...In my life there have many great changes in technology. Many of these changes have affected my life greatly. They have made it both easier and faster to do things. The one piece of technology that has affected my life is the computer and all its programs. The computer and all its programs have made my life so much easier. Before the computer was invented you either had to write out what you wanted to say or typewrite it on the typewriter. However this was not always easy because if you made a mistake there was no way to fix it but to write it over again or use white out. With the computer though, mistakes could be made and fixed before I print it out. These mistakes could be solved within seconds by doing a spelling and grammar check. Also the computer I can save my work so if something happens to the first copy another copy could easily be made. With the typewriter and plain old writing it if the original copy was damaged you had to write it over again. Another great thing about the computer is that it is fast. If I were to write this essay by hand it would take me about twice the time because I would have to write the letters instead of just pressing buttons to get the letters on the screen. Next the computer has many programs on it like all of the Microsoft office programs so that I could do all of my school work and it sometimes has games on it. Also the computer usually has an internet connection. The internet is the one thing that saves me a boat load of time. On the internet...
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...Life before the World Wide Web versus life after the World Wide Web How was life for us before the World Wide Web versus after the World Wide Web? It seems that we have grown so accustomed to the World Wide Web; it is as if we never had to do with out it. We have to really think hard as to some of the things we did before the introduction of the World Wide Web. The things we did that we no longer do are pilling up on us more and more. The past now seems like a distant memory, although our time with the world wide web is not as long as our past without it seems. The art of the handwritten letter, has taken a turn for the worse. The way that we look up our technology, it used to be a lot of studying in libraries. This type of research has also changed. What is even more outstanding is the almost extinction of the typewriter. It is outstanding to me that although we have the life that is very advanced in so many ways after the world wide web. We still were able to do quite well with our lives before it. Now it seems that not only does this post-world wide web society seem to thrive with these technological advances. However, it also seems that we feel we could never do with out any of them. I remember back when I was a child, how much my mother use to love to write letters. She even got me started on writing letters. The written word was very important to her as well as my instructors. I had instructors that were very strict about not only how to write but as well when to write...
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...Community College I have been asked to write a non-fictional essay. The topic of the essay was left somewhat up to me, but it was outlined that I was to write about a major life experience; something that had helped form and contour the morals and ethics of the person I have become today. This is not the first time I have been assigned or asked to write about my life, particularly a “life-changing” experience, although this is the longest narrative piece of work I’ve ever had to write. So, if you find that I have skewed off topic a bit, this could very well be the reason for such actions! Well, my name is April Ann Harris. I am a single mother of three children, two boys ages 7 and 8, and a beautiful little girl who just reached a big 19months of age. I am 28 years old and have been attending a local community college by the name of Gogebic Community College for about two years now. I am studying the Registered Nurses Program at college, along with that comes many classes that I would rather not have to take but have no choice but to take the course and try my best! I’m currently engaged to the man of my dreams, Benjamin Dimmer. He is everything I ever wanted out of a man and more, all of my dreams will be followed through within time…I often find myself talking of one certain subject with my significant other, which is my dad’s car accident, something I’m not sure I will ever accept or even get over it as some may say. As I sit here pondering my “life-changing” experiences...
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...Eight years ago, I walked alongside my cousin on the way to school. The bustling downtown LA traffic did not stop us. We walked down the crime-filled streets, crossed the hazardous streets, and eventually made it to our destinations. Enrolled in preschool where I danced and played happily with my friends, no one would guess that I was usually at home crestfallen without anybody looking after me. My dad was working 3 low wage jobs, my mom sewing at a clothing factory, and I was walking back and forth from school and home. My cousin’s parents were working too so we had no one to really take care of us. The adults were all working desperately to try to pay the rent for a down trodden house that could barely hold both families. Contrary to our pessimistic views, my cousin and I still grew up to be one of the hardest working students and one of the smartest in each of our classes. I recently read several...
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...century flesh and blood human being, the historical figure. Since the purpose of studying leadership is to improve one's own leadership skills, it makes sense to analyze Jesus' applicable traits, actions, and accomplishments as a good leader—in his historical role—so his leadership skills can be feasibly related to ourselves as human beings. I will attempt to analyze, using modern leadership criteria, how Jesus of Nazareth, the Jew and carpenter's son, was an effective spiritual leader of his time. Let us first examine the leadership attitude Jesus showed in his ministry. According to the address Thomas Cronin delivered at the Western Academy of Management in 1982, part of what makes leaders appealing is their confidence and faith: Leaders have those indispensable qualities of contagious self-confidence, unwarranted optimism, and incurable idealism that allow them to attract and mobilize others to undertake tasks these people never dreamed they could undertake. (To Lead or Not to Lead, Unit One 36) Jesus had infectious self-confidence that attracted all types of people to his cause. A teacher of the law said to Jesus, “Teacher, I will follow your wherever you go” (Matt. 8:19). He was also an optimist: Jesus said, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matt. 6:33). He was an idealist; his mission commanded his followers to be spiritually perfect (Matt. 5:48). Although Jesus' ethical standard was incredibly...
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... Skinner’s taught us [Use "we," "us," or "our" to mean yourself and coauthors, not general humanity (or yourself and the reader)] that any behavior can be accomplished if presented and taught properly through the rules of operant conditioning by simply punishing or reinforcing. Although Skinner was seen [The passive voice is a form of "be" (was) and a participle (seen). Over-use of the passive voice can make paragraphs officious and tedious to read. Prefer the active voice. For example, passive voice = The paper was completed on time. Active voice = the student completed the paper on time.] as the primary figure in this theory, he wouldn’t [Contractions are inappropriate in academic writing--write it out] have been able to [Wordiness: this phrase can be simplified to one word--"could"] accomplish it without the input of E.L Thorndike. Thorndike discovered the “law and effect method stating that behaviors followed by positive outcomes are strengthened and behaviors followed by negative outcomes are weakened” (King, 2013, p178) [The abbreviation for "page" in an in-text citation is "p."] . This was the basic format for Skinner’s approach only that Thorndike discovered this in 1898....
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...metaphoric shell, though I knew it wasn’t a lot of work if I work steadily and progressively. Obviously, me, being a mature and responsible student I wrote numerous prompts and had gotten half a page through most of them before the spark was lost. Prompts had ranged from how poetry changed my life and how they continue to, the night my brother was hospitalized, how school was a constant in my life when nothing else would stay, and how a particular poem made me rethink, but alas the spark was lost and I was desperate for a quick fix. You know what I did, I panicked; memoirs...
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...Running head: REFLECTION Contrast and Comparison Reflection Essay Geraldine Smith Gwynedd Mercy College Educators say that reading is a very important skill that needs to be developed early in life. Some parents start to read to their babies before they are born. Not only does it help to develop language skills it can educate and take you places you’ve never been before. Frederick Douglas and Richard Rodriquez are two writers that contributed great works of art to society. In spite of being born nearly 150 years apart; both had a profound need to educate themselves by learning to read. Self-determined and motivated by the desire for education they both accomplished what they set out to do. Frederick Douglas was born a slave and received his first teachings from the mistress of the house. After the mistress was commanded by her husband not to teach him anymore, Frederick had to resort to different ruses to learn to read and write. Frederick was a slave and slaves were not allowed to read or write. If caught slaves were beaten and tortured or even worse killed sometimes for trying to learn to read and write. Richard Rodriquez on the other hand was born after minorities were free to get an education. Fredrick was a slave that knew that being able to read and write was his only ticket to freedom, and for Richard it meant academic success. At home he was watched closely to make sure he was not trying to read anything. One day she found him reading a newspaper which...
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...the most difficult and rewarding classes that I've taken, especially because I chose to take it during my first semester of college. It is a general requirement for every student at MDC and is geared to help those who aspire to become a professional graduate one-day. Since I picked ENC 1101 to be one of my first semester college classes, it's been a difficult course for me. My lack of grammar knowledge, experience writing essays and organizing ideas are the three factors that made this college class challenging. Even though it's been hard on me, I now know how to write essays the right way and also how to organize my ideas so I have a clear vision of what I'll be writing about. This is really important to me because learning how to write properly will not only help me pass ENC 1101, but it will help succeed in other classes, life, and my future career. My ENC 1101 Professor Walter Hernandez not only motivated us to become better writers but also shared with us important tips regarding how to write like a college writer. He would always have a positive attitude, making the class amusing and enjoyable. The first week of school, Professor Hernandez showed the class "The ENC 1101 Survival Guide" which is a document containing essays written by Miami Dade College students that represent how his students made it through his class by becoming better writers. Therefore every time I need to write an essay, I always take a quick look at one of the writings in the guide in order to obtain...
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...MEDIUM Why do I write? First, I write because I have feelings that are sometimes well said when written. You see, I used to be that someone who is really not outspoken. I keep almost all my thoughts to myself that sometimes, when I get the chance to say it, It gets tangled up making it harder to express. I used to consider writing as my way of letting it all out. As if writing is my refuge. When I was in high school, every time I feel down, I write my emotions to my notebooks. Sometimes when I feel intensely sad, I grab any notebook near me and write on it. I even cry while I write. Nowadays, I no longer feel the same way and as I read through my “diaries”, I never would’ve realized how emotional I was during those days. I also use writing as a way to record my life because I love travelling down memory lane. I love taking time reading through my “diaries” and see myself during that exact time. Like when mom and I had a fight, I wrote with such strength that my pen ran through the paper like a knife. There are also times when I feel too happy that I write with the most beautiful hand writing I could ever produce. Such times tell me that I could be extreme. I would like to call those days as my transition period. The time when I hit rough waters just to get to whom I am now. From the past me who was too introverted to the present me who am a little less introverted and a little more outspoken. Writing really makes a big contribution to my growth. But, I seldom write nowadays...
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...Impact Paper When I came to the U.S.A from the India. I experienced a lot of difficulty in communicating my point across in English. I joined Managerial communication class to improve my communication skills. Professor taught the different aspects of speaking, writing and presenting things in the most effective manner. After Class, I found myself in a better shape. I have improved my communication skills, and my professor taught us the right way to improve it every day by ourselves. After this class, I am able to speak, write, and present things in a better way. Now I am more confident in getting my point across. Earlier I was afraid before speaking in English. As I used to think if I would speak, I might commit a mistake and this will spoil my reputation. This fear had kept me away from many challenging opportunities. I could not make more and more friends, as I could not speak properly. My life was very dull and depressing. But this class has changed my life by giving me an easy way out to learn and speak. As a part of the curriculum, I had to write few Reflection Papers that improved my writing skills a lot. And in order to write a good reflection paper, I had to read a lot that helped to improve my reading skills as well. And I had to give an individual presentation that was a great learning experience for me. It is not that, I never gave presentation before but this time it was different in experience. I was able to see myself giving presentation, as my professor recorded...
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...drops us right in the thick of it. The two roads are a metaphor to the important and crucial choices we must decide in our lives. Frost vividly and simply painted a picture with only his first line. He gave us a time, place, color, and a dilemma. The yellow wood is a description of the season, giving a visual of a forest with yellow leaves which concludes that its autumn. That indication also serves as a time limit to the decision, implying that the speaker is running out of time. The speaker must make their decision before winter comes, which is a cold and dead season of progressiveness. The yellow also serves as a cautionary color, giving warning to the speaker that the decision must be made with careful and astute consideration. There is also a sense of guilt and regret that is pre-mediated before the speaker can make the decision. It is apparent in the second and third line where he states: “And sorry I could not travel both/And be one traveler, long I stood.” (2,3) The poet foreshadows the regret one feels for not exploring the option not chosen. He begins the speaker’s emotions with the curiosity that will never be...
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...like me, use it to vent. I always had writing assignments in school but none of them really had an impact on my life until the summer before junior year in high school. That summer was a terrible summer for me. Nothing went the way I had hoped and I was unhappy. My boyfriend and I broke up the night before my last exam. I would talk to my friends about it but I felt like it became too much for them. I knew they wanted to make me happy so they would listen but I didn’t feel right about putting them through it so I started writing. Whenever I needed a break from everyone around me, I would grab a piece of paper and a pen and just start pouring my thoughts onto paper. It was usually about how I was going through a tough time, which now seems increasingly petty, but at that time paper was my confidant. I wrote everything, even if it was a paragraph, or even barely a line. I used to transfer all the bad thoughts in my mind onto paper and just leave it there. I substituted my friends for paper. Paper wouldn’t talk back or tell me that it wasn’t god for me. It would just listen, absorb, and always be there. And that’s when I fell in love with writing. This is when writing became a habit. When I got over irrelevant boyfriend issues, I still had that craving to write something, anything, so I started writing about my day. If I had had a bad day, I would sit with my book and pen and just write till I overcame the bad thoughts. Those rare but sweet moments when I would go into a stream...
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...adolescent he had no choice but to move to New York to live with his grandma. The Great Migration affected Countee’s life in a way in which he would be trapped in the south in Louisville and become a slave against his will along with his mom as a slave keeping him from being the amazing book and poem writer he aspired to be. Countee set his mind on living a better life, therefore he moved across the country. Countee was born on May 30, 1903 in Louisville, Kentucky but later moved to New York where he was raised by his grandma because his mother had passed away. An excerpt from the novel, Black American poets and dramatists: Before the Harlem...
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...deep cut on his arm. He stated: "There I met men, prisoners, who read aloud to each other the works of Neruda, Paz, Sabines, Nemerov, and Hemingway. Never had I felt such freedom as in that dormitory. Listening to the words of these writers, I felt that invisible threat from without lessen- my sense of teetering on a rotting plank over swamp water where famished alligators clamped their horny snouts for my blood. While I listened to the words of the poets, the alligators slumbered powerless in their lairs" (4). The poetry made him feel secure and free even though he was in jail with inmates. The poetry saves him from being eaten by the alligators and in reality it saves him from losing all hope and feeling trapped because he's in jail. Baca was unable to communicate or express himself which landed him in jail twice. Both times he was innocent, but the second time he couldn't pay his bail so he was sent to the county jail. After stealing an attendant's university textbook he began to learn how to read. He commented that "I became so absorbed in how the sounds created music in me and happiness, I forgot where I was...For a while, a deep sadness overcame me, as if I had chanced on a long-lost friend and mourned the years of separation. But soon the heartache of having missed so much of life, that had numbed me since I was a child, gaveaway, as if a grave illness lifted itself from me and I was cured, innocently believing in the beauty of life again" (6). Reading transported him to...
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