Service-learning is an educational approach that basically involves a cycle of actions. In order to make service learning a reality, there is the need to make some reflections. These cycles are necessary when students seek to achieve real objectives for the community. I also consider service learning as the process that helps students to develop a deeper understanding of various theoretical concepts. As a result, […]

Service-learning provides students with opportunities to develop civic engagement skills. I believe by working with community members, students or anyone can enhance their group, organizational and interpersonal skills. They also can gain important experience working with diverse members of their communities. For my service learning project, I took the opportunity to volunteer at Southeast Asian Literacy which is a nonprofit organization that helps Southeast Asian […]

There are a lot of paths in life that each person takes to reach their ambitions. While they are progressing in life, those people find groups that are called discourse communities. According to John Swales, he defines discourse community as, “a broadly agreed set of common public goals, mechanisms of intercommunication among its members, uses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedback, utilities […]

During the 1790s, Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson, the creator of the Declaration of Independence and secretary of state to President George Washington. In this letter, Benjamin expresses his negative opinions on slavery. He exposes the injustices of slavery and shares other people’s experiences and how slavery has affected them as well as himself. He uses rhetorical appeals to support his argument […]

Abstract In today’s world, not a day goes by that someone is not affected by cybercrimes or cyberterrorism which go hand in hand. It is important for the government and businesses to constantly stay up to date with the latest technology to help prevent a cyber-attack. It is also important for law enforcement to also be up to date with the latest technology to not […]

I would compare both types of identity theft to attending church; many attend but few actually understand. Most people know what identity theft is, but very few realize how common and easy it is to steal someone’s identity. In the literal sense, 1.4 million identities were stolen in 2018. This resulted in a loss of 1.48 billion dollars from identity theft in 2018 alone. Although […]

Philanthropy in America has a long history, with intentional efforts to build up qualities, shape ideology and characterize practices that would join individuals. There are four major altruistic forms: Relief, Improvement, Social Reform, and Civic Engagement, each having different customs, standards, and purpose. Philanthropy as relief is empathetic aimed at helping others to rid them off suffering, philanthropy as improvement creates change and it works […]

The primary role of this paper is to study recent literature research assessing the useful impacts of psychological well-being and how has it been conceptualised theoretically. The paper closes with a brief consideration of the similarities and differences between primary and secondary approach and several related approaches that have been taken by others. Psychological well-being alludes to positive mental health. Research has demonstrated that psychological […]

In this last month, I’ve been reading Redefining Realness by Janet Mock. It is a book where the author tells us with great detail her journey as a trans woman. She mentions the obstacles, problems, and changes she had to go through during her childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. She talks about the relationship she had with her parents, siblings, classmates, acquittances, and many other people […]

In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle puts forth his theory in relation to one’s responsibility, their character acquisition, and their actions in his book. He also provides objections to his claims, most notably in 1114b, where Aristotle suggests that people may not be responsible for any of their actions. In this paper, I will describe Aristotle’s accounts of responsibility, action, and character acquisition, as well as […]