started – Why this book? Law school is not an easy place. After struggling for a year or two‚ and overcoming numerous hurdles when you land up in the world of your dreams‚ you realise that the battle has just began. Coming from a school and the comfortable environment of a home (unless you went to a boarding school) – one feels like stepping into a hot cauldron of expectations‚ academic pressure‚ opportunities of every kind and a feeling of hanging from a cliff. A law school puts a lot of intelligent
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education‚ pushing the children to become fluent in English and struggling to afford a set of encyclopedias to give them proper research materials for school. Higher Education Sotomayor graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx in 1972 and entered the ivy-league Princeton University. The young Latina woman felt overwhelmed by her new school; after her first mid-term paper returned to her with low marks‚ she sought help with more English and writing classes. She also became highly involved
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10 Lessons You Weren’t Taught In Law School It is often said law schools fail to prepare students for the actual practice of law. Yes‚ law school does a good job at training you to “think like a lawyer” and spot issues‚ do legal research‚ draft legal documents‚ and put together a legal argument. But there are so many practical things that law school doesn’t teach you‚ especially a number of soft skills. This includes things like social grace‚ communication‚ language‚ personal habits‚ friendliness
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is from textbook‚ “Refining Reading Writing” (Dasgupta & Mei‚ 2008‚ p. 132)‚ was written by Stephen L. Carter. Carter discussed the differences between honesty and integrity in this essay. Stephen L. Carter (born October 26‚ 1954) is an American law professor‚ legal- and social-policy writer‚ columnist‚ and best-selling novelist (Stephen L. Carter‚ 2013). This essay first appeared in the February 1996 issue of The Atlantic Monthly (Dasgupta & Mei‚ 2008‚ p. 132). Carter (1996) thinks that honesty
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1) Topic: ”Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Writer: Amy Chua‚ a professor at Yale Law School‚ USA. Reader: Parents from the Western World‚ who are also readers of The Wall Street Journal. Language: Well written text‚ with an extensive vocabulary. It is written to some extent with formal jargon. Circumstances: The writer’s home. She lives with her daughters and husband. There is a flashback into Chua’s childhood as well. Intention: She is trying to clarify the differences between Chinese parents
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Why Chinese Mothers are Superior What is the best way to bring up a child‚ let them choose their own activities in school and after school‚ let them have play dates‚ play videogames and let them choose their way in life‚ and let learn that is okay to make mistakes like the western upbringing or the Chinese way‚ where you decide what’s best for the child‚ don’t give them any spare time and demands perfect grades‚ which way will create a happy child. Amy Chua has chosen the second upbringing for her
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A Rhetorical Analysis of “Just Be Nice” The article “Just be Nice” is written by Stephen L. Carter. Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at the Yale Law School. This article was written for the Yale Alumni Magazine in May 1998‚ and was a response to former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s remarks that the citizenry should give up their rude ways and was later included in Civility Manners‚ Morals‚ and the Etiquette
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Rodham-Clinton was born October 26‚ 1941 in Chicago‚ Illinois (“Hillary Clinton‚” 2014). Beginning her political career young‚ she got involved in Republican groups and campaigns while in high school (2014). After graduation she attended Wellesley College for her undergraduate‚ then subsequently attended Yale Law School
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Superior’’ this exact topic is in the main focus. Amy Chua discusses the differences between Western parents contrary to Chinese parents‚ as well as her own personal experience of the Chinese way of raising children. Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School‚ as well as Chinese mother herself. Amy Chua has raised both of her children in the way of the Chinese mothers‚ thus with her first-hand experience she tries to answer; a question common among Western parents - how exactly does Chinese parents
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She‚ in addition to this has written six books most about her notorious parenting techniques. Her father‚ Leon Chua still lives today at age eighty-one. She currently teaches at Yale Law School after her profession of a lawyer‚ since 2001. With Chua being a mother of two and being part Hoklo‚ she has a valid say in summarizing other “Chinese mothers.” but because her husband comes from the West part of the world and her growing up in
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