In 1968 Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull put into print a book called The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong which describes a simple observation that states anything that works is often used in progressively more challenging applications until it fails. This means that a machine will only function optimally at the tasks it was specifically designed for and once it is used beyond its intended task its usefulness will degrade or the machine will utterly fail. This also applies to
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“The Unknown Citizen” and “Warren Pryor” are similar in that they both make sacrifices. “The Unknown Citizen” is about a man who sacrifices everything to fit in and “Warren Pryor” is about a man who sacrifices his happiness for his family. When people make too many sacrifices‚ they lose their individuality and turn into a statistic. The ultimate sacrifice is giving up what you love. Warren Pryor is a hardworking farm boy who is fascinated and devoted to the farm and that kind of life. Whereas‚ in
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In not more than 400 words explain how Peters Perspective on freedom‚ authority and discipline has led you to re-examine your role as a teacher. Richard Stanley Peters was a British philosopher. His work belongs mainly to the areas of political theory‚ philosophical psychology‚ and philosophy of education. Peters gives us an idea about the notion of discipline‚ authority and freedom. In ethics and education‚ R.S Peters speaks of education as ‘initiation into activities or modes of thought and
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tends to develop some of his own. Even as a young boy Warren was fascinated not only with numbers but also money. This fascination was demonstrated by early business ventures such as his gum stand in which he sold Chiclets to passersby on his family’s sidewalk or the lemonade stand set up on the busier street near his friend’s house. Later on it would lead to his pinball machine business with Donald Danly. With all of these ventures Warren was his own boss. He enjoyed working and he enjoyed money
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Colter Porter 17 September 2013 101.009.03 Summary of Stark’s article Peter Stark’s article As Freezing Persons Recollect The Snow—First Chill—Then Stupor—Then The Letting go: the cold hard facts of freezing to death talks and explains what happens to the human body when a person is freezing to death but it also gives an enjoyable story for the reader. The character in this story is in his way to a friend’s house for dinner and night cross country ski when his jeep slides off the road and
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Peter Agre’s Discovery Figure Page Figure 1: Figure 2: Upon deciding a topic for an ideal Nobel laureate‚ I had to meet two criteria I decided for myself. Aside from the topic having to be science related‚ I decided that the laureate could not be well know‚ such as Watson or Einstein‚ and also it should be a science topic that I have found the most intriguing since entering college which happens to be the human body. Even with such a broad topic as the human body I came across a laureate
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The Crucible is a study in how mass hysteria can quickly get out of control and become very harmful if not deadly. Mary Warren is a catalytic character in The Crucible as she is both a mirror and a foil for many characters‚ and her ever changing bravery‚ or lack thereof‚ is what ushers the story along. Mary is a very malleable character. At first‚ she is very obedient towards her employer‚ John Proctor‚ then very submissive towards the brutal character of Abigail. She enjoys the respect she receives
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30 Days in Sydney by Peter Carey Analysis by Rose Fuggle The creative non-fiction piece ‘30 Days in Sydney’ written by Peter Carey is an interesting insight to an expatriates experience of coming back to Sydney for a 30 day holiday. This piece was written in an almost journal like sense‚ with the intentions of giving readers an account on Sydney and its history. The work is written to show the carefree city of Sydney which he is fond of‚ however also to show the reader how Sydney is a place of contrast
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While reading 12 Ethical Dilemmas Gnawing at Developers Today by Peter Wayner I felt a sense of inclusion and familiarity. The article’s premise is that programmers should consider ethics while choosing what techniques to use when writing and developing software and coding systems. In this paper I will break apart this article by analyzing its rhetoric using the grounds of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos. The issue the author has wrote about is worth discussing largely because ethics in technology is
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UV0016 Version 2.5 WARREN E. BUFFETT‚ 2005 On May 24‚ 2005‚ Warren E. Buffett‚ the chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ announced that MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company‚ a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway‚ would acquire the electric utility PacifiCorp. In Buffett’s largest deal since 1998‚ and the second largest of his entire career‚ MidAmerican would purchase PacifiCorp from its parent‚ Scottish Power plc‚ for $5.1 billion in cash and $4.3 billion in
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