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This paper examines how traditional classrooms and correspondence courses are similar in offering different types of learning styles. It also looks at how they are different in that students taking correspondence courses must be actively involved in their learning and motivated, they must communicate with their instructor outside the normal environment such as through e-mail, they must learn to be flexible with different types of technology, and be dedicated in their desire to get their degree.

From the Paper
"While many people may question getting their education through correspondence courses, research shows that correspondence courses have been an educational option for many years. "The earliest form of distance learning took place through correspondence courses in Europe" (Sherry, 1996, p. 337). Correspondence programs continue to be an option for many people today. Actually, these schools and traditional schools and colleges have many similarities when it comes to learning. Correspondence schools and other distance learning programs have benefits that make it possible for some people to obtain their degrees. Traditional classrooms and correspondence courses are similar in offering different types of learning styles, yet they are different in that students taking correspondence courses must be actively involved in their learning and motivated, they must communicate with their instructor outside the normal environment such as through e-mail, they must learn to be flexible."

Tags:correspondence, traditional, education

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In this paper, the writer shows that the use of correspondence courses can cause a problem through cheating on tests. In this manner, there is no instructor available to make sure that information is being learned and is being tested from memory. The writer discusses that if an online university were to send a test, it would be tempting to find the answers from a text or from other online sources. A classroom course would not allow this kind of testing as the instructor would be present to insure that no cheating occurs when learning to retain subject matter.

From the Paper
"This essay seeks to compare and contrast a correspondence course and the classroom courses available within universities. By realizing the benefit of taking a correspondence course online from home, there is a convenience in learning that allows more people to attain degrees. In contrast to this kind of education, there is also the traditional classroom courses that require the student to show up to class and become involved in the learning process. In this manner, both courses offer clear guidelines that make learning possible, but vary in how they produce results for the modern student."

Tags:correspondence, course, classroom

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This essay discusses the McMahon-Hussein correspondence, in which the British promised to Sherif Hussein that Arabs could control certain areas that were to be liberated from Turkey. The question surrounds whether this area included Palestine.

Tags:correspondence, question, palestine

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According to Isaiah Friedman's article, the dominant theme to the discussion between McMahon and Hussein, although he notes, not clearly defined, is Arab independence (Friedman, 84). However, set-up in the initial letter and response, the correspondence between Henry McMahon and Serif Hussein of Mecca during the First World War set the boundaries of a yet-to-be defined relationship, and set the stage for future conflict. From a review of various analyses, it appears that the central issue of descent between these two was not who would control Palestine, but that it was addressed at all during that negotiation.

Tags:mcmahon, hussein, conflict

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This explication of Charles Baudelaire's poem "Correspondences" discusses the author's uses of imagery and language to convey his theme that human beings and nature share a deep correspondence that represent a perfect and deep unity.

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""Correspondences" is Charles Baudelaire's love song to nature. The poet celebrates the riches of nature in four stanzas in a way that brings the sights, sounds and smells of nature alive through imagery. However, the title of the poem is significant for Baudelaire uses imagery throughout this paean to nature to demonstrate mankind's connection to nature through the senses that is the ultimate correspondence. Baudelaire uses imagery in the first stanza to exalt nature. He uses a metaphor to posit nature in the..."

Tags:personification, metaphor, simile, God, spirituality, diction

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The paper asserts that many Americans look forward to the state of marriage, but how many Americans can say the same for divorce? The paper reveals that a divorce can be costly on many levels; financially, emotionally and idealistically, yet, despite the misery entailed with this kind of a separation, millions of new divorce papers are filed every year in the United States. The paper examines the underlying causes of divorce as a means of moving towards a national rate reduction. The paper believes that by studying the roles and behavioral patterns of the individual in a society, we can also learn how those relationships contribute to a pathway towards divorce when the individuals are partnered.

Tags:divorce, society, roles

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This paper provides a character analysis of the correspondent, one of the four men shipwrecked in a dinghy on the open sea in Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat." The character's intelligence, empathy, camaraderie, development and other traits are addressed.

From the Paper
"Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" is a tale about four men who are shipwrecked and trapped in a small dinghy on the open sea. Based on the real-life incident, Crane's dinghy provides refuge for a correspondent, a captain, a cook and an oiler named Billie. After days at sea, the correspondent, captain and cook survive an arduous swim to shore. Billie does not. Though all of the men develop a closer bond and camaraderie from the experience, I would prefer to be the correspondent..."

Tags:nature, humor, perspective, bonding, caring, meaning, survival

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This paper discusses the topic of safety and security in two of Alfred Hitchcock's movies: "Foreign Correspondent" and "The Birds". Essentially, using these two films as a backdrop, the paper makes the argument that people feel secure when things are predictable. When things become unpredictable they are insecure.

From the Paper
"Films often offer a glimpse of the social, psychological and political conditions of their times. For example, in "Film Violence and the Institutionalization of the Cinema" J. David Slocum notes, Hollywood cinema has figured importantly in efforts to posit media as significant forces in the consolidation, extension, and continuation of the established social order (Slocum 649). What this means is that films say a lot about the social, psychological and political conditions of the time they were made in. This means that a movie from the 1940s will have significantly different social and political messages then a film made in the 1960s."

Tags:security, safety, film

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This essay analyzes Kierkegaard's novel "Either/Or" in order to judge how successful the author is in his refutation of Hegel's claim that "the inner is the outer and the outer is the inner". It first of all makes the point clear that when Hegel suggests a correspondence between the inner and the outer, it is meant to be a material correspondence. To elaborate on this point, it shows how this correspondence is central to the Western tradition, relating the dualism of Descartes, empirical skepticism, the epistemology of Kant, and finally the historical dialectic of Hegel. This is followed by a critical analysis of the novel. It is shown how the author mimics the Hegelian dialectic by first of presenting a thorough account of an aesthetical point of view, followed by a comprehensive account of the ethical perspective. The essay argues that Kierkegaard is successful in showing that there is no correspondence between these two perspectives on the material plane. It then discusses the final and crucial part of the novel in which the two perspectives are shown to be resolved through a "leap to faith". It is made clear that this resolution is not part of Hegel's claim.

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"In a sense Kierkegaard's Either/Or is a systematic refutation of Hegel's thesis that the inner life potentially corresponds with the outer life. Hegel believed that the correspondence is realized through reason, and through the rational advance of human society. As a Christian, Kierkegaard also believed in the same correspondence, in the sense that everything is ultimately submerged in the unity of God. However, his particular refutation is against the material correspondence proposed by Hegel. It must be remembered that Either/Or is a novel, and the position stated in the preface is that of an anonymous discoverer of the documents presented in the book. This protagonist is a sceptic who is responding to the views presented in the first two documents, where the first champions the inner, or aesthetic, point of view, while the latter the outer, or ethical. But it is only through the third document, presenting the religious point of view of the friend of the Judge, that resolution is achieved, and the position of Kierkegaard is made thereby."

Tags:leap, to, faith, melancholy, angst, existentialism, alienation, historical

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This paper provides a detailed example of how to critically analyze a document. This paper focuses on a piece of correspondence regarding a union dispute, and uses the 12 steps of critical thinking outlined by M. Neil Browne and Stuart M. Keeley in the ninth edition of their book, "Asking the Right Questions: a Guide to Critical Thinking." The paper systematically outlines its analysis of this correspondence between Mr. Cesar Padilla President of the FSEU Local No. 343 and Ms. Barbara Glenn, the FSEU Director of Human Resources. The paper explains that the correspondence discusses the Illinois' governor's proposal to outsource jobs currently being held by union members in an effort to lower expenses.

Outline:
Introduction
What are the Issues and Conclusion?
What are the Reasons?
Which Words or Phrases are Ambiguous?
What are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?
What are the Descriptive Assumptions?
Are there any Fallacies in the Reasoning?
How Good is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority, and Testimonials?
How Good is the Evidence: Personal Observations, Case Studies, Research Studies, and Analogies?
Are there Rival Causes?
Are the Statistics Deceptive?
What Significant Information is Omitted?
What Reasonable Conclusions are Possible?
Conclusion
Work Cited

From the Paper
" The memo being analyzed was written by Ms. Barbara Glenn, who is the FSEU Director of Human Resources, and the memo was sent to Mr. Cesar Padilla, who is the President of FSEU Local No. 343. According to Ms. Glenn, Mr. Cesar requested that she look over a notification he received from the governor of Illinois. The original notification was concerning the governor's plan to privatize and outsource the Department of Transportation's information systems management function. Ms. Glenn is solidly opposed to the plan, and is recommending that Mr. Padilla oppose the plan. Ms. Glenn provides Mr. Padilla with several reasons for her stance on the issue within the memo."

Tags:union, thinking