...have to do a lot with nature, confidence, and self-reliance? Those characteristics have to do with transcendentalism. Even today, despite transcendentalism is two hundred years old, transcendentalism can be found in modern songs such as “I Can Ride My Bike with No Handlebars”. Self reliance is when you rely on nobody but your self; where you don’t rely on technology or your buddy to do stuff. In the song “Handlebars” it says “I can make a living off a magazine, I can design an engine that gets 64 miles to the gallon of gasoline…” The Flobots are inferring that they can make a living off anything, relying on nothing but themselves to survive. While in the exert from “Walden”, it says “where I sat, there I might live, and the landscape radiated from me accordingly.” What Henry Thoreau is saying is that wherever he may go he will live; relying on nobody but himself and only himself to survive. Both the Flobots and Thoreau are saying that they will rely on no one but themselves to live and survive. Going against the flow, swimming up river, these are all ideas of free-thought. Free though is where someone does something or thinks something that not everyone does or is thinking. In the song “Handlebars” it says “I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handle bars, no handlebars.” The lyrics are saying that he can ride bikes with no handlebars. Now not many people do that. There for showing free thought. While Thoreau states free thought in the story “Walden” by saying “ In...
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...church is where the hurting go and the doors should be open to anyone who needs hope and help. The church is where you can come to and allow people to do life with you. When I walk into a church I look for a person to greet me, even if I have been there a hundred times I like for people to acknowledge me that I am there. Not that I deserve to be greeted, but I do feel that there needs to be a person to welcome not only members but also new people to the church. I believe the worship service is a very important parts our service. In Psalm 95:1 it says “Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!” By saying the rock of our salvation we are saying that Jesus is our rock and He allows us to be who we need to be through Him. We are to sing to the Lord and lift our voices and our hearts to Him. When you step into a worship service the worries that came in with you will be lifted. I want people who are having problems to realize that the Holy Spirit can overcome any of those worries when you just lift your hands toward heaven. When you lift your hands towards the heavens you are surrendering you to Him. You are saying everything I am, is nothing without you. I believe a worship service could be with or without instruments. In Psalm 71:23 we see him say “My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed.” We are singing not just to sing but to thank Him for redeeming our soul. He saved us and...
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...24 March 2014 Explication of “You Thought I was That Type” by Anna Akhmatova In the literary poem, “You Thought I was That Type” by Anna Akhmatova, she showed no feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the suffering and misfortunes of others. There was a stunning woman that didn’t have any kindness or forgiveness that was shown especially to somebody a person had power over; but knowing how to survive in the real world and being an individual that had the necessary emotional qualities to deal with stress, grief, loss, risk, and other difficulties. The reader is able to see that something throughout the marriage wasn’t good by interpreting line 12 "And by the fire and smoke of our nights", which shows they didn’t have peaceful nights. In line one “You thought I was that type”, the speaker is saying that someone took the wrong perception of her character by basing it off of things that wasn’t true ending up taking her for someone she really wasn’t. In line two “that you could forget me”, the speaker is saying that they couldn’t ever forget her since they made up their own view of what role she played in their life. In line three “and that I’d plead and weep and throw myself”, the speaker is saying that she tried to do everything she could think of to make herself be the one for this person but nothing would work so in result she was in sorrow. In line four, “under the hooves of a bay mare”, the speaker is saying that she would try to hide herself from all the pain...
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...2014 EN1320 Unit 2 Memoir Mr. Campbell The Kid Who Lies to Have Fun As a kid, I did a lot of reckless things. I wanted to do what wrestlers did, but I knew I wasn’t supposed to because I could possibly hurt myself or someone else. To make matters worse, I wasn’t being truthful when my mother wondered what I was doing. Lying is something that I was apparently good at as a child. I remember when the wrestling announcers on television would say, “Please, do not try this at home.” This message of safety was almost non-existent to me in my youth because I was a huge fan of wrestling. I also had friends who felt the same way, which in my mind, made it better for me. In the era of junior high school, my friends and I got together during lunch and talked about what happened on “Monday Night Raw.” We then started trash-talking and saying what we were going to do to each other when we wrestled. I remember saying, “What if we found an area, a bunch of old stuff, a boom-box for music, and a mattress, we can be about what the heck we’re talkin’ about!” My friends all said, “Yeah! Let’s do it! What are we going to tell our parents when we get home all beaten up?” I said, “Just lie and say that you were playing baseball. I’m sure they’ll understand.” After school, instead of me walking home, I ran home. I made sure to complete my homework before the epic backyard wrestle-fest, and then I called my friends. We began to devise ways to make backyard wrestling safe enough...
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...Sometimes saying no can be awkward or hard. But when we don’t say no it can lead to consequences. Kids especially have trouble saying no. For example when kids are already full but can’t say no to dessert or their favorite food. The consequence of this could be uncomfort or a stomach ache. In the short story "Your Move" by Eve Bunting, a twelve year old boy named James wants to join a group called the K-Bones. The thing is that the K-Bones make bad decisions that get James in trouble. James becomes regretful, fearful, and most of all daring and at the end will learn that saying no can be hard but is the right thing to do. Body Paragraph 1- daring- James is daring. This causes him to make bad choices. I know this because in the text when James is climbing and tagging the sign he doesn’t run away or say no. He just does it. This is daring because he knew the dangers of getting caught or falling on this atrocious wall. The description of the wall was “ High above the freeway, the green sign hangs on its metal pole. Two spotlights shine on it.” it also said “ It...
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...point-of-view about how African Americans are, how they should be treated and how we should address the matter. What I will be discussing in this story is, what their thoughts are about the situation against Black Americans and White Americans and their thoughts are are between each other. First we will discuss Washington and Dubois point-of-views. Then we will look at both authors individual rhetorical devices and break down and comprehend what they're both trying to say. Then finally I will discuss if each individual authors writings were persuasive or was used in in a powerful manner. First off we will be looking at Dubois and...
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...“I Am” A Paper Presented to Dr. Jason Hilgeman Of Liberty University Lynchburg, VA In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for John BIBL 323 By: Keith D. Lewis March 8, 2013 The seven “I AM” sayings are a signature of John’s gospel. They are quick to the tongue of many Christians when defending a variety of doctrines. Indeed, the “I AM” sayings alone can almost summarize Jesus’ teachings about his own deity and nature. Of particular interest is the saying found in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. Nobody gets to the father except through me.” This paper will be concerned with this saying, and explore the events surrounding it, its relation to God’s revelation of himself in the Bible, and its significance to Christ’s deity. The back drop of this saying is the upper room discourse. Jesus has called all the disciples together so that he may share a last meal with them and give them his last parting directions before he dies. He has washed the disciple’s feet, implicitly announced the man who will betray him, and has foretold Peter’s denial. He has also given his “New Commandment” in 13:34: “A new commandment I give you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” This I AM saying is in the middle of Jesus’ discourse. It was provoked by a question from Thomas. Jesus had just explained the he was going to “prepare a place” for them (14:3), and further revealed to the disciples, “and you know the way...
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...I think peaceful to laws negatively impact a free society. I think its negatively impact to society because why should we have rules when no one seem to follow them. In The case against civil disobedience "its a question asking is the problem simply that whites have power and blacks do not?" . I think this is true because I feel that whites had more freedom then the blacks did . But I feel that everyone should be treated equally.In seeking to improve tomorrow, it is our duty to remember where we have been and reflect on where we are"I think this is saying that tomorrow will better only if we do not make the same mistakes we did it the past . Its saying we have to improve .If we had a peaceful to laws to positively impact to a free society it would be better...
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...you were really talking to a wall? The person may have heard you but gave no indication of it at all. Avoid doing the same thing. When communicating with others, it's just as important that people be aware that you're listening as it is that you're actually listening. For that reason, be involved with and react to what the other person is saying, either via a nod, or an "I see," or a paraphrase of the other person's statements. You'll strengthen your own understanding and make a better impression. #3: Avoid negative questions Suppose you say to a customer, "You don't have Word installed?" and he answers "Yes." What does he mean? Yes, you're right, Word is not installed? Or yes, he DOES have Word installed? Asking a negative question creates confusion. It's clearer if you phrase the question positively (e.g., "Do you have Word installed?") or ask an open-ended question ("What applications do you have installed?"). If you must use the negative, try a question such as "Am I correct that you don't have Word installed?" #4: Be sensitive to differences in technical knowledge Chances are, your customers have less technical knowledge than you do. Be careful, therefore, when...
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...Non-Virtue “So there you have it: two things and I can't bring them together and they are wrenching me apart. These two feelings, this knowledge of a world so awful, this sense of a life so extraordinary—how am I to resolve them?” John reflects on his feelings and the consequences of his actions. (5.43)- Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish. In his novel, Richard Flanagan uses his character, John, to show an internal struggle between two values that contradict each other and cannot be brought together. This internal struggle in John is very similar to William Faulkner’s display of an internal war between virtue and non-virtue through Lucius Priest in The Reivers. The war between virtue and non-virtue is implied by his thoughts on adulthood and his actions when faced with adversity. Faulkner demonstrates how anyone can and will fall victim to the temptation of non-virtue. Using Lucius, an innocent child, to display that even those who choose virtue will give in to the seduction of sin. In his novel, The Reivers, Faulkner elucidates an ongoing war between virtue and non-virtue in the mind of Lucius Priest. First in the book through his unwillingness to disobey orders, Lucius demonstrates his captivity to virtue (AB Phrase). Lucius begins the book as an innocent child who always tries to make the right choice and choose the path of virtue. Lucius contrasts his Saturday morning to the other boys by saying “each Saturday morning, when all the other boys were...
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...childhood and till now I always remember the sentence that my parents used to tell me "TO be A better person in life and to get success YOU havE to work hard, The result of hard work is always fruitful,so YOU have to work hard". I want to give exampleS from my experience today whatever I am its only becAUSE of hard work. For a guy from A lower class family it is almost impossible to GRADUATE in engineering BY FINANCING YOURSELF. It's only becAUSE of the regular hard work I got A scholarship to do BTECh.I don't believe in luck since luck is never my LOT. Today's world is a competitive world. Everyone here wants to be famous and wantS success in his life. Whether he may be A successful boxer, Hard Work Is Key To Success Life is full of twistS and turns .Everyone has to struggle here in this world to overcome every obstacle in the way to success.For this hard work is necessary. Without working hard and just by sitting idle it will be hard for one to get success. Since from childhood and till now I always remember the sentence that my parents used to tell me "TO be A better person in life and to get success YOU havE to work hard, The result of hard work is always fruitful,so YOU have to work hard". I want to give exampleS from my experience today whatever I am its only becAUSE of hard work. For a guy from A lower class family it is almost impossible to GRADUATE in engineering BY FINANCING YOURSELF. It's only becAUSE of the regular hard work I got A scholarship to do BTECh.I don't believe...
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...more important than the bullet. I think that is a really strong quote and i really like it because it has a sequences like jail or they could take you to court . That is why it is important to vote be cause we have a right to. “The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”-Abraham Lincoln. This quote means One of the reasons not to vote is some presidents are for bad stuff. One president was voting for abortion. And other bad stuff like really really bad stuff. But I personally like voting. Well kinda. Sometimes. The reason you should is because it is a honer. Some people don’t take it as a honer. But i do but i am not saying it you shouldn’t vote i think we should. Everybody...
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...Answers The Meeting R: Morning B: Good morning R: I don’t know if you read your email yet B: I’m just about to R: I got an email from Abby and I know that she sent one to you, and since you haven’t read your email I want to try to nip this in the bud and explain what this email is about. She’s accusing me of sexual harassment. What had happened, let me just give you some back history first. First of all, my wife and I are having marital problems and during that time we separated and Abby and I, because we have seen each other, because we have liked each other decided, let’s see what can happen. B: How long ago was this? R: This was 6 months ago. Last 2 weeks it has really become stressed and that’s why production is down. And I know that you know these numbers. But the problem being is that she is fighting everything. She doesn’t want to work with me, she doesn’t want to give me a hand with anything, and I’m managing it all on my own. And then she’s threatening me. Now this is in response to another email that I sent her, which she refers to in there. Now here is that email, and let me explain. Right now I’m just saying if you don’t want to get back together with me, and I had wrote her an email saying why don’t we get back together. Well she didn’t respond positively so I said fine, if you’re uncomfortable on our team, I’ll do everything that I can to help facilitate you moving to a different group. I wanted to help her, I wanted to solve this problem and instead she’s writing...
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...on TV which emphasized on Maslow’s hierarchy needs of physiological need. The ad started off with a lady seeing her friend by a clothes drop off place. She came up to her and said that she had lost a lot of weight and was looking really good. The friend then replied with saying she’s getting rid of her old clothes because their too big for her. That she lost weight due to cheerios whole grain cereal, and then they show the facts behind people losing weight by eating this cereal. It was used to motivate the customer by persuading them if they eat their product they will lose weight. Many people have a weight problem and are trying to find easy and inexpensive solution and they catch a person’s eye with their advertisement. Another ad which highlights Maslow’s hierarchy safety needs was the ad of “Is your money safe?” A couple was at the bank to cash out their retirements funds, and the lady comes back with a load of blank paper saying here’s your money. The couple looks at the blank papers in disbelief and had a disappointed look on their faces. Then the advertisement switches to one blank screen with the question “what’s really in your retirements account?” Then it goes to gold coins and gold bricks saying, “Invest in something real, tax free hassle free rollover American Bullion real, physical gold!” This advertisement might have scared some people looking forward to their retirement and making them think things over. They used a...
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...have the power to remove ONE word from the English dictionary, and no one is allowed to use that word ever again; what word would it be and WHY? If I had the power to remove one word from the English dictionary and no one was allowed to use that word ever again; that word would be “No”. The word “No” can bring negative feeling to our children. Besides this, it can also do damage to our children’s language skills and behavior growth. Young children model themselves after adults a lot. They learn how to speak and act from imitation quickly. Saying no to children creates the chance that they will talk back to us. In addition to this, saying no can become unproductive when it's overused. Children think we are fooling around with them, and they do not take us seriously. Lastly, it will become a tiresome journey for adults and the children. The most influential Chinese philosopher Confucius said: “Do not impose on others what you do not desire others to impose upon you.” Most people don’t like hearing no from children, so why should we use the word no to them? As educators, we should find an effective way to discipline our children instead of saying no. Removing the word “No” from the dictionary doesn’t mean we have to say “Yes” everything to our children. Try rephrasing our "no" as a "yes", and say no in a positive way. For example, I could say to my child, who is crying for the ice-cream before a meal, "Yes, you can have ice-cream after dinner. Let's go look for an orange for now...
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