1. What did I do particularly well in this course‚ and why? Being in this course has stretched my thinking and my creative abilities past what I thought I knew or was capable of. Living in a world today that tells us that you can only be one thing and not the other makes us choose a side on something that we think we are good and stick to that even when we are capable of doing a broader array of other things. Having a heavily mathematical and scientific background‚ my creativity was not called
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After reading this article “What Set You From‚ Fool?” I must admit that I am confused. It was difficult to determine what the point of it was. The author expressed some clear points of the difficulties he faced growing up as a black man in Los Angeles‚ however the article seemed more of a story than a statement to the end. It is possible that having grown up in New York City myself‚ the difference in culture will be the reason for my confusion. Overall‚ most of the piece is awkwardly written and
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When I initially viewed Roni Horn’s work‚ This is Me‚ This is You‚ I questioned the validity of the art piece. To me‚ the composition appeared to simply be a collection of pictures portraying a young girl. However‚ after further research‚ I realized that it wasn’t exactly the pictures themselves‚ but the idea behind the pictures that was truly creative. Horn’s work called to me because it reminded me of a film technique called stop motion. In stop motion‚ the filmmaker will take a picture of their
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ADVERTISING MAKES YOU BUY THINGS YOU DO NOT NEED! IT MANIPULATES YOU! GROUP PROJECT Members: CALL Guillaume‚ AUDOUSSET Geoffroy‚ BAYRAK Samet‚ VASKOVA Petra‚ PISTECKY Jan‚ KOPECKY Daniel‚ HEYDRICH Lukas‚ FISER Martin Marketing Project – Group 7‚ Msc. CULS Prague‚ 2010 “God damn it‚ an entire generation pumping gas‚ waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes‚ working jobs we hate so we can buy sh** we don ’t need.” Tyler Durden
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Rapping Rapping (or emceeing‚ MCing‚ spitting bars‚ or rhyming) is "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The components of rapping include "content"‚ "flow" (rhythm and rhyme)‚ and "delivery". Rapping is distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat. Rapping is often associated with and a primary ingredient of hip hop music‚ but the origins of the phenomenon can be said to predate hip hop culture by centuries. It can also be found in alternative rock such as that of Cake and
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Gossett English 10H-4 March 17‚ 2008 You are What You Eat Throughout the past twenty years‚ obesity in the United States has drastically increased. Currently‚ one-hundred and seventeen billion people in the United States are obese. Out of those people‚ three-hundred thousand people die each year because of complications due to being over-weight. One out of every four children in the average school in the United States is over-weight. In an effort to combat this growing obesity epidemic‚ concerned
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What do you think to Kill a Mockingbird Gains by Being Narrated from a Childs Point of View. To Kill a Mockingbird is written in the first person by the narrator of Jean-Louise Finch‚ known as scout in the book‚ who starts of as a six year old girl at the beggining of the novel and ends it at the age of eight. There are many ways that the 1st person narrative benefits the book. As the novel is written in the 1st person‚ it uses pronouns such as i‚ me‚ mine‚ we‚ ours and us which makes the novel
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Spoils of War In the poem “Next to you god of course america” by e.e. cummings figurative devices and sarcasm are used to reveal the hate some people have towards World War I The poem starts with a man speaking of how honorable and fascinating America in the war is. He sings parts of songs and questions anyone who thinks war is distasteful. This‚ at first glance‚ may be seen as love toward the great country but with the use of diction‚ similes‚ and line spacing the truth is revealed. The speaker
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competitive sports‚ both team and individual‚ have no place in the school curriculum. How far do you agree or disagree? The issue whether sports‚ including in a team and individual basis should be removed from the list of curricular activities at school is a very controversial issue. Many commentators are of the view that sports ought to be eradicated from schools. For some reasons‚ I totally disagree with this topic. Firstly‚ pupils could be extremely healthy by being involved in outdoor activities
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‘Sustainable Tourism is a Myth.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? (15 Marks) Sustainable Tourism is essentially an industry committed to making a low impact on the natural environment and local culture‚ while helping to generate income and employment for local people. As Global economists forecast continuing international tourism growth‚ this continuous growth will place great stress on remaining biologically diverse habitats and indigenous cultures‚ which are often used to support
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