Kangbo Lu Josh Coito English 122 22 March 2016 Journal #10: “Watching TV Makes Your Smarter” In Steven Johnson’s essay Watching TV Makes You Smarter” (2005)‚ he suggests that the increasing complexity of TV shows can engage audiences’ brains‚ and help people think smarter. Citing multiple second-hand evidences‚ Johnson develops his ideas by comparing old and new TV shows‚ describing the confusion may caused by complex TV shows’ threads‚ and the positive effect of watching complex TV shows. By using
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Getting Bullied Because You’re Different? The People in children of war have similar situations in their stories. Mostly are all struggling and are getting bullied and are trying to fit in.Ha is a main character in the book “Inside Out and Back Again”she was born in Vietnam and she has to flee from the war.The main thing i’m focusing on is bullying because they talk about to a lot in the book and in the articles.I like this topic because people talk about it a lot.Refuges‚like Ha‚often struggle with
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Guidelines IELTS Candidate Photographs 2009 The following guidelines are provided for centres to follow in the management of test day photos; the decision to accept the photographs submitted by a candidate is at the Administrator’s discretion. ▪ Candidates provide two identical colour photographs that are not more than six months old ▪ Cross reference with passport photograph (if the same has been used check the date of issue of the
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The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at
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The article‚ “Can You Make Yourself Smarter?” by Dan Hurley‚ illustrates the prevalence and importance of crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence. One thing he does not touch on in his article is the different kinds of intelligence‚ for example‚ emotional intelligence. Like crystallized and fluid intelligence‚ emotional intelligence is extremely ubiquitous‚ but emotional intelligence is the most important aspect of intelligence related to influences on job performance‚ as well as its importance
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Anne Frank wrote‚ “....in spite of everything‚ I still believe people are really good at heart‚” in her diary. This statement is true‚ people really are good at heart. Anne wrote this during the Holocaust‚ which is when Hitler came to power in Germany. During this time the Jews and many other groups of people (ex. Gypsies‚ the disabled‚ and some Slavic peoples) were thought of as “inferior” to the Germans. The Germans would persecute and force the Jews to work. But even though all these bad things
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QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE YOU BELIEVE A POLL Opinion polls and other sample surveys can produce accurate and useful information if the pollster uses good statistical techniques and also works hard at preparing a sampling frame‚ wording questions‚ and reducing nonresponse. Many surveys‚ however‚ especially those designed to influence public opinion rather than just record it‚ do not produce accurate or useful information. Here are some questions to ask before you pay much attention to poll results
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When it comes to a job that I will like to do in the future‚ I would like to choose teaching‚ which is considered one of the best jobs in the world. There are lots of children all over the world can not go to school simply due to the lack of teachers. Several months ago‚ I watched a TV program showing that teachers were badly needed in many parts of our world‚ places like western parts of China‚ Southeast Asia‚ and Africa. It also broadcasted the stories of a couple from the United States who
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considers whether the boost in ticket sales is worth the trouble. by Marco Bertini‚ Luc Wathieu‚ Betsy Page Sigman‚ and Michael I. Norton The Experts Gideon Lask is the founder of BuyaPowa‚ a uK-based social commerce business. Do Social Deal Sites Really Work? t he sales reps from DailyDilly had just finished their rollicking video presentation‚ and the laughter in the meeting room was starting to subside. Ruth Davison‚ the marketing director of Flanagan Theme Parks‚ was still smiling
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college is the impact of parents‚ whole family or even the society. Our future plans are very often made by our parents‚ who feel sometimes too responsible for our life. Knowing that we should accept all their decicions or being assumed that they want to do all their can for us and they want only tthe best things‚ we try not to argue with them. Besides‚ after some time‚ we agree with them that the education is the most important component of our life and we should invest in it all our money‚ talents and
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