I have always enjoyed writing; however‚ I have never enjoyed the process of writing as much as I do now. Entering this semester‚ I felt confident in my skills as a writer and did not expect to learn as much as I have. Each class‚ I found myself learning new skills to apply to my writing. I think the most important thing I learned this semester is that writing does not have to be a daunting task and that writing is about what one does with the knowledge he has. Prior to this semester‚ when I was
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terrorizing experience that came with it. One thing that I learned from Charlotte is that I always should keep my head up in the darkest times. In the story‚ she described people who were begging to be killed and were‚ but she wanted to live through. She even saw the Jews in the city she lived in decrease to three families before she was sent to a concentration camp. Charlotte also experienced her family die one by one until it was just her. I can learn from this because in school‚ if people don’t
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This week in English we learned about the book A Raisin in the Sun. We learned about different characters in the book and their character traits‚ physical traits‚ personal traits‚ and actions. We talked about the relationship between Walter and Ruth. We talked about how Ruth is always being so negative and destroying Walter’s dream of having a liquor store. The most important thing I learned in English was the characteristics of each character in the book. The assignment that I spent the most time on
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Reflection Paper: What I Have Learned About the Aging Process The aging process is something that everyone will face with multiple factors influencing the progression. Taking this gerontology class has taught me different techniques to consider when dealing with aging. The knowledge I have gained about the activity theory‚ successful aging‚ and retirement will help me cope with aging in my personal life. Likewise‚ I intend to use the information that I have learned about caregivers‚ long-term
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Jimmy Nguyen English049 Assignment 1 A memoir from Lac Su‚ "I love Yous Are for white People" " I love Yous Are for White People" is a memoir about Lac’s journey and his family immigrated to America from Vietnam‚ after the Vietnam’s War. Lac’s family had to deal with cultural shock‚ language barrier‚ and difficulty finding jobs. As a Vietnamese immigration myself‚ I feel like Lac’s experiences live through me because there were a lot of similarities in his memoir compared
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Professor Gilmor‚ I developed and practiced writing skills related to research that I had not practiced before I took this class. I developed observation skills in which I did not have before‚ the ability to document workshops with peers‚ and the ability to construct a research plan and a secondary source literary review in preparation for a final document. I found that overall‚ this class taught me to approach the process writing in a pragmatic way when involving research. These skills that I have developed
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Upon coming to Augustana I was very excited to join the Cheerleading squad. However‚ I was also very nervous because I was informed that there would be tryouts. The tryouts were held on the first weekend of college and it was a very exhausting day. But I was delighted to find out just two days later that I had made it! Over the past four weeks that I have been involved in the practices I have learned so much and met many new friends. The three main things that I have learned since starting cheer are
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“How dare you tell me you understand my situation?” This was the response I got after telling a patient‚ on a medical mission trip‚ that I understood it was difficult for her to buy fresh toothbrushes regularly. I learned the hard way never to tell someone that you understand their situation because everyone’s situation is unique to them. Based on my experiences‚ being humble does not mean sympathizing with other people’s struggles‚ but rather stands for being fully present while interacting with
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“Martin Seligman (1975‚ 1976) believed that learned helplessness is the laboratory analogue of reactive depression in humans. Learned helplessness can be defined as a psychological state involving a disturbance of motivation‚ cognitive processes‚ and emotionality as a result of previously experienced uncontrollability on the part of the organism”. (Petri and Govern‚ 2012‚ p.169) In today’s society‚ everyone in their lives go through a state of learned helplessness where they are completely not in
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Paolo Di Canio has been hired to have a galvanising effect on his Sunderland squad but his Chelsea counterpart‚ Rafael Benítez‚ has questioned how much impact the Italian can have if his players are not good enough. Di Canio‚ who was appointed by Sunderland a week ago after Martin O’Neill’s sacking‚ will take charge of his side for the first time when they visit Chelsea on Sunday afternoon and their interim manager‚ Benítez‚ believes that players are ultimately the key to any club’s success.
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