Thesis: People should not trust their ability to thin-slice in situations. I think that Malcolm Gladwell has proven that in experts‚ decisions should not be made in the blink of an eye. Body 2: Similarly‚ the concept of thin-slicing has its disadvantages because it proves that people are “really vulnerable to being guided by stereotypes‚”(Gladwell‚ 233). This holds true in cases often regarding race. For example‚ prior to the school integration of white and black children in the late 1950’s‚
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“God save you Ebeneezer! And a merry Christmas to you!” bellowed a voice from the window. Through the foggy glass‚ Scrooge could make out the rather large outline of none other than Peggy Harker‚ a worker at the local orphanage. Scrooge crinkled his nose in disgust and shooed her away with a flick of his hand. Peggy Harker‚ persistent as the rain during a wet monsoon month‚ continued to say “My oh my‚ it is extremely cold… mind if I come in?” in which Scrooge acknowledged with a harsh grunt.
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No‚ cellphones are not necessary in teenagers’ lives. I admit this because I think cellphones ruin teenagers’ social life. First of all‚ teens like to use their cellphones to text. Something that is wrong about this is that these teenagers only will talk over text but‚ never face to face. Besides texting on their phone‚ they also like to go on social networks such as Twitter‚ Instagram‚ Facebook‚ and Tumblr. Other teens that use these social networks can start rumors about you that may or may not
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The achievement gap is the difference in academic performance between groups of students. Groups of students like socioeconomic status‚ race and ethnicity‚ and gender. You can see the achievement gap in grade levels‚ standardized-testing‚ and course selection. The achievement gap is used to show the different performance gaps between different groups with African-American and Hispanic students‚ being at the lower part of the scale‚ compared to non-Hispanic white peers. There is a similar academic
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Uniformly Accelerated Motion Lab Report Introduction: The purpose of the Uniformly Accelerated Motion lab was to test Newton’s theory of gravitation‚ predicting that objects near the earth’s surface will experience constant acceleration. In this experiment‚ a glider was placed on an inclined air track and was then allowed to accelerate down the track under the force of gravity. With the aid of two photogates and an electronic timer‚ the times it took the glider to take the glider to pass through
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• Case - A case is a sort of chassis for the internals of a computer and acts as a kind of protection from dust etc. It is also more appealing to look at rather than the internals of the computer. • Power Supply - Power supply unit is a component in a computer which turns the power coming from the socket (AC) to a usable and acceptable low-voltage power for the PC (DC). • Motherboard - A motherboard is a printed circuit and is essentially the main core of and device. It distributes power to all
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Three-Paragraph Character Sketch Harriet Tubman is an old‚ African American‚ runaway slave. This was a woman that was very brave and fought for her rights/freedom. She just didn’t want freedom for herself; she wanted it for all African Americans. I would also have to say that she was a very smart woman. I say that because she carried a gun around with her‚ so if any of the other runaways wanted to go back she would threaten them with the gun because she knew that the masters would end up finding
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670-1 starts off with Part 1 which is General information and responsibilities. Part one is made up of 19 sections they are listed as followed: • 1–1. Purpose • 1–2. References • 1–3. Explanation of abbreviations and terms • 1–4. General • 1–5. How to recommend changes to Army uniforms • 1–6. Classification of service and utility or field uniforms • 1–7. Personal appearance policies • 1–8. Hair and fingernail standards and grooming policies • 1–9. Uniform appearance and fit • 1–10
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Body Paragraph Writing Cheat Sheet Start with your Topic sentence : introduces the reader to one part of your thesis/argument you’ll be proving in this paragraph. addresses title and/or author addresses on idea in your argument uses unique wording UNLESS PROMPT ASKS ABOUT ONE CHARACTER‚ your topic sentence is not about characters‚ only IDEAS. How To Craft Topic Sentence 1. Pull ONE part of your CLAIM 2. Begin with a transition 3. Reword some of the ideas or keywords
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5 Fruit and Vegetables a day Introduction This essay explores public health promotions regarding wellbeing issues. The topic focused in on is diet‚ obesity and exercise. This is one of the five key areas of public health promotion in the United Kingdom (UK). This topic was chosen after completing a lifestyle self-analysis which showed that eating fruit and vegetables was one of the weaker aspects of the author ’s healthy lifestyle. This essay will specifically investigate healthy eating by consuming
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