Merton College

Jeremy Black is a professor of History at the University of Exeter. He studied at Queens' College Cambridge, St John's College Oxford, and Merton College Oxford before joining the University of Durham as a lecturer. Where he gained his PhD and ultimately his professorship. He has authored over 100 books, mainly in 18th century British politics and international relations. Black claims Napoleon was more than a conqueror, that his deeds go beyond military exploits. Black states that Napoleon was a statesman that brought France out of the chaos of the revolution, and brought forth French dominance in continental Europe. He illustrates that Napoleon shaped Europe significantly in the beginning of the Europe’s dominance over the world. This text is in favour of Napoleon’s reign, it speaks highly of him and does not focus on Napoleon’s negative contributions to history. This source will be used in multiple body paragraphs, as Black touches on various important aspects of Napoleon, including the significance of the French Civil Code as well as Napoleon’s unique rise to power. Jeremy Black is a history professor at the University of Exeter, after…

Psy 250 Proff Gross Mohamad Zowail The Self Fulfilling Prophecy Psychology has long emphasized the power of beliefs to shape reality (Rosenthal & Jacobson, 1968). Research of the 1940s and 1950s which promoted the idea that perception is heavily influenced by people’s goals, needs, fears, and motives. The self-fulfilling prophecy, which happens subconsciously, is central to this theoretical perspective because it involves the behavioral confirmation of false beliefs (Merton, 1948). In…

Jervand Asatrjan 1)summary of the major theme regarding the ability of quantitative financial models to consistently earn abnormally high returns? Why or Why not? Two risky positions taken together can eliminate risk idea stems from the Midas formula. The reason this was an important concept due to the discovery from a blind test that prices moved at random. Scientists made a conclusion that prices are not predicted by the investors rather it is by chance that some investor makes a very…

Again illustrating the current climate of politics in America where emphasis is placed on the ability to compel acquiescence rather than the ability to effectively lead the nation into a prosperous future. In examining the language most likely to sway political opinion Mr. Luntz has been known to use what he considers to be “focus groups”. Focus groups are often used to validate or dispel a theory. They are often concluded with a formal report of findings. This allows for the independent…

Strain theory has been define in varies ways, Robert K. Merton describes it as social structures/societal goals that are presented to people as what they should strive towards in order to be successful in life, but at the same time society does not provide any effective legitimate means to reach that goals (Merton, 1938, Pg.675). Those who are in the lower brackets of society, and do to the pressure that society puts on the individual it leads to those individual finding other illegitimate means…

The two forms of regulation that Merton focuses on in the article are that it defines appropriate goals, purposes, and interests and it defines the appropriate means of obtaining these goals. These can apply to Ohio State as a society because Ohio State University is a place centered around learning in order to get a degree to sustain a happy and fulfilled life. Students come to Ohio State typically with a career path in mind and the advisors help you develop paths to obtain your goal of a…

The Day I Choose LCC Have you ever thought about what college you would attend and how successful you would be? Well I have, as child I would imagine what college I would attend and would I be able to succeed. I imagined how collage would be, would I attended a large university or a small local community college. Students may even worry about the ACT and SAT and how successful will they be when taking those two extremely important tests. Luckily, I choose a school that didn 't stress me out…

children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many would argue that this philosophy helped the older generation be successful in their educational and post-educational careers, so it should not be changed; however, in the words of Ken Burns, “the problem is that the current system of education was designed…

Up program was introduced, I had a fair idea of what I was intending to study, but I remained unsure and had made no further necessary decisions about my post-secondary education. The reason I had not even thought about what university I wanted to go to or what career I wanted to pursue was due to a lack of resources and guidance. My parents, although always supportive of me, were limited as to what they could help me with when it came to making academic decisions beyond high school as they had…

Many say that American high schools teach students to learn how to take standardized tests on writing, rather than actually prepare them for college. Therefore, most secondary students are entering college without an understanding of how to meet demands of college writing beyond the prescribed “standard five-paragraph essay.” Susan Fanetti’s “Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations” examines the discrepancy between American high schools and their…