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    50 5) Take NBME 2 6) Memorize more and more detail beyond just understanding Third run through: (25:75 study:Q’s)* 1) FA‚ Goljan‚ HY molec only 2) 100 UsmleWorld questions (as above) 3) Take NBME 3 4) Everything should be fully memorized by now Last two weeks and final 3 days: details below * the % study:Q’s reflects the amount of time per day that should be spent on each‚ with the amount of time spent doing questions progressing up as you move along through each run through the information

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    The social norm I have decided to break is "do not talk to strangers". I am an inherently shy person so that was especially hard for me. I was lucky enough to have my daughter and mother along to give me courage. This past weekend afforded me a day off work‚ which I was fortunate enough to spend with my mother and grown daughter. A day of shopping and lunch was on the agenda. A trip to Bloomington to the mall was the best place for my norm breaking behavior. As we strolled through the mall

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    American Norms vs. Japan Norms In sociology‚ when we discuss culture (which is the totality of learned socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior (Schaefer 2010:50))‚ we discuss how culture includes such things as; language‚ beliefs‚ values and norms. When sociologists studied culture they mainly looked upon the norms of society. Norms are "the agreed-upon expectations and rules by which a culture guides the members in any given situation"(Cultural Norms). There are

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    Breaking a Norm

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    In our lives there are certain norms that we should uphold within our society. Whether petty or significant‚ these norms are a large basis for many of the ways we act‚ think and live. For this paper‚ I was given an assignment to go out and take on a challenging experiment to break a norm‚ detail my experience and record the reactions of observers. I figured what better setting to break a norm than downtown Atlanta at the Five Points Marta Station where there are a mixture of lots and lots of people

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    Taking Sides

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    The Last Taboo What unites the Vatican‚ lefties‚ conservatives‚ environmentalists‚ and scientists in a conspiracy of silence? It’s midnight on the streets of Calcutta. Old women cook over open fires on the sidewalks. Men wait in line at municipal hand pumps to lather skin‚ hair‚ and lungis (skirts)‚ bathing without undressing. Girls sit in the open beds of bicycle-powered trucks‚ braiding their hair. The monsoon’s not yet over‚ and grandfathers under umbrellas squat on their

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    The popularity of extreme sports has continued to grow steadily over the last decades. A lot of people all over the world are extremely attracted to these relatively new sports because they have the possibility to express themselves in a new way and experience adrenaline rush. As we all know everything new is very attractive to us and new kinds of sports are not exceptions. When massive media support of these activities was launched‚ in order to get kids off the couches‚ their popularity went

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    therefore‚ the Agile project manager must adapt his approach. One agile software engineering method is Extreme Programming or XP. XP is a collection of values‚ principles and practices designed to rapidly create highquality software that provides the maximum value for the customer as quickly as possible. It is called extreme or XP because it takes commonsense principles and practices to extreme levels‚ changing the way programmers work. It is a lightweight methodology suitable for small-tomedium-sized

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    Have you ever wondered why some people are simply much happier than others? These are the ones who are always smiling and optimistic‚ even when times are tough‚ fulfilled when everyone else feels empty‚ the ones that see the good behind every bad situation. Good news - although genetics has something to do with their everlasting joy‚ still‚ their attitude is that which greatly influences the way they react to adversities and trials. They have acquired some good habits which enable them to always

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    The first consequence for teaching that I have identified above concerns students learning to use phrases rather than words. Teachers should have the ability to use phrases to help students “understand and interpret the content of spoken English and in different types of texts” (Skolverket‚ 2011a‚ p. 32). The concepts behind using phrases rather than words are to help the students develop knowledge of the English language‚ increase their confidence and their ability to use the English language in

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    Breaking Norms

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    Breaking Norms Over the first few weeks of the semester we have gone over many topics such as mores‚ taboos‚ rules‚ regulations‚ and laws. But there is one topic that stood out the most and that was the idea of norms. Norms are much more different than that of mores‚ taboos‚ rules‚ regulations‚ and laws. Rules‚ regulations‚ and laws are clearly defined and outlined rules that the public must abide by. Mores are a set of norms that define fundameental ideas about what is considered right‚ wrong

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