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  1. There has been much hand wringing about how unprepared American Students are for college. Graff reverses this perspective, suggesting that colleges are unprepared for students. In his analysis, the university culture is largely (i)_____ entering students because academic culture fails to make connections to the kinds of arguments and cultural references that students grasp. Understandably, many students view academic life as (ii)____ ritual. i) primed for; opaque to; essential for ii) an arcane; a laudable; a painstaking
  2. Hi all, Please evaluate my AWA essay too so I can know at what level of AWA score it stands and leave any hints that will be helpful in improving it to the level of 5 and above. Thanks! :) The author presents two contradicting theories questioning the uniqueness and originality of the so called 'Palean' baskets. The author start by infering that due to the region of discovery of the Palean baskets, their originality could be linked to the Palean village until it is mentioned that similar baskets were found in the Lithos village across the river Brim, contradicting the initial inference. In order to incisively affirm the author's assumption regarding the basket to be pre-historically Palean (or not), one needs to verify the source(s) of the information about the discovery of such baskets. An objective (or subjective) list of the reports that the author reviewed and the archeological agencies involved in producing them. The author counteractively mentions about the discovery of similar baskets in the 'ancient' village of Lithos. It is then proved that the baskets may actually not be unique to the Palean village based on a few facts as discussed blow: The river separating the two villages, called Brim is too deep and broad implying that it could have only been crossed by using a boat. It is then inferred based on the fact that 'no boats are found', the Paleans would never have been able to cross the river, suggesting that there was no way the Lithoeans could have known about the 'Palean' baskets, concievably making it their own work. The above argument engenders ambivalence about the kind of research done in this regards and the reliability of the source of the information on the kind of boats, if any, discovered in and around the region so far. Nevertheless, not finding any boat around the said region is still not a conclusive evidence that the Paleans must not have reached Lithos. A few theories that may contradict the author's assumptions and support the point are, crossing the Brim river may not be the only way to get to Lithos. For example - as it is with many places around the world - a city or village situated on the bank of a river can also be reached by circumventing the river's origin without actually crossing it. Another point that can be juxtaposed on the author's assertion is: What if Paleans were skilled swimmers and were actually able cross the river; may be once? There may also be a possiblity that the basket itself floated across to Lithos, spreading the artifact. It could also be possible that the boats used by the Paleans were not unique to them as the author mentions that there were no 'Palean' boats found. If there are other boats found, it could be a possiblity that they were used by the Paleans to cross the river. Hence, unless the author substantiates the claims made by providing discrete and convincing evidence about the validity and details of the report. The chronological assertions made about the existence of the the baskets. And also rules out the possiblities of the basket or its source could not have reached the village of Lithos in any way. If convinding proofs and sources are cited while making such assumptions, the author’s stand about the authenticity of the ‘Palean’ baskets being Palean or not would be better substantiated.
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