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1.) Duckworth believes that Grit is what leads to successful students and citizens. Duckworth defines grit as “passion and perseverance for very long-term goals” (2:53). She also notes that “talent doesn’t make you gritty”, implying that grit is less so

1.) This idea distinguishes race-not class-as a key division in the mid-1800s as it demonstrates how white people would unite against black people regardless of their status. Even if a white person was poor, something most of us would consider

1.) Coates writes this because he knows racism plagues many, if not all, of us in subconscious ways. The murderer of Prince was more than just a single, hateful man. Rather, he was the result of a corrupted and racist

1.) Coates’ description of Howard University as “the Mecca” is an allusion to the actual Mecca of Islam. In Islam, Mecca is a place of holy transcendence and worship. By describing Howard University as “a machine, crafted to capture and

1.) Through saying “race is the child of racism, not the father,” Coates is drawing attention to the more social aspects of race embedded within American Culture (Coates 7). Coates’ claim here isn’t as simple and wholistic as the similar

MISSION: The mission statement of the Applied Exercise Science program at UNE aligns well with many of Boyer’s thoughts. More specifically, the explicit goal of becoming “highly effective, compassionate [and] allied,” parallels much of what Boyer believes constitutes an adequate

Many parts of the Applied Exercise Science major at UNE align with Boyer’s ideas on the “enriched major”. A great example of this lies within the learning outcomes of the major. One learning outcome for this major is to “recognize