Before You Continue: Recent Episodes
MJ Wu
Just some thoughts on the predicament of the modern life. What are things that we do for ourselves? How do we know what we know? Why do we trust other people?
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Okey Dokey Smokey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Chapter 2 of the GRE Vocab Storytelling.
Links:
Story: https://beforeyoucontinue.blogspot.com/2018/01/chapter-2.html
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Vocab in this episode:
Cogent
Intransigent
Disabuse
Resolve
Sanction
Revere
Partisan
Futile
Superficial
Luddite
Absurdity
Obscenity
Frivolous
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Okey Dokey Smokey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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A new series in the light of studying for the GRE, I’m using these GRE vocabs to write a fictional story, both to help to study for the test and renew my past hobby of free writing, and to keep up with making the podcast.
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Vocabulary used:
Malingerer: A person who exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work.
Cacophonous: Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
Reading poetry is something that not a lot of people do with their free time. It’s understandable since most people’s introduction to poetry was probably in a classroom, where it makes it pedantic and boring. Also, people probably have better more exciting things to do. But poetry is powerful. I’m not sure if I can convince you of that fact, but reading poetry has helped me find my direction in life. This episode I’ll read parts of my final poetry assignment for the poetry seminar I attended last quarter. Enjoy.
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Poems:
Power by Audre Lorde:
On the behalf of all my professors and lecturer, I ranted a bit about people talking during lecture. But the bigger question is, why do we do the small things that we know we shouldn’t do, don’t want it to happen to us, but do anyway. Mindfulness for the small things we do, can make a difference in our lives.
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Music Credit:
Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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If you haven’t seen the TV series Black Mirror, you’re missing out. This episode is inspired by one concept from that show. What if you can rate every interaction you had with anyone? Would the world be better or worse?
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Music Credit:
Sheep May Safely Graze - BWV 208 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, From YouTube Music Library
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Several sources pointed to the effectiveness of the flipped classroom, but it still remains unpopular. Why is that? In this episode, we take a look at two examples of the flipped classroom, one done well, and one not so much.
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Music Credits:
Overture to William Tell by Gioacchino Rossini, United States Marine Band, From MUSOPEN.org
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Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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What’s the biggest obstacle to becoming a doctor? Residency? Medical school? One theory may surprise you. What approach do we take when we select the applicants?
Malcolm Gladwell’s Getting In Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/10/10/getting-in
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Music Credits:
Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Overture to William Tell by Gioacchino Rossini, United States Marine Band, From MUSOPEN.org
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Minimalism is a new, global, lifestyle movement that revolves around focusing on the things that are important to you. But what if you’re a materialist (like me)? How do we make that switch from loving things to minimalism? Here is some food for thoughts.
http://www.thisisinsider.com/inside-japans-extremely-minimalist-homes-2016-6
https://www.theminimalists.com/minimalism/
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Music Credits:
Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Cantata 112 Der Herr ist mein getreuer hirt - I by J.S Bach, European Archives, From MUSOPEN.org
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The United State treats medical school, law school, dental school, and other forms of professional school as graduate schools, that is, they require the students to attend and complete an undergraduate college education first. But a lot of countries do not treat medical school as graduate school, but rather students attend medical school directly out of high school. What are the benefits of both approaches? And what is the value of the undergraduate education really?
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Music Credit:
Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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