...thing that caught my attention was the difference in the ethnicity. The ethnicities can influence the way things are done because all cultures are simply not the same and handles situations differently. The story Two Kinds has a Chinese background, which most of us could relate to. Everyday use has an African American background, which most of us could also relate to as well. The stories are told in different perspectives, but they are both in first person. In Two Kinds, the daughter is telling the story of how her mother believed that you could be anything you want, but there was a trick to that. On the first page in the fourth paragraph, it talks about how the mother chooses what the daughter’s prodigy is going to be. That goes to show us that the Mother in this story has the “Upper Hand” or the “ Do-As-I-Say” voice that most of us African Americans rebel against towards our parents. We’re told to do it whether we liked it or not as well. In Everyday use, the mother is telling the story on the difference between her two daughters and how they carry themselves as individuals, there attitudes, and also a glance on their past life before they are all grown up....
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...Google: What They Say and What They Do Brumbaugh, Robert Blaine COM 530 June 11, 2012 Bob Kolber Abstract This paper is about the culture and communication methods of Google. It will start with an explanation of Google’s organizational culture and values. The following section will explain the role of communication within the organization. Including how communication is affected by the organization’s culture, and the role it plays in perception of the culture. The final sections will talk about misalignments between espoused and enacted values. Google’s Culture and Values “It’s really the people that make Google the kind of company it is.” ("Our Culture", n.d.). The people who work at Google are smart, determined, and from various parts of the world. The company hires people based more on their ability instead of their experience. They also maintain an open culture that allows for communication with everyone else in the company. “Googlers” as they call themselves, can even ask questions directly to Larry Page, the CEO of Google. The company values the input and diversity of its employees. It’s the input and diversity that fuels the innovation that the company is known for. Communication and Culture “One of the key reasons for Google's success is a belief that good ideas can, and should, come from anywhere.” (Mayer, 2005). Google supports an all channel style of communication, meaning that everyone can talk to everyone else. This open...
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...statements of right/wrong, and they should not be used as grading elements. Also, at present, WritePoint cannot detect quotations or block-quotes, so comments in those areas should be ignored. Please see the other helpful writing resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Personal Responsibility Danielle Fairley GEN/200 May 22, 2012 April Miller Personal Responsibility Begin your [Eliminate second person (you, your) in academic documents and avoid addressing the reader directly. Prefer third-person pronouns (he, she, they, it)] paper [This title could be more inspiring. Labeling it a "paper" or an "essay" is redundant (what else could it be?), and only a few words as a title are not very explanatory (or intriguing to the reader). An ideal title has between six and a dozen words ] here. Double space the entire document. Be [If this is not in a title, avoid the imperative mood (a command) in academic writing because it addresses the reader personally (an unwritten "you," which is the second person narrative mode)] sure to indent the first line of each paragraph between...
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...Good or Bad, Hard to Say Every day may not be good but there is something good in every day. Good or bad hard to said. I have a new life with my husband in Houston. Well, something has to be changed for when I decided to marry him. First, I have moved to Houston and study English. Second, I need to get a drive license and drive by myself every time I go out. Third, I have to adapt myself to new environment here, meet some new friends. Fourth, my parents oppose that I moved to Houston. I was born in Taiwan. Except my parents in my family members, I have a younger brother, a sister-in-law and two nieces. When I was 7 years old, I started learning how to dance. My major was Chinese Dance and Ballet many years ago in Taiwan. I was a dancer and...
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...What the Men in Uniform Say Goes Ha Jin bridges a literary gap between America and China with his Chinese based literature. Jin was born and raised in China during the time period Mao Tse-tung, but moved to America as an adult. Rather than depicting his life through an autobiography, he utilizes short stories to dictate his life experiences. In the short story “Saboteur”, Ha Jin depicts how a corrupt legal system can commit any action without repercussions. Jin provides an abundant amount of examples of demoralization occurring within the walls of justice from the start of the story to the finale. The story begins as a serene lunch between newlyweds at a train station. Mr. Chiu and his wife are on the receiving ends of mockery by two police officers. Right from the beginning the reader can comprehend that the officers are disrespectful. The average person knows that it is discourteous to laugh and steal glances at the person he or she is laughing at; one would hope that someone who is supposed to protect the public would respect those who they are attempting to defend. The mood for the scene is set in play as Jin writes “The air smelled of rotten melon” (163). Granted, they are located in an area where various food stations are located, however, the melon reference delivers the message that foul play is present. The rotten smell gives an uneasy, queasy vibe. Note that the author mentioned that air is filled with the odor, rather than a particular area, which is interpreted...
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...The definition that I would use for the word ethical is “the right thing to do”. It might not sound as fancy as the definition that a dictionary might use but it is the explanation that my brain will understand it the most. When I read the word ethical the first thing that usually comes into my mind is “what is the author trying to say? Should I go back and read the clues that the author provided before?”. Ethical is a word that would fit in with ethos because it is a behavior of moral sense. By being honest, the author is making a writing choice ethical. If a writer wants to be ethical they shouldn’t lie and they should always write about what they believe is true. Some writers, for example, magazine writers might not be the most ethical...
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...Questions 1) What does he say/why does he say it? Frederick Douglass published three memoirs throughout his lifetime, each with a distinct purpose. The Narrative’s purpose is twofold. Douglass’ first objective with it was to give a perspective of slavery that many northerners simply had not yet heard, in the hopes that it would inspire action amongst abolitionists. In doing this, he fulfills his second objective, which was to create an account of his life that focuses on his survival through slavery, and not on the suffering stemming from it. While Douglass doesn’t explicitly acknowledge the fact that there are those who doubt his life story and heritage, the organization of the Narrative anticipates readers with that mindset. This is clear because of the introduction and structure of the first four chapters or so. Not only does Douglass have two white men introduce him, but each introduction seems as if their authors knew most of its audience would be skeptical. In their own ways, the two introductions treat the concept of a slave becoming as fluently literate as Douglass as nearly impossible. It’s...
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...“The Bible means what it says – and that is the end of the matter.” Discuss. This is a topic that has been debated many a time, and by a large group of people. This is because it has such a large effect on a large amount of people. This statement can be said to be the reason for splits in religions such as in Christianity where there are denominations based on how each group of people perceive and understand the Bible. Examples of this are fundamentalists who believe the Bible should be taken literally as it is the direct word of god; another example is liberalists who believe that the Bible is more a set of guidelines that should be interpreted to modern day to help conquer more contemporary issues such as abortion and euthanasia. An argument that would disagree with the statement put forward is that by not taking the Bible at face value and looking deeper you can find its true meaning. Some people are put off believing in the Bible due to unrealistic stories within it such as the creation account instead of looking at it as a metaphor which makes it easier to understand and still maintains the meaning and teachings of the Bible. The method of hermeneutics (the art of interpretation) also enables us to put stories into context and discover the deeper meaning that can make sense to our present day. It also helps us to relate the bible to contemporary issues such as IVF Treatment as issues like that were not present when the Bible was written. This is supported by Bultmann...
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...In the movie "Smoke Signals" and the story "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" there are a lot of different personal relationships with the character of Victor. In this paper I will discuss how his relationship changes with his father, Thomas and people that he meets along the way to acquire his fathers remains. In the story Victor does not have much of a relationship with his father. After his father leaves him and his mother he did not visit his father and only talked to him once or twice on the phone (254). In the movie it is basically the same thing after he leaves but prior to this we see his father being abusive by physically hitting Victor for spilling his beer. To me it is like a love/hate relationship where sometimes Victor is getting along with his dad and likes his company, but other times he hates him because of his drinking and abusive behavior towards him and his mother. In the story, during Victor’s trip to see his father, Thomas tells him stories about his father. Particularly the story of Thomas going to Spokane and Victor’s father finds him there and tells Thomas that he has to look after Victor as a deal for helping him (260). This story changes the way Victor thinks about his father and makes him have a more favorable view. In the movie a friend of Victor’s father recalls stories and things that his father used to say about Victor. Some of which wasn’t true like Victor winning a basketball game. The friend also told Victor that his father loved...
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..."Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.” (Harvey Fierstein) In the writing This is What it Means to say Phoenix, Arizona, there seems to be an identity crisis that is widespread throughout the tribe. The tribe as a whole seems to feel the loss of the warriors nature that used to come so strongly to them. Meanwhile, Thomas wants to be free of his place of the story teller. And Victor was the one who grew up confused. In the first place, the tribe has changed. On the reservation "there were these two Indian boys who wanted to be warriors. But it was too late to be warriors in the old way... So the two Indian boys stole a car and drove to the city, [and] they parked the stolen car in the front of the police station... When they got back, all their friends cheered and their parents’ eyes shone with pride. ‘You were very brave,’ everybody said" (Alexie). The Indian boys wanted their lives to mean something. They wanted to fight the power of the people who came into their land and took everything from them and their ancestors, the ones who made it so their lives on the...
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...What does ILO say about strikes? One of the first things that would surprise anybody is that right to strike is not mentioned explicitly in ILO Conventions and Recommendations. It has, however been discussed on several occasions in the International Labour Conference during the course of preparatory work on instruments dealing with related topics, but this has never been given the upgrade to international standards directly governing the right to strike. The absence of explicit ILO standards, though, should not be enough to believe that the Organization disregards the right to strike or abstains from facilitating a protective framework within which it may be exercised. The two supervisory bodies overseeing the application of international conventions, the Committee on Freedom of Association (since 1952) and the Committee of Experts (since 1959), have, while considering the application of Convention 87, built the body of principles of right to strike. The basic principle formed by these bodies can be stated as: “The right to strike is one of the essential and legitimate means through which workers and their organizations may further and defend their social and economic interests” (Hodegs-Aerberhard and Odero De Dios, 1987, p.546). It is immediately clear that this is a general description of the right to strike. The basic consideration accompanying this principle is that strikes must be conducted peacefully. A few more principles complementary to this general principle may...
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...Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? by David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad It’s a dirty little secret: Most executives cannot articulate the objective, scope, and advantage of their business in a simple statement. If they can’t, neither can anyone else. Can you summarize your company’s strategy in 35 words or less? If so, would your colleagues put it the same way? It is our experience that very few executives can honestly answer these simple questions in the affirmative. And the companies that those executives work for are often the most successful in their industry. One is Edward Jones, a St. Louis–based brokerage firm with which one of us has been involved for more than 10 years. The fourth-largest brokerage in the United States, Jones has quadrupled its market share during the past two decades, has consistently outperformed its rivals in terms of ROI through bull and bear markets, and has been a fixture on Fortune’s list of the top companies to work for. It’s a safe bet that just about every one of its 37,000 employees could express the company’s succinct strategy statement: Jones aims to “grow to 17,000 financial advisers by 2012 [from about 10,000 today] by offering trusted and convenient face-to-face financial advice to conservative individual investors who delegate their financial decisions, through a national network of onefinancial-adviser offices.” Conversely, companies that don’t have a simple and clear statement of strategy are likely to fall...
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...Republicans tend to believe in individual responsibility, deregulating, and not everyone as a whole. This is not a good philosophy- it is exactly what got us into the 2008 world financial crisis. “Greed is good” took over, leaving the common man to foot the bill. Humans are inherently selfish, and will do anything for their own good, which is why democrats believe in regulation. On the other hand, everything else the Republican party believes in goes against their individual freedom’s platform. They blatantly ignore the separation of church and state, and let religion play a large role in their decisions; i.e. abortion. Republicans want to be able to tell women what they can and cannot do to their bodies because it goes against their religion- but who are they to say what one can do with their own body?...
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