Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Avoiding Plagiarism
Four Reasons why we should avoid plagiarism:
1.) Plagiarism is unethical: When someone's work is used without permission or acknowledging the writer, it is considered stealing regardless of the excuses of why it happened.
2.) Plagiarism means a lost learning opportunity: When people plagiarize, they lose the chance to actually learn and get better at the assignment that they were given. They don't get to advance their skills and knowledge on the topic and on the researching.
3.) Plagiarism diminishes your credibility: Not only do we need to be able to give credit to the other sources that were used, but we also need to be able to blend our own knowledge with the knowledge found to enhance our community's pool of knowledge.
4.) Plagiarism may result in serious penalties: At colleges and universities, plagiarism is dishonesty and there may be serious consequences resulting in doing so. We as college students, should read about the consequences and penalties at our school. After college, if taken seriously, plagiarism becomes a legal violation and may affect our careers and reputations as well.
Works Cited
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson. 378-79. Print.
1.) Plagiarism is unethical: When someone's work is used without permission or acknowledging the writer, it is considered stealing regardless of the excuses of why it happened.
2.) Plagiarism means a lost learning opportunity: When people plagiarize, they lose the chance to actually learn and get better at the assignment that they were given. They don't get to advance their skills and knowledge on the topic and on the researching.
3.) Plagiarism diminishes your credibility: Not only do we need to be able to give credit to the other sources that were used, but we also need to be able to blend our own knowledge with the knowledge found to enhance our community's pool of knowledge.
4.) Plagiarism may result in serious penalties: At colleges and universities, plagiarism is dishonesty and there may be serious consequences resulting in doing so. We as college students, should read about the consequences and penalties at our school. After college, if taken seriously, plagiarism becomes a legal violation and may affect our careers and reputations as well.
Works Cited
Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer Kunka. "Research." Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Boston: Pearson. 378-79. Print.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Summary #1
Summary #1- LeChunda Duncan
I watched the first video clip on William McKinney. He seemed kind of irritated or annoyed by the woman interviewer. He was born and raised in a city I think by the name of Union Down, Pennsylvania. He grew up as a Christian and was pulled into war at the age of 18. He stated that some of the holidays he celebrated was most of the popular holidays, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, ect. He said that he went to high school in 1939-1941 in an interacial high school. He was an average student who was interested in the sciences. For fun he played with his younger brother. In 1943, he was 18 turning 19 and went into the military. He was drafted into the military June 6, 1943. He didn't have any racial issues in high school. There were over 300 men who were drafted between 18 and 25 years of age. They were given a communication test and William scored the highest out of all men and was put in air base security. He talked about people were rude to them in the military and the black people were called monkeys and the whites said that they had tails. Blacks and whites were segregated. One white man said that the blacks were eyeball raping the white women and if they didn't want to be seen the men had to take the women off of the camp. William never allowed the white man's ignorance to get to him. He stated, " If they want to be ignorant, let them be ignorant." He travel to New York by train and stayed there for two weeks because he wasn't referred. He was in the hospital for days because he was having trouble with his vision. He talked about how they were always on the move. There was so many small towns, but he didn't remember them. Most of them were German towns. They had high millimeter guns and William was right under them. People were in their rooms when those guns were fired. William said it was very nerve-wrecking. William wanted to adopt two boys he encountered during this time. For the children, their parents were burnt alive. He survived most of the war because he really didn't have to be involved in too much of the war. He did speak about Normandy being a real big fight for him though. He was discharged back to the states December 14, 1945. He tallked about how his body was craving milk and steak and potatoes, when he got back because all that they got to drank was powdered milk during the war. He drank about four quarts of milk. He would eat a half pound of bacon, six eggs, and two quarts of milk. He got married two years after his war ended and had three children. All were boys and his youngest son Michael at the age of 38, as a tax accountant.
"If they want to be ignorant, let them be ignorant"
"My body craved for milk....all the milk we drank was powdered"
I watched the first video clip on William McKinney. He seemed kind of irritated or annoyed by the woman interviewer. He was born and raised in a city I think by the name of Union Down, Pennsylvania. He grew up as a Christian and was pulled into war at the age of 18. He stated that some of the holidays he celebrated was most of the popular holidays, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, ect. He said that he went to high school in 1939-1941 in an interacial high school. He was an average student who was interested in the sciences. For fun he played with his younger brother. In 1943, he was 18 turning 19 and went into the military. He was drafted into the military June 6, 1943. He didn't have any racial issues in high school. There were over 300 men who were drafted between 18 and 25 years of age. They were given a communication test and William scored the highest out of all men and was put in air base security. He talked about people were rude to them in the military and the black people were called monkeys and the whites said that they had tails. Blacks and whites were segregated. One white man said that the blacks were eyeball raping the white women and if they didn't want to be seen the men had to take the women off of the camp. William never allowed the white man's ignorance to get to him. He stated, " If they want to be ignorant, let them be ignorant." He travel to New York by train and stayed there for two weeks because he wasn't referred. He was in the hospital for days because he was having trouble with his vision. He talked about how they were always on the move. There was so many small towns, but he didn't remember them. Most of them were German towns. They had high millimeter guns and William was right under them. People were in their rooms when those guns were fired. William said it was very nerve-wrecking. William wanted to adopt two boys he encountered during this time. For the children, their parents were burnt alive. He survived most of the war because he really didn't have to be involved in too much of the war. He did speak about Normandy being a real big fight for him though. He was discharged back to the states December 14, 1945. He tallked about how his body was craving milk and steak and potatoes, when he got back because all that they got to drank was powdered milk during the war. He drank about four quarts of milk. He would eat a half pound of bacon, six eggs, and two quarts of milk. He got married two years after his war ended and had three children. All were boys and his youngest son Michael at the age of 38, as a tax accountant.
"If they want to be ignorant, let them be ignorant"
"My body craved for milk....all the milk we drank was powdered"
Summary #2
Summary #2- LeChunda Duncan
The second video clip I watched was on Ursula Levy. She was born and raised in Germany. She had a brother. She didn't remember growing up with holidays. Her father and uncle had injuries in their knees, and caught gangrene after the war and the both died shortly within months of each other. She and her brother were taken away from their mother after their father died. They moved to this town of Catholics, where this family took them in and took very well care of them physically and educationally.She talked about how the Germans had a Nazi mayor. They eventually had to be sent to camps because of them being Jewish and they moved into a ghetto where they lived for a while. Not after too long, Ursula was devistated because her and her brother were separated. I think one of the reasons she was able to stay alive was because of the help of the Dutchman, who I thought was very kind, who pretty much manipulated the Nazi's into believing that she was not full Jewish because of different visible, physical aspects of her body, like her skin and eye color. Therefore keeping her from going to death camps that other Jews were sent to. The Dutchman also reunited her to her brother. She is a very strong-willed person and has excellent memory of these exact time periods. She also talks about her life in the United States after the war. She talks about her she is neither ashamed nor feels guilty about being a Holocaust Survivor. She mentions that from watching this clip and from other survivors speaking on their stories, she hopes that the new generations realize that the hatred has to stop.
"We were stripped of all of our dignity"
"There were 2000 people on the train......there were 600 left. Many people died on the train, many died after liberation"
The second video clip I watched was on Ursula Levy. She was born and raised in Germany. She had a brother. She didn't remember growing up with holidays. Her father and uncle had injuries in their knees, and caught gangrene after the war and the both died shortly within months of each other. She and her brother were taken away from their mother after their father died. They moved to this town of Catholics, where this family took them in and took very well care of them physically and educationally.She talked about how the Germans had a Nazi mayor. They eventually had to be sent to camps because of them being Jewish and they moved into a ghetto where they lived for a while. Not after too long, Ursula was devistated because her and her brother were separated. I think one of the reasons she was able to stay alive was because of the help of the Dutchman, who I thought was very kind, who pretty much manipulated the Nazi's into believing that she was not full Jewish because of different visible, physical aspects of her body, like her skin and eye color. Therefore keeping her from going to death camps that other Jews were sent to. The Dutchman also reunited her to her brother. She is a very strong-willed person and has excellent memory of these exact time periods. She also talks about her life in the United States after the war. She talks about her she is neither ashamed nor feels guilty about being a Holocaust Survivor. She mentions that from watching this clip and from other survivors speaking on their stories, she hopes that the new generations realize that the hatred has to stop.
"We were stripped of all of our dignity"
"There were 2000 people on the train......there were 600 left. Many people died on the train, many died after liberation"
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