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    all of my childhood technology combined. We don’t yet know how today’s technology will affect children differently to how our technology affected us. Read on for a breakdown of popular reasons for and against children possessing mobile technology. Reasons For Social Development One of the biggest differences children of today will have from us‚ is the way in which they interact socially. Instead of going round each other’s houses to talk and catch up‚ kids now constantly text‚ Skype‚ or do something

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    Isabel & Peter /NUS Business School_2013  BSP 2005 Asian Business Environments /Syllabus ‚ Lecture and Tutorial Guide     Course Outline Module Code Module Title Description BSP2005 Asian Business Environments This module builds an understanding of business environments in Asia. The first part of the course focuses on macroeconomic fundamentals‚ politics‚ culture‚ and institutions in Asian countries and regions. The second part of the course explores relationships between national and regional

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    he lacked “book smarts‚” and encouraged him to attend technical school for a mechanics certification rather than a university for a degree. This is very common and probably sounds sensible to you. Gerald Graff‚ author of‚ “Hidden Intellectualism‚” an article published in the writing guidebook They Say‚ I Say would disagree. Graff would probably fault my friend’s teachers for not using his interest in cars as a way to encourage academic thinking. Graff believes that street smarts can be used as a

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    think kids should have homework? I don’t know because sometimes it takes hours to do. Right now I usually have homework in math science and English everyday. I don’t think we should have homework because it’s too much work to start and it gets in the way of after school activities and most importantly can cause some health problems. The first reason we shouldn’t have homework is it’s too much work. In school we sit in a classroom doing work for almost 7 hours (besides lunch). So why do we have

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    A summary of “hidden intellectualism” by Gerald Graff: In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff offers a critique of the education system for overlooking the intellectual potential of those who possess unconventional “street smarts”. We as a society assume that only the inherently weighty academic subjects grant us “true” knowledge‚ and that knowledge in subjects such as fashion‚ sports or even dating holds no intellectual tenor. The problem with this assumption‚ Graff insists‚ is that

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    person to observe instead. The spotlight has never been a favorite of mine and I can safely say that it probably never will. The reasoning for this is because I hate the crowds‚ the attention‚ and I have a bit of stage fright. I already despise public speaking‚ but I can’t stand it when I have to talk to crowds‚ which is my first topic. I hate speaking in front of crowds

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    “book smart” or “street smart.” On the one hand‚ some argue that being book smart is more intellectual than being street smart. From this perspective‚ they say that doing well in school and being educated on things that we consider academic is how to be intellectual. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that being street smart is more intelligent than being book smart. In the words of Gerald Graff in Hidden Intellectualism‚ one of this view’s main proponents‚ “I believe that street smarts beat

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    Why Islam Hate Us Analysis

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    In the short film‚ Why they hate us? Reporters‚ scientist‚ and religious leaders attempt to find the reason why the people of Islam have such a great hate for the American people. There are a plethora of instances that these people have depicted their hate from 9/11 to the shootings at nightclubs‚ yet the reasoning behind all of this has never truly been addressed. After watching this short film‚ I will relay as well as uncover the facts behind the reason the people of Islam hate Americans.

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    Cultural Intellectualism In Gerald Graff’s essay Hidden Intellectualism; he criticizes those who do not put appropriate value into "street smarts." Graff persists that knowledge extends further than academic learning and carries into the everyday life. He writes about some of his precollege experiences with being as a “nonintellectual” due to his lack of interest in academic literary subjects. Graff also discusses how his interest in sports actually led him into academic intellectualism as an adult

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    The article “Why We Travel” by Pico Iyer talks about his opinion on why people travel to foreign places and what they expect to gain from their trips. He also mentions a few of his past experiences and his feelings and emotions based on them. Based on this article‚ we are able extract that traveling is not just the matter of going somewhere other than your home and coming back the same person. It is somehow a little more than that as it affects us in ways unexplainable. An interesting point brought

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