I’ve never actually met a real live humorist. Well, not in person at any rate. However, one summer, having a lot of time on my hands, I discovered unexpected treasures lurking in the local public library. Among the nuggets I unearthed in those musty stacks was a book by humorist Robert Benchley. To this day I remember one of his quips. He wrote, “There are […]

You already learned that action research is a type of inquiry used to describe professionals studying their own practice for the purpose of inspiring the change process. According to the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory as cited by (“Action Research”, n.d., para 1), “Action research is inquiry or research in the context of focused efforts to improve the quality of an organization and its performance. […]

The culminating activity for this class is to write and submit a research project. You will be working on this project all through this course building research skills and content one step at a time. To get started, please review the following list of topics and select one you might like to use as the topic of your final paper. Please keep in mind that […]

I want you to write about Freedom of speech with minimum 1500 words and minimum of 6 sources. I would like you to include a thesis statement and topic sentences in every paragraph. Also, I would like you to disguise the limits of the freedom of speech and are the people have their freedom of speech in USA, are they speaking out loud without danger. […]

In this paper, you will describe a person, object, or event using only verifiable facts, making sure to eliminate ALL words that are subjective. Subjective words are words that derive their (different) meanings, based on the experience of the perceiver. In other words, these have different definitions depending on each person you ask; e.g., honor, big, skinny, lots, delicious, bright, challenging, etc., are all subjective […]

Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jim’s annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line. In this assignment, write a one […]

On page 224, second column, last paragraph, J.A. Hobson states: “Imperialism is a depraved choice of national life, imposed by self-seeking interests which appeal to the lusts of quantitative acquisitiveness and forceful domination surviving in a nation from earlier centuries of animal struggle for existence. Its adoption as a policy implies a deliberate renunciation of that cultivation of the higher inner qualities which for a […]

In all of this week’s readings, it is made apparent that history powerfully influences both narrative events and how those events are relayed to the reader. How do historical circumstances work to shape artistic expression? In what ways are this week’s readings reflective of the historical moments and circumstances in which they were written? For example, in Azar Nafisi’s “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” how does […]

What are the three most defining moments in United States History from 1920 until the 1990s? Please keep in mind that there are no strictly “right” or “wrong” answers to this question. The purpose is to demonstrate that you can defend your choices using a clearly constructed argument and supporting evidence. Your essay must be at least 1000 words with an introduction, conclusion, and at […]

In essay form, compare and contrast the devastation of New Orleans as shown in “In the Ruins” to the setting of the valley of ashes in The Great Gatsby.  In what ways are the two settings similar?  How are they different?  What do you think the author of “In the Ruins” thinks about New Orleans as a place, and what would he think of the valley […]