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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horses to school as a result of being from Texas. In Chimamanda Ngozi’s TED Talk‚ “The Danger of a Single Story”‚ she addresses the negative impact of only knowing a single story about a given topic. She discusses how she was looked upon with pity due to her African background. In many English literature pieces‚ Africa is the charity case. People only knew the single story about Africa. A story of illness and poverty. In her talk she also pointed out the root of many single stories: children literature
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Do I really need the Union? Jonathan Thomas August 17‚ 2013 We all believe in being treated fairly on are jobs‚ but does your job treat you fair. Do they pay you what you deserve? Why do we need union? I am going to explain to you what the union is. I am going to talk about the benefits of having a union job and a non-union job. I am going to explain to you what collective bargaining is. We all know that to survive in life we are going to have to work. Most of our parents told us right
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TEDx Talks is one of the largest non-profit organizations established to help authors communicate different ideas and concerns worldwide. In her TED talk‚ Bailey Parnell talks about the unintentional outcomes of utilizing social media. In recent years‚ social media outlets have become a ubiquitous part of modern culture and a significant part of the lives of young adults. She speaks about the top 3 diagnoses that cause stress and establishes the “Top 4 Stressors.” Using social media platforms can
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Karla Troncoso March 12‚ 2014 Biology I per.3 Writing assignment A lot of times students disrespect the teacher in many ways. As high school students we are very stubborn and it takes a lot of warnings‚ maybe even a consequence‚ for us to be able to follow orders appropriately. One of the most common ways of a student disrespecting a teacher is talking during class‚ when they are not supposed to. Even when the teacher tells the students to stop speaking some of them will just completely ignore
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In life we all need some type of a support system. Some people rely on their family and friends while others depend on intangible forms of social media. Few decide that they don’t need a support system since they know how to control and protect themselves. Many people don’t have a reliable source of protection in their lives. We have minor forms of protection like fire alarms‚ houses‚ and even objects as scant as rollerblading pads. However‚ even if you have or don’t have a support system‚ if you
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Why Do We Need Sleep? Typed By: Miracle Taylor Regulating sleep is something our bodies do that is as natural as eating‚ drinking‚ and breathing. This implies that sleeping serves a similar role in our health and well being. Even though it is difficult to answer the question “Why do we need sleep?” scientists have developed several theories that may explain why we spend a third of our lives sleeping. Comprehending these theories can help expand our appreciation of the function
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Information Literacy and Communication Skills that are required in our day to day activities to derive‚ analyze‚ evaluate and use information are currently known as Information Literacy. As the realm of information expands and increases‚ so does the proficiency of our skills. Information literacy is obsolete. Everyday something new turns up and previous methods are discarded in favor of new ones. It is therefore necessary for us to keep up with new methodologies of information literacy‚ to be updated
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"Why do we need/don ’t need government?" The topic of government has always been a large area of conflict. In the following‚ I will discuss why we need a government. First‚ what all is the government responsible for? We can begin to address this question by looking at the United States Constitution. We the People of the United States‚ in Order to form a more perfect Union‚ establish Justice‚ insure domestic Tranquility‚ provide for the common defense‚ promote the general Welfare‚ and
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Participatory Culture In the Ted talk video by Henry Jenkins he discusses how the younger generations are actively participating online. Jenkins talks about how they use Web 2.0 platforms‚ such as YouTube‚ Facebook and Twitter. How teenagers use these online websites to communicate and interact with each other is also known as participatory culture. Jenkins started looking into participatory culture before the internet. Along with the features of participatory culture‚ one other thing Jenkins highlights
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