Writing Assignment #1 - You vs. Your future Podcast Summary The podcast talks about us as human beings‚ and how we are one of the few creatures to understand the concept of self‚ which includes the ability to interpret our experiences. We are also capable of learning from experiences we have never had‚ based off of our assumptions/imagination. Our assumptions at times are not solely based off of our own thinking‚ but rather off of other’s similar experiences/thoughts on the matter‚ which we
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World War 1: The Lost Generation On November 11th‚ 1918‚ the first Great War‚ World War 1‚ came to an end. Two hundred thousand American soldiers lost their lives. Those who were fortunate enough to make it back home had lost their spirits. Their generation had to suffer the brutality‚ hypocrisy‚ disillusionment and alienation of this war. Their generation is known as the Lost Generation‚ yet the painful memories of that war remained with them for no one to understand. World
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risks or having to defend myself against or for anything. Staying where I am‚ who I am without all the anticipation‚ suspension‚ or excitement caused by and corresponding to bravery is fine with me. But without taking risks in your life‚ people call you boring‚ cowardly‚ mellow. You never experience the rush of exhilaration often described in books whenever someone does something exciting‚ brave‚ or dramatic. And so being the boring person that I am‚ I decided one day to step out of the circular wall
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The lost boys of Sudan is the name given to a massive group of boys who walked ~1000 miles after being displaced by the Sudan civil war. It was nevertheless a horrible and inhumane event which leads to my belief that the lost children should have been brought to America for refuge. I believe in this because they live in an incredibly cruel/inhumane situation‚ there’s no real reason why they shouldn’t have been brought here‚ Along with the fact that the Bush administration already has a law about
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Privacy is Lost Do we have privacy anymore? Some people say we have no privacy and to simply get over it. Others believe that we have really became comfortable sharing our private information with others. After considering both sides of the issue‚ I strongly believe that privacy is lost. For instance‚ a web-savvy programmer can easily infiltrate your email account‚ replicate the coding‚ and pretend to be you. In the article‚ "Take My Privacy‚ Please
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deciding whether or not mistakes are a part to making discoveries‚ the sides are pretty evened out. But with this essay‚ the siding is that mistakes are a key part to making discoveries. Let’s get into it. First off‚ we have an example of the argument. In the article Lost Cities‚ Lost Treasures‚ there is a scholar and businessman known as Heinrich Schliemann. Heinrich is searching for the lost city of Troy. He comes upon a man who owns a presumed site‚ named Frank Calvert‚ who is modest and a quiet discoverer
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Can You Be Honest With Your Friends My sister is a person whom one might define as socially awkward. While neither of us possess the gift of tact‚ I have become slightly more adept a maneuvering unfamiliar social situations‚ whereas she avoids them wherever and whenever possible. We both have the same handicap: that being that we don’t possess a filter. Whereas most people know that it constitutes poor manners to point out a hanger from a perfect stranger’s nose‚ we feel it is our civic duty
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Are you afraid of disciplining your child? Do you walk on eggshells around your child‚ afraid of doing something that will set them off? Most people are not afraid of their children‚ but are afraid of their children behavior. Fear of your children behavior undermines your authority. This makes it difficult to set limits for them. You need to deal with these feelings so that they don’t have power over you and don’t dictate your behavior. It’s not what you’re afraid of‚ it’s how much power that fear
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When you see your crush in public‚ you’re supposed to scream and run back to your house to check their Facebook for the next five hours. First things first: having a crush on your teacher is not weird. It might feel really awkward and embarrassing‚ but it happens to both girl’s and guys all the time. It’s natural to grow feelings for someone you see on a regular basis‚ who you interact with a lot‚ look up to and probably find attractive. You see it all the time in movies and TV shows‚ and trust
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Topic: Why you chose your major One of toughest decisions many people‚ and colllege students in particular face are choosing a major and a career. Hopefully when a person chooses their major is they know what they want to do for a life time. Some people do other things from what they studied. It’s been said that it’s always good to be able to do more than onething‚ career basis. I truly believe that. When you are little everything seems like magic. You light up your lamp by some unknown energy
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