American Dream

The author's dream is to one day become president. I think rising out of his southern heritage that he felt was holding him down and meeting the standards of first-class America are also dreams that come with.

Moving Beyond White Guilt

White guilt is a very relevant problem today and we must be able to overcome it. Moving beyond white guilt is not to hard for us to do, but it takes time and a set of steps to do so.

The first step to moving beyond white guilt is to get information. Gathering various information on white guilt for ourselves and getting it out to others will increase the awareness of white guilt and bring up a need to end white guilt entirely. Getting information is a very important step in this process.

Doing something is the next step to moving beyond white guilt. Doing something can range from posting signs to raise awareness to speaking at a town meeting to bring address the problem. Whatever it is that you do, doing something is also an important step in the process of moving beyond white guilt.

The next step is to listen. Listen to what others have to say about the situation, listen to what people on your side and people on the opposing side have to say and take it all in. This will allow you to analyze the entire situation and figure out a successful solution.

After listening, the next step in the process of moving beyond white guilt is to talk. Talk about what you know about the situation and what you want to know. Tell other what is going on and ask them their point of view on the subject. Ask questions and start discussions, talking will allow you to tackle this white guilt problem and end it for good.

The next step is to look at the past and to find your heroes/ sheroes. Looking into the past to learn about the history of the subject, what was done about it, who was involved will give us much more knowledge so the we can be more informed on the subject. Looking at the past will also provide us with successful solutions and unsuccessful ones as well. While looking at the past, one must also recognize the heroes and/ or sheroes of the past that were involved. These figures can show us great hope and determination in order to move beyond white quilt.

Moving beyond white guilt is not going to happen overnight, but with time and these steps,white guilt will not be a factor in the future

In class paraphrasing

Students regularly use word for word quotations when skimming resources and this leads to entirely too many quotations in the final drafts of their research papers. Usually, somewhere around one tenth of a finished product paper should contain verbatim quotations as a rule of thumb. You should try to keep the level of word for word note taking to a minimum in order too keep the amount of quotations that you use in your final draft to a minimum.(Lester 1976)

Child Trafficking in Cambodia

What was gained from the research?

Suicide Among Asian Americans was the subject of the research article that my group and I covered. I gained a better knowledge of suicide among Asian Americans in general because previously I did not know anything about this subject. I gained the knowledge of why there is a high rate of suicide amongst Asian Americans and what can be done to either solve the problem or to improve it. I learned that suicide in this group is a big problem because they are minorities and are subject to a hefty amount of discrimination and racism. I also learned that we can help the situation simply by treating Asian Americans with respect in our everyday lives.

In class summary

    The excerpt from exercise 3.4 discusses whether or not popular music is really a work of art, or is it just a fad that happened in the heat of the moment. The author sees classiscal music, such as Beethoven and Mozart, undoubtedly as works of art, but he struggles to classify music from Madonna and J-Z in the same catergory. The author breaks these two types of music into the catergories of serious and pop or fad music. These two categories are then compared as to how they are analyzed socially.

Research ? and 3 key descriptors

What are the effects of adderall(ADHD Prescription Drug) on College Students= Social Action Research Question

Adderall abuse, college students and drugs, college student studying habits= 3 key descriptors

In class Research activity

What are the options for finding alternative sources of fuel?

Alternative fuels : current status, proposals for new standards, and related infrastructure issues : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 8, 2007.Detail Only Available By: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.. Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2008. v, 190 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Language: English; (AN milner.1311567)

Subjects: Alcohol as fuel -- United States; Biodiesel fuels -- United States; Coal liquefaction -- United States; Renewable energy sources -- United States; Alternative fuel vehicles -- United States

 

 

New methods of manufacturing alternative fuels from renewable feedstock sources.Detail Only Available By: Vinokurov, V. A.; Barkov, A. V.; Krasnopol’skaya, L. M.; Mortikov, E. S.. Chemistry & Technology of Fuels & Oils, Jul2010, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p75-78, 4p; DOI: 10.1007/s10553-010-0190-y; (AN 52057229)

Subjects: ALTERNATIVE fuels; CELLULOSE; SHIITAKE; BIOCHEMICAL templates; ETHANOL as fuel

 

 

Alternative Fuels and Hybrid TechnologyDetail Only Available . By: Roy MacArthur, Amy H.; Copper, Christine L.. Journal of Chemical Education, v. 86 no9 (September 2009) p. 1049-50. 2009.

Subjects: Environmental chemistry--Experiments; Chemistry--Subject matter; Renewable energy sources; Environmental technology; Hybrid fuels

 

 

Alternative Energy Sources.Full Text Available Congressional Digest, Sep2008, Vol. 87 Issue 7, p196-224, 4p; (AN 34222716)

Subjects: POWER resources; FUEL cells; BIOMASS; FOSSIL fuels; GEOTHERMAL resources; UNITED States

 

 

Alternative energy resources : the quest for sustainable energy / Paul Kruger.Detail Only Available By: Kruger, Paul. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006. xxiv, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Language: English; (AN milner.1226241)

Subjects: Renewable energy sources; Energy policy

 

 

Alternative Energy Sources.Full Text Available By: Khermouch, Gerry. Architectural Record, May2004, Vol. 192 Issue 5, p169-176, 6p, 4 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram; Reading Level (Lexile): 1110; (AN 13262018)

Subjects: NEW York (State); UNITED States; FUEL cells; ELECTRIC batteries; COMMERCIAL buildings; GREENHOUSE gases; CARBON dioxide

Free Writing Sept. 2

Should marijuana be legalized?

Should marijuana be completly legalized, or limited to medical use only?

What are the advantages of legalizing marijuana?

What are the disadvantages of legalizing marijuana?

How much will taxing marijuana help out the economy if it is legalized?

What will be the restrictions on marijuana if it is legaiized( age, places it can be used...)

Can companies that require sober workers stop their employees from using marijuana if it is legal?

How will other countries look percieve us if we legalize marijuana?

What kinds of diseases/ illnesses can marijuana help improve?

What kind of people/ careers can marijuana help improve?

Is marijuana really a "gateway drug", or does it effect other decisions at all?

Will we be able to sell our marijuana as an export to other countries?

How much marijuana will one person be allowed to have if it is legalized?

What will the consequences be if you are in violation of the legal marijuana laws?

What happens if marijuana continues to be sold on the black market even after it is legalized?

Will the legalization of marijuana lower crime rates?

Will the government be able to make more money by taxing marijuana when it is legal, or will they make more money by arresting offenders when it is illegal?

Should marijuana really be classified among drugs such as cocaine and heroin?

Exercise 1.1

Places- places to fish, the beach, the mountains, the city, outer space, a farm, the river.
Trends- bell bottom jeans, crocs, sayings/ words, ipods, iphones, ipads…
Things- chair, fan, desk, candle, poster, couch, light, book, computer
Technologies- NASA, solar energy, the internet, wind power, recycling, medicine, cars.
People- family, friends, professors, girlfriends/ boyfriends, bosses, co-workers, rock stars.
Controversies- movie stars, the government, movies, magazines, the environment.
History- wars, government, presidents, countries, people, boring, dates, memory.
Jobs- Competition, internships, full-time, part-time, money, taxes, travel, raise, fired.
Habits- Smoking, biting fingernails, using cell phones, tapping feet.
Hobbies- Hunting, fishing, frisbee golf, camping, partying, concerts, vacations.


The Environment:


How much does recycling help improve the environment?

How do we fix the oil spills the happen in our ocean’s?

How do we conserve our oil?

Can we cut down on all natural resources in order to save them?

How do we prepare for natural disasters?

Why do we make nuclear weapons when they are so devastating?

Why do we use pesticides on produce?

Why do we eat cows and chickens that are mass produced in ultimately nasty environments?

How can we help bring back endangered species?

Can fishing be regulated to enhance the fish population, or are people too greedy?

When will we ever realize what we are doing to this earth?????????