Category: Humanities : Writing

For this assignment, you are required to submit one document which includes:
▪ an academic integrity statement after the heading (The heading includes your name, professor’s name, course and section number and date of submission) 
▪ a writing log after the academic integrity statement 
▪ the title of your essay 
▪ opening paragraphs (introduction paragraphs) if you want. I say this because some writers prefer to beginning from the introductory paragraphs. Other writers prefer to begin with the body paragraphs and then they draft the opening paragraphs. Do what best helps you to create a strong essay.
▪ the thesis statement at the end of the opening paragraph if you submit your opening paragraph. If you have no opening paragraph, please at least submit a thesis statement at the beginning of your essay. Write down Thesis Statement and this will let me know this is the possible main idea you are working towards.
▪ as many body paragraphs as you wish to write. Or, your draft can just be body paragraphs only. I fully understand writers oftentimes will want to just begin with the body paragraphs.
▪ the word count stated at the beginning of the essay. The word count should not include the heading or works cited page. 
▪ a works cited page on a separate page
▪ a general outline on a separate page
From the short stories listed below, choose the one that speaks to you the most, read it and annotate it. Share your thoughts about its deeper meaning. 
“A Hedge of Rosemary” by Elizabeth Jolley (http://seas3.elte.hu/coursematerial/GallCecilia/jolley.pdf)
Pages 14 to 18
“The Chair” by Yusef Idris (https://www.scribd.com/document/146274257/The-Chair-Carrier)
 
La Pulchra Nota by Molly McNett (https://imagejournal.org/article/la-pulchra-nota/)
 

Magazines and newspapers are filled with profiles.  Unlike conventional news stories, which report current events, profiles tell about people, places, and activities.  Some profiles take us behind the scenes of familiar places, giving us a glimpse of their inner workings.  Others introduce us to the exotic—peculiar hobbies, unusual professions, bizarre personalities.  Still others probe the social, political, and moral significance of our institutions.
A profile is a special kind of research project.  Profiles always involve visits: meeting with a person or going to a place.  Profile writers take notes from observations and interviews and may pick up reading materials at a place they are profiling.  They also conduct library research to gather information about the history and specialized aspects of a place or an activity.
Profile Essays:
Are based on a writer’s newly acquired observations.
Take readers behind the scenes of familiar places or introduce readers to unusual places and people.
Provide information while at the same time arousing readers’ curiosity.
Present scenes and people vividly and concretely through description, action, and dialogue.
Reveal an attitude toward their subjects and offer—implicitly or explicitly—an interpretation of them.
Create a dominant impression of the subject.
Topics:
Readers of profiles expect to be surprised by unusual subjects.  If the subject is familiar, they expect it to be presented from an unusual perspective.  When writing a profile, you will have an immediate advantage if your subject is a place, an activity, or a person that is likely to surprise and intrigue your readers.  Even if your subject is very familiar, however, you can still engage your readers by presenting it in a way they had never before considered.
Before you list possible subjects, consider realistically the time you have available and the amount of observing and interviewing you will be able to accomplish.  You will have about a week to plan and write up one observational visit or interview, so this should determine what kinds of subjects will be appropriate for you.  Consult with your professor if you need help defining the scope of your writing project.  When you list subjects, consider every subject you can think of, even unlikely ones.  Consider unfamiliar subjects – people, places, or activities you find fascinating or bizarre or perhaps even forbidding.  Take risks.  People like to read about the unusual.
People:
Anyone with an unusual or intriguing job or hobby – a private detective, beekeeper, classic-car owner, dog trainer
A prominent local personality – parent of the year, labor organizer, politician, consumer advocate, television or radio personality, community activist
A campus personality – ombudsman, coach, distinguished teacher
Someone recently recognized for service or achievement
Someone whose predicament symbolizes that of other people
Places:
A weight-reduction clinic, tanning salon, body-building gym, health spa, nail salon
Small-claims court, juvenile court, consumer-fraud office
A used-car lot, old movie house, used-book store, antique shop, historic site, auction hall, flower show, farmers’ market
A hospital emergency room, hospice, birthing center, psychiatric unit
A local diner; the oldest, biggest, or quickest restaurant in town; a coffeehouse
The campus radio station, computer center, agricultural research facility, student center, faculty club, museum, newspaper office, health center
A book, newspaper, or magazine publisher; florist shop, nursery, or greenhouse; pawnshop; boatyard; automobile restorer or wrecking yard
A recycling center; fire station; airport control tower; theater, opera, or symphony office; refugee center; orphanage; convent or monastery
Activities:
A citizens’ volunteer program – voter registration, public television auction, meals-on-wheels project, tutoring program
An unconventional sports event – marathon, Frisbee tournament, chess match, Special Olympics
Folk dancing, rollerblading, rock climbing, poetry reading
Assignment:
Write an essay of 2-3 pages (Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spaced, 1 inch margins on all sides) about an intriguing person, place, or event/activity in your community.  Choose one of the two following options: (1) a brief profile of an event, a place, or an activity observed once or twice; or (2) a brief profile of an individual based on one or two interviews.  (There are longer, more fully developed profiles, but these are based on several observational visits and interviews.)  Observe your subject closely, and then present what you have learned in a way that both informs and engages readers.  One restriction: you cannot choose to profile a family member.
Utilize a minimum of 1 credible background research sources and additional primary interviews and/or observations. Include correct MLA 8 format, not only for your headings, but for your in-text parenthetical citations and for a well-developed Works Cited page.

Arizona’s Senate has casted a ballot to rescind a 1864 regulation restricting early termination, the last significant push in the leftist drove work to eradicate the law from state books.
Two conservatives joined Senate liberals to help the nullification bill, which barely passed the House a week ago.
Lead representative Katie Hobbs, a leftist, hailed the outcome and is expected to formalize the expulsion of the law.
The pre-statehood regulation bars early termination from the snapshot of origination, without any exemptions for assault or interbreeding.
It was resuscitated last month after Arizona’s top court governed the boycott could be implemented following the US High Court’s inversion of Roe v Swim in June 2022, a milestone administering which repealed the cross country right to abortionThe choice released a commotion the nation over, where citizens comprehensively support early termination access and electrifies endeavors to put a fetus removal question on the polling form in November, which would extend freedoms in the state.
Furthermore, for conservatives gazing intently at harvest time decisions, the boycott represented a significant political quandary, with officials got between the party’s moderate base and more moderate swing electors who criticized the pre-Nationwide conflict bill as draconian.
A few driving conservatives including previous President Donald Trump and previous Arizona Lead representative Doug Ducey, limited any association with the law, proposing it was in conflict with the state’s electors.
The nullification bill was passed 16-14 on Wednesday after two Conservatives, Shawnna Bolick and TJ Shope broke positions with their party, casting a ballot yes on the one-line repeal bill.
Both were condemned by their partners, who portrayed their votes as a treachery of “supportive of life” values.”The exemplification of fancy is saying I’m favorable to life yet casting a ballot to nullify an early termination boycott,” said Representative Anthony Kern, who referred to the 1864 regulation as “the best fetus removal boycott in the country”.
Casting a ballot to rescind is “deciding in favor of death”, he said. Mr Kern was one of the phony voters prosecuted last week for his job in a supposed plan to upset the 2020 political race for Donald Trump.
Making sense of her vote, Ms Bolick related her experience getting an early termination during an unviable pregnancy – a choice, she said, that might have been inaccessible under the 1864 regulation, which incorporates exemptions for the existence of the mother.
The early termination “was extremely intense”, she said. “Could Arizona’s pre-Roe regulation have permitted me to have this operation, despite the fact that at the time my life wasn’t in harm’s way?”
Public enemy of early termination activists, as well, denounced the two lawmakers, condemning what they depicted as political cynicism”This outline of flightiness and weakness will be copied the country over by other shrewd conservatives who happily wear the supportive of life cape for giver dollars however betray the development when now is the right time to act,” said Chanel Prunier, VP of political undertakings for against fetus removal bunch Understudies for Life Activity.
In the event that the nullification is endorsed by Lead representative Hobbs, fetus removals in Arizona will be administered by 2022 regulation, which restricts early terminations following 15 weeks of pregnancy with exemptions just in instances of health related crisis. There are no exemptions for assault or interbreeding.
Notwithstanding, that could change in November when Arizonans are supposed to decide on a polling form question that would safeguard early termination access until 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Comparable voting form drives in conservative controlled states since Roe was toppled have all conveyed wins for the favorable to decision development.

Please read attachment reading and watch two videos linked:

Conflict narratives are created to explain events and actions that give meaning to their participation in a dispute. Narratives can limit perception because they guide people’s consciousness in a certain direction. People experience conflict in behavioral, emotional, and cognitive dimensions. These dynamics are fueled by powerful narratives with the prevailing idea that ending a conflict is the goal. Otherwise, it’s a stalemate, impasse or deadlock. The challenge is to expand the conflict narrative to draw new, more expansive conclusions about stakeholders’ interactions with each other. Reframing the narrative is key to expanding perceptions, and coupled with resources and support systems, can forge a new way forward. 
Answer the following:
What are conflict narratives of participants in a dispute you’ve been a part of either as one of the disputants or a mediator/facilitator trying to resolve it? 
What are some approaches to the rhythms of engagement and managing emotions that you can use to move a conflict to resolution? 

Write an essay about the Coatesville area school district and how they would benefit or not benefit from privatized funding.  Include The number of initiatives, such as the creation of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) with precise measurements and stakeholder participation, Community Investment Programs (CIPs) with transparent funding distribution, Business Advisory Boards (BABs) that take advantage of corporate knowledge, and Corporate Participation in Sponsorship and Social Responsibility programs (CPSSRs) are detailed therein.
Potential sources to use:
[1] “Charter School Funding.” Department of Education, © 2023 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 2023, www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Charter%20Schools/Pages/Charter-School-Funding.aspx.
[2] MARCELLA PEYRE-FERRY for LNP | LancasterOnline. “Coatesville Schools Face $2m Budget Gap.” LancasterOnline, © 2023 LNP Media Group, Inc., 13 Mar. 2021, lancasteronline.com/news/regional/coatesville-schools-face-2m-budget-gap/article_9e48290c-83aa-11eb-a42c-0755d113d39f.html.
[3] “Office of Non-Public Education Frequently Asked Questions – General …” Office of Non-Public Education, Office of Non-Public Education, Aug. 2019, www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/non-public-education/files/onpe-faqs-aug2019.pdf.
[4] Haggarty, Dr. Patrick. “5 Private School Federal Aid Myths Debunked.” FACTS Management, © 2023 FACTS, 5 June 2022, factsmgt.com/blog/5-private-school-federal-aid-myths-debunked/.
[5] Schultz, Marc Levy And Brooke, and Seth Kaplan. “Shapiro Backs off $100M Private Schools Program in Pennsylvania Budget Stalemate.” ABC27, ABC27, 5 July 2023, www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/shapiro-backs-off-100m-private-schools-program-in-pennsylvania-budget-stalemate/.
[6] Smith, Lindsay. “These Are the 10 Richest Counties in Pennsylvania, Study Says. How Centre County Fared.” Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo!, 20 June 2023, finance.yahoo.com/news/10-richest-counties-pennsylvania-study-160331333.html.
[7] “Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Coatesville Area SD.” National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a Part of the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Dept. of Education, nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&ID2=4206240&DistrictID=4206240&details=4. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
[8] Re-Structuring Pennsylvania’s School Funding Formula, PA Senate GOP, pasenategop.com/basiceducationfundingcommission/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/churchill.pdf. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
[9] Turner, Cory, et al. “Is There a Better Way to Pay for America’s Schools?” NPR, © 2023 npr, 1 May 2016, www.npr.org/2016/05/01/476224759/is-there-a-better-way-to-pay-for-americas-schools.
JurisMagazine. “Local Real Estate Based Taxes as the Primary Means of Public-School Funding: The System That Fuels Education Inequality in Pennsylvania.” Juris Magazine, © 2023 Juris Magazine, 1 June 2021, sites.law.duq.edu/juris/2021/06/01/local-real-estate-based-taxes-as-the-primary-means-of-public-school-funding-the-system-that-fuels-education-inequality-in-pennsylvania/.

Please read “Organizational – Diversity at Coca Cola” and the three Powerpoints attached on what each term is. Then read “Instructions + Rubric” for instructions. The “Conflict Map Outline” + “Stakeholder Analysis” is a rough example of the work how it should be done. But do use the “Conflict Map.jpeg” for your Conflict Map outline and “Strange Loop + Conflict Tree” for your stakeholder analysis outline. You do not need to make any new maps just have to write about based on the Conflict Map, Strange Loop and Conflict Tree attached. You DO NOT need to cite any sources from any attached but please find new sources for the proposed data sources for your proposal.

Reflect on the results of your EQi report. How has it impacted you personally.  What feelings does it surface? How does this manifest itself in your personal and professional life? You will be evaluated on three criteria: Key elements clearly stated and comprehensive. Connections to personal/professional experiences noted and briefly explained. Applications to negotiation and mediation noted and discussed. PLEASE also use ‘specific quotes’ from your personalized report to get full credit. NO NEED TO CITE.

Write about events that set it apart from other vacations. Include descriptive details in explanation of events

Please watch the film “The Battle of Algiers 1966” linked here: https://archive.org/details/TheBattleOfAlgiers1966, read the attachment reading chapter six: Power and Conflict as well as the powerpoint. Apply the power theories from the readings/powerpoint. Please do not apply a simple construct (power, justice, cooperation, etc.) for your analysis, but rather employ a theoretical model (power-dependence theory, relative deprivation theory, social interdependence theory, dynamical systems theory, etc.)

Please read the instructions&rubric attachment for instructions, PLEASE also read the powerpoints and select some topics to talk about. Do dedicate some parts to talk about the ICS inventory(my personal result was in the “Discussion” category) and talk about the pros/cons for that, also talk about the role play negotiations, especially about preparation as mentioned in the powerpoints as well. Then finally the readings(Stuart Diamond and Roy Lewicki) select a few chapters to read and talk about them as instructed, and PLEASE be specific when talking about the readings as well. Thank you.