...tells what other critics have offered, such as Ronald Janssen's claim that the poem is an id/ego conflict, a young woman's mental exploration of sexuality, and then details his own claim that it goes even further (Giles, cited in Lynn). Using lines from the poem, Giles attempts to support the claim that the girl has already had some experience, some knowledge of the wilder life; Giles claims she has already had “a peek” at it, a sample of it which makes her want more. Giles compares different interpretations, not taking it so far as Shaw (Cited in Lynn) who suggests she is willing to endure spiritual death, but believing that she has already made the choice to experience life without the constraints of morals or propriety, and is merely waiting for the change to complete her transition. In reading the poem multiple times and looking specifically for Giles' indication that the girl/young woman has already made her choice and already tasted a little of the wild life, I have to disagree. The first line of the poem is very clear: “I've stayed in the front yard all my life” (Brooks, cited in Lynn, 2004) She didn't say she has lived there, which would suggest that she...
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...Freshman year at Trimble Tech High School was nothing short of a liminal year. High school basically swallowed me whole as a freshman, and spit me out as an unrecognizable senior. In this sense, I’ve become a completely different person. In my four years at Trimble Tech, I had a metamorphosis with my outlook on life and mentality. As a sophomore, my AP World History class enlightened me to the vast number of religions in the world. Prior to this, I was religiously ignorant because the concept of religion could not be discussed in public school. By the end of sophomore year, my brain was occupied with the various teachings of the diverse religions of the world. As a result, I’ve learned to look at things from a number of varying perspectives...
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...Thank you for considering my application to the Eller College of Management. Because of my past work experiences and passion for the subject, I am seeking a major and career in business management. From age 16 until my high school graduation, I worked as a food runner and waitress in a local, family owned restaurant. It was there that I had my first peek into the business world; I saw the most important aspects of business at the root of their small company. It was a gift to have the opportunity to understand the owners on a deeper level along with their goals, passions, and true personalities rather than seeing them primarily for their position as a “boss.” This is something that may have never happened if I worked at a corporate restaurant chain. Learning and growing in this small business environment is...
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...Only me. I’m sitting in my backyard on a sunny early spring afternoon. My blue spiral notebook is on my lap and a magic pen is in my hand. The pen doesn’t look that special, if you see it in my bag or on my desk. Just a black ink-pen with a cap. The magic begins, when I touch it to the paper. Two birds circling around each other in a wild fight. “Are they mad at each other or just playing?” My pen writes the question, before I have time to think of it. Weird. A squirrel buries some nuts in the next door neighbor’s yard, his bushy red tail moves energetically as he digs. “How will he remember, where he hid it?” my pen asks. I really don’t know. There are tiny yellow flowers hidden in the green grass. “Why do we call them weeds?” my pen asks again. Oh and there are eight downy dandelion-seed balls lined up against the side of my house. “Are they weeds too?” My pen kept asking many stupid questions. “You can make a wish, you know. What will you wish for?” my pen asks. I stop writing for a moment to think of all the possibilities. A beautiful, purple butterfly the size of my hand flies by. My pen records the butterfly in my thought. A gentle breeze cools the air around me, and my pen does his job. Writing my thoughts down on paper. I hear children playing down the street. My pen describes the sounds across the page. The sun goes behind a cloud, and then peeks out again, but I’m not looking at the sky. I know this because of the shadow of my pen that follows the in and...
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...“No -- I mean I talk like a sailor.” “Talking like a sailor to me means a lot of cursing.” “That’s because you were in the Army -- things always seem different than they really are when you’re in the Army.” Libra comes back with a bang. “What do you know about the army, Tugg? -- Other than the fact that it’s the Army that does all the dirty work? When the Air Force, Marines, and Navy guys are nightie-night, we’re usually out there cleaning up your mess.” “My point-” “No, I think that was my point, Robbie.” Libra goes into her favorite subject, why the Army is better than the Navy. Robbie decides to take her on. “Oh, you want to start the ‘Army - Navy’ thing again?” “Everybody knows the Navy is for wimps -- don’t start that Navy Seal noise. They’re all over the news -- Army Rangers rule! -- Battle of the Bulge -- U.S. Army. Invasion of Normandy -- U.S. Army -- you guys just dropped us off, fired big guns from the safety of fifteen miles. Gettysburg, the Civil War for that matter -- U.S. Army, baby -- The liberation of Europe...
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...a gun. I wonder what was going on in the young boy's mind as he peek through the telescope and take aim at the old man reading a newspaper on a bench in the park. It didn't take very long for the boy to pull the trigger and deliver the fatal shot that would end the victim's life forever. What a horrible sight! Have we really all gone so bad that even our own children are turning against us? Has society in every corner of the world been so out of touch that we do not care about others and we start living a life of predator and prey? Survival of the fittest! I am absolutely sure this young boy was not intentionally born and raised to be a murderer. No parents would want their children in any way to be a professional murderer, gun for hire! We have all from time to time witnessed disparaging and unbelievable acts of murder and violence, but nothing is more overwhelming than children, young boys and girls perpetrating this hideous and dastardly act. I would like to believe this young boy didn't do it on his own free will. I would like to believe he is not alone but was forced to do this evil act. I feel so bad and so sorry for the family of his victim who are probably at home waiting for him to be home that day. We will all die eventually and death comes unexpectedly whether we like it or not. I only pray that I live longer to spend more time with my dear wife, my beautiful children, relatives and...
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...Dear Anne Frank: Before I read your book, The Diary of Anne Frank, I thought the world I lived in was flawless. Not only flawless but perfect in every way I imagined. It is natural for children to be sheltered from the terrors outside this illusion of an ideal world. Children were raised this way and schools censored this kind of information. I was one of these children: oblivious and carefree to the horrors of the past and future. The Diary of Anne Frank opened my eyes to the reality of the world we lived in. What I thought was a utopian world showed to be very much false. Yet with all this evil in the world, good can be found in all of it. I read the diary version of Anne Frank in 5th grade, and as I was reading I felt like I was living...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix B The USA PATRIOT ACT Provisions Table Use the table below to organize information about the USA PATRIOT ACT. From the Electronic Reserve Reading article Update: USA Patriot Act, identify and classify characteristics of PATRIOT ACT provisions. Describe how each provision either poses potential risks to civil liberties, aids the War on Terror, or possibly both. While completing the table, consider what each provision means to you on a personal level. For example, Section 218 makes it easier for federal agents to open a criminal case on you or other citizens, should there be significant purpose to do so; yet, the same provision makes it easier for federal agents to gather information on a terrorist, and possibly prevent that terrorist from committing future crimes. |Provision |Risks to Civil Liberties |Aids the War on Terror | |Section 218 |Allows agents to obtain FISA warrants, requiring less |This provision makes it easier for agents to open a | | |evidence of wrongdoing, which can be subject to abuse |criminal case on terrorists, possibly preventing that | | |in domestic criminal cases. Only a significant |terrorist from committing future crimes. Reduces | | |investigative purpose is required to obtain a FISA |barriers between intelligence work and criminal | | ...
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...September 15th, 1916: the first World War has been raging on for almost three years, with the Battle of the Somme having recently entered its third month. Across the British trenches, men stared in awe as 36 Mark-1 Tanks began their journey towards the German line, their quest announced by way of a massive artillery barrage on the German forces. Though it was little more than a modified tractor with armor plating and machine guns on the sides, the Mark-1’s crossed trench after trench, smashing through barbed wire and German lines alike. By the end of the day, the British troops had advanced 2.3 kilometers in exchange for relatively few casualties, and had with their success made it clear that the tank was a game-changer. My entire life, I’ve...
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...A breakout of a disease in a civilization can not only shift the fabric of a standing civilization, but an outbreak can also change or shape the history of that civilization and subsequently, the world. Usually it’s said that a civilization is impacted economically, socially, or politically. However, a key concept that is overlooked when discussing the impact a disease outbreak is the concept of mortality. The first thought in the human psyche when it relates to a disease outbreak is usually “Will I die from this disease?” It’s not surprising that the next few trains of thought are probably “How can me and my family (or civilization) survive this breakout”. Sometimes the very breakout purpose is question along the lines of “Why is this breakout...
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...Computer Ethics By Brenda B. Covert | | | 1 Ethics is a short, two-syllable word of six letters that affects every segment of our lives. Ethics is a moral code involving a clear understanding of right and wrong. Another word for ethics is values. When people talk about ethics, they may be focused on one specific area, such as business, medical, political, environmental, religious, or personal ethics. Today we are going to focus on another important area of ethics: computer ethics. 2 If you have good computer ethics, you won't try to harass or hurt people with your computer, and you won't commit crimes such as information theft or virus creation. The problem that often arises when some of us are on a computer is that we don't see the harm in snooping in another person's private information or trying to figure out their passwords. It seems smart to copy and paste information into a school report and pretend that we wrote it. (Even if the information were public property --which most of it isn't-- that would be dishonest.) The crimes committed with hacking or gaming scams may not seem harmful because the victims lack faces. Flaming (aiming abusive, insulting messages at another person online) seems risk-free since we are anonymous. Indulging in obscenities and other offensive behavior online might feel empowering simply because no one knows who we really are. No one is going to come knocking on the door and demand a physical confrontation. However, every one of those...
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...to the conclusion that he shall not share his invention with anyone other than himself, mainly due to wanting to be an individual. Therefore, Equality proves that his primary motivation is individualism; however, Equality thinks only for himself in an unjustified way.Equality clouds his own judgement by putting his individual rights above others, which is unjustified in relation to the whole population. Once Equality accepts himself as an individual, he begins to write how a man’s motivation should primarily be for themselves, rather than for their society. As Equality sits with his journal, he writes,“I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom” (Rand 96). By guarding his personal treasures, Equality guides his mind to think only about his personal rights; especially about his rights regarding how he reacts to the world around him. Equality occasionally peeks outside at the scenery around him as he continues his writing in his journal. He states, “I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for any others” (Rand 96). Living for others is not placed in Equality’s heart, nor is the concept that a man shall work under Equality’s influence; thus impacting Equality’s society in an unjust...
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...speak only from experience. My son just turned ten and is developmentally delayed and has been walking the thin line towards an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) since he was very young. The hardest part of being his parent is understanding what he is thinking and relating that to his acts of passion. SPECIFIC AGE: birth to 24 months (when recognizing an ASD it is difficult to pin point a specific age) DESCRIBE THE OBSERVABLEBEHAVIORS THAT A CHILD WITH THIS DELAY MIGHT EXHIBIT? A child with an ASD might have trouble being cuddled, wrapped tightly in a blanket (swaddling), or even begin to smile at you. By 4 months of age this child may find it difficult to follow bright colors, show interest in people, or even turn his/her head towards loud noises. Between 6 and 9 months of age, a child with ASD may cry when he/she is happy, have difficulty expressing joy in facial expressions, and may have minimal cooing or babbling. By 12 months of age, a child with an ASD may not respond when his/her name is called and may not be interested in social games like peek-a-boo. Between ages 12 and 24 months, this child may become more reserved and less interested in learning about others, shows little joy in facial expressions, has difficulty learning new words, and may be withdrawn from other children their age. HOW MIGHT THIS DELAY IMPACT THEOR LEARNING NEEDS IN A CLASSROOM? This delay impacts the child greatly because at this age children are exploring the world around them, forming new relationships...
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...The Infamous Cyberbullying in Cebuano Teenagers. A month ago, my cousin introduced me to a website known as the ‘’Ask.fm’ which allows the user to get asked and post questions from anonymous users online. She seemed to be very excited about it. But unlike her I wasn’t really interested about the site because I chose to stick my nose with Twitter and Facebook. A week after, one of her friends sent me a friend request in facebook and before hitting the accept button, I took a peek at his timeline first. What really caught my attention are the screen captured pictures that her friends posted along with the caption “ this is the anonymous person behind the bashes’’ tagged along were the other people whom I’m pretty sure that were also bashed by the same basher since their comments apparently told so.. But what triggered my curiosity the most is the picture of the traced account of the basher. It looked familiar until I realized that it was my cousin’s. Eventually, I found out that using her anonymous account in Ask.fm, she asked her friends offensive questions and bullied them. At the present situation, modern technology has made man’s lifestyle easier and has helped every citizen to solve their problems at their own standards into their day to day living. Technology has become the most essential part of life. It has always made the world to reach the top and to increase the developments. However, behind the convenience that it offers to society lays the aftertaste that technology...
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...support is everything. Just say thanks mum, friends, ballet teacher are not enough’’. ‘Ella’ is a literal story regarding Ella Havelka who is a dancer came from the Wiradjuni people in New South Wales and successfully became the first Indigenous dancer in Australian Ballet Company. This is such an inspiring documentary which is not just an ordinary dancer’s life, but also describing a peek backstage drama. What makes this film more worthwhile to watch is its emphasis on Ella’s feeling on pursuing her career as a ballerina in Melbourne which Australian Ballet Company is generally covered by white performers. Her transformation to different city also demonstrates an ordinary “cultural transformation” story in a ballerina...
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