In the Ted Talks that I watched for this class‚ Shultz spoke on why we are stuck in the feeling of being right. Shultz says that we find ourselves stuck in a feeling of being right because of how we feel emotionally when we are wrong. Being wrong feels the same as being right until you realize that you are wrong‚ and then it can be devastating‚ embarrassing‚ and even funny at times. She called this “error blindness”. Shultz notes‚ that the second reason we are stuck in being right is cultural
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Bryan Stevenson’s Talk I attended to the simulcast of Bryan Stevenson’s talk. His one-hour lecture went by so fast that I did not realized that one-hour past by so fast. I really liked his speech‚ and there was nothing I did not liked. By hearing his talk‚ I realize he talk a lot about what he mentioned on his book. I really liked the fact he started by mentioning statistics about our nation’s incarceration. That our nation has the biggest incarceration in the world‚ that women incarceration has
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I watched Sheryl Sandburg’s Ted talk and read this article. After watching the Ted talk I thought she brought up a lot of interesting facts and I did not think she left anything out. After reading the article though I changed my mind. Even though Sandburg did have good arguments I felt as though she left out entire groups of women. Not everyone has the opportunity to even go to school in some developing countries because they are female. How can she say women need to try harder if some never get
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Have you ever heard so many stories about one subject that when you finally learn about the real thing‚ it is radically different from what you expected. THis is the danger of a single story‚ you only get one small part of the entire subject. Without the full story‚ you make stereotypes and make assumptions that sometimes just aren’t true. In Chimamanda Adichie’s talk‚ she explains the single story as where a subject is shown from only one point of view. You get so used to seeing this subject from
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<center><b>Impact of Disarmament Talks on Cold War Tensions from 1963 to 1991</b></center> <br> <br>Disarmament talks between the two powers during the period of 1963 to 1991 improved the relationship between Soviet Union and United States by providing the necessary spirit of cooperation. The two most significant examples of arms control talks positively impacting the superpower relationship are the SALT I and INF treaties. Negotiations for SALT I played a part in bringing the two countries from
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A corpus-based study of ‘talk’ and ‘speak’ Wang Bingran Student ID: 11820787d Introduction This study compared ‘talk’ and ‘speak’ in terms of their senses‚ grammatical patterns and collocations. The comparison is based on data drawn from the British National Sampler Corpus (the BNC Sampler Corpus).The vast majority of the examples in this essay were selected from the BNC Sampler Spoken Corpus‚ one example was drawn from the BNC Sampler Written Corpus.
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perspective or perspectives are reflected in the talk? Be sure to explain your answer. The theoretical perspectives are reflected in the talk are the functionalism and conflict theory. According to the functionalism‚ social institutions help ensure social stability.In the talk Nazario talked about how he believed that institutions should rehabilitate a person so when they re-enter the society‚ they would do something positive. Nazario also talked about the roles of the C.O.s‚ how COs play a big factor in
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Gawande addresses align well with my preconceived notions of the healthcare field. In both the TED Talk and Dr. Gawande’s book‚ his discussion of teamwork aligns well with my own view of the healthcare field. His point in the TED Talk that really stuck out to me was when he referenced putting all of the best car parts together and ending up with a piece of junk. This is important
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commits a crime it’s very essential to take the best decision because that decision will impact them the rest of their life. In a TED talk by Sarah Jayne Blakemore she uses charts and explains by color how the brain of a teenager changes throughout the years. Blakemore also says that teenagers do something at a current moment and at the next they forget it. The TED talk of Blakemore indicates how teenage brains are not as developed as an adult who would know what is going on. When a teenager commits
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1. From Sarah Jayne Blakemore’s Ted talk‚ major takeaways about the difference between the adult and adolescent brain is the fact that the adolescent brain is the beginning of biological‚ hormonal‚ physical changes of puberty‚ while the adult brain is matured completely. Some aspects of the brain that are different includes the prefrontal cortex‚ which serves as the center of brain for decision making‚ planning‚ inhibiting inappropriate behavior‚ social interaction‚ and self awareness. During the
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