The passage “America Needs Its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman compares athletes to nerds and geeks. Fridman made an analysis suggesting that society rewards the athletically apt for their skill while the “intellectually curious” as Fridaman puts it‚ are put down. Fridman’s passage was fluent and well written because of his range of writing techniques such as logos‚ tone‚ and his use of rhetorical questions to finish off the strong passage. Throughout the passage Fridman uses logos to appeal to the readers
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be born with a silver spoon. In my opinion‚ a person should put more efforts on their studies and career in order to be rich and famous. The different aspects of being rich and being famous are lifestyle‚ social status‚ and privacy. First and foremost‚ the lifestyle of a rich person is much better than a famous person. Being rich‚ he can have many things that a famous person might not has. This is because some famous people might not be rich; on the other hand‚ it is simply easy for a
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Subash Luitel COM 254‚ 5501 Prof. Leonard 08 Nov. 2010 Being There For Friends William Rawlins’s article “Being There for Friends” is a brief article describing about relationships that can enter adulthood and change lives. The author describes about friendship. Rawlins says “when things are on an “even keel” with family and at work‚ it is easy to take friends for granted‚ but when things go poorly or well in life‚ people want their friends to “be there” to talk to and to help
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America Needs its Nerds In the passage from “America Needs Its Nerds”‚ author Leonid Fridman dissect his argument by comparing and contrasting America’s on-going social beliefs and perceptions of the geek and the actual positive role taken on by the nerd and why the role that they play is so vital to our society. Since we live in an anti- intellectualist society‚ nerds are ostracized while athletes are idolized. And this all starts from elementary or middle school. We rarely have a child who will
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Anyone who’s ever experienced a love of learning has felt the sting of derogatory terms associated with being intelligent. Argued by Leonid Fridman in “America Needs its Nerds”‚ the offensive label of the intellectually elite will ultimately lead to our downfall. The author’s argument accurately states one of the cold hard facts about school life; that many intelligent people are being treated unfairly as a result of their intelligence. Meanwhile those who are most likely responsible for the mistreatment
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have everything and you can do anything you want because you’re the only princess in the house. But in my case‚ I hate the idea of growing up as the only girl because there are too many expectations that I need to fulfil. That’s the worst thing about being the only girl. Putting make-ups‚ dressing up‚ and playing dolls are not really my thing. I love sports‚ hanging out with my friends‚ action movies‚ and video games. My brothers are my best buds in doing these things. They don’t treat me as a weak and
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be in a relationship or being single. Nowadays‚ being in a relationship is too difficult for young people. They are too busy to bother with building relationships – they have to study and often work at the same time. But is a relationship such a big burden as they seem? There are some advantages and also disadvantages of being in relationship‚ but being alone is not a good solution either. Now‚ I would like to compare and contrast those two statements. Firstly‚ being in a relationship with
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It is already understood by researchers in the Human Sciences field that gender is one of the most important topics concerning identity which is crucial “to understand social and cultural changes in contemporary life” (p. 289). The article “On being white‚ heterosexual and male in a Brazilian school: multiple positionings in oral narratives”‚ written by Luiz Paulo Moita Lopes‚ aims to expose how the social identities of whiteness‚ heterosexuality and masculinity are naturalized and constructed as
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Being a Senior Being a senior is it hitting you all at once. Being a senior is cheering when someone says class of 2014. Being a senior is getting to pick your parking spot first. Being a senior is not caring what you look like to school anymore. Being a senior is getting excited when your curfew is finally midnight. Being a senior is stressing over which college you are going to decide on. Being a senior is having your parents nag you to death about what you are going to do with your life
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RESEARCH PAPER No. 2011 – 01 HYGIENE AND SANITATION OF STREET FOOD VENDORS IN BAGUIO CITY Mark Ace Acosta‚ Franco Alvarado‚ Cristine Baturi‚ Eva Marie Galamgam‚ Lukelene Nisperos and Joni Therese Razote HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN BAGUIO CITY We envision Saint Louis University as an excellent‚ missionary‚ and transformative education institution zealous in the formation of human resources who are imbued with the Christian spirit and who are competent‚ creative
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