What Kind of a Learner I Am? Throughout life everyone learns. How we learn and whether we are able to retain and recall that information is the problematic part. The way we absorb‚ analyze‚ and retain information is what makes each individual unique. What is successful for one individual may not be the most optimal way of learning for someone else. Therefore‚ everybody has a preferred learning style. Knowing and understanding our learning style helps us to learn more effectively. Through identifying
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A Man I Am by Stevie Smith (1902-1971) In less than a page‚ this poem instantly recognizable as the work of its utterly unique author sketches the process of man s evolution from a primitive‚ violent‚ wolf-like state to true‚ spiritually-conscious humanity. The process is at the same time a movement from hate (line 1) to joy (in the penultimate line). The three verse paragraphs describe‚ in order‚ the wolflike state‚ the evolution itself‚ and finally the evolved state in which man began to feel human
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Queen of the Dead. I don’t attract ordinary boys‚ let alone moody‚ dark‚ brooding‚ and morbid ones. But what I and Persephone have in common is we both enjoy solitude. I prefer working alone and being in my own little world of make-believe. As the quiet‚ unassuming‚ compliant and imaginative type‚ I fancy leaving my small country home and exploring the larger and grander world. I seek freedom in order to realize my purpose in life. Entering into adulthood‚ like Persephone‚ I am dragged forcefully
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The “I Am Hip” chapter of the 1970 novel takes somewhat of a different turn. The two characters known as the ministers of information for Black Panther Party Party and the Red Guard (an Asian pro-communist organization) are discussing their past in a hotel room in the USSR and are planning to travel throughout Communist Asia. They hope to ultimately meet up with Mao Zedong. The Red Guard Party’s Minister of Information‚ also known as “RG” for short‚ talks about his past. He explains that he toured
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Who am I? I am the youngest of four daughters‚ no sons‚ born to my parents Harriett Cole and Joe Harney; they divorced when I was very young (I really do not remember my dad at home‚ the only memory is riding in dad’s squad car‚ he was a sheriff deputy‚ after eating a bottle of baby aspirin—mostly the lights and sound). I was born and raised (by my mother and paternal grandparents) in the Iowa City and Coralville area; in fact Coralville was the Cole family farm until interstate 80 came through
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Guaranteed? Why am I in college? A question that I asked myself as soon as I walked on my college grounds. Sometimes my answer is “I have to” or “I want to be able to obtain a well-paying job”. Well‚ although these are two totally different reasons‚ they still share one commonality‚ which is being successful. We all have different methods or ideas of how we can achieve this goal‚ but personally‚ I believe that achieving success after college all depends on the path you choose to take. This
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Option #3 You ask me why am I unique? The Trials and tribulations I have experienced and the people that were placed in my life is what molded me to be the man I am today. Growing up in Birmingham‚ AL I witnessed violence‚ drug addiction‚ and even death at an early age. Coming from a under performing household that is without a father figure made living comfortably impossible. Every week me and my brothers would see the "cable man"‚ "water man"‚ or the "electric man" come turn off our appliances
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Visual Essay (I Am the Weapon) “I have a name‚ I have a target‚ and I have my training. That should be enough”(159). This quote was written by Allen Zadoff‚ he is known for his young adult novels‚ I Am the Weapon. The quote is describing – Zach‚ the main character of “The Unknown Assassin” novel series. Zach is one of the best assassins in The Program‚ The Program is a private group and they are responsible for the safety of America citizens. The assassins The Program sends are well trained and
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Why I am Not a Christian an Examination of the God‐Idea and Christianity Bertrand Russell [March 6‚ 1927] [The lecture that is here presented was delivered at the Battersea Town Hall under the auspices of the South London Branch of the National Secular Society‚ England. It should be added that the editor is willing to share full responsibility with the Hon. Bertrand Russell in that he is in accord with the political and other opinions expressed.] As your chairman has told you
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I Want a Robot for Christmas! By Luis Caycho I always asked myself if those stories about robots overcoming humankind will become real. Sci-Fi books are being my favorites since I was a kid and I watched every major movie about this subject. My favorites is “I‚ robot” that tells the story of a society in the future that relies on robots for all its domestic activities‚ but somehow one of those robots became aware of his own self and started to develop a mind‚ but most important‚ a soul. The robot
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