Is Wal-Mart good for America? Some people of course argue that Walmart reduces living standards, hurts retail trade, disrupts communities, and relies on government programs to provide healthcare for many of its workers. Others argue that Walmart has improved America’s standards of living, with lower cost for consumers, greater employment opportunities, and healthier communities, especially for the least affluent.
Day: October 18, 2020
Respond to two (2) of the three (3) statements below. The first statement, by Gloria Anzaldua, is mandatory. YOU MUST ANSWER THIS QUESTION and one of the other test options. Each response should be submitted as a 2-3 page, double spaced document. Poor spelling and grammar will count against you.
For each essay, you must form a response to the quote – making sure to form a clear argument and being sure to explain the major concepts in the quote. In other words, demonstrate to me that you understand the quote, and that you have read, understood, and can apply class readings to the quote of your choosing. (If the quote is about race, or gender, make sure you DEFINE these terms using the texts from class.) NO OUTSIDE SOURCES ARE PERMITTED.
You must use AT LEAST 3 class readings for each essay. BE SURE TO CITE THEM CLEARLY. You must use different articles/readings for each essay, although you may reuse a class source ONCE. You do not need to submit a works cited page for each essay, but you should use in-text citations to make it clear with readings you are using.
QUESTION 1
EXPLAIN AND RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUOTE:
*IN YOUR RESPONSE, YOU MUST INCLUDE DOROTHY SMITH, AUDRE LORDE, AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER READING*
Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate, while I still have to speak English or Spanish when I would rather speak Spanglish, and as long as I have to accommodate the English speakers rather than having them accommodate me, my tongue will be illegitimate. I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing. I will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent’s tongue – my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence.
Gloria E. Anzalda
QUESTION 2
EXPLAIN AND RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUOTE:
*IN YOUR RESPONSE, YOU MUST INCLUDE OMI AND WINANT, AND AT LEAST TWO OTHER CLASS READINGS*
*ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU DEFINE RACE USING CLASS READINGS*
But race is the child of racism, not the father. And the process of naming the people has never been a matter of genealogy and physiognomy so much as one of hierarchy. Difference in hue and hair is old. But the belief in the preeminence of hue and hair, the notion that these factors can correctly organize a society and that they signify deeper attributes, which are indeliblethis is the new idea at the heart of these new people who have been brought up hopelessly, tragically, deceitfully, to believe that they are white.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
Your supervisor is looking to modernize your workplace. They have identified a few key areas where they need more information before making policy decisions. You will select one of these areas as your policy topic. First, your supervisor has asked you to write a short informative report to explain the main benefit and risk of your policy topic. Next, after theyve had a chance to review the report, they would like you to write a pitch email to recommend whether the organization should consider adopting a new policy related to your topic.
Topic for me is – Harrasment In The Woekplace
Assignment
We are now applying the idea of cryptocurrency to a citation which you observe within an industry.
Choose an industry where you feel some degree of familiarity, or you would like to spend time, researching and learning about it.
For your chosen industry, perform a PESTLE analysis. What problems do companies in your space experience? What limits pertain to customers, which limit the industrys growth? What potentials exist, if certain technological factors change, for the industry? Do certain technological issue threaten the industry? In short, where does the industry experience issues in reaching customers, or otherwise delivering on their potential?
What productivity issues inhibit companies from surviving in the space? Where do smaller companies fail to capture market share versus bigger ones, or vice versa?
Where do the demographics of consumers seem to limit or frame the growth picture for the industry?
Where does the industry encourage a digital behavior, or a participation via digital means? Does a digital consumer behavior enhance the profit scheme, or open up new opportunities for the industry?
write a three-page reflection on emojis in use (TNR 11 or 12 font, 1,5 space), using examples. You may address how emojis relate to spoken language, to the broader communication possibilities offered by digital platforms, the contexts in which emojis are used (where and how they are appropriate). Emojis are very recent and still popular. But in addition to the affordances of the emoji, what are its limits? Might they give way to another style of visual digital communication?
** “definition of happiness”
I was a local transfer (from Chinese education system to American style) who always believes success and happiness come from high GPA and good grades, which builds up “a student.” After transfer to American school –>the definition of happiness changes as I accomplished achievements (such as musical performance). I realize that happiness should be more diverse , not just grades.
**this essay is about the change of point of view –> somehow shows maturity ( please focus more on the “reflection” part.
You are the Marketing Director of a multinational company. You are
responsible for identifying new market opportunities for your company.
Your company seeks to capitalize an expansion opportunity to a new
geographical market outside of your Spain. Pick a brandeither existing or
newand the target market.
Write a paper in your own words including your research market and an
explanation of the proposal of the expansion opportunity you have
identify. You should at least include these areas:
Segmentation
Targeting
Positioning
Geographical Opportunity identified
How you are going to capitalize it
Please see the attached word document for the instructions and grading rubric. Please follow the grading rubric completely and hit all points in it as this is how it will be graded. Please make sure all areas are completely answered to receive full amount of points. Please see the sample paper attached as well for reference.
Paper 1: The Travels of aTShirt in the Global Economy
TheTravels of aTShirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade (Pietra Rivoli)
DIRECTIONS: Answer questions 5. These are worth 20 points each.
1. Be sure to preface the answer with the question, so I know what questions you are covering.
2. Each answer should be approximately 2 paragraphs in length (or about 250-500 words).
3. Provide at least one APA in-text citation for each answer (citing the book).
4. Be sure to cover all components of the questions.
GRADING:
Points will be awarded on thoroughness in response and connection to International Business topics.
Avoiding deductions for spelling, grammar, sentence structure: Use spell check in Microsoft Word and consider using Tutoring services if report writing is somewhat challenging for you.
Fonts, spacing, margins: 12 pt. font, any font that is appropriate for business writing is acceptable, no preference for spacing (single or double), standard 1 margins requested.
Be very careful NOT to cut and copy content from the internet or book without quotations around the content and providing an in-text citation and work cited page (plagiarism). When citing from another source, or the book, be sure your content is in quotations with a reference to the resource (APA). If plagiarism is present, the paper will earn the score of zero, regardless of intent to plagiarize or not. This is an individual assignment. While discussion is encouraged, do not share your report with any other student (academic integrity).
Missing Work Cited Page = 20 points automatic deduction
QUESTIONS
1. In review of the book: Can you find specific examples to support the thesis that the American cotton market has dominated the world market by ducking the labor markets? Are subsidies the only reason America has dominated the global cotton industry for 200 years? What other factors (technologies, efficiencies, processes, etc.) create an environment for US cotton to be in the top 5 countries in the world market?
2. Good-bye T-Shirt! Once a T-Shirt is recycled, often discarded at Goodwill or the Salvation Army- explain in detail what typically happens to used T-Shirts in the US that are in poor condition when they are donated to charity. If the clothing is in wearable condition, why does the US export used clothing instead of just reselling all in the US second-hand market? Where do these T-Shirts go? Explain why the author states that Mutimba is the one component that most closely reflects the free market system in review of the entire life-span of the t-shirt. Mention the possible positives and negatives of Mitumbas impact in African countries.
3. The title of chapter 6 is The Long Race to the Bottom. Describe what this means. Some points to consider in developing your answer: Who wins and who loses? Is losing always a bad thing? Who wants to be a winner in the race? What is usually the result of being a winner in this race, short-term, and long-term? Use specific examples from the book.
4. Sisters in Time: Who are the Sisters? What do they have in common over the generations and across many countries? (Chapter 7)
Additionally:
Provide a compelling argument for why it is best for people to choose to stay on the farm.
Next, provide a compelling argument why it is best for people to choose to go to the city and work in a factory/mill.
Be sure to site the book for quotations.
5. Unintended consequences. Unintended consequences are outcomes that are not the ones foreseen and/or intended by an action. Unintended consequences can result in; an unexpected positive, unexpected drawback, and/or perverse result (when an intended positive solution makes a problem worse). In the book we see many examples of unintended consequences of:
political policy and action,
protectionist policy and action,
company, industry, consumer,
and worker actions
throughout history that resulted in unintended consequences. Cover one policy or action by any group noted in the book and discuss the intended purpose of the action and what at least one of the unintended consequences was/is.
This is a two week unit plan for the Virginia Standard of Learning Math 5.8. The standards and curriculum can be found on this link http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/mathematics/index.shtml by scrolling down to grade 5. The assignment is broken into 3 stages. I have already completed stage 1. I will also provide you links and other resources on completing this assignment in a separate message. It of course has to be original.
These are the specific requirements:
Unit Cover Page – Provide a summary of the unit. Your summary should include the rational for the unit and a description of what students will understand as a result of the unit.
Stage One – You should clearly delineate what students will know, what skills they will be able to do as a result of the unit, the essential questions that will guide the teaching and learning as well as the big ideas (enduring understandings) the facts, concepts, big ideas (enduring understandings) and skills that provide the framework for the unit. Your work should include a list of knows/understands/dos for the students for this unit that take into account the state standards.
Stage Two – Include a formative assessment in the form of a multiple-choice test. You should develop the test using test-writing rules. You should include a list of pre-assessment tools and other formative (non-graded) types of assessments you would use. Include a summative assessment developed using the GRASP model. You should also develop a rubric to assess the students’ summative product. The rubric should be based on the standards and following the design used in class.
Stage Three – There should be a unit sequence (teaching and learning activities) that provides a clear flow of the unit. Your goal is to ensure that a knowledgeable teacher who reads this section would have a clear and accurate sense of how the unit will play out from beginning to end. At least three instructional strategies should be used, three cooperative learning strategies, and you should have at least two lessons that are differentiated by interest and learning ability (high achievers, average learner, struggling learning).
Rubric – attach the rubric that is associated with your GRASP authentic assessment that you created previously.
