The Shallows is a book‚ which outlines the effects that the Internet and an increase of technology in our daily lives is having on the mind of humans. Carr highlights the observations he has made through his own research stating that as a society we are “more socially focused and efficient than ever before.” However‚ Carr goes on to detail that this efficiency comes with a price‚ our brains and its neurons are easily re-routed through just a simple daily hour on the computer our neurons begin reacting
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I chose to do a critique of Quinn’s performance of To Lumpia or to Not Lumpia?: A Counterstory of a Multicultural Racial Microaggression. This piece is about a girl and her sister bringing a Filipino dish to their school’s Multicultural Food Fair. They are very excited to share their culture’s food with their peers at school. After they set their food up‚ a teacher changes their name tag labeling the food “Lumpia” to “Egg Rolls” so that other people could know what it was. This upset the girls and
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In her essay Dweck (2007) points out that by praising the student’s intelligence we are encouraging them for self-defeating. When my teacher told me‚ “you are doing great!.” In fact‚ he was praising my intelligence‚ but I knew that I am not good at playing soccer. I was not inherent at playing soccer. I think he should have praised my effort not my intelligence. Dweck points out that many think intelligence is set or fixed. She argues about her research that she has done. She argues about two types
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Chapter Two. On the Trail. Heading northeast from the inn and sticking mostly to off-road trails‚ I have traveled for four straight days with little time for rest. However I have finally found signs of my competition‚ but what the signs tell me isn’t encouraging. Getting off my horse‚ who is in much need of rest‚ I approach the remains of a campsite in the small‚ woodland clearing. A tattered tent‚ blackened fire pit‚ a pot with spilled stew‚ leather saddle bag‚ trampled ground‚ and two trails heading
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Book Report #1 “Airborn” by Kenneth Oppel is about a 15 year old boy aboard an airship. He works as cabin crew and as lookout in the Crow’s nest. Matt Cruse tends to wealthy passengers that want a smooth ride across the seven seas. One night‚ he comes across a dying balloonist who speaks of magical creatures flying high in the clouds. Matt doubts the man’s ravings‚ but when he meets the man’s granddaughter‚ Matt realizes he’s in for a real adventure. The man had a journal‚ that gave his
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Chapter One The first chapter gets the reader acquainted with Mr. Alex Rogo and his apparent problems with his production plant. This is shown through a confrontation between Mr. Rogo and his boss Mr. Peach‚ the Division Vice President. The dispute is over an overdue order #41427. Through their conversation it’s learned that Mr. Peach will not settle for anything less than the order being shipped today‚ and since the plant is neither productive nor profitable‚ Alex has three months to show an improvement
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The writer of ’The Luncheon’ William Somerset Maugham‚ in this short story‚relates about a lady who is an admirer of his stories. She wins the author’s favour and expresses her wish to meet him at a high class restaurant.William exposes the false motives of modest eating habits‚ of the middle classes with a touch of humour. Twenty years ago the author was living in Paris‚ when he had met a lady‚ who is an admirer of his stories. She had met him at a play and relates to him the incident during
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In Gwen Wilde’s essay‚ “Why the Pledge Should be Revised‚” Wilde strongly believes that the Pledge of Allegiance should only be used for the sole purpose of patriotism. Included in her essay were many facts of the original pledge. She states that the first “original” pledge‚ which was issued in 1892‚ read as such‚ “I pledge allegiance to my flag‚ and to the republic for which it stands: one nation indivisible‚ with Liberty and justice for all.” She then included in her essay that in 1923‚ “my flag”
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Adi-Parva‚ First Book: The Origins of the Families The story opens as Sauti‚ a storyteller returning from the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya‚ approaches several wise men‚ or rishis‚ in the forest of Naimisha. He relates to them the Mahabharata as he has heard it from Vaisampayana‚ a disciple of the poet Vyasa. Sauti begins by recounting the death of King Parikshit of the Bharatas at the hands of Takshaka‚ aNaga‚ or snake-man. King Janamejaya‚ Parikshit’s son and successor‚ had held the snake
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Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of a fetus or embryo from the uterus‚ resulting in or caused by its death.[1] An abortion can occur spontaneously due tocomplications during pregnancy or can be induced‚ in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies‚ an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion‚ while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term
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