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Minimum a 2 page typed and double-spaced self-evaluation in conventional 12pt font. MLA-style format answering the following questions: 

-What do you think you KNOW already about Yoga/Pilates?

-What is the primary reason your taking this class?

-What are your goals and intentions for this class?

-If you had the chance to choose, what would you WANT to learn about?

-How do you think this class will benefit you in your own life? 

I’m taking an elective Yoga/Pilates class at my University. Just pretend you’re taking the class so you can write this paper :D. Doesn’t need to be “very formal”!

This analysis is limited to  500 words.

To complete this assignment: 

Read Virginia Heffernans article, Comment is King

Read How to write a rhetorical analysis

Familiarize yourself with the Rhetorical Triangle web page (Links to an external site.) and with the video lecture led by Professor Pearson (Links to an external site.).

Next, carefully read Why Our Memory Fails Us by Christopher F. Chabris and Daniel J. Simons (Links to an external site.) . 

Once you have read through the arguments of Chabris and Simons, and feel that you have a solid grasp for the case they are making, click on the Comments section and select the tab for Reader Picks; carefully read the top three comments. Using Heffernans article, the Rhetorical Triangle website and video, and How to write a rhetorical analysis as your guide, methodically deconstruct arguments that are presented, both by Chabris and Simons, and the most popular comments. 

Drawing on your understanding of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos, analyze the argument presented by Chabris and Simons: 

How do they build their case in what they see as the problems of relying on ones memory? 

Do they play on the emotions of their audience or do they rely more heavily on facts and studies? 

What is their tone as authors? Reflect on why the top three comments were found to be convincing by so many other readers. What techniques using logos, ethos and pathos did they use to make their points so effectively?

Question: Given the conditions his mother and siblings will have to endure and given his own needs and rights as an individual, do you feel that it is morally correct for Johnny to leave his family at the end of The Apostate?

The Apostate by Jack London:

http://london.sonoma.edu/writings/godlaughs/apostate.html

Reflect on what you have learned about critical reading and analysis. 

• What was the biggest challenge for you in this course? How did you overcome this challenge?
• Will what you have learned in this course change how you read? Why or why not?

answer should be 160 words or more 

To Complete: 

• Watch Biases powerpoint( it’s on the Drag & Drop file to upload Box)
• Read But I Didn’t Mean It (Links to an external site.) article: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/psysociety/e2809cbut-i-didne28099t-mean-ite2809d-why-ite28099s-so-hard-to-prioritize-impacts-over-intents/

After watching the Biases PPT and reading “But I Didn’t Mean It,” please post to this discussion board

Consider the following guiding questions for your post.

• Do you have to mean to be racist in order to be racist? 
• What does unintentional bias look like? 
• How have you experienced bias? Were the perpetrators intentional? Did it matter?
• How has intersectionality affected bias in your own life?
• What is the relationship between a single sexist act, and Sexism (little “s” sexism vs. capital “S” Sexism). 
• What can you do to combat bias in your own life? 

• Assignment List
• Week 7: Analysis Paper

Week 7: Analysis Paper

DUE: Jan 19, 2020 11:55 PM

Grade Details

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Assignment Details

Open DateDec 2, 2019 12:05 AMGraded?YesPoints Possible100.0Resubmissions Allowed?NoAttachments checked for originality?Yes

Assignment Instructions

Instructions:

Be sure to read the required reading for this week as it will help guide you through the process of analyzing a problem.  It is by Catherine Savini and is linked here as well as in the lessons Reading and Resources section.  Looking for Trouble: Finding Your Way into a Writing Assignment

Problems are an expected part of life, and our ability to deal with them can help determine our personal and professional success, according to Catherine Savini.  As you read her work, you see that problems are also good for writing students, as they can motivate good papers and help students formulate a strong thesis statement or argument.  Savini also notes that Theses do not fall from the sky. Finding a rich problem can be a big step in the direction of developing a compelling thesis. (56). 

Looking at problems, then, is what you will do in this assignment. This analysis project requires you to tackle a problem within your field of study by first exploring and then recommending practical solutions to solve the problem.  Savini provides some great steps to take in working with problems:

1. Noticing; 

2. Articulating a problem and its details; 

3. Posing fruitful questions; 

4. Identifying what is at stake.

Review the piece to see how these steps can help you with your problem analysis paper. 

Example: 

Noticing: A company faces a growing number of insurance claims from employees complaining of eye strain.

Articulating a problem and its details: The company recognizes the potential impacts from not acting, including the workers compensation claims, lowered productivity, and impacts on employee morale. 

Posing fruitful questions:

• To what degree is the lighting affecting employees?
• Is the lighting the problem, or is the eye strain restricted to workers on a certain floor or area of the office building?
• Could there be external factors affecting eye strain such as late nights at the office working on their projects?

Identifying what is at stake: The company recognizes that insurance claims can result in increased premiums; that lowered productivity can impact profits; and that lowered employee morale can impact productivity, quality, and retention. 

After deciding on the problem you wish to tackle, begin building questions about it. You will find three attachments here to provide additional help in building your questions. Your goal for the analysis is to answer the questions through your sources. Finding multiple angles and perspectives is ideal so that you explore those possibilities in the final paper before settling on your recommendation.  Be sure to identify what is at stake here. 

Part of the recommendation should include the counterargument and rebuttal to demonstrate youve considered the limitations and concerns of your solution and can still defend the recommendation regardless of potential weaknesses. Help the doubters understand that this really is the most feasible, objective, and sustainable solution.

• PURPOSE:   To analyze a problem
• AUDIENCE:   Classmates, others interested in the field
• LENGTH:   1,000 words (Times New Roman font). Exceeding the word count is not a good thing.
• SOURCES:   5 (five) sources total, with at least 1 (one) from a professional journal in the APUS Library (peer-reviewed)
• FORMAT:   The citation style that is appropriate for your discipline
• DUE:   SUNDAY 11:55 pm EST of Week 7
• SUBMIT:   In ASSIGNMENTS submit your essay by uploading your Word file

Use only third person (he/she/they) for a more professional tone. Avoid first person (I, my, us, we) and second person (you and your) in your essay.

**Remember that all work submitted is to be your own original work except where properly acknowledged and cited. Do not reuse work, papers, or speeches from previous (or concurrent) classes as this violates APUS academic integrity policies. (Make sure to note the section on self-plagiarism.) **

This is the fourth (of five) Critical Thinking Posts for the course. It must be posted on Canvas by 8pm on Tuesday, January 14th, 2020.

Remember, this is an opportunity for you to take a position on a media and culture issue using your informed opinion by the theory and concepts you are learning about in this course.

Your answer must be a balance between what you think with what you have read, watched, listened to (provided by Dr. Dorsey-Elson), heard stated during a relevant mini-lecture AND/OR information you attained from a credible source (which you must state so that Dr. Dorsey-Elson can verify its validity).

Your critical thinking writing post is completed correctly when you respond directly to the questions that Dr. Dorsey-Elson posts and you use complete sentences that are proofread for grammatical errors. Late critical thought posts will NOT be graded.

Please write a 12 to 15 sentence response to the following multi-part question:

Have your radio listening habits changed over your life thus far? How do you think personal music players such as the iPod and music streaming apps like iHeart Radio changed radio formats and usage?

Imagine you work for a correctional facility and have been tasked with creating a handbook with detailed strategies for managing special issues involved with sex offenders in a jail, prison, or inpatient treatment setting.

Create a 1,400- to 1,750-word handbook that details strategies for dealing with 5 of the 7 issues listed below as they pertain to the management of sex offenders in your chosen setting:

• Preventing sexual assault
• Psychotherapeutic treatment options
• Placing victims in separate housing
• Safety concerns
• Furlough programs
• Screening and classification procedures
• Undiagnosed sex offenders
• Strategies for dealing with resistance to treatment
• Inmates who become sex offenders after being incarcerated
• Effect of incarceration on the offenders after their release
• Reintegrating sex offenders into the community