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    What I Want To Be When I Grow Up “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” We are usually asked this question very early in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s one of the biggest questions asked of children‚ from toddlers to teenagers. It’s always asked to help encourage kids to think of their future. After all‚ how many children really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives? Oh yeah‚ there are those lucky few who have a special calling. Many kids will say they

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    the shipowner is guilty of their deaths even though he sincerely and in all good conscience believed the ship was sea- worth. What do you think? Do you agree with Clifford? Why or why not? Answer: I think that Clifford is absolutely correct in the scenarios that he provided. Quickly‚ Clifford made it clear that the shipowner was fully aware that his ship had not been built well‚ and because of this the ship had needed repairs often. That means that the ship had been dangerous to be on multiple times

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    When teachers asked that what it is you want to be when you grow up‚ most children do not respond with "a career in financial services". Like most children‚ I responded with reference to jobs that seemed fun at the time. My first choice was a typewriter and translator‚ second naturally a pianist‚ but the third and most important choice was a computer engineer because I like computer‚ typing‚ translating a work and playing piano. If I were a computer engineer‚ I will

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    Human‚ Which of the two? What does the word “alien” mean? To me‚ aliens refer to extraterrestrial beings who live in outer space. The idea of saying alien to another person is very unappealing and disrespectable as we are disregarding them as a person who does not belong in this world. Author Francie Diep of “Why did we ever call undocumented immigrants ‘aliens’?”‚ questions the idea himself on why immigrants who come illegally are to be defined as these terms. Certains words can leave a great impact

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    You Got To Do What You Got To Do‚ To Get Where You Got to Get” In Ralph Ellison’s story “Battle Royal”‚ Ralph’s dying grandfather gives his son advice on how to advance in life as a black person‚ in the United States. Ralph’s grandfather said‚ “I want you to overcomeem with yesesundermineem with grinsagreeem to death…”(1042). Basically‚ by being really nice to white people‚ he could gain favor and possibly be rewarded for his obedience. Ralph‚ took his grandfathers advice‚ and was eventually

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    How can the word ‘explain’ exactly means? According to Cambridge dictionary the word ‘explain’ is used to mean ‘make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it. It is possible to have various interpretations of the same world ‚in everyday language the term "explain" can mean many things‚ and is generally applied to prove something or make it more comprehensible‚ but in the more complex level it could mean many things depending on the subject it denotes. However

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    Lear inevitably meets his downfall by the end of the play‚ this happens through a combination of factors both in his direct control and through ways which are entirely out of his hands. Through his daughters disrespecting him through his foolishness over dividing his kingdom‚ the banishment of certain characters‚ unsuccessful manipulation and other methods Lear encounters madness and finally his death. From the beginning of the play the viewer can watch Lear deteriorate as his apparent madness intensifies

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    Elton Mayo advised managers to attend to employees’ emotional needs in his 1933 classic The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization.    True    False |   14. | Mary Parker Follett urged managers to demand job performance from employees instead of merely attempting to motivate them.    True    False |   15. | According to McGregor’s Theory Y‚ managers could accomplish more by believing that employees require close direction when they are working.    True

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    "DO AS I SAY‚ NOT AS I DO?IS A COMMON ABUSE OF AUTHORITY There are so many wrong ways to approach something‚ and fewer right choices. Therefore‚ people depend on those around them and different resources for good advice and influences. Children‚ especially‚ look up to their parents and other adults in admiration and try to mimic their actions. It is not always easy‚ however‚ even for the heroic adults to set the right examples. "Do as I say‚ not as I do?is one of the most commonly used clich

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    There was something daunting about constantly looking at a grandfather clock‚ at least to Cadence. Why couldn’t she stop watching it? When she looked at it‚ as if it were an enigma‚ that question arose—and for good reason. It wasn’t like she hadn’t noticed it before; quite the opposite‚ really. What made it so attractive‚ so compelling to the eye? Was it the crystal casing‚ the shiny lustre on it‚ the gold hands? Or was it the shimmering crescent moon pendulum‚ which had a star attached to it? Or

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