Crime against humanity

Driving through the Western University gates on Richmond Street in the Fall of 2011 was my first glance into a place I would soon call my home; although, I did not know it at first. As an impressionable 17-year-old, I did not have a clue as to what I was looking for in a university. I felt a variety of emotions when touring Western during my last year of high school, including, but not limited to, excitement, insecurity, anxiety, and confusion. Such a large campus overwhelmed me; however, I…

Despite our cultures being continent apart, there are similarities and differences on how communication works in our cultures. The goal of the assignment is for two students of different background to interview each other and learn what is alike and distinct between their cultures. Leslie Leanos is the person that I interviewed for this essay. She is from a Mexican-American background while my background is Vietnamese. We came up with five questions and recorded our answers on the document. We…

This article was a very interesting read. This study examined the factors that undergraduate students took into consideration when selecting a graduate program. I will be making the same considerations as the students involved in this study, but maybe in a slightly different order of importance. Results from this study revealed six influencing factors, including characteristics of the academic environment of the program, financial aid, residence status, work related concerns, spousal…

Before Humanities 210, how would you have described the philosophies that influenced your processes for decision making, thinking, and developing preferences? How would you have described your level of conscious choice of and commitment to these philosophies? What helped form or develop the belief in that philosophy? After class discussions, have you had any realizations or made any changes in regards to the philosophies that influences your decisions, actions, or preferences? Has your level…

iry-Based Learning for Humanities in Early Childhood Inquiry-based learning and constructivist learning environments go hand in hand to engage students in authentic learning experiences, where they are able to generate their own learning through real experiences (Nixon & Gould, 2005). Opportunities to learn should consist of experiences that facilitate the construction of knowledge (Jonassen, 1999). The hands-on and minds-on approach to learning develops a deeper understanding of the topic being…

Plagiarism can be defined as, “The practice of taking someone else’s work or idea and passing them off as one’s own.” In simpler words if you, - Stole and pass off somebody else’s work as your own - Used somebody else’s work without citing it - You are presenting a new idea which already has been presented or copyrighted - Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation - Copying many words, so that it’ll create bulk of your work, then you have committed plagiarism. In…

Odili’s imminent struggle within “A Man of the People,” written by Chinua Achebe, to narrate the various complexities of power and morality between the ruler and ruled can be seen throughout use presence of inaccurate, retrospective narrative; as well as irony, parody and allegories such as altruism versus self-interest as well as compliance versus coercion. The search for meaning in the New Nation, therefore, is perceived to be unfixed, and the definitions of morality and power are blurred by…

Defense of a Real Education. One of his essays in particular, “Liberal Arts & Lite Entertainment,” talks about the numerous phenomena happening in American school systems. About halfway through his essay, while on a rant about colleges competing against one another for students, Edmundson…

Culture is a very complex aspect. When you start talking about culture it is everything related to a society. Culture is the way of life. The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the language you speak in, the religion you follow all are aspects of culture. The beliefs, values and symbols that they accept generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the other. The settlement study of Ranipura village in Tikamgarh district…

Frye was trying to prove that the humanities are the backbone of the human experience (Group discussion, Sept 7). Another individual believed that Frye was arguing that the humanities play a key role in the development of society and without language thinking it is impossible (Group discussion, Sept 7). 2. Outline the similarities Frye see between the sciences and the humanities. (4 mark) Frye outlines multiple similarities between the sciences and the humanities, he states that they both…