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    Green‚ Diana Laufenberg‚ and Tim Ferriss. Although these people have never sat down and talked‚ or the three of them probably haven’t even been in the same room with each other‚ they all share one common trait. They believe the current system of learning we have doesn’t work. The current system our schools run by is that for anyone one question there can only be one right answer. “To ask them to always have the right answer doesn’t allow them to learn.” ( Diana Laufenberg) Agreeing with Diana you can’t

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    The moonstone is called gem of the Goddess Diana. The ancient Roman believed that the moonstones is a trickle of moonlight. In Asia the moonstones is considered the jewel of luck. The Arab culture the moonstones are a symbol of fertility many Arab women sew them in there clothing so they can not be seen. It is said that it is an amulet for protection of the traveler’s. Goddess of the moonstones honors is Cerridewen‚ the welsh goddess of inspiration and knowledge she rules the gifts of prophecy and

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    Our Barbies‚ Ourselves Summary In an article in Interview Magazine‚ Emily Prager discuses her opinions of Mattel’s toy doll Barbie being designed by Jack Ryan‚ husband to Zsa Zsa Gabor‚ and designer of military missiles. The concept that a doll for young girls was designed by such a person greatly shocked Prager." Suddenly a lot of things made sense to me" says Prager. The element that Ryan designed Barbie may explain some of the key aspects of the doll itself. Although Barbie was created as a

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    Ambitions Diana Lu have so much goals in life that she wanted to achieve through her problems she becomes more and more motivated to reach out to her dreams in life‚ following her heart desires despite of her parents dream in her life she still pursue her hearts desire and made the best of what she can. She encourage her readers to look to the future and focus on making their dreams come true. Be hopeful to the new opportunities in life and have the courage to take risks. Courage Diana shows her

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    “Carry out a random act of kindness‚ with no expectation of reward‚ safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” (Princess Diana) Princess Diana who was the princess of England in the 1990s states that we should do good for others without expecting anything out of it. Random acts of kindness are the best ways to show others that we care. In doing something kind someone might recognize what has been done and could return the favor. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok one of the

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    Though Amusing Ourselves to Death was published in 1985 and The Shallows was published in 2010‚ both authors tried to inform its readers of the alarming signs. We are blind and not even aware of it. The invention of technology has transformed it users to become flat out lazy. Carr once said‚ “ Once I was a scuba diver in a sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy of a Jet Ski.” We no longer can enjoy the adventure of scuba diving because it takes too long. We now prefer Jet Ski’s so

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    “Amusing Ourselves to Death”‚ I believe is the ideal title for not only Neil Postman’s book but his over all premise of technology as a whole. In my essay about Postman’s 1992 article in Tecnos‚ I am going to take the approach of arguing on the side that goes in opposition to his beliefs. The reason I choose to be on the away team in a sense is not that I do not agree with him‚ rather that I want to give another angle of this argument since I am assuming most of the papers you have read or are about

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    expressed in his paper‚ “The Perils of Obedience.” Milgram argues that people are far too obedient to authority without justified reason. According to this view‚ people follow orders far too easily because they are trained to obey. On the other hand‚ Diana Baumrind‚ in her response “Review of Stanley Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience argues that Milgram’s results were poorly tested and are therefore inaccurate. In her words‚ “The laboratory is not the place to study degree of obedience or suggestibility…since

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    Strategies: In her portfolio‚ Diana did average on incorporating the reading and writing strategies. The conclusion wasn’t as strong as it should’ve been‚ but she had good body paragraph structure. The hook doesn’t really grab your attention as it should‚ and the thesis should be stronger and more brief. For example‚ the first sentence of the essay‚ which is commonly referred to as the hook‚ is too long and could potentially cause the readers to lose interest. Diana also did good using reading and

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    ability to transfer compassion into heroic deeds. Such as Nelson Mandela and Princess Diana who gave there selves to humanity hoping nothing in return they’ve been admired by the world for there great work (Merriam- Webster Learner’s Dictionary). The word hero is originated from Middle English with mythological reference via Latin from Greek hērōs (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary). Nelson Mandela and Princess Diana are such a great example for heroes they represent compassion‚ courage wisdom and

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