On a spur of the moment‚ it recollects my memory of how negative-minded I was when I encountered a big problem‚ especially my second semester at Riverside City College in Professor Crampton’s Math 65 class. Although I did not think of me being negative-minded‚ stress made it seem like I am‚ which resulted in me feeling not motivated. What should I have done? Until I read about the mindsets‚ I realized that I have used my fixed mindset as an excuse. While I need to change my personal mindset‚ but
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Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner’s article‚ “SuperFreakonomics: What Should You Worry About?” is a piece that explains what we as humans worry about that aren’t as big of a deal as we think. Levitt and Dubner claim that we are terrible at assessing risk and that we focus more on things like shark attacks and lightning strikes versus things like heart disease which has a more likely chance of doing harm to us. Economics is a key term that they use to explain how we can assess the risks that
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People have to face so many problems nowadays‚ and there are also many solutions for people to choose. But not all solutions work well in some situations. Therefore‚ in the book “Think Like a Freak”‚ S. Levitt and S.Dubner taught readers a lot of specific ways to solve the problem. According to the authors “Think Like a Freak”: “Understanding the incentives of all the players in a given scenario is a fundamental step in solving any problem”. Sometimes‚ the incentives don’t really work well. However
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What’s better than the anticipation of seeing a movie you’ve been waiting for to come out on the big screen? The question is‚ Where to go see it? Movie theaters are the place to go but you really only have one choice during the colder climates in winter‚ early spring or late fall. But during the other times of the year there still is the option that being the outdoor drive-ins verses the indoor theaters. Other than IMAX showings‚ drive-inns and movie theaters offer about the same picture quality
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Man with The Movie Camera: Shot Change constructs a New Perspective Avant Garde Film Midterm 11\3\95 Question #4 Time was used by Vertov as an important factor in editing as well as in the daily lives of humans. With editing he utilized the essence of time to his advantage. Vertov wanted a certain rhythm of cuts to exist in the movie. He desired a choppy effect. The cameras‚ themselves‚ were supposed to produce a rithym in movements‚ too. The point was he wanted to make
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The most interesting excerpt of “Freakonomics” was the connection made between crime rates and abortions. This passage was fascinating for a few reasons. The first reason being that it makes absolute and complete sense‚ so much so that it should be common sense. This correlation between the legalization of abortion and the rate of crime going down is so simple‚ yet so incredibly profound. This piece of information‚ if used correctly‚ can totally obliterate the argument that pro-choice is a negative
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In the fifth chapter of Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner’s book‚ Freaknomics‚ they begin by talking about parents and risk taking. The book mentions how every few years the parenting “experts” change their mind. One year they may say‚ “Breast feeding is the only way to guarantee a health child‚” while only a few years later another expert will say that‚ “Bottle feeding is the answer.” The book also goes to mention that some experts say‚ “Spare the rod‚ spoil the child;” others say‚ “Spank the
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Freakonomics review Chapter 1 An incentive is something that gets someone to do a good thing instead of a bad thing. “An incentive is simply a means of urging people to do more of a good thing and less of a bad thing”(Levitt 17) It relates to the study of economics because people are more likely to do something depending on the incentive they’ll be given. “The banning of cigarettes in restaurants and bars is a powerful social incentive” (Levitt 17). If the incentive means more money‚ there is
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books become very popular they are often turned into a movie. Movie producers can predict by the success of book sales if a movie is worth creating. Readers spend their money on books to commit time into reading it‚ similarly to a movie audience. The movie audience spends their money on the ticket to watch the movie. Readers are likely to spend the money and time to watch a movie if they have read the book. I agree with the statement that movie-audience relationship has more in common with that of
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You should say; What is the title? When did you see it? What is the story about? And explain why this movie was interesting to you. Last summer‚ my family and I went to AMC Movie Theater in Cupertino and enjoyed a movie entitled “Journey to the Center of the Earth”. It was a Science Fiction and adventure movie in three-dimensions. We enjoyed state-of –the-art computer graphics in the movie. For instance‚ when a dinosaur chased the characters‚ I was on edge as if I were with them. The movie’s
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