For my journal entry‚ I am choosing to write about my family institution. I grew up in a single-parent household for the first three years of my life‚ before my mother married again and they had two children together. After eleven years of marriage‚ they divorced and my mother did not remarry until I was in my late 20’s. My two younger siblings both left to live with their father and his new wife. This left me and my mother in the household. I was an active child growing up‚ I was either‚ always
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Running Head: THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE & MEDIA HOT AND COLD The Medium Is the Message & Media Hot and Cold Name: Course: Instructor: Date: Introduction According to Mcluhan (2002)‚ the media is a very significant channel of transmission of cultural values from one group to another or across generations. With the introduction of the television in the year 1948 in America‚ radio became less popular since the new media seemed involving and enticing than the former. It has been
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For this week’s journal entry‚ I will be addressing motherhood in regards to my personal choice and my experience with motherhood. Firstly‚ I will explain the reasons why I would or would not want to partake in this motherhood gig. Why I would not‚ ever. For a couple of years‚ I was wholeheartedly against having a child. Quite frankly‚ it was biologically logical: I was dating someone that despite having bad genes was an asshole. Of course I wouldn’t want a child! But what are my reasons now when
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Dear Journal‚ I am stranded on a desert island with a group of rude and immature boys‚ and no responsible human being knows I am here. The atmosphere of the island is not very good for my asthma. It is hot and humid‚ so it’s hard to breathe‚ and I can’t even go swimming to cool off‚ because my Auntie says I can’t on account of my asthma. The first boy I met on this island was Ralph‚ who seems completely disinterested in everything I say. The only thing that caught his interest was when I told
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ERIK THE RED - Journal I have chosen to document the following years as I believe they will be full of adventure‚ excitement and interesting tales‚ on these pages I will capture the journey to take place. January- 5th - 982 I begin my journey in Norway‚ as a child nicknamed Erik the Red because of my beard and hair of fiery red. My dad was a strong man‚ and while he cared very much for me and our family he was rather hot-headed. In around 960 AD‚ when I was about 5 we were forced to move from
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Mrs. Knudson/English 10A Frankenstein by Mary Shelly Journal Entry #1 When people read the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly they sympathize with all of the characters‚ but they tend to sympathize more with the monster. I myself sympathized with the monster more despite his many evil deeds. It is possible that the reason for this sympathy towards the monster from us is because the monster reminds us of how we feel when we are lonely‚ abandoned‚ or angered by someone else and just the thought
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This journal entry is taken from important dates in my life that have formed who I am today. These are all dates after I have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and are meant to show my progress over time. This story is seen from my point of view‚ describing a struggle that is a part of who I am‚ but not defining who I am. I count to three‚ take a deep breath‚ and walk through the doors of the Lehighton Mental Health Center. I expected to be diagnosed‚ treated‚ and better‚ all within one day
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The Giver Journal Entries #1 “Finally the Nines were all resettled in their seats‚ each having wheeled a bicycle outside‚ where it would be waiting for its owner at the end of the day. Everyone always chuckled and made small jokes when the Nines rode home for the first time. ”Want me to show you how to ride?” older friends would call. “I know you’ve never been on a bike before!” But invariably the grinning Nines‚ who in technical violation of the rule had been practicing secretly for weeks‚ would
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use today. The main outline of his theory was that the medium is more important than the message. For example: a newspaper and the concept of newspaper report was more important than the actual story it was reporting. As technology has advanced‚ he believes we have come to inhabit a ‘global village’ (Hodkinson Pg 22) with the various communication methods around us. These technologies‚ these methods have expanded our sphere of communication and have encouraged our ability to process logical thought
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Andrej Grupkovic Dr. Bammi TOK Period 7 February 2nd‚ 2013 IB T.O.K. Journal #1 Assumptions Statement “Human beings are unaware of their assumptions‚ much like fish are unaware of the water they live in” A Great king of Montenegro‚ Sir Njegoš‚ once stated that the biggest secret in this world is what does a man truly think. We consider ourselves as a dominating species on this planet; we believe that the knowledge we have created and teach is the knowledge that is‚ so to speak correct
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