How to Say Nothing in 500 Words- Response The writer of this text gave some very influential information that I could really use to further develop my writing skills. I admit that I do generally use common things that everyone uses and that do affect my scores on essays. After reading this‚ I really want to improve my essays by using more descriptive language and venturing out of the box. Surprisingly‚ even though the speaker’s essay was written 50 years ago it is still very relevant today.
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would most people‚ would typically characterize myself as bad-tempered in the mornings as I have a tendency to be easily annoyed. In the midst of my day‚ I sometimes stop and reflect on how instead of being irritable‚ I should be thankful that God has given me yet another day to live. I’ve found that being thankful often sets the mood for my day. I have a change in attitude and a different outlook on how I’m going to handle things. I believe that we as humans need to be thankful and appreciate
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“On Being Sane in Insane Places” It was very interesting to read about Rosenhan’s study and how psychiatrists‚ who go through big coursework and training‚ could wrongly classify a patient. It surprised me how some psychiatrists couldn’t say they don’t know what’s wrong with patients instead they could possibly diagnose someone as insane. Though reading this chapter I found the strange things from Rosenhan’s study that was hard to believe. Slater states‚ “The strange thing was‚ the other patients
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rehearsal for the musical every day; several important deadlines were coming up; and‚ most importantly‚ I hadn’t heard from my camp yet about being accepted into the Aide/CIT program. The camp director‚ Claudia‚ had said she would send out the rejection and acceptance letters nearly a week before‚ but I had yet to receive so much as an empty envelope. Being an Aide had been my dream ever since I started going to camp six years prior and had let my role models inspire me. While the Aides are still
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“On Being Sane in Insane Places” I frankly don’t believe in mental illness. It’s not an illness in the way that diabetes is an illness. I believe that it’s just an emotional response to a distressed environment. I feel that mental illness is often misdiagnosed. My mother was misdiagnosed with a mental illness and institutionalized because of her suicidal tendencies. I remember going to visit her at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital‚ after a while‚ I felt like I was also a patients. I eventually got
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I am an INTJ i’m a courageous open minded and an very confident person. Being an INTJ is great‚ I am organized and determined when it is important.I enjoy projects and experiments.I like improving my skills in different subjects. I would say I don’t typically get antze‚ I’m usually pretty patient. I’m pretty hardworking when it comes to homework or projects that I am really interested in or just overall anything. I am typically more confident in smaller crowds. I like to be by myself a lot not in
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does being an American mean to you?” Well up until now I haven’t put much thought to it. I don’t know much about being an American‚ what I do know is we have rights. As Americans we don’t have monarchy. We’re a free country; we have the choice to be able to vote for who we want running‚ not our lives but our country. To be an American is the greatest thing in the world to most people‚ having a voice‚ a place you
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In our world today‚ fate vs. free will remains the biggest mystery of all‚ the Greeks believed that there is an underlying relationship of free mans will exist within fate which the Greeks believed guided the universe in a harmonious purpose. Man was free to choose and was ultimately held responsible for his own actions. A wise man will make good decisions in his life; an ignorant and stubborn man won’t be so fortunate. The play “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles demonstrates that this concept of free will
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babysitter. Throughout my teenage years I always felt that I was missing out on High School events‚ for instance; football games‚ dances‚ parades‚ etc. because I was always babysitting. The more my parents made me babysit‚ the more I realized I loved being around kids‚ they’re just adorable‚ sweet‚ and it’s just a great thing to watch them grow and learn. Watching other children over the years I’ve learned a great quantity on how to take care of them and I would love to continue on learning how to take
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Essay outline Wonderful ending to a tragic death in Romeo and Juliet There are many possible endings for the play‚ but if I were to write the ending‚ I would have changed it so that‚ Romeo comes back and fights Paris and kills him. The fight takes so long that by the time Romeo reaches Juliet‚ she is about to wake up. When Romeo sees Juliet‚ he runs and goes hug her. Then Romeo looks at Juliet shockingly and sees the vile in her hand and asks her what had happened. Then Juliet looks at Romeo
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