speed limit won’t get them into jail or throw away a plastic cup at the side of the road isn’t a big deal‚but the truth is those simple acts breaks the purpose of keeping everyone safe. Trippett makes an argument with the phrase‚ “You’re a fool if you obey the rules” to disobey the law and it’s true because teenagers see it something they need to go against‚ it won’t personally affect them‚ and they don’t think it’s a big deal.
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In Chapter 1 of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Fadiman demonstrates cultural relativism towards the Hmong culture by including very detailed history‚ facts and procedures found in Hmong culture. When explaining the long process of pregnancy and birth in Hmong culture‚ she does not make and claims for or against these rituals. She does not compare the cultures rituals to another culture. Fadiman simply states facts and explains the steps it takes for a woman to give birth to a child. She
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In the song “You learn” by Alannis Morissette‚ is a very inspirational song. In this song Morissette is talking about mistakes that people go through. From this Morissette uses many different ways to express how people can learn from these mistakes. The line “you live‚ you learn.” (Morissette‚ p.1) is very motivational to me because as time goes by you learn to gain knowledge form what accrued in the past. There was this one time when I was young and my older brother told me that I am dumb and not
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Are You a Good communicator? | Are you A Good Communicator ? | Sharice Vanlanham | | HCA/230 | 3/31/2013 | Robert Smiles‚ PhD. | ”Effective listening skills are an asset in our professional and personal relationships.” ”The good news is that with the right know how and a little practice‚ these skills can be developed.” By Marian K‚ 2011. “Communication combines both speaking and listening‚ and there is no point of one without the other. If you only send out clear messages
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sludge in whatever kind of motor powered his brain. Solomon’s knee-jerk mental reaction was to think about how deeply he’d sleep and how loud he’d snore if he had to sit through a lecture or monologue from the man in front of him. Also‚ wasn’t the “YOU SHALL NOT PASS”-thing kind of played out? Solomon’s next thought was about delivering a witty comeback in response to the fact that they literally just said they like his sack‚ and they want what’s in it. Certainly there was something humorous to be
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What Motivates You! There was a time where employees were known as just another input into the production of goods and services. What possibly changed the way of thinking about employees was research‚ referred to as the Hawthorne Studies‚ conducted by Elton Mayo. This study found employees are not motivated solely by money and employee behavior is linked to their attitudes (Dickson‚ 1973). Why is motivation so important in the work force and what should be done? Motivated employees
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life was a misconception until I reached adolescence. Transitioning from my sophomore year into my junior year I realized something. Out of all the different types of multiple intelligences the naturalistic intelligence fits me best because I like to have things well-ordered and structured. I came to the conclusion that I appreciated being organized. Not only did I appreciate being organized I was a very conservative human being. I would frequently attempt to conserve EVERYTHING. When my mother got
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Vietnam‚ a war that ended in 1975 was a war about the prolonged struggles between the nationalists forces that were trying to attempt the unification of Vietnam as a country under a government of communism and the United States attempting to delay or stop the spread of communism. To the Americans‚ this war seemed pointless and the Americans saw that there was no way of winning so the government lost the support for this uncalled war. In "The Things They Carried‚" Tim O’Brien wrote a novella about
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for thinking to use force to pry open the little girl’s mouth. This shows us the doctor may be a little crazy. Then when the doctor goes to use force on the little girl she cries out‚ “Don’t you’re hurting me. Let go of my hands. Let them go I tell you. Then she shrieked
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illness may be completely different than another. These different views and opinions can often cause cultures to collide when a doctor is summoned to treat an individual of a different culture than their own. Anne Fadiman’s book‚ The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ tells the story of an epileptic Hmong child and her collision of two cultures. Lia Lee began suffering seizures at a young age and was diagnosed with epilepsy by American doctors. Her family however believed her illness was caused by
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