Purpose: To tell the audience about the importance of preserving their ability to think and the ability to perceive things in their own way Audience: The juniors taking this class next year The ability to think and the ability to perceive what we think is not a privilege but a right. You made choices in your life that you though were entirely by yourself‚ but according to Percy Walker you did not make the choices alone. Percy Walker states in his essay‚ “The Loss of a Creature”‚ that almost
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Although people use corrective lens or have perfect vision‚ people do not always truly see. Percy and Cole express their differing beliefs regarding loss of perception and how it is attained in their respective essays‚ “The Loss of the Creature” and “Seeing Things”. Both authors agree that even though people may have perfect vision‚ they do not “truly see” things in front of them because their perception is lost and limited by their experiences. However‚ Percy believes perception is lost because
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live with the locals for a little while. After returning home‚ they tell their friends that they had an experience better than they expected. The third example Percy uses is that of a biology teacher who gave his students a dogfish to dissect. The students look at the dogfish as another specimen to be dissected for a grade instead of trying to learn about it as a piece of unexplored creation. In his article “The Loss of The Creature‚” Walker Percy attempts to show how in our experiences we do not
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a strong theoretical background knowledge of Genetics‚ I receive full excitement of discovery and learning about the way information about our bodies is stored and transferred. Thus‚ this piece of evidence is not entirely valid. However‚ should a dogfish argument be in full harmony with reality‚ the point that he takes out of it is a very debatable one. First of all‚ Percy‚ assuming that only a full educational experience can be “good”‚ proposes to alter the way students learn the subjects by trying
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Walker Percy writes The Loss of the Creature to highlight times within our lives when we felt an experience was not all “there;” that something was missing. Percy hypothesizes that this feeling could come from being in the presence of something familiar that seems to spoil an experience‚ or also that specific‚ technical terminology used to classify something could change the way think about it or them. In my life I have sought to create many new or rare experiences but something that lacks‚ and perhaps
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things that will be needed are: scalpel‚ tweezers‚ prop‚ pickups‚ scissors‚ and a tube to put the shark in. Then of course the last thing needed before beginning the dissection is the shark. External Anatomy The shark is divided into three parts the head‚ trunk‚ and tail. The first thing needed to be done is for all members of the team to touch the shark. Pick it up‚ squeeze it do whatever needed to do to learn about the shark at first. The next
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7 Title: Study of Deuterostomes Aim: 1. To observe the external features of deuterostomes. 2. To study the characteristics of deuterostomes. Materials: 1. Sea urchin 2. Amphioxus 3. Dogfish 4. Caecilian 5. Lizard 6. Microscope Methods: 1. The specimen of sea urchin‚ amphioxus‚ dogfish‚ caecilian and lizard were observed. 2. The external features of specimens observed were drawn. Discussion: The Deuterostomia comprise one of the major groups within the animal kingdom‚ and
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Someone at the beach is swimming out in the deeper water‚ and all of a sudden‚ a dorsal fin pops out. For everyone on the beach who sees it‚ music from Jaws starts playing in their heads. The swimmer does not even notice it‚ and in a few seconds‚ a great white shark veraciously attacks him. This is what comes to mind when most people think of sharks‚ but they are not really just man-eating monsters of the sea. Sharks are a fascinating group of fishes that strike fear into the minds of humans
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completion of the Suzhou brewery is a significant milestone for Lion Nathan and sees the realisation of our plans to establish a wholly-owned brewery in the critical growth region of the Yangtze Delta. Lion Nathan’s vision is to become the biggest and best brewing company in the Yangtze River Delta by the year 2000. Over the next two years the company will be building on the platform already established in the region’s five key cities. About the Brewery The Suzhou Brewery is wholly owned by Lion
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occurred. Agreement with his statements were constantly occurring while reading. Every point or example that he provided was backed up with evidence. Something that stood out to this reader was his example of the dogfish. This example talked about how there is a relationship that is between a dogfish and Shakespeare sonnet. A student that is desired to have either of these will have difficulty retrieving the creature itself from an educational package. This stood out because one may have never thought of
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