Summary: “Students in Shock” By John Kellmayer The essay of John Kellmayers’ “Students in Shock” gives us examples of college students who are overwhelmed by the college experience. Kellmayer shows three very specific issues that cause many of us‚ who attend college‚ to go into the “Shock” noted in the essay. Those are financial issues‚ family support issues‚ and the choosing of a major (with too many options) issue. Let’s face it. COLLEGE IS EXPENSIVE! So there is bound to be financial issues
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“A WALK TO REMEMBER” Summary Fifty-seven-year-old Landon Carter narrates the novel‚ reflecting on events from 40 years in the past. The novel opens with a Prologue‚ in which the older Landon‚ living in the same North Carolina town as he did at the age of 17‚ stands near the Baptist church that figures prominently in the novel and gets himself in the mindset of his 17-year-old self. The story begins in 1958 and is‚ Landon tells us‚ both joyful and sad. Seventeen-year-old Landon is a senior at
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Two Formal Summaries “On Being Wrong” & “Is Google Making Us Stupid” University of Cincinnati ESL 1080 002 Mrs. Colvin Xiang Zhang Due: Mar. 28 2013 Summary of “On Being Wrong” In the video “On being wrong” (2011)‚ Kathryn Schulz states that our feeling of being right can be a problem to human being‚ so it is necessary for us to avoid this wrong feeling. At the beginning‚ Schulz talks about her personal experience about misunderstanding. She explains that error blindness and culture
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Summary of Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation Absorptive capacity plays a significant role in the innovation process for a firm. The authors define absorptive capacity as the ability of a company to recognize the value of new‚ external information‚ assimilate it‚ and apply it to commercial ends is significant to its innovative capabilities. This paper begins with the discussion of the cognitive basis for an individual’s absorptive capacity. Furthermore‚ some factors
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Summary of Montana Chapter One and Prologue The novel Montana was written by Larry Watson. In the prologue‚ the author writes the reason why he wrote this story and the main plot of this story. From chapter one‚ we can know that the family lived in Mercer Country‚ Montana. The author himself is an inward boy but wants to go outside to satisfy himself. His father‚ Wesley‚ has broken legs and is a sheriff. His mother‚ Gail‚ is an urban woman who wants to move out of this small town and wants
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1. Organizational Assessment : Effectiveness vs. Efficiency This journal is being chosen related to the Organizational Theory‚ Design and Change for chapter 1 about the Organization Effectiveness. i. What was the aim of the study? An organization had its own goals and mission. There were many ways that could be implement in order to make sure that the organization will achieves whether it short or long term goal. The term effectiveness and efficiency was always being the indicator of the
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Summary of Read-only participants a case for student communication in online classes By Shakera Bennett Grand Canyon University UNV 501-Intro to Graduate Studies in the College of Education September 12‚ 2012 Carrie ODonnell‚ Instructor Learning communities are no longer limited to the classroom. Online classes are becoming more prevalent in this day and age. As these online classes grow in abundance‚ the issues that affect the traditional classroom are now issues that occur in online communities
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Project Summary Hurricane Apartments LLC is the proposed new construction of 280 rental apartments and 3 retail stores. The subject will consist of 150 one bedroom and 130 two bedroom units. In-unit amenities at the property include: central heat and air conditioning‚ a frost-free refrigerator with icemaker‚ a dishwasher‚ a self-cleaning oven/range‚ and a full-size washer/dryer set. Common amenities include: 24 hour doorman concierge‚ health and fitness center‚ children’s
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A Response to “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading” Summary: John Holt is a former teacher who shares personal anecdotes in his essay “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading.” Holt remembers taking a traditional approach to teaching as a beginning elementary school teacher. He initially thought that quizzing students over assigned readings and requiring them to use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words was a best practice. However‚ a conversation with his sister challenges him to think critically
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Aisha Murphy Audience analysis: The target audience for this summary is an ENGL101 student at the University of Maryland who is studying Mass Communications. This student has not previously read this article. This summary should inform the student about the article written by Brooke Gladstone and show his/her perspective on media bias. Known for her tremendous work of hosting NPR’s On the Media‚ Brooke Gladstone analyzes in‚ “The Great Refusal”‚ the impact of reporters’ convictions in order to
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