Assignment #1 - You vs. Your future Podcast Summary The podcast talks about us as human beings‚ and how we are one of the few creatures to understand the concept of self‚ which includes the ability to interpret our experiences. We are also capable of learning from experiences we have never had‚ based off of our assumptions/imagination. Our assumptions at times are not solely based off of our own thinking‚ but rather off of other’s similar experiences/thoughts on the matter‚ which we integrate
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In the article “I Just Called to Say I Love you” by Jonathan Franzen he clearly states that he hates hearing other people saying the words I love you to another person. He believes that the privacy of others should be kept to themselves and their personal feelings should not be said out loud in public places. Although this may be true there are also other perspectives of how one can handle situations like of expressing feelings when they occur. Not only is the expression I love you the only way of
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unhealthy for your body‚ or television hypnotizing the viewer into buying an unhealthy product? According to surgeon general‚ obesity has become a health epidemic that needs to be controlled and prevented. Almost a third of America’s population is obese and growing. Obesity is also now a wide spread topic that has caught the attention of journalists and health activists. Writers all over America have an opinion on the obesity epidemic such as Radley Balko who wrote the article "What You Eat Is Your Business
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Alice Hocker correctly stated‚ “Your greatness is not what you have‚ but in what you give‚” (“Your Greatness Is Not What You Have But In What You Give”). Alexander was someone who took from others. He had a lot of land‚ money and things he did not need but wanted. Alexander‚ the King of Macedon‚ took thousands of lives and seized land the size of the US. If people judged Alexander on what he gave than he would not be known as Alexander the Great‚ but as Alexander the Annihilator. Alexander was born
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Are you afraid of disciplining your child? Do you walk on eggshells around your child‚ afraid of doing something that will set them off? Most people are not afraid of their children‚ but are afraid of their children behavior. Fear of your children behavior undermines your authority. This makes it difficult to set limits for them. You need to deal with these feelings so that they don’t have power over you and don’t dictate your behavior. It’s not what you’re afraid of‚ it’s how much power that fear
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–Free Press Literary Awards Selection "You Can Choose Your Afterlife‚" is found in Gamalinda’s book‚ Zero Gravity. The poem is based on the beliefs of the T’boli‚ an old indigenous people living in South Cotabato in Southern Mindanao. The T’boli afterlife has several destinations. The souls of murder victims and warriors slain in battle will be celebrated in a bloodthirsty kingdom. To die by the sword entails the people you left behind to mourn for your tragic death. According to the T’boli beliefs
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our budget. The people with a low budget have limited choices or ability to enjoy their vacation in their countries. On the other hand the people with a high budget can visit variety of places. The vacation will be affected directly by type of budget: low budget‚ medium budget‚ and high budget. The first group includes those who have low budgets and would like to spend their vacation in Amazing places but they face the fact that their budget does not allow them to go there. Nevertheless
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When you see your crush in public‚ you’re supposed to scream and run back to your house to check their Facebook for the next five hours. First things first: having a crush on your teacher is not weird. It might feel really awkward and embarrassing‚ but it happens to both girl’s and guys all the time. It’s natural to grow feelings for someone you see on a regular basis‚ who you interact with a lot‚ look up to and probably find attractive. You see it all the time in movies and TV shows‚ and trust
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Final Paper: “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” By: Anne Fadiman Meghan Maloney 26 April 2013 To understand the struggles that the Hmong people face living in America it is important to understand where they come from and what they have gone through. The majority of the Hmong people originate from the mountainous country of Laos. The mountains created isolation from the neighboring cultures and cultivated a clan identity. They were part of a society where everyone worked together
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help me know what to change in my writing. When I read and hear other classmate’s essays and journals it gives a lot of information that I didn’t even know. When peer editing‚ it helps me understand what people think about my writing and how they think I can make it better. The comments that are given to me by the editor tells me what to change. Also when you peer edit‚ the editor tells you what grammar or spelling mistake you have made‚ so you can change it. I believe that when you peer edit‚ it
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