For this assignment, you will create a budget for the child development center that you identified. To begin, determine the priorities of your center and program, and think about how you might allocate funds based on these goals. Is this a start-up budget (i.e., you are opening a new center), or is this an operating budget (i.e., you are the director of an already established […]

As a way of experiencing the Humanities beyond your classroom, computer, and textbook, you are asked to do a certain type of “cultural activity” that fits well with our course and then report on your experience.   Your instructor will require you to propose an activity and get instructor approval before you do it and report on it (students should look for any instructions in […]

EXERCISES FOR PART THREE I. What is wrong with the following statements? 1. Validity is when an argument is true; i.e., its premises are true and its conclusion is true. 2. An argument is valid when it is both sound and true. 3. Premises can be true or false; conclusions are sound or unsound. 4. An argument’s validity depends on the truth of its premises. […]

Jamaica Kincaid’s piece, ”Girl”, explores social and cultural influences on the development of identity through a mother’s instructions to her daughter. Write a piece like ”Girl”, providing instructions/advice for appropriate behavior in your own culture/town,etc. think about the advice that would be relevant in each of these social relationships. What are the activities that the person being spoken to will need to learn how to […]

Final Paper – THIS IS A THREE PART ASSIGNMENT PAPER – Read each numbered segment carefully for full instructions on the number of pages required for each segment – The total paper must be at LEAST seven pages in length.   YOU WILL LOSE POINTS FOR NOT FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.worth 150 points – this is where you can make us some points!  Please remember to complete ALL […]

Choose ONE of the key words below and develop an essay around the word you have chosen in relation to Coetzee’s “Disgrace”. • transition • power • gaze • redemption Your essay should convince your readers of the validity of your analysis of Coetzee’s novel. In your essay you should demonstrate how the author builds his narrative around the “key word” you have chosen (to […]

You are required to post items to the course online discussion forum that add value to the topic that is covered that week linking theory to real world examples. You will have three open discussion postings during the semester (Check syllabus calendar for when Open Discussion Postings will be due). •Find & Post (or post a link to) a concept of Rhetorical Public Address (photo, […]

 Writing Assignment #3 The Six-Source Essay: Expanded Synthesis Summary of assignment • Task: The six-source essay asks you to synthesize the arguments of six sources • Length: minimum of 1300 words. The instructor will give you comments on the first draft and let you know if you need more development beyond 1300 words. • Format: APA • Sources: a total of six sources, all of […]

dq. 1 Find an article on the Internet concerning a hazardous waste problem, challenge, or issue in business that is or should be, by your estimation, regulated by RCRA. Briefly describe the issue presented in the article and provide a link to the article. Given RCRA’s requirements, critique whether RCRA is effective in protecting human health and the environment in regulating the handling of the […]

Stories are everywhere.  they are the basis of our nightly new, our conversations at the dinner table or on the phone, and the articles we read in our local newspaper.  Children are immersed in stories just as we are, and this immersion is what helps even the very young become motivated to learn to read.  Section 7.2 of the course text discusses the importance of […]