Two Formal Summaries “On Being Wrong” & “Is Google Making Us Stupid” University of Cincinnati ESL 1080 002 Mrs. Colvin Xiang Zhang Due: Mar. 28 2013 Summary of “On Being Wrong” In the video “On being wrong” (2011)‚ Kathryn Schulz states that our feeling of being right can be a problem to human being‚ so it is necessary for us to avoid this wrong feeling. At the beginning‚ Schulz talks about her personal experience about misunderstanding. She explains that error blindness and culture
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FORMAL WRITING Year 2 students should be using devices for their learning. (AGAINST) Young students‚ specifically Year 2 and younger‚ should not be using devices in their learning curriculum. While having devices and infinite knowledge at your fingertips can have its advantages‚ it also comes with many serious detriments that could cause many problems in the future‚ despite all the learning advantages you could think of. One of the many reasons to disapprove of the use of digital devices
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Survey of Humanities Formal Criticism: The Triumph of Death The Triumph of Death is an amazing and very exaggerating piece of artwork. I was going through the Artcyclopedia database and found this masterpiece. The image presented is very chaotic; we can see a scene of death all over the artwork. It is really hard to describe all the elements that we can see in the painting. The medium used in the painting is oil in panel. First of all the perspective used in the artwork is very effective. The
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9. Presentations 1. Hello‚ my name is Ionela! I work in an office. I love my job‚ but sit at my desk all the time. I usually run in the park after work and I eat healthy food to be fit. I prefer fruit and vegetables. I like bababas‚ oranges‚ melon‚ apples‚ cucumbers‚ tomatoes and lettuce. For breakfast I usually have cereal and milk. I never eat bread‚ salami or eggs! When I come to work‚ I make a cup of coffe – without sugar‚ of course. My lunchbreak is very short. I just eat a chicken sandwich
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Difficult Conversations Good communication is very important in daily life as well as in a business setting. Difficult Conversations talks about why some conversations are difficult‚ why people avoid having these conversations‚ and why people do poorly in them. The book is full of techniques for handling these discussions in an effective away. Difficult conversations can be anything from salaries/raises to complaining to a neighbor about their loud parties at night. Most of the time‚ people
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Joe and Janie engaged in many conversations throughout their time together. One day‚ they get into an argument. The argument resulted in the fact that Janie could not find any pig’s feet for a customer. Janie has told Joe that she ordered a whole keg of pig’s feet the day before but when the customer went to get some‚ there wasn’t any left. Joe then asked Janie where the bill for the pig’s feet was. Janie replied that it’s either on the nail or on his desk. Joe said that it was in neither places
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market does not revolve around the utmost interest of the people‚ and that central power decisions are required in order to facilitate the community and country objectives. For instance‚ prices of goods and services and quantity of production are examples of economic decisions determined by the states. Such verdict made would enable the government to have easier focus of labours and resources on industrial projects without needing to wait for private business investment. Due to the characteristic
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Cultural Review Growing up in a home where we would attend church every Sunday was a blessing. I attended private school up until 5th grade and received the best education my mother could possibly provide for me until I graduated high school. I now look back and can only thank my mother for everything she did to assure that I received the best in every aspect of my life. My sister and I would go out every year and purchase beautiful gowns and suits for the joyous Easter Sunday. Being the fact
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Sex‚ Lies and Conversation Deborah Tannen The thesis statement in Deborah Tannen essay is “This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wrecking havoc with marriage.” Her essay is based on finding reasons why men and women have such a big problems in communication. In my opinion she succeeded in giving us basic reasons of our differences between men. The first reason
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Conversation versus Preservation The condition of our environment is a worldwide debate. Our air and water condition doesn’t recognize borders. You can have problems with soil in a nation and you can cause problems and reduce another country’s food supply. At the same time different regions in the world do face different problems. One key distinction is the environmental threats faced by developed nations‚ such as the United States and Western European countries‚ and developing nations‚ such as
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