Lessons We Don’t Learn: A Study of the Lessons of Disasters‚ Why We Repeat Them‚ and How We Can Learn Them On February 23‚ 2006‚ in a press conference to release the White House report on lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina‚ Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Townsend said “[The president] demanded that we find out the lessons‚ that we learn them and that we fix the problems‚ that we take every action to make sure America is safer‚ stronger and better
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Concepts we live by By Erica Hernandez Metaphors can unite reason and imagination into our everyday language. These metaphors structure our daily thoughts‚ speech‚ and actions. They have even become a way of conceiving information in the thought process of understanding experiences. In Metaphors we live by (1980) by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson the authors describes how often metaphors are kinda of an analogy or symbol‚ that can also be used as a way to relate to other people. Metaphorical
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“By doing away with letter grades‚ you would be penalizing the achievers‚” (Maushard quotes MacCumbee). Numerous parents think this way about letter grades‚ but why do they assume letters grades are good? By focusing on letter grades‚ parents overlook the deeper problem of actual learning. Over the years letter grades have been the main focus in schools‚ when in reality‚ learning should be the main focus of schools. “So whether or not a student completed a homework assignment is separated from how
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“The world that we live in”: an appeal Not long ago the law of the jungle prevailed “kill or be killed”. Barbarism was at its heinous best. Darwin’s theory of “survival of the fittest” was apt for those times. The smaller animals were at the mercy of the bigger ones and the latter were at the mercy of the biggest and so on. Evolution continued and finally we are today at a position of being called the ultramodern man who has lots and lots of knowledge and education‚ robots and gadgets to assist
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Justifying “Hard Lives” in College In the article “The Myth of Inferiority”‚ the author‚ Allan Culpepper‚ talks about people’s point of views about community college students. Unlike most universities or colleges‚ community college students are older‚ first generation students‚ work multiple jobs‚ and/or have to take care of dependents. Financial stability is the main issue community college students face. Yes‚ they do have “hard lives”‚ but does that justify for excessive absences‚ rewrite opportunities
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Why Learn English There are many reasons to learn English‚ but because it is one of the most difficult languages to learn it is important to focus on exactly why it is you want to learn English. Here we will look at ten great reasons why English is so important. Post this list somewhere you can see it and it will motivate you to keep going even when you are tired of trying to figure out which witch is which! • English is the most commonly used language among foreign language speakers. Throughout
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Children Live What They Learn By: Dorothy Law Noite Children‚ according to studies‚ only 70% of their brains are developed. As they grow‚ the remaining 30% of their brain are also in the process. What the children see and learn is transmitted to their brains. That’s why we should teach them the right things because everything that they see is right for them. “If a child lives with criticism‚ he learns to condemn”. “If child lives with hostility‚ he learns violence”. A child is still a child‚ we should
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We live in the age of science and technology. We seem having communication all the time‚ but in fact is just a link. Email‚ Twitter‚ or Facebook‚ they are everywhere‚ in all aspects‚ such as politics‚ business‚ love‚ friendship. But no matter how much they are worth‚ they can not replace the real dialogue The same time Communication networks become larger and also become emptier‚ as the same for all of us. In this real-time communication network‚ we are under unprecedented isolation: Contact
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We shouldn’t have homework. Students have had homework been doing homework for so long in their lives that the idea of not doing it can seem shocking. But if you stop to think about it‚ the truth is that homework isn’t necessary. There are three reasons why students shouldn’t have homework which is bad health‚ not being able to participate in sports or activities‚ not being able to spend time with friends or family‚ and that they don’t really learn from homework. Believe it or not‚ homework gives
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Why should we have good manners? Good manners are important to live happily among people. Without good manners we are only slightly better than animals. The modern society consists of more people than it did in the past. These people are of various cultural‚ racial‚ religious and professional backgrounds. It therefore requires great powers of endurance and abilities of mixing with people. Good manners enable one to tolerate the disagreeable attitudes of others to a great extent. They also help
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