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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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    people want pureness existing within their societies occurs in everyone’s daily lives. This concept is relevant in the 1940’s in Cairo‚ Egypt and 1950’s in Columbia. Both societies are highly traditional and are reluctant to change. The society in the 1940’s of Cairo is depicted by Naguib Mahfouz in the novel Midaq Alley which is about society’s adherence to change in things similar to typical tradition. Gabriel Marquez portrays the Colombian society in the 1950’s in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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    What is Education? “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi It is a best example of a quotation from Mahatma Gandhi that can inspire every individual to have their education. Having a good quality of education is one of the best things we‚ as a young individual‚ can do for ourselves to ensure us for a better‚ more satisfying and prosperous life. Education is an important possession that we must have. It will help us in many aspects

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    Analysis of “But What Do You Mean?” Deborah Tannen has written several books and many articles on the importance of communications in social and business relationships. In the essay “But What Do You Mean” Deborah focuses on many of the communication rituals found in the work environment and how they’re viewed differently between men and women. Deborah’s views tend to unfairly paint men as the aggressor and women the innocent victims in the workplace. It begs the question‚ are men just mean and

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    Life today is very fast-paced. Everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere and will push you out of the way to get there‚ like it’s some kind of race. In our personal lives‚ we have our cell phones‚ and maybe a home phone‚ scheduled play dates for our kids‚ microwaves‚ satellite TV‚ home security systems that don’t involve dogs‚ solar landscape lighting‚ automatic underground sprinkler systems for our lawns‚ and compact fluorescent lights to replace the incandescent bulbs that waste energy. In the business

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    of things that evolved into what elections are like today‚ including economic and social changes‚ who can vote‚ how many people vote‚ how candidates portray themselves‚ and the different backgrounds of the candidates. In the 1800’s‚ not many people could vote compared to today. In the elections before the 1828 election‚ the only ones that could vote were white males who were at least 21 years old‚ educated‚ and owned property. If you didn’t meet these qualifications‚ you couldn’t vote. These criteria

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    September 2010 What is the Purpose of War? War is used as a method for feuding countries as a way of solving conflict‚ when in reality‚ that is not the solution to a problem at all. War can be described as the waging of armed conflict against an enemy‚ an act to fight for what is right‚ or a harmful way of getting what one desires. We may not know what exactly war is but we do know its purpose. Every war is not the same‚ neither are its purposes. Wars have numerous purposes‚ from maintaining

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    told and what they remember specifically about the incident‚ because those characteristics better classify the definition of a flashbulb memory. In their Challenger explosion study‚ it was said that participants who rated themselves as being more confident remembered more after specific probes. This too poses a problem in my opinion‚ as being probed to specific questions can trigger memories that participants wouldn’t have necessarily remembered in free recall. If someone were to ask me what I was wearing

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    Question 1: How long have you been a professor? Response: I have been a professor for sixteen years. Question 2: Why did you come to UM? Where have you worked prior to coming to the University? Response: I came to UMD my undergraduate because it was the most affordable thing around. I came back again for my graduate because I was already familiar with the campus and I had professors that I wanted to work with. I never taught anywhere besides UMD. I began teaching here because an opportunity

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    David Orr I think in this article by David Orr. He displays what education is for in a very interesting way. By taking the six myths‚ but also showing six new principle to replace them. I think that is a very powerful way to persuade an idea to readers. His style is great by showing what he calls the myths in modern education first and then turning it around by stating the better side of the cons. It helps that he put some facts and resources. It makes it seem that he really knows what he is stating

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