This Month’s Q&A Technology Tips What is the difference between being educated and being trained? What is so important about education? The difference is huge‚ and education is hugely important. TRiO is all about setting the foundation to get the best education you can get. Let us look at just a couple of points. One obvious point is that education is the door to opportunity. It is said that success happens at the inter section of education and opportunity. A person who has credentials
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THE ACT OF BEING NICE People sometimes forget the simple fact that being nice to others can actually be good for them. My mother and some unique persons whom am going to mention later guided and chided me to being a very nice person. Sometimes it works and sometimes it didn ’t. After all‚ we all get ill-tempered from time to time and take it out on those around us. We can see that being nice to others is good for them‚ but did you realize it ’s in your best interest too? Recognizing the personal
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The Importance of Not Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s hilarious play‚ "The Importance of Being Earnest‚" is based in Victorian England and follows the story of Mr. Jack Worthing; a lovesick man who lies regarding his identity so he may escape to the city. While his lies start unraveling‚ chaos breaks out. In the last line of the play‚ Jack claims that‚"he has learned the vital importance of being earnest." This conclusion brings the reader to wonder‚ does a tiger ever change it’s stripes? Does the
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Katz’s summary of “The Importance of being Beautiful”‚ she suggests that more attractive people can advance faster and easier in life than their less appealing peers. Katz explains her theory with different examples. One example is person perception‚ which is a branch of psychology that examines many ways in which physical attractiveness‚ or lack of it‚ affects all aspects of life. This helps explain the halo and horns effect. The halo effect is perceived as being beautiful‚ more generous‚ trustworthy
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The Effects of Being An Athlete. Student athletes are all around the world working hard not only for their grades‚ but for their sports as well. Being a student athlete can be very time consuming and the only way to stay on top of their game is working ahead of schedule. There are many different results that occur from being a student athlete such as the character traits‚ and the passion that are picked up along the road to success. In order to be a successful student athlete not only must a
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Larry Gavin Ms. Lennix English Lit 5 October‚ 2011 Being Confident In Yourself. How many people in this world are actually proud of who they are? People often ask the questions of the importance of being liked. This thought was brought up a lot in the famous novel Death of a Salesman. The main character‚ Will Noman‚ was always striving to be the best and no matter what he did‚ he never came on top. Willy believed that to be a
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Being Mortal Inevitably so‚ we all experience aging in a way where serious illness or infirmity will occur. That being said‚ our self-reliance begins to fade and we become dependent on others. Whether we are taken in by our family and loved ones‚ or institutionalized in a nursing home‚ we sacrifice who we are as independents. Nonetheless‚ we give up the things we have worked so daringly hard for in life; our home‚ occupation‚ and relationships. In our times of old age‚ we face the most grueling
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Simona Rogowski The Pros and Cons of being Stationed Overseas If you ask any junior Marine ( Marines beneath the Rank of Corporal are considered “junior”)‚ after they have been stationed on Okinawa‚ Japan for at least 3 months‚ whether it was a good decision to request to be sent here or not‚ chances are they would laugh in your face and tell you “Hell no!”. Being stationed here in Okinawa has some advantages‚ but many would argue that the disadvantages of being stationed here outweigh the advantages
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The Case In the recent years being single has become more and more socially acceptable. Now you can have a life separate from a significant other. According to Sam Roberts’s article in the New York Times (2006) the percentage of single people is greatly increasing. The article focuses on the lifestyle choices of either staying single or choosing a life with partners living unmarried and the social and economic effects it has on our lives. Andrew Beveridge‚ a demographer from the Queens College
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meaning of being biased. People tend to use the phrase as a way to ruin a person’s credibility or create a way of seeming unreliable when speaking about a certain topic‚ however in many cases the word biased is used in an improper manner‚ which causes misinterpretation. A person who is biased is known to believe that their way of thinking and believing‚ is the only correct way and will not listen to anyone who says differently. However‚ many people believe that being biased is being strong minded
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