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1. Immigration is one issue that intersects government, politics and social Justice.What is fair?
Discuss whether or not the children of undocumented immigrants or children brought into the country illegally by their parents should be entitled to a free K-12 education in the U.S. and possibly other (humanitarian) services.
Take into account all your readings for the past weeks as you ponder the question and discuss your views.
Also take into consideration how questions surrounding immigration have become extremely divisive; you cannot imitate politicians or echo their talking points. You will respond with civility, thoughtfulness, and viewpoints argued from and supported by credible sources (Please no MSNBC, FOX, Breitbart, TYT, etc.).

2. Was financial reward the primary reason you chose your major or was there some other reason? After you have pondered this question for a few minutes, explain why you did or did not choose your major primarily financial reward.
Now, do a little research and list the three most financially rewarding majors and the three least financially rewarding majors.
Do your findings support or argue against the claims made by Krugman, Ehrenreich, and or Reich?
READINGS: Delusions of Grandeur by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
The Death of Horatio Alger by Paul Krugman
Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer by Robert Reich

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of selecting a career based on economic remuneration versus one based on love of the work itself.What advice would you give to liberal arts majors who want to follow their passion? Explain.Which reading for this week has you thinking about your career choice given the economic situations described in your readings and video clips? Make sure you reference any sources you use to strengthen your discussion.

3. Think of your readings for this week and reflect on the messages transmitted via our media and pop culture. You might want to consider, for example, Dave Barry’s essay and Deborah Ross’ essay, which seem to show similar concerns about the image of men and women, as depicted by the media.
READINGS: 2 Live Crew, Decoded by Henry Louis Gates Jr., 2 Live Crew, Decoded – The New York Times
My Creature from the Black Lagoon by Stephen King,
Red, White and Beer by Dave Barry,
Supersaturation, or, The Media Torrent and Disposable Feeling by Todd Gitlin,
Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination by Deborah Ross,

Do you think these images will be a relatively accurate picture of who we are today? What image of the early 21st century (what image of us) do you believe future generations will have? If you have some media example that sticks out in your mind (a clip of Keeping Up with the Kardashians or Real Housewives of New Jersey, ad images, a political ad or some cultural image) please feel free to share. Do you think these images affect us as a society? How so? Make sure you reference any sources.

4.Susan Sontag’s essay discusses what is uniquely powerful about photography as an art form. Moreover, she writes that the photographs coming out of Abu Ghraib “are us.” Whether or not you agree with the implications of her statement, the power of the Abu Ghraib photos are undeniable.
READINGS: Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie,
Finding Neverland by David Gates,
Regarding the Torture of Others by Susan Sontag,
Saving the Life That Is Your Own: The Importance of Models in the Artist’s Life by Alice Walker,

Search for an image (it does not have to be a recent image) that is “us.” Explain why you think the photo or image captures something of who we are as a people and a nation. Make sure to include a copy of the image or a link to the image in your post. Reference your source.
Now that you found and explained why you found your image compelling, as an image that somehow captures us as Americans, consider this: Many school districts are facing severe budget cuts and shortages. As education budgets get tightened arts programs are often the first to go. Discuss why you believe the arts should either be cut or supported. Use the readings to help explain your position or feel free to argue against some of the opinions voiced in the readings as part of your discussion. Please reference your sources.

5.Do a little investigating and find out what environmental issue (or issues) local groups, your local government, or your state government are trying to tackle.What is/are the specific environmental issue/s (describe the issue/s)? How are you connected to this issue, if at all? What credible source did you find? Are you concerned – why or why not? What are 2 or 3 broader possible issues related to the environmental problem (for example, the political and economic impact of the problem)? (State Government-Mississippi)

Now, assemble a [dream] team of 3 to 5 experts from the academic community and organizations looking at your type of local issue and discuss the following:
What problems have they been assigned to tackle and why? In other words, what is it about their skill or knowledge that makes them suited to help the community solve this problem? The special team you assemble may address or reflect your specific concern/s about this local environmental issue or issues.

Finally, what academic knowledge and skills are needed to address the environmental issue/s you describe?

PART 1
Complete the Readiness for Change Questionnaire found in your textbook to assess your organization’s readiness. Briefly discuss your readiness assessment and how awareness for the need to change could be increased. Support your response with one or more specific examples. How ready is your organization for the change initiative you identified in week 3 for your Organizational Change Application Paper due in Week 8?

PART 2
Complete Exercise 4.3: Writing A Vision Statement for your change initiative due in Week 8, and then post your vision statement. In responding to your colleagues offer ideas and feedback of what resonates with you, and ideas to increase the effectiveness of the vision statement.

1) Drawing on Ch. 11 (especially pp. 318-319), come up with a brief egalitarian argument in favor of air-ambulance legislation.

2) Drawing on Ch. 11 (especially pp. 318-319), come up with a brief libertarian argument against air-ambulance legislation. You may write about the arbitration provision in particular or about the legislation in general.

3) In your own view, should an individual whose quality health insurance covers a fraction of an air-ambulance bill be held responsible for the remainder of the bill? Why or why not? (You can assume for this question that the recent legislation has not yet been enacted.)

For this critical reflection select two articles from the Recommended Content in the Ambiguous Loss and Chronic Sorrow Module Overview (they are also listed on the syllabus). Read each article and then submit a two page essay for each answering the following questions.

1. Name the article and author(s) and use appropriate APA citations.

2. Why did you select this particular?

3. What were 3 takeaways from the article? What did you learn?

4. If you were to encounter a person in your role as a social worker how would this new knowledge help you to respond?

5. What if you encountered them personally rather than in your professional role, would your response be different? If so, how?

Submission: Please watch EACH of these videos and WRITE a short paragraph (100-150) about EACH of them in the PROPER SUBMISSION box!

Describe at least six techniques that can be used in career counseling. Please also discuss any multicultural issues that might apply to each. Please be sure to share at least 3 real-world examples in the field of counseling and human services to support your claims.

Describe how the push for a lead-free standard in electronic products (RoHS) increased social justice in the U.S. (minimum 500 words).

In this Legal Aspects of Evidence class we take a critical look at evidence and not only determine what is evidence, but how we legally use it to make arrest and prosecute cases in criminal court. The United States use the American Adversary system in criminal trials. Your task is to write a term paper that deals specifically with the adversary system and demonstrate your knowledge regarding the process and consider if the system is equity based.
In this term paper you should carefully review the chapters and reflect on the contents to assist you with the preparation of your term paper.
Your paper should be authentic and represent college level writing. Your paper is designed to critically reflect on and have scholarly research information that contributes to our American Adversary system. The paper should answer and/ or demonstrate your knowledge of the following information:
A comprehensive definition of the Adversary system here in the United States of America.
Scholarly research that compares our adversary system to other systems in other parts of the world.
The difference between the accusatorial and adversary system.
Do you believe the adversary system based on our accusatory process is fair to those on trial (explain your response).
Examine relevant, reliable and competent evidence and articulate how it plays a role in the adversarial system and give at least two examples.
Conclude your paper with giving an overview on the accusatorial process. Incorporate the rest of your studies from this text book and offer your critical reflection and thoughts regarding this accusatorial style.
The above bullets are offered as a pathway to assist you with the desired contents of your paper. The bullet points are not placed in a chronological format and it is up to you to formulate your paper in a college level format suitable of a term paper. Students are reminded that proper formatting using the APA formatting is required and all students are expected to submit papers which represent their authentic work. Copying and pasting will be closely monitored and must have legitimate citations to support the quote and/or copy and paste. Grammar is essential and all students are encourage to proof their papers several times before submitting the final draft.
Please use the chapters in your textbook as a reference and 6 additional outside sources are required to support your paper. Research shall be conducted through academic website searches. Contra Costa College Library has a great databases available to you as a student and I suggest you start there for your research as you navigate towards other academic journals and scholarly reviews. The citation style for this particular paper shall be completed in APA format.
(Your paper should be double spaced, 12 Font, Times New Roman, and 9-11 pages not counting title and bibliography pages).

BUSINESS CASES and WRITTEN MIDTERM CASE:
Analyze cases, these cases are available in Strategic Management Text. UBER will be used in a Written Exam.
case. The student assumes that he/she is a consultant with the goal of finding a course of action leading to the firm’s
long-term benefit – after making a thorough analysis of the firm’s situation in world markets. For the midterm case
analysis exam, students are only permitted to use the material in the case and perform their case analysis based on the
time frame presented in the case. Guidelines to the midterm case analysis will be provided by your professor.

Develop an introduction and short outline to “map” or plan your literary analysis.

Choose ONE character from The lottery- Shirley Jackson

For full points, your outline should have:
full introductory paragraph with the assertion that clearly answers the prompt: Who is the most compelling character? Why?
a minimum of TWO Main Points (I. & II.)
a minimum of 3 sub-points for each main point (A. B. C.), one of which should be textual evidence
use complete sentences that clearly support your claim
MLA format (set up the doc, use in-text citations in the outline, and add a Works Cited page)

While there are many ways this could be analyzed, here is one example of content (note: the labels and bold text are here to illustrate this model only- your paper will follow standard MLA):

Example: Poor Fortunato

With only two characters in the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” character development is everything. As a villain, Montresor’s narcissistic psychology is sufficiently profiled. However, of perhaps greater interest, is how Edgar Allan Poe achieves the necessary blurring of arrogance and innocence in the development of Fortunato.
I. Fortunato is compelling as a stereotypical, arrogant connoisseur.
A. Poe deliberately designs an annoying, prideful character who, much like the bells on his costume, immediately gets on the reader’s nerves.
B. Fortunato brags that “Luchesi cannot tell Amontillado from Sherry” (Poe 15) and in the process, chastises Montresor for even suggesting someone else.
C. Fortunato’s drunkenness and brash speech makes him unlikeable and allows the reader to initially want to see how far Montresor will actually go.
II. However, the reader cannot help but sympathize with Fortunato’s realization that he has been betrayed by someone he called “friend.”
A. Even with Fortunato’s arrogance and alleged insults, the premeditated deception and cruelty of the crime is not justified.
B. Poe curiously leaves out any detail of the “insult” in order to keep the reader initially unclear about which man has been most wronged, but the question of whether Fortunato is even aware of his alleged transgression is suddenly in the forefront.
C. Fortunato has been endeared with just enough innocence and naiveté to invoke empathy from the reader in the end.
D. “For the love of God, Montresor!” (Poe 19), he helplessly pleads for his life before being silenced forever by a man he excitedly shook hands with a short time before.
Works Cited
Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Cask of Amontillado.” Literature: A portable anthology, 4th edition. Edited by Janet Gardner, Beverly Lawn,
Jack Ridl, and Peter Schakel, 2017, pp. 14-20. Poor Fortunato