...members and friends or whether it is at work toward our Boss and other co-workers. Through a cleverly concocted story the author explains how we are either “Inside the Box” or “Outside the Box” and how to stay out of the box once we enter it. The story starts out telling us of a man named Ted who is impressed with a company called Zagrum and he would love to work for them and after multiple interviews and weeks of waiting he finally hears back and finds out that he gets the job. One of Teds first major meetings is with his soon to be boss Bud who asks him to meet him for a meeting that is seemingly so secret that nobody talks to him about it or gives any hints to what it is even about. Everyone seems to know what is going on except Ted. With much anticipation and waiting Ted is led to Buds office and waits nervously for his arrival. When Bud finally gets there he then informs Ted that “He has a problem” and while Ted wonders what that is Bud will soon enthusiastically explain the meaning of his problem and go into more specifics and detail that I’m sure Ted would care for or even expect. As Bud and Ted talk Bud is asking all sorts of seemingly strange and at times rather difficult questions which Ted doesn’t think are leading anywhere. Through the questioning Ted is caught off guard many times and much that Bud is asking and is at a lost for words and doesn’t know how to respond throws him off. Ted is forced to look back at his old work life such as employees, bosses and he...
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...Challenges the American dream. It shows how the American dream is not what it seems. How the American dream is different for everyone. The text states “They send me to eat in the kitchen”(Hughes). The meaning of this quote is that he does not get to eat with everyone else when people come over. This challenges the american dream because this man should be free to eat wherever he wants to. The text also states, “Nobody’ll dare say to me, ‘Eat in the Kitchen,’(Hughes). This quotes meaning is to show that he will fight for his right to be and equally treated American. This challenges the right of the American dream because he has to fight just to be treated...
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...Montag did until he was “woken up” from his “dream” thanks to Clarisse. She showed him that he needs to go and experience life. That is what many of us are doing right now, we are “floating”, we are asleep, we are not awake and not living. So, what's the solution to being “asleep”? To become awake, people need to think for themselves but also need to take action and do things for themselves. Clint Smith is a teacher who agrees that we as people need to think and do things ourselves. In his Ted Talk called “The Danger of Silence” he says, “I told them what they wanted to hear, not what I wanted to say. we listen to what they are saying, but not what they aren't” (3:16-4:12). In other words, “sleeping” people will say what they think others want to hear, while awake people say what they want to say. We need to wake up and realize what words are being said while listening to what others are saying. Being asleep is like being conscious, yet there is no control over what is happening. There is no meaning in anything yet, people still stay “floating” in a dream because it's what others have told them to do. On the other hand, to be awake is like being conscious of actions committed, yet unlike “floating”, there is control and a desire to do and say what is wanted. Once awake, people can think and say what they want. What about doing things that will keep them awake? How can people spend their time so that they wake up and come alive? Taking time to enjoy the small things in life gives way...
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...The Ted Talk explains and assesses how easy it is to appeal to citizens and get them to change their mind based on information that is curated to sway people to believe certain things. Dave Merlin’s focus is political parties. Although, he is from Canada most of what he talks about is universal and can be applied to most places in the world, especially in America. Dave Merlin exposes and tries to get people to realize that not everything they read is true and most of it is just propaganda used to make them feel a certain way about something specific or in this case, politicians. Dave believes that apathy does exist and people do care, however he believes that we live in a world that discourages involvement and puts obstacles in the way to further prevent and discourage that involvement. He gives many examples of the obstacles and barriers that he mentioned. He uses an ad as his first example. Dave points out how the ad is impossible to read and states how the information you need is at the bottom and in a very small and unreadable font....
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...not really difficult, as I had a very good knowledge about the different types of technologies that were presented, but the idea of adapting them to my classroom got me thinking. Although, I have used technology in my classroom before, now I 2 have new ideas and skills to do a better job. In class I was given many different materials such as the different ways to use mobile phones, tablets or computers in the classroom. A brave new world talks about how the new generation have different ways of doing things and most importantly learning, which makes a lot of sense to me because I am not very old myself and I love to practically do or understand something, which I find helps to a greater extent in learning. More than half the world uses some sort of software based technology and the numbers are rising every day, so keeping technology away from the classroom is not the key, but integrating it into the learning process where the learners can make use of the technology to learn and explore knowledge, as well as learn how to use and work with technology. We watched a couple of videos in class and one of them showed how children can use technology to learn in way that keeps them motivated and interested, and were also...
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...Chapter 9 “Good character, in other words, does not obviate the need for other types of moral consideration.” 1 In order to understand this statement, one needs to understand the meaning . Character is defined as the complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, group, or nation <the character of the American people> 2 (Mirriam Webster.com Aristotle tells us that there are two different kinds of human excellences, excellences of thought and excellences of character. His phrase for excellences of character — êthikai aretai — we usually translate as “moral virtue(s)” or “moral excellence(s).” The Greek êthikos (ethical) is the adjective cognate with êthos (character). When we speak of a moral virtue or an excellence of character, the emphasis is not on mere distinctiveness or individuality, but on the combination of qualities that make an individual the sort of ethically admirable person he is.3 (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-character/) . Moral considerations are sometimes conflictive of one another, because of this we need to regard the causatum of our actions. In other words, this statement says that you cannot have one without the other, you need virtues and vices, ethics of action and ethics of charcter. The chapter touches on different aspects of character, persons and principles, compassion, content and temperate persons, ethical pluralism and practical wisdom. For the purposes of this paper, I am going...
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...The actions of man throughout history are often defined by two different codes of conduct: good and evil. The tendencies of human beings can be observed and analyzed through the work of several psychologists. Renowned psychologist, Philip Zimbardo’s research shows that good people will continue to commit evil acts when they are put under certain conditions, eventually generating the loss of their identity. These conditions test the moral strength and personal conscience of intrinsically good people. His research provides a lens for the explanation of the meaning and causes of these recurring evil phenomenon. Thomas Paine’s famous quote, “[these] are the times that try men’s souls,” strongly relates to the conflicts between right and wrong that...
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...SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE AN AMERICAN YOU ALREADY SPEAK ENGLISH... NOW SPEAK IT EVEN BETTER! DELUXE BOOK & CD SET A M Y GILLETT Copyright © 2004 by Language Success Press All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher. First Edition ISBN 0-9725300-3-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2004102958 Visit our website: www.languagesuccesspress.com Bulk discounts are available. For information, please contact: Language Success Press 2232 S. Main Street #345 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA E-mail: sales@languagesuccesspress.com Fax: (303) 484-2004 (USA) Printed in the United States of America The author is very grateful to the following people for their collaboration and advice while preparing this book and CD set: Vijay Banta, Jacqueline Gillett, Thomas Gillett, Marcy Carreras, John McDermott, Natasha McDermott, Cat McGrath, Patrick O'Connell. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amy Gillett has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) in Stamford, Connecticut and in Prague, Czech Republic. Her essays and humor writing have appeared in many publications, including MAD Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Family Circle. Amy majored in Slavic Languages and Literature at Stanford University and holds a Master's degree from Stanford in Russian and Eastern European Studies. Amy has studied and worked abroad in many countries...
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...dramatist and radio/TV broadcaster. He started his writing career as sport writer and won instant national fame. Copyright/Year of Publication: 1997 Publisher: Doubleday a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc. 1540 Broadway, New York, New York 10036 Pages: 192 B. Excerpt of the Book The first chapter, entitled "The Curriculum" the topic was The Meaning of Life. The second chapter begins with a flashback to 1979. Mitch graduated from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. Morrie tells him to keep in touch and walks away crying. The third chapter, "The Syllabus," Morrie have (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. There is no cure, and its terminal. His body was dying. The disease works its way up the body. Morrie decided before he went he wanted to have a living funeral. The fourth chapter, "The Student," Mitch dream had been to play professional piano, but it didn't go well. Then his favourite uncle died at age forty-four of pancreatic cancer. He got a master's degree in journalism. He is married to Janine. The chapter titled "The Audiovisual" describes the television program Nightline. Ted Koppel, the host, went to Morrie's house. They talked about the afterlife. Mitch saw this TV program. In the next chapter "The Orientation," Mitch visited Morrie. He had not seen him in sixteen years. Morrie was happy he had come back. Mitch calls Morrie Coach, which Morrie likes it. Morrie asks him questions about his choices in life. Morrie...
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...Analysis of ted hughes poetry, and his life work. Along with sylvia plath's The Issues that Happened behind Poetries in Contemporary Era In this scientific work, I want to analyze four poems in the contemporary era. The works are: The seven sorrows condensed from Ted Hughes, at grass by Philip Larkin, September 1913 and the stolen child by William Butler Yeats. The four poetries that appeared in the 20th Century, From the beginning of 20th Century like William Butler Yeats till the middle of 20th Century like Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin. As we know that William Butler Yeats’s poetries existed in the First World War at that time, poets did a lot of experiments in writing their literary works. They concentrated more on technique in writing their literary works. Meanwhile, Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes created poem the World War II, whereas nowadays, poets, do not focus on confusing technique but more at content and meaning that is easier to be understood by the readers. Now, I want to analyze symbol in the poem related with the issue that happens to the real fact or the real situation at that time. Now, I want to analyze a poem titled “The Seven Sorrows” written by Ted Hughes. We can see from the first stanza namely, the word “autumn”, this word symbolizes sadness, probably sadness that is felt by the writer. In that stanza, I found a phrase “a brown poppy head”. This phrase symbolizes something that long drawn out that has not disappointed from...
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...How does the writer use language to get across the theme of the poem? Old Age Gets Up Stirs its ashes and embers, its burnt sticks An eye powdered over, half melted and solid again Ponders Ideas that collapse At the first touch of attention The light at the window, so square and so same So full-strong as ever, the window frame A scaffold in space, for eyes to lean on Supporting the body, shaped to its old work Making small movements in gray air Numbed from the blurred accident Of having lived, the fatal, real injury Under the amnesia Something tries to save itself-searches For defenses-but words evade Like flies with their own notions Old age slowly gets dressed Heavily dosed with death's night Sits on the bed's edge Pulls its pieces together Loosely tucks in its shirt Essay The topic of the poem is ‘Old Age’ as we can see from the title. The first half is sensory impressions and metaphors which get across how it must feel to be old, and the second half follows the title: old age ‘Gets Up’, as if it’s getting up from its chair. This is the personification of Old Age, though, not a specific old person. It is the generalization of an important aspect of human experience. Structure (how structure builds the theme) * | * | * | | * Nettoyer | * | * disque | * | * dur | * Mac | * | * | * | | * macpaw.com | ...
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...Unfortunately that’s not networking, that’s spamming a fellow human being. People who do this should put themselves in the role of the spamee and consider how it might feel if the roles were reversed. Let’s just think of it as the Golden Rule of Networking and to be an effective networker, it’s a rule you must follow. What it comes down to is this: You must discover what you can do, offer, or share that ingratiates you with others and makes them genuinely look forward to your next meeting. Doing this consistently brands you as someone of interest, someone who is truly worth 1 knowing. As you consistently treat people in this manner, it's no accident that they look for opportunities to reciprocate. And it all starts with the “small talk," the key to...
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...will impact work. For the amount of money earned, a bare bones lifestyle was extremely difficult to meet. Her standard of living, or “the level of wealth available to acquire material goods and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic style” (Griffiths et al., 2015, p. 202), decreased notably from her former occupation, especially when she was working with the maids, suffering rashes and pains. In addition, her income, defined as “the money a person earns from work or investments” (Griffiths et al., 2015, p. 201) left her with a strict budget that left her at the brink of disaster. Throughout all of her jobs, she encountered troubles with management, as they often mistreated their employees, especially in Jerry’s through a manager called B.J. and also in The Maids by a manager named Ted. When she completed her investigation, she realized that living costs were becoming too high relative to wages. Also, she found that the economic boom of the 1990s had little effect on the wages of low-wage...
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...The work of Tim O’Brien has helped me understand many things about the art of story telling. His thrilling characters and powerful stories really makes the reader get suddenly close to the characters. The character I like the most is Kiowa. In my opinion I think he is the most decent character in this book. He’s caring, thoughtful, respectful, courageous, and even has a sense of humor. For this project I decided to do a movie poster. I drew Kiowa big in the middle to show that he is a very important character in the book that affects each soldier in their own way. I decided that since it was a movie poster you cannot give away his story in the poster. Therefore I decided to draw little details to show how Kiowa is. The first thing you might notice is his hatchet that he is carrying behind his back. Tim O’Brien had said that Kiowa carried his grandfather's hatchet. His grandfather’s hatchet not only shows that he carries a token of his family, but it also shows his native background. As we look downwards, we notice his face. Kiowa was a very optimistic character, he always tried to cheer up characters like Tim O’Brien himself. I drew a smile on his face to show that,...
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...org/links) Psychologists have looked into the darkest recesses of human behavior, to try to figure out how and why people commit such gruesome and brutal atrocities against their fellow human beings. One of the best cases of documented psychopathic behavior is that of Theodore R. Bundy. On November 24, 1946 Theodore Robert Cowell (aka Ted Bundy) was born. His mother was a single young woman who decided the best course of action was to move back home to have her parents help her raise her son; as in the 40’s it was not acceptable for a young single woman to have a child out of wedlock. Until the age of four, Ted believed that his mother was his older sister, and grandparents were his mother and father. (Rule, A: The Stranger Beside Me) The signs that something was dreadfully wrong with Ted began to show themselves very early in his childhood. When Ted was barely three years old, one of his Aunt’s stayed the night with the family. The Aunt woke up in the early morning hours to find her young nephew Ted, lifting her blankets up and slipping large butcher knives into the mattress she was sleeping on. What was even more troublesome was the fact that little Ted was standing there watching her and grinning. (Newton, M: Encyclopedia of Serial Killers) Eventually Ted’s mother met and married Jonnie Culpepper Bundy in 1951 and Theodore Robert Cowell became Theodore Robert Bundy. Ted’s step-father tried to involve him...
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