Read the following passage:      “Rudy never talked much about his time in the Navy. He didn’t want his kids to pick up his pessimism. He’d joined up right out of high school, half excited to get out of the Chicago neighborhood he’d grown up in, half scared that he wouldn’t be coming back.…

  Theo McCracken is angry. As Personnel Manager, he has tried repeatedly to get the employees at Koller Construction Company to refrain from using the photocopy machine for personal copies, yet the copy budget, which he is in charge of monitoring, is consistently over budget by several hundred dollars. As the Assistant Personnel Manager, you…

  Select a job or internship posting from an online source or newspaper based on your current qualifications. If you’re planning on graduating this year, approach this assignment as if you have your degree. If you want to target a job in your career field but lack sufficient skills, identify an internship opportunity. Design and…

  In your Midterm Evaluation, your site supervisor provided feedback on your internship performance to-date. Your supervisor rated you on many aspects of your performance; this rating is meant to encourage growth as you move forward in this role and in your future employment  You will meet with your Career Advisor in a 1-1 appointment…

Why might musicians use their music to raise awareness and consciousness about different social issues? In your response please use at least one example (from the video, from your own community or from a different resource) in order to illustrate your points. Artists and musicians often choose to utilize public spaces.  Why might a song,…

Psychological Factors You want to create a study to examine the psychological factors affecting how teenagers in an impoverished urban area spend their time outside of school. For this assignment, you will design this study. Below is a list of each of the components on which you will be evaluated. You will be evaluated based…

Juvenile Group Home You work for the administrator in charge of juvenile corrections in your county. She is considering adding a secure group home to the juvenile system and has given you the task of researching the issue. Prepare a 3 to 4 report in a Microsoft Word document that addresses the following points and…

Questions: How would a conflict theorists explain the reasons why some populations are allowed to be more deviant and criminal than others? (think about race, ethnicity, gender, sex, etc.) How would a conflict theorist critique the fact that certain populations of color are over-represented in the US prison system? How could you apply this logic…

 After going through the presentation Tone, Style and Irony what do you think is the tone of the story Courting a Monk (pages 394-405) by Katherine Min. Your answer must be 150 words.

 Below, please find some examples of persuasive speeches. Based on your readings in the course textbook and lecture folder, state what you think of the speeches. Do you find them effective? What do you like or dislike about them? How is the speaker able to convince or persuade the audience in seeing things from his…