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    Pam Foster 2011 1 Personal Portfolio: Pam Foster How my teaching evolved. This portfolio is a construct of influences and changes that I experienced through my journey to become a teacher. My first conscious experience of teaching was orientating new staff employed in my area. I usually received positive feedback from people‚ saying that I could explain things well‚ and demonstrated a thorough knowledge. At other times people found me a little intimidating as I did set a high

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    Summary of David Foster Wallace’s Commencement Address In 2005 David Foster Wallace delivered the Kenyon College commencement address that was not the typical commencement address you would normally hear at a graduation. He starts off his speech by telling a story having the idea that even the most “important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.” He talks about living in the adult world that these soon to be graduates will enter and how it can be very dull at times

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    In analyzing David Foster Wallace’s commencement address we find truth behind the myths and stereotypes of liberal arts degrees. I thought his commencement address was excellent. To me the main idea of his speech was showing the audience liberal arts degree curriculum is designed to allow you‚ the individual the opportunity to think outside of the box and allow you to tools to show you can think and shoes the right way to think about the most significant topics. Wallace even makes

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    Have you ever thought about how the food you’re about to eat was prepared? I know I rarely do‚ and many of us never pay any mind to what exactly is on our plate. David Foster Wallace’s essay will almost definitely make you ask yourself a few questions regarding meat consumption. His piece talks about the controversy behind killing lobsters and questions people’s general views on that matter‚ making his audience think about morality. After reading “Consider the Lobster” I couldn’t help but think

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    In his article David Foster Wallace proposes that the world’s largest lobster-eating celebration may actually be a massive animal-abusing process comparable to the cruelty to that of the Aztec’s human-sacrificing ritual. Wallace introduces Maine’s annual Marine Lobster Festival (MLF) held in late June attracts thousands of tourists seeking to devour the “steak meat” of the Atlantic Ocean – lobster. A lobster is a crustacean‚ existing in the region since colonial times with such abundance that early

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    There have been many times in human history were empires have crumbled because they lost their way. Whether it is because of corruption in politics‚ ideological views or religion‚ society has had its’ share of setbacks. Over time‚ new civilizations have sprung up out of the ashes of old ones‚ and sometimes these new civilizations are all the better for it. Today’s society has made the same mistakes‚ which has cause us to lose our way‚ and the only way we can truly regain it is to live outside our

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    Running Head: Does Curiosity Foster Intimacy Does Curiosity Foster Intimacy in Mundane Situations Does Curiosity Foster Intimacy in Mundane Situations The article I have chosen to review is titled‚ When Curiosity Breeds Intimacy: Taking Advantage of Intimacy Opportunities and Transforming Boring Conversations. The article addressed issues of conversation and intimacy in a variety of interesting perspectives. The paper will show supporting evidence for the hypothesis that people who have high

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    Have you ever had missed somebody in your life that you wish you could see him just for a second to make his last wish possible? The story‚ Later‚ by Michael Foster is a short story with a common subject that may happen to every body during their life time. The subject‚ characters and theme are tangible. It shows crumbling the life in a single moment. The moment that you didn’t respect. But when you go back in a time and review your memories‚ you will realize it was worthwhile. It is to be regreted

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    The United States is strongly polarized in politics because of the way we choose to talk about our opinions. This is shown throughout a couple pieces such as “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace and‚ Parker Palmer piece “The politics of the broken hearted.” In “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace it talks about the hidden feelings in people that aren’t always clearly shown. For example‚ when the man goes into the grocery store and the lines are taking a long time‚ he’s getting annoyed but he

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    without the other because they all connected to our everyday life . Two essays that proves that mindful ‚ conscious and compassionate is a state of begin in life is “Seeing” by Annie Dillard and “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace. In This is Water by David Foster Wallace he uses compassion to develop his speech by talking about his concern and his day-to-day life. Compassion is the sympathetic pity and concern for the suffering or misfortunes of others. Wallace says‚ “ But please

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