to Sociology and the article‚ Durkheim’s Classic Contribution‚ consider the following question‚ why do you think Emile Durkheim allege that if we didn’t have deviants‚ we would create them? Support your answer with detailed examples. Within the context of the functionalist perspective‚ Durkheim made a real interesting point. You must have deviants in society in order for society to know where or what their values and norms will tolerate. If not then how can a society put laws in place or determine
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The Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at
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What Would You Do? Scenario 1- Della the Delinquent Cat Lady As the president of the board of directors of the cat shelter‚ I am faced with rather or not Ms. Della should remain as part of the staff at the cat shelter. There are several problems that have been brought to my attention and I feel that now is the time to figure out exactly what should be done regarding the matter. After‚ evaluating the situation and giving it a great deal of consideration‚ I have come up several solutions to
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McCoy: Dear Grads‚ Don’t ’Do What You Love’ - WSJ.com Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is f or y our personal‚ non-commercial use only . To order presentation-ready copies f or distribution to y our colleagues‚ clients or customers‚ use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or v isit www.djreprints.com See a sample reprint in PDF f ormat. Order a reprint of this article now OPINION May 27‚ 2013‚ 6:45 p.m. ET Carl McCoy: Dear Grads‚ Don’t ’Do What You Love’ College commencement
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Cognitive Psychology Have you ever wondered if chewing gum helps you concentrate more? My project is about seeing if it actually does help you concentrate better. We are going to give half of the subjects a piece of gum and the other half will not have a piece of gum. We are going to give them a test and see which half does better. I thought this would be interesting to know about because everybody likes gum‚ and it’d be even better if it helps you do better with your work. I believe that learning
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What do you want to be when you grow up? What are your plans for your future? Have you thought about college? Have you thought about a career choice? These are questions we are bombarded with on a daily basis by our parents. We shrug them off‚ telling them that we have another three years to think about college‚ careers‚ or our future. We don’t know what we want to be when we grow up‚ because we don’t even know who we are yet. Yet in a blink of an eye‚ we’re seniors and now the decisions we tried
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Have you ever been skeptical about what you eat everyday is not essential as you think? You may doubt that what am I talking about. I am going to talk about something that you eat everyday. Guess what? That is rice! Recently‚ my mother decided to choose brown rice instead of white rice as our food staple. This raises my attention about white rice. At present‚ half the world’s population sees rice as their staple food‚ mainly in parts of Asia‚ southern Europe‚ tropical America and Africa. Among the
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1. What is Tannen’s purpose in writing this essay? What does she hope it will accomplish? From what I gathered Tannen’s purpose was for us to comprehend the importance of communication in the work field. How the simplest verbal functions can be interpreted in many different ways. “Conversation is a ritual” I find so much meaning behind these four simple words‚ the article in its entirety are summed up by these word. Tannen wants to enlighten us to remember that our words are powerful. I believe she
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Do you have a favorite sport‚ one that you want to do more than any other‚ play it on a team‚ every day and every weekend? This summer I had to make the hardest decision‚ yet‚ in my life. I had to choose between dance‚ that I have been doing since I was 3 years old‚ and soccer. Dance and soccer practice were scheduled at the same time on the same day. Soccer is my passion; this is why I made the decision to continue soccer. I enjoy the challenge of practice‚ the running‚ and skill workouts give
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behind him and asked him a question‚ “Do you think Julia is pretty”. Pompey pondered the question with interest and replied‚ “Why do you think Julia is pretty”. Now Jamie did not know how to reply to his question even though he started the conversation. “Um never mind I’m going to go eat downstairs”‚ said Jamie. After Jamie left Pompey started wondering about Jamie’s question “Julia is pretty but why would Jamie ask that”‚ he thought to himself. Pompey did not think about the question any further and
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