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    Are We Socially Intelligent?

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    Are We Socially Intelligent? Francis Pangfei Lai Abstract: It was Daniel Goleman’s book “Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships” that started the author thinking on the relevance of social intelligence to property professionals. In the course of practicing as a property consultancy and lecturing at various universities over the years‚ the author notices that a property professional tends to lack the many soft skills of emotional and social intelligence. In this paper

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    The Other Wes Moore

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    The Other Wes Moore In the book‚ The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore‚ there are issues of institutionalized oppression‚ internalized oppression‚ power and privilege‚ race‚ human rights‚ social justice and economic justice. All throughout this book each and every one of these topics were portrayed at one point or another. These issues shaped the two Wes Moore ’s as well as their family and friends which made them into the people they are today. Oppression usually comes from individuals that are

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    or parallel to the relationship the other Wes had with his brother‚ tony. This relationship wasn’t the negative relations like with tony‚ but one that was positives in the time that we remembered. Wes wanted to be like his father even when his father wasn’t there‚ and the other Wes wanted to be like his brother tony who was there. Their ways of dealing without a father‚ both Wes’s took their mourning through different mean when growing up. The other Wes‚ felt that the major difference although they

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    World as we know it

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    “World As We Know It” In the essay “America Needs Its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman‚ he writes that Americans are so concerned about sports and popularity that they tend to neglect education. This is very true to where I come from. My high school community emphasized sports rather than education. It did not matter if you got good grades or not. Students are not learning to become doctors‚ scientists‚ teachers‚ or any other important job that will help our future. All that mattered was how well the high

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    The Ways We Lie

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    In "The Ways We Lie‚" by Stephanie Ericsson‚ the author depicts the many ways humans lie and justifies the reasons for doing so. There is the white lie‚ which is basically telling a harmless untruth instead of a harmful truth. Facades are basically changing your personality while ignoring the plain facts‚ as the title implies‚ is a false action done with the intent to deceive. Deflecting is not answering the question at all; it is being up-front about comfortable issues and not revealing the couple

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    We should not preserve the past‚ we should look to the future. We are living in the modern era‚ where people are practical and realistic‚ optimistic that new inventions and discoveries will improve their lives. For most‚ it would be plain foolishness if one were to be so mindful about the past‚ when instead‚ one should invest his time and thought into building a better and more meaningful life in the future. Ironically‚ in the midst of their “pragmatic” judgement of keeping the past alive‚ these

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    a story that can be related to this topic. There was a jungle-trekking activity being held by an Eco-friendly club. During the trip‚ they were seperated in to 4 groups. Since this activity is to train them well‚ the first 2 groups went in to the jungle separately and find a way out. They were given walkie-talkies to communicate but may only use it for 5 times. The first 2 groups are mostly the juniors and 2 seniors in each group t help them. The second 2 groups are all seniors so they went in t

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    "Why We Can’t Wait" In the introduction to Martin Luther King’s "Why We Can’t Wait"‚ he uses stylistic‚ narrative and persuasive devices to capture the reader’s attention. The passage roughly describes the life for an African-American back in the 1960s. If you sit back and ponder upon that idea‚ the question "Why?" might come to mind. Why? What was King’s reason to write this passage and how did he want to get it across to his audience? Well‚ let’s analyze this through football knowledge. As

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    Are We Digital Dummies

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    away time from more important matters. In the video called “Are We Digital Dummies” the concerns and advantages of living in a technological world are evidently shown. Foremost‚ the video raises concern about the takeover that technology has on the world. People are gradually moving towards having a total reliance on technology‚ when it was originally created as a means to make life easier. This results in the feeling that one cannot survive without the use of technology. The complete dependence

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    The poem “We Are Not Responsible” by Harryette Muller uses a familiar format‚ repetition‚ and underlying meanings to poke fun at the rules and norms of the society every one of us strive to achieve in. The most visually noticeable part of this poem is the format. It isn’t written in familiar stanzas with any kind of meter or complex organization‚ but is simply a paragraph. The poem reads like the average disclaimer on the side of the television or amusement park ride. It reads first “We are not

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