Mt. San Jacinto College‚ Menifee Spring‚ 2013 English 98: English Fundamentals‚ Sec. 3816 T Th 8:00-9:50 AM‚ Room 505 Lecturer: David Schwankle E-mail: dschwankle@msjc.edu Course Overview English 98 is an introduction to college writing that will develop your competence in rhetoric: how to write well and persuasively in specific ways for specific purposes. As part of the process‚ we will review relevant bits of English grammar in order to improve our editing skills; we will read a variety
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In The Schoolmaster‚ written in 1570‚ Roger Ascham compares schooling to experience‚ and he takes the stance that learning is much more desirable than experience. He argues that a man will learn more within a year than he would in twenty years of experience‚ that experience is dangerous while learning is safe‚ and that man will only become miserable because of his experiences. Ascham’s beliefs are true‚ but his principles can only relate to a man who is satisfied with living a superficial life; that
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Using the material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the view that working class children under-achieve because they are culturally deprived (20 marks). Cultural deprivation is the absence of expected and acceptable cultural phenomena in the environment which results in the failure of the individual to communicate and respond in the most appropriate manner within the context of society. There are three main factors that influence the cultural deprivation theory‚ IQ‚ language (elaborated speech
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The Lesson – Roger McGough (1937-) General assignments Paraphrase It’s about chaos in the classroom‚ and how to solve this. The teacher is using violence to control the students (swords and all) and The Head is supporting that. The writer tries to make this story funny‚ but still wants it to have a deeper meaning and make you think. Meaning The meaning is that you shouldn’t use violence in the classroom (it isn’t a solution)‚ but you should be able to control a class. Intentions The
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3 FIELDWORK AND ITS INTERPRETATION Theory without data is empty‚ but data without theory are blind. — C. Wright Mills FIELDWORK Anthropology distinguishes itself from the other social sciences through the great emphasis placed on ethnographic fieldwork as the most important source of new knowledge about society and culture. A field study may last for a few months ‚ a year‚ or even two years or more‚ and it aims at developing as intimate an understanding as possible of the phenomena investigated
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Roger Sherman was one of the men that signed the Declaration of Independence and he had a pretty interesting life. He was born in Newton‚ Massachusetts. He didn’t know anything else beside what his dad’s books told him. For the first part of his career he was a shoemaker’s apprentice. Even though he didn’t know much when he was a kid as he grew up his dad got more books for his library. He also got his minister that was from Harvard to teach him more things. When his father died‚ he was 22
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Gender representations in the media Gender is the basic catorgary in which we sort humans into But‚ it is the way in which these catorgaries are represented in the media that is the issue. Masculine and feminine representations is just one of the ways that we grow up with knowing what constitutes ’good’ characteristics. Men and women are portrayed very differently in the media spotlight. Women are seen as having two roles; domestic and sexual whilst men are shown as the dominant ideal of masculinity
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last‚ but not least‚ It’s a pledge to maintain the four great freedoms cherished by all Americans: Freedom of Speech Freedom of Religion Freedom from Want and Freedom from FEAR! _________________________________________________ I -- me‚ an individual‚ a committee of one. Pledge -- dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity. Allegiance -- my love and my devotion. To the flag -- our standard‚ Old Glory‚ a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves‚ there’s respect
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Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːdərər]; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who‚ as of October 2013‚ is ranked world no. 7 by the ATP. Numerous commentators‚ pundits‚ former and current players of the sport have deemed Federer the greatest tennis player of all time.[a] He holds several men’s world records of the Open Era: holding the world no. 1 position for 302 weeks overall;[15][16] including a 237-consecutive-week stretch at the top from 2004 to 2008;[17] winning
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Cultural Conformity and Adaptation Essay Social control‚ social change‚ and resistance to social change are prominently represented in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. It’s primarily based on the experience of a criminal that chose to move to a mental institution to avoid serving his time at a prison work camp. The criminal‚ Randall McMurphy‚ did not realize was that once he was admitted to the institution‚ he would not be released until the medical staff felt he was safe for society.
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