The article‚ “You say Potato‚ I say Electricity‚” focuses mainly on water‚ potatoes‚ and the energy crisis. A lot of water is being used for potatoes. Due to improvements in technology‚ Idaho farmers 20 billion pounds of potatoes‚ which is‚ “up from 12 billion pounds 20 years ago.” This causes a partial shift in the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC). There is a surplus of potatoes because the market supply is a lot more than the market demand. When using a lot of the water on potatoes‚ hydroelectric
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Hidden Intellectualism Growing up where I was raised street smart was having the experience and knowledge necessary to deal with the potential difficulties or dangers of life in an urban environment. Like you know people actions and how to read body language and get the sense something isn’t right here. It even can be starting your own busy be and entrepreneur. If you were book smart you’ll get call a nerd and picked on in rough area of the city. I saw some of my peers try to dumb down the way
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"They Say / I Say With Readings" is written by Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. It was published in 2015 by W.W. Norton and Company. The Preface of "They Say/ I Say" is essentially about how the goal of this book is to make the writing process simpler for people and to break down the topics and methods that will be discussed in the textbook. According to the Preface‚ all effective arguments are created using the "they say/ I say" format. The authors of this book encourage the
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I have a friend who is great at working on cars. He was never taught or trained but he can name every part and its function‚ tell you what’s wrong and how to fix it‚ and spit endless facts about car brands that don’t even sound like English to me. However‚ he never did very well in school. Everyone‚ his teachers included‚ said that he lacked “book smarts‚” and encouraged him to attend technical school for a mechanics certification rather than a university for a degree. This is very common and probably
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"DO AS I SAY‚ NOT AS I DO?IS A COMMON ABUSE OF AUTHORITY There are so many wrong ways to approach something‚ and fewer right choices. Therefore‚ people depend on those around them and different resources for good advice and influences. Children‚ especially‚ look up to their parents and other adults in admiration and try to mimic their actions. It is not always easy‚ however‚ even for the heroic adults to set the right examples. "Do as I say‚ not as I do?is one of the most commonly used clich
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Fox Really Say? First of all‚ When a video like What Does The Fox say goes viral‚ People always got to wonder what kind of sound does it make. Is it Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow? No one really knows. But‚ "The Fox" by Ylvis can be defined as a viral video. It can be defined with these three characteristics: Viewership‚ Buzz and parody. Furthermore‚ Viewership is the number of views that the video got at the time it was released. According to the webpage on Amazon.com‚ What does the fox say had gotten
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Gonzalez 1 Smith Eng. - 50 September 28‚ 2013 Pop Culture in Academics In Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism‚” Graff argues that schools should encourage students to think critically‚ read‚ and write about areas of personal interest such as cars‚ fashion‚ or music but as long as they do so in an intellectually way. I happen to agree with Graff and his perspective for many different reasons. I personally believe that students should be giving the opportunity to engage intellectually
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shown daily on TV today‚ yet people do not learn from it. Today people want him to leave this bad habit to make your life happy. Essay on smoking is injurious to health‚ essay on smoking is injurious to health in hindi‚ speech on smoking is injurious to health‚ essay cigarette smoking‚ should smoking allowed school essay‚ smoking should not banned public places essay With the advancement of things and modernism good habits and bad habits have come in human beings. Good habits become an identity
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Report What makes Simon Says so difficult for young children? Peter J. Marshall ⇑‚ Ashley R. Drew Department of Psychology‚ Temple University‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19122‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 23 August 2013 Revised 30 March 2014 Available online 5 June 2014 Keywords: Executive functioning Inhibition Social Young children Cognitive control Inconsistency a b s t r a c t Compared with conceptually similar response inhibition tasks‚ the game of Simon Says is particularly challenging
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Gerald Graff’s essay‚ "Hidden Intellectualism‚" is a critique on how schools are missing out on a valuable opportunity to encourage students to learn more academically. Graff feels that utilizing what he calls "street smarts" is an effective way to relate to students. I feel Graff’s theory is an effective way to use student’s interests to engage them in school. I agree with Graff because if a student is more interested in the lesson that is being taught‚ they are more likely to pay attention and
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