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Week 14 Reflection: The Last Word

This was the most challenging semester that I have experienced during my studies, and taking ENG 301 added more workload to my degree planner. In most scenarios, authentic writing required a quiet place and peace of mind. After work, I had to help my wife with children’s needs, find a moment to relax, then study until late hours. I was frustrated several times. There was a moment that I felt like quitting but through prayers and my family’s support, I managed to reach the last week after a lot of effort. My love for reading books, articles on the internet, and writing down my thoughts softened my stress of writing. In addition, this course has sharpened my ability to give a clear meaning of my feelings and thoughts in my writing. The other advantage I felt from this course this semester was the fact that I was also registered for Business Law (BUS 375). The Business Law requires me to submit a “legal brief” every week;  therefore,  writing skill was a necessity. The skill rece...

W13 Final Draft: Academic Paper - Climate change

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  Academic Paper     Brigham Young University-Idaho Fabrice Tshiyoyi Banyingela ENG 301 - Advanced Writing & Research Professor Shelby Scoffield 11 November 2021   Introduction Technology is nowadays very important since the industrial revolution and globalization. It makes life easier thus engineers keep inventing new machines and tools. Technology has become the soul of our daily activities in order to accomplish various tasks in our homes, at work, or neighborhoods. These technologies are used to extract minerals, secure data, establish telecommunications, and many other systems that require electronics or electrical power. When it is well applied, technology benefits everyone. On the contrary, the consequences are devastating such as pollution of the environment and natural catastrophes. With recent devastating events, scientists are arguing if climate change could be a result of modern environmental technology change. There a...

W11 Rough Draft: Academic Paper Part 03

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Fabrice Tshiyoyi Banyingela Sister Shelby Scoffield - ( Masters in Rhetoric and Composition) Advanced Writing & Research 4 December 2021   Is technology helping or harming our environment? Technology is nowadays very important since the industrial revolution and globalization. It makes life easier thus engineers keep inventing new machines and tools. Technology has become the soul of our daily activities in order to accomplish various tasks in our homes, at work, or neighborhoods. These technologies are used to extract minerals, secure data, establish telecommunications, and many other systems that require electronics or electrical power. When it is well applied, technology benefits everyone. On the contrary, the consequences are devastating such as pollution of the environment and natural catastrophes. In the middle of October 1987, a powerful storm ravaged many parts of the United Kingdom. The massive devastation across the country left the country in tears – 18 people w...

Legal Brief - Week 12 : Meland v Weber

  Meland v Weber Case Facts On November 13, 2019 , Creighton Meland (Meland) a corporate shareholder of OSI Systems, Inc. (OSI), filed an action against Shirley N. Weber (Weber), California's Secretary of State, in his official capacity, Defendant, to challenge the constitutionality of the Senate Bill 826 (SB 826), which requires all public corporations based in California to have a minimum number of females on their boards of directors. Like any other shareholder, Meland has the right to vote on the members of the board of directors even though the candidate must receive a majority of votes to be successful.  When Plaintiff filed his complaint, OSI had a board of directors consisting of seven members, all-male. To comply with SB 826, OSI had to elect at  least one woman on their board of directors by the end of 2019 and have the number increase to three by the end of 2021. Based on this new California regulation, Kelli Bernard was elected as their first female OSI ...