After watching the TED Talk‚ “How Reliable is Your Memory” I was saddened to learn how unreliable eyewitness testimony is since hundreds of people’s lives have been ruined because of it. It is important to consider that not every memory someone remembers is real and while their intentions may not be to lie‚ memory itself gets changed unconsciously. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus did some amazing research in understanding false memories and explained how it relates to real-world situations. Dr. Loftus’s studies
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The image that comes to mind when someone says education is an old brick building covered in vines. This is a place meant to facilitate learning and literacy. In Deborah Brandt’s essay “Sponsors of Literacy‚” Brandt describes the process of how people become literate and the effect of their economic and family backgrounds on their learning. Sherman Alexie’s essay “Superman and Me” provides an example of the process of becoming literate. Alexie’s essay is the story of Alexie’s first encounter with
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Framing The Reading (331‐32) • Deborah Brandt is a professor of English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There is couple of literacy books and scholarly research articles‚ which were written by her. One of them is “Sponsors of Literacy”. There is some data‚ which is collected in Literacy American Lives. • Brandt opposes that people will not become literate by themselves. Instead of that‚ people‚ institutions and circumstances sponsor literacy. Moreover‚ it people actually acquires
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In The Myth of Mars and Venus‚ Deborah Cameron explores the claims about gender and language and its consequences in today’s society. Cameron titles her book a ‘myth’ due to two reasons. The first sense is the commonly known definition of a myth: “a widespread but false belief” regarding the notion that men and women have different ways in using language to communicate with each other (Cameron‚ 3). ‘Myth’ is also used in the sense that it is a story of the identity of an individual and what has shaped
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where they wish someone could just pick for us‚ or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices‚ and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice‚ how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good‚ it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice‚ while Iyengar
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of the Ted Talk by Mikko Hypponen titled How the NSA betrayed the world’s trust -- time to act. Summary Mr. Hypponen talks about how the national security agency or NSA for short and other American agencies are monitoring foreign data connections that enters or passes US soil‚ which includes personal data such as emails‚ text messages‚ phone calls and other types of data and how our encryption methods are being weaken by installing backdoor access by said agencies. He goes on to talk about how agencies
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Analysis of “Women Talk Too Much” In “Women Talk Too Much” Janet Holmes debunks the stereotype of the garrulous woman‚ which reflects sexist prejudice rather that objective reality (301). Holmes dispels the “language myth” that women talk too much. Holmes provides proverbs from different centuries‚ cultures‚ and countries to show that the perception that women talk more is a universal stereotype. Holmes provides research studies and facts to prove the amount of a talk depends. From this article
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Have you ever wondered what life is like across the world? After reading The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis I realized than Parvana and I have the same personality but‚ different lifestyles. Even though Parvana lives across the world and has a harder life than me we still have similarities and differences. Parvana and I have many similarities in our personalities. Her lifestyle may be different but that doesn’t stop her from having a great attitude. For example Parvana and I are very hard workers
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Learning to Give a Pep Talk —— 《上海学生英文报》高中进阶 (2413期20170314) ·4版 Everyone wants to be the type of person who gives the critical talk that turns around a friend’s outlook. However‚ giving a good pep talk (激励性讲话) isn’t easy. It requires an understanding of what your audience needs. You need to not only listen and empathize‚ but also stress the other person’s strengths. You also need to know when to stop talking. “A lot of people think they are giving a pep talk‚ but they are just saying what they
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Reading Response I Schooling‚ Sexual Orientation‚ Law‚ and Policy: Making Schools Safe for All Students By: Charlotte J. Patterson This article was full of information about sexual minorities and the hardships they face. However‚ it was very redundant and I felt I was reading the same facts and statistics that were previously said in the paragraph before. Also‚ the facts that were being used are common knowledge to many people in my generation’s age bracket. Perhaps the author thought she had
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