Journal Entry 2 The short story‚ “The Things They Carried”‚ by Tim O’brien‚ was my favorite reading of this week. The author states what the company is carrying‚ as well as emotional burdens that they carry. I think that theme of this story can be summarized as “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. As I stated in the discussion‚ I think this story makes a profound point about trauma and emotional stress. Physical burdens are easily observable. For example‚ when people see someone in a wheelchair their
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Journal 1: In the introduction‚ we learn about the nameless narrator who is the chief executive officer of the Salem Custom House. Since there are barely any ships that comes to Salem‚ the narrator spends his time trying to amuse himself. One rainy day he stumbles upon a pile of documents and finds a manuscript with a gold cloth in the shape of a letter A. It is a work written by Jonathan Pue‚ who had an interest in local history and he wrote about the events that happened in the middle of the
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Humanities 11! ! ! Double entry journal template! ! ! ! Name__Ryan Snyder__! ! Source: http://www.utwente.nl/gw/wijsb/organization/brey/Publicaties_Brey/ Brey_2009_Biomed_Engineering.pdf! Type: Scholarly article! ! Quotes/stats/key points Reaction/reflection/comments/ questions/interpretation Biomedical engineering is a new field and thus there are not many strict ethical guidelines. Guidelines need to be set or else people can and will abuse technology. The problem is that this takes
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Thomas Martin Ward Jr. Wednesday August 15‚ 1860 Current Post: Indianapolis‚ Indiana Dear Journal‚ I now take the opportunity to write you‚ journal‚ and a few lines to let you know that I am well and hope the same for my family back home in Massachusetts. We left Baltimore August 11th‚ and we arrived here August 14th. We rode day and night in the cars. We came here to guard rebel prisons. There is 5 thousand here to guard. I think we shall stay here until our time is out. Only 84 days more
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Field Experience Journal Topic 1: Building Relationships The relationship in the Child C.E.N.T.R.E. between the caregiver and children is respectful and caring. The caregiver responds to each child’s needs and her daily interactions help shape a child’s self esteem and makes them feel safe in her classroom. There is one primary caregiver in the classroom I observe in as well as a helper who is usually a student from the University here on campus. The attachment between the primary caregiver and
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6 Diary Entries Alex is fourteen years old when he learns that his Uncle has died in a car accident. He finds this odd as he knows his Uncle to be a predictable character who is generally very careful. Alex’s Uncle is a banker and he therefore feels very suspicious of his death. As he is the only living relative‚ he cannot talk to any other family about the way he is feeling. As Alex is unable to talk to anyone about the way he is feeling‚ he needs to find out further information for himself
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Module 2 Journal My goal after I graduate from Grand Canyon University is to be a teacher at Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB). I was a student at that school until I graduated in 1999. The whole time I was there‚ there was not a moment where I did not enjoy myself. I was always interacting with my classmates and teachers. I enjoyed being involved with the after-school activities‚ including the sports. I played football‚ basketball and track all my high school years. As far
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The Diary of Captain Odysseus Entry 1 The smell of fresh entrails is so strong I must cover my mouth with a dirty rag as I write this. I am staring at my comrade‚ Lieutenant Dan‚ and observing his condition: a bone protruded out of his leg which moved with his rattling breath – it is a cruel fate to be confined to‚ to be a good soldier and merely wanting to return to the country he loved. His moaning seems synchronised with the rocking lifeboat‚ and his muscles‚ visible to the naked eye‚ writhed
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resided in a decent little neighborhood just in the outskirts of southern Russia. All the families around knew each other very well therefore I could never understand why my family always seemed so miserable. I mean I heard stories and watched the news about bad accidents from muggers to murderers but I never seen anything like that around where we lived. Until one night my father did not come home‚ my mother told me he was just working late‚ but I knew something else was wrong‚ it was way after any working
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Dear Journal‚ Today wasn’t a good day‚ it was worst than most days. My brother and I woke up at 4:30am in order to be at the factory at 5:00am. We ate the leftover bread we didn’t eat for dinner on the run to the factory‚ but it was raining today‚ unfortunately‚ and that made us late. Which was what started our horrible day‚ despite the fact that I actually love rain‚ the sound it makes when it hits the ground is calming‚ but I don’t like the consequences it brought my brother and I today. As we
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