“Help Writing Essay We don’t spend much time in school or college discussing how to write exam essays. Here’s my shot at trying to help. Every question asks you to demonstrate your proficiency in one or more of several areas of thinking. Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is currently out of favor (really out of favor) among education types (they’re the people who are more concerned with self-esteem than with learning), categorizes thinking into six areas-knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. You can use Bloom’s Taxonomy to structure responses to essay questions. Click on the two following links to pages that explain Bloom’s Taxonomy in two different ways. Read those pages over. Bloom’s Taxonomy (lists of additional terms designating specific actions) Bloom’s Taxonomy (brief prose summaries of forms of thinking) When you begin to respond to an essay question, you want to consider what the question asks you to do. Most of the time, a question suggests its own answer by demanding the completion of a number of tasks. The first thing that I do is to break the question into identifiable tasks. Let’s consider some questions from a Humanities exam. In response to one of the following questions, write a well-organized, readable, coherent essay that is supported by specific references (quotations, summaries, or paraphrases) to the works that you treat. Treat at least two and no more than three works. Keep in mind that you would benefit from defining terms that you use, even those suggested by the question. Circle the question to which you will respond. Write on the back of the exam sheets and fill up at least one full page. Show off your ideas! (40 points) 1. Of all of the explicit or implicit ethical systems (that is, systems defining what human behavior ought to be) that we have read about in this section on the ancient world, which would best balance the competing interests of self, other, and community without imposing unreasonable expectations on human nature? 2. Does Odysseus embody any view of human perfection other than the Homeric view? Consider at least two other ancient views of perfection or ideal human behavior that we have read about in this section and evaluate (judge) Odysseus in terms of those standards of perfection. Also consider what your evaluative analysis or judgment of Odysseus tells you about the values of the world outside of Homeric Greece. 3. Identify in the readings for the semester two extreme and conflicting positions on valuing family. Describe them, illustrate them, identify their underlying values, and evaluate them in terms of each other using some single evaluative standard of your own choosing (that is, determine which one is better, judging according to practicality, morality, socially good, or any other standard you find most useful). Be certain to describe your standard briefly. If I were to answer question number three, I would begin by incorporating some of the language of the question into an introductory paragraph: “”The Bhagavad Gita and Confucius’s Analects offer conflicting views of how to value the family.”” Identifying also involves what Bloom calls naming, a form of knowledge: “”We might call those two views dutiful and respectful. The dutiful view of the family is advocated in the Bhagavad Gita, whereas the respectful view is advocated in the Analects.”” Another form of knowledge, recalling, would be appropriate at this point. I would probably offer a brief summary of the sections of the two texts that relate to ideas about how the family ought to be valued. “

“Years ago, the editor at my student newspaper handed me one of the green flyers that had been plastered on bulletin boards and car windshields all over campus. “research papers for sale ,” read the headline. “All subjects.” “This looks like a story,” the editor said, as near as I can remember. The assignment that followed — which included an undercover visit to the office where the research was sold — was one of those small steps that helped launch my career in journalism. What’s more, the whole experience took place outside the bounds of any formal course work and illustrates the value of extracurricular activities. Class work, of course, is the core of the university experience. But involvement in extracurricular activities will usually put students in situations that more closely resemble the kinds of things they will encounter in their careers beyond college. Benefits Some extracurricular activities, like serving in student government or putting out a campus publication, tend to be more formal and structured than others. But even involvement in more casual campus organizations such as social clubs can bring big benefits. Most jobs involve teamwork at some level, and campus organizations offer students a chance to learn how to work together on shared goals. In my experience, the people who hire at companies also tend to look favorably on young people with extracurricular activities. Perhaps it’s because they know that being part of a group endeavor — even if it’s putting on a fundraising carwash — gives them a leg up in knowing how to organize events and to work with people. And perhaps it also shows that they can juggle multiple things at once, something employers are increasingly demanding. Talk about it now It may seem a bit late in the school year to be singing the praises of extracurricular activities, but there are several reasons why it’s worth mentioning now. First, the end of the spring quarter is a good time to take stock of the past year with your student — to talk about what worked and what didn’t work during the year, to discuss whether he or she is still excited about his or her major, and in general to find out how things are going. If you sense your student is a bit adrift, either academically or socially, then you might suggest involvement in campus extracurricular activities as one way of recharging, and you can steer your child to a searchable database of student organizations maintained by the campus’ Student Programs and Activities Center. Secondly, if your student is taking courses this summer or staying in the Davis area, it might be a good time for him or her to get involved in one of the clubs or other organizations when the academic load is at least a bit lighter. Not all groups go on hiatus over the summer, and it can be a good time to explore some of these opportunities. Finally, if you have another child who will enter UC Davis this fall, it’s not too early to have the discussion about extracurricular opportunities. For one thing, the beginning of the fall quarter tends to be a blur because students have so many things heaped on their plates all at once. So it can’t hurt to talk about extracurricular activities now — you may not have much of a chance later. For the resumé It’s probably too much to expect that your student’s participation in extracurricular activities will help lead to a career path, as it did with me, but you never know how those little extras on the resume will play out. One of the other extracurricular activities I pursued in college was flying, and to help make up for my lack of career experience, I wrote “licensed private pilot” on my first resume . A couple weeks after interviewing with the news director at a TV station, I got a call back with a job offer. The news director made a point of mentioning the pilot thing; his boss, the station’s managing editor, had seen the resumé and was an avid pilot too. “

“Slow Growth for Business-to-Business Buying Research Paper September 2002  STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS —In the late 1990s, market analysts anticipated that business-to-business (B2B) online transactions —commonly called “”e-procurement”“—would increase from $600 billion in 2000 to over $6.3 trillion by 2004. Growth has been much slower but researchers predict it will catch on and result in real savings. “”In the late nineties, we thought everything would happen on the Net,”” says Antonio Davila, assistant professor of accounting at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. “”Market analysts, journalists, and investors built up too many expectations.”” Only gradually have businesses begun to experiment with e-procurement. In recent research, Davila—along with coauthors Mahendra Gupta of Washington University in St. Louis and Richard J. Palmer of Eastern Illinois University—tries to explain why adoption of e-procurement has happened a lot more slowly than some thought it would. In their research paper “”Moving Procurement Systems to the Internet,”” the researchers do not sound a death knell for these technologies, however. Rather, they show that interest in e-procurement is typical of any innovation with some businesses adopt it aggressively, while others are more conservative. “

“ What is a Resume? A resume is a self-promotional document. Basically, it “”sells”” you to a company. It is not a job application. A resume should consist of information about your performance and accomplishments (especially those that are relevant to the position you are applying for). It is important to be truthful, specific, and brief. Some Guidelines for Resume Writing Company You must tell the truth in your resume. That’s not negotiable. It is simply unethical to invent any part of your background. Besides, employers find it very easy to verify the basic facts on any resume, especially your title, dates of employment, prior salary history, and your major and degree. If you do find a job, you won’t have any job security. Most employers will dismiss employees, even years later, if they are discovered to have lied on their applications. Remember, your resume, and everything on it, becomes part of your permanent personnel file. Being creative and persuasive are expected, but a fabrication on your resume is a grievous mistake. It is your job to sell yourself. A resume is no place for modesty. Employers will expect you to scour your entire background and let them know what skills, abilities, talents, traits, and experiences you have relative to their needs. They will not expect you to hold back. You are doing them a favor if you put your best foot forward, because they are looking at your resume specifically to discover your talents and abilities. Think about it. “

“Issues and Topics for your Term Research Paper that relate to Consumption I Issues: Do we have social responsibility for the consequences our choices of buying and using up certain commodities? What responsibilities do we have? What should we do or not do? Assumptions: Are our acts of buying and consuming certain commodities or services totally determined by society (media, business, church, family, peer group, etc.)? Do we have total freedom to choose to consume or not to consume certain commodities or services? Is reality a mix of the two? Restatement of issue: If we have some freedom to choose, do we have responsibility for the consequences of our choices to consume? For the effects on those who produce the commodities or service (in sweatshops, for example), for environmental damage produced by consumption of the commodity or service, for those who are deprived of the commodity or service because of our choice (and ability) to buy it. Or do we have the right to freely consume whatever we want if we can buying term paper (as proposed by Twitchell in “The Liberating Role of Consumption”?) “