Week 2 Peer Responses

ENG 201 (MLA FORMAT)

Channing: The Allegory of Cave is very parallel to today’s society and cultural views. Many people are prisoners to their own mind especially when it comes to their perspectives on everyday society. For example, the biggest limitation of thinking is in American politics. We have been trained to think in two directions democratic and republican. We are limited to just two pipelines of opinions that affect economy, war, and religious views. If a democratic person walks into a trump rally the people would literally lose their mind on any opinion that person has that goes against what former president Donald Trump says even if it is a stone-cold fact. Humans are very strong hold on their thinking even in our own lives. We have set opinions on how we raise our kids, what religion we practice and what we think is right from wrong. Into Plato’s point any challenge of opinion of that usually results in strong rejection or resentment. 

Natalie: The ‘Allegory of the Cave’ represents the people in the world who believe knowledge comes from what we can see and hear in the world. This story can be compared to the news of today. We all know most news in today’s world is hard to believe what is right and what is wrong. It seems as if most times, people are just saying things that people want to hear, or even don’t want to hear to get a certain reaction from them. Things are constantly being thrown out of proportion or dramatized to the certain viewers liking, or a lot of times the news is not covering what should be covered.  A lot of people also choose to believe what they see and hear without looking into anything else or trying to learn anything themselves. This would be them choosing to stay inside their caves instead of venturing out and learning things themselves, and instead gaining “knowledge” from what they heard or saw.

HIS 122 (APA FORMAT)

Scarlett: The Industrial Revolution is considered a watershed moment in history due to its major advancements within industry, immigration, and urbanization which all affected each other in several different aspects, especially in mutual reinforcement. Within America, this began in 1793 at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, as a textile mill opened by an English Immigrant (history.com editors, 2023). This is a prime example of immigration which led to an advancement in that sector in industry which also urbanised the area of land. As writer Roberta Jones showed in a YouTube video (2016, The American Revolution) Events like this continued to occur, including that the states saw a huge influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe which provoked an increase in estate and housing which was a central cause for the urbanisation of the United States. Not only this but, this period was also home to the beginnings of factories, workhouses, and a boosting economy as well as many new technological inventions such as the telephone. Railway lines were also invented which was a breakthrough in the level of transportation. All of these factors combined are what kickstarted the modern America that we know today which is a cultural melting pot with technological advancements and a dense urban atmosphere. The Industrial Revolution foresaw the beginning of new working opportunities for many people which helped convince many immigrants from Eastern Europe to make their way across the States and look for work.

References

Robin Banks. (2016, November 23). 
American Industrial Revolution [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oh04Jp12FQ

Onion, A. (2023, March 27). Industrial Revolution: Definition, Inventions & Dates – HISTORY. 
HISTORY. https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/industrial-revolution#

Saralyn: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, America saw big changes in industry, immigration, and city growth, and these changes were all connected. Factories and industries needed lots of workers, which attracted many immigrants looking for jobs. These immigrants provided the labor that industries needed to grow (Tindall & Shi, 2016). As more factories were built, cities grew because people needed places to live close to their jobs.

Cities supported industry growth by bringing workers, resources, and markets all in one place. This made it easier for industries to operate and expand. The immigrants also brought different cultures and ideas, which led to new businesses and innovations (Bodnar, 1985).

In short, industry, immigration, and city growth all helped each other. Factories needed workers, so immigrants came. These immigrants helped factories grow, which made cities bigger. Bigger cities then made it easier for more industries to grow, creating a cycle where each helped the other.

References

Bodnar, J. (1985). *The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America*. Indiana University Press.

Tindall, G. B., & Shi, D. E. (2016). *America: A Narrative History* (10th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.

MAT 200
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.  Responses to your peers must be substantive and should critique their solutions to help them correct or improve their work.  Do not solve the problem for them if they have posted incorrect work.

Dalton:

A.

Test Scores:

Test 1 ​= 50×0.15 =
7.5 

Test 2 = 75×0.15 =
11.25

Test 3 ​= 90×0.15 =
13.5

Homework Score:

Homework = 75×0.20 =
15

Sum the weighted contributions to find the total score before the final exam:

Total score before the final exam=7.5+11.25+13.5+15 =
47.25

Total weight of the components:

Total weight = 0.15+0.15+0.15+0.20 =
0.65

Mean score before the final exam:

Total weight / Total score before the final exam​= 47.25 / 0.65 ​=
72.69

B. 

Test Scores:

Test 1 ​= 50×0.15 =
7.5 

Test 2 = 75×0.15 =
11.25

Test 3 ​= 90×0.15 =
13.5

Homework Score:

Homework = 75×0.20 =
15

Final Exam Score:

Final Exam = 82×0.35 =
28.7

Weighted Total of Scores:

Total score = 7.5+11.25+13.5+15+28.7=
75.95

Total Weight:

Total Weight = 0.15+0.15+0.15+0.20+0.35 =
1.00

Mean score after the exam: 

Mean score = 75.95 / 1.00 =
75.95

C. 

Sum of Grades:

Sum of Grades = 50+75+90+75+82 =
372

Non-weighted Average:

372 / 5 =
74.4

The
weighted average is slightly greater than the
non-weighted average by 1.55 points due to the weight of the final exam and homework being weighted more than the test scores, the non-weighted treats all the scores equally.

Jalen: Grade points are assigned as follows: A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, and F = 0. Grades are weighted according to credit hours. If a student receives an A in a four-credit class, a D in a two-credit class, a B in a three-credit class and a C in a three-credit class, what is the student’s grade point average?   A=4/4 ,D=1/2, B=3/3, C=2/3. So, 

A:4×4=16

B:3×3=9

C: 2×3=6

D:1×2=2

Then you add credit hours and grade points then divide them for the GPA.

33 Grade points/ 12 credit hours=

2.75 GPA