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 Stanford‚ this renowned citadel
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How (Un)ethical Are You? Most of people believe that they are ethical and unbiased. They imagine they’re good decision makers‚ able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision
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Act 1 Study Guide 1. What do the witches in Scene 1 inform the readers? 2. In Scene 2‚ what does Duncan order Ross to do? 3. In Scene 3‚ why does Shakespeare most likely have the witches speak in rhyme instead of blank verse? 4. How does Macbeth show his ambition and curiosity about becoming king in Scene 3? 5. Duncan says to Macbeth‚ “Would thou hadst less deserved‚” in Scene 4‚ line 18. What does he mean by this? 6. How does Lady Macbeth know that Duncan is coming to
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Do You Believe in Magic? It was the night we had all waited for‚ the night that was to bring 15 years of a magical journey to an end. As my friends and I walked into the movie theater‚ we were immediately surrounded by people dressed as witches and wizards‚ snitches and half-giants. We continued to retrieve our tickets and walk toward our respective theater‚ passing movie posters declaring‚ “It all ends here”. For the generation that has grown up with Harry‚ Ron and Hermione‚ the premiere of
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Are You‚ the Best You? People everywhere are faced with the unanswered question‚ “When am I working too much?”‚ “When do I stop?” Due to the constant increase in our cost of living‚ people believe they are forced into working longer and more demanding hours. People need to learn how to split their time and energy between work and the other important aspects of their lives. In the two essays‚ “Hit the Brakes”‚ by Christopher Dewolf and “Stupid Jobs”‚ by Hal Neidzviecki‚ it is shown that spending
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What would you do if you won $500‚000? If you won $500‚000 in the lottery‚ what would you spend it on? There are a lot of different ways that people would choose to spend this money. Some people would choose to spend it on themselves‚ others would choose to give it all away to charity. The way I would spend it would be a mixture of the two. (67) First‚ I would take $250‚000 and put it in the bank. If it is in the bank for a while‚ it will draw around four to five thousand dollars in interest
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Bill of Rights should have preceded that of the American Constitution (Kloppenberg 12). Civil liberties represent one of the most basic entitlements of the people against every government on earth and no government whatsoever should refuse to grant this to the people. Amongst the elements of the Bill of Rights should be the prohibitions against searches that are unreasonable as well as unreasonable seizure. Besides‚ ex post facto laws and the seizure of private property by the public without compensation
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1. How do you value the importance of human relations onboard cruise ships? Answers: I value the importance of human relations because it will help to work accurately and no excuses. Human relations is very important to the people who work in cruise ships because there are a lot of nationalities working on board and you need to have a good relationship to them. If you have good relationships to them you will gain a respect to them and you need to respect them to respect you as a people. Good human
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What Would You Do? Scenario 1- Della the Delinquent Cat Lady As the president of the board of directors of the cat shelter‚ I am faced with rather or not Ms. Della should remain as part of the staff at the cat shelter. There are several problems that have been brought to my attention and I feel that now is the time to figure out exactly what should be done regarding the matter. After‚ evaluating the situation and giving it a great deal of consideration‚ I have come up several solutions to
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Do it wrong. Cartoonists‚ writers‚ musicians‚ actors‚ filmmakers‚ we all get the same questions. And we all have boring‚ stock answers like ‘draw every day’ or ‘practice a lot’. Sometimes it’s because we don’t know what we did right. But the real reason is that every bit of advice we give you has an expiration date. The world of art is always changing. The things people like‚ the way those things are distributed and sold is always changing. By the time you put in all that practice to get
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