Many writers on their venture to becoming great, are faced with roadblocks. I too feel those stresses. When sitting down to begin a story, novel, or poem we all strive to be different. But as Baldwin explains, "there is no original thought, because we all humans think and feel has been thought and felt so many times before, by so many generations." This in itself makes starting writing a very daunting task. Not to mention the sea of fellow authors you are competing with for limited shelf space. A trip to a jam packed bookstore reiterates this feeling instantaneously. Really, what sets the writer apart is the original perspective and finding out what shape to give it to really hold the readers attention. This can all be achieved through the power in…
Let's get started with the question above about using personality and opinion in your writing. I'm looking forward to your thoughts!…
Communication is a fundamental part of working in a professional environment. Without proper communication, nothing will get done. Outside the Lens is a very collaborative and communicative company as is the work the students the students do at Muirlands, so I’ve seen firsthand how important it is to have good communication and understanding. It’s also important to self-advocate for yourself otherwise you won’t accomplish anything you want. My mentor has always left room for self-advocacy by telling me to let him know if there was anything specific I wanted to learn, or focus on. I’ve felt confident enough to speak up whenever there’s something I want and that’s helped me out while working on my project. While editing I decided I needed more…
Writing class in my life has always been centered on analyzing mediums such as books, articles, movies, poems, and other things of that nature. The analysis would always consist of considering both viewpoints of an argument: what the author is saying and what the author is contrasting his or her viewpoints with. In addition to this, I have always been expected to incorporate my own thoughts on the subject of analysis. I feel as if I am a very good formal writer on serious subjects, and a not-so-great writer when it comes to talking about my own opinions and thoughts on an open topic. The best writing that I have ever done and was very proud of was the final paper for my Music Education philosophy course last semester. For this assignment we were expected to research a certain pedagogy, write about it, and synthesize our own pedagogy from what we had learned about that semester about all of the different pedagogies. Over the years from my first actual writing course in 9th grade, writing to me has developed from something I did to please the teacher into…
Assignment 1.1.8 Part: 1 Case Study #1: In neurobiological perspective of psychology, biologists like, Weber and van Helmholtz believe that the endocrine or nervous system is related to behavior. Mrs. B is feeling depressed because something is affecting her nervous system. Her body isn’t producing enough serotonin to control her moods and emotions. A humanistic perspective focuses on the positive outlooks of being human. It emphasizes on the importance of people’s feelings. Like how Carl Rogers came up with the “self-centered” therapy, which mainly focused on understanding one’s feelings. It seems Mrs. B was very close to her father and her son, with her father’s death this could have made her feel lonely since a main source of love and comfort is gone. Her father’s death could have made her feel insecure about life and given her a low self-esteem. Psychodynamic perspective emphasizes unconscious mind and early adolescent experiences. Mrs. B dropped everything when her father past away because she never resolved her phallic stage, Sigmund Freud’s third stage on psychosexual development. In other words, it seems she had an identity through him rather than her own accord. Furthermore, with her child gone, it could implied that she probably spent a lot of time on her own as a child which may have triggered the sudden actions she has taken in her life. Behavioral perspective is the idea that behavior comes from learning. Like how Ivan Pavlov trained dogs to salivate in a response to the sound of a tone. Mrs. B doesn’t have control of her emotions. Rather than trying to deal with them, she dwells upon her issues without trying to resolve them. It seems that her self-esteem lowered when her father and child gone. Since she has never experienced this before, she feels overwhelmed and lonely. Cognitive approach focuses on the importance of storing and receiving information and one’s way of thinking and reasoning.…
2001 Half Yearly English – Change Essay What is your understanding of Changing Perspective as a result of 2 poems from Peter Skrzynecki, 2 texts from your own choosing (one must be a film), and 1 text from the changing stimulus booklet? Introduction Changing perspective is defined as a change in the way a person sees something or someone. The poems by Peter Skrzynecki, “ Felix Skrzynecki”, “ 10 Mary Street” and “ Kornelia Woloszczuk”, Text1 1 “ The Door” by Miroslav Holub from the changing stimulus booklet, The Wog Boy, the article “ Be still my needled heart” by Hugh Mackay and Ian Mudie’s “ My father began as a god” all present different changing perspectives. All these texts allow for a greater understanding of changing perspective. Area of Study Scaffold Thesis § Position of statement with keywords and introducing all texts. § Overview of preview points of focus areas § Link back to question Paragraph 1 (Felix Skrzynecki) § Introduce Felix Skrzynecki and what the poem is about § 3/5 sentences of Changing Perspectives from Felix Skrzynecki § How these are achieved using linguistic devices § Link back to Question Paragraph 2 (10 Mary Street) § Logical Joiner and Introduce 10 Mary Street and what the poem is about § 3/5 sentences of Changing Perspectives from 10 Mary Street § How these are achieved using linguistic devices § Link back to Question Paragraph 3 (The Door – Miroslav Holub) § Logical Joiner introducing Changing Stimulus Booklet identifying The Door. § What ideas of change are presented in The Door § How are these ideas presented through devices § Elaborate by linking back to Peter Skrzynecki Paragraph 4 (My Father began as a god – Ian Mudie) § Logical Joiner introducing “ my father began as a god” by Ian Mudie § Changes in perspectives that are presented in this poem § How are these conveyed through language devices § Development as a result of these changes § Link back to Peter Skrzynecki and Question Paragraph 5 (Be still my…
Not only is violence more than just the easy to realize physical harm, it is also a major culprit in shaping and influencing identity and self-perception. In the “Selections from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom,” the author, Leslie Bell, interviews several women asking about their sexual identities. In one instance Jayanthi, one of the women interviewed by Bell, discusses an act of violence that changed how she would sexually identify herself. In addition, in “The Power of Context,” the author, Malcolm Gladwell, talks about how the Goetz incident, in which Goetz shot four black teens in a New York City subway train, contributed and affected how New York City would deal with its crime epidemic. Furthermore,…
In addition to ways that we may treat the elderly, we should also look at how the elderly may feel from an agentic perspective. When we talk about having an agentic perspective the name Albert Bandura comes to mind. Albert Bandura socio-cognitive view on personality is said to come from an agentic perspective. Having an agentic perspective means that humans are not just products of their environment but that they are also agents. Bandura believed that human conduct affects and is affected by the environment that surrounds them.…
It's honestly hard to be optimistic and "be the change" when the Supreme Court - with it's current vacant seat, and two justices who are over 75 and a republican majority in the house & senate - could be drastically changed for GENERATIONS to come. Explain to me in a non-myopic way how I can effect change in that regard and then I'll feel better.…
Peter Elbow, author of the article “Freewriting” argues that using the technique freewriting is very beneficial for writers. Freewriting is nonstop writing without correcting or checking what you’ve already written. Elbow says writers should use this exercise at least three times a week to improve their writing skills. I strongly agree with his assessment from personal use of this technique. While writing my first freewrite I realized I was less stressed, I felt like the paper displayed my character more, and I was able to share all of my ideas without losing them. We are so caught up in trying to sound educated and proper in our writings it sometimes can take away from the actual piece.…
In order for an author's voice to shine through in their writing, they must develop their…
The Nature of a person's writing style can sometimes show more about an individual then the words they actually write, the poetic twists in sentence flow or the professional structure of their grammar. Writing styles are as unique as fingerprints and to define them can be as arduous as mastering the skills required to properly form one. In the quest to define my own style I discovered a detail that I have determined encapsulates the style with which I write; I write with passion. When I say I am a passionate writer I don't mean that I love to write but more that my level of personal affection toward the subject I am writing on directly affects the emotional nature I write in. In other words, I write more expressively and artistically the…
This theory was founded by JB Watson in 1915 and has now become a worldwide view. The theory suggests that a learner is essentially passive and is more likely to respond to environmental stimuli or that their behaviour is shaped through positive and negative reinforcement.…
With revision, I was able to see clearly how I could improve in my writing as a student, and a personal individual. Connecting with the “Critical Reading” and “Critical Thinking” section of Susan Anker’s book, Real Essays Interactive, it guided me in different paths on how to approach my paper when it came to responding to various authors. For example, by paying close attention to the author’s words they wanted to convey to their audience, I found myself thinking about approaching my papers in different perspectives from what I used to write in. Before, I was solely taught to write in someone else’s view, not my own as it could’ve been too biased when analyzing an author’s work. Yet, reading deeper into the “Critical Reading” section, states, “asking yourself questions about the author’s purpose… you should consider whether you agree or disagree with the points being made.” Reading this along, felt like a reassurance as it was okay to place personal input and not solely writing in different viewpoints other than my own. Furthermore, reading other student’s personal thoughts being included into their work acted as a support when it came to acknowledging that it was alright to put in personal thoughts, and again, improved my writing a lot. It gave a sensation of being in the same place of other fellow classmates, and in some sense of supporting each other as we responded to each other’s…
The humanistic perspective is the perspective in psychology that I believe explains human behavior most accurately. The humanistic approach, largely founded by Carl Rogers, focuses on “the motivation of people to grow psychologically, the influence of interpersonal relationships on a person’s self-concept, and the importance of choice and self-direction in striving to reach one's potential (Hockenbury).” Humanism studies a person as a unique entity, viewing their behaviour, not only through a scientific viewpoint, but also that of the one being observed in natural setting. Humanism gives power to an the individual in search of an optimistic and self motivating psychology that requires hard work and self reflection to meet maxim potential. The…