Like millions of Americans‚ I listen to Howard Stern on the radio in the mornings. I think he is smart‚ quick and funny. Sometimes he is ’’offensive‚’’ but to be quite frank‚ I am not ’’offended‚’’ because what he says falls within the realm of words and subjects that‚ as an adult‚ I have long been familiar with even without the tutelage of Stern. Unlike millions of Americans‚ I do not listen to Rush Limbaugh on the radio. One reason for that is that I am usually at the movies when he’s on the
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Summary James C. Peterson‚ author of Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating & Connecting in Relationships‚ through trial and error learned the value of communication balancing in which he found that the counselor must listen awhile‚ talk until the other person stops hearing and then listen until the person calms enough to hear again.(Peterson‚ 2007 Pg. 5) This concept is enlarged into a process in which Peterson calls the flat-brain syndrome. The purpose of the writing of this book according
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Aaron Copland’s essay of How we Listen divides the listening of music into 3 different planes‚ (1) the sensuous plane‚ (2) the expressive plane‚ (3) and the sheerly musical plane. In each of the sections‚ Aaron defines illustrate and compares the planes against each other. Copland says most people listen to music in the primitive “sensuous plane”‚ listening simply for sheer pleasure. The “expressive plane” is when listeners try to find the meaning behind the notes‚ what the piece is saying‚ and what
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The articles “Just a Little Princess” by Peggy Orenstein and “Return of the Brainless Hussies” by Rebecca Traister are about as “bra-burning” as they get. Both women are feminist and aren’t afraid to show it. While Orenstein discusses the “princess” fad that is consuming the younger girls of America and why the fad an abomination‚ Traister explains the phenomena of stupidity that has swept America’s Pop Icons such as Paris Hilton‚ Lindsay Lohan‚ and Jessica Simpson. “Brainless Hussies” is more convincing
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Lastly‚ another quote that was significant to me was “As you grow‚ you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty- two‚ you’d always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay‚ you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die‚ it’s the positive that you understand you’re going to die‚ and that you live a better life because of it.” This quote was said by Morrie as Mitch and him talked about aging and death. This quote signifies that aging is not just one step closer
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Throughout a lifetime we will read enormous number of books and stories and only some will inspire us. But have a reader ever wondered why the stories are so effective and great? After reading the short story‚ “Just Lather‚ That’s All”‚ the opinion of the book was positive and there are three elements that made it strong and great. They are: conflict‚ point of view‚ and dialogue. One of the elements that make this story really effective and well presented is the conflict. This story has an internal
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Into The Wild Seminar Prep Discussion and Quotes “’We like companionship‚ see‚ but we can’t stand to be around people for very long. So we go get ourselves lost‚ come back for a while‚ then get the hell out again.’” (Krakauer 96) (Chap 8) When Krakauer mentions how “’We like companionship… but we can’t stand to be around people for very long” (Krakauer 96)‚ is this due to an innate distaste of human nature or the socially constructed byproducts of it? If the latter holds true‚ will an individual
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motivation is there than quotes? People turn to quotes when they are sad‚ happy‚ stressed‚ etc. to read about their feelings that they can’t quite express. Quotes can come from small authors‚ big companies‚ or even anonymous unpaid writers‚ but nevertheless‚ all quotes affect us in one way or the other. Quotes can be applied to people as they describe a person or persuade a reader to learn from their inspirational content. With this logic‚ I hand picked anonymous quotes that would describe and
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We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us..... The old "manifest destiny" idea ought to be modified so that each nation has the manifest destiny to do the best it can - and that without cant‚ without the assumption of self-righteousness and with a desire to learn to the uttermost from other nations. ~Francis John McConnell I believe in America because we have great dreams - and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true. ~Wendell
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ a young boy and girl fall in love with each other. However‚ in order to be with together‚ they have to turn against their families. Even though this does happen in real life sometimes‚ I think it is best for the teenagers to listen to their parents. Although some kids run off to be with the person they love no matter what their parents say‚ they normally do not have a strong relationship or connection with their parents in the future. This proves that some people think that only
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