Tag: Communication
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September 3, 2021 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. The brutal editing process is, unfortunately, necessary. For one example, editing identifies extra language. This makes the essay flow in a tight and smooth manner which your readers will appreciate. It also highlights your main idea by removing excess jargon. Proofreading ensures that …
December 4, 2020 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. The tricky nature of love never ceases to amaze me. George Eliot’s novel Middlemarch explores many complicated examples love. Today’s blog will focus on the relationship between Tertius Lydgate and Rosamond Vincy. Rosamond is Lydgate’s second love. Before moving to Middlemarch, he had …
January 18, 2019 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Every Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I enjoy rereading some of Dr. King’s remarkable works. As a culture, we are still coming to terms with his life, his death, and his very beautiful words. Personally, his words resonate with me in any number …
October 19, 2018 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. I often study the idea of Language. I am curious about how language comes to be meaningful, communicative and permanent. Yet, at the same time, language is so flexible and manipulative. This elasticity allows it to grow, change and expand to incorporate new …
August 11, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Before we even begin, I feel that I have to apologize…today’s post takes the fun out of humor. In analyzing what makes a joke funny, we are pretty much surgically separating humor from the joke. So, having said that, let’s dive in…. To …
June 30, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. What is a blog? While unofficial, it appears that the first blog dates back to 1994. Weblogs, coined in 1997, became plain old blogs in 1999. Then, as their popularity rose, Merriam-Webster presented it as the word of the year in 2004. Back …
May 12, 2017 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Communication necessarily involves empathy. To listen requires a silencing of the self. However, to understand requires tools contained within the self. This opens up a paradox: how to listen and translate at the same time. Non-verbal communication often enhances face-to-face interactions. Literature gives …
