Avid Speech This was my first year of participating in the avid program‚ and to tell you the truth‚ I wasn’t sure what to expect. However‚ I feel that with the help of Mr. Kaiser’s freshmen avid class‚ my first year of highschool will become one of my most memorable. From field trips‚ to tutorials‚ our class has been extremely interactive with one another. We have gone on a total of 3 field trips. One to Pacific Lutheran University‚ one to UW Tacoma‚ and one to Evergreen State College.
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At the diversity speech‚ we were given the wonderful opportunity to listen to the stories of three very different women: Dr. Xiaoyi Liu‚ Pia Driessen-Knittle‚ and Bernadine Lewis. Listening to these women speak really opened my eyes to how different we all truly are from each other. Although these women were probably some extremes of diversity‚ it demonstrated a good sense of differing backgrounds. Regardless of where these women came from‚ they found themselves here in America‚ on stage‚ speaking
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encompass all that a person is. A Ted talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned about the dangers of single stories. A single story is essentially a stereotype built by limited knowledge or interpretations of something or someone. The point of her speech was to say that both people and culture are more complex than the one side people are aware of. This remains true with identities. A person
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Analysis of here’s Herbie This short story by Mike Feder‚ is about his own life as a discouraged teen in the 70’s society. When Mike was a young boy he was in a constant state of teenage depression‚ and one of the major reasons why‚ was his mother’s both mental and physical illness. This sickness of hers‚ made him sick as well‚ and it didn’t become any easier when his mother constantly reminded him‚ that he wasn’t wanted and that she wished she had never had children (p.62). This was just one of
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Retirement is every working persons dream. We all work hard during our working lives and have aspirations for retirement. When our pension’s plans are not properly funded we lose. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 was signed into law by President Gerald Ford on September 2‚ 1974. The events leading up to ERISA involved the closing of the Studebaker Automobile Company out of South Bend‚ Indiana. The Studebaker Company had one of the finest pension plans for all 7‚000 employees
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Outline Worksheet Speech 1: Speech to Inform Top of Form Early or Final Outline? l Bottom of Form Name: Comm101‚ Sec. #: Date: Grade: ____ / 50 Audience Analysis: Answer in complete sentences and use examples from your audience analysis questions. A. How much does your audience already know about your topic and how will you design your speech regarding their level of knowledge? The audience probably only knows about Marilyn Manson from the media
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University of Phoenix Material Retirement Planning Worksheet Step 1: Estimate your retirement income at: http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/retirement/retirement-plan-income-calculator.aspx You will be asked to answer six questions. If you are unsure of what the fields are‚ the definitions are below on the same page. There are some assumptions about how much your investments will earn‚ inflation rates‚ and tax rate; you can edit these to see how they impact the calculation. Based on your
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Case Analysis (Shell Report) Final Exam Cohort 4 By: Mohamed Awad El Sharkawy I tried to get another company like Exxon Mobil to compare its ratios with that of Shell to give a proper judge and accuracy about the company financial statement. Content 1- Oil Market overview 2- Introduction 3- Company structure and strategy 4- Vertical & Horizontal analysis 5- Ratios 6- Comments 7- Overall summary Oil & Gas Market overview The demand for oil and gas
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The 1970’s were a time period full of freedom‚ equal opportunity‚ change‚ and war. In the 70’s‚ family roles were adjusting and divorce rates were rising. With the divorce rates rising‚ the traditional family values were seen as less important‚ values such as spending time as a family or everyone eating dinner all together. However‚ most shows during this era still portrayed the idea of a traditional family‚ which is having the mother stay home to cook‚ clean‚ and take care of the children‚ while
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech is one of the most successful and most legendary speeches in United States history. Martin Luther King Jr. was a masterful speaker‚ who established a strong command of rhetorical strategies. By his eloquent use of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos‚ as well as his command of presentation skills and rhetorical devices‚ King was able to persuade his generation that "the Negro is not free" (King 1). His speech became the rallying cry for civil rights and lives
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