Critical literacy

Niccolò Machiavelli is smart and a strategic author. There are many ways on how to interpret his famous work, “The Prince”. It is intriguing that Machiavelli did not provide a title for the book. In doing so, Machiavelli shows his strategic writing to challenge the reader. To read the book and accept it in a literal sense is questionable. The intended audience rather audiences for the book is anyone that can access the book but the real audience will catch the essence of Machiavelli’s work. With…

Alexandra Ma Professor Yalovsky BUSA 100 2 December 2015 The Black Swan Individuals are encouraged to adopt long term planning, make decisions based upon factual knowledge, and predict future situations through analyzing similar past scenarios. However, according to NYU Professor Taleb’s bestseller, The Black Swan, even well-supported predictions are futile in the occurrence of a black swan event—one that is deemed highly improbable, but causes great consequences (Taleb). The Black Swan provides…

In the best essays, speeches, stories, and general writings, the author always strikes their reader. I do not mean this in the literal sense of striking someone, though in Berry’s essay Compromising, Hell it may feel that way at times. That being said, this an element of good writing, and Berry uses this strategy as a way to speak to his sympathetic audience. So do not become disheartened or even threatened by Berry while reading this essay, as he is simply just doing his job. Berry’s essay…

The Cooperative Principle was formulated by Paul Grice and stated in 1967 for the first time at Harvard University (Pan 2012: 20). The principle demonstrates the priory unknown “existence of implicatures” within conversations (Kotthoff 2006: 272). Since the interlocutors abide by the Cooperative Principle, these implicatures commonly appear in conversations and can be considered a “natural outcome” of verbal communication (Gibbs 1999: 117). Grice formulated the concept in the following way…

that comes to mind when you hear the words ‘critical thinking’? To many, these are just common words. To the nursing world, however, these two small words play a vital role in their everyday tasks. The critical thinking ability of health care professionals can have a direct effect on patient safety (Robert and Petersen, 2013). With that being said, critical thinking is the backbone of the nursing world. This paper will focus on how one will use critical thinking in nursing practice when making…

was to explain what the findings of the optimal number of branches tell us. This artifact took me about two days to finish, but it was due two weeks after it was assigned. The Critical Thinking Skills I learned was question, purpose, points of view, information, concepts, assumptions, inferences, and implications. The critical thinking skill I like the most is purpose because that is the…

Rhetorical Analysis: Positivity of Bilingual Education Bilingual education has positively affected foreign children with their overall lives. Kenneth Jost’s, Harvard College and Georgetown University Law Center alumni, article, “Bilingual Education vs. English Immersion” is about the positive significance of bilingual education in public schools. Jeff Bale’s, a language education professor at Michigan State University, article, “Bilingual Education is the Best Approach for English Language…

While studying for my bachelor’s degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, I have acquired many new skills and abilities. In addition to learning about new technologies, effective communication, and teamwork, I have also learned the value of my education and the importance of lifelong learning. Skills Developed and Strengthened at Athens State As a new student at Athens State University, I learned it is essential to learn and utilize the various technologies used by Athens State…

Hearing the statement “America isn’t the great country in the world” would send most people over 75 to epileptic shock. They fortunately actually got to live through a time where that was true. We use to be number one for all the right reasons. Now we are topping the charts with number of incarcerated citizens, defense spending, and obesity. An audience hearing the truth they’ve been hiding from or even not even aware can be a bit of a shock. According to the five general principals concerning…

The topic that I was assigned was the affirmative side of gay adoption and initially I thought it would be a nightmare to defend. The only background knowledge that I had on the subject was that it was becoming a more common thing. It was also hard to defend because I was for gay adoption before I was assigned this role. So the question I kept asking my self was how to defend a topic from a different perspective then I am for. Another concern I came across in this topic was trying to stay away…