Category Archives: RCL

What is education?

While perusing some articles for my next Civic Issues Blog, which is about education equity and class stratification, I stumbled upon this quote that reminded me of last semester: “My biggest concern . . . was the focus on testing … Continue reading

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FINAL RCL: Blog Evaluation

The two Passion Blogs I chose that I think are the strongest posts are the posts “The Dim Sum Series: Steamed Beef Tripe” and “The Sichuan Series: Chengdu Liang Fen”. In the Passion Post about Steamed Beef Tripe, I wanted … Continue reading

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Copyright…(c)

Copy Right Questions: 1) How does one obtain copyright? For example, if I posted an essay on the internet, will there be a copyright infringement if someone took that and used it elsewhere? 2) How long does the copyright last … Continue reading

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RCL: Public Controversies

Public, according to Dictionary.com means “of, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole”. Therefore, something is public when the population in a community is given an opportunity to know about an occurrence, such as through the news, the newspaper, and through the community grapevine. A community, though, must … Continue reading

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Pressures of Society and why I sometimes like it

I am definitely not the most politically active nor the most politically aware citizen. I hear what I hear through the grapevine, through snippets of new clips that I happen to stumble upon while I’m at the cafeteria or when … Continue reading

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A Quality TED Talk

1.)   A personal story coming alive.  Humans down to their very core are built off of stories. Our journey itself is a story, we fell asleep to stories in bed, we laugh at stories, learn from stories, are drawn to … Continue reading

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Musical Kairos

Timing is everything. Sometimes, that isn’t always taken advantage of. I can remember distinctly during a piano competition how in the moment I was. The notes engulfed me and all I could hear and see was music. The tones and … Continue reading

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  Girls have always been girls, the ones who play with dolls, wear pink, sew, and any other activity that is seen as “girly”, but lately things have mixed around, and society’s gender roles aren’t so set in stone anymore. … Continue reading

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Pathos melts.

    What will it take to make the world believe that our globe is melting? Some take the scientific route, incorporating the rhetorical devices of logos and ethos, something along the lines of “Scientists X, Y, and Z from … Continue reading

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Cells of Citizens

Take a microscope and observe the tiny particle that is the root to all life: the cell. Now zoom in even further and see how elegant each organelle facilitates its job, how everything in this amazingly tiny snippet of life … Continue reading

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