Essays on Learning Page 64

Classes are taught five days a week, class mimes vary depending upon the day of the week. Unlike your typical painting and wine studio, Downtime Arts & Aperitif offer much more than just canvas painting. Some of the art techniques taught in our studio are canvas painting, oil based paintings, wine or liquor bottle painting,…

Judith Ortiz Cofer discusses the numerous stereotypes that exist against Hispanic women. She begins by recounting an incident in London, where a drunk man impersonated “Maria” from West Side Story. Despite feeling irritated, Cofer remained composed, even as everyone around her laughed and applauded. She proceeds to share her personal experiences of growing up in…

The issue of language ability being innate or learned is in essence, a special case of the nature vs. nurture debate.  Some people believe that language is a biological ability, or a gift from God that is wired into our being. Others believe that it is an acquired skill or that the ability evolved over…

Introduction             Many students in American schools today speak English as a foreign language. The English language learner (ELL) finds that English contains words and phrases that may seem confusing because of the disparity between the literal and figurative meanings. These words and phrases are used in everyday conversations by native speakers but ELL students…

The Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (1980) defines culture as “the incorporated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action, and artifacts and depends on man’s competence for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations” and “the customary beliefs, social forms, and material behavior of a racial, religious, or social group.” These definitions point to…

The author employs figurative language to create a specific impact, as seen in Edwards’ portrayal of God’s wrath. Three instances of his effective use of figurative language can be found in the following excerpts: “The wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present,” “The bow of God’s wrath is bent,…

This is to certify that the project entitled “Any Abnormality in Pretreatment Process(Fuel Tank)” has been carried out by SUMIT GAUR under my guidance in partial fulfillment of the requirement of the case study during summer training. To the best of my knowledge and belief this work has not been submitted elsewhere for any purpose….

“A Call for Unity” by Carpenter et al. makes use of logos and ethos to create a persuasive and convincing argument. By using these persuasive rhetoric appeals, Carpenter et al. manage to presents themselves and other non-Negro citizens in a favorable light by suggesting that they have “expressed understanding” (Carpenter et al. 1) and been…

The life of the Greek mathematician Diophantus is not well-documented, but his contributions are significant. One of his achievements led to Fermat’s last theorem. Diophantus was born in Alexandria, between 200 and 214 BC, a major center of Greek culture and knowledge. He belonged to the ‘Silver Age’ of Alexandria. Despite limited information about his…

The traditional criteria for propositional knowledge are of three parts namely “justify”, “true” and “belief”. For a proposition to be taken as knowledge claim, one has to prove that it has been a duly justified true belief. In the justification part, the person is being required to provide some sort of explanation in rendering his…