Shorthand

violations. After dedicating a whole project to the history of 420, I have come to accept that the true origin came from San Rafael High School in 1971, where a group of a dozen pot-smoking students who called themselves ‘The Waldos’ used the term as shorthand for the time of day the group would meet to smoke pot.…

In the article “Teach Knowledge, Not “Mental Skills,” author E.D. Hirsch bases his argument on an experience he went through when he was a teacher in public school. He worked with two different principals in the same school. Comparing these two principal, the first principal did not care about what students acquired from their lessons, and the students’ academic performance was really bad. The second principal was more worried about the knowledge and his students’ academic performance. Hirsch…

2000 years. Since the start of Qin Dynasty in 221 B.C, China has established a centralized bureaucratic system. The First Emperor divided his new empire into 36 commanderies(Jun), each subdivided into a number of counties(xian). (Junxian has been shorthand for centralized bureaucratic rule, as opposed to fengjian meaning decentralized or feudal) (Fairbank, 1998). It is hard to imagine how such a centralized system could persist in a country with huge territory given the extremely poor…

medical practice, and Mina Harker uses the typewriter to compile various letters and journals into a single, coherent narrative. Throughout the novel, both ‘shorthand’ technologies and phonography are portrayed as efficient methods of recording information. To elaborate, when Mina suggests that Dr. Steward's phonograph “beats even shorthand”, the reader may assume that plays a role as an even more efficient and accurate method of recording one's thoughts (Stoker…

Zehner wrote, “building a road takes time. But once it is built, drivers from all over use it to go wherever they want to. Teaching kids to be lifelong learners does not happen overnight. We must lay the groundwork for students to explore their thinking and to ask questions about why, how, and where these skills can be used throughout their lives” (Zehner, 2009). Zehner left out that teaching is also a challenge and sometimes heartbreaking for an educator, but in the end we hope to have built…

points in which they stand for. Some parts of her character even show her to be participating in the newly emerging feminist movement. It was fairly unusual for her to be partaking in her gentleman’s studies, as well as for her to be teaching herself shorthand. It is also peculiar that she is financially stable without Harker, and supports herself with a full time job. However, the author did not designate Mina as a representation of these strong females. He instead wrote her to have several…

Mina’s letters and journal entries give the reader a sense that she is more adult-like and serious compared to Lucy. Mina rarely uses exclamation points or ironic phrases in her letters. Also, she uses work place and technical vocabulary, such as shorthand, interviewing, stenograph, and practice. These words have a more masculine, and serious connotation as they are associated with work and putting in effort. These words also convey a sense that Mina is more serious and grown up, as they show…

It’s me, Charlotte. The 1996 Presidential Election was two days ago. The Democrat nominee Bill Clinton, won his second term. His Vice President candidate is Al Gore. He beat the Republican Bob Dole and Jack Kemp. Kemp is Dole’s Vice President candidate. Although Clinton got 379 electoral votes and Dole got 159 electoral votes, the popular vote looks much closer. Clinton got about forty-seven million votes and Dole got about thirty-nine million votes. I think that it is great that lots of people…

In Perri Klass's "She's Your Basic LOL in NAD” she explains how difficult it is for someone to learn the professional jargon of the medical world. While the jargon may be difficult to comprehend at first it is a beneficial tactic to use. She goes on to explain that she learned to love the so called “language” and it became very easy to use once learned. Professional jargon is beneficial because it allows the nurse or doctor to write notes quickly, it allows a rather effective way for medical…

A specific piece of evidence that the author uses to support her case is a poetic piece written by E.N. Miner in which she praises those who may be physically incapable of performing mechanical jobs but are intelligent enough to write in shorthand. Chapter 5 Critique Conclusively, I found this book to be incredibly detailed. The author clearly shows a full understanding of the subject and the intertwining aspects. The manner in which it was written made it easy to read and understand…