Do you have trouble finding things to do when you are bored? No hobbies‚ you say? Some people are overwhelmed with hobbies and cannot keep up with all of them. Others‚ well…have few to none and seem to get bored a lot easier. Solving this problem is just a matter of what you enjoy doing and what you think you can do to keep you entertained. We all have days when we get bored‚ the real problem is how to alleviate your boredom‚ get up and be outdoorsy‚ be a thrill seeker for a day or just stay in for
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In the adaptation “You Can Grow Your Brain” from Health and Science‚ the author emphasizes that many people think of the brain as a mystery. According to “You Can Grow Your brain”‚ we don’t often think about what intelligence is or how it works. In the outer layer of the brain which is called the cortex‚ are billions of very small nerve cells that are called neurons. A quote in this article stood out to me that says “The more you challenge your mind to learn‚ the more your brain cells grow.” In
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A recent film that I have studied in class has managed to unsettle me‚ to change my views about major issues such as gender and family I found Billy Elliot to be a moving and uplifting film about motherless Billy fulfilling his dream of becoming a ballet dancer‚ in the process overcoming the objections of his father and brother. By setting the movie in the context of a mining community‚ and more specifically against the backdrop of the 1980’s miners’ strike they were able to refer to gender and class
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The title alone‚ “You Can Grow Your Brain‚” made me think this article was going to be about how learning new things will make you smarter. I did not realize that it literally meant the brain can‚ and will grow when you are learning new things‚ or challenging yourself to learn new skills. We have always been told‚ “Practice makes perfect‚” and really‚ when you apply this rule to everything we do in life‚ it is true‚ and yet for some people‚ we stop challenging ourselves to learn new things because
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Homes McGee and her husband Vince. This film‚ Telling Amy’s Story allowed a police detective to look at the events leading up the Amy’s death; this dissection of Amy and Vince’s relationship is helpful for other law enforcement officers and community workers to see. I thought that watching the discussion panel after the film was particularly interesting. The four women involved came from different areas of IPV protection. Of the comment the panel had I thought that the police detective’s was the
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The book I chose for my book club is “The Skin I’m in”‚ written by Sharon G. Flake. After Sharon’s daughter was born it gave her the inspiration and dedication to write. Flake wrote short stories for her daughter‚ and read them at her daughter’s daycare. She then wanted to write children’s books with an African-American emphasis‚ this lead to her purpose of writing “The Skin I’m in”. The book was published in 1998 making this Sharon G. Flake debut novel. My reasoning for choosing this book was the
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Acculturation is what happens when members of one culture adopt the beliefs and/or behaviors of another group. Our textbook states ”Although both societies may change as a result of prolonged contact‚ the politically or economically less powerful of the two is likely to experience the most dramatic acculturative changes as they adopt the language and certain other cultural traits of the dominant culture” (Crapo‚ 2013). My heart felt so heavy when watching this 40 minute film. I could not help but
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Telling the truth. It is true that Lies are so much more interesting and the truth is boring. Well so they say. What do you think‚ isn’t it so much more creative to tell lies? Let’s say for example‚ I could tell you I caught the bus to School this morning as usual‚ and no one would be interested. However if I told I was driven to school on a fire engine and I got to work the sirens‚ this would be so much more interesting. So why tell the truth‚ let’s all create a fantasy world and live in in
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aware‚ strong‚ persevering and caring. Linda Loman is an oblivious‚ weak‚ enabler and cannot be characterized as a good wife. In many instances throughout Arthur Miller’s play The Death of a Salesman‚ the audience sees Linda acting poorly as a significant other. Through the duration of the play her pathetic attempts to show her love for Willy are outweighed by the actions used in benefitting herself and her well-being. How is Mrs. Linda Loman oblivious? Linda is fully aware of her husband’s suicide
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C Critical Issues Commentar y I C A BIBLICALLY BASED COMMENTARY ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT YOU MAY /J UNE 2004 ISSUE NUMBER 82 THE DANGERS OF DIVINATION B Y B O B D E W A AY "When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you‚ you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire‚ one who uses divination‚ one who practices witchcraft‚ or one who interprets omens‚ or a sorcerer
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