Rosales 1 Cecilia Rosales Professor Allen Final Summary-Response Essay 16 October 2011 Argument Culture: Confrontation Online In “The Argument Culture” by Deborah Tannen‚ she describes our adversarial society in debates and dialogues. Tannen discusses our culture’s style of seeing issues‚ questions‚ and conflicts as having two sides that battle each other for one goal. She states that using war metaphors: war on drugs or fight against AIDS‚ makes every conflict a battle in the minds
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Assignment 1.1 Summary and Personal Response to “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” By chin Uva‚ Professor‚ Dr‚ Atia Yasmeen‚ Course: English Composition 115 Date: Feb 11‚ 2012 Suki Kim who came from Korea‚ tells in this essay that is named “Facing Poverty with a Rich girl’s Habits” about why she and her the richest family moved to Queens‚ New York in the early 1980’s. When she was enrolled the seventh grade‚ her millionaire father bankruptcy overnight. After her father lost all
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Summary & Response: How It Feels To Be Colored Me Living in a world where it is foreign to be colored was hard for many people of this nature in the 1920s. For Zora Neale Hurston‚ this was not a challenge at all. This high-spirited girl gives an explanation of how it felt to be‚ “...like a brown paper bag of miscellany propped against a wall” (Hurston 197). Written by Hurston herself‚ “How It Feels To Be Colored” gives us a humorous‚ sarcastic-ridden view of what her childhood was like from her
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Summary Response Paper In this article she is talking about online dating. She believes that there is nothing wrong with it and sees it as just another method to meeting new people. She states that people have been going on blind dates for as long as the mind can remember so what is wrong with setting up your own blind date? She says that the stigma against online dating with the people in the twenty something age group is interesting. This is interesting because it is that age group that came
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Cartesian Diver Essay The Cartesian Diver is named after the French scientist Rene Descartes. This experiment is supposed to show buoyancy‚ density and different forms of matter at work‚ when demonstrated. To create the Cartesian Diver‚ you’ll simply need: • A empty plastic bottle • A plastic eye dropper • Water 1. Fill the bottle with water‚ but be cautious of spills. 2. Very carefully‚ drop the dropper inside the bottle. Then‚ seal the cap on very tightly. 3. Squeeze the bottle‚ but not too
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Agents of Change and Nonviolent Action* Nonviolent action is a way for ordinary people to fight for their rights‚ freedom‚ and justice. It is frequently associated with moral or ethical nonviolence‚ but I will address it here as a distinct phenomenon‚ separate from any moral or ethical underpinnings‚ to expand on how it works as a pragmatic way to exert leverage in a conflict. Nonviolent action is based on the insight that power in a society is ultimately derived from people’s consent and obedience
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Thinking About Diversity and Inclusion Denise Deibler SOC/315 February 6‚ 2012 Daphne E. Jones Thinking About Diversity and Inclusion What are the dimensions of cultural diversity? Identify and briefly explain the dimensions by referencing both textbooks. Some of the dimensions would be race‚ ethnic heritage‚ gender‚ age‚ sexual orientation‚ mental and physical abilities‚ and characteristics. These dimensions play an important impact on our early social life‚ as well as our life experiences. These
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In “Dealing with Feelings‚” an article excerpted from a college textbook “Communicate!‚” the author Rudolph F. Verderber indicates the best way to deal with feelings is by describing them rather than withholding or displaying them. The author explains‚ first‚ withholding feelings‚ hiding them inside and not giving any clue to their existence‚ is an inappropriate way of dealing with feelings. Psychologists believe that when people withhold feelings‚ they can cause physical problems as well as psychological
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In the article “On Dumpster Diving”‚ Eighner states “After all‚ the finding of objects is becoming something of an urban art” (455). This shows Eighner is not embarrassed about this practice because it really is meaningful and helps him to survive. Although this art is view for so many people as disgusting‚ after reading this article and analyzing it‚ dumpster diving involve certain skills‚ knowledge and values that makes me think when using them‚ dumpster diving is a whole different thing
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Who would have thought that people would resort to “dumpster diving” as a means of filling their bellies? It turns out freeganism‚ dumpster diving‚ is the result of years of protest against big business and is a logical way to help reduce consumer waste. Freegans are people who “use alternative ways of living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources” (What Is A Freegan? 2008). Freeganism is the “summation of multiple ideologies and movements
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