Category: English

This is the third (of five) Critical Thinking Posts for the course. It must be posted on Canvas by 8pm on Friday, January 10th, 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:

What are your current online music listening habits? Do you use platforms like Spotify, Soundcloud, or Pandora? How often do you use these types of sites for music? Are they changing your music taste? Introducing you to new genres? New cultures?

 

In a minimum 250 words, write a paragraph that answers the following questions:

What does the word “literacy” mean to you?

How does Gee define discourse?

What is a discourse “identity kit”?

Why does Gee believe that discourses are “inherently ideological”?

Do you agree with him? Disagree? Both? Why? (Use examples and explain)

 

Proposal for Social Change Assignment    (See Calendar for Draft Due Dates)

Writing for Social Change is based on the longstanding tradition in Western culture of using 

literature as a tool for social critique, as a means of calling for social change and justice, and as a 

tool for social transformation (hecua.org). We have already read examples of calls for large 

scale change (The Declaration of Independence).

The goal of this research-based persuasive proposal is to help you identify one specific, concrete 

area of personal interest (and narrow a topic), develop your skills as a writer and encourage you 

to share your voice and participate in a democratic society by examining the role of literature and 

literary production in creating social transformation.

Objective: Write a 4-5 page proposal for social change using MLA documentation. 

Narrow the topic (propose a specific change in your neighborhood, community, school and/or 

workplace). Be specific in your problem statement (thesis). Write as much as you can from your 

own knowledge and experience. Then, use research to support your ideas. Include a personal 

interview and a local news article.  You will need to paraphrase from outside sources which 

support your own ideas. Quote any exact phrases or sentences you utilize in your paper. Make 

sure to add in-text citations after any ideas you have brought into your paper from outside 

sources. Read the section on plagiarism in the syllabus. This will emphasize the importance of 

documenting information.

Format:  Fit your proposal in this outline, so you can visually see how the components fit 

together and help you trim your paper. Break your paper into the following sections:

Background

Problem Statement (thesis)

What is Being Done

What Needs to Be Done

Implications for the Future

http://http/virginialynne.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Write-a-Propose-a-Solution-Essay

Thesis and Topic:   

Businesses located within the Houston Medical Center should cover the cost of parking for their employees because employees lose part of their salary when paying for parking and some employees struggle with being able to afford rising parking costs. 

* Example paper attached 

In a minimum 250 words, write a paragraph that answers the following questions:

What does the word “literacy” mean to you?

How does Gee define discourse?

What is a discourse “identity kit”?

Why does Gee believe that discourses are “inherently ideological”?

Do you agree with him? Disagree? Both? Why? (Use examples and explain)

The Social-Ecological Model (SEM) has been used to explain/predict behavior from an ecological perspective. The focus of the SEM is to describe how specific levels of influence, as well as internal and external factors, interact to impact and shape health behavior. Using the levels of intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, community, and societal factors, you will be asked to apply the SEM to a specific health topic. While the topic will be assigned by your Instructor, you will select a target group to focus on.

****For the MOD 4 Assignment, you will choose a TARGET, and I will provide the TOPIC. The TOPIC for this Assignment is “malaria.” The target can be any population you choose, just address the topic of malaria with whatever target population you choose.****

To prepare:

• Review the topic assigned to you by your Instructor.
• Download the Target Population document from your Learning Resources and select one target population to focus on.
• Review the Module 4 Resources.

Submit a 3- to 4-page paper (not including title page and references) that includes the following:

• Title page
• Social-Ecological Model
  • In your own words, provide a brief description of the Social-Ecological Model.
• Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Levels
  • Describe how the intrapersonal and interpersonal levels can/do influence the assigned health topic and how these levels pertain to your selected target group. Be specific and provide examples.
• Institutional, Community, and Societal Levels
  • Describe how the institutional, community, and societal levels can/do impact the assigned health topic and how these levels pertain to your selected target group. Be specific and provide examples.
• Challenges to Achieving Health Equity
  • Describe how structural bias, social inequities, and racism can create challenges to achieving health equity for your specific targeted group for your assigned health topic.
• Summary of the Application of SEM
  • Summarize the application of the SEM to your selected target group and assigned health topic.
• Reference List
  • Include a reference list using APA format.

Can you please specifically identify what the target is that is chosen in accordance to the topic. I have attached a rubric to specifically follow . Thank you!

Review:  Chapters 13, 14, 15,  attached, as well as the  article and the  web page. You will also utilize Appendices 13A, 13B, 13C, and 33A attached as well as the B from Dr. Smith and Dr. Browns Financial Statements.

Write Part 1: Open the Financial and Operating Ratios Assignment template attachment. You will be responsible for entering your responses directly into the template provided. You will need to ensure that your responses are thorough, examples are given where indicated, and references are listed in APA format in the space provided within the template. In the assignment template provided, directions to complete Parts 1 through 5 is below:

Part 1: Calculations of Financial Ratios

 Calculate the financial ratios for Dr. Smith and Browns physician practice to analyze the financial viability of the organization.

 Identify the type of ratio for each of the following:

o  Current ratio

o  Quick ratio

o  Debt Service Coverage ratio (DSCR)

o  Operating Margin

o  Return on Total Assets (ROTA)

Part 2: Type of Ratios

 Define the type of ratios used in determining the financial viability of an organization.

o  Liquidity

o  Solvency

o  Profitability

Part 3: Operating Ratios

 Define the financial ratios utilized to determine the financial status of Dr. Smith and Browns physician practice.

 Compare the results in Part 1 with the median to determine the value associated with the financial ratio.

 Analyze the results calculated in Part 1 and explain what the calculated result tells you about the financial health of Dr. Smith and Dr. Browns physician practice

Part 4: Capital Budgeting Expenditures Time Value of Money Calculations 

 Calculate each of the operational ratios for Dr. Smith and Dr. Browns physician practice.

o  Present Value

o  Internal Rate of Return

o  Pay Back Period

Part 5: Evaluation of Capital Expenditures

 Define the time value of money

 Provide a real-world example for the time value of money

 Explain why time is an important factor when considering a capital expenditure.

Write Part 2: After review of the and ratios, analyze the feasibility that the Capital Expenditure listed above would benefit Dr. Smith and Dr. Browns practice. 

1. Explain your rationale on whether you would recommend the purchase of the capital expenditures identified. 

2.Include any positive or negative aspects of regulatory or government mandates that were considered in making the decision to purchase the capital expenditures.

Due 1.10.20 @ 9am eastern time w /plag report.  Use the attachments and use your own words!

 

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 1 of your course text and explore the web page.

Mental health professionals are a diverse group and range greatly in their scope and depth of practice. In terms of doctorly prepared practitioners you will often find yourself working with psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, and neuropsychologists. Using websites such as , explore these careers and what roles these professionals play. Then consider the three cases below and imagine you are the case worker for each instance. Your job is to refer the patient to one (and only one) of the professionals (i.e., psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist, or neuropsychologist) who is the best choice to evaluate and manage the case.

• Case 1 (Gary). Gary is a 23-year-old male who just last year enrolled in community college and who came to the attention of his professors when his grades started to drop. When asked what was going on he stated that there were people watching him all the time making it hard for him to sleep and therefore to study.
• Case 2 (Connie). Connie is a 40-year-old mother of three and has been employed at a local warehouse for the last many years. She is well liked and gets great job performance reviews. Recently she has shown instances of being late, her work has declined, and she has been seen crying when off alone. She states she is upset over her children leaving for college and her husband not giving her much attention.
• Case 3 (James). James is a 30-year-old semipro ball player. He was, until recently, moving up in his career and was getting a lot of attention from scouts. However, just in the last few weeks his pitching started to suffer, he became irritable over nearly everything, and was just found slumped over the steering wheel of his car that had rolled into another parking space. He was uninjured but seemed very confused.

In your initial post,

• Determine which one (and only one) of the professionals (i.e., psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist, or neuropsychologist) is the best choice to evaluate and manage each case.
  • Who do you pick?
  • Why?
  • Why not one of the other practitioners?

 

Concerning issues in mental health, select one or more items below and, using your own words, discuss with the class: 

• What is the importance of prevention in mental health care?
•  What is the status and contemporary issues of inpatient mental health treatment?
•  What are the controversial legal issues involving the mentally ill?
•  What national and international organizations promote efforts for mental health?
•  What are the challenges for the future of abnormal psychology?

  

Watch: in Week 5’s activities.

Discuss your personal thoughts on the video.

What is the most important thing that you have learned from this class about working with sex offenders?

Communication is used to inform, to persuade and to analyze. In this assignment, you will persuade the reader of your point of view by supporting a thesis with objective facts and credible evidence.

In the week 2 forum, you selected your topic for this paper. You will take a stance on this issue and support your stance with credible evidence in your body paragraphs.

For this assignment, you have traditional and creative options. Choose what will challenge your writing and what would be appropriate for your topic and field:

• Traditional 5 paragraph essay with 1 paragraph introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and 1 paragraph conclusion.
• Op-ed newspaper article.
• Blog post.
• Letter/proposal to stakeholders.
• Press release.
• Letter to the editor.
• Presidential address.
• Election speech (written only).
• Application for a position related to the topic.
• Defense attorneys opening statement.
• Case brief.
• Advocacy statement.
• Call to action paper.

Guidelines:

In order to persuade the audience to accept the position you are advocating in this paper, you will use different kinds of appeals:

• ethos (which involves the credibility of the speaker, writer, or authority being cited);
• logos (which involves facts, statistics, and logic); and
• pathos (which involves emotions).

A good persuasive argument uses credible sources, objective evidence, and emotional hooks to make use of logos, ethos, and pathos respectively.

Be sure your thesis statement is very clear.  It should be a single complete sentence, including both a subject and a predicate, that combine to make claim. Example: The USA should be more competitive in establishing a presence on Mars.  

Your introduction paragraph should include a hook to grab the reader’s attention.  The thesis statement is typically seen in the first paragraph. Your body paragraphs will support the thesis. You should use credible sources and cite them according to the style of your discipline. Your conclusion should reiterate the strongest points from your paper and give the audience something to consider, moving forward.

Requirements:

• PURPOSE:   To persuade
• AUDIENCE:   The applicable audience for the type of document you’ve chosen to write.
• LENGTH:   500 – 750 words (Times New Roman font)
• SOURCES:   A minimum of 3 with at least 1 from the library, and at least 1 from a professional journal or organization
• FORMAT:   The citation style that is appropriate for your discipline
• DUE:   SUNDAY 11:55 pm EST of Week 5
• 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.) **