Which of the following activities would waste the most time? a. rich tries to multitask writing a report and reading a memo, and has to re-write the report and re-read the memo, which takes an hour. b. during a departmental meeting, barry and scott make small talk for twenty minutes while the other six meeting members sit and listen c. greg asks tony a question about work and then talks to him for ten minutes about whether the game tonight. d. barbara composes an e-mail during her thirty minute train ride to work

b. During a departmental meeting, Barry and Scott make small talk for twenty minutes while the other six meeting members sit and listen.

Sometimes, it can be difficult to notice when we are wasting time. This is particularly true in business situations, but this is where every minute matters. In these cases, option B is the one that wastes the most time, as it involves eight people. Although Barry and Scott probably think that twenty minutes of small talk is not a big problem, as so many people cannot continue their work, it accumulates to create over two hours of wasted time.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

to me i think class room sitting education is better. i do online school and i have not learned a think haha. when i sit in the classroom i just sit there and kind of pay attention but still i get so far ahead in the class when im doing online i have nothing else better to do but play video games and i sit in school and learn and have friends and just actually learn. when i'm doing online i sit here listing to music and get on and and look up the answers i guess that is my fault for being a cheater. but to be honest i think sitting in the classroom is better.