...knowledge in his writings/work through the extensive research that he has invested in his work. Levy explores the vast impacts of technological advancement in our today’s society. In this article levy maintains that technological devices has affected our capacity to think intuitively, capacity to tap our vast realm of consciousness and reflections. The writer targets the entire society but mostly scholars, educator and students through his entire work. The abstract work clearly introduces the disadvantages of technological devices/advancement and how it has affected our thinking and reflections. Levy expects scholars, students and educators to take time and reflect on their use of technology and their effects. The world has arrived...to me it depicts the arrival of a new age, stage or cycle of life that incorporates and implements new technology and devices that would minimize the levels of thinking and work. The introduction of this article demonstrates how levy took a lot of time to think when doing research for this writing. This is clearly depicted by him mentioning great scholars and innovators such as Barbara Mcclintock as people who did not rely on the technological devices/advancements to accomplish their great research/work but took time to think, reflect and tap their vast realm of consciousness. The introduction briefly lays out his plan and purpose of writing this essay as it points out how technology has affected our general academia standards and how our society value...
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...by having an education?” Gaining an education can enhance your life as an act of defiance and assertion of power. As we all know going to school isn’t always for everybody, but you decide what you want to do. As for Sherman Alexie, (author of “Superman and Me”), he described his life as an Indian boy living on the Spokane Indian Reserve in eastern Washington state and how reading and writing greatly affected his life. As an Indian child, the he was expected to fail. But although failure is what was expected of him, Alexie refused to do so. He wanted to make his point, that his culture was able to get an education and value reading. Now he teaches creative writing to Indian children and has many students described as students who are “trying to save their lives”. Therefore having this quote, “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky”. (p. 91). (Alexie, 83-91) inspired me to take on this challenge in life. An education in law provides me with skills, knowledge, perseverance, and wisdom. It allows me to open my heart and mind to helping others; it enhances my understanding of how the world really works; it provides the possibilities for growth and joy in my life. Education challenges me to become a dedicated, productive, and relevant member of my American society. I decided to attend midlands technical college for an education in some kind of law to gain a greater life. A year ago my life took a huge turn and change for what I say was for the better; when...
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...Final Project- My Writing Portfolio English Comp. 101 Prof. Cody June 27, 2015 I have decided to enter writing assignments 1, 2, and 5 into my writing portfolio as a part of my final project. I chose these three specific essays because each essay relates to me in a unique way regarding my life experiences. I feel that I capture my audience’s attention in such a personal way that they desire to hear more. My personal writing comes from a vantage point about a particular subject in an expressive aim. The content of my writings are equipped for people who are more advanced in life; compared to those who haven’t had experience to support a family, finances, or particular employment. My writings apply to the expressive aim of writing and have comparable lacks. In my future writing processes, I plan to sum up my essays with less redundancy and more content. I learned to touch on the major points of my writings without presenting new information into my conclusions. While reviewing my essays, I realized that I continued to repeat the same errors but made the effort to not double speak when creating my words and thoughts. Given the corrections, I was able to make improvements to my writings so that they will have a continuous, but steady flow avoiding lessening the value of the subject at hand. Throughout the review process of my writing assignment 1, I was able to learn how to conduct APA Style within in my essays. Although my professor gave...
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...always a step behind when it came to educational milestones and struggled to keep up with kids my age. Although I wasn't a poster child for learning, I do credit myself for my creativity when I was younger. I always had these crazy thoughts and ideas running through my brain. All these thoughts eventually turned into stories that I would add to daily. Even though I had all these creative stories, I never wrote any of them down due to my lack of knowledge. While others were reading words and signing their names...
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...knowledge skills and values come from learning subjects such as history, algebra, statistics etc.? Does learning those subjects give you experiences, does it give you practical knowledge, or moreover does it give you the skills of socializing with people having different attributes? The answer to all these complicated questions is a simple no and therefore some people believe that education is much more than learning subjects. Yes education is more than learning subjects, for the following reasons: • It does not give you past experiences • It does not give you practical knowledge • Education might not enhance your ideas but may surely overpower them. Agreed education has to start somewhere but that does not mean that wisdom comes from mugging up hundred or two hundred text books, wisdom comes from experiences, awareness and logical thinking. By simply mugging up pages of theories right before an exam or test does not help because neither is one gaining any sort of knowledge nor is one gaining any experience out of it. It is like eating and then spitting it out. For instance: for subjects such as economics is it not always learn and vomit. One needs to have the extra bit of statistical information to prove to the examiner that you have in fact understood the topic well. Also, coming to experience, learning about World War One and World War Two only gives you an insight to what happened but not the...
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...* Part 1 In the novel I have read the author, Dave Pelzer, is not only the author but also the protagonist. In my opinion, Dave is described as a brave, courage, compassionate, and an inspirational young man. Dave tells his story when he was at the age of eighteen in this series. Dave not only wrote this novel but many more. I believe Dave and I share some of the same characteristics according to his book. Dave and I are both people who have a lot of compassion and have reasons to inspire people to go on with their lives. Dave has compassion towards his writings, not only does he has compassion but you can also read his writings and tell he loves what he does. In my opinion Dave has the power to inspire many teenagers or even adults to keep moving forward and not give up. As for myself, I find myself somewhat similar to Dave, although I didn’t experience the same obstacles as him, I have compassion towards writing and helping teens, like myself, through situations that they believe have no escape. * Part 2 A scene from the novel, “The Privilege of Youth: A Teenagers Story,” that really affected me was when he retells his heartbreaking childhood. The author describes his childhood as bleak and pessimistic. The author inputs simple but yet complex sentences to describe his life as a child. For Example, in chapter 2 page 15 middle of the second paragraph Dave states, “I was no longer an animal existing in a darkened basement/ garage, but a real person.” I believe this is...
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...even food can be art for both the eyes and the taste buds. 2. What is “art”? According to our textbook, Artforms by Patrick Frank, “a work of art is a visual expression of an idea or experience formed with skill through the use of a medium (Frank, p.3)” This means that if you develop a skill such as a painter or a guitarist, and you paint a picture or play a song, that would be you, the artist, creating a work of art. My own definition of art, as stated above, can be anything that ‘moves’ you. 3. Do you think you are greatly separated from the art world? Explain. I do not think I am separated from the art world. In fact, I feel very much a part of it. I have always had a love of architecture, am an amateur photographer, a lover of music and film, and think I have always been on the creative side. I still have my old notebooks full of sketches and poetry, and I love to spend my Sundays painting with my 5 year old, and teaching her to awaken the artist within. 4. Do you think humans have a need to be creative? Why or why not? I think everyone has a creative side in one way or another. A mechanic feels a basic need to take things apart and put them back together, a chef needs to cook and create new amazing smells and tastes, and a sculptor is always searching for a new medium or material to inspire people....
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...Reader by Billy Collins are not the exceptions to the rule. These two poems share a common bond; a thread that takes the reader on a journey of discovery, through their creativity and creative process. An author has the ability to use their imagination in a way like no other; to share thoughts and feelings about real or imagined experiences. It is through the use of wording these thoughts and feelings come to life, allowing the reader a glimpse inside the mind and heart of the author. This is where the bridge between the author and audience connect. In most cases, reading material is selected because of a first page or introduction that speaks to the reader. This content is what hooks the reader into a world that is interesting or oddly familiar, causing them to want to know more. When literature, whether it is a story, poem, quote, or even a movie script can speak to us on a deep level, it is a well written piece. It carries the ability to stir the emotions that can make us cry, laugh, get sad, or even upset. These words either cause us to want to remember or plead with us to forget. The writers of any piece of literary work have a creative process that they follow. Some may write on a whim while the ideas are flowing in. Others may have a ritual they perform to get their creative juices flowing. No matter the process,...
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...black man” (X 289). Although my journey in learning how to read and write did not lead to liberation and freedom in a physical sense like Malcolm X’s, I still became more confident that I would succeed in my life. Through reading and writing, I am free to be creative, imaginative and speak my mind. Furthermore, being taught multiple languages growing up has helped me to reach some of the highest points of my life. My philosophy of education is that being literate and educated opens up more opportunities to succeed and this belief has stemmed from my personal experiences from learning different languages. When I first moved...
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...and insanity as expressed in painting? The ongoing debate of how we can diagnose mental illness has fascinated me since I began research into Psychology a few years ago. It is argued there is a fine line between being a genius and being insane. Scientific evidence has been thrown back and forth to support and refute this hypothesis and yet I believe that there is no clear answer. I hope to explore this border and, using mentally disturbed artists, to explain how, if there is such a thing as insanity, it can be beneficial to the world and not seen as an obstacle. There is such bias and so many flaws in diagnostic systems that we cannot be sure to what extent someone can be creative without being labeled as insane. My aim is to find the relationship between the two, studying artists such as Edvard Munch and Van Gogh. Their art has influenced artistic movements such as post-impressionism and expressionism. It is thought their mentality influenced their work. Creativity is defined as ‘producing or using original and unusual ideas’. Biologically, creative ideas occur from unconscious states of mind, from random nerves being fired. It has been shown that highly creative abilities are common in people who have family history of mental illness and thus they carry a higher risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Research into the Thalamic region of the brain show high dopamine levels is the common link between creative and schizophrenic minds. This can support the idea that artistic...
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...an education can enhance your life as an act of defiance or an assertion of power. Going to school isn’t for everybody but it’s up to you to know what you want. As for Sherman Alexie, (author of “Superman and Me”), he described his life as an Indian boy living on the Spokane Indian Reserve in eastern Washington state and how reading and writing greatly affected his life. As an Indian child, the narrator was expected to fail. But although failure is what was expected of him, Alexie refused to do so. He wanted to prove that his culture was able to get an education and value reading. Now he teaches creative writing to Indian children and has many students described as students who are “trying to save their lives”. Therefore having this quote, “I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky”. (p. 91). (MHG Alexie 83-91) inspired me to take on this challenge in life. An Art education provides me with skills, knowledge, perseverance, and wisdom. It broadens my attitudes of acceptance of others who are different from me; it enhances my understanding of how the world really works; it provides the possibilities for growth and joy to my life. Education challenges me to become a dedicated, productive, and relevant member of my American society. I have the ability to draw still life. My dream is to become a still life artist. The skill of drawing cartoons started in 6th grade when my teacher gave me a Garfield coloring book. Once I got home, my cousin and I decided to have a...
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...Questions 1. I have worked for my current boss, Mr. Ford, in the field of youth social services for nearly a decade. Due to his leadership, I have remained with the agency throughout tumultuous periods. He has always challenged his employees to strive for quality of service at the greatest speed possible. Mr. Ford organizes employees to create a dynamic workforce capable of adapting to changes affected by the macroenvironment. In an effort to continue to win Requests for Proposal bids, Mr. Ford has consistently operated an efficient service program that is cost competitive with other service providers and fiscally sustainable. 2. One of the greatest ways that the Internet impacts my life on a daily basis involves how it has allowed knowledge to be shared instantaneously and with increasing accuracy. I am able to receive information about events and interests in real time. Instead of having to search libraries for dated information, as I did as a youth, I can find information that is relevant and current from trusted sources. Now it is possible to access peer-reviewed publications from esteemed institutions. Globalization, in conjunction with the Internet, has provided access to news and information from around the world. I enjoy reading articles from the perspectives of those of other nationalities and now, thanks to Google Translate, I can read articles that were written in foreign languages. 3. I have always admired Google for how the company treats its employees...
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...paternal grandparents took in his brother William Henry; and foster parents cared for his sister Rosalie. Poe was educated with the Allan’s aid, in private academies, excelling in Latin, in writing verse, and declamation. However, despite his education, he was looked down upon and regarded as an outsider by the upper class of Richmond’s society; perhaps because the Allan’s never legally adopted Poe. Also, the culture of Richmond during Poe’s young adulthood did not regard actors in a high manner. This could have attributed to his reputation since his biological parents were actors. The loss of his mother at an early age definitely affected Poe. “The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of ‘Mother’” Poe wrote that in To My Mother. In Tamerlane, he not only wrote about his father, but he wrote about his mother as well; he had more respect for his mother than he did for his father. This respect can be found in “Tamerlane” because in it he speaks much nicer of his mother. For example, he writes, “O, she was worthy of all love! Love – as in infancy was mine – ‘Twas such as angel minds above Might envy; her young heart the shrine on which my every hope and thought.’” Tamerlane also shows Poe’s inner reflections of how he thought life with his mother might have been. In 1831 Poe moved to Baltimore to...
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...|Master of Business Administration Assignment Cover Sheet | | | |Student Number |1136741 | | | | | | | | |Module code |12-13S20BSHR044-6 |Assignment No. |1 | | | | |Module Title |Mobilizing Creativity and Innovation | | | | | | |Module Tutor |Pauline Loewenberger & Sathya Narayanan | | | | | | |Due Date |09.05.2013 | | | | | | ...
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...CONFLICTS BETWEEN TWO NOVELS A paper Presented to Professor Zuidema Liberty University Lynchburg, VA. ENG 102_B17 By Gordon C. Wilson June 4, 2012 Outline Introduction: The introduction would speak a little about how compare and contrast could have an impact on our understanding of the novels. My thesis would also go here and speak of tension and brutality as similarities and the outcome as the difference between the novels. Body 1: The paragraph after the thesis would describe how tension that a reader has deals with conflicts that are bound to happen. It would also describe the similarities the two novels have with tension. Body 2: How the two novels are similar dealing with brutality. This would describe the danger and harm put toward characters and objects. Body 3: This deals with the contrast of the two novels. Outcome: - losing a human -losing a home Conclusion: In the conclusion, I would sum everything up. Conflict: -Tension -Brutality -outcome of both novels Compare and contrast essay’s are when you emphasize similarities and differences between two sources. These essay’s give readers clear understanding of specific information that may have not been noticeable while reading the text.(Baack) These essay’s can also reveal the theme, irony, and...
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