The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at
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in order to avoid her anger. Whatever the reason‚ lies have negative impact on individuals and society. Liar becomes a mistrusted person and his long-term credibility is at risk. Consequently‚ he is less likely to be believed in future if he was found out. Persons who are lied to also suffer if they found out because they feel they were deceived and treated as person who does not deserve the truth. As a result they may seek revenge. Social cohesion will be affected also from this bad habit. Lying
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the interpreters. In the community pharmacy that I work‚ there is a patient who cannot understand English very well‚ the clinic would provide her with interpreters or her relatives (son‚ husband) translate for her. 2) Explain medical terminology in easy-understanding way. When I need to provide consultation regarding diuretics‚ I will describe this new medication as water pills‚ which let the patients
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Sosa Aristides 1/15/12 My Favorite Person In our life we meet many people. Sometimes are people who teach us good things‚ and those are the ones who get in our heart. In my life there is a person who has always been there for me. She is my mom my favorite person in the world. My mother is my friend and advisor. She always says “It doesn’t help when you say it won’t be easy” to teach me not to give up when things get really hard. Although‚ she is not
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can get into college and by attending to college you are going to expand your mind‚ gain more knowledge and be a successful person. One of the many reasons why college is visioned as a necessity is because common sense seems to dictate that if you have a degree you will have more job opportunities and be economically stable. Accordinging to the U.S Mean Annual Earnings someone that has a bachelor’s degree
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More Than a Mentor Francisco Vargas ON COURSE FINAL SUCCESS PROJECT Option 2: A Successful Person (interview) April 17‚ 2013 Antonio Gonzales is more then just a mentor‚ he’s a great friend with great advice. We briefly met my freshmen year at AHS. Before I got to AHS he was a social studies teacher‚ teaching in English and Spanish. He was the activities director my freshman and sophomore year and became the 9th grade assistant principal my junior year. My senior year was when I got to know him
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Person-Centered Care Cindy Carney HCA 333 Dr. Vivian Greenway July 29‚ 2013 Long-term care is not really something someone thinks about until they are faced with the challenge of finding a quality long-term care facility to care for their aging or ill family member. Most of us have probably known someone who is in a long-tern facility‚ and most of us would never want to be placed in one due to the impression that we have about them as being dreary‚ dirty‚ smelly‚ and where you go to die.
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essay I will answer the following question‚ what is the positive impact that person-centred care can have on staff and residents in long-term care setting? I will start by defining person-centred care. Tom Kitwood (1997) The Open University (P90) explains that this is an approach that includes the person as a whole as much as possible‚ in having views and opinions regarding their own care. This approach sees the person as an individual and it incorporates their physical‚ social and psychological
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9 Executive Summary It is a fact that the company didn’t achieved the best results in last years‚ reason way a radically revamp of our operations is required. In order to implement the new strategy regarding the franchise for easy internet cafe we qualified 4 offers from UPS‚ Excel Globalserve and Ingram for 3rd party logistics. My analysis took in consideration the following factors: total cost per store‚ ownership of goods‚ experience and expertise in supply chain for all
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peers‚ adults‚ elderly. She is the type that will play patty-cake with a 3 year old for hours‚ and run to a door to hold it for an elderly person or someone with a handicap. She will always be there to lend a helping hand to anyone and everyone. “Lovely Logan”‚ a motivated athlete‚ a confident model‚ and a passionate volunteer‚ is a rare example of a perfect person‚ an inspiration to all. Logan’s motivation is constantly pushing her to further improve her abilities in countless things‚ but more specifically
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