In Helen Pearson’s TED Talk‚ Lessons from the Longest Study on Human Development‚ she opens by questioning her audience on their confidence in parenting. Pearson‚ then admits that she‚ like most other parents‚ of course wants only the best for her children but is not certain she knows exactly how to achieve a level of perfect parenting. She then states‚ “However‚ something changed me a few years ago‚ when I came across a little secret that we have in Britain. It’s helped me become more confident
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Ted Talks: About Ted Talks: From Wikipedia: TED was conceived by architect and graphic designer Richard Saul Wurman‚ who observed a convergence of the fields of technology‚ entertainment and design (that is‚ "TED"). The first conference‚ organized by Wurman and Harry Marks in 1984‚ featured demos of the Sony compact disc‚ and one of the first demonstrations of the Apple Macintosh computer.[1][13] Presentations were given by famous mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot and influential members of the digerati
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Patricia Ryan talked about her experience in living and teaching english for over 30 years in the gulf where she has seen vast cultural and linguistic change. This strategy helped her build her credibility with the audiences. The topic of her speech at Ted was “Don’t Insist on English!”. She addressed the question: Is the world’s focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? The primary audience to her speech was English teachers. Patricia Ryan has the same background
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space. I spend my days aimlessly lost in my own thought‚ sleeping or listening to them talk‚ the people that are outside of my house walls. I love listening to them laugh. I don’t really know what they are but they call themselves Mommy and Daddy. Mommy’s voice is soft and sweet not like Daddy’s‚ his is rough and deep. I have to strain to hear his voice because it does not surround me like Mommy’s. They talk about me a lot‚ calling me Baby Girl‚ I wish I could see them or let them know I can hear
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affirmation can be as simple as a hug‚ a thank you or buying a partner’s favorite food. Men tend to favor gestures of affirmation over words‚ Orbuch says. Women tend to go with verbal affirmation” (Orbuch‚ Terri (2011) Tribune News Service “Can we talk”) retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/840600645?accountid=32521 I find myself agreeing with her statements about affirmation. This is what makes me happy with my spouse‚ so yes I can say that I fit into these
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We gain a valuable feedback when we interact with others and therefore we can learn how we appear to others. The scene when Chuck scolds the Russian via lecturing while fixing the clock serves the purpose of learning in interpersonal communication. Next‚ interpersonal communication helps us to relate. We can establish and maintain close relationships: friendships and love relationships
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The Ted-Talk‚ “Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali”‚ given by siblings Melati and Isabel Wijsen was seemingly directed towards “all the kids of this beautiful but challenging world”. Therefore‚ centering their audience at all those kids in the crowd that will later become the future “leaders of today”. The main idea that the two sisters draw up within their speech is the concept that “you are never too young to understand” the world around you alongside the fact that making a change “isn’t going
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In the Ted talk‚ Sherry Turkle talks about how with the rise of technology we are experiencing a change in the dynamic of relationships we have with each other. Instead of interacting with one another in group settings‚ such as classes or meetings‚ we are on our phone‚ computer‚ or tablet. She brings up the topic of being together while not really being together. People are more likely to hide away in their phones than to engage in conversation with one another. Turkle explains the idea that many
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Project Proposal: Let’s talk Green Attention: Jesline Wong and Sakina Begum (Deputy-Chairpersons) MDIS Staff‚ Advisory Committee‚ MDIS Student Council Prepared by: Lim Bae Wei and Jayson Edward Thu Shein Tun 3rdth April 2015 Introduction “Let’s talk green” is a new campaign that has been brought up into the student council by the new executive community in the student body. It is an idea of a new tradition being brought up for the student body‚ not only is it to emphasize on the importance of
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Alexis Flanagan Dr. Story IB English October 2014 Teaching a Stone to Talk Annie Dillard’s Teaching a Stone to Talk is a very famous book that is completely filled with different essays she has written over a period of time. The two essays that really bring forth an enormous amount of information and contrast is “Total Eclipse” and “Aces and Eights.” The two essays are the first and last installments in Dillard’s collection. One links different ideas using language‚ communication and expression
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