I felt personally impacted by Isay’s Ted Talk because I have also gone through the difficult journey of acceptance of a loved one’s differences. As a member of the LGBT community‚ the Stonewall riots are a particularly interesting historical event for myself and the rest of my community. The fact that Isay was able to draw inspiration from the Stonewall riots is very inspirational to me. I absolutely adore the idea of Story Corps because I believe that it has to power to unite people who would otherwise
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Ted-Talk Socratic Seminar Alternate The first closed-ended question I have is: Does decision making related to psychology? The answer is definitely yes. Because in the first video David Redish said that : “Whether you are talking about neuroscience‚ psychology‚ or behavior economic‚ or robotics‚ they all come up with the same type of decision”. David Redish has studied the dynamic of brain and behavior‚ he has also published a book‚ he know this adequately. In my opinion‚ decision making is
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The TED Talk I chose was “Our failing schools. Enough is enough!” by Geoffrey Canada‚ a volunteer at Harlem Children’s Zone. This text is about America’s unsuccessful‚ recurrent business model for education and suggestive methods to finally make a change by taking initiative. Canada starts by admitting us‚ as a nation‚ do not care enough about our vile education data and have practically given up; this being because‚ “Things have changed. Yet not in education … And if you come up with a plan to change
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moving forward. The combination of technological devices with educations provide further interests and purposes for students to learn more knowledge and information that traditional educational institutions do not approach and access. Furthermore‚ Susan Faludi‚ author of "The Naked Citadel‚" discusses how the institution in a military college‚ The Citadel‚ regulates every male student to develop mutual understandings and perceptions that can hardly avoid and ignore. The system inside the school distinct
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Hughes demonstrates his perspective towards his destructive relationship with Plath through The Minotaur. Violence is evident in the very opening when Plath ‘smashed’ Hughes’ ‘mother’s heirloom sideboard – Mapped with the scars of [his] whole life’. Here Hughes is expressing the damage deep inside him than the physical destruction by Plath; that he too has childhood ‘scars’. Hughes suggests that Plath’s over-reaction and violence reflects her unstable mind by the word ‘demented’ revealing his helplessness
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In his blog post‚ Sean Patrick Hughes discusses his concern over the election by arguing that a Donald Trump presidency could be a significant barrier to the fight against division in our country. He begins his post by clearing articulating where his view is coming from; he is not a “safe space‚ social crusader‚” but rather identifies as “someone with conservative values” who loves God‚ his family‚ and his guns. The first paragraph is entirely dedicated to establishing ethos because he understands
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Extra Credit I came across a Ted Talk by Michael Shellenberger titled‚ "How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment". The title seemed self-explanatory to what message he was conveying the short video. In more depth‚ he talked about different energy‚ for example‚ solar and wind‚ and how they are becoming apparent in our everyday lives. Statistics showed how Germany receives half of their energy from solar and how India is slowly rising to meet that concept. As well as nuclear energy is
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person I know‚ is a two time Breast cancer survivor and she believes that the organization Susan G Komen has made a huge impact on breast cancer in women. In this speech I want to pay tribute to and recognize all the wonderful things Susan G Komen has done in the research and cure for breast cancer. I will start off by talking about how the organization was founded. Next I will discuss all the great things Susan G Komen has done in the fight against breast cancer. Finally I will give you some tips on
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Susan Brownell Anthony Susan Brownell Anthony was born to a Quaker family that influenced her greatly because of the Quaker beliefs which they embraced. The Quakers preached simple living‚ brotherly peace and love‚ encouraged education and hard work for all of its members‚ whether they were male or female. The Quakers were against slavery and were not allowed to hold slaves. They were great advocates of temperance‚ which opposed the consumption of alcohol. They also believed that women had the
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We all know the one-act play: ‘Trifles’ By Susan Glaspell. We all understand the main moving forces in that the story‚ and the main characters that cause the problems or come up with the solutions. We know that Mrs. Wright killed her husband because she had dealt with abuse and neglect for years‚ and was pushed past the point of breaking‚ we know she was being subjected to pretty much slavery‚ and we know the women empathize with her‚ see‚ we know everything. Or do we? I don’t reccomend you to use
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