Question 3 what reading have you enjoyed most in the past year and why? The reading I have enjoyed the most in the past year is ‘To kill a mocking bird’ by Harper Lee. The story’s main theme is about racial discrimination and gender inequality. It used a child’s point of view to tell the story so I can throw myself into the main character Scout. Thanks to her naivety‚ the injustice and the hypocrisy of Maycomb folks are enhanced. The most exciting part of the story is the fight in the court. Scout’s
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HRM 320 1. What do you think are some of the factors in the modern workplace that contribute to a theft of time? How can those factors be managed? There are two factors that I have seen throughout my years of my current employment that may indeed contribute to theft of time in a workplace. One major issue that contributes to theft of time is where the constant conversation among employees/other acquaintances while on the clock. Socializing has increased within the business today and whenever
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overpraising such tasks‚ the group may believe that the person in charge may be using sarcasm. When a task is not done well‚ a harsh criticism may seem more condescending then it actually is. 2) In the beginning‚ I valued relationships more because I wanted to feel accepted by others and make friends. As I have progressed‚ I have become more focused on results. At this moment‚ I have learned that I value others opinions on topics‚ but not so much as what they think about me. If If I can make something
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First of all and the most important of all‚ it’s my proactive attitude. I am like a warrior who is willing to take the challenge and fight for difficulty. I was a part-time sales person in shoes store and I made the sales target and reach the top part-time sales of the month award even the economy is bad back then 2009. Second‚ I am like a pioneer who is like to discover new things and have no fear for uncertainty. Last summer‚ I received Government’s scholarship to study abroad at Texas‚ in
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The educated is truly free. Do you agree? ‘Knowledge is power’‚ this frequently cited quote is no more a stranger to anyone. Education‚ which role is essentially to transmit knowledge‚ has empowered an individual with the accumulated knowledge‚ values and skills that an individual would require. Indeed‚ with knowledge‚ the educated has yielded the power to control the situation around him‚ to break free from oppression and authority‚ and to breakthrough the vicious poverty cycle. Yet‚ as the
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I have watched a movie which is called “The Dead Poets Society” recently. Roughly‚ it tells the story about the relationship between students and teachers as well as their parents. After watching this movie‚ it gave me an insight into the influences of family. How children are influenced by their parents often hinges significantly on what is termed parental style. Since family is the first school a child enters‚ parents are children’s primary role models‚ and they continue to influence a child into
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Whitman expresses that his inner self does not change by using long sets of repetitions throughout most of his poems such as poem 31‚ the repetition of “in vain” stating that everyone in the world cares what others think of themselves no matter how hard a person tries not to. Whitman illustrates that no matter what a person has experienced‚ the person may change on the surface but everyone shares at least one quality which unites a society together which is why he shows compassion towards all races
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Do You Really Know Yourself? Throughout time great philosophers have pondered the question of what knowing your self is. Philosophers like Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Alcibiades have somewhat of a similarity when it comes to identifying one’s self. However‚ there are the differences that lead up to the explanation and what individuals believe the self is. Socrates focused on the ‘good life’ and stresses the fact that to know how to live we need to know who we are. Under Socrates‚ the founder of philosophy
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Which Dress Do You Like Best? The following memory I will outline may seem an excessively informal anecdote for a paper as such but it reveals truth in the point I will be presenting. When I was a senior in high school and prom season arrived it was a common practice among me and two other friends to go shopping for our dress on Saturdays. The drill consisted of trying on several dresses and asking the two other friends their opinion‚ when we found a dress that all three agreed on (given the price
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How Do You Get People To Like You Be polite. Be yourself. That way‚ people like you for who you are. Many of us mistakenly believe that it’s wrong or conceited‚ to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time berating ourselves for our negative qualities‚ thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However‚ a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can hinder our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we have the confidence to make
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