Category: Economy

Ending to Rooster’s episode

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Please Read: http://theessayexperiencefall2013.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2013/09/Me-Talk-Pretty-One-Day-by-David-Sedaris.pdf

Respond to the following questions by Friday night. Aim to offer at least 200 words, altogether, in your response.

1. Sedaris describes how he felt his identity was being challenged by his speech therapy. Have you or someone you know ever had a similar experience and been treated like an outsider by an institution? How is this different than when an individual discriminates against someone?

2. Much of Sedaris’ comedy centers on how he says something. Describe something in a serious tone and then describe it in a humorous tone. How do your two descriptions differ?

3. Sedaris’ comedy also relies on how his perspective now is different than his perspective in the past. How would you describe the differences between Sedaris as a young man and at the time he wrote this book?

4. How does the ending to Rooster’s episode lead you to reexamine his extremely foul language?

Economics

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An important law in economics is the “Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility”. Discuss what this law is and provide an example of diminishing marginal utility you’ve encountered recently.

 

Analyzing Free Speech

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In the second discussion of this module we will have an in-depth discussion regarding the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and explore its boundaries.

To help you formulate an answer, be sure to review the Exploration for this module and Chapters 4 and 5 of your e-text.

Outcomes 1,2

Instructions
Consider the following: Students are usually in some agreement with respect to which rights and liberties are the most important to Americans. Free speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition are often mentioned as important rights in our country. Without these rights via the First Amendment, democracy in the United States would be much different. However, do some protections of our rights go too far? Groups that advocate hate and segregation are afforded the same constitutional protections as any other group in the US. That is, groups such as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) or Aryan Nations or Neo-Nazi groups currently have the same right to free speech as any other group in the country. This is what some refer to as the “Yuck Factor,” or more specifically, the idea that we must accept the “yucky” elements of society in order for all of us to enjoy these same rights and liberties. That is, if we want free speech, then these various hate groups also get free speech.
Please respond to the following questions completely: What are your thoughts with respect to suggestions that the government should control these hate groups when the message they preach is clearly not a benefit to overall society? Should our government have the right to control hate groups and their hurtful messages? Why or why not? Explain your response fully.

Countries in Africa and Europe in adopting mobile payments technology

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The United States and Latin America have been far slower than countries in Africa and Europe in adopting mobile payments technology. Why is this the case?

15-9. Further economic liberalization in Africa depends, in part, on government leaders overcoming suspicious that foreign companies want to exploit Africa. How quickly is this likely to happen?

15-10. If marketers ”think local and act local”, what are some of the new products and services that are likely to emerge from Africa in the next few years?

 

Case Study: Frederick is a student at Central Fictional State University (CFSU)

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Case Study: Frederick is a student at Central Fictional State University (CFSU), and he has a great idea for a new business invention. Frederick’s invention and the business that he plans to found based on it will absolutely revolutionize the market and will make him very rich. He decides to share his idea with a few trusted professors, and he even uses the idea in a research project for one of his classes.

While Frederick is at home over summer break, he discovers, much to his dismay, that his professors have stolen his idea and have opened a business marketing his new invention. Frederick immediately seeks the advice of the local lawyer who has a reputation for being a “scorched-earth” litigator. He advises Frederick that he should sue “those professors for everything they’ve got.” Frederick, however, is not sure if he should file an aggressive lawsuit, or if there is a better way to proceed.

Frederick knows that your business recently completed mediation to settle a lawsuit filed by one of your suppliers. He comes to you for advice on how to proceed. What is your answer to Frederick? In your response, consider whether the decision to file suit or to proceed through some form of alternative dispute resolution is affected by the previous relationship with the professors (can/should you sue a friend, how will the decision impact an ongoing relationship, etc.). Also, what role could Frederick’s faith play in his decision?

 

Group pressure as explained by Solomon Asch

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In a paragraph, describe a specific example of group pressure as explained by Solomon Asch that you have witnessed in your personal or professional life.

Explain what factors contributed to this example of group pressure and how the outcome may have been different had group pressure not occurred.

In another paragraph, connect your response to at least one other concept we have explored this week (such as in-groups and out-groups, roles, or social institutions).

The Presidents 2021 Budget Proposal for Education

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After reviewing The Presidents 2021 Budget Proposal for Education that includes $66.0 billion in new discretionary Budget Authority for the Department of Education, a $2 billion increase above the fiscal year 2020 appropriation address these issues.

Explain how federal money will affect public education, states, districts, schools, programs, and individual students.
Analyze this budget request with regards to equity for all students/programs as-well-as equity for taxpayers.

 

The process of industrialization changed the nature of work

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The process of industrialization changed the nature of work, working conditions, and the composition of America’s workforce. We analyze labor’s struggle to organize, management’s fierce resistance to their efforts, and the status of the American worker by the end of the nineteenth century.

– Watch the video about “Labor ‘struggle” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G1M4LHDNkk&t=136s

Questions:

Why this specific lesson is of the most important to teach a class about American History in the second half of the Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century?

Why do you believe this is the most critical information for students to learn?