...Character Sketch: Tobias Eaton In Veronica Roth’s Insurgent, Tobias Eaton or “Four”, as he is otherwise referred to, is intelligent, loving and strong. He is intelligent both in love and in warfare. Tobias proves his intelligence when he gives Tris, his girlfriend, an ultimatum. She continuously throws herself into situations where she acts recklessly by risking her life and Tobias will have none of it. He grows so tired of her behaviour that he says to her, “You are a sixteen-year-old girl who doesn’t understand that the value of a sacrifice lies in its necessity, not in throwing your life away! And if you do that again, you and I are done” (260). Tobias is able to identify the signs of someone who can potentially hurt him. He knows that if something awful happens to Tris, he will be affected as well, so in order to prevent himself from possible heartbreak, he warns his girlfriend. The fact that he sees value in life shows his intelligence. Tobias’ actions toward his partner also exhibit that he has an affectionate side. He cares enough about her that he is willing to subtly threaten her if she does not stop trying to destroy herself. Tobias constantly tells Tris how much she means to him and performs a series of romantic gestures. As the two of them get ready for combat, Tris tells Tobias that she is unable to fire a weapon, but all he says back to her is, “Hey. You have done more for this faction than any other person. You...you’re the bravest person I’ve ever met. Stay here. Let...
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...A day late and a dollar short If something is a day late and a dollar short, it is too little, too late. All bets are off If all bets are off, then agreements that have been made no longer apply. All hat, no cattle When someone talks big, but cannot back it up, they are all hat, no cattle.('Big hat, no cattle' is also used.) All over Hell's half acre If you have been all over Hell's half acre, you have been traveling and visiting many more places than originally intended, usually because you were unsuccessful in finding what you were looking for. It can also be used to mean everywhere. All over the map If something like a discussion is all over the map, it doesn't stick to the main topic and goes off on tangents. Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades Used in response to someone saying "almost" in a win/lose situation. The full expression is "Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades." An alternate form puts "and flinging shit from a shovel" at the end. Armchair quarterback An armchair quarterback is someone who offers advice, especially about football, but never shows that they could actually do any better. As mad as a wrongly shot hog If someone is as mad as a wrongly shot hog, they are very angry. (Same as, Angry as a bear or Angry as a bull). As rare as hen's teeth Something that is rare as hen's teeth is very rare or non-existent. At a drop of a dime If someone will do something at the drop of a dime, they will do it instantly, without...
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...It is that time of the year again. The University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) is just around the corner and you are surfing the Net, joining forums about THE test and looking for “special tips” for taking the examination, aren’t you? I see you. I cannot help but remember how chill I was on my exam day. It was not really because I was so confident that I knew everything the premier state university expected me to know. I think it was more because I did not even think I would make the cut. I did not get to attend any review class nor did I buy all the best and recommended UPCAT reviewers. As many UPCAT passers will tell you, it is not really about how much you have studied the summer before for the entrance exams but how much you have learned in school since Day 1. “UPCAT is not a day but a season. It started the day you realized you needed to work hard for your high school grades so it could help you ace the test. UPCAT … started when you began to hope to be an Iskolar ng Bayan,” says broadcast communication graduate Joseph Cataan. All you need for UPCAT are refreshers because, as they say, “you already know what you know.” I was also calm and cool about the whole thing because I was never pressured by my parents. On UPCAT day, my dad said, “Just do what you have to do.” And so I did. People will tell you that getting into UP is not the be-all and end-all but it pays to be assured that you did your part, from pre- to post-exam. Survival tips Here...
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...CONTENTS PART A The Graduate Marketplace 1 - 4 PART B Intended Career Path 5 - 11 PART C Next Step 12 - 13 Appendices Identified Target Position (Job Advertisement) Cover Letter for CV Curriculum Vitae (CV) Job Application Form Career Plan and Self Analysis Career Anchor Inventory Psychometric Test Reports : Verbal Reasoning Skills : Numerical Reasoning Skills : Abstract Reasoning Skills : Type Dynamics Indicator Observer Feedback Forms : Assessment Centre Activity PART A Industry The industry I have chosen is the Customer Service/Management Industry and it is my passion to be able to interact with clients and customers and cater their needs because almost every industry these days is based on customers’ feedback. Organizations work endlessly to increase their client satisfaction levels which are because customer service is a central fragment of preserving continuing customer relationships that are crucial to unending revenue. Not only companies but most industries now focus on customer satisfaction hence creating huge graduate employment opportunities as well as graduate training programmes...
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...The author states “that random drug testing has no impact on student drug use and abuse.” It is stated that random drug testing violates students rights and funds the multi-million drug industry. The author stated that schools should rely on their parents observation as the primary means for determining students drug use. Although random student drug testing does not test the entire school, it is meant for students that participate in extracurricular activities in school or those who drive. If students are warned that they might be randomly drug tested they won’t risk getting caught. A kid who chooses to do drugs is already taking a chance on randomly getting caught by someone. Students can easily avoid school activities and would much rather do that than stop smoking or doing drugs. The white house criticized the Michigan state study for not looking at the effectiveness that random drug testing has. Michigan then went on and did a follow up study and found that schools who did random drug testing, that 12th graders were more likely to be the ones smoking marijuana. John Walters called for a detailed pre-...
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...Case 1-1 A Student’s Dilemma 1. a) Helen bears the responsibility and obligation of following the rules and doing the best she can. I’m pretty sure cheating wouldn’t be considered following the rules. She also has a responsibility to earn her grade point status the right way. b) Helen stealing the exam is really setting an unfair advantage against her fellow students. Everyone should be even the same rights and opportunity to achieve the same grade on the exam. c) Helen has a responsibility to her future employer to give them what they are asking for; a CPA with integrity and knowledge. Cheating shows a lack of strength and ability in both areas. What if a serious problem came up and she didn’t have the correct knowledge on how to handle it and her company ended up being sued? d) She has a responsibility to live up to the standards and rules the professor laid out in their class. e) Helen should encourage her friend to not lie, cheat or steal. She has a responsibility to help her friend become a better person and anyone who doesn’t do that shouldn’t be considered a real friend. f) She is really just cheating herself out of the opportunity to learn, grow and achieve the status on her own. She had a chance to prove to herself that through hard work and discipline she could of accomplished the same grade the right way. Once that line gets blurry, it’s hard to tell when you cross it. 2. Fairness is the first one that comes to mind. It really isn’t fair to the professor...
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...Psychological Report Client: Rex Labis Age: 20 years old Status: Single Purpose for Evaluation: For Psychological Report Evaluation Test Administered Date Administered Otis-Lennon School Ability Test November 2012 Differential Aptitude Test November 2012 RSPM December 2012 Edward’s Personal Preference Test December 2012 16 Personality factor December 2012 Test Results Test Raw Score Percentile Stanine Cluster Analysis General Mental Abilities 43 45% 5 Average Verbal Reasoning 19 38% 4 Average Non Verbal 24 52% 5 Average RSPM 49 75% High Average Differential Aptitude Test Verbal Reasoning 17 21% 3 Below Average Numerical Reasoning 23 49% 5 Average Spelling 25 54% 5 Average Language Usage 15 21% 3 Below Average Mental Ability The client can perform moderately based on the test results in task resembling word games that involve using comprehension as well as facilitating language to do things. He can also perform fairly in task that involve solving complex problems without relying on languages like of finding word puzzles and internalizing concepts to draw conclusions. That goes the same in number related practices; he can fairly solve numerical problems and analysis. Although he might have difficulty in using language such as doing a speech he can do quite well in remembering the right spelling of the words...
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...CAMPUS STAY CPI: 8.8 Volunteer in Ritambhara, participated in 2-3 robotics events etc. PRE-PLACEMENT PREPARATION - When it came to resume building, I mentioned my internship (which was in Samsung), projects I did and the co-curricular activities - I was confident about my aptitude and was focussing mainly core and analytics. - I didn’t prepare for GD but finally had to give GD in Coca Cola, ITC and Schlumberger. So you can never be too sure of what comes your way during the placements. PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE - I started my placement journey by getting shortlisted in Capital One on Day 1. They shortlisted 125 candidates on the basis of resume. Then they took a case study interview and reduced the number to 30. Then again took an aptitude test but finally didn’t give offer to anyone. - Then came Coca Cola on Day 2. They organised GD in the groups of ten each and then there was a single interview of about half an hour which mainly consisted of HR based questions. The topic of the GD was “Are Engineering students wasting time in studies ?”. The interview mainly focussed on the commitment to work with them and asked whether I did any activity depicting leadership skills. - Coca Cola shortlisted candidates with medium profile like moderate CPI with few extracurrecs. I had a target of gettng placed in Qualcomm from second year itself. It came on Day 2 and I got a call from Qualcomm in the middle of the interview of Coca Cola so I could not take their call. Immediately after this I went...
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...Alternative Assessment An assessment in which students create an original response to answer a certain question. Students respond to a question using their own ideas, in their own words. Examples of alternative assessment are short-answer questions, essays, oral presentations, demonstrations, performance assessment, and portfolios. Other activities included in this type are teacher observation and student self-assessment. * Components of Alternative Assessment a) Assessment is based on authentic task that demonstrate students’ ability to accomplish communication goals. b) The teacher and students focus on communication, not on right and wrong answers. c) Students help the teacher to set the criteria for successful completion of communication tasks. d) Students have opportunities to assess themselves and their peers. Performance-based Assessment Performance assessment ( Mueller, 2010) is an assessment in which students are asked to perform real world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills. It is a direct measure of student performance because the tasks are designed to incorporate context, problems and solution strategies that students would use in real life. It focus on processes abd rationales. There is no single correct answer; instead students are led to craft polished, thorough and justifiable responses, performances and products. It also involved long-range projects, exhibits, and performances...
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...with hundreds of bubbles to fill in and it’s incredibly overwhelming. Not only that, but this is your first time taking the goliath test that could make or break your future, the ACT. This was my first experience taking the ACT, which was required by my high school, and it was a horrific, four hour long test that I was unfamiliar with. Standardized tests, like the ACT, should be highly revised, if not abolished, due to its inefficient measurement of skill, high levels of stress caused to the students, and its unfairness. Although there are many reasons as to why the ACT is not a reliable test, there are some good qualities it has. The main one is its objectivity: “they are given under nearly identical testing conditions, and are graded by a machine” (Bless). This gives the test some credibility, but in reality, the questions are quite unfair because “objectivity” is different for...
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...How I Prepare to Take a Test Preparing for a test has been by far one of my greatest challenges. I will admit that I have terrible study habits and after all of these years I’ve seen little to no improvement. When it comes to studying I’m that person that will wait until the last minute. The bad part is my test scores have sometimes shown the lack of studying I’ve done unfortunately. I’m almost positive that everything that I do to prepare for a test is completely wrong but I will share how I actually prepare for a test. Procrastination is the name of the game! I will literally put off studying until the very last minute. Why do I think of a million other things I could be doing instead of studying? It’s simple, I just don’t like to study. I will literally crash all day on the day before the test not realizing that I was putting extra stress on myself. During my younger days I wasn’t pressured about my study habits but now that I’m older I haven’t put much thought into improving until now. Maturity doesn’t always come with age, but fortunately for me I know what I must do to succeed. I usually do a lot of highlighting in the book or my notes which I think is good! The problem is I don’t go back over them like I should. I take great notes and I know for a fact that I do. Many times after a test I went back to review my notes and everything was right there. How can I take such great notes and still fail a test? I know that has to be the craziest thing ever and to make...
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...i Вторая страница обложки ii Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 1 Vanessa Jakeman Clare McDowell C AMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS iii PUBLISHED BY THF PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1RP United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, United Kingdom 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1996 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1996 Third printing 1997 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge ISBN 0 521 49767 1 Self-Study Student`s Book ISBN 0 521 49766 3 Set of 2 cassettes Copyright The law allows a reader to make a single copy of part of a book for purposes of private study. It does not allow the copying of entire books or the making of multiple copies of extracts. Written permission for any such copying must always be obtained from the publisher in advance. iv Contents Acknowledgements iv Introduction 1 Practice Test 1 12 Practice Test 2 34 Practice Test 3 54 Practice Test 4 75 General Training Reading and Writing Modules Tapescripts Answer keys 94 107 130 ...
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...i Вторая страница обложки ii Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 1 Vanessa Jakeman Clare McDowell C AMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS iii PUBLISHED BY THF PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1RP United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, United Kingdom 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1996 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1996 Third printing 1997 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge ISBN 0 521 49767 1 Self-Study Student`s Book ISBN 0 521 49766 3 Set of 2 cassettes Copyright The law allows a reader to make a single copy of part of a book for purposes of private study. It does not allow the copying of entire books or the making of multiple copies of extracts. Written permission for any such copying must always be obtained from the publisher in advance. iv Contents Acknowledgements iv Introduction 1 Practice Test 1 12 Practice Test 2 34 Practice Test 3 54 Practice Test 4 75 General Training Reading and Writing Modules Tapescripts Answer keys 94 107 130 ...
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...Daniel Salas Per.2 English 10/30/11 Drug Tests an Indignity There are many different opinions on why people think undergoing a mandatory drug test is an indignity, because they believe its invading their privacy, or ruining their pride, however I believe that if people think it’s an indignity for them to take a drug test, then that must show that they have something to hide and are probably not clean, also if it’s a requirement to take a drug test to a program you are involved in, then it’s stupid to feel that it’s insulting your pride. Welfare recipients are being required to be drug tested in some states, and most recipients feel distrusted or undignified. Some recipients complain about having to pay for a drug test, because they claim they are not drug users. If they just take the test then the government will know if they are drug users or not. The only way they will feel indignity is if they fail the drug test. There are some jobs where employers require there employees to be drug tested, most of the time it’s to be comfortable about who they hire. People who refuse to be drug tested, are often not hired. Some employees might feel pointed out by the employer because they could be colored and they might feel discriminated against, but I think it’s all in their heads. Student athletes in many high schools and colleges are required to be drug tested, for safety and help, for colleges it’s usually steroids and other sport enhancements. Most students show indignity...
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...INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & TECHNIQUES Collected by MBA Dept General Advice Before you go for your interview you need to find out everything you can about the company. Reread your application/CV/covering letter, so that you can think about your skills and qualifications, and also questions that you might be asked. In order to do well in the interview you need to be able to convince the interviewer that you have the right skills for the job, this will include your motivation towards the job, how well you will fit into the company, along with meeting their academic and skills requirements. You should dress smartly and appropriately and should leave in plenty of time allowing for possible delays, so that you are not late. Remember first impressions last! Tips It's a good idea to ask for a glass of water, as you will be doing a lot of talking, but it’s also good to take a sip if you want a few seconds to think about the question asked. • Ensure that you are sitting comfortably in a position where you can address all the interviewers. • Make sure that you remember the names of the interviewers, and take note of their various roles. First Impressions Most people make an initial opinion of a stranger within the first five minutes of meeting them. According to research employers' impressions are made up of the following: Body Language and image (70%) Tone of voice (20%) What you say (10%) As soon as you enter the building you need to be polite to everyone...
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