In Simon Young’s essay “Universities‚ Governments and Industry: Can the Essential Nature of Universities Survive the Drive to Commercialize?” Young implies many universities increase their focus on commercializing rather than focusing to increase a higher branch of learning for university students. Throughout the essay Young voices his concern for this issue through the use of statistics‚ concrete facts‚ research and by acknowledging the issue Young is able to inform his readers about the increase
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In Gwen Wilde’s essay‚ “Why the Pledge Should be Revised‚” Wilde strongly believes that the Pledge of Allegiance should only be used for the sole purpose of patriotism. Included in her essay were many facts of the original pledge. She states that the first “original” pledge‚ which was issued in 1892‚ read as such‚ “I pledge allegiance to my flag‚ and to the republic for which it stands: one nation indivisible‚ with Liberty and justice for all.” She then included in her essay that in 1923‚ “my flag”
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Patrick Wyszynski Doctor Todd Bruce ENG 111-68 5 October 2014 Hidden Intellectualism: A Summary During my lifetime‚ I’ve been referred to as “book smart” once or twice. For many years I thought this was preferable to the less flattering “street smart” label. However‚ Gerald Graff‚ a professor of English and education at The University of Illinois at Chicago‚ argues in his writing Hidden Intellectualism from his 2003 Book Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind that
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Respect Your Body and Image In the introduction to‚ “Veiled Intentions: Don’t Judge a Muslim Girl by Her Covering”‚ Maysan Haydar gives a story as to why she first began covering. Specifically‚ Haydar argues that appearance is misjudged all over the world. As she puts it‚ “At the heart of my veiling is my personal freedom.” Although some people believe in being wanted only for looks‚ Haydar insists that there is no value in being assessed by an image. In sum then‚ her view is that veiling makes
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Why Are So Many Students Still Failing Online In “Why Are So Many Students Still Failing Online‚” Rob Jenkins‚ professor of English at Georgia Perimeter College‚ brings online courses and their cons out into the open. Professor Jenkins argues in his article whether every course should be available to be taken online or if every student should be allowed to take courses online. Are the advantages that the school receives from online classes worth the failure of their students? Jenkins uses a
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Summary/Response Part-time Employment Undermines Students Commitment to School Summary: In the essay‚ "Part-time Employment Undermines a Student’s Commitment to School" by Laurence Steinberg‚ it explains how studies show that teenagers that work while attending school are more likely to loose their commitment to school. Steinberg tells the affects on students when they work more than twenty hours a week. His theory was that students are more susceptible to losing their interest in school‚
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Beowulf Summary/Essay Beowulf is the title of a heroic epic poem originally written in Old English. It is known as one of the most important pieces in Anglo-Saxon culture. The main protagonist‚ Beowulf‚ a hero of the Geats‚ comes to the aid of Hrothgar‚ the king of the Danes‚ whose great hall‚ Heorot‚ is constantly under attack by the monster Grendel. Beowulf is considered an epic poem because the main character is a hero who travels great distances to prove his strength at impossible odds against
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London. Richard Rodriguez became nationally known after publishing his autobiography “Hunger of memory”. Rodriguez’s essay‚ “The lonely‚ good company of books” was published in his autobiography “Hunger of memory” in 1982. Rodriguez’s thesis in his essay‚ “The lonely‚ good company of book”‚ expresses his concerns for the pressures of reading in the education system. In the essay “The lonely‚ good company of books”‚ Rodriguez describes that as a little boy he had undergone a tough childhood‚ and
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making us more demanding? In the movie‚ “2001: A Space Odyssey‚” Stanley Kubrick writes‚ “As we come to rely on computers to mediate our understanding of the world‚ it is our own intelligence that flattens into artificial intelligence.” In the essay “IS Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr‚ M.A. a writer and blogger‚ talks about the Internet and specifically search engine Google as an example. He points out that beside the fact these technological advancements making life much as easy through
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