Fighting Your University? The article "Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here? A Word to the Incoming Class" is written by Mark Edmundson who is an English professor at the University of Virginia. Edmundson’s article is‚ as mentioned in the article title‚ a word to the incoming class. In this article‚ he reflects on what it means to get a proper or "real" education at a university or college. I will be focusing on what Edmundson means by getting a "real education" as this relates to me as a college
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What makes us who we are? What makes us who we are can be a lot of different things‚ people or experiences. Knowing what makes us who we are is important because that’s what the world see’s. That’s the impression people get from you‚ and usually their attitude towards you. Your culture and the people you spend time around are usually the most influential. Culture is the single most powerful influence on how we perceive the world and everything in it. Anyone who does not share in our culture
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When we change how we communicate‚ we change who we are. Communication can be used to alter a persona‚ depending on how they carry themselves by the language they use. Language can be easily manipulated by concealment or exaggeration‚ to create an ideal character. Similarly‚ words that wield power have a great effect on the user when used in appropriate contexts. On the other hand‚ those who are limited by language are incapable of modifying their identity. When used to your benefit‚ communication
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1) What is the likelihood that the Canadians will be able to reach an agreement with the mainland Chinese and not have to go back to their Taiwanese supplier? Explain. The likelihood that Canadian people will be able to reach an agreement with the mainland Chinese is unlikely. Reaching an argument can be tough because there are only ninety days of receipt for a 5years agreement. Also‚ the People’s China Republic (PCR) like to take their time when making a decision. If they get this agreement‚ Canadians
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of 2 Microsoft: Who We Are Mission and values student exercise Using the statement of mission and values on the following page‚ answer the following questions: 1. Which human resource management functions are identified in the mission and values of Microsoft? Which functions are missing? 2. How does the HR department influence how Microsoft wants to do business? 3. Re-read the document and replace “customer” and “people” with “employee.” Answer the following questions: a. What quality products
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An author named‚ Mark Edmundson is also a professor of Freud course -He teaches 50 undergraduate students. -It is the day of evaluation -every student was really excited to do the evaluation and really put effort and thoughts in to it. -The professor thinks that the results are going to be the same. for example‚ he is interesting‚ relaxed -the professor did not like the form itself -However‚ he one said "Edmundson has done a fantastic job of presenting this difficult‚ important and controversial
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Who Am We: Not Always Who We Think Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) are cyber-worlds on the internet in which people playing the game can interact and even play as though it is a real world. In each of these different MUDs‚ gamers can have multiple profiles. Each MUD contains different characters to play with. Should internet users trust these players that they do not know and can not see? In Sherry Turkle’s article “Who Are We‚” Turkle talks about all of the benefits of using MUDs‚ such as building
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We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story Sallie Tisdale We do abortions here; that is all we do. There are weary‚ grim moments when I think I cannot bear another basin of bloody remains‚ utter another kind phrase of reassurance. So I leave the procedure room in the back and reach for a new chart. Soon I am talking to an eighteen-year-old woman pregnant for the fourth time. I push up her sleeve to check her blood pressure and find row upon row of needle marks‚ neat and parallel and discolored. She
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fragile existence‚ we should hate and destroy one another. There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way. 5) We have discovered that every child who learns‚ and every man who finds work‚ and every sick body that is made whole – like a candle added to an altar – brightens the hope of all the faithful. 6) It is the excitement of becoming – always becoming‚ trying‚ probing‚ resting‚ and trying again but always gaining. 7) If we fail now‚ then we will have forgotten
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Mark Edmundson’s essay‚ “On the Uses of a Liberal Education‚” was published in Harper’s magazine in the fall of 1997. Edmundson begins the article by giving us a glimpse into his own experiences teaching. He speaks on how‚ he dreads evaluation day at the end of each term‚ he feels he is being reviewed more on his entertaining ability and less on if the student felt changed by his course. Near the end of the article‚ Edmundson states‚ “My overall point is this: It’s not that a left-wing professional
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