Professor: So…You are interested in studying Chemical Engineering? Student: Mmmm. Dunno, all that pollution and stuff is pretty bad. Professor: You think the industry is the source of most pollution then? Student: Obviously. Professor: You have done research into this? Student: Hummph. No need to, everyone knows that is true. Professor: Really? My research tells me differently. Tell me, what…
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Anger Lose Your Cool And Look Like A Fool
I recently witnessed a scene in a mall parking lot that has had a lasting effect on me – it was two middle-aged women arguing over a parking spot. They were both standing beside their cars and screaming at each other while waving their arms in a threatening manner. The argument eventually became a name-calling competition, with each trying to…
Abortion And The Conscience Of The Nation By Ronald Reagan
In 1983, President Reagan wrote an essay for the “Human Life Review” entitled, “Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation.” This brief writing of his pro-life philosophy was published in book form a year later. It was expanded to approximately to 95 pages with lengthy afterwords by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop and British essayist Malcolm Muggeridge. Reagan’s brief composition…
The Art Of Persuasion In An Essay
Introduction “Rhetoric is the art of discovering, in a particular case, the available means of persuasion.” –Aristotle Every single human requires the art of persuasion at some point in their lives. As a child, one might use persuasion for the attainment of a toy or as an adult for the acquiring of other objects. A person here might whine, throw…
Top 6 Things Not To Do With Angry Customers
1. Don’t make threats. Have you ever said this, “If you don’t calm down, I’m not going to help you.” Or, “If you continue to yell at me, I’m going to have no choice but to terminate this phone call.” If you’ve ever made these, or similar, statements, I’d bet that your sole intent was to regain control of the…