“Life As We Knew It” by Susan Beth Pfeffer Danielle Graves What would I do? This is what I kept asking myself as I was reading “Life as We Knew It” by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The book follows Miranda and her family through their day-to-day struggles to survive the aftermath of a life-changing event. Astronomers miscalculate the density an asteroid that hits the moon‚ and it pushes the moon closer to Earth. The gravitational pull results in natural disasters that happen
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We can not live in it neither can we live without it. Water is very important to us. Period. We will die without it‚ but unfortunately we also can not live with too much water. Our bodies are not designed to handle too much water. Our infrastructures also can not withhold massive amounts of water. Therefore we hope things like tsunamis‚ or hurricanes or typhoon or heavy snowfall or blizzard would not occur in an extreme manner. We all know our resources are depleting and I am going to encourage
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How We Are Influenced Social psychology is the “scientific study of how people think about‚ influence‚ and relate to one another” (Myers‚ 2010‚ p. 4). There are many different “external social forces” (Myers‚ 2010‚ p. 8) that influence our thoughts‚ feelings‚ behaviors and attitudes‚ such as our family‚ peers‚ culture and gender; all of which persuade us in one direction or another. Any social situation we may encounter can be so powerful that it “leads us to act contrary to our expressed
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What subjects should we study at school? School is a place to discover. To discover new friends‚ hobbies‚ feelings‚ likes‚ dislikes‚ but most importantly to discover passions. As James Barrie once said “ Nothing is really work‚ unless you’d rather be doing something else”. When you discover the things you like you progress with them and flourish in them. However‚ many teenagers are being pushed towards to low-quality "dead end" vocational courses‚ when really they should be pushed into doing
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Are we really free? What is real freedom? Are we free or we have only the illusion of freedom? We are unconsciously controlled by various systems and are slaves to the system! If you do not adapt and go with the systems you are not uitgespeog and forget. Political‚ economic and social systems control our lives on a daily basis! We are limited to things we might do and actually do‚ we can swing our arms but we can not fly? We have freedom of speech but we can not say what we want. Many times we
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Jay Gatsby is too foolish and ridiculous a figure to be seen as a great hero. I completely agree with this statement‚ whilst Gatsby’s refreshing idealistic attitude may by considered noble and heroic at the start of the play as the play progresses towards the end we see Gatsby’s heroic romanticism dissolve into obsession. The oxford dictionary definition is someone who is admired for their courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. This can be seen in Gatsby as “five years of unwavering
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which four year college they should apply too. At my high school‚ it was never second guessed whether the student would be attending college but was assumed. Most people have misconceptions that if they do not get a degree‚ they will unable to obtain a job and have an overall unsuccessful life. In Charles Murray’s‚ “Are Too Many People Going to College” and Freeman Hrabowski’s “College Prepares People for Life”‚ the two author both discuss the education system we have in place‚ however‚ Charles Murray
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We Shall Overcome Propaganda and politics go together like two peas in a pod. George Orwell discusses the marriage of the two in his essay‚ “Politics and the English Language.” Among the most common propaganda techniques Orwell demonstrates‚ the two most prominent political speeches would be meaningless words and pretentious diction. Propaganda techniques are most commonly known as ways to be dishonest or when there is a hidden agenda. However in President Lyndon B. Johnson speech known as “We
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves Stories are fundamental to how we see; understand the world and essentially ourselves. We are the stories we tell ourselves. Or‚ as Thomas King puts it: “The truth about stories is that that’s all we are” (King 2). From stories of creationism to personal experiences‚ historical narratives‚ to social transgression‚ racist indoctrination to works of contemporary Native literature‚ a piece of who we are lurks in the details. This piece of us‚ of who we are has the potential
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best‚ go ahead‚ follow ur dreams and just improvise. -But still something wrong ‚ what could it be ?! -oh people in my society. What’s wrong with them? -oh no big deal‚ just listen to me and feel what i feel -no records to break ‚no opportunities to take‚ and their insults u have to take -everything to them is a peace of cake -while u suffer in hell ‚ dying for a break -oh for God’s sake ‚ what should i do ? -should i suicide or try to sue? -but sue who?! When racism here
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