John Doe Course Essay My Twentieth Birthday Cramped into an underground bunker in the Saudi Arabian desert, just a few kilometers south of the Kuwait border, thirty other U.S. marines and I anxiously anticipated the impact of each incoming artillery round. For over an hour we felt the concussion of every explosion as sand sifted down on us. For most of us, this was our first time experiencing hostile fire, and I quickly decided that actual combat was not nearly as romantic as I had been led to believe. Reflecting back on my experiences, I am now better able to understand the micro, middle, and macro level societal factors that led me to that foul smelling, claustrophobic bunker on February 15, 1991 – my twentieth birthday. From early childhood through my adolescence I had listened with amazement and naïve enthusiasm as relatives and older family friends told war stories and glorified accounts of their experiences in the Marine Corps. Most of the men on my mother’s side of the family had been Marines, and many of my parents’ acquaintances had also served in the Marine Corps. Listening to their stories of desperate battles in the South Pacific, Korea, Viet Nam, and Grenada left an indelible impression on my psyche. I decided at an early age that I would grow up and become a United States Marine. Being a Marine exemplified my concept of manhood and what a man should be – honorable, strong, and absolutely fearless. When it was finally my turn to go to war, I soon discovered that honor and strength were the easy qualities to develop, but no one is absolutely fearless. In fact, the courage that I was able to muster was due to the fear of appearing weak in the eyes of my fellow Marines. My stepfather had been in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam conflict and was seriously wounded in the arm and both legs. He attempted to persuade me to join the Air Force or Navy and pursue some type of technical training, but this only strengthened my resolve to become a Marine. As I neared high school graduation, I began talking to teachers and guidance counselors about my plans to enlist in the Marine Corps. Most of them encouraged me, and one guidance counselor in particular, Mr. Williams, actively assisted me by relating his military experiences and helping to prepare me for the culture shock that I would experience upon arriving at Parris Island for basic training. Mr. Williams introduced me to the Marine recruiters, thus beginning the process that would eventually lead me to that god-forsaken desert and events that would change my life and perspective of the world forever. My first contact with the Marine Corps was with Gunnery Sergeant Don Green, the recruiter whom I would eventually grow to hate. Green, like most recruiters, made all sorts of promises to prospective recruits, most.

1. John Doe
Course Essay
My Twentieth Birthday
Cramped into an underground bunker in the Saudi Arabian
desert, just a few kilometers
south of the Kuwait border, thirty other U.S. marines and I
anxiously anticipated the impact of
each incoming artillery round. For over an hour we felt the
concussion of every explosion as
sand sifted down on us. For most of us, this was our first time
experiencing hostile fire, and I
quickly decided that actual combat was not nearly as romantic
as I had been led to believe.
Reflecting back on my experiences, I am now better able to
understand the micro, middle, and
macro level societal factors that led me to that foul smelling,
claustrophobic bunker on
February 15, 1991 – my twentieth birthday.
From early childhood through my adolescence I had
listened with amazement and naïve
enthusiasm as relatives and older family friends told war stories
and glorified accounts of their
experiences in the Marine Corps. Most of the men on my
mother’s side of the family had been
Marines, and many of my parents’ acquaintances had also
served in the Marine Corps.
Listening to their stories of desperate battles in the South
Pacific, Korea, Viet Nam, and
Grenada left an indelible impression on my psyche. I decided at
an early age that I would grow
up and become a United States Marine. Being a Marine
exemplified my concept of manhood
and what a man should be – honorable, strong, and absolutely

2. fearless. When it was finally my
turn to go to war, I soon discovered that honor and strength
were the easy qualities to develop,
but no one is absolutely fearless. In fact, the courage that I was
able to muster was due to the
fear of appearing weak in the eyes of my fellow Marines. My
stepfather had been in the U.S.
Army during the Viet Nam conflict and was seriously wounded
in the arm and both legs. He
attempted to persuade me to join the Air Force or Navy and
pursue some type of technical
training, but this only strengthened my resolve to become a
Marine.
As I neared high school graduation, I began talking to
teachers and guidance counselors
about my plans to enlist in the Marine Corps. Most of them
encouraged me, and one guidance
counselor in particular, Mr. Williams, actively assisted me by
relating his military experiences
and helping to prepare me for the culture shock that I would
experience upon arriving at Parris
Island for basic training. Mr. Williams introduced me to the
Marine recruiters, thus beginning
the process that would eventually lead me to that god-forsaken
desert and events that would
change my life and perspective of the world forever.
My first contact with the Marine Corps was with Gunnery
Sergeant Don Green, the
recruiter whom I would eventually grow to hate. Green, like
most recruiters, made all sorts of
promises to prospective recruits, most of which were false. I
was a recruiter’s dream; I went to
him with every intention of enlisting, needing absolutely no
convincing. Gunnery Sergeant
Green nearly convinced me that the horror stories about Parris
Island were terribly exaggerated

3. and that boot camp really was not all that bad. He promised
bonuses and a choice of military
occupational specialties. Once I arrived at Parris Island, I soon
realized that he had lied on all
accounts. There were no bonuses, no choice of specialties, and
most of the horror stories were
all dead accurate. Boot camp was the hell that I had heard
about growing up. The third night
on the island I suffered a minor concussion when I was hit in
the head with a foot locker. Don
Green became my least favorite person on the planet.
Growing up in the 1980’s, I saw images on the television
of the invasion of Grenada in
1983 and can recall the horrific images coming out of Beirut
when 241 U.S. Marines were killed
in a suicide bombing. These images, along with President
Reagan’s denouncement of Russia as
the “Evil Empire,” helped to convince me that it was my duty to
join the Marines and help to
control the worldwide spread of communism. Caught up in my
own idealism, I failed to realize
that by the time I enlisted, communism was for all intents and
purposes dead. However, even if
I had recognized that the “Commies” were no longer a major
threat, I would not have changed
my mind about becoming a Marine. By the time I had turned
eighteen, I was already starting to
view Islamic radicals as enemies that would have to be dealt
with some day, but I never
expected to be sent to the Middle East the first year of my
enlistment. With Iraq’s invasion of
Kuwait and the United States’ commitment of troops to the
region, I thought I was finally going
to get what I wanted – a real live war. It did not take me long
to see how naïve and foolish I
had been.

4. The factors that contributed to my spending my twentieth
birthday in a bunker during an
incoming artillery barrage were influenced by all three levels of
sociological perspective: my
family and close friends on the micro level; teachers,
counselors, and the recruiter on the
middle level; and the national media, our elected officials, and
international treaties on the
macro level.
Instructor’s Notes on WHY this is an “A” Essay:
1) The introductory paragraph gets the reader’s attention.
2) The introductory paragraph contains a thesis statement
(which gives the main idea of the essay). It’s the last sentence
of the paragraph.
3) The essay contains specific details that make it uniquely the
writer’s experience: the actual names of people, places, and
battles
4) Its organization into paragraphs based on the sociological
levels: the first body paragraph focuses on micro level
influences (family and friends); the second and third body
paragraphs focus on middle level influences (the counselor and
the Marine recruiter); and the fourth body paragraph focuses on
the macro level influence of television (mass media). The
influences also end up being organized, for the most part, in
chronological order as well.
5) All of the influences explained in the essay are identified as
micro, middle, or macro, so that the instructor can be sure that
the student understands the levels of sociological analysis.
middle, or macro – so the instructor knows that the student
knows which ones are which!
6) The essay contains an introductory paragraph and a
concluding paragraph.
7) Grammatically and mechanically, the essay is almost free of
errors. There are no careless errors that resulted from
inadequate proofreading.

5. ISM 6258 HW 2
Due on March 30 (Monday) by 11:55 pm
Program Description
In this assignment, you will redo Assignment 1 using functions
and also extend its functionality.
Like Assignment 1, you will develop a Console Application that
grades a multiple choice test
with 10 questions taken by 8 students. The applications finds
each student’s letter grade based on
that test, and then displays: (i) a table listing names, scores and
grade for all students, (ii) average,
standard deviation, and median of the test scores, (iii) a
histogram showing the number of students
who got A, B, C, D, or F, etc.
Suppose the student’s names, their answers to the questions, the
answer key and the score for each
question are as given below.
Student’s Answers to the Questions
Jack A B A C C D E E A D
John D B A B C A E E A D

6. Jill E D D A C B E E A D
Mary C B A E D C E E A D
Peter A B D C C D E E A D
Bob B B E C C D E E A D
Nancy B B A C C D E E A D
Pat E B E C C D E E A D
Key D B D C C D A E A D
Score 2 2 5 3 3 4 4 4 6 7
1. The Main() method should create one two dimensional array
to store the student’s answer
and three different one dimensional arrays to store the student
names, the answer key
and the scores for each question, and initialize them to the
values given above. You may
create other arrays if you like, but only if necessary.
DO NOT declare any array at class-level. Every array you
declare should be declared inside a
function (Main or other).
Note that we may change the student responses, the answer key
and/or the scores for the
questions when we test your application. So, write your code in
such a way that it will
work for any values.

7. 2. The Main() method should then call a method called
ComputeGrades(). The ComputeGrades
method must (1) take 3 arrays as input: one containing the
student responses, the second
containing the answer key, and the third containing the scores
for the questions, (2) compute
the total scores and grades that the students earn, and (3)
“return” two arrays: one containing
the total score for each student and the other containing the
grade the student earns. The grading
scheme to be used is: A: [90%,100%], B: [80%, 90%), C: [70%,
80%), D: [60%, 70%), F:
<60%. Note that B:[80, 90) means a student gets a B if his score
is >= 80%, but strictly less
than 90%.
3. The Main() method should then call a method called
ComputeStatistics() that takes the
students’ scores array as input and computes and “returns” the
average, the standard deviation,
and the median of the student scores.
4. The Main() method should then call a method called
DisplayResults() that takes appropriate
inputs and display the results as shown in the sample output.
To do this, the DisplayResults() method should in turn call a

8. method called DrawHistogram()
which takes appropriate inputs and displays the histogram as
shown in the sample output.
Sample Output
Note: You do not have to have the same amount of spacing as
shown in the sample output
above. But make sure that the output is neatly formatted, the
columns in the table of student
information are left aligned and all the values are displayed
with only two decimal spaces.
Instructions for Submission
1. Create a ZIP file containing all the subdirectories starting
with the project root directory. The
zip file must be named A2_yourLastNameYourFirstName.zip
2. Submit the zip file as an attachment using the E-Learning
Assignment tool.
Note that not following the submission instructions exactly will
result in loss of points.

9. Grading
Following criteria will be used to grade the program
1. Successful compilation without any errors or warnings; if the
code does not compile as it
is, you get a 0 on the assignment. So my suggestion would be to
attempt the problem in
steps. As soon as you have a version which is compiling and
partially working, save a copy
of it before you attempt to add features to this code. This will
make sure that you always
have a copy of code that compiles and correctly implements at
least some parts of the
assignment which you can submit and get partial credit.
2. Correctness of the program
3. Code Readability (spacing, indentation, etc).
4. Code Reusability
5. The TA/instructor may ask you to come and explain your
design/code. The ability to
explain your design/code and its correctness may carry some
points.
Hints:
1. Use the following formulas for calculating variance and
standard deviation:

10. n
1
n
n
2. You can use Math.Sqrt( ) method to calculate the square root.
Check the .NET
Framework Class Library documentation for details on the
Math.Sqrt() method. Here is a
piece of code that is showing how it can be used.
double x; double y = 5; x = Math.Sqrt(y) ; // x will get square
root of 5

11. Academic Integrity: This is an individual assignment.
Plagiarism and Cheating of
any kind on the assignment will not be tolerated. It may result
in an “F’ for this assignment or
depending on the severity of the case, may lead to an “F” for
the entire course. It may be subject
to appropriate referral to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs
for further action. For more
information, consult the Dean of Students Academic Honesty
Student Guide at
http://www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/procedures/academicguide.php.
All programming assignments are to be done individually. We
will use special software to verify
that your work is completely distinct from that of your
classmates and also from information on
the internet. A list covering some examples of actions which
break the honor code is given below:
• Copying, submitting, or viewing the work of another student.
• Submitting work that is copied from information posted on the
Internet or any other source
• Working in any capacity with or helping student(s)
• Providing your own work or transferring the work of someone
else to another student.
http://www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/procedures/academicguide.php
http://www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/procedures/academicguide.php
READ CAREFULLY!! IM GIVING YOU UNTIL
NOW TO PLAN THE INFORMATION OUT AND GET A
PLAN TOGETHER. YOU MAY START WRITING THE
ESSAY. JUST UNDERSTAND IF PLAN COMES BACK WITH
CORRECTIONS FROM PROFESSOR. CHANGES WILL HAVE
TO BE MADE, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THE

12. INSTRUCTIONS WERENT UNDERSTOOD AND THE ESSAY
WILL GET AN F GRADE.
IF YOU AGREE: A PLAN MUST BE TURNED IN BY
THE 7/25/2016. AFTER FEEDBACK FROM THE PROFESSOR
YOU WILL
HAVE UNTIL 7/29/2016. I WILL ALSO INCLUDE
THE SAMPLE COURSE ESSAY (THE SAMPLE COURSE
ESSAY WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA AS IN WHAT
THE PROFESSOR IS LOOKING FOR THE PERSON GOT AN
A! && SHE EVEN EXPLAINS WHY THE PERSON GOT AN
A) THE SAMPLE COURSE ESSAY IS MENTIONED IN THE
INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
You will write one essay (minimum of 1,000
words/maximum of 1,500 words). This essay
will require you to apply your understanding of the
sociological imagination and the three levels of sociological
analysis.
You should review the topic of this essay, explained
below, very early in the course so that throughout the semester
you
can make notes to yourself about possible specific
content. Under Modules, in the Final Course Requirements
section,
you will see a link to an “A”Sample Student Course
Essay written on the same topic several years ago by a former
student who gave your instructor permission to post it as an
example for future students. At the end of that essay, you will
see some comments in blue from your instructor explaining

13. specifically why the student received an A. Although the length
requirement at that time was only 500 words, this sample essay
should still serve as your model for paragraph organization,
ample use of specific details, and grammatical and mechanical
accuracy, so it’s recommended that you print a copy of it. Your
essay will be graded for content but also grammatical and
mechanical accuracy. Although run-ons, fragments, and
subject-verb agreement errors are the most serious types of
grammatical errors, your instructor will deduct EVEN MORE
for careless errors that you should have caught while
proofreading.
Formatting Instruction for COURSE ESSAY: Penalties are strict
to reinforce that directions are followed explicitly.
You will lose 5 percentage points from your total grade for
EVERY omission and EVERY type of error listed in ANY of the
following formatting instructions (a-e):
a) Heading:
Name
Course Essay
b) Title: Give this essay a title, double spaced down
from your heading, double-spaced above the first line of the
essay,
and centered on the page. Capitalize the first letter
of ONLY the key words in the title, not words like “the” or “a”
or
prepositions unless they’re the first word of the title.
Your title should look just like the text of your essay, meaning
that you should use the same font style and font size
and NOT use boldface, italics, quotation marks, or underlining.)
c) Font: Use Arial, Calibri, or Comic Sans – do NOT use
Times New Roman

14. d) Do NOT submit a cover page for this essay.
e) Spacing: DOUBLE SPACE THIS ESSAY to allow
enough space for your instructor’s comments.
Course Essay Topic:
Analyze a past or current situation in your life by using
the sociological imagination, which means demonstrating that
you understand how societal factors have played a role in the
situation you choose to write about. For this essay, you’ll be
writing about either a goal you've reached, a major decision
you've made, a dilemma you've faced, or any other type of
situation you've been in or are currently in. Do NOT include
psychological or personal factors that played a role unless you
put those in the introductory or concluding paragraph or you
include them in a body paragraph that has FIRST established at
least one sociological influence. Also, make sure you choose a
situation that was influenced by macro, middle AND micro level
sociological factors since all three are required in the essay.
Remember that under Instructor’s Notes for Chapter 1 in Unit 1
there is a document that explains these categories in more detail
than the explanation below:
MACROlevel influences can be (a) demographic groups you
identify with (the focus of Durkheim’s research) e.g. your age
group, your race or ethnicity, your social class, your
educational level, your political party, or your religion if any of
these helped “create” the situation; (b) social institutions
(family, religion, education, government, the mass media, the
economy, the health care system, the military, etc.) if any of
these helped create the situation; and/or (c) national societal
events and social movements that may have influenced the
situation (for example, 9-11, the environmental movement, the
war against terror, the war against poverty, the gay rights

15. movement, the Tea Party movement, etc.).
MIDDLE LEVEL groups or individuals are part of the
community to which you belong (or belonged at the time) or
which have affected you without being a member (e.g. a school
or a church, a business, an organization, or the county
commissioners, etc.).
MICRO LEVELgroups are very informal primary social groups
of two or more members, such as your family members or
close friends. One person that you had/have any
relationship to can be included since that person IS part of a
group (of
You are STRONGLY URGED to get your plan approved
by your instructor since a significant percentage of students
every semester does not clearly understand the assignment
before writing the essay. Your plan will include:
1) your thesis statement (a complete sentence stating the main
idea of your essay),
2) a list of the three specific sociological factors/influences you
will explain in the essay, and
3) the identification of each influence as either micro, middle,
or macro.
I WILL NEED THE PLAN BY 7/25/2015 I WILL NEED
THE PLAN BY 7/25/2015 I WILL NEED THE PLAN BY
7/25/2015
THE MOST COMMON “CONTENT” ERROR STUDENTS
MAKE IN WRITING THIS ESSAY IS EXPLAINING THE
RESULTS OF REACHING A GOAL OR MAKING A CERTAIN

16. DECISION OR RESOLVING A PARTICULAR DILEMMA –
OR WHATEVER THEY’RE WRITING ABOUT. USING THE
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION, HOWEVER, DOES NOT
MEAN DETERMINING THE EFFECTS OF SOMETHING
(MEANING WHAT HAPPENED LATER AS A RESULT), BUT
ABOUT INFLUENCES (SORT OF LIKE CAUSES) THAT LED
UP TO THE SITUATION (MEANING WHAT OCCURRED
PRIOR TO THE SITUATION THAT SET THE STAGE FOR
THE SITUATION TO OCCUR). IF YOU SUBMIT A PLAN,
YOUR INSTRUCTOR WILL CATCH THIS PROBLEM OR
ANY OTHER KIND OF PROBLEM. IF YOU DO NOT
SUBMIT A PLAN, AND YOU WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT
RESULTS, THEN YOUR ESSAY CANNOT RECEIVE A
PASSING GRADE, REGARDLESS OF HOW WELL IT IS
WRITTEN – PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT WILL INDICATE
THAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE SOCIOLOGICAL
IMAGINATION, ONE OF THE BASIC COURSE CONCEPTS.