My daughter’s homework assignment was simple. Go home and get your father’s favorite quotation and his autograph. Anyone close to me knows that I am a collector, and one of the things I collect is quotes. I think it started as a boy reading the Readers Digest and being inspired by a common contribution of “quotable quotes”. So here’s what I told her: “Grow where you are planted” Pretty simple, I know, but there are few ideals that are more important. It’s an attitude that I’ve carried throughout
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This week was a review going over chapters 8 and this week we learned the principles of business communication. We also were supposed to read chapter 10, which discusses writing informal reports. Also we had to do a Mobius slip assignment dealing with writing a negative message using neutral words. Also we had to redo our resume for the last time as well. I will now discuss what I learned from chapter 8 and chapter 10 this week. In chapter 8 we learned how to send proper e-mails and instant messages
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depressed when they can’t do well. On the contrary, when they study a major that is their strong point, it should not be too hard to perform well, which will put them at ease. Hence, they will be encouraged and have more motivation to study. As a final point, social demand for students’ skills in the job field is also a fundamental factor to be considered when deciding which major to pursue. For the simple reason that, if what students study and are expert in is what the society
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diagrams, pictures, graphs, etc. in textbooks (Fleming, 2011). Visual Learners Should use flashcards. use a plastic cover with erasable markers to label diagrams/charts (Learning Styles, 2007). study in quite place away from verbal disturbances (Learning Styles, 2007). make their study areas visually appealing (Learning Styles, 2007). Aural Learners Aural learners are excellent listeners, prefer to get information by listening, and love class discussions (Learning Styles, 2007)
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English 99 Murphree 09 September 2014 How I Got Smart Reading Response This article’s title says it all. It is a story about how a guy got smart. In the first few paragraphs, the author talks about how students view teachers as bookworms who would study a lot rather than playing and end up to be a teacher anyway. He mentions that he tried to explain that the image that they are picturing during his adolescence is wrong. He hated compulsory education with a passion. I believe that the author’s argument
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teachers some of them disagree and some agree with homework, but maybe it is good to have a little homework, just not on weekends as we only have 12 weeks a years on weekends or holidays and I know isn’t a lot. Homework is good to have if needing to study for tests or exams or even if you just like doing homework. Would you waste your precious time seven days a week? Homework should be only given at weekends for studying for tests or exams, even then, only if you really have to. Are you too busy like
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------------------------------------------------- University of Phoenix Material Thesis Statement and Informal Rough Draft Personal Responsibility in Life Rough Draft: According to Merriam-Webster (2014), Personal responsibility can be defined as taking responsibility for one’s actions, including accepting the consequences that come from those actions and understanding that what you do impacts those around you. Personal responsibility means being aware of my commitments, knowing
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choose to study in developed contries where they can get progressive education.However,everything has its advantages and disadvantages,so studying abroad is not an exeptation. In my opinion, I think studying abroad is the beat way to improve ourselve.As you know, there are obvious advantages to study abroad. Fristly, We have chance to improve our language. I think nothing is better than to learn language with the native speakers.Because we can practise with the local people what we study at school
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Michael Yassa, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins, described how for the first time, a specific effect of caffeine on reducing forgetting over a 24 hour period is being reported. This is interesting because no study has been conducted like this. They hypothesized that ingesting caffeine would have an effect on a person’s memory. A double-blind trail was conducted, where participants who did not regularly consume caffeine received either a placebo or a 200-milligram
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shouldn’t be given smartphones to keep them quiet. Another problem in today’s society for kids is multitasking. Multitasking should be limited while studying because it can bring distraction. Although, lately I have noticed that when I start to study while I have my phone next to me, it takes more time for me to finish that task than when I have my phone
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