Civic engagement

Zooniverse For a game that is truly inclusive to the real world, one may wish that was much more assessable to student gamers in terms of pacing and engagement. Zooinverse has the most potential of being a stepping stone into the worlds of research, academia, and vocation between the reviewed games by far. In the nature of webpages like Wikipedia, Zooniverse’s gameplay revolves around the use of certain skill sets or critical comprehension to analyze, dissect, discern, or rate projects that use…

Homelessness has become an epidemic in America. It is a situation that is dismissed and ignored because people like to blame the homeless for their own dismay. People like to state that homelessness is a result of laziness and all they need to do is get a job. I never had to worry about whether I was going to have food on the table or a place to sleep. I have been fortunate enough to live a life where I have everything I need to live comfortably. Whereas there are hundreds of people living on…

people to contribute to their city and, at a local level, make important contributions to their communities. Hence, part of the evolution of participatory politics was the commitment of members to foster a sense of community among citizens. This engagement would facilitate the development of “both responsive government, capable leaders, and competent citizens” as oppose to look for the defeat of the Daley regime. Simpson’s tactics aim to amplify his voice in the movement of democracy and thus…

Civil Rights Movement Ashley Plunkett November 28th, 2017 Book Review #3 Waiting Til The Midnight Hour: A Restoration of The Black Power Image in America Peniel E. Joseph’s Waiting Til The Midnight Hour desperately tries to eradicate the limited perception that a majority of people have surrounded the American Civil Rights Movement. In the world of Martin Luther King's and Rosa Parks, the Black Power Movement tends to fall into an oversimplification consisting of…

Luisana Zambrano Test 1 The necessity of the Founding Fathers to establish a new independent state was reflected in the Declaration of Independence, where they defined “that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their common creator with certain unalienable rights that among this are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. The main purpose of the constitution was based on the defeat and prevention of excess of power previously vested by the English empire. Their…

The video game industry is an industry that strives in producing creative, and fun games for people of all ages. Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, whether it be jumping on mushroom monsters, or beating the life out of demons from the Underworld, there’s a good chance one of these companies has made a game out of it. But as the already vast game library grows, many parents are left pondering what games their children should play, and if simulated violence is healthy for the growing minds of their…

Xuan Tran Professor Watson English 1302 31 March 2016 Should we allow Syrian refugees to enter the United States? Terrorism has frightened Americans ever since the 9/11 attack. From there on, airport security has dramatically increased and improved, as well as the restriction of certain objects allowed on planes. Despite those efforts, people still hold the belief of terrorists using the advantage of refugees migrate to other countries, as a way to plan more attacks. Therefore, many…

The Focus RS 2018 and Mustang GT 2018 are the new additions to Ford’s fleet of cars that make the customer feel like they are on the racetrack. Although they are not the same class, they offer a wide variety of options and both fall in the same price range: ± $40000. The first car analyzed is the Ford Focus RS. The limited-edition 4 door All wheel drive hatchback comes with modifications inspired by the enthusiast community: black mirror caps and black spoiler with new RS decal, interior carbon…

The topic that Module 1 addresses is respect in today’s school systems. I close read the recommended article and then chose another article from USA TODAY entitled, “Respect at School in Decline, Survey Shows” by Greg Toppo from 2014. Because I had seen so many of the movies under the teacher/student relationship section of Dr. Slattery’s list, I rented the movie Half Nelson. The short synopsis reads: Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a history teacher at a Brooklyn school. Though well-liked by…

thereby it is understandable that investigation for the community impacts of a student’s development specifically would be limited. Type of community work, number of hours a rate of involvement will impact student skills development. Community engagement has a positive effect on students’ interpersonal development. Undergraduate students who join in community services have a trend to learn from interplay with students from other institute. They will learn to present themselves in a group…