New York Times‚ introduced me to Moore’s Law in his book “Thank you for being late”. It’s the idea that every year technology’s capabilities double‚ and the cost to attain them halves. He employed it in order to explain how quickly the world is morphing and how people’s innovative ideas are discarded for another in an ever decreasing amount of time. People are having trouble coping with the intensity of newness that is being thrust at them. Many countries have seen dramatic changes‚ for example‚
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Reading log Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Text type: Novel The novel ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ written by Stephen Chbosky tells the story of Charlie through his perspective of personal letters that he writes to an unknown friend. Chbosky writes about the issues one deals with in life such as finding out and accepting who you are and where you belong in the world. Charlie is an emotional character that has gone through difficult experiences and during
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A Trivial Comedy for Serious People Oscar Wilde mocked his audience while he entertained them. Perhaps his most loved and well-known work‚ The Importance of Being Earnest‚ satirises the manners and affections of the upper-class Victorian society. Satire is a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness‚ usually with the intent of changing or correcting the subject of the satirical attack. The play focuses on the elite‚ while making fun of the ludicrousness and extremity
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banning books‚ school administrators take away the right to choose what book a child or parent might want to read. Every parent has the right to guide his or her own child’s reading‚ but no adult should have the right to tell other parents what their child may or may not read. "Far more Pasco kids will now read that book than ever would have read it if it had been assigned by their teachers‚" said Colete Bancroft‚ on the topic of a book‚ Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky‚ being banned from
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Middle school is a burden and most of You are probably thinking How am I supposed to survive through the three years known as middle school. In middle school you are given more homework so you need to learn how to manage your time between school work and your social life and you also need to be organized. Another challenge in middle school is studying for test and quizzes because it takes more time. In addition to time management is producing work of exceptional quality. Even though it is difficult
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower concludes with Charlie attending graduation for all of his friends. Charlie gets very emotional because he must say goodbye to Patrick and Sam. After helping Sam pack for college Charlie discovers some useful advice from her. Sam tells Charlie that he needs to start demanding for what he wants and needs. After realizing this Charlie kisses Sam like he has wanted to since the day he met her. The kissing escalates and Charlie feels uncomfortable so he tells her to stop
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influence‚ Couch’s parents were desperate to keep their family name from being any further damages by their son going to prison. Being wealthy‚ they could afford the best lawyer‚ who pulled in a psychologist which got Couch away with only a sentence of ten years probation after rehabilitation. The defense on why Couch shouldn’t of been given jail time was stated to be a unique disease that only America’s wealthiest have; that disease being “Affluenza.” This term pokes fun at the term
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Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky follows an introverted and socially awkward Charlie as he navigates through his freshman year of high school. With the help of his amazing best friends Patrick and Sam‚ the reader follows Charlie as he experiences many of his firsts‚ but not all of these experiences are good. Along the way‚ he faces everything‚ such as drugs‚ pregnancy‚ suicide‚ sexuality‚ mental illness‚ and more. It’s not pretty stuff‚ but it’s real stuff. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ is told in a series of letters that were addressed from the main character‚ Charlie‚ to an anonymous reader as an outlet for his fears. Charlie is a freshman in high school and is just starting to learn to accept and identify who he really is. After loosing his best friend to suicide‚ Charlie is left to experience high school on his own. Throughout this novel‚ Charlie begins to develop and mature as his character is faced with a handful of unfamiliar situations.
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“Michaela Spillers‚ is your band ready for competition?” I wait for the drum major to give her salute. Check. The voice calls back‚ “Oxford high school‚ you may take the field for competition.” This is the moment the band has been practicing for all season. Participating in this band has helped me with strength‚ discipline‚ as well as making friends. Being in the band has increased my physical strength tremendously. Drumming boosts my upper arm strength. Seven hours a week for three months really
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