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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decision on what I want to for a living‚ is asking for the hands. Here are things education majors hate being asked or told! 1. Why do you want to be an education major? Obviously‚ we are asked this all the time. From the moment we apply to our dream colleges to the day we finally get the job. However‚ I feel as though people are asking this in more of a disgust or sarcastic tone. "Why do you want to work with kids? Ew. Isn’t there anything better for you to major in?" As an education major myself‚
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Diversity has become a central element of the modern organizationallandscape- so much so that 75% of the 50 largest companies in the U.S now have diversity directors or managers. A whole new industry has even materialized diversity training to help organizations address the challenge that diversity creates. This interest in diversity would not be surprising. As firms move toward flatter organizational structures featuring groups and teams‚ and the global economy as a whole. Although business has been
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Imagine waking up every morning‚ hopping out of bed and automatically burdening yourself on what outfit you will be wearing today. What shoes am I going to wear? What top? What pair of bottoms? Should I wear this or that? Why be in the state of worrying so much about your appearance when there can be uniforms that can steer students minds off the judgment of others‚ make all students look presentable and save money on buying a heap of new clothing ? Uniforms are great when it comes to a students
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Jaffna as its capital. In 1983‚ Tamil guerrillas fought government troops across the north. In 1987 with help from Indian Rebel Tamil Tigers have been fighting the forces‚ the government secured Jaffna in a Sri Lankan military for almost 25 years in major offensive. their quest for an autonomous state in the The Tamil Tigers evacuated to the deep northern region of Sri Lanka. Recently‚ the tropical jungles of the hills and mountains‚ war changed as the army-offensive pushed occasionally reclaiming lost
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explain about Webvan‚ when it was established‚ how the people welcoming the idea of having such service through the network and will discuss if Webvan achieved the goals or did it made any profit from its business‚ why they didn’t success and the reason for failed these companies. Webvan was the name of a company and they were doing online grocery delivery business. In 1996 webvan started grocery delivering services it offered customers the convenience of shopping from home and having their purchases
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through the internet or just by people knowing other people. I personally think everyone is connected in some sort of way. Since everyone is connected in some sort of way‚ it starts to bring drama and make some people do crazy things. Sometimes people mess with other people on the internet and make them hurt themselves. In my life I’ve learned many lessons. One lesson that has stuck to me and is important to me is to think before speaking and acting. I’ve learned this lesson from many experiences
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What do you think your professor thinks of the new generation of students? Well in the Article College Students Today: overconfident or just assured? Regardless‚ they are our future. By Corwin P. King was surprisingly both inaccurate and accurate about college life. In this article the Corwin King was explaining about how different the new generation of college students are now compared to the past college students are. In Corwin King article he explains who students now dot have the grit and respect
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What challenges do you think the company faced in changing theculture? Every organization has a culture which is a set of beliefs‚ values andstandard that set the quality for how employees are to act‚ how work is to bedone‚ and what image to represent to the world.The Ritz-Carlton has a strong culture whereas others are less welldefined. Ritz-Carlton motto “We are Ladies and Gentlemen serving Ladiesand Gentlemen. According to Simon Cooper‚ the President and Chief Operating Officer of Ritz-Carlton
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Wednesday. You do not have to write down your responses‚ but you are to remember them. So‚ if you can’t remember‚ take notes. Chapter 1 1 Catcher in the Rye‚ is a novel that has a frame structure‚ which is a story within a story. 2 What is the setting at the very beginning of the book? 3 Who’s speaking and why is he speaking to us? What does he want us to know? 4 Why do you think Salinger picked this point of view to narrate the novel? 5 After reading the chapter‚ why do you think Salinger
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