Regulatory compliance

Aside Box?- Besides charging vendors for the amounts of waste produced vendors can actively encourage patrons to help decrease waste streams by providing discounts on practices that can save both the vendor and costumer money. Some straightforward tips that could be applied to all new staff trainings and business practices to reduce waste and help save on purchasing costs for vendors are: Ask if your costumers need a receipt, if not do not print one! Encouraging patrons to bring their own…

The two groups in which I have belonged to are church Sunday school and work group. At the church I attended, I helped teach Sunday school every Sunday. I was the assistant teacher and I took orders from the head teacher, the leader, her name was Ms. Bettye. The children’s age ranged from seven through ten. Their parents would drop them off before the ten forty-five service would start. At my work group, I worked at a bank. There were two managers I took orders from at the bank. Primarily from…

When I first read the criteria for this semester long project I was imagining it to be busy work. After the first assignment I quickly realized it was more than that. This project and class showed me that medicine is not just how much biology, chemistry, or anatomy is known. Rather, in order to be the best possible health professional I need to be able to communicate with others. I found this project to be a precise description of reality, even though my client was my father and I had a personal…

Starting off the mindset in most students for class to past. My first times taking composition two that was the mindset that I use to approach the class each time. So from the start of the class I had to start with a different method. I think in College Composition II my written work has enhanced much more than in College Composition I. Leaving the class I’m a held accountable to know how to construct a research paper. Writing has always not been my strong suit but I do really try my hardest to…

Becoming a teacher is a career path I came across while working for the Realizing Amazing Potential (R.A.P.) before and after school program. In my undergraduate program I always knew I wanted to working with children, but it was a challenge for me to choose one career path I felt my work would make a difference. The defining moment for my career was the passion I found working with special need students, and the hard work to help them succeed academically. Being part of the education growth for…

Speaking for Freedom On March 23, 1775, in a church in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry speaks at the political event of the Virginia Convention and says his famous quote: “but as for me, give me liberty or give me death” (6). Passionate and willing, Patrick Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention” speech persuades the attendees of the Virginia Convention and urges them to declare war on the British. Patrick Henry effectively persuades the audience at the Virginia Convention through his…

There are many studies linked to the power of persuasion. Persuasion can be used to manipulate people and /or guide their thinking. Anyone can do it to anybody as long as you do it correctly. This video talks about the 6 shortcuts that guide human behavior through the power of persuasion: reciprocity, scarcity, authority, consistency, liking, and consensus. Although all six are very important, I will be narrowing it down to these three: liking, consistency, and consensus; in that order. Liking…

In 1962, noted biologist Rachel Carson published her book Silent Spring that told of the different effects poisons, such as parathion, have on the ecosystem. Soon after being published, her book gained the attention of the American public and helped to transform their attitudes towards the environment. In the excerpt Carson advocates for the ban of parathion by describing the farmers’ use for the poison as warlike, by faulting the ignorant public, and the negligent government for the poison’s…

Persuasion Axiom #1 – If people resist your ideas, persuade them. If there’s no resistance, you don’t need to persuade. The idea that you don’t need to persuade if there’s no resistance is most striking. And while it is on some level obvious, the thought can be counter-intuitive to those who feel the need to continuously sell their ideas. Since it seems natural to want those who agree to continue agreeing, there may be merit to continuing the pitch, if only on a reduced level. However,…

When comparing two different pieces of writing, it is important to assess the differences between the pieces’ tones and purposes. Essays that have similar themes can be misinterpreted as similar even though the purpose and tone of the two papers are quite different. The essays “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X and “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass appear to be very similar. However, the two pieces have very distinct tones that are generated by each author’s purpose. The tone of…