SUMMARY: At first Liyana walks into her home and spots a woman sitting in her living room. Nobody knows who she is so when “Poppa” gets home‚ they talk. He finds out that she is a cousin of a cousin of a cousin. As tradition “Poppa” had to buy her fabric in order to make a dress. This was a symbol of success from their trip to Jerusalem from America. In retrospect‚ Liyana thinks about her life in America and the memories she had. She sees herself as a “blur”
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Professor Chew starts the video off with listing “Beliefs That Make You Stupid” which are beliefs that undermine college students learning. The first belief is that students believe they can learn things and complete assignments faster than they can. The professor says if one wants to truly comprehend the material it takes careful reading and much review. One must plan for assignments to take longer than the allotted time and to always review readings prior to the test. The second belief is that
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The article‚ “You say Potato‚ I say Electricity‚” focuses mainly on water‚ potatoes‚ and the energy crisis. A lot of water is being used for potatoes. Due to improvements in technology‚ Idaho farmers 20 billion pounds of potatoes‚ which is‚ “up from 12 billion pounds 20 years ago.” This causes a partial shift in the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC). There is a surplus of potatoes because the market supply is a lot more than the market demand. When using a lot of the water on potatoes‚ hydroelectric
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In David Brooks’ essay “It’s Not about You” he addresses graduates facing a world outside of school. These graduates face difficulties such as finding their passion for something and structuring their own lives. However‚ these issues vary from person to person depending on personal experiences throughout life. Every person is raised with different morals and beliefs. The behavior of someone traces back to who they looked up to while growing up‚ and what they believed was right and wrong‚ as well
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tackle the problem and inform people on obesity by having a summit with Time magazine and discuss on various ways that would lower obesity in this country. Radley Balko mainly discusses the government point of view in his essay “What You Eat Is Your Business.” I agree with Balko’s essay since government needs to visualize the situation from different directions. Balko says that government
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been‚ an indispensable aspect of our society. Regardless of who you are‚ it’s likely that there is an agency that addresses a need that you feel passionately about. There are agencies that address domestic violence‚ cancer patients‚ the elderly‚ animals and children. There are hundreds of thousands of people who could benefit so greatly from simple volunteer services. It may not seem like much‚ but the experiences for the people you help is something that they will remember for a long time and
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Argument Essay Model Passage: “Is Facebook Making You Mean?” “Ummmmm…ew?” This statement may not seem like a harmful comment‚ but think about that mixed with a whole barrage of snide and sarcastic comments swallowing a picture you posted on Facebook from your family vacation. The picture was posted just to share an experience with others—who knew it would also cause such hatred from all those “friends” on Facebook? In the article “Is Facebook Making You Mean?‚” by Lauren Tarshis one Facebook
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For The Love of It. In the discussion of A Life Beyond “Do What You Want”‚ one controversial issue has been‚ do we find a vocation that we love and are passionate about or do we settle for a vocation that we are good at and do it very well‚ but not love or even like? Dr. Gordon Marino‚ Philosopher at St. Olaf College in Minnesota‚ suggests that both are important‚ and it is the individual who must make that decision. Marino also challenges his students to think about what makes them happy. Marino
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In The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom‚ Eddie‚ the main character‚ is a really good man. Throughout the story we see several of the distinctive traits he has. He is extremely devoted‚ caring‚ and was very brave. He was a very decent man. Eddie was devoted to very many things in his life but several stick out to me. He was devoted to his job at Ruby Pier. He never missed a day and he was always certain about key decisions so no mistakes are made. He even died saving a little girl in
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::YOU-ATTITUDE:: What is attitude? An attitude is a behavior that represents an individual’s likes or dislikes for something. Attitudes are generally positive or negative views of a person‚ place‚ thing‚ or an event this is often referred to as the attitude object. People can also be conflicted or unsure toward an object‚ meaning that they simultaneously possess both positive and negative attitudes toward the item in question. Thomas Jefferson says” Nothing can stop the man with the right mental
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