Freakonomics: “What Do School Teachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common” Daily Humans face the difficulty of choosing what’s morally right‚ and morally wrong. Whether it be the simple everyday ’thank you’ and ’please’ or perhaps the wrong decision made under the carpet for personal gain‚ every action has a reaction. These choices seem simple when seen on paper‚ however the once simple decision becomes quite the opposite when an alternate motive poisons the minds of unsuspecting civilians. Freakonomics
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Chapter 1 What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common? I. Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Which of the following statements best captures the essence of economic analysis? a) No pain‚ no gain. b) Everything has a price. c) Incentives matter. d) Scarcity is only relative. Correct Answer: C 2. Which of the following is not an example of an economic incentive? a) A factory is required to pay a fine for each unit of pollution it produces in excess of the legal limit. b)
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their way forward. In this book we are presented with two separate but connected groups‚ School teachers and Sumo wrestlers. On one hand‚ you have teachers who have an economic incentive to produce high test scores from their students. If the teachers prove to have high test scores‚ they are considered to be good teachers and have the chance to receive a 25‚000 dollar bonus. With sumo wrestlers‚
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The Wrestler (2008) is a remarkable film about an ageing WWE wrestler trying to maintain his legacy as a professional. During his struggle he faces many health impairments and complications including a heart attack which could have ended his career. As he’s coming to understand the seriousness of retirement‚ Randy attempts to rekindle a relationship with his daughter‚ while finding love‚ company‚ and compassion from a local stripper. The Wrestler demonstrates many different types of loss which can
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Sumo wrestling is one of the oldest forms of martial arts in Japan‚ and it is still a major sport that is populär with both men and women there. In ancient times‚ sumo contests were held only in the courtyards of Shinto shrines as a religious ritual performed for the gods to encourage them to grant a good harvest. Ritual is‚ therefore‚ an important part of the sport. Before each match‚ contestants sprinkle salt on the ring and rinse their mouths in a ritual purification. Nowadays‚ sumo wrestling
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this “emotion” from superheroes are enhanced because wrestlers are real-life people. They are not fake characters‚ they truly exist. They don’t have super powers‚ they eat‚ drink and sleep like all the others. The fact that they are not fake characters‚ make people even more fascinated to wrestling because the strength‚ the power‚ the intense emotion wrestlers convey are the things people feel when they watched superheroes. The fight of wrestlers are intense and extraordinary like the fights of superheroes
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 Sumo wrestling is traditionally considered Japan’s national sport. The sport is surrounded by ceremony and ritual and is considered a gendai budō‚ a modern Japanese martial art.  The precursor to sumo probably originated in China during the Han Dynasty. The first sumo-like match in Japan occurred in 453 at the funeral ceremony of Emperor Ingyō. The sport is also associated with Shinto ritual where a human ceremonially wrestles with a kami‚ a Shinto spirit or god.
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Keizer’s essay explains his views on teachers and school systems‚ the movie “That’s What I Am” also evaluates teachers’ interactions with students. The movie‚ That’s What I Am is based off a true story that presents a teacher who goes above and beyond for his students. That’s What I Am supports Keizer’s essay on the significance a teacher has on the students’ educational performance and the person he/she becomes. That’s What I Am is a true story set in 1965 that is based off the experiences a young boy
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Chapter 1: What do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers have in common? By starting the chapter off with a study between two economists who tried to find a solution for parents who repeatedly came late to pick up their children from daycare‚ Steven Levitt discusses the concept of incentives and its benefits and weaknesses. An incentive is something that tends to incite an action for the greater effort‚ as a reward offered for increased productivity. Basically‚ an incentive is used to motivate someone
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depths of just writing some paper on what the difference is. Extraordinary people believe that they can do whats right‚ and will do whats right when the time comes. Extraordinary people are the people who go out and know when the time comes that they will save someone when they get that chance. Ordinairy people wonder‚ and dream and romanticize their martyr death that will never ever happen because they’re normal. When it comes down to it‚ a lot of them wont have the guts to look someone in the eye
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