The Last Lecture Whenever you hear about a tragedy that happened like a car crash‚ someone getting cancer‚ a mass shooting‚ someone catching a simple disease and dying. You think to yourself for a second and say‚ “that’s terrible‚ why does stuff like that happen in this world. Then you think to yourself of course that would never happen to me. Reading this book and watching the video makes you think that stuff like this happens to ordinary people just like me. Randy Pausch was a very smart man
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Romancing the Brick wall in Pausch’s Heart When I read the pages 57 – 79 in Pausch’s (2008) The Last Lecture‚ I was surprised and impressed by his expression to his great wife. Even though he continued to love his wife‚ Jai‚ he sometimes felt her to get over such obstructions as a big wall and formidable things. He wrote‚ “The most formidable brick wall I ever upon in my life was just five feet‚ six inches tall‚ and was absolutely beautiful. But it reduced me to tears‚ made me reevaluate my entire
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"The movie‚ “Thank You for Smoking” is a comedy-drama about a tobacco industry lobbyist‚ Nick Naylor. The movie brings up serious issue of the addicting substance tobacco and its various effects on human’s health. In the opening scene of “Thank You for Smoking”‚ Nick has committed three fallacies: 1. “Joan‚ how on earth would Big Tobacco profit off of the loss of this young man... It’s in our best interest to keep Robin alive and smoking.” There is an element of False Analogy. He draws a weak comparison
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graffiti covered restroom‚ feeling fabulous and attractive all at once. Looking down at the back of my hands that rested over a rusted lime scale sink‚ I examined the poorly drawn black marker X’s. With only the sweat that was extracted from the dance floor they were starting to fade away. They didn’t even seem to put up a fight as I scrubbed them off with cheap lavender scented soap and luke-warm water. “Those Bastards” I murmured. It was as if they wanted us underage kiddos to drink up all of
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Outside Reading Project The Last Olympian The Last Olympian tells a story about the war that happening between the Titans and the Gods. In the 4th series‚ the Great Prophecy were announced and stating that when a child from the eldest gods turn 16‚ s/he will make a choice that will determine the fate of the world. The story begins with Percy being sent on a mission to destroy Kronos’s ship (Princess Andromeda). However‚ they failed to kill Kronos and Percy found out that something horrible is going
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us to move. Waiting for the music to start. I hear the music and we begin. Stunts hit‚ and tumbling hits as well. During our cheer chants‚ I yelled as loud as my voice my voice could go. We were almost done with the routine. All we needed was the dance‚ which was my favorite part. At the end‚ we gave the largest smiles to the point where I thought my
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Part 1 Childhood Dreams Looking back on my childhood‚ I tend to go negative. We moved so much. My parents were not educated enough to help me with my homework. I felt lonely. My mom suffered from manic depression‚ and it sucked. We were so poor. But when I think about actual moments of my childhood‚ specific‚ tiny‚ day-to-day moments‚ I know I was lucky: in many ways‚ I had won the parent lottery. My parents somehow innately knew that part of the reason for their misfortune was their current lack
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EATING DISORDERS AND DANCE Observation Paper on Eating Disorders and Dance On June 14‚ 2006 an observation of a Weber County School District drill team took place during their summer training session. The team consisted of 24 adolescent‚ high school girls; each girl differed from the next by way of hair color‚ skin color‚ height and weight along with other character traits. When the group first walked into the dance room for their morning training session they all had on the same outfits
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Barton‚ senior and choreographer for the team‚ said The University Swingers are always looking to learn more about swing dancing‚ so that they can teach it to others and spread their core central love of this dance. They do so by attending workshops and having weekly practices. Though swing dance has historical roots‚ the swingers find ways to make it modern. For example‚ in their performance there were traditional 1930’s steps‚ but also Beyonce moves‚ which made it “quick and rapid
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erformance. This performance was held at the Victoria J. Mastrobruno Theater. The performers in the show were all BFA dance majors at Mason Gross School of the Arts and the choreographers included faculty and guest choreographers. The dancers performed unique pieces that captivated the audience and truly illustrated the array of talent. Each piece used a plethora of ideas and created artistic environments to showcase an outcome‚ to the semester long projects. In addition to the choreographers and
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