The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at
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pro linebacker James Harrison said‚ “You’re not going to be rewarded for doing your job‚ and in fact‚ if you simply show up and don’t perform‚ you won’t have a job for long. But if you’re the best at what you do and work harder than your competitors‚ rewards will come.” (Armideo‚ Travis) By just competing for the trophy‚ kids don’t truly enjoy the sport. Completing tasks beneficial to their future is a better use of their time. By producing useless participation awards‚ Americans spend millions of dollars
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Can schools really be 100% safe for students? I have heard a lot about violent activities that have been happening in schools not only colleges‚ but elementary schools as well. People are shooting and killing innocent people. “The National Safety Center believes that schools have the choice to create and maintain safe schools or return to their institutions to safe‚ secure and effective places of learning”. So‚ why are we letting this happen? We need to make some changes to make our schools a safer
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Forthcoming WHY DO COLLEGE STUDENTS CHEAT? Mark G. Simkin Accounting & Information Systems University of Nevada‚ Reno simkin@unr.edu Alexander McLeod Accounting & Information Systems University of Nevada‚ Reno amcleod@unr.edu ABSTRACT. More is known about the pervasiveness of college cheating than reasons why students cheat. This paper reports the results of a study that applied the theory of reasoned action and partial least squares methodology to analyze the responses of 144 students to a survey on
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Briefly discuss what education claims to do for us. What do sociologists show it often does? Illustrate with examples from the Caribbean Education begins the day we are born and ends the day we die (Ballantinee and Hammack). According to Haralambos and Holborn education involves the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Although this is may be seen as the most appropriate explanation for what education is regarded as universally‚ education in modern developed and developing societies is
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What is Religion and what does it do? Whether religion is the basis for the noblest events in human history‚ or a negative force responsible for the worst atrocities in history it plays a significant role in human existence‚ it also provides order and structure goals for humanity. According to Oxford Dictionary religion could be defined as “a belief in superhuman controlling power in a personal God or gods entitled to obedience and worship”. Through scriptural quotations‚ human experience
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Why do Managers Do What They Do? Reconciling Evidence and Theory in Accounts of Managerial Work Colin Hales Westminster Business School‚ University of Westminster‚ London NWl 5LS‚ UK This article seeks to show that there has been surprisingly little interest in developing a causal explanation of the consistently documented common characteristics of managerial work and attempts to sketch out such an explanation. It is argued that researchers In the field have either contented themselves with description
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Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: March 25‚ 2013 TO: Timothy Morris FROM: Debra Aguilar‚ Brady Benton‚ Karena Busch‚ Stephanie Hudson‚ and Rachel Wichert RE: Apples Eat Themselves ARTICLE SYNOPSIS A review of the legal battles between Apple‚ a computer company and Apple‚ a record company‚ are discussed in this article. Both share a similar logo (an apple) and since 1991‚ the companies have gone to court to
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That One Man Can Change the World “I don’t understand. One man caused all this trouble?” this is quoted from the book‚ The Boy in Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne‚ in reference to Hitler. Good Evening chairperson‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ the previous statement shows clearly how a single being can alter the world. ‘One man can change the world’ is the philosophical and important topic that we are discussing tonight. As the affirmative team we will be proving to you that this is indeed true and that
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Students should do volunteer work All students should do volunteer work at some point in their life. Some might not agree but I think volunteering helps us in many ways‚ such as to get work experience‚ to get self satisfaction and also to get a sense of responsibility. Volunteering helps us in getting work experience is because ‚for example helping in an elders home will give us the ability to listen to others and give advices on their problems
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