In the article “Why Literature Matters” by Dana Giola‚ she talks about how when income rose college attendance got higher and access to information increased but the interest in the arts especially literature diminished. 2002 of Public Participation‚ a survey‚ has declined for eight of nine major forms that are measured. The decline is worse in young adults. Dana states that “Individuals at a time of crucial intellectual and emotional development bypass the joys and challenges of literature is a
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my meal at McDonald ’s‚ eating my food without even thinking about the way it was sloppily presented at me‚ with my ice cream sundae dripping off the sides of the cup. Without much care about the way my food looks‚ I was just like everyone else in my table‚ very hurriedly taking my sandwich‚ and once in awhile criticizing the way the food tastes ("ang alat ng fries ngayon a"). This is such a stark contrast to the way food is appreciated outside urban areas‚ and most specially in traditional Asian
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What do my results tell me about my individual thinking style or my thought process range? My results were that I was focused. It tells me that I understand what I need to do and the steps that need to be taken to get there. It shows my determination and ability to grasp information. It displayed that I would be more successful at practical jobs that involves problem solving. My results also states that I’m good with research which means I rapidly learn new tasks and commit to different circumstances
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but also learn to adapt to a variety of situations. For example such as this quote from Chinese Proverb (2013).‚ “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Without the use of critical thinking many of us would go with the choice of giving the man the fish not knowing that the next day‚ he will still be hungry. When we add the use of critical thought to the equation‚ both individuals learn from the experience and invest in their futures
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Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map is a detailed description of the cholera epidemic in 1864‚ but the more interesting part of the book is how Dr. John Snow and Rev. Henry Whitehead’s different ideas merge to solve the mystery of the source of the illness. Although as Johnson makes clear in the early pages of his novel‚ it is not really a mystery when you consider the sanitation issues they were facing in mid-nineteenth century London. Johnson describes how two men from different fields with different
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THE LUMADS OF MINDANAO The Lumad are a group of indigenous peoples of the Southern Mindanao‚ Philippines. Lumad is a Cebuano term meaning ‘native’ or ‘indigenous’. For more than two decades it has been used to refer to the groups indigenous to Mindanao who are neither Muslim nor Christian. The term is short for katawhang Lumad (literally “indigenous peoples”)‚ the autonym officially adopted by the delegates of the Lumad Mindanaw Peoples Federation (LMPF) founding assembly in June 26‚ 1986 at the
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What is thinking? Melanie Stokes PHL/251 March 7‚ 2014 University of Phoenix What is thinking? “I think‚ therefore I am”‚ a famous quote by the French philosopher René Descartes‚ brings up the question what is thinking? It is possible that the human species is the only species that thinks. What makes human thinking unique? How and why do humans express their thoughts? If humans can’t think without memory‚ then it is obviously very important. And last but not least‚ in what ways can
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Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach‚ using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. The term lateral thinking was coined by Edward de Bono in the book New Think: The Use of Lateral Thinking published in 1967. Lateral thinking‚ is the ability to think creatively‚ or "outside the box" as it is sometimes referred to in business‚ to use your inspiration and imagination
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In response to the decline of reading in America‚ writer Dana Gioia argues that the lack of reading will result in a poor outcome of future american society in the article “Why Literature Matters”. Dana builds an argument using data‚ restatement‚ and emotional appeals. Gioia starts of this article by telling the readers “While income rose to unforeseen levels‚ college attendance ballooned‚ and access to information increased enormously‚ the interest young Americans showed in the arts - and especially
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The son of a prosperous lawyer‚ Stevens attended Harvard as a non-degree special student‚ after which he moved to New York City and briefly worked as a journalist. He then attended New York Law School‚ graduating in 1903. On a trip back to Reading in 1904 Stevens met Elsie Viola Kachel (1886–1963‚ aka Elsie Moll)‚ a young woman who had worked as a saleswoman‚ milliner‚ and stenographer.[1] After a long courtship‚ he married her in 1909 over the objections of his parents‚ who considered her lower-class
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