Higher Education Can Advance Social Mobility A progress report by the Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty October 2012 University Challenge: How Higher Education Can Advance Social Mobility Contents Foreword and summary 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 11 Chapter 2 Access all areas 19 Chapter 3 Making the grade 27 Chapter 4 Getting ready – reaching out to potential applicants 33 Chapter 5 Getting in – university admissions
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Critical Response Essay Fred’s Dilemma 1. - If Fred were a Utilitarian‚ what would he do? Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory where right and wrong depends on the consequences of one’s actions for everyone who might be affected by them. In other words‚ utilitarian individuals are trying to bring the best system to the society than any other system. Sometimes utilitarianism is summarized as "the maximum well-being for the maximum number". We know that life is full with situations
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"The Story of An Hour" Reader’s Response After I read the short story "Story of an hour" by Kate Chopin I was surprised about marriages from back in time‚ and how women barely had any rights. The story expresses a woman’s hurt‚ and pain towards the supposed death of her husband. The news takes her by surprise‚ and she becomes more depressed with her life. Kate Chopin uses profound language to depict her pain and sorrow. When Mrs. Mallard hears the new’s about her husband’s death she is appalled
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and grammar to communicate and are unlikely to have real conversations in Globish. She states that 1500 words are enough for a language is also overestimated‚ because Globish would be used in many fields‚ such as business‚ science and politics. Plus‚ lack of vocabulary and grammar would not help students be confident in communicating because they would find complicated in describing things. Generally‚ it seems debatable to evaluate learning progress in a short time. Also‚ the author presents an illogical
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Antigone Response "In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God." Psalm 10:4 In the Greek drama‚ "Antigone"‚ written by Sophocles in 442 BC‚ a blind prophet named Teiresias tried to change the stubborn mind of Creon‚ the king of Thebes. Creon was determined to punish his deceased son‚ Polyneices‚ for being a traitor to the kingdom by not giving his body a proper burial. Teiresias tried to teach Creon otherwise. Creon always listened to the wise
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Urinetown Response Coming into this show I knew exactly who I wanted to observe/analyze‚ John Watkins. He played the character of Cladwell and I was really excited to analyze him since last semester I wasn’t allowed to. I believe his work on stage definitely helped the given circumstances of the show. He seemed to understand what it meant to be a powerful business man who was exploiting the resources of the poor during the water shortage. I could feel his presence as an audience member whenever
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Terms and concepts: The later Roman Empire: After the classical Roman era‚ Rome has been separate into two empires‚ after the fall of western half‚ Eastern half of Roman Empire was known as Byzantine empire which its capital locates at Constantinople. The Eastern half of the empire survived until fifteenth century. Justinian and Theodora: Justinian was the greatest emperor in early Byzantine Empire who born in 527C.E at Macedonian as a peasant. His wife‚ Theodora‚ was a daughter of a bear keeper
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A Response to “ Anarchy in the Tenth Grade” Overall‚ I found the argument presented in “ Anarchy in the Tenth Grade” interesting and informative. Author Greg Graffin presents a clear thesis and supports it well with logical examples and sound reasoning. However‚ I also found parts of the essay confusing which makes me wonder about the intended audience of the piece. “ Anarchy in the Tenth Grade” examines how people can relate to being alienated from certain groups‚ and how the author found his
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Response Essay 1: Annotation of a Poem Poem: Elegy by Chidiock Tichborne Four Items: 1. The time period which it was written 2. Tichborne died the year it was written 3. The commas that create a pause within each line 4. The title Words for Annotation: 1. “prime” – the peak of quality at a certain time Prime is used as a point in Tichborne’s life that is supposed to be fun and adventurous when it seems to only be a “frost of cares”. 2. “tares” – a poisonous plant used in the Bible that
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CRITICAL RESPONSE: “MOBILE PHONES AND LITERACY” by Samuel Tsung AND “TEXT MESSAGES AND THE DECLINE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE” by Louise Dite As SMS messages has brought significant changes to our lives by revolutionizing the way people communicate‚ using abbreviations in texting has become more popular than ever as a quick and convenient choice to exchange information. Yet‚ there remains some disagreement as to whether this useful and powerful tool of communication has been positive or negative
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