and other negative feelings. Jonas understood the risk but he really liked the feeling. Jonas began to question if the safety of having no feelings was worth the loss of those feelings. The more memories Jonas received‚ the stronger he wanted to be free of all the restraints against feelings. Emotions were a part of Jonas that the knew should not be worth giving up for
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Are we free to do what we want? Humans are species with highly developed brain‚ intelligence‚ wisdom‚ and self- awareness. We do also have a free will. Does it mean that we are free to do what we want? Does it give us ability and permission to act regardless of any other features? In the topic of this essay we can notice the construction of argument with its hidden premise. The full argument can sound: ‘If we have a free will‚ then we are free to do what we want and nothing can stop us in achieving
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Analysis of Gerald Graff’s Essay “Hidden Intelligence” Most people‚ when asked‚ say that a person is intelligent if they have “book smarts.” People that are book smart can write and converse about subjects taught in school. On the other hand‚ people with “street smarts” aren’t seen as intellectuals because the subjects they are knowledgeable about are not traditional. In his essay called “Hidden Intellectualism‚” Gerald Graff insists that schools and colleges are missing an opportunity to translate
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That makes understanding the connection between abuse and addiction a necessary step in getting your loved one out of an abusive relationship and into rehab. The Connection Between Abuse And Addiction People don’t realize how often abuse and addiction go hand-in-hand to drag a person’s life down. The reasons for this are complex‚ but one of the major connections (if not THE major connection) is trauma. People in abusive relationships often life on the razor
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COWLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Project Implicit Hidden Biases 11/15/2013 Unbiased: not having or showing an unfair tendency to believe that some people‚ ideas‚ etc.‚ are better than others : not biased 1: free from bias; especially : free from all prejudice and favoritism : eminently fair 2: having an expected value equal to a population parameter being estimated (Webster) Hidden Bias Tests measure unconscious‚ or automatic‚ biases. Willingness to examine
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Shirley Geok-Lin Lim‚ main character of the story “Two Lives”‚ the writer stated that Shirley’s own feeling to become a new immigrant and her new life in the United States. She felt herself like a resident alien. It was a hard time to be the new immigrant for Shirley because she did not know anybody and no one would be noted even she died. As we know‚ new immigrants mean those people who immigrate from their native country to another country. So what do the citizens will think about the immigrants
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“Facing to yourself‚ Luke‚ facing to all the challenges! ”‚ a sound always said to him‚ shear panic holding him in place‚ Luke Garner‚ the main character in Among the Impostors‚ had spend his whole life in hiding‚ and had a great fear of the Population Police. His life is different from other children‚ full of challenges and dangers‚ the reason for all of this is that he is an illegal third child‚ to be seen by them‚ was certain death. It’s time for Luke to accept the responsibilities he felt to
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The film Hidden in Silence is based on a true story. During WWII‚ while Jews are sent to ghettos‚ Catholic teenager Stefania Podgorska (called Fusia in the movie) helps 13 Jews to save their life while raising her little sister. Every day‚ she risks execution by given food and water to the silent individuals living above her. The film is not very explicit in the violence against the Jews; instead‚ it conveys a message of hope for mankind‚ despite the horror humanity shows itself in sensitive ways
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bad thing? In his short essay “Hidden Intellectualism” written in 2003 Gerald Graff talks about what people call book smart (Intellectualism) can hide into what one calls “Street Smart”(Hidden Intellectualism). Graff argues about how teachers are going the wrong way on how they should do their job‚ stating that they can use this to their advantage by using topics that such individuals are interested in whether it’s clothing‚ sports or even video games to educate them. The essay was illuminating and
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and to not judge people by how they appear. After reading the book: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald‚ I have realized that all this time that I have been striving to be a good person‚ I have actually been judging them due to a part of my brain that I had no idea existed until now‚ it is called my “blindspot”. In the book Mahzarin and Anthony call a person’s hidden bias their “blindspot”. That is due to one thinking they are a good person‚ but
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