...Boogeyman Summary The three children of the separated family father Lester Billings are dead, like a psychiatrist tells, killed by the Boogeyman. The worst thing for Billings is that he has suspected that, when his first child died, and was sure, when his second child died. Still he admitted that the Boogeyman took his third child. Now he believes that the Boogeyman will take him too, and he is afraid to open his closets at home. His psychiatrist, Dr.Harper understands him well, too well. At the entering to the lobby, there is no one to help him and when he return into the room, Lester Billings finds the psychiatrist taking off his mask to show him that he is the boogeyman, the person who had killed his three children. Point of view The short story has a third person narrator, but the use of direct speech almost makes it seem like a first person monologue by Lester Billings. We get a deep look into his psyche whereas the psychiatrist we only know little about. Main Character Lester Billings is an arrogant sissy. He thinks the best of himself and is irascible when contradicted. He is also violent, selfish a male chauvinist and has about every other negative Characteristics one can think of. It is interesting why he has become like that, and I believe the course lies in the way he was brought up .He was over protected by his mother, with whom he now has no contact and he thinks overprotective parents make frighten and weak kids.Lester is afraid his own children will...
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...is your assignment extra credit it goes on all year long.” On the board written in chalk it says: Think of an idea to change our world and put it into Action! Everyone in the class complains about how weird, strange, and hard it is. Mr. Simonet then very slowly replies, “How about possible, it’s possible. The realm of possibility exists in each of you. So you can do it or you can just sit back and let it atrophy.” On the way Trevor comes back home. He saw some homeless, and he thinks about his assignment. He got it. The idea is “pay it forward”. He chose someone who needs help. He made an operation by he will help three people and these three people will help nine people, more and more like that. The world will change. The first person whom he wants to help is the homeless...
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...Assignment tittle communication skill Assessor: Michael Wong Health and social care level 2 Unit: 3 In this assignment I have be asked to produce a report on one to one communication and group communication. I will also Identify and describe my own interaction, assess the advantages (strength) disadvantages (weakness) and what went well, what went badly and how to improve it. One to one communication I am going to tell you the role I played in the one to one communication with one my partner Noma I played the role of a service user in a nursing home that have left hospital but not yet ready to return home. My partner played the role of a career. We discuss about my health and the reason why I don’t want to return home. If I have had my medication, my breakfast and what I would like to take for lunch time. We also discuss about her son, what he is called and if I have any pain to be looked after. Career hi Lora Service user hi Noma Career: how are you today? Service user: I am fine. Career: have you taking your bath this morning? User: yes. Career: have you had something for breakfast? User: yes. Career: what did you have for breakfast this morning? User: A cup of tea, bread and sausages. Career: have you taking your medication Service user: not yet. Career: why? User: I don’t feel like taking any medication today. Career: is there no body to administer you drugs to you? User: I do not feel taken the drugs. Career: what do like to take for lunch...
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...Stolpestad by William Lychack (2008) Have you ever felt that your life is just being repeated? Nothing new happens, nothing that you aren’t used to. Your life continues as you know it, and it bores you. This is what this story Stolpestad (marker) by William Lychack, from 2008, is about. The story is about a man named Stolpestad, who is a police officer. On yet another lazy Saturday he receives a call and has to deal with a young boy’s suffering dog. He is not pleased with the task and it tortures him to see the dog suffering - knowing what has to be done. He has to shoot the dog twice in order to stop its suffering. Stolpestad then continues his lazy Saturday evening - spending some time in a bar, calling his wife to say he will be home late. Everything is like a blur. He returns to his home, just to find out that the boy and his father is waiting for him. They want to thank him for his bravery and tell him that the dog didn’t die. Stolpestad lives in a little town and he has been living there from his very early years. For him his life is just the same as it has always been. It’s like he is stuck and he doesn’t go any further - it’s the same routine day after day and all this is the main theme. From the very beginning there is a good example on the setting in the story and how he feels about it on page 1, line 2-3: “(...) - sun never burning through the clouds, clouds never breaking into rain (...)”. Here the whether symbolize...
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...Manual Critique Nathan Coffman ENG/221 October 6, 2014 Nancy Henderson Manual Critique I will start by saying that I chose a manual completely at random. For my critique I chose to use a manual I found online for an Avaya 3920 wireless telephone. The five criteria I had set for the manual beforehand were: it needed to be written in the second person, it needed to have a table of contents, it needed to be easy to understand/non-technical, the terminology needed to stay consistent throughout, and the manual needed to appear professional. The first thing that I noticed when the manual opened was that the first few pages were essentially legal notices. There was also a portion about the author/s making their best effort to make sure everything was accurate at the time of writing. I thought that was a good way to start. They seemed to cover all of their bases from a legal perspective. After getting through the legal notices, I found the table of contents. Ding, Ding, Ding, it matched one of my criteria. The table of contents was laid out, in my opinion, just the way it should have been. It started out with the introduction and all things a person would expect with that. (Welcome, brief description of the manuals layout, and it gave a website where the user can get more information.) The other sections in the table of contents were mainly for installation and setup. After I got through examining the table of contents I started to read the actual manual. The main...
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...if I have progressively advanced in my writing. Although, I have not perfected any of the different writing aspects; I have learned from Mrs. Menetre’s corrections especially on my use of second person. Over my English...
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...resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Personal action plan Regina Edwards Communication/315 November 1, 2012 Meredith Cinman Personal Action Plan Plan [Typographical error: eliminate duplicate word (if on the same line)] of action Last Thursday, instead of coming to class, I [Avoid use of the first person (I, me, my) in academic writing unless writing about a personal experience. First person use may be allowed by the instructor. ] went to the emergency room at Earl K. Long hospital because my pressure was consistently running high. I observed numerous people there for treatment. My observation lasted six hours. I...
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...it is a social norm to either put it off or put it in a silent mode. But for my breaching experiment I wanted to break this social norm by going to the library and put my phone on, on full volume and see how people around me would react. Some of the reactions were surprising, but others were not. The people’s reaction made me think how much one can trust a person to help you in time of need, and the reason some people act in the a manner that they do. I did my breaching experiment on a Saturday afternoon, I went into a study library in the university, put my headphones in the phone, (in order to convince people I was listening to music), and begun to read. After some time, my friend came so that to assist me in accomplishing the experiment. He was to assist me by calling my number. When he got in I knew everything was ready for my experiment. After he settled he started calling my phones without anybody else’s knowledge. My friend told me he did that by making it look like he was texting, and from his observation none of the people in the room noticed we were linked, until after the experiment when I told them what I was doing. Once I got informed my phone was ringing, I went out of the room to make it look like I was calling back the person who had called. After sometimes, I came back in order to observe what people in the room thought of what happened. I did the experiment two times. The second time I...
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...doing so I would answer my phone and not say a word then I would jot down my observations of the other persons response. However, before I started my violation survey I was really quite worried. It doesn’t matter if you’re in China or America; it’s an impolite behavior to not answer or greet when someone phones you. Perhaps the person calling me might think I accidently hit the wrong button or something, which would potentially lead to them hanging up and redialing me again. I assume if I don’t answer within 5 seconds the person calling me would just hang-up and try again or try text messaging me. The past few days that I have been attempting the survey has been a bit difficult for me because I am use to always answering with “hello.” However, I made a concerted effort and achieved good results for this project. My friend, Savina, and I were planning on hanging out Thursday afternoon. I waited for her to pick me up at the CRCC business building. She called me when she arrived, and I answered her phone call, but didn’t say a word. This (non-conversation) silence lasted for 23 seconds and then she asked “hello Caroline, are you there?” I did not expect this patient reaction from her. After we met, I asked her why she waited on the phone for a whole 23 seconds instead of saying something immediately. Her response to why she didn’t say something sooner and instead waited 23 seconds was because she assumed I was really busy at the moment and needed a few seconds before answering her...
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...Point of View There are three different points of view (also known as perspectives) a writer can use: First Person, Second Person, and Third Person. First Person: Writers using the first person point of view write from their own point of view: “I believe” “I think” “I saw” To understand first person perspective, imagine you are telling your friend about your day. Usually, when you tell someone about your own experiences, you use the first person perspective because it tells the reader what you thought, felt or did. Second Person: Writers using second person point of view write from the reader’s point of view: “You believe” “You think” “You saw” To understand the second person perspective, imagine you are giving a speech to your class- mates about how to bake a cake. Instructions are often given in the second person point of view because it tells the reader what to think, feel, or do. The second person can also be used when a writer is addressing a familiar audience. Third Person: Writers using the third person point of view write from an anonymous observer’s point of view: “He/She believes” “The philosopher thinks” “The witness saw” To understand third person perspective, imagine a camera that views what is going on around it: The camera cannot say, “I think this is good,” or “I think this is bad.” Also, it cannot say, “You think this is good,” or “You think this is bad.” The camera can only show what it records and allows the viewer...
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...together that mean something different from their individual meanings. Leaving a space after a comma was another mistake I incurred. Although it is just a simple mistake that I overlooked, it still affects the professionalism of my paper. It was also revealed that you do not capitalize the word president unless you are referring a specific president or stating the President of the United States. I also learned that if two words function as an adjective, they should be connected with a hyphen. For example, real time should be real-time. My review from WritePoint was better than I thought regarding my editing changes. Regarding the revision changes, according to WritePoint brought out that I use the passive voice. When writing an essay the passive voice can tend to agitate the reader because your paragraphs become officious and tedious. You must remain consistent with the active voice while writing. For example I wrote, “Within the same study it was indicated that 35% of Americans watched political videos online.” To remain consistent with an active voice throughout the sentence the writer should write, “Within the same study statistic revealed that 35% of Americans watched political videos online.” Replacing “it was indicated” with “statistics revealed” allowed my active voice to stay consistent and not agitate the reader. Another revision change that WritePoint identified was wordiness. Simplifying a sentence is one of the easiest errors to correct. You have to look for that extra...
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...it is a social norm to either put it off or put it in a silent mode. But for my breaching experiment I wanted to break this social norm by going to the library and put my phone on, on full volume and see how people around me would react. Some of the reactions were surprising, but others were not. The people’s reaction made me think how much one can trust a person to help you in time of need, and the reason some people act in the a manner that they do. I did my breaching experiment on a Saturday afternoon, I went into a study library in the university, put my headphones in the phone, (in order to convince people I was listening to music), and begun to read. After some time, my friend came so that to assist me in accomplishing the experiment. He was to assist me by calling my number. When he got in I knew everything was ready for my experiment. After he settled he started calling my phones without anybody else’s knowledge. My friend told me he did that by making it look like he was texting, and from his observation none of the people in the room noticed we were linked, until after the experiment when I told them what I was doing. Once I got informed my phone was ringing, I went out of the room to make it look like I was calling back the person who had called. After sometimes, I came back in order to observe what people in the room thought of what happened. I did the experiment two times. The second time I...
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...Anne Frank, a brave hero to all Jews. Here are my reasons towards why I believe she said that deeply heartfelt quote. My first reason to why I believe she said, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart," is because she was a very optimistic person. Another reason I believe she said that is because she was a nice and caring person. My last reason to why I believe she said that is because she was a very brave and heroic person. Now I'll be explaining my reasons more in depth. To start off, as I said before I believe she said that because she is very optimistic. Here is another quote that I found in the collections book that shows how she is optimistic, " I'm going to be a famous dancer or singer... or something wonderful." That shows how she is optimistic because she doesn't know if she is...
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...first email was my branch manager at the time. I am no longer employed with this company but it is not due to this situation. He is the type of person this is very hard to explain in words. You would have to experience his ways. The second was between to other employees in the same branch office. This experience was due to lack thereof communication and assumption. 2. Who was the receiver? In the first scenario I was the receiver and this email caused a drastic issue within the work place. In the second scenario, it was between a receptionist and an inside sales rep. that believes he is more important than words. 3. What was the message? The message was sent to my manager’s boss. I was copied on it when it was replied to by this gentleman. The issue was I had done serve damage to my arm. I was seeing a doctor and having physical therapy on my arm. This job consisted of a good deal of lifting and repetitive work. I was under Workman’s Comp. so I was not actually supposed to be working. The message consisted of several comments stating I was not able to keep up with my job, and it was time to look for other arrangements. In the second the inside sales rep. put a order in front of a already over worked receptionist and did not say a word. 4. What channel was used to send the message? Email and no words spoken. 5. What was the misunderstanding that occurred? When I read the email, I perceived the words stating that I was no longer able to do my job to their...
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...house. This house are separated in two area basically, open-shared ground floor and private area in second floor. In this case study I will discuss my new home in the aspects of ritualization, ethnography and phenomenology that how these elements affect my personal perception of my house. F.1. The second floor of my house. In a share house, the whole environment of the private area is important to each person, no matter students or working people. As we know, everyone want a comfortable place for them to relax and engrossed in their own work at home, therefore, well allocation of personal private space in every single house is necessary. In this house, we have got three bedrooms and all located in the second floor, hence, the private areas of my home are grouped together. Clean and quiet environments are the first element that normally required for a domestic space. My bedroom is quiet and clean and that fit my basic requirement. F.2. Day view of my bedroom on the second floor. We all in this house will not make noises to disturb each other so basically we will not be incommoded, especially in bed time. As my bedroom is located in the second floor, it is much more quiet than some rooms which are next to kitchen or garage. Also it is convenient to me that I do not need to share my bedroom with other people as I can do anything without other person’s permission. In my room, I always feel free, leisure and secure that I can do whatever I want to do in most of the time...
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