High school: a major transition in many teen’s lives that poses some confusing, yet important, questions. Who am I? Where do I belong? What am I going to do with my life? I was caught up in all of these questions, and quite frankly, life didn’t seem so simple or easy anymore. Day after day I would struggle with keeping everything in balance and worried about all of the little things. My life seemed to slowly slip up until I couldn’t seem to handle everything. I needed answers, and I needed them quickly.…
classes, apologizing and meeting with all those affected in the crime. The concept of restorative…
Christian author Jen Hatmaker’s affirmation of the LGBT lifestyle is dangerous, according to former lesbian and book author Rosaria Butterfield.…
The depiction of the painting and the article are quite similar. One of the reasons is because when Martha Corey was accused for being a witch by other three women, she had to stand on trial. In this painting, it is shown that a woman is kneeling in front of the judges while women around her seem to be enraged and in pain. As it was said on the article, “when Martha shifted her feet the girls did also, when Martha bit her lip the girls were compelled to it their own lips, crying out in pain.” Women acted and accused as not to be put on trial, or to be executed in some cases. It was also said that girls were pressured into revealing the person behind all this problems. This made things complicated since this work was reasoned by the community…
Kimberly Derting, the author of The Taking, was born and raised in the Seattle, WA, although for short periods of time, she lived in Phoenix, AZ, Boise, ID and San Jose, CA. She is currently living in the Pacific Northwest, “where the gloomy weather is ideal for writing anything dark and creepy” (Derting). She and her brother were raised by their single mother who “taught [Derting] to laugh” (Derting). In 7th grade, she signed up for a journalism elective. The class became more than just an easy A when Kimberly Derting discovered that writing was her passion. Following that class, when she was in high school, she took the role as Copy Editor of the school yearbook where she corrected other student’s grammar mistakes and wrote articles for those who missed their own writing deadlines. By own…
Karen Horney defines a basic anxiety as insidiously increasing, all pervading feeling of being lonely and helpless in a hostile world” (Horney, 1937, p.89). When a child experiences basic anxiety they can develop self defense mechanisms. These self defense mechanisms can become very common throughout the child’s life. So common in fact, that they become a permanent part of one’s personality and become a neurotic need. Horney developed a list of ten neurotic needs that could be categorized into three neurotic trends: moving towards other people (the complaint personality), moving against other people (the aggressive personality) and movement away from other people (the detached personality) (Shultz & Shultz, 2013, p.164). An apparent connection can be drawn between Horney’s neurotic trends and Timothy Keller’s chapter “The Seduction of Success” in his book Counterfeit Gods. According to Keller, “a sign you may…
As Christina Baldwin said: “ Journal writing is a voyage to the interior”. These journals not only symbolize my opinions about certain topics such as religion, gun control... but also represents me in every word and sentence written. I never thought that writing journals could arise so many emotions inside me while being so fun. Even though I wrote journals in GS100, the topics of this semester were more interesting. It developed my interest since we started writing the first journal. During this period, I realized that this experience not only made me grow up as a person but also as a writer.…
Writing has always been one of the most crucial aspects of a person’s daily life simply because it is everywhere. As a few examples, it is present when sending a letter, writing an email, posting on social media, publishing research documents, generating a code, etc. Yet, despite the unique goal a specific written piece might have, in general, it has the purpose of communicating something, an idea, to someone else, an audience. Therefore, how well something is written should be assessed as a matter of its effectiveness to communicate clearly its core idea.…
In her essay “A Feminist Primer for Philosophers of Science,” philosopher Janet Kourany describes science’s ugly history with women. From perpetuating androcentric societal biases to neglecting women’s health needs, science, Kourany argues, has been instrumental in decelerating feminist social progress. Now, in a social rebirth of feminism, does science have an obligation to undo its harms by joining the feminist movement? To answer this question, I first explain how science has slowed the progress of women in the United States. Then, I define the terms I use to evaluate Kourany’s two arguments in favor of science joining the feminist fight. As does Kourany in her essay, I then contemplate broader conceptions of science’s interplay with feminism…
September 2009. It’s his first day in his new school with his new classmates. After a rough last year due to an unsupportive group of people around him, he is unsure of what is going to happen this year. However, when he looks into his teacher’s eyes and engages into a conversation with her, he knows that this year was going to be the exact opposite rough, and he was immediately happy. Moments like these show how much a teacher can impact a student’s life in a positive way. Everyday, thousands of kids who are neglected by their parents like author Lynda Barry go to school which is more of a home to them due to the amazing teachers and classmates creating a stable and safe environment for them to thrive in. Whether it be comforting a child or…
The poem I chose to write this final reaction paper on is the poem entitled “Perfect Dress” by Marisa de los Santos. I chose this poem because the meaning of it seemed to just jump out at me and it was one of the few poems I thought I actually had a good grasp on.…
Bursting through the front doors of the school I stride out into the summer sun. The last day of school is cloudless and the sun shines brightly, warming my face and long chestnut hair blowing in the slight summer breeze. The breeze is chilly and the weather isn’t quite hot enough to feel like a real summer but that’s Seattle for you. Turning my new IPod to one of my favorite songs I start toward home, excited. For this is not just any last day of school, this is the last day of my junior year of high school. I am now officially, a senior. I had been dreaming about this summer for so long and I am determined to make it the best one of my life. I start sprinting home grinning till it hurts with Rabbit’s song “It’s Love” blaring…
How often college students think about being succeeded in college? What is the key to success? Angela Lee Duckworth, psychology professor was interesting this question and started to do research about it. Before she was a psychology professor, Duckworth taught math in middle school and high school. In her Ted Talk she notes: “What struck me was that IQ was not the only difference between my best and my worst students. Some of my strongest performers did not have stratospheric IQ scores. Some of my smartest kids weren't doing so well. And that got me thinking. The kinds of things you need to learn in seventh grade math, sure, they're hard: ratios, decimals, the area of a parallelogram. But these concepts are not impossible, and I was firmly…
The majority of people believe life is complicated, but realistically, they just need a more simplistic mindset. In Robert Fulghum’s All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Fulghum takes our “complicated” lives and breaks them down to terms as basic as Kindergarten. As the title suggests, he explains that one of the simplest years of our lives teaches us the most important concepts. His instructions include cleaning up after your own mess, living a balanced life, and sticking together. Kindergarten may be a straightforward year, but it is also one of the most influential years on our futures.…
It was the first time in my life where I felt that people were waiting for me excitedly At the same time, I started having fun with my young learners. Teaching need not only be inside a classroom environment or be the subject of awful lectures about respect and discipline. I was creative, open minded and forgiving, although I was still shouting, threatening and punishing as before . My learners afterwards were quiet and obedient, and magically my lessons went fluently. I think this experience was not only good for me as a teacher, but was a life time lesson to remember. It was enough for me to meet those students weeks ago, who are in grade eleven now, and hear them say, “Teacher, you taught us in Year 6 and you are the best teacher we have ever had.”…