ENGL 1A April 10‚ 2014 Nathan Maertens A Response to “Learning: Your First Job” In the article “Learning: Your First Job‚” Robert Leamson provides several suggestions especially for college freshmen about how to be a successful student. First of all‚ one of the tips he gives is that making the best notes as you can. Although it is a matter of course‚ it is actually difficult to listen to the instructor and make sense while taking notes. Moreover‚ many teachers mention important things verbally
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Respond to “Learning: Your First Job” “Learning: Your First Job” is a very good article that worth to spend time to read it. The writer professor Robert Leamnson wrote this article with good intention. Moreover‚ he did explain the information in detail and extremely clear‚ in order to make sure most of the people can understand information in this article. In this article he gave the college students some good learning skills‚ such as how to learn with remembering‚ how to make good use of the
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social and political activist Abbie Hoffman once said “Free speech means the right to shout “theatre” in a crowed fire.” What Hoffman said explains exactly what having Freedom of speech is like. Freedom of speech is something every American is granted‚ yet many who do in fact speak their mind are ridiculed. Freedom of Speech is one of the many perks that an American has besides having individual liberty. Instead of using Freedom of Speech to help others around the world who do not have it‚ many people
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Marisa Waldrop English 100 16 October 2014 My First Job Ever since I have been legally old enough to have a job‚ it has been in my interest. My best friend worked at a restaurant‚ The Clock‚ so when the time came around‚ I jumped straight to applying for a job. After a while I went back to check on my application‚ and the hiring manager informed me that he wanted to have a sit down interview with me the next day. The moment I heard those words my hopes shot straight up. Out of all my excitement
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The speech I chose to analyze is Steve Jobs’ speech at the Stanford University Commencement Ceremony in 2005. The speech was available for viewing online and was about 15 minutes long. Steve Jobs’ speech was captivating‚ effective‚ and relevant in many ways. Jobs’ exercised an effective use of organization‚ tone and rate‚ and audience awareness. Jobs use of clear organization provided for a speech that was easy to follow and maintained the attention of his audience. From the beginning‚ Jobs got
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Autobiography Essay Aug 30‚ 2012(August 19‚ 2009) “Come on Sylvia‚ you will be late for the interview!”‚ I could hear my father yell from the kitchen as I sat in my room nervously fussing over my makeup. Today was a big day for me‚ it was my first job interview for a position at the local McDonald’s. My stomach flip flopped at the thought of it all. I was very shy so the thought of having to sit and be interrogated with questions from a stranger was enough to send me into a panic. I looked in
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The American revolution was a turning point in history because it was a great unshackle‚ not just for the colonists but for all of mankind. The revolution made a firm commitment to the principle of being a nation of laws‚ and not of men. This radical commitment to govern with equality and transparent laws was a bold idea that would serve to solidify America as “a beacon on the summit of the mountain‚ to which all the inhabitants of the earth may turn their eyes for a marvelous and saving light‚ till
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First Confession by Frank O’Connor All the trouble began when my grandfather died and my grand-mother - my father’s mother - came to live with us. Relations in the one house are a strain at the best of times‚ but‚ to make matters worse‚ my grandmother was a real old countrywoman and quite unsuited to the life in town. She had a fat‚ wrinkled old face‚ and‚ to Mother’s great indignation‚ went round the house in bare feet-the boots had her crippled‚ she said. For dinner she had a jug of porter and
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The speech declared that World War I (specifically the United State’s involvement in it) was being fought for a moral cause (Eaton‚ 1919). Wilson hoped that by openly announcing this justification for American involvement in the war it would help keep America unlinked from the European nationalistic disputes and ambitions‚ both during and after the war. Wilson’s Fourteen Points speech was also meant as a preemptive call for peace in Europe after
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and a further 20 million+ were wounded in what became known as ‘The Great War’. The war itself was by no means one sided and is littered with numerous turning points where‚ had events occurred differently‚ the whole direction of the war‚ and the result‚ might have differed. It is my opinion that the Battle of the Somme is the most crucial turning point of WW1. This might seem like a strange choice‚ given that this battle‚ above all‚ seems to represent the disastrous stalemate that locked the western
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