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 Stanford
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1. What is Tannen’s purpose in writing this essay? What does she hope it will accomplish? From what I gathered Tannen’s purpose was for us to comprehend the importance of communication in the work field. How the simplest verbal functions can be interpreted in many different ways. “Conversation is a ritual” I find so much meaning behind these four simple words‚ the article in its entirety are summed up by these word. Tannen wants to enlighten us to remember that our words are powerful. I believe she
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I would like to learn how to speak Spanish. I took lessons in highschool but I remember almost none of it. It would be very beneficial to me‚ as I work with the public in a city that has a lot of Hispanics. And I’ve always wanted to learn a language. There are countless recources on the internet and apps that can teach you how to speak different languages. I know several people who speak Spanish quite fluently. And if needs be‚ I could take a college class. I would like to learn it within the next
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water’s clear‚ the sand is warm‚ and the wildlife is everywhere. That place is Hawaii. It’s one of the most beautiful and exotic places. But more specifically than Hawaii‚ we’re talking about Oahu. It is the third largest of all the islands but it is the most populated of them all. It also has the state capital‚ Honolulu. There is an abundance of beautiful plants and animals but there are also dangerous ones living among the people of Oahu as well. It’s a beautiful place but it needs to be respected
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#6:Treasure Chest Problem: Someone offers to give you a million dollars($1‚000‚000) in one-dollar ($1) bills. To receive the money‚ you must lie down; the million one-dollar bills will be placed on your stomach. If you keep them on your stomach for 10 minutes‚ the money is yours! Do you accept the offer? Solution: Each dollar bill weighs 1 gram‚ if we multiply 1gram by 1‚000‚000 dollars we get a weight of 1‚000‚000 grams. If there are 454 grams in a pound then $1‚000‚000 will equal 2202 pounds
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Racism is ignorance among people all around the world. People can be racist because they were brought up to hate a certain ethnicity‚ or they came to dislike them on their own. Either way racism is unjust and should not exist in today’s world. Unfortunately it used to be accepted in society by many people‚ but the world has come so far that petty things like racism should not occur. Racism might not seem like anything to some‚ but it is like the butterfly effect. One racist thing a person says or
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When most people think of Doctors they think of the person who they see very briefly when they aren’t feeling well but in all reality they are a lot more than that. A doctor is someone who works extremely long hours‚ is dedicated to healing patients‚ and their work is intellectually‚ emotionally and physically taxing. A doctor has many hats to wear throughout his busy day and “doctor” is just one. When thinking what kind of work results are important for a doctor you immediately think of healing patients
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1. Why do you want to be a GHC fellow? (200 words maximum) Since I was young‚ I was always asking myself why people in African‚ mostly women and children‚ always suffer from malnutrition‚ gender inequality‚ poverty‚ injustice and many more problems which are against their rights. Because I was still young‚ I would not understand the reason why of those things were happening. Crimes were committed to human beings by other human beings. After a certain period of time‚ I came to understand that there
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in the change and establish what one has had the greatest impact. I will then do this through old reports‚ articles‚ videos‚ and bull proofs. In doing this I hope to establish what one of many factors have impacted the most. The main points I will take into thought are 1) Sires; Goldwyn‚ Damion‚ Dundee‚ and all Goldwyn sons. I will analyze if the bulls that were most used in the dairy breed are in fact the ones that should have been. 2) Economy; when the states had the scare of mad cow disease
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What do you want to be when you grow up? What are your plans for your future? Have you thought about college? Have you thought about a career choice? These are questions we are bombarded with on a daily basis by our parents. We shrug them off‚ telling them that we have another three years to think about college‚ careers‚ or our future. We don’t know what we want to be when we grow up‚ because we don’t even know who we are yet. Yet in a blink of an eye‚ we’re seniors and now the decisions we tried
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