Literature

Choose a podcast from one of the following. Provide title of podcast (Backstory, Presidential or Smithsonian, etc.) Provide title of episode that you chose Write a two paragraph review of what you learned: What was most interesting? What was most important? Format Example: Backstory: “Those Were the Days: Nostalgia in American History.” Paragraph One includes details of what the student learned in this podcast. Paragraph Two includes details of what the student learned in this podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class/id283605519 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ridiculous-history/id1299826850 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/presidential/id1072170823

Write an application paper that provides a thorough overview of concepts discussed in this week’s videos and readings. Share lessons learned and how you may apply them in your context. Your paper should be 3-5 pages, written in APA, with references to the Bazerman text and incorporating the HBR reading. Follow the template below as your organize your paper. 1) Summarize the major concepts from the chapters you read in the Bazerman text. (chapter 9 and 10) 2) Provide practical examples of lessons applied. These can either be real life scenarios in areas where you lead or it can be examples of how you would act in specific situations. 3) Summarize the major concepts from the HBR reading. 4) Provide practical examples of lessons applied from HBR. 5) Evaluate – Considering all the steps discussed, which of them are most valuable in your desired position and why? 6) Integrate the faith integration topic for the week or include your own… References required: Bazerman, M. H. (2013). Judgment in Managerial Decision Making (8th ed.). Hoboken: Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-118-06570-9 HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions. (2013). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation ISBN: 978-1-63369-458-3

Delegation is a key management tool that results in higher motivation and lower stress.  However, many employees report that they feel that they are not properly supported by their managers.  Please research employee engagement levels in a country of interest to you, using a site such as Gallup.Com.  Summarize your findings, and state your opinion related to why employee engagement levels might be low in that specific country.  Each individual should select a different country, therefore, be sure to read any existing posts before you conduct your research.  This week, early posting is rewarded because you will have a larger range of countries to examine.

We spent a great deal of time this semester investigating what is meant by “literary value.” How do you define this term? What key qualities do you associate with works of literature? In your estimation, why is Dylan Thomas’s Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night considered a literary classic? What is its larger message, do you think? How does it use elements of poetry to convey that message?

Grendel and his mother enter Beowulf’s life from the outside, accidentally, challenges which in other circumstances he might not have taken up, enemies from whom he might have been distracted or deflected. The dragon, on the other hand, is a given of his home ground, abiding in his underearth as in his understanding, waiting for the meeting…Dragon equals shadow-line…the embodiment of a knowledge deeply ingrained in the species which is the very knowledge of the price to be paid for physical and spiritual survival. –Seamus Heaney, Introduction, in Beowulf,  translated by Seamus Heaney. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2000. Do you agree with Heaney’s assessment that Grendel’s mother and son represent symbolic “accidental outsiders” while the dragon symbolizes an inner knowledge associated with sacrifice and survival? How so or not? My request: essay can be simply worded but informative, thank you!  also it can be 500 words exactly.

We strive to create a rich and varied educational environment through admitting students with a wide range of: Goals Interests Skills and talents Life experiences Perspectives Cultures Tell us your story. What will you contribute to our university community? Be specific.

It’s my impression that many readers of the Arctic Book Review are seeking stirring tales of exploration from long ago. On that basis, this book – which contains enthusiastic teenage solvent abuse, erotic encounters with wild animals and gleeful retribution against human bullies and predators – may not be everyone’s cup of tea. For me, though, it’s one of the most impressive books I have read in years. Author Tanya Tagaq’s Wikipedia page describes her as a “Canadian Inuk throat singer from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuutiaq), Nunavut, Canada.” Tagaq has released four solo albums of increasing artistic range and ferocity, has collaborated with Bjork and the Kronos Quartet, tours worldwide, is an accomplished painter and an outspoken advocate for indigenous rights and climate activism. It would be no exaggeration to say that she’s an Inuit superstar. This is her first book. Split Tooth is a novel, with frequent nods to memoir, poetry, and traditional tales. At times, to this reader from a temperate clime, the book reads like science fiction or horror: encounters with the Northern Lights, journeys by snowmobile over frozen seas, battles with malignant spirits and musings on quantum physics. But at its icy, fiery heart, this is a book about female puberty. The unnamed protagonist, when we first meet her, is an eleven-year-old girl living in a small village by Cambridge Bay in the High Arctic. Awkward, smart, and not particularly popular, she spends the long days and long nights in her home town negotiating the universally recognizable childhood assault course of friends, bullies, teachers, neighbors and relatives, while at the same time wishing she had ‘actual breasts’. Alongside this familiar-yet-unfamiliar narrative, there runs a strand of poetry, blocks of text in Inuktitut syllabics, and excellent pop culture illustrations (by Jaime Hernandez.) Some of the events described or alluded to are shocking. Tagaq certainly pulls no punches. This is not the Arctic wonderland of noble natives that some readers may expect. The first sentence of the book is “Sometimes we would hide in the closet when the drunks came home from the bar.” Alcohol seems mostly for the adults and their tedious rowdy house parties – to be avoided. Our hero and her pals start with cigarette ends and pilfered joints, moving up to butane, rubber cement and gasoline huffed out of snowmobiles. What else is there to do when night and day have no meaning, nothing seems worth learning and the adults are either passed out from booze or away hunting? We learn, as our young hero does, that loud country music blasting from a house is a warning sign – and this is the kind of shorthand at which Tagaq excels, sketching the line from colonial corruption to child abuse. Predatory adult males are a daily challenge – the teacher who habitually gropes his pupils under their desks, the relatives who sneak into children’s bedrooms at night. One of the first poems in the book is called Sternum,” and begins as a meditation on the human breastbone and ribcage. The last few lines come with the kind of kick that marks her writing throughout The Human Sternum is used for so many things Clavicles like handlebars Ribs like stairs The sternum is the shield Even when impaired Even when it smothers a little girl’s face As the bedsprings squeak However – and I cannot emphasize this enough – Split Tooth is not a grim, dour book. It is a tragedy and a triumph. The book’s second strand, of poems, dreams and folk tales, initially a kind of counterpoint to the coming-of-age dramas of village life, gradually takes over the life of the book. The day-to-day narrative starts to incorporate brushes with malevolent spirits. Wild animals, such as the fox she encounters beneath her parents’ house while hiding from the school bully, walk into her dreams and begin to demand their due or bestow favor. In a key chapter on which the book’s plot turns, she walks out onto the sea ice one night and has an encounter with the Northern Lights that changes her life. What started out as a funny, harrowing tale of village life for an awkward teenager turns into a psychedelic spiritual ordeal ending up with some extraordinary choices for Tagaq’s young hero. I am being circumspect – this book is a page turner, and I’d really hate to spoil it with any further clues. If you choose to read this book, you will be hanging on by your fingertips by the end. What makes all this work so splendidly, is that Tagaq – and her protagonist – are such perceptive, funny, rational company. The book is sharp and bright as a knife, informed not only by Inuit folktales, but also by 21st century climate politics. Every violent act or thought is balanced with kindness and empathy. The suggestive, elliptical poetry is spiced with a lot of very specific cuss words. For anyone who has seen Tagaq as a live musical performer, this may come as no surprise. Having read the physical edition of the book, I went in again to listen to the audio book, read by the author with brief throat-singing interludes between chapters. If I had to choose a format to recommend, it would be the audiobook. The hardback is a lovely object (and there is also a vinyl album of the poems), but the five-hour audio book is another level. It is a performance. The journey from recording studio to written page hides pitfalls that have tripped many an artist. But this book’s icy white covers and red-tipped pages contain wonders. Tagaq writes with clarity, rage, humor and authority. In this book she has created what might be a defining artistic statement of the North. It is an Arctic masterpiece.

As per the Gordon Rule Requirement for SPC 1017, failure to complete this writing assignment in its entirety, or any of the other required writing assignments for this course, will result in automatic course withdrawal, or if past the course withdrawal date, automatic course failure.  You will watch a video series titled “The N Word” by Todd Larkins. It is your responsibility to watch the videos on your own. It can be found in 10 parts on YouTube via the link for each part below.  THERE ARE TWO RESPONSE PAPERS DUE: EACH IS WORTH 50 POINTS. You are required: To write PAPER #1 in response after viewing Parts 1 thru 5.  To write PAPER #2 in response after viewing Parts 6 thru 10.  Each paper must be 300 words in length. The paper will be copied/pasted or written directly in the Video Response Assignment Submission below before 11:59PM June 15th. Consider the following questions when writing. Not all may be found in each set of questions. If the information is not there, you can not include your response to the question, of course. Weave them into your essay NOT as numbered responses: Do you think there is ever an appropriate time to say nigger (herein called N)? Are there certain ethnic groups or cultures that should not be allowed to use the word N?  How do you feel about Samuel L. Jackson saying that he will become a N if he needs to? What does that mean to you?  How do you feel about N being used in music?  Is it appropriate for black comedians to use the N word in their stand-up routines? Knowing the historical context of the word, do you think today’s young people should be more educated on the N word’s roots? You will watch Parts 1 thru 5 and 6 thru 10V

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment: Instructors will be using a grading rubric to grade the assignments. It is recommended that learners review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included. Directions: Write a paper (2,250-2,500 words) that explores the relationship of mentoring, coaching, and collaboration and their application to adult learning. Include the following in your paper: An analysis of mentoring and coaching in the teaching and learning process. In what circumstances are mentoring and coaching necessary? (Benchmarks Learning Theory 2.1: Differentiate between mentoring and coaching in the teaching and learning process.) A discussion of how cognition influences coaching and mentoring success. A discussion of how mentoring and collaboration are applied in adult distance education.

Investigate various challenges (Civil War, Reconstruction, Manifest Destiny, Great Depression/New Deal, Civil Rights Movement, etc…) the United States has faced in maintaining the republic. Based upon your investigations, choose one of these challenges and create a research design that includes a proposal, annotated bibliography, and an outline/abstract. Your research question should be centered on how your chosen challenge affected the relationship between the American people and their government. Proposal: Write a 200-300-word synopsis of your chosen research question based on the challenge that you chose. Informative Annotated Bibliography: Find a minimum of eight sources, half of which must be primary sources, that support your research question. Discuss how each source supports or contradicts your research question. Please see the GCU Student Success Center resource, Preparing Annotated Bibliographies for additional information. Research Summary: Write a 500-750-word summary based upon your research and revise your research question. Did the sources you find change your research question in any way?