For your first summary you should summarize pages 15-23 in Pond Life (“Temperature Layering” through “Food Pyramids”). In writing your summaries cultivate an impersonal tone; avoid all personal pronouns and personal opinions; just give the facts and most important claims. The only quotations you may use are words and phrases that are “terms of art,” that is, words or phrases that would be difficult to […]

For homework, I’d like you to consider the topic of education and its purpose, which we discussed in class. What do you feel is the purpose of education? David Foster Wallace spends a lot of time discussing critical thinking and applying it beyond the classroom to everyday experience. Do you agree with his idea of a liberal arts education that allows people to better handle […]

Write an analysis of The Hunger Games using the whole text, and two other sources. These can be from any of the essays in 75 readings Plus, a magazine article, a newspaper, any of the handouts we’ve read in class, other books you’ve read, movies you have seen, and/or the experience of someone you know.  You might consider some of the important elements of your […]

Chapter 6 explores the role of symbols in conveying literary themes. Themes are abundant in literary works (though they are at some times more obvious than at others). Select oneshort story from the reading assignments (from either Week One or Week Two) to examine more closely in relation to symbolism. Consider the story’s overall theme(s) and use of images as well as how these two relate to one […]

Using Rogerian Approach <———- VERY Important Think of a common problem or an issue that happens in the workplace, school, gym, or elsewhere. For example, people smoking in restaurants. Assume one side of the problem or issue and write a professional e-mail, memo, business letter, or report to persons involved on the other side. Use the Rogerian approach to create a middle ground and then suggest […]

please read pages 692-716 (Case 14) of the course textbook Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations. In these pages, the Jefferson Hospital System (JHS) is described. JHS consists of a full-service, acute-care hospital (Cooper Green Hospital), specialty outpatient clinics (Jefferson Outpatient Care), and six satellite, primary care clinics (the Community Care Plan). With these components, JHS provides a full spectrum of medical care and a choice […]

Instructions: Please prepare a 5-7 page Essay on a current HOT TOPIC in one of the hospitality management segments.  First, choose the segment of the Hospitality Industry that interests you the most:  Foodservice, Lodging, Travel & Tourism.  NEXT, choose an industry hot topic or current issue that is affecting that industry, specifically. Explain how this issue became a hot button issue for the industry. Describe […]

Women never stepped foot or acted on the stage until the 17th Century, during England’s Restoration Period (though women had begun acting on French and Spanish stages earlier than that).  A large part of that is due to the public impression acting had.  Regardless of the gender, acting was often seen as an immoral profession for people.  Actors were often categorized as thieves, prostitutes or […]

Write a ten-page paper, in which you compare and contrast two literary works from this course that share the same theme (using the “Themes & Corresponding Works” list, below, as a guide).   The paper should be organized around your thesis (argument), which is the main point of the entire essay. When developing a thesis for a comparative paper, consider how a comparison of the works provides […]

Choose one (1) of the essay prompts listed below. Using MLA style, write a 3 – 4 page short-essay response. Use the texts as support and work on your own.  Be sure that you have a solid, defendable thesis statement toward the end of the introduction, which can be brief. Have a strong, analytic topic sentence that furthers your argument for each paragraph and avoid any sentence-level […]