1. What is Tannen’s purpose in writing this essay? What does she hope it will accomplish? From what I gathered Tannen’s purpose was for us to comprehend the importance of communication in the work field. How the simplest verbal functions can be interpreted in many different ways. “Conversation is a ritual” I find so much meaning behind these four simple words‚ the article in its entirety are summed up by these word. Tannen wants to enlighten us to remember that our words are powerful. I believe she
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Wei-Hsiang Wang What do you think art is? In my opinion‚ the major purpose of art is to influence someone. Some of the most common types of art in public are paintings‚ photos‚ and sculptures. When I go to the library‚ I would see photos of intellectual people‚ such as Gandhi‚ and Albert Einstein. These photos on the wall can greatly influence my mood and efficiency on studying. When I go to a hospital‚ I would see paintings and pictures that show life. Most of these paintings would have the color green
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What do you think is unethical? The countrywide approved everyone to get their loans‚ no matter they have jobs or not‚ no matter they have income or not‚ no matter they have assets or not. The criteria they use may be unethical. They don’t care whether the documents are valid‚ whether they can verify the income‚ whether the appraisal is any good. They just care about getting the loan closed‚ in order to do another loan. The underwriters/ contractors looked through the loan as quick as they can.
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in mid conversation about truth. They have been arguing the point that truth can not be taught‚ you must see if for yourself. Plato: You all live in a life of lies‚ you have never seen the truth. Not like how I have. Ibn Tufayl: And how have you seen the truth? Plato: I have left “the cave” that you are all living in. I have climbed out and can see the light of the world while you can only see the shadows that are cast on the wall. Ibn Tufayl: What do you mean by shadows? Plato: The shadows are the
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who are suffering from a specific illness but before it can do its job‚ like any other drug‚ it must first be tested to healthy human beings in order to assure the effects of the newly created drug. Of course‚ considering that the test subjects are “healthy” they would not agree on taking in any drug that doesn’t assure their health benefits from taking it. Putting it in the perspective of the categorical imperative; Universalizability: “What if every pharmaceutical company conduct an experiment on
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Analysis of “But What Do You Mean?” Deborah Tannen has written several books and many articles on the importance of communications in social and business relationships. In the essay “But What Do You Mean” Deborah focuses on many of the communication rituals found in the work environment and how they’re viewed differently between men and women. Deborah’s views tend to unfairly paint men as the aggressor and women the innocent victims in the workplace. It begs the question‚ are men just mean and women
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Louis Pasteur has always been famous in the medical field. A medical practitioner isn’t considered one without knowing who he is and what his contributions were. He was traditionally called as the progenitor of modern immunology‚ which with his discoveries paved a way for many experiments which helped the world in many ways. But who is this Louis Pasteur really? What influenced him into being a scientist? What are those wonders created by him? French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur was born
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What do you think of “Westernization” in Malaysia? Provide argument and examples. Nowadays‚ we can see there is a lot of westernization in Malaysia. People in Malaysia like to copy the style from western country because they think that country more develop than our country. From my point of view‚ westernization in Malaysia give disadvantages rather than good thing. The westernization gives bad impact to the Malaysian people especially teenagers because we can see that teenagers today have lack
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Describe an person you admire Beauty‚ patience‚ ambition and strength; these words come to mind when thinking of the ideal woman. Angelina Jolie‚ she exemplified these characteristics. She is a famous actress whom I have known as Lara Croft and I have watched all her movies. Angelina Jolie was born on June 4‚ 1975 in California‚ Los-Angeles. She is an American actress and film director. She has received an Academy Award‚ two Screen Actors Guild Awards‚ and three Golden Globe Awards‚ and was
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What do you think of Mythology? Myth means many things. To some people it means little more than a “lie”. To others it has no truth value‚ but refers to a type of story. To some it’s an ancient story that holds some importance in their life. It is an anonymous‚ traditional story that explains a belief‚ a custom‚ or a mysterious natural phenomenon. The term Myth originated from the Greek word ‘Mythos’ which means story. As time passed these narratives were believed by many people and considered
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