http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education.html
Vocabulary:
scarcity n.- Insufficiency of amount or supply; shortage: a
scarcity of food that was caused by drought.
“The types
of anxiety that I associate with this level are what I refer to as scarcity and
avoidance.”
Scarcity of
water in the Mid Realm means that much of it must be harvested from plant life
apartheid- n. An official policy of racial segregation
formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal,
and economic discrimination against nonwhites.
“He said
that the United Nations should not be afraid to use the term apartheid to
describe what is happening in occupied Palestine.”
Lock all
the anti-apartheid types up?
to sribble- v. To write hurriedly without heed to
legibility or style.
The pages
had dates scribbled on them.
She
scribbled something on a message pad.
reproducible Susceptible
or capable of reproduction.
“But the
rigorous process of peer review, a process that requires any new findings to be
reproducible, is meant to weed out, as much as possible, political bias.”
“I have
noticed it is somewhat difficult to obtain reproducible results.”
incetive n. Something, such as the fear of punishment
or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort.
What
incentive do I have to do the right thing?
I have real
incentive now to get to Oregon.
trajectory n. The path of a projectile or other moving
body through space.
They were
coming into their landing trajectory.
But
trajectory analysis does not bear that out.
tremendous adj. Extremely large in amount, extent, or
degree; enormous: a tremendous task. See Synonyms at enormous.
Louis Wu
was alone before these tremendous faces.
Her
recuperative powers are tremendous.
