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Blog Posts Question Being Asked: Furthermore, do you think that emotional intelligence should be taken into consideration in employment nowadays? Or is it just about the IQ, skills, and experience in the field? Response: Regardless of the situation or area of employment, emotional intelligence should be taken into consideration in employment because I believe that success in the workplace is dependent on the person's ability to recognize their feelings and those of others and be able to use that to their advantage. Question Being Asked: (Our Group) Having read Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes An Obsession, what do you think is the truth behind being obsessed with eating healthy food? Do you think that this issue should be taken seriously or is Orthorexia not as important as the author is making it to be? Response: Question Being Asked: Hello everyone, as you may or may not know, my colleagues and I will be presenting "Carnal Acts":  Na...

Reflective Journal

Rudy Yammine Backstreet Apartments Yamout St. Rcy01@mail.aub.edu 12/7/2017 Dr. Zane Sinno Department of English American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon Dear Dr. Zane Sinno, Throughout this long and arduous semester, we were constantly bombarded with assignments, tests, and quizzes that we were expected to not only succeed but excel in. As for English 203, we were expected to write multiple essays, present an oral presentation and turn in perhaps the most difficult task of all, the problem-solution report. The key to my success throughout this semester was trying to think about the tasks at hand before the deadline, which in turn allowed me to prepare, and start writing at an earlier date, which provided me the opportunity to look over my work multiple times before submitting them in. I remember being told before that once you look at something for a long period of time without any rest, you begin missing out on errors that perhaps seem clearer once you ...