In Mark Edmunson’s article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”‚ he directs this article to incoming freshman and talks about going to college with very little resources and being the only one in his family to goto college; he also talks about what students need to do in college to be successful. Edmunson thinks everyone should find out who they really are in college so you know what you want to do in your future career. Not just going to college pursuing a career thats not much of an interest
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Valley Forge: Would You Quit? In Philadelphia‚ the winter of 1777‚ the situation was harsh and rough. General George Washington wanted a place where he could keep an eye on the British‚ and he decided to go with Valley Forge. Valley Forge was the turning point for the Revolutionary War. It was a place that men were starving to death‚ dying from sickness and diseases‚ and dying from being shot. George Washington decided to make a camp at Valley Forge with his troops and soldiers. He had a lot of
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Making meetings work for you Do you dread meetings more than Monday mornings? Do you find them boring‚ unproductive and far too long? Meetings are central to most organizations; people need to know what their colleagues are doing and then take decisions based on shared information and opinions. How well you present yourself and your ideas‚ and how well you work with other people‚ is crucial to your career. RUNNING A MEETING Only call a meeting if you and your colleagues are quite sure about its
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• If you could do your PhD research again‚ what would you do differently? • What are the three main findings of your PhD? • What particular areas of our research interest you most and why? • Why are you interested in this position? • Would you contribute to teaching and what is your approach to teaching? (if the role requires teaching). • How does your research fit in with the department? • How do you see your career in the future? • What is your best and worst quality? • Describe a
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“What you do‚ the way you think‚ makes you beautiful” “What you do‚ the way you think‚ makes you beautiful” this quote by Scott Westerfeld means that if when the right thing is done ‚ or when someone tries to do the right thing ‚ and when they think good thoughts about other people ‚ and other things. When someone has good intentions‚ It makes them beautiful. That it is what true beauty is‚ it’s what’s on the inside‚ and not what other people see that’s on the outside
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Do people really die online‚ or do they live on forever? Joanne Harris’ short story‚ “Would you Like to Reconnect?”‚ follows the story of a mother who has just lost her son and although he is dead‚ his twitter account remains active and maintains communication with the mother. Because of the grieving and confused character of the mother‚ the weary‚ lonely mood of the story along with the repetition and symbol of the twitter notification‚ the story clearly conveys a theme of how social media can be
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Hung Chu Political Science A180 Professor: Patrick Coaty July 10th 2010 What would you do to prevent another 9/11? How would you fight the war on terror? Throughout the book “Understanding the war on Terror”‚ I have got a full understanding of how the world terrorisms world. The idea of terrorism was actually established several centuries ago. Generally‚ terrorism is not only practiced by Rational Islamic group like Hezbollah or Al-Qeada; it had been planned in the Nazi‚ and the Soviet Government
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If we all take the time to listen and love each other‚ this world would be a better place (Mike Love). Society judges other beings for what they appear to be. Society wants everyone to be themselves‚ yet everyone gets judged for not acting “the right way”. According to society‚ our actions must relate to everyone else’s. In other words‚ we may have to be a copy of what society expects us to be and we may not be an original. However‚ why be same when we were born to be different? Creating a bond or
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Who would you be if you have never experienced sadness? Would you be who you are today? I don’t believe you would. You see‚ emotional balance plays a big role in enhancing your experiences. You must have equal parts of joy and sorrow in order to live a balanced life. Without it‚ you would have no way to learn from your mistakes. Having an ebullient attitude will always lead you to a better life. However‚ in order to know what ebullience is‚ we must be capable of learning from our bad experiences
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believe I have missed her first words‚ her first smile‚ her first steps. What I wouldn’t give to go back home and be able to hug my baby girl‚ lay her down at night‚ and let her know that daddy is here to protect her. I would give away the 30 years of my life just to get 10 precious minutes with her. All of the soldiers here at Valley Forge are trying to decide whether they should stay or go back home‚ myself included. You can hear soldiers crying out “Give me liberty or give me death!!” all throughout
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