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Crimes, such as these, would be seen as abhorrent if committed by an ordinary citizen, but as Michael Huemer, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and author of the book, The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and The Duty to Obey, states “… [that] our ethical judgment differentiate sharply between governmental and nongovernmental actions.” This is because…

What- WHAT - Why did you plan this experience? How did you organize for this experience? What materials did you collect? What spaces did you utilize? What feedback did your co-teachers/mentors give you and how did you integrate their feedback? During the experience, what were your students doing? What were your students not doing? What were the students’ goals, strategies and theories? What were you and your co-teachers doing? What were you and your co-teachers not doing? What were the teachers’…

As a senior in high school, I know all too well the process of selecting the best college for my future education. There are many reasons why I picked the University of Colorado at Boulder. I knew that I wanted to go into business and Leeds School of Business has modified their curriculum to best match the current needs in the business world. Many future students, including myself, may not think about the issue of the quality of Wi-Fi speeds around campus, but as a concurrent enrollment student…

Admiral Arleigh A. Burke was born on October 19, 1901, in Boulder, Colorado. Burke grew up in Boulder in a fairly difficult environment – “He attended a one room elementary school through the eighth grade and then high school…”(“Admiral Arleigh A Burke”). Arleigh had other ideas for his future – “…farming fitted neither his talents nor desires, he sought and received a congressional appointment to the US Naval Academy.” (“Admiral Arleigh A Burke, USN”). Upon his high school graduation, he…

Close your eyes and imagine. Imagine a small boy wearing a small blue winter coat, standing, at the top of a peak reaching 14,114 ft into the sky. Now imagine that small boy peer over the edge of a cliff who knows how high. Imagine this boy seeing this and being afraid, being afraid he’d fall. Imagine that this fear prompted that little kid to lay down and stare over the edge of that cliff until the fears overtook him too much and he ran away from the deadly edge. Fears can come from anywhere,…

There are one hundred and ninety six sovereign countries in the world today. Of these provinces fifty nine percent have the minimum legal drinking age set at eighteen or nineteen years old. The United States of America is within the six percent of the world that has the age set at twenty-one. The primary reason for the increase of modulation in the U.S. and general belief in society is that having a higher minimum legal drinking age decreases alcohol related automobile accidents. However,…

Cultural Identity Project Reflection What did I learn about myself in each part of the project? In the Funds of Knowledge section of the project, I learned quite a bit about how I grew up compared to what I believe now. My household growing up had a slightly different set of rules that what I believe my current household has as norms. One major change is who is in my household. Growing up it was my parents and sister who were considered part of my household family. Now, it is just me and my…

Hello, class, I am Dr. Amelie Scotsman and I will be your teacher this semester. I am a behavioral psychologist and have taught students for the last 16 years. I got my degree at New York University, but you all probably don’t care about any of this. Let’s get to the point. This semester we will focus on controversial social issues. For our first lecture, we are going to discuss lowering the drinking age. Think about this, all of you kids can vote, drive a car, fight for our country, and even…

Comparing and Contrasting Four Grand Theories of Nursing Ogechi K. Nebeolisa Maryville University As nurses, we use theories to help us develop nursing care that serves as the backbone for our clinical decision making in the field. In order for nurses to achieve their goals of providing the exceptional care to their patients, we reference theories to provide an outline for interventions, help predict outcomes, understand and explain rationales for problem-solving challenges. Meleis (2012)…

The American dream is hard to achieve because of a racist society. The American dream is a concept that any American should be able to dream anything, and they should be able to get there. Raisin in the Sun is a book about the Younger family, a black family that is barely getting by and then they get blessed with $10,000. Mama, the grandmother, decides she wants to buy a house in a white neighborhood with some of the money and gives some to Walter which ends up dividing their family in the end.…