Process states

I got up. The window was black, from the darkness outside. The complexity of the night struck me. A Van Gogh quote flitted in my mind, but i couldn't think of what it is. I hate it when I can't remember things, but I want to. As Amy Grant played on my laptop, I could hear Mom speaking to Dad. It was an annoying sound. Randomly, I thought of Holden Caulfield, which I don't know that is a good thing. I wondered if Mom had friends on. I really need to write this essay. I just tried to get this…

On my first day of writing class, I had numerous thoughts going through my head. I was afraid if my weakness will make me fall behind in class or my strengths was not good enough to get me a good grade. Yet the numerous assignments given to me over the quarter help me become a better writer. I think the JITT Posts, Bi-Weekly Refection and The Memoir were the main assignments that had the most important impact on me to become a better writer. When coming to college, I had many opportunities to…

writing styles. Persuasive writing comes easier to me because I can apply passion to my topic and have the ability to share that passion with others. I also can apply emotion that others can relate to and feel I can make a difference and start the process of changing issues like racism, stereotyping, or global warming. I enjoy narrative writing because it is telling a story. I can tell one of my own experience or share one as though I am telling a story to my younger siblings. This style of…

examines exploratory writing and how to write an exploratory essay. Lastly, the chapter demonstrates the writing of annotated bibliographies. As a whole, chapter 7 is important to writing because as described, exploratory essays involve a deeper thought process and don’t immediately settle with the thesis. “Show yourself wrestling with ideas. Readers want to see how your research stimulates your own thinking” (162). Without learning how to write exploratively, students will not only score more…

Effective communicators are people who develop effective communication skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Also, effective communicators develop communication skills appropriate to the setting and the audience. In other words, effective communicators are people who adequately understand and express thought in a specific concept towards their audience. The Writing and Research 102 Into the Wild essay is an essay done for the Writing and Research class here on NOVA as a branch…

The editing assignment was very interesting that. Our group’s goal was to make the edit as similar as possible to the original. I thought it would be the easiest way to edit, but it turned out to be much harder to do. Because of our choice, we had to constantly replay and refer to the clip and the script. I do feel like it was a shame that we did not get to use the master shot, and I think we can do a lot more if we choose to use the master shot. One of our biggest challenges was the sound.…

How did I feel about the book Unlikely Allies? I had lots of difficulty reading the book, from the sudden changes in scenes to the exhausting writing. It felt like a sloppy mess of sudden twists and turns that would, in most books, keep me intrigued, but this did not interest me at all. If the author added just a little bit of flair to the certain parts of the writing then I think I would really enjoy the book. The book had things I didn’t like, a few things I did like, and a couple things I…

There is a direct link between business strategy and the use of IT outsourcing or in-house IT services; there are theories that can support their relationship. Alternative options that are associated in IT outsourcing or in-house IT functions can generally support business strategies that are oriented toward cost-efficiency, business competitiveness, product / service innovation, flexibility of resources, system management and collaborative partnerships. There are patterns that can be attributed…

To do an altruistic deed used to come easily for me or so I thought. It wasn't until I had to do this paper that I realized maybe it is a lot harder than I had imagined. I don't know if it is because I am not as altruistic as I truly believed I was or if it was because I actually have to sit down and put on to paper what I have done, so I started by looking up the definition of altruism. To be altruistic is to selflessly help others. These past few weeks I have only really helped my family,…

roles and responsibilities (Kotter & Schlesinger, 2008). Encouraging participation and engagement help build positive affective commitment of employees for the change and the organization by giving them the opportunity to become part “owners” of the process of change (Palmer, Dunford, & Akin,…