Mengdie Luo mandyluo@umich.edu English 125.043 Scott Beal Jan.23, 2013 Assignment #1 More than frenemy Being a single child, as I can tell you, is a difficult thing. Aside from the sometimes-unresolvable loneliness and almost always-glued attention, the constant comparison with the ‘kids next door’ can be supremely annoying. The phrase stands for those children of several close friends of your mom or literally just the kids who live next door. For me, there’s always been a girl like that since I was five and things can be a little overwhelming when she is also a competitive Leo (star sign). In middle school, the girl would ask me to watch TV and ditch homework with her, while in fact she had secretly done the work beforehand. …show more content…
If we are making a comparison, women obviously have a better ‘appreciation’ for the word frenemy, judging from the frequency they use it. After all, envy is what determines the essence of frenemy, and is mainly the reason that drives people apart. Evolutionary psychology suggests that women are harder to be associative thinker while man thinks more hierarchically. This makes women better at raising children, but also makes them more easily jealous, intimated and insecure. The characterization of frenemy in a way gave women a relatively healthy outlet by accepting the person as is and avoiding more catfights. Aside from the common connotation, frenemy has much more positive interpretation: ‘If they weren’t enemy, they would have been friend.’ This marks respect for your competitor as one who also has great talents and capability. It is the courage and honesty to admit that because of him you have more incentives to improve. Media and celebrity, Richard Parker and Pi, Harry and Draco: they would have never developed so well and lost many dynamics if independent. Samsung is still the most reliable contractor for Apple, though it lost the lawsuit and has to give Apple 10.5 billion for stealing the creative ideas. Samsung fought back using the other way around by merging the other digital screen provider for Apple and nearly
{OSS: Discuss how to document symptoms in journals with good descriptions of time/date, duration, intensity, and quality. Give good positive and negative examples. Be careful to avoid having an overwhelming number of symptoms and confusing day-to-day issues like a minor headache of muscle pain after jogging 5 miles as a symptom. Discuss “pain on a scale of one to ten” line here. When one goes to the doctor, they often get asked “are you in any pain.” If the answer is “yes” then they are asked to rate it on a scale of 1 – 10 where 10 is the worst pain you have ever felt. Discuss how to rate the pain as objectively as possible, without underestimating it, or overestimating it. Do
In the past two months i fell like i have accomplished a great deal. As i focus on it more i realize i have become a better reader. I did this by concentrating on my readings and take my time to read them. With the help of my professor and classmates i began to analyze what i read.
The Word “I” There is no such thing as I, what is an I. I you say I you would get looked at strange, especially by collectivists. They believe all is one, there is no single person or feelings. Collectivists prohibits the knowledge of the word “I” by striving to be alike, being one, and expressions of feelings. The first way collectivists prohibits the word “I” is by striving to be alike.
This movie describes a first African-American lawyer who became the Court's 96th justice. The movie revolves around Thurgood Marshall. At a young aged he faced one of his greatest challenges while working as a lawyer for the NAACP. Marshall traveled to a conservative Connecticut area but wealthy well known person in society, named Eleanor Strubing accuses a black chauffeur, named Joseph Spell of sexual assault and attempted murder. Spell soon teams up with Sam Friedman, a local Jewish lawyer who's never handled a criminal case. The two men, together build a defense while contending with racist and anti-Semitic views from those who deem Spell to be guilty.
When it comes to the usage of the word “like”, I do tend to use it as a filler word. In the article by The Muse, I agree that it is easy to unwittingly cross over to saying “like” frequently, which detracts from your message and overall professionalism. Many students compared it to filler words like “um” and “uh” but I actually think it is the same thing as repeating phrases such as, “Do you know what I mean?” or “Does that make sense?”. I have been on many conference calls at work where their sentences will flow without filler words but they will absence-mindedly repeat the same phrase as a filler.
Con Artist – Joe is somebody that cheats or tricks people by persuading them to believe something that is not true because of what he told his customers about his recent sales.
People use this word for a number of reasons. Some don’t fully understand the meaning of such a word. What it really means to one, to some it causes a great deal of pain. But to others, it’s just a word.
Friend-enemies was the kind of people you hate but they have the smiler personalities you but for some objective reasons such as the thing they done, they behave make you felt uncomfortable. Friend-enemies this the best synonym to defined relationship between my grandpa and General Douglas MacArthur, my grandpa did not like him, but he did not realize himself have same personalities with MacArthur from the brave, talented, and completely different leadership.
In the Story “In Praise of the F word”, Marry Sherry writes about her teaching experiences and flaws of the school system. Kids are not getting the education that they deserve and I agree with her. She said, “People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so.” I feel the same way, students don’t put any effort in their education and they still pass the class. It’s unfair to them and teachers. They need motivation to encourage them to want to learn and pass. The author write about her son, who is failing his English class but isn’t too concern with it until his teacher threatens to fail him. Teachers should follow through failing students so they will try their best and learn. Mary states “Passing students
The word study program incorporates phonics, vocabulary, word recognition, and spelling. What I particularly like about this program is that it provides educators with the tools and information for assessing students, scoring the assessment, explaining what students already know, what they need to learn, group placement, and activities for expanding their knowledge. The resources and activities are also great for students since they it encourages them to be active members of the learning process. For example, each week students are introduced to new spelling patterns, take part in literacy patterns, and practice making and sorting words. Although, there are word study games and activities available for download as well as additional resources
I am in a love/hate relationship with dictionary.com! (Yes, I am being dramatic for emphasis.) As a writer and someone who just finds words interesting in general, I love reference books; my favourite is the thesaurus. Dictionary.com is not only a virtual dictionary, but a thesaurus, plus it translates 17 different languages, plus....more! So much more. They have a blog, word of the day, etc. It's one stop shopping all at your fingertips. No more lugging around heavy books.
Should some words be entirely off limits? Should apples be off limit just because someone doesn't like them. We should band everything that another person might find distasteful or offensive. By the way let's kill those be people who I look at and just because my stomach starts to turn when in I see them. Yes maybe I am being a bit extreme with my ideas but that is an extreme thing to do. If you’re a biblical person the bible say life and death lies in the power of the tongue. However I disagree because words aren't bullets. They aren't knifes. They aren't machetes. They are verbs, nouns, pronouns, and etc. They aren't physical or even have the capacity to even penetrate the skin let alone kill a person. By speaking what I want it allows me to exercise my free will. It is my natural and birth right that was given to me along with my social security number. To deny me that right will offend our founding fathers who want the people of this land to be free to speak how they please.
In “How to do Things with Words”, Austin tells how some words are actually used in speaking and how others are merely utterances. How are utterances so important if it is only a simple statement that is being made? Why does society put so much value on these statements, such as “I do”? First we must establish what exactly an utterance is according to Austin is.
. I wanted to register for Advanced Placement English Language and Composition because I wanted to receive advanced information regarding this subject so that I can utilize it when I take the English AP exam and the SAT and the end of this year. By taking this class I hope that I can receive a high score on my English AP exam, so that I can receive college credit for the course.
You're sitting in your English classroom, it,s cold outside and it is the day before valentine's day. Your teacher walks slowly to the front of the room and speaks in a half somber voice,” Do you want the good news or the bad news?” Some kids raise their voices and shout to good news but majority were worried and, asked for the bad news first. “ Bad news; we are writing an essay for the next week.” The entire class groans, and you cast your eyes downward, as a little bit more homework is added onto your pile. Then the teacher speaks from the front of the classroom again. “ Now for the good news; it is a group project.” You will get to work with your group to write the essay together.” You sigh in relief because you know that your work is going to be much, much better for several reasons.