Academia

pointed out in Lindholm’s book, “ Academia isn’t always a place of compassion, respect or integrity. It’s often a place where ego-driven intelligent individuals flight over ridiculousness just to be considered “right”...” (Lindholm, 2014, P108). But time could be a luxury for those who have to face a sudden death. As shown in Lindholm’s study, spiritual well being tends to be positively associated with self-confidence, general assertiveness, and inclinations toward offering praise, and to be…

When researching the different terms and meanings of plagiarism, academic integrity, and collusion the realization that even though they are very different words they have similarities and huge differences. Such as plagiarism meaning “the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and pass them off as one’s own,” and collusion. Collusion meaning “a secret agreement, especially of fraudulent or treacherous purposes.” Reading these terms makes me see that when plagiarizing a paper, you are…

General academia may not be a fan of me - I was captured by Georges Bataille and Jean Baudrillard - but Northwestern is not general - evidenced by Weinberg College. I can be sure to have great discussions with Northwestern’s Professor Deutscher, because instead of fearing change and constant growth, Northwestern embraces it. Bataille prescribes a thesis against violence, to prevent prejudice, which can be very applicable to socioeconomic and identity oppression. It is a thesis of living through…

beginning of the twentieth century the prestige of science was the highest point in modernity and that science represented the highest accomplishments of humanity. As a result every subject wanted to be scientific, since history had entered into academia, Burry wanted to separate history from the broad category of literature. What J.B Burry explored in the lecture address provide an explanation what they meant by history as a science. Burry similarly describes Stubbs continuity as “vital…

The world around us is constantly changing. How we interact with the world around us evolves over time. Technology has forever changed our world and will continue to do so. Technology is not going anywhere and should be incorporated in all aspects of our education. Haven and Keller show different aspects of the debate of academic writing in this new era of technology. Keller points out there are positive and negative affects of technology in academic writing. Haven and Keller both understand…

The continuous collaboration of humans has been vital to the success and expansion of the species for thousands of years, and the concept of collaboration is still very prevalent within modern society. Many institutions and clubs still stand to help individuals find others with similar attributes, knowledge, and aspirations in order to strengthen the groups and ideals they present. The Magnolia Campus of Pellissippi State Community College is no stranger to the use of clubs and social constructs…

The Senate Honors Awardees at Distinguished Faculty Event Throughout their career, UC San Francisco faculty put in great efforts to respond to mentoring and teaching responsibilities. The Academic Senate Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP) honors these efforts by awarding four faculty annually with the Senate’s Distinction In Mentoring (DIM) Award and the Distinction In Teaching (DIT) Award. This year’s recipients were recognized during an award ceremony surrounded by colleagues and family on…

Annotated Bibliography The use of offensive speech on college and university campuses has been debated about for many centuries. The debated controversy is based on ethnic beliefs that students should be shielded from offensive speech such as racist slurs, sexist comments, and profanities. In many universities and colleges, educators’ and students’ speeches are regulated by speech codes to restrict individuals from expressing hate towards other individuals or matters. Universities and colleges…

therapeutic role as it offers psychological benefits. Being an athlete provides several valuable and unique opportunities to make people the best versions of themselves, while improving their way of living. “Athletics provides one of the few enterprises in academia where a group of individuals can strive together through adversity toward a…

I teach "Introduction to Literature" and "Standard Freshman Composition" courses at Suffolk County Community College. I personally design both of my courses, which adhere to the mission statement of the college. In "Introduction to Literature," my students engage in imaginative works of literature, analyze major literary themes and forms, continue training in effective prose writing skills, and demonstrate maturity and thought and style when deconstructing literary elements such as image, plot,…