April 2‚ 2012 DREAM CAREER When was the last time you asked yourself “What do I want to be when I grow up?” If you really think about it‚ this is a loaded question that has the potential to be a simple tool in helping us focus on our goals in life‚ and guide the choices we make. However‚ I find the typical response is one that involves only the professional career choice of the individual. “I want to be a doctor....” “I want to be a professional basketball player....” “I want to be a graphic designer…
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In “Dream Machines”‚ Will Wright suggests that human have amazing imagination that invented games. Although games have a bad image as “violent‚ addictive‚ childish‚ worthless” among public‚ Wright‚ as a gamer‚ finds some positive impacts of games that are hardly discovered by normal people. He insists games can enhance gamers’ problem-solving skills because they tend not to read the manual to get the direction once they get the game; instead they take repetition of trial and error to create ways
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Nightmares as Cold Dreams Domestic violence gets a cold and calculated treatment in Keegan Larwin’s unflinching short film Daydream. Domestic violence is an abhorrent act that often goes un-discussed‚ but in recent years has come to the forefront of societal discussion‚ most notably the Ray Rice video. However‚ it is then swept under the rug too soon by more "urgent" stories. Art‚ and to be more specific‚ film‚ while at its core is meant to entertain‚ can also serve as a vessel to
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A Childhood Dream It seems as if it was yesterday‚ I was at home standing on my couch with a fake microphone in my hand. I would sing‚ or rather yell‚ to the lyrics of “Thriller” by heart with no intention of stopping. Yet today‚ although singing is undoubtedly not my forte‚ I still find the happiness and sense of freedom I felt on that couch with the microphone in my hand. Michael Jackson was like my real-life Peter Pan‚ who could rescue me from reality and whisk me away into a magical‚ joyous
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“Was It A Dream?” written by Guy de Maupassant begins with a man describing his deep love for a woman‚ when suddenly she becomes sick and dies. All the man knew was that the woman comes home on a rainy day and was very ill. A few doctors and nurses visit and give her medicine‚ the woman dies shortly after. He is so distraught that he could hardly remember anything people would say to him. They hold a funeral for the woman and bury her. The narrator takes a trip and when he returns to their house
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Requiem For A Dream (2000) In life there are many choices‚ like any choice you make in life there is always the up or downside to it. For example if you buy a lottery ticket the up side you may win‚ the down side you may waste a lot of money. If you do drugs the downside you may lose everything you have including your life to get more drugs. Requiem for a Dream is a dark but straight to the point film about drug addiction and how drugs will change your life and make you do thing to keep getting
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Winter Dreams Judy Jones was born wealthy and she was attracted to men with power and money. Aside from her physical beauty‚ her status gave her many social options. She was vain and liked to be seen with a procession of men. Dexter was one of them. The seductive mannerisms in her voice had a magical effect on men and it drew their attention. Her voice was not lady-like but her tone was deep. Later on Dexter remembered that unique voice. Fitzgerald wrote in the short story‚ “He imagined her husky
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The thought of this sent chills down my spine‚ and fear through my heart. I turned to look for the closest tree‚ then back at the water to see how near they were. I still had time! Cautiously‚ I began to creep my way toward the tree I had spotted‚ about 15 feet away. The gators hadn’t taken their eyes off of me since they saw me floating down on my parachute‚ and
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national champions. Golden Bear student-athletes have won 146 individual national titles in boxing‚ men’s and women’s track & field‚ men’s and women’s tennis‚ men’s gymnastics‚ men’s and women’s swimming‚ and women’s golf. In order to accomplish my dreams of attending the University of California Berkley I will continue to work hard in school and in athletics. I have made myself a promise that I will demote all of my time to studying and trying to get all A’s and possibly graduating 10% of my
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My Dream Career Selecting a career is the most important decision in a person’s life. The Health care industry has a good future in the United States of America. According to the American Department of Labor‚ the Medical assistant is one of the fastest growing health care professions. I have always been inclined towards health care and therefore I decided to be a medical assistant. To become a medical assistant one should possess different qualities. But the most important quality is to be a very
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