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This collection of student essays represents work written in response to readings or writing suggestions from Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, Ninth Edition. These summaries, critiques, syntheses, and research papers can act as examples for you to examine as you write your own papers.

SUMMARY
"Summary of "The Opposite Sex"
by Gregg McKinstry
McKinstry summarizes of Steven Doloff's "The Opposite Sex."

"Planning to be a Successful Mother"
by Gina M. Maas.
Gina M. Maas summarizes Carolyn Edy's "Single Motherhood Is a Joy, Not a Disaster."

CRITIQUE
"A Critique of Lynn Olson's 'An Avenue To High Academic Standards'"
by Katherine Heightshoe
Heightshoe questions Lynn Olson's analysis of a school-to-work programs.

"A Critique of 'The Doom Factor'"
by Gina M. Maas.
Gina M. Maas critiques John C. Dvorak's "The Doom Factor." She believes "in what Dvorak has to say in this article to some extent that "not all children who play violent video games cause harm, but video games desensitize children, which can lead them down the wrong path." (This critique needed to include support for the agreements and disagreements the student has with the author's points.)

SYNTHESIS
"Wal-Mart Bans Women's Rights"
by Michelle Jones
Jones argues that Wal-Mart doesn't have "the right to play God or doctor and refuse to sell Preven to women in need."

RESEARCH
"Alternate Birthing Methods"
by Tyra Mason
Mason argues that an alternative birthing method that counteracts the disadvantages of a midwife-hospital birth is home birth. studies the variety of delivery methods now available to expectant mothers.

"Med Techs in Long-Term Health Care: Economy at the Expense of Patient Safety"
by Sharon Loukx
Loukx argues that the expanded use of med techs in long term care is unwarranted.




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