Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?

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  1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then share your story.
  2. The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
  3. Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
  4. Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?
  5. Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
  6. Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?
  7. Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you’ve already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.

How do you think Mike Rose would respond to Charles Murray’s argument that many students lack the intellectual potential to succeed in College?

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“How do you think Mike Rose would respond to Charles Murray’s argument that many students lack the intellectual potential to succeed in College?”

Imagine a conversation between Mike Rose and Gerald Graff on the intellectual skills people can develop outside the realm of formal education and the benefits of these skills.

Compare and contrast lexical and semantic difficulties in aphasia and dementia.

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Compare and contrast lexical and semantic difficulties in aphasia and dementia.

Discuss the effect of the attempted Mongol invasions.

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Discuss (in 500 to 700 words)
1) the breakdown of the imperial state that lead to the Genpei Wars,
2) the various ways in which the new bipolar political order of Heian and Kamakura transformed Japan (socially, culturally, economically)
3) the effect of the attempted Mongol invasions,
4) the cultural legacy of the Genpei wars,
5) political, economic, and cultural developments during the Ashikaga shogunate up to the Ōnin War.

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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Part 5
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What trade-offs are involved in shifting from a traditional operations system to a lean system for a manufacturing firm? For a service firm?

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Review Chapter 6 – “Process Selection and Facility Layout” that will be the focus of this assignment. On page 642, there are questions listed under the header of “Taking Stock.” These questions are designed as a ‘check on learning’. Your response to each question should be detailed.

Here are the questions:
What trade-offs are involved in shifting from a traditional operations system to a lean system for a manufacturing firm? For a service firm?

Who in the organization is affected by a decision to shift from a traditional operations system to a lean system?

To what extent has technology had an impact on lean systems?

For this assignment, write a 2 to 3 page paper (approximately 600 to 900 words). Use the following format and headers to organize your essay:

Purpose (no more than one paragraph),
Main Body (i.e., where you answer the three questions as part of a broader narrative incorporating course concepts), and
Summary (no more than one paragraph).

Discuss Cultural Dimensions and Customer Complaint behavior in hotel Industry

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Discuss Cultural Dimensions and Customer Complaint behavior in hotel Industry

Write a cause and effect essay on sleep deprivation.

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Write a cause and effect essay on sleep deprivation.

What do you think is meant by the following statement: The Caribbean writer “made us visible within our own light and image”.

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1. What do you think is meant by the following statement: The Caribbean writer “made us visible within our own light and image”. (4 marks)

2. Discuss TWO ways in which Caribbean writers/ dramatists, artists “made us visible within our own light and image”. (6 marks)

How is the particular social issue currently impacting people’s lives?

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Provide a brief, yet concrete, historical overview of the particular social issue (i.e., how did it become an issue? Who has been involved? Who has benefited? Who has been affected? etc.);
How is the particular social issue currently impacting people’s lives?
What suggestions do you have for promoting changes?
What sociological concepts / approaches / theories can apply when attempting to understand and address the social issue as well as when promoting individual – societal wellness?

Briefly discuss the positions, strategies, and approaches to black advancement as espoused by these early civil rights activists.

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At the turn of the 20th century, racial segregation was legalized by the highest court of the land – the Supreme Court. Many black leaders, both men and women, worked to challenge the hardened restrictions of Jim Crow and to chart the best pathway forward for African Americans and the nation. Briefly discuss the positions, strategies, and approaches to black advancement as espoused by these early civil rights activists.