the themes of membership in or destruction of cultural communities

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Imagine you are hanging out with 2 or 3 especially academically-inclined friends, watching anime and talking about the themes of membership in or destruction of cultural communities.  After viewing the TV anime “Ouran High School Host Club,” the documentary about Studio Ghibli “Kingdom of Dreams and Madness” and the full-length anime film “Spirited Away,” and and reading this module’s assigned reading, discuss the ways these different anime represent community.  How do these anime *specifically* represent cultural communities?  How do these films represent violence and destruction of communities?  What overall interpretation of the future (optimistic?  pessimistic?  why?) can a thoughtful viewer generate from the endings of these films?

Feel free to include material from our course textbook by Tsutsui as it pertains to cultural specificity in Japanese popular culture (this week: anime) and cultural communities.

The Manga Module material on the representation of gender will also be very pertinent to this week’s consideration of communities, especially in the TV anime “Ouran High School Host Club.”

Compose a spell-checked, grammatically-correct response. The readings on anime should help you to articulate your point, and you must make references to all of them. Make sure you anchor your specifics with page numbers and/or video time stamps.

After you have completed your response, you should post AT LEAST two additional short responses to your classmates’ comments.  These responses should be approximately 80-100 words in length.  The class discussion is broken up into small discussion groups of 3 to 5 people this week, so expect to have a close-knit and engaged discussion with just a few members of the class.

Apply Concept of Vocation as Related to Work

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Activity 4: Essay — Apply Concept of Vocation as Related to Work

Context

Image of writing iconWe have examined various issues around the concept of choosing a vocation and its connection to living a life of service for the common good and the implications for finding a balance with relationships and the complexities of the modern world.

Description

Write a three-page APA-format essay sharing a story that illustrates your understanding of vocation and its relationship to your work. Your paper should reflect critical engagement with at least four of the assigned readings as well as your own experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required Reading

From Leading Lives that Matter

· Muirhead, R. “Democracy and the Value of Work”

· Sayers, D. L. “Why Work?”

· Meilaender, G. “Friendship and Vocation”

· Piercy, M. “To Be of Use”

· Bonhoeffer, D. “The Place of Responsibility”

· Buechner, F. “Vocation”

· Campbell, W. “Vocation as Grace”

Additional Required Materials

· The top five regrets of the dying

· Video: Annie Hall Clip  (0:56 minutes) (Transcript)

· Fr. Boyle Video (1:03:23 minutes)

What Does It Mean To Be A Leader?

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We often think of leaders as holding positions of authority, such as presidents and CEOs of big-name corporations or prominent leaders of non-profit organizations. However, in John Maxwell’s article Lead From Where You Are he states that the number 1 misconception people have about leadership is the belief that leadership comes from having a position or title. Before reading this article, what would you consider to be defining traits and behaviors of a successful leader? Has your perspective changed after reading the article? If so, how?

The posts must include and,  least 1 comment and 1 response to the question. I am looking for detail and examples. If you are thinking it, write it down. Feel free to post more than 1 comment.

How is the Earth different now than before the great flood?

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How is the Earth different now than before the great flood?

Question

Prompt for Journal 1:
How is the Earth different now than before the great flood? How do you reflect on the reasons of the flood to what is happening in the world today?

Rubric 

Each Journal must be attached in a Word document to the link below. Here are the requirements:

1. Journals must be saved in a Word document and attached to the link below
2. Journals must be formatted in MLA style
3. Each journal must be 600 – 800 words
4. The journals must be a response to the prompt about the assigned reading. The answers must be analytical and insightful.
5. Do NOT summarize the story.
6. Each journal must be written in good grammar

For Journal 1 read “Genesis” Chapters 1 – 9 on pages 8 – 13.

British Invasion

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British Invasion

The required minimum length of your discussion post is one paragraph for each question, which is between 100-200 words, or 5-6 sentences. However, the grade will be primarily based on the originality, unity, order, coherence, and completeness of your idea.

 

TOPICS:

  1. Why was the early sixties musical “British Invasion” so successful and warmly embraced in the United States? What makes the music of the Beatles so widely popular even today?
  2. The Doors: Do you love them or hate them?  Explain why? Was Jim Morrison ahead of his time or was he just a charlatan who mastered the art of shock value?

Humanities

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Humanities

1- Identify at least two means of communication used by the ancient American civilizations. Then, compare and contrast (differences and/or similarities) their functions in their respective societies? Discuss whether there are any features they have in common? Explain. Next, describe how the ancient American means of communication have evolved in the modern society.

Please elaborate by writing at least two well-developed paragraphs of at least five sentences each.

2- Answer the following questions in one paragraph of at least five sentences

a- How have the lives of the European people improved during the 18th century and what influenced this progress?
b-   Who were the big European powers and how did they gain their global influence?

c- What is the Great War for Empire and where did it occur?

d- What is the American Revolution and what events motivated it?

c- Which European power first colonized Florida?

3- Explain how the intellectual ideas of the Enlightenment influenced the political and social changes of the 18th century. How did those changes impact our current society? Provide specific examples.

Please elaborate by writing at least two well-developed paragraphs of at least five sentences each.

National Transportation Safety Board

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National Transportation Safety Board

Choose a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report of a weather-related accident/incident and, along with at least five other sources, investigate what happened in the accident/incident, offer the causes, and the recommendations for the future in order to prevent such an accident/incident.

The following components must be present within your report. Please be sure to follow the template provided.

1. Cover Page

2. Introduction

3. Synopsis of Incident

4. Causation

5. Decision Criteria

6. Analysis

7. Implications

8. Recommendations

9. Personal Narrative

10. Conclusion

11. References

United States Courts 

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Assignment #4

Go to the United States Courts  website and select a video of a court case from the Cameras in Courts page. This page allows you to select available videos by court, subject matter, or procedural posture.After viewing the video, specifically explain the following:

  • What was the case about?
  • Did the trial hold true to your expectations?
  • What stage of the trial process did you observe?
  • What was the outcome?
  • What did you learn about the trial process?

Various Schools of Legal Thought.

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Each Main Questions at least 100 words or more :

QUESTION 1 :

Various Schools of Legal Thought.

1. Pick two of the schools of thought and describe how each school of thought would discuss and decide on the following issue: Can state of California create a law that makes it illegal for anyone to board an airplane if they are wearing outfits that cover nearly their entire bodies except their eyes, citing as reason that they believe it is necessary to protect national security against terrorists.

2. Which one do you agree with the most and why?

 QUESTION 2 :

The state of New York passes a law that prohibits transgender persons from going to the bathrooms of their choice. Max, an adult, identifies as a transgender female. Max’s parents, enraged at the law, file a lawsuit against the state of New York, claiming that the transgender bathroom law violates the U.S. Constitution in that it is discriminatory.

1. Based on your readings, what is the state of New York’s best defense against this lawsuit?

2. What would you recommend to Max’s family to make the lawsuit stronger?

sponsorship agency

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At a sponsorship agency in Guatemala, employees are proud of the work they do. Bringing sponsorship money to poor children and families who need assistance. But trouble is brewing in the Donor Services department. Morale is low, tension is high, and no one really knows how productive they are. The problem is that the department manager is so absorbed in other work that he is virtually ignoring operations within the department. The woman who has been assigned to oversee operations on a daily basis has not been given managerial authority or training, so workloads are uneven and employees aren’t trained to do their jobs properly. Adding fuel to the fire is a “clique” of three women who resent what little authority the supervisor has over them, and they routinely voice their negative opinions to each other and to others. Work in this department is heading off the rails.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS TO ASSIGN

What;

  1. is the level of intergroup conflict? What is its cause?
  2. do you recommend to help the Donor Services Department become more effective? How might greater empowerment help the situation in the Donor Services Department? What specifically would you change to achieve greater empowerment?