In America Needs its Nerds‚ Leonid Fridman uses vivid diction‚ syntax and sentence structure‚ and comparison to express his disgust with the inequality of the nerds and geeks. He uses these techniques to call America to change their ways. Fridman uses diction to enforce the contrast of the nerds of reality‚ and how nerds are viewed in America. For example‚ he defines the term geek. He states that “A geek‚ according to Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ is a street performer who shocks the public by
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Ashley Riggs 9/15/11 Speech I Block 1 General Purpose: I would like to inform my class on real Ninjas. Specific Purpose: I decided to write this speech‚ to give my class information on real Ninjas. Introduction I. Attention Getter: Black figures with hidden faces move swiftly through a courtyard‚ slinking over walls like spiders and running lightly across rooftops‚ quick as cats. These are the ninjas of the movies and comic books‚ the stealthy assassin in black robes with magical abilities
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Free Speech on College Campuses Universities are considering adopting speech codes that would put a ban on offensive‚ demeaning‚ and provoking speech. The developments of these speech codes are not necessary. Sheltering students from speech that might offend them is patronizing to say the least. Do college officials really believe the students are too weak to live with the Bill of Rights? The fact of the matter is that speech codes on college campuses are threatening students’ freedom of speech
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Electronic Research Assignment College Students and Depression College Students and Depression College students face many adversities as they transcend their collegiate careers. Depression is a major factor that haunts students since the first day they walk into their first lecture. It is extremely alarming that in 2009‚ the American College Health Association found that 9.2 percent of college students at all types of institutions reported being diagnosed with depression‚ and 9.4 percent with
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Many students‚ young and old‚ attend either a Community College or an University. All those same students are faced with need of becoming a superior college student and eventually a college graduate. Each student chooses to tackle the daily obstacles of college in their own fashion. In the end‚ the ones who walk across the stage‚ are the ones who took responsibility for their education and excelled through the trials. A superb college student must have a positive‚ ‘ready to go’ attitude‚ precise
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Hemp. Edibles. Hash. Marijuana. When a person hears these things they think of drugs and money. But in a time before guns‚ illegal smuggling‚ and gangs‚ marijuana was used for natural and normal everyday uses. Marijuana also has some more common names that include but not limited to pot‚ weed‚ grass‚ dope‚ or herb. For simplicity sakes‚ I’m going to call marijuana weed‚ pot‚ and herb. I am going to be writing about the history of weed‚ the legality of marijuana‚ and the different types of marijuana
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In the year 1819‚ a man named Alden Partridge founded the American Literary‚ Scientific and Military Academy at Norwich‚Vermont. Right then and there is where he first started the system of ROTC which is the combination of civilian and military studies. The academy was later renamed Norwich University. The reason that ROTC stands is because it shows the military‚ civilian‚ and communication skills needed if perusing a military career in any of the branches with a chance of obtaining a higher rank
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good way to attempt to cure cancer in some people because they can see where the cancer has spread‚ they can remove the cancer‚ and put in devices to help someone fighting cancer. Chemotherapy is using different types of drugs to cure cancer. There are many different types of drugs that can be used‚ and it depends of what kind of cancer you have and what stage. Radiation is used to kill cancerous cells by using certain devices to send large amounts of radiation to the tumor and or cancerous cells.
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He was born and raised in the Bay area and graduated from San Jose State University as a mechanical engineer. He has been working in the medical device industry ever since he graduated. He transferred to San Jose State University from a community college. He enjoys solving technical challenges. Mechanical engineering is the application of engineering‚ physics and material for design analysis and fabrication‚ and manufacturing of materials devices. In the field of mechanical engineering‚ it is important
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Elvis Presley‚ the King of Rock ˜n’ Roll. Whenever anyone thinks about this pop culture icon‚ that’s the first thing that comes into their mind. The first time I heard of Elvis was when I was about 4 years old because my dad would always read me the book Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley. Other than that‚ for as long as I can remember‚ everyone has been telling me that Elvis was‚ and still is‚ the king of rock ˜n’ roll and I wanted to know why. So‚ I’m going to talk about Elvis and how he changed music
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