triggering a cycle of bankruptcies. These crises for businesses led to a significant decrease in industrial production‚ which dropped by 45% between 1929 and 1932. The trade restrictions previously implemented by the US government also had an adverse effect on the US economy‚ because with 13 million people unemployed‚ there was little money to spend on luxuries such as the Ford cars. Even necessities such as wheat and food were no longer selling at the rate they had been in the Roaring 20s‚ and the farmers
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Well Educated When I am asked the question “What does being an educated person mean?” I am torn in several directions. Does it mean that you had to go to the most prestigious school and receive the highest honors? Does it mean you have a College education vs. only a high school education? Does it mean you possess the required skills for the career that you chose in life? What does it mean to be an educated person? This is perhaps one of the toughest questions I have had to answer in my collegiate
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Motivation in Learning By Muhammad Haibat Khan Education and learning are one of the most important ingredients to becoming all that you can be. How open you are to learning will help determine your path in life. Education and learning are one of the most important ingredients to becoming all that you can be. How open you are to learning will help determine your path in life. Education does not just happen at school. It is not just about Math and other subjects. Your education and
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How to Write a Gratitude Speech 1. Brainstorm a list of the ideas you want to include in the speech; then‚ if appropriate‚ consult others who wish to express their gratitude and jot down what they have to say. For example‚ if a corporation has made a donation to a nonprofit organization‚ the employees might each be able to tell you how the gift will impact what they do. If a service group has joined in your company’s efforts to clean up a derelict part of the city‚ residents of that area may want
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The learning theory has two main concepts to help explain attachment formation. One concept is operant conditioning which explains attachment formation through a reinforced response. When an infant gets food its discomfort from its hunger will become happiness. The infant will now associate the happiness with food and so the food becomes the primary reinforcer. The person feeding the infant will also become associated with the happiness and becomes the secondary reinforce and an attachment will be
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improving their methods and ways of writing. Fortunately two great writers named Annie Lamott and William Zinsser decided to write masterpieces on how to improve your writing. Annie Lamott is the author or “Bird by Bird” and William Zinsser is the author of “On Writing Well.” Annie Lamott’s Bird by Bird is an auto-biography that contains not only life lessons but writing lessons as well. For example‚ she teaches us that the first thing you do when you writing is not get caught up in the small stuff. Here
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Learn From the World A well-rounded education is the pursuit of knowledge across different areas of studies. It is a combination of academic enrichment and social intelligence. Just like Newman said “All branches of knowledge are connected together because the subject-matter of knowledge is intimately united in itself.” Many people would assume the purpose of a well-rounded education is preparation for profession to get a job to make more money
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Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences‚ 5(11): 1218-1224‚ 2011 ISSN 1991-8178 Effects of Instructional Games on Facilitating of Students’ Vocabulary Learning 1 (Romana) Iran Dolati and 2Peyman Mikaili 1 Department of Language‚ Mahabd Branch‚ Islamic Azad University‚ Mahabad‚ Iran. Department of Pharmacology‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Urmia University of Medical Sciences‚ Urmia‚ Iran. 2 Abstract: Teaching a new language to the young learners of other languages can be considered as a challenging
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this constant connectivity may have on future generations. "I’m amazed at the things my kids are able to do online‚ but I’m also a little bit panicked when I realize that no one seems to know where all this technology is taking us‚ or its long-term effects‚" says Dretzin. Joining Dretzin on this journey is commentator Douglas Rushkoff‚ a leading thinker and writer on the digital revolution -- and one-time evangelist for technology’s positive impact. "In the early days of the Internet‚ it was easy for
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The Analysis of the Characteristics of Discourse Marker WELL 话语标记语WELL特征分析 摘 要 言语交际中的话语标记语虽在句子中不占据句子成分‚却是在交际中很常见的现象。本文以言语交际中的话语标记语WELL为研究对象，分析和判断它在交际中的特征，为正确理解话语交际意图，准确对其进行翻译提供参考。 关键词 话语标记语；WELL；交际意图；翻译 Abstract It is very common in English to use the expression form like “well”‚ “oh”‚ “you know”‚ “you see”‚ “I mean”‚ “that is to say”‚ “in other words”‚ “as I said”‚ which are all discourse markers. They are small words which do not contribute to the propositional content of the utterance which
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