation officers are trained to conduct clinical assessments‚ to monitor the treatment of the juvenile and conduct drug testing. As expected‚ other treatment
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