your choice”. Same people respond diffidently to situations with a fixed mindset‚ it means that they think that they or other people cannot change. But other people with a growth mindset know that they can do anything if they if they try harder and they know that people can change. In flipped a realistic novel by wendlih van braanen‚ the character of Bryce has a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. In Flipped‚ Bryce had a fixed mindset but then got a growth mindset in time. When Bryce says‚ “I
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Executive Summary In this report‚ the mobile services industry has been analyzed for 3 year period from Apr’09-Dec’11 and Idea Cellular Limited has been compared with both the industry standards and the market leader‚ Airtel. The current and likely future trends in the industry are identified with respect to market dynamics‚ subscriber growth‚ revenue growth‚ policy regulation and investments. It is believed that after a period of price war over the past 3 years‚ a consolidation phase will follow
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understanding was much more comfortable even with the language barrier. Learning English or even a new language‚ I found it challenging because it appears there was always more than one answer while also wary of following the correct grammatical format. For Amy Tan‚ the author of Mother Tongue‚ she too confronts with difficulties in understanding the English language. Tan is convinced of this fact through her standardized test scores on the achievement test‚ IQ tests‚ and her SAT. She found that on
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people that we are around and others are in the area or even situation that we may be in. we rarely notice when we change from one form to another. In Amy Tan’s article “Mother tongue” she shows how her mother’s unique English led her to go through many trials and obstacles and was overlooked by many. In this essay‚ I will show how some of the issues that Amy Tan talks about in her article can be applied to my everyday life and is still very relevant. Peer pressure is a major factor in communication
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Thesis: In Two Kinds‚ Amy Tan uses defiant americanized Jing-Mei and her native mother’s expectation of obedience to depict the clash of the cultures and its effect on the relationship between the two. I. Jing-Mei is overpowered by her hopeful and ambitious mother who believes that anything is possible and is willing to take any measures to achieve it: however her ambitious nature weighs heavy on Jing Mei and places strains on their relationship. a. “My mother believed you could be anything you
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Amy Tan: Mother Tongue 1. Tan starts with speaking to a group that had her mom in it. This provided details of how she felt with the way all speak in different situations. Another situation was when she described her having a conversation with her mom on the phone. Her mom uses very broken English and I felt like I was standing there listening to both sides of the conversation. I made me remember times talking with my grandma and a couple of her saying. When Tan uses “tell him front of his boss
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Newsela Central Idea Report The central idea of the article entitled "The clever thing one Dutch town is doing to protect "smartphone zombies"" written by Amy B Wang‚ is that a Dutch town is going to launch a way so phone addicts‚ that are looking down at their phones while walking‚ are safer. If you didn’t know‚ walking in towns while looking down at your phone is very perilous. You could easily get hit by a car or run into something. The article states that "For whatever reason — whether scrolling
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Fixed minded people see talents‚ abilities and intelligences as fixed traits and is something that cannot be changed and manipulated. They believe that it doesn’t matter how much effort you contribute towards a certain task‚ the outcome or experience will remain the same. However growth minded people understand and recognise their strengths and weaknesses through their talents and abilities. They believe that their talents can be improved further and their weaknesses can develop through time‚ effort
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After reading the narrative “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan. It can be said that it is an engaging 1st person narrative where the author utilized some of her different memories to connect with the audience. At times explaining her feelings of sadness and embarrassment to strengthen her points. Thus‚ creating an emotional piece that had me connected with every sentence. I experienced a sense of empathy. The narrative started at the present time with a memory where the writer found herself speaking to a
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The story of “Peanut’s Fortune” is told by Peanut’s sister‚ who is involved within the plot but remains unnamed throughout her narration. Throughout the short story‚ Amy Tan writes in first person‚ allowing Peanut’s sister to personally retell the story to her daughter. VII. STRUCTURE “Peanut’s Fortune” is primarily told in chronological order‚ following the natural sequence of time during a period of four days. The short story begins when Peanut and her sister travel through the town‚ observing
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