Practice Essay: Introduction: Amy Tan’s story‚ “Rules of the Game‚” takes place in San Francisco’s Chinatown‚ where Waverly Jong lives with her parents and two brothers. Waverly is a chess prodigy who took place in many competitions. Her mother Mrs. Jong is very proud of Waverly‚ maybe more. Her mother tells her lots of things she thinks Waverly needs to know to survive in the world‚ but unfortunately‚ Mrs. Jong’s advice comes across as nagging. Through Waverly and Mrs. Jong’s relationship‚ arrogance
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------------------------------------------------- University of Phoenix Material Effective Study Habits Worksheet Review Phoenix Career Plan results of Career Plan Building Activity: Work Culture Preference‚ respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: Describe your ideal study environment. * My ideal study environment would consist of books‚ videos‚ references‚ well organized‚ and easy access to things I really need. My own personal work space where I am surrounded by
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Topic 106: Some people think that students benefit greatly from going to private secondary schools‚ but others assert that private secondary schools have a negative impact on the young generation and the society alike. Discuss both views. Parents seem to have ongoing preference for a private secondary school‚ although they have to pay extremely high tuition for their children. Despite the fact that a private school is very often associated with quality service‚ professional teaching staff‚ competitive
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From the article ‘Brainology’‚ Mr. Dweck argues about ‘Fixed mindset’‚“Many student believe that intelligence is fixed‚ that each person has a certain amount” (Carol S. Dweck‚ 2008). Fixed mindset makes learners afraid to challenge‚ reduces confidence. On the other hand‚ Mr. Dweck also talks about ‘Growth mindset’‚ learners who have positive mindset‚ believes intelligence
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“Rules of the Game” “Rules of the Game” was written by Amy Tan. This short story takes place in Chinatown district of San Francisco during the 1950’s. Waverly was known as the child prodigy after she grew interest of chess while her brothers were playing it one day. Her brother‚ Vincent‚ had received a used chess set that were also missing some pieces from a Baptist Church Christmas Party that her family had attended. Waverly‚ being six years old‚ learns to play chess and becomes a national
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Not My Dream In the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan‚ we are shown the struggles of a young girl Jing-Mei. Her struggle is that of a young girl growing up and trying to find her own sense of identity. Her troubles are compounded by her mother‚ who convinces her that she can become someone important. Because of her mother’s constant overbearing behavior‚ Jing-Mei does everything she can to annoy and displease her mother even to the point of being a failure. This fight to find
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1. Daily Schedule Make a schedule of your daily routine. Add into your schedule one activity to improve each of the following: mental health‚ emotional health‚ physical health‚ and spiritual health. For example‚ "On my walk to school‚ I will try to think positive about my day." "I will spend a few moments in prayer or meditation before I go to sleep." "I will do some yoga while I watch tv at night." Decorate your schedule with markers‚ designs‚ and glitter so it looks attractive to you. Take
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Amy Cuddy creates a sense of ethos and authority on the topic through citing credible and relevant sources‚ discussing her credentials‚ and by making the speech easy to understand. At the beginning of her speech‚ Cuddy cites research from two well accredited sources. The first was Nalini Ambady‚ a researcher at Tufts University‚ and the second was Alex Todorov at Princeton. Not only does she tell the audience the people she has gotten the information from‚ but the institutions that they are a part
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Two Kinds by Amy Tan A: Synopsis This short story‚ ‘Two Kinds’ is more focused on the relationships between mother and daughter. The narrator of this story‚ Jing Mei recalls of the days when her mother wanted her to be a prodigy in America. Her mother moved to San Francisco when she lost everything in China. At first‚ she thought that her daughter would be like Shirley Temple as they watched how talented Shirley Temple was in acting. And one day when the narrator’s mother saw a young Chinese girl
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A Pair of Tickets Amy Tan Amy Tan’s A Pair Of Tickets is a story concerning family and roots. June May‚ like the author herself‚ was a Chinese born in USA and grew up with an American background culture‚ whereas her mother grew up in China and then immigrated to America. Looking at the repeated words‚ we discussed that one there are many words such as mother‚ sister‚ father and Aiyi. Most of the characters in this story belong to one family‚ June May’s family. It suggests to us that the
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