Personal Space Most social situations North Americans require a comfort zone of six to eight square feet per person‚ and any violation of that buffer can trigger a reaction (Bowen). “People use avoidance responses‚” says Robert Sommer‚ a psychologist at the University of California-Davis and author of the book Personal Space (qtd. in Bowen). But where does the standard of personal space come from? According to Sommer‚ “a comfort distance for conversation varies from culture to culture
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PERSONAL STATEMENT John F. Kennedy pertinently remarked- “Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” I understand this statement as one that holds to be true‚ given the current scenario‚ the world over. As someone who gradually learnt to formulate her thoughts and render an opinion on subjects of growing concern‚ I drew inspiration to be well informed from the extensive role that the media had to play in bringing forth such concerns.Choosing Humanities as my
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Personal Reflection Essay Spiritual disciplines should be necessary part of every Christian’s life. Growing up with a preacher as a father‚ he instilled in us the importance of the spiritual disciplines. Of the many spiritual disciplines there is a certain few that my parents instilled in their children and in everyday life. As children my parents and all of us kids would have a daily prayer time together. Now as we all know getting older and more involved in things in our lives‚ it became increasingly
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PERSONAL ESSAY The word essay derives from the French infinitive essayer‚ to try or to attempt. The Frenchman (Michel de Montaigne 1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as attempts to put his thoughts into writing. Francis Bacon’s essays‚ published in book form in 1597‚ 1612‚ and 1625‚ were the first works in English that described themselves as essays. (Jonson‚ 1609) first used the word essayist in English‚ according to the Dictionary
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INSTITUT SINARAN ENGLISH Task1: Personal Statement Student Number: Cheng Tzy Terng Student Number: 13AC050 Lecturer: Ms Angie Chau Due Date: 17 January 2013 Personal Statement My name is Cheng Tzy Terng. My former school is Kian Kok Middle School. Now I am studying Cambridge A-Level Commerce course at Institut Sinaran. I take business studies‚ accounting‚ economics and mathematics. I wish to study accounting and finance in the university
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As an American-born Chinese‚ I am in a difficult situation. I am American by nationality and Chinese by ethnicity‚ but combine the two and the lines become blurred. Ever since I’ve started learning Mandarin‚ I have become more aware of how displaced I am. When people see me they will question where I’m from. I reply with “Chicago” but there’s always the follow up question of “No‚ where are you REALLY from?” Before I started school‚ my reply would always be “Chicago! I was born and raised here
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Manage the Use of Force Ethical Issues Abstract A growing concern in America is the unnecessary use of force police officers use on the innocent or those in their custody. The role of the police officer carries both power and authority and the abuse of that power and authority raises issues society must face. This paper discusses the problem of officers who use unnecessary force‚ what managers and executives are doing to deal with this problem and the ethical dilemmas associated with the use of excessive
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Personal Leisure Inventory Assignment #1 Name: Sumit Dubey Professor: Marianne Staempfli Course: EDRD 3500 Date: Jan. 27‚ 2012 Personal Leisure Inventory Leisure and recreation is an important part in everyone’s day to day life. If you look at a typical persons schedule‚ they sleep for 8 hours and work/go to school for 8 hours. What does a person do for the rest of the 8? This is where leisure and recreation kicks in. Leisure is time spent away
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Personal Mastery Paper Core Values In attempting to examine my inner core values I first need to define what this actually means to me. What are core values? Are they the personal standards about how we live and treat others. And if so‚ do the order of these values differ from work to family to recreation? I believe that my core values define me and are responsible for my decision‚ set very early in life‚ to pursue a career in healthcare. My most important inner core value is that of integrity
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The Personal Essay Have you ever questioned what it really takes in order for you to be capable of learning? Maybe you attain certain things by fighting battles‚ taking risks‚ creating drama‚ violence‚ falling till you hit rock bottom or maybe it’s affected by you r success‚ aiming for goals‚ using power‚ changing for the good‚ putting yourself in others shoes‚ or even maybe through studying/analyzing things before acting upon it. In my personal view I believe both negative and positive experiences
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