Wednesday, 3 April 2013

Steve Jobs' Stanford University Commencement Speech and more....

Hello everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderful time and are ready to get back to class work next Saturday.  Better late than never, here I am with the links I mentioned during our last class which I highly recommend you listen. 

The first link takes you to the video of Steve Jobs' speech at Stanford University. Listen and make a list of the key events Jobs mentions and describe in a few lines your own point of view about what he says.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

Now, let's talk about writing a cause-effect essay. Having a clear idea of what a cause-effect essay is and how it should be organized are basic steps to get your work started. Besides providing you with the links to videos with information about this process, here are a couple of links with explanations that you might find helpful, try:

http://www.writeawriting.com/essay/cause-and-effect-essay/   and

http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/lgarret/organiz1.htm

http://www.hqessays.com/info/cause-and-effect-essay/

I am also e-mailing a couple of diagrams and other useful information.

The links to the tutorial videos are:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i8o_mWSwjE

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcUg4ACQEao

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ7ZI2NmJfQ

Finally, the link to the film "Educating Rita" I really hope you have a chance to watch it and enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smKTxgQp8S0&list=PL4342CDA84D093566

See you on Saturday!

4 comments:

  1. I enjoyed the Steve Jobs speech, is very interesting and show us some profound lessons. What his experience teached him is that you need to have faith despite all the adversities, because everything that happens to you have a reason and forms part of a logical pattern.
    He said that we need to realize that this life is short and under that perspective we need to get rid of our fears and start to search what we really want to achieve and work for it!




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  2. Thanks for your comment Rafael, your points of view are very interesting!

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  3. Steve Job´s speech is motivating, I felt full of energy in the end, and I can make a consciousness test about my latest decisions, I invest a lot of time worry about the future, but who can ensure that I am going to live tomorrow? each moment in our life should be enjoyed.

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