Reading Responses 2

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I. Instructions:

  1. Read Tishani Doshi’s “The Immigrant’s Song“(Abcarian 633-634).
  2. Read the PBS News Hour article on how Tishani Doshi discusses immigration in her poetry and writings: “Seeing a culture of fear, poet explores the immigrant dream.”

“For Analysis” Questions:

  1. What is the situation the speaker recounts? Where is he now? Where has he come from? How specific can you be in your answers? Why is that, and what is the effect when reading the poem?
  2. Note the repetition of the statements such as those in lines 1 and 5. Where else do statements of this kind appear? How do they change? What is their significance to the poem as a whole?

II. Instructions:

  1. Read Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus (Links to an external site.)“(Abcarian 649).
  2. Read the Atlantic article on how the poem’s connection to the Statue of Liberty: “The Story Behind the Poem on the Statue of Liberty (Links to an external site.).”

“For Analysis” Questions:

  1. What was the Colossus of Rhodes? How does Lazarus describe it in the poem’s opening lines?
  2. To what does “mighty woman with a torch” (l. 4) refer? To what other object in the poem is it compared?

III. Instructions:

  1. Read Léopold Sédar Senghor’s “To New York“(Abcarian 650-651).
  2. Read an analysis of the poem: “Poetry Analysis: Leopold Sedar Senghor’s “New York”.”

“For Analysis” Questions:

  1. Why do you think Senghor describes New York as having “blue metallic eyes” and an “icy smile” (l. 3)? To what is this description contrasted?
  2. How does the speaker feel about New York?

Links: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56734/the-immigrants-song

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/the-new-colossus

http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/poem/2291/to-new-york.html

constitutional limitations

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  Constitutional Limitations

Examine the many ways the U.S. Constitution places limits on law in the United States. Laws regulating speech, artistic expression, or gun ownership run the risk of violating various constitutional provisions. By Day 3, post a state or local legal tenet that has come under fire for potentially violating a constitutionally protected freedom or right. Identify the law that potentially violates a constitutionally protected freedom or right, describe the jurisdiction from where the law originates, and examine the constitutional violation. For more detailed information you can use the legal website, Oyez, listed among the recommended resources for this week.

Guided Response:
Your initial post should be at least 400 words in length. Provide your perspective on whether the law identified in the original post did, in fact, violate the Constitution. In your opinion, should the spirit of the identified law supersede any concerns pertaining to constitutional violations? Defend your stance with support from scholarly sources. Is the law so vital to the health or welfare of the citizens of the jurisdiction that any concerns regarding constitutional violations should be negated? Provide an argument stating your perspective. Support any stance you take using scholarly sources. Review your colleagues’ posts, and substantively respond to no fewer than two of your peers. Your responses and citations must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Day 7 of the week, and respond with robust dialogue to anyone who replies to your initial post.

security

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Privacy? How is privacy now being affected by the high-tech companies.

Currently, Google, Amazon, Twitter and Facebook collect information on every member they have. You agree to this collection and usage of your information when you sign the EULA to join any of these groups. If you want to join you have to agree to allow them to collect this information or you can’t use their platform. Is this fair? Whether or not it’s fair, it is legal.

Once the companies collect the information, they can use it any way they choose. They can sell it to other companies, to politicians, to academics for research purposes. Why is this collection of information important and valuable? Any security expert is never interested in what people say but rather what they do. Sales and marketing experts also find focus groups and questionnaires less than completely accurate. Politicians rip their hair out at the inaccuracies of polls. Remember the polls for the presidential race in 2016 had Hillary Clinton winning the election handily, in a landslide? Donald Trump won despite all the polls saying otherwise.

It is a truism in security that words always lie but actions can never lie. In the case of polls, many people said they would vote one way and then actually voted differently when they got into the booth.

NU500-8B-UNIT6-DISCUSSION1-REPLY2

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A Cancer-Specific Middle-Range Theory of Symptom Self-Care Management: A Theory Synthesis

The middle-range theory of symptom article describes the self-care management for adults with cancer.  Middle-range theories are usually general, simple, and straightforward (McEwen & Wills, 2019, p. 210).  Due to their limited number of concepts, the propositions are clearly stated, and the hypotheses are testable.  The peer-reviewed study indicated that cancer patients could benefit from self-care management behaviors to relieve their discomfort (Baydoun et al., 2018).  The two symptom management theories and self-care management synthesize to create a theory of symptom self-care. “The newly synthesized theory conceptualizes cancer as a chronic illness with related symptoms that persist beyond the acute phase of treatment.” (Baydoun et al., 2018, p. 1).  The study sheds light on the empowerment that cancer patients have when they can take their symptom management into their own hands.  I recall a patient I had in the CTICU once under an enormous amount of discomfort.  She wanted to be discharged, so she refused narcotics in the attempt to be released earlier.  I taught her a little trick I used on my pediatric patients in the ED.  I brought in an energy beauty bar for her to try. It’s a small handheld vibrating facial device for lymphatic drainage removal.  I taught her how to give herself a facial lymphatic massage.  Using the power of overriding the gateway theory, she self-soothe for comfort and relieve her pain.  There is something about allowing a patient to control at least one aspect of their care when so many factors play against them. 

Application of Theoretical Frameworks and Models

Applying theoretical frameworks and models can strengthen nursing research and promote theory-based practice within the nursing profession.  Theoretical frameworks provide a guide to study the design and intervention development for future research (Chinn & Kramer, 2018).  Without theoretical frameworks, the foundation for research could be compromised.  The whole purpose of evidence-based research (EBR) is to ask the question, see the need for change, study and implement the change and evaluate the change outcomes.  It is vital to see all those who came before you.  We have much to learn and grow from researching past articles. The ability to zero in on specific and relevant data is essential.  This foundation helps to focus specific variables and viewpoints so that the researcher can interpret all data gathered(McEwen & Wills, 2019).  For example, it would be challenging to analyze every single study ever done for pain management in cancer patients. That’s where theoretical frameworks and models can be of use and aid in promoting theory-based practice within the nursing profession.  Utilizing the framework of previous studies provides nurses with a way to organize all the clinical data to be interpreted and analyzed more efficiently.

When I worked in the emergency department, I wanted to find Munchausen By Proxy studies.  I was suspicious of a mother who brought her daughter to the ER with gastrointestinal symptoms.  I was able to find multiple articles, one by Sorrentino, who spoke of the book Playing Sick.  I read the book, used the information I was suspicious of, and reported the patient’s mother to our Attending Physician.   My suspicions were correct, and this mother was making her child ill.  After six months in and out of the courtroom, the little girl was finally free from a tortuous life. I was able to apply the theoretical frameworks from other studies, and I’m almost sure I saved a life.   

Discussion Response to student 300 words ea

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Respond to two students 300+ words each, add to the conversation not critique their work. Citations in MLA format.

First response

 

Virgil’s poem The Aeneid begins with “Wars and a man I sing- an exile driven on by fate”. (Puchner, et al., p.981). War is the center of most of our reading materials and has caused many individuals to be displaced. War and its aftermath is the obvious conflict in the poem that causes Aeneas and his followers to leave troy. Aeneas is on a mission to find and establish a new home. He has a responsibility to his followers and I think that some of major, yet less obvious conflicts presented is the mental stress Aeneas endures throughout the poem and the pressures of being a leader. 

Tragedy, violence, and death plays a major role during this time period that we study, yet the feelings of those who live through this are not highlighted, nor are they the focus on. Aeneas says “I launched on the Phrygian Sea with twenty ships, my goddess mother marking the way, and followed hard on the course the Fates has charted. A mere seven, battered by wind and wave, survived the worst.” (Puchner, et al., p.992). Out of twenty ships only seven made it to land due to Juno’s plan in trying to destroy them all. Aeneas must deal with the pain of what happened at Troy only to be subjected to more destruction while at sea. As a leader he needs to stay strong in front of others. The internal conflicts he has forces him to carry the weight of the world because he has others who are relying on home to find a new home. Aeneas stress, grief, pain, worriers, and suffering are due to the deaths of others, war, trauma, and the fear of the unknown. I would consider Aeneas deepest feelings a major conflict in The Aeneid because it is up to him whether or not they affect his leadership. In a way Aeneas is battling not only what is in front of him, but what is inside him as well.

It is mentioned that Aeneas is “overwhelmed by despair, wishing he could have died with his friends at Troy … Aeneas feels not only physical fear but also despair at being a survivor, with no home to go to” (Puchner, et al., p.979). This kind of stress could easily break someone, but Aeneas stays strong for his men who have also been traumatized by the effects of war. As a leader Aeneas puts his own feelings and thoughts aside to reassure others that there is hope. “Dismiss your grief and fear. A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this. Bear up. Save your strength for better times to come” (Puchner, et al., p.987). In front of his men, Aeneas remains positive and keeps his own fears and uncertainties to himself. A major, but less obvious conflict are the feelings, thoughts, and emotions Aeneas keeps to himself in order to give hope to others.

Work Cited
Puchner, Martin, et al. The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. W.W. Norton & Company, 2014. 

Second reply

 Besides Aeneas and Dido, and the Greeks and the Trojans, there are less obvious conflicts that take place within Virgil’s Aeneid, which should be considered. While most of the poem’s most obvious battles involve both internal and external conflicts of Aeneas, significant conflicts also exist between the Gods and Goddesses. They play a direct role in the fate of the characters and at times their motives seem to be conflicting and detrimental in helping guide those heroes who are trying to fulfill their destinies. They almost act as children at times in their fits of rage, pettiness, and cruelty.   

Juno, the goddess of marriage and wife and sister to Jupiter, is considerably one of the main sources of conflict within the Aeneid. She is a selfish goddess filled with pride and jealousy, who desires to be worshipped. She states, “Is anyone going to still worship the deity of Juno or in supplication lay honoring offerings on her alters?” From the beginning, Juno, who has long despised the Trojan race – being that her beloved city of Carthage is prophesized to be destroyed by the Trojans – decides to take her anger out on Aeneas. Her anger prompts her to convince Aeolus, the god of wind, to raise up a storm in efforts to wipe out Aeneas’s ships during his voyage to Italy. In return, the sea God Neptune, who is annoyed with Aeolus’s interference with the ocean, is able to subside the storm and Aeneas sets port in Libya, still with some ships left to spare. Neptune says, referring to Aeolus, “He is not the one who has jurisdiction over the sea or holds the trident that knows no pity. That is my responsibility, given to me by my lot”. This shows how much the gods were able to manipulate and influence the characters in the midst of their own petty quarrels. While Aeneas was detested by one god, he experienced favor from another. Another example of this type of conflict between gods occurs when Juno realizes that Aeneas is destined to be the founder of Rome. She sends her messenger, Iris, to the beach to convince the other women, who are fanning over the men playing games by the ships, to set the ships on fire in efforts to stop Aeneas from sailing to Rome. After failed attempts to put out the fire, Aeneas begs Jupiter, who as king of the gods, has the power to overrule any other god, to help save his ships. Jupiter, then summons for rainfall and the flames are then doused in water. Also despise Juno’s efforts to keep Aeneas out of Rome, Jupiter sends Mercury, god of finance, gymnasts, thief’s, merchants, and commerce, to Carthage to remind Aeneas of his destiny and that he should leave for Italy.

The gods are just as juvenile as some of the mortals that they try to manipulate

Works Sited
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Mercury.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 3 Apr. 2018, www.britannica.com/topic/Mercury-Roman-god.

Martin Puchner, Suzanne Akbari, Wiebke Denecke, Barbara Fuchs, Caroline Levine, Pericles Lewis, and Emily Wilson. The Aeneid. The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. 9th ed. Vol. 1. New York: W.W. Norton, 2014.  

Art History- Baroque-20th Century: Fauvism and Expressionism

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For the second part of your assignment, please reply three of your classmates’ posts of no less than three sentences each. 

Here are three classmates’ posts

1. Matisse grew up in a gloomy town known as Bohain-en-Vermandois in Northern France. The town itself seems very dry and lacking in color, which is odd considering Matisse’s artwork. The town however was a textile town, that produced some surprisingly stunning work. Growing up in this town gave Matisse a sense of pattern and color early on in his life. Matisse studied art in Paris, but never truly found himself until he traveled to southern France. In the fishing town Collioure, Matisse created some of his first famous works. I believe his time in this town is what gave him the insight to become the master he was. Many critiques did not like Matisse because of his breaking of barriers in the art world, but that did not matter much when a famous Russian collector, Sergei Shchukin, began purchasing all of Matisse’s work in bulk. I think Sergei gave Matisse the confidence he needed to continue his work, and to continue broadening his use of color.

One of my favorite works by Matisse is Les toits de Collioure. It was painted in 1905 in that fishing town, Collioure. The piece has a very bright, vibrant color palette with many contrasting colors. The transition of colors gives the artwork a bit of fluidity. The town itself has very warm colors with hints of cooler colors, whereas the background has much cooler colors with hints of warmer colors. You can almost feel the weather that Matisse was sitting in when he painted this. The rough brush strokes make the piece look very spontaneous, which I think is what makes this such an important artwork. Matisse was reinforcing the ideology that not everything is perfect. Artwork doesn’t have to be perfect. Something can be beautiful without having straight lines and solid colors. 

I think Fauvism was an important part of art history. Artists such as Matisse opened the worlds eyes to the abstract arts. I believe Matisse went through some rough patches in his life, trying to find himself and find what he wants in life, and those are what helped fuel his artistic senses. His emotions weren’t straight lines and solid colors, they were sporadic and wildly contrasted, just like his artwork. Matisse saw the world differently than others and I respect that quite a lot. It isn’t easy to open yourself up in a world where everyone follows the same guidelines. 

2. Matisse was a dreamer growing up in a small french town. At the age of 19 he became depressed and his mother and caretaker gave him the gift to change his life, a set of paints. The town in which he grew up was filled with textiles which could have been a color inspiration however, he began his paintings with average dulled colors. Once he moved to Paris he met Picasso who became a lifelong friend and  mutual inspiration. In the middle portion of his life he painted with color that was filled with life and skill. But, as he got older fell ill to cancer this changed his life. After he survived the surgery he had a new outlook on life and this showed through in his work. His medium changed from paints to colorful and meaningful cutouts. They were driven by the world all around and he expressed it all within these cutout works.

The Snail was one of Matisse’s final works completed in 1953 it is a large (2864 x 2870 mm) cut out image. The cut outs are placed on a white background in a seemingly playful fashion. You are given a border of a yellow-orange with the top left hand corner containing an almost lavender purple and the top right hand corner containing a teal. The center has the spiral of color cut outs that protected the illusion of the snail and the snail head is depicted in a small orange cut out. The base holds a blue rectangle on the left and a green fluid cut out on the right. Each piece holds white in between allowing for negative space. I find this work enticing as it very large for what it is depicting as well as how Matisse not only created it but the state he was in when creating this piece. It is lively with color but more so I see the upper right and left hand corners as the unstoppable clouds that loom. While the earth in the bottom stand firm so that the snail can still make his way, slowly but surely. This I find representational of Matisse and his health, he was slowing down and death was imminent but he was still moving regardless of speed.
I see Fauvism to be both casual and formal. While the colors can be childlike thus, casual. The placement is formal and derived from deep thoughtfulness to create the images. I am attached to Fauvism paintings not just for the color use but also the ease of the brush strokes. There is a deep connection that can be made with these images unlike that of mythical and historic images of Baroque. Fauvism is for the viewer to feel something and to be drawn to it not just for the story but for the experience. These images helped the world experience happiness in times of great sadness and in my opinion they help heal sadness by allowing the viewer to be understood and a validated by the depictions of these emotional pieces.

3. Henri Matisse was born December 31st, 1869 in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Picardy France.  The first son to a family that owned a flower shop (seed store). He wasn’t ambitious towards a goal in life until he was gifted a set of paints by his mother when he was ill. His color infatuation was influenced by the textile and fabric companies in town, which other then that the town was hues of grey. But he yet knew of the slow acceptance of bright colors until He left for paris. In the 1890’s he had a daughter with one of his models and then married another girl while studying art. He found his muse in 1905 in the south of france, where he tried to capture his “feelings” of the town Collioure. With him saying “a gram of green is more green than half a gram of green” adding to his style of heavy colors and big shapes. Matisse became the “Badboy” of art because he chose a color palette opposite of that of the Van Gogh (yellows and blues) and painted scenes that provoke emotion. When Russian philanthropist Sergei Shchukin’s avid collection of Matisse artwork is when he started to get high recognition. After Shchukin’s collection getting confiscated by communist and then re-emerged into the public, is when it influenced artists, fashion designers and textilers. Matisse used his travels and emotions along with bright colors as a reflection onto the canvas.

I Chose “Le bonheur de vivre” Because i feel that this is a huge culmination of Henri Matisse’s work. With bright contrasting and complimentary colors. Solid filled in shapes and detailing lines. And a sense of presence. By figures doing multiple things. As if many still lifes of emotion put into one painting. This painting changed the artworld because it wasn’t a quick impression of a scene, nor was it an academic standard of historical painting. It was a scene of emotion by color.

For me, I personally took post-impressionist and fauvist works lightly. Because If you did not know the context or artist, then you did not understand the painting and it would uphold no meaning. I saw a true Van Gogh once, but this was before i knew the greatness i was looking at. Anywho As for Fauvism on the art community/world. It was the last straw that broke the camel’s back, in a sense. It was the final key to freedom of expression. Art didn’t have to visually make sense anymore. Because now it’s not just a visual representation of reality, but it is a visual representation of emotion. You are able to paint with passion and not just purpose.

Stata program

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PharmaCo sells Medical Imaging Devices. It has just signed a contract to sell in 02 -Apr-2018 a batch of these expensive devices to various customers around the world. The following table shows the orders from seven customers. The selling prices are fixed and in local currencies at the exchange rate prevailing at the time of the delivery – that is on 02-Apr-2018. Of course there is uncertainty in the exchange rates, and in order to cope with this uncertainty estimates of the mean and the standard deviation of these have been provided by the Bank of America for all but one (EUR) of the currencies. The report that came with these estimates stated that these rates are normally distributed and independent in between them. 

    

Worldwide Orders 

  

Exchange Rate (to $) 

   

Customer 

  

Quantity 

  

Selling Price 

  

Mean 

  

Standard Deviation 

   

UK 

  

10 

  

£ 57,500 

  

$ 1.4/£ 

  

$ 0.041/£ 

   

France 

  

2 

  

65,000 € 

  

$1.1/Euro 

  

$0.03/Euro 

   

Japan 1 

  

5 

  

Y 8,400,000 

  

$0.009/Y 

  

$0.00045/Y 

   

Japan 2 

  

3 

  

Y 9,000,000 

  

$0.009/Y 

  

$0.00045/Y 

   

Canada 

  

4 

  

CAD 98,500 

  

$0.824YY/CAD 

  

$0.0342/CAD 

   

South Africa 

  

2 

  

R 4,100,000 

  

$.0.0211/R 

  

$.0.00083/R 

     

USA 

  

1 

  

$100,000 

 

  1. Find the distribution and report the mean and the standard deviation of the total revenue in $

     

  2. a) What is the probability that this revenue will exceed $ 2,300,000?

    b) What is the probability that this revenue will be less than $ 2,100,000?

     

  3. HSBC offers to pay a sure sum of $2,170,000 (payment to be made on the 02 – Apr -2018) in return for the revenue in local currencies form the sales. What do you think, is this a good offer for PharmaCo or not? The CEO of PharmaCo is very risk-averse: do you think he/she will accept the offer?

     

  4. Why HSBC is making this offer and what is the probability that the bank will incur a loss? What other options does the bank has if they decide not to convert all/some of the currencies in $ on 02 – Apr -2018?

     

  5. For the exchange rate of EUR/USD let’s assume that estimates were not available. Describe a process for producing such estimates.
     

Assignment Type: Final Essay

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Assignment Type: Final Essay

Topic: You will develop your own topic, as you have done throughout the course of the semester. 

Additional Instructions: You are required to borrow material from the primary source. You are also required to borrow material from at least 5 secondary sources. (two secondary sources are the movies are you to rent and watch, so you only need supply 3 additional sources. This could be a movie review, an autobiography, etc)

Ensure that there are at least two elements of borrowed material, cited, in each body paragraph of your essay, with the exception of borrowed material in the introductory paragraph and the conclusion. 

Ideally, each body paragraph should have a main idea whose core concept is taken directly from the primary source and is argumentative in nature. THEN, there should be at least 1 – 3 sentences – each a created specifically to support the main idea – BUT the core of these sentences should come from secondary sources.

 This is very important. Essays failing to include borrowed material, formatted correctly, and not cited, will receive no less than a 15 point penalty.

Rubric

Essay Three – 35% of our overall grade. (1)

   

Essay    Three – 35% of our overall grade. (1)

 

Criteria

Ratings

Pts

 

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome MLA format is essential!

Proper format is required. That means that MLA format must   be followed to the letter. Use your Purdue Owl resource to ensure you are   meeting the expectations of: A properly formatted heading; sentence and   paragraph spacing; a properly formatted running head; properly formatted   margins.
 

  This also includes properly formatted borrowed material.
 

  Finally, look closely at the sample Works Cited page.
  You cannot merely copy and paste URL addresses onto the Works Cited page. You   must follow the same format presented in Purdue Owl, including all   publication material.

20.0 pts

 

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome This is an Argumentative Essay – Summary has   no place here.

You have smoothly transitioned from summary to   argumentation. Now the essay is dominately argumentative. That means the only   time you implement summary will be to establish context for the reader. Any   summary other than that will hinder your possibility to earn a good grade.

20.0 pts

 

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Grammar and mechanics

Use academic language, word choice, phrases, and tone   throughout the essay. Avoid contractions, colloqualisims, jargon, convoluted   sentences, fragments, awkwardly constructed sentences, vague pronoun usage,   missing subjects, etc.

10.0 pts

 

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Structure and Development

This is essential:
 

  Your essay must be well developed. Your thesis is the backbone of the paper.   Without a thesis, no quality grade can be given.
 

  The main ideas are the legs for that backbone. Make them strong, logical,   appropriately presented of sequence, relevant, connected, and based on an   idea from the primary source that led you to the thesis statement you present   in the introductory paragraph, ‘
  Make sure your body paragraphs have one and only one main idea and that the   main idea directly supports the thesis statement written.
 

  Extract your supporting ideas from both the primary source and the secondary   sources. The more the better.
 

  Create strong transitions into and out of body paragraphs. This is essential   for a smooth following essay.

50.0 pts

 

Total   Points: 100.0

this essay is WORTH 100 POINTS!!!!!

Analysis

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NARCISSUS & HIS REFLECTION

Narcissus was born in Thespiae in Boeotia, the son of Cephissus (the personification of the Boeotian river of the same name) and the nymph Liriope. His mother was warned one day by the seer Teiresias that her son would live a long life as long as ‘he never knows himself.’ As he reached his teenage years, the handsome youth never found anyone that could pull his heartstrings, indeed, he left in his wake a long trail of distressed and broken-hearted maidens, and one or two young men fell by the wayside too. Then, one day, he chanced to see his own reflection in a pool of water and, thus, discovered the ultimate in unrequited love and fell in love with himself. Naturally, this one-way relationship went nowhere, and Narcissus, unable to draw himself away from the pool, pined away in despair until he finally died of thirst and starvation. Immortality, at least of a kind, was assured, though, when his corpse (or in some versions the blood from his self-inflicted stab wound) turned into the flowers which, thereafter, bore his name.

Mythologies involve stories about old religions and old gods. In this mythology, the man Narcissus, becomes immortalized by his obsession with his own looks. 
For this analysis: 
1- Do a little research and learn more about Narcissus
2- Explain the literal story
3- Explain the figurative story- that is: what is the lesson of the story?
4- Explain why you think the story of Narcissus is important in today’s global culture.

Applying the Sociological Imagination

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The purpose of this essay is to apply C. W. Mills’s Sociological Imagination concept to explain a personal situation. The essay will demonstrate the student’s ability to use sociological concepts & theories learned in the course, to describe a personal situation. The topic is left to the student’s discretion.

The Essay paper should have the following 5 content areas:

1. Introduction: In this first content area, write a paragraph introducing C. W. Mills’s concept of sociological imagination, and give a general overview of how you will be applying it to the personal situation that you will discuss in your paper.

2. Personal Explanation: In this second content area, describe your personal situation/topic. Based on whether the situation is a current one or a past one, describe how you dealt or are dealing with it. You can also pick a situation from a person’s life who is closely related to you or whose experience affected you. You should know the person well enough to write the essay.

Describe what caused the problem, who were involved, what were others’ and your roles in the situation, and if a resolution was reached. This section is all about your account of your situation and should be no longer than four paragraphs (3/4 – 1 page).

3. Sociological Imagination: In this third content area, analyze your personal situation by applying sociological imagination, i.e., examine how society and social forces affected your situation. This section should be the most substantial portion of your essay. You should use terms and concepts from at least 3 different chapters from the textbook, and one sociological theory.

4. Data/Stats: Utilize at least 2 statistics or research studies from the textbook or outside sources such as the Galen College online library. The references should be scholarly and should be relevant to your situation (E.g., Inclusion of divorce rates in the US if the topic is on Divorce; inclusion of poverty rates, crime and victimization rates, or suicide rates if the topic is either on Poverty or Crime). Citing at least one outside source is required.

5. Conclusion: Write a wrap-up conclusion summarizing the major finding/themes in your paper. This should be no more than a paragraph.

Your essay should be 4-6 pages in length (excluding the title page and the references page) and should be double-spaced. You will lose points if your essay is shorter than 4 full pages of content. The font should be 12-point Calibri or Times New Roman. Use APA format for your entire essay, including for references and in-text citations and edit your work carefully for spelling and grammar.

Your essay should be 4-6 pages in length (excluding the title page and the references page). It should be double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5” x 11”) with a 1” margin on all sides. The font should be 12-point Times New Roman or Calibri. Use APA formatting throughout your essay and cite any sources you use.