Midterm Essay Instructions
In this country, we do not have a pure, direct democracy. However, we do have a government whose powers are divided among branches (executive, judicial, legislative), and levels (local, state, national) in order to limit government’s overall power and to grant more power to the individual citizens.
In a fact-based (not opinion based) essay, answer all of the bullet-point prompts below. Use your textbook and the online class videos. Do NOT use Google search to find the answers, as this assignment is intended to help me gauge part of what you have learned from this class. Write the paper in your own words. Copying any amount of text directly from the internet to answer this question will cause you to fail this essay.* (Also see the note at the bottom of this page.)
You also should not use long direct quotes (even from the textbook) because paraphrasing (using your own words) allows me to see whether or not you understand what you have read. There is no minimum word limit, but the essay prompt points should all be thoroughly answered. A-level papers in the past have mostly managed to answer in roughly 1000-1200 words. You should at least answer all of the items in the essay prompt, and are encouraged to add additional relevant information. Also see accompanying How your paper will be graded document.
Papers should be typed in 12-point Times-Roman font or 11-point Arial font, and should be double-spaced to allow room for my comments.
As this is a Level One (lower-division) course, you will not be graded for minor grammar or sentence construction errors, but if errors are great enough to diminish the overall readability of your paper, that problem will hurt your grade. Papers must be written with acceptable college-level style, accuracy and grammar.
Essay Prompt
In several paragraphs:
Explain why the founding fathers found it necessary to compromise and at least one way in which they did so. In order to correctly answer this point of the prompt, you will need to tell me points of two opposing sides of some issue that they faced, and then explain what ideas the resolution compromise included.
Explain (1) our system of checks and balances and (2) the separation of powers and, briefly, how each of these work. Note that these are two different, though related, thingsandsoeach shouldbeexplainedandseparatelydefined.
Tell me something about each branch of the federal government. For example, what are the powers of the presidency (and the other branches)? How is the
presidentspowerlimited? Whataboutthepoweroftheothertwobranches?
How is each limited by the other branches? How long are their terms in office? What is federalism? How does it relate to the separation of powers concept?
Paper must be submitted to the Assignment Upload button on BlackBoard, by due date and time.
* Note: Copying two or more sentences from the internet without citing the source will cause you to fail the entire class, as this is plagiarism. However, if you answer the question according to my instructions, you will not be citing sources from the internet because you will not be using such sources. If you use direct quotes, you only need to (a) put the entire quote within quotation marks, and (b) mention whether your information came from your textbook or the online class videos (and which ones). Do not use long quotes (more than one sentence). It is always better to paraphrase (restate in your own words). Paraphrased ideas that you obtained from your textbook or online class videos do not need to cite sources, as I will presume that you got the information from these sources, so long as you do not copy text from the internet or elsewhere.
Day: April 18, 2021
There is SO much we could discuss. The field of anthropology of gender is huge. But we’ll limit ourselves to three questions, and I’ll give you the materials so that you can study them and think about and have some answers (and hopefully some more questions!!) about these. Remember to read or watch the materials in the order I present them.
1. What is feminism?
2. What is intersectionality?
3. What does it mean when we say something/someone is “gendered”?
Watch videos!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sWP92i7JLlQ
https://vimeo.com/263719865
Topic: Incompetence in the ICU Setting
Disciplinary Actions and Reinstatement:
Pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section 2750 (Links to an external site.), the Board of Registered Nursing has authority to discipline a registered nursing license for violation of the Nursing Practice Act. The disciplinary penalty is determined based on a number of factors including but not limited to: severity and recency of offense, rehabilitation evidence, current ability to practice safely, mitigating factors, and past disciplinary history.” (BRN webpage)
Write 5 pages using the APA format for health care professionals. The title page and reference list are not included in the maximal number of pages. The APA format is a guideline for scholarly written documents and is the format you will be using as you continue your education in healthcare. Include the source you used for the APA format in the reference list. Complete a reference list with at least five professional, researched based references in APA format. Web sites such as Mayo clinic, WebMD etc., are not professional references for college papers.
Case Study that might help: https://www.nso.com/Learning/Artifacts/Legal-Cases/ICU-Charge-Nurse-allegedly-failed-to-monitor-a-critical-patient
Prepare an essay on the topic of facial recognition technology and its use.
As usual, your essay should be accompanied by a topic outline, it should be titled, and it should state a clear thesis, which is underlined. Note the number of words in your essay and calculate the grade level at which it is written.
Select four recognizable brands in high-tech industries and explain how they each fit into one of the following strategy archetypes:
A Market Leader (prospector)
A Fast Follower (analyzer)
A Customer Intimate (differentiated defender)
Operationally Excellent (low-cost defender)
Select a company that created a high-tech, innovative product and assess to what degree they used the concept of contained chaos. Write a brief analysis
Description of the high-tech, innovative product
Identification of the type of innovation
Was this the first time the company has done something like that, or was it another example in a long string of innovations?
Explain how the companys corporate culture contributed to the innovation. Was it along the lines of contained chaos, or was it something else?
If a writer of prose knows enough of what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only one- eighth of it being above water (Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon).
Write a thesis-driven essay about the above prompt.
KEEP IN MIND:
1. Support with evidence drawn from the text rom Ernest Hemingways Big Two-Hearted River
2. DO NOT EXPLAIN/DESCRIBE what’s going on, arguments supported by citations only.
REFER BELOW:
Address the prompt above in a thesis-driven essay of at least four full pages (double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman). Be sure to support your argument with specific evidence drawn from the text. Avoid simply rehearsing remarks already covered in class and strive instead for an original reading that showcases your own interpretation. Remember that what follows is a prompt rather than a simple series of questions, and you need not account for every suggestion it raises. Narrow your response to a single, well-defined thesis that can be defended with appropriate citations. Also, bear in mind that an argumentative paper (especially one this short) generally avoids summary and long quotation. Assume that your reader is already an expert (or is at least posing as one). Dont retell the story; argue for your particular reading.
Choose a series of details, images, or phrases from Ernest Hemingways Big Two-Hearted River and use them to develop a thesis about how the story employs his iceberg theory of writing. What do the moments youve selected reveal about the unwritten truth beneath the surface of the text? How do they suggest what remains unsaid? How does this contribute to the meaning of the piece? In your view, is Hemingways style effective? You may wish to consider the deleted ending of the story (which we encountered as On Writing). Was Hemingway right to cut this section? How might the inclusion of these pages change our reading of the story?
Having viewed the advertising agency videos (Strawberry Frog, DDB Worldwide, and Exile on 7th) and read Chapters 5-7 and the module, how would you rank (from most important to least) the top 10 functions advertising agencies perform? Why did you choose this order? Of the ad agencies you’ve learned about in the videos, which one would you most like to contribute to? Why? Consider your motivation, experience, and other factors in making your selection and arguments.
Read the book Church Unique by Mancini and write a review. The review should include key teachings of the book, a thorough review of its strengths and weaknesses, and conclude with three ways the student will apply this book in their leadership. This assignment is a 5-7 page paper of no particular format.
Safe Assign reviews your work for plagiarism. With that in mind, please cite all your information in accordance with proper Turabian standards.
Kouzes, James M. & Posner, Barry Z. The Leadership Challenge (5th Edition). San Francisco,
CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2008. ISBN: 9780470651728
Be sure to explicitly identify which aspect of social change you are analyzing (class, hegemony, privilege, patriarchy, or microaggressions). It is probably best to narrow your focus to one or a limited number of social changes rather than trying to tackle a large number of varying social changes.
o This paper is not on whether or not you LIKE the organization. For example, your opinion on whether or not the organization is good/cool/popular/etc. is not the focus. Your focus is how effective that organization was (or was not) in communication surrounding that social change.
Have two internal sources and two external sources (minimum).
Use the subheadings provided for you when writing your paper.
Remember to attend your Friday recitations this week and ask any Organizational Analysis specific questions to your Friday recitation leader.
