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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Do you want to be famous? Being a celebrity/famous person comes with its’ advantages and disadvantages which can make living life very difficult at times. Let’s look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of being a celebrity/famous person. Some of the advantages of being a famous person are as follows: Famous people have everything they can possibly want such as fast cars‚ big houses‚ money‚ women etc. They can go wherever they want on holidays or any other day of the week and do not
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Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it is considered a form of expression. The First Amendment protects our right to freedom of expression‚ so peaceful resistance is completely lawful. In addition‚ peaceful resistance is a way for those with strong opinions to get their thoughts out to the public. Even if the person who has initiated the resistance fails to get popular support‚ they are still entitled to their own opinions. Freedom to do as you please is part of
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Motivating Employees Motivation is defined as the reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. Motivation is one of the most important factors in employee performance and in keeping a business afloat. Workers with hourly wages are motivated to work more hours because working more hours means more money in their pocket. Motivation is an abstract concept‚ one can not see motivation in another person‚ only the results of it. Why is motivation important? Well there would be no reason
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Do you think that the mass media has more of a positive or negative impact on society? Regardless of the type of mass media used‚ I believe that the mass media has more of a positive then negative impact on society. Firstly‚ the mass media may be used to raise awareness for certain subjects‚ allowing people to know of the events happening nationally and globally. An online survey shows that 44% of online news users get news a few times a week through social media‚ such as emails‚ thus showing what
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For our stats project we decided to analyze how the characteristics of the person asking the question changes the answer. To do this‚ we asked two randomly selected groups of people the exact question: “do you like pugs?” However‚ one group was asked the question by someone wearing a pug shirt‚ and the other group was asked by someone in plain clothes. We believed the most submissive class to the charastric bias would be the freshman‚ so we used them in our experiment. To ensure this Simple Random
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Factors Affecting The Resistance Of Wire Aim: To investigate the factors that affect the resistance in a conductor. The main factors that affect the resistance in a conductor are: · Length · Temperature · Cross sectional area · Material · Magnetism The factor that we are going to change is the cross sectional area. Hypothesis: I think that the higher the cross sectional area‚ the lower the resistance in the conductor will be. This is because the Resistance in a metal conductor happens
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The resistance of a wire Planning:- Introduction: To investigate the resistance of a wire at different lengths to see whether or not a longer wire has a larger resistance than a shorter wire. Apparatus: Wire Voltmeter Ammeter Battery 2 crocodile clips Metre rule Variable resistor Diagram: Variables: Length Thickness Resistance Material The material and diameter of the wire needs to be kept constant to keep the test fair as we are investigating resistance. The
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written in the history of Moroccan culture. A fact that one cannot look up on Morocco‚ is that women had a great part in the resistance. In Moroccan culture‚ women are recognized neither as important agents of history‚ nor as reliable reporters and interpreters of history. In the film‚ “Still Ready: Three Women from Moroccan Resistance”‚ three women who were apart of the resistance report how their involvement was not only important but the main reason Morocco is Independent. Ghalia Moujhide‚ Saadia Bouhaddou
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What roles do you think a good teacher should plays in student’s life? Give your opinion. Nowadays‚ teacher plays an important role in student’s life. We can clearly see it in the school where a good teacher will definitely produce a good student. As the saying goes‚ “A good teacher inspires”. Other than that‚ there’re a lot of roles that a good teacher should plays in student’s life. A good teacher takes the role as a parent in school as he/she is the one who will guide and mould the character
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