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    THE WAY I SEE MY FUTURE CAREER IN JOURNALISM I have many loves in life‚ photography‚ music and writing‚ but eventually my love dries out. They say your career should be a pursuit that you never grow tired of‚ that your interest is so deep in you can never soak up too much knowledge of the subject. I have found for me‚ that love is journalism. When journalism is chosen as a career‚ society tends to have a stereotypical image of a group of photographers chasing celebrities. If not‚ then an image

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    The negative psychological effects of racism in the world are significant. Racism poisons our society through the unnecessary and recessive hate and ignorance it brings upon us. The movie “Crash”‚ directed by Paul Haggis‚ shows us how racism can sneak up on you and subconsciously affect your decisions and the way you act throughout day-to-day life. Even the best of people can incidentally succumb to racism‚ as exemplified by Officer Tommy Hansen‚ played by Ryan Phillipe. Officer Tommy shoots Larenz

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    There are two theories regarding to the formulation of optimism. The first one being learned optimism which was conceptualized by Martin Seligman‚ and the second is the perspective of optimism by Michael Scheier and Charles Carver. Under the learned optimism theory‚ the optimist responds to the inquiry‚ “Why did that bad thing happened to me?” In scientific terms‚ the optimist makes outer‚ variable‚ and particular attributions for fiasco-like events as opposed to internal‚ steady‚ and global attributions

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    In the short story "Through the tunnel"‚ Doris Lessing describes the adventure of Jerry‚ a young English boy trying to swim through an underwater tunnel. Throughout the story‚ the author uses the third person omniscient point of view to describe the boy ’s surroundings and to show us both what he and the other characters are thinking and what is happening around them. By using this point of view‚ the author is able to describe the setting of the story‚ give a detailed description of the characters

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    Last year the opinion post by the ombudsman of the Washington Post about the Post being ‘pro-gay’ have raised many voices. In his writing he has discussed and talked by the evidence of an email conversation between a reader‚ the ombudsman; Patrick and a reporter of the Post. The reader claims that the Post only caters to a special class of the Washington and wants appreciation from them. The main issue the reader had was that the Post is very much Pro-gay and gives a lot of exposure to the gay couples

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    To Drill or Not to Drill? HUM/114 - CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING To Drill or Not to Drill? Gas prices are still hovering around the $4 per gallon mark‚ and us as Americans are aching badly. There are a lot of people who believe Americans are to blame entirely for this energy issue. The truth is these people are the same ones who helped create this energy crisis. I believe America is the culprit as well as the victim. America should exhaust all other resources before looking

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    The Great Gatsby is shown to be one of a few who possess this special quality by creating an entirely different image of himself and clinging to the hope of being reunited with the one he loves most despite what others believed. Through Gatsby’s optimism and hope‚ Fitzgerald illustrates his agreement that

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    I believe that Tennyson’s works do represent the different positions of optimism and despair. In "The Lady of Shalott‚" she is hoping to get out of the castle‚ but she dies on the way down. In "Ulysses‚" the two ideas are represented again‚ but through different ways. The lady in "The Lady of Shalott" is waiting for a prince to come and ‘save’ her. "A bowshot from her bower eaves‚ /He rode between the barley leaves" describes her seeing Lancelot. She climbs down from the tower to ride a boat down

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    Pessimism and optimism are generally seen as two major things which drive human emotion. A depressed person is usually associated with pessimism and a happy person with optimism. However‚ that is not always the case. A perfectly happy person could have pessimistic thought and a depressed person usually tries to be optimistic of the future. Pessimism‚ however‚ is much easier to deal with. It is much easier to swallow pride when an event goes wrong just as one predicted. On the contrary‚ one is

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    Allison LeBel December 15th‚ 2012 Professor O’Sullivan Word Count: 1‚241 Optimism As I sat in the hospital waiting room all I could think about was Jess. Everything was a blur. Seconds turn into minutes. Minutes turn into hours. Two songs played over and over on my iPod‚ “Wind Beneath my Wings‚” by Bette Midler and “Ten Thousand Angels‚” by Lynn Cooper. As the lyrics played‚ tears flowed down my bright red cheeks. Jess was always content with letting me shine and being the center of

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