...My World is Quiet but My Life Is Not Angel Cole PSY202 Instructor Hopson October 11, 2013 1. What was your family like? a. Caring b. Parents wanted the best for the kids c. Strict d. Stable e. Hard making ends meet, no milk for lunches f. Up at 3:30am every morning to deliver the USA newspaper g. Mom went back to school for her teaching degree h. My Dad worked hard and hard long days, he just retired in May. 2. What are some of your favorite memories? a. Camps: CYO, Camp Sealth, Soccer camp b. Riding the ski bus every Saturday for lessons c. Pitching 1st ball for Mariners d. Camping with family e. Growing up in school 3. What were your educational experiences? a. Started 3 years old at UW to get a head start because of Deafness b. Went to North West School for the Hearing Impaired Children – could have gotten a cochlear implant c. Mainstreamed at Kings d. Went to Olympic View Junior high (Met current husband) e. Mariner High School then Kamiak High School (Sno-Isle) f. Scholarship to Edmonds Community College then went to Bellevue College g. 9 years later back to Edmonds Community College h. Now Ashford 4. What were you like as a teenager? a. I was a good kid until I went to public schools b. Got my name in the newspaper often for sports c. The only Deaf kid in school and people knew who I was d. Very involved in sports e. Ran away from home when I was 16 5...
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...Life after World War II Once WWII ended, the United States experienced many changes, both good and bad. Despite inflation and war strikes, the U.S successfully transitions to a peacetime economy. The economy didn’t just change, but the government also with the changes in balance of power of the three branches of federal government during the 20th century resulting in the expansion of executive power during periods of crisis. Many factors contributed to the better economy, and even minimum wages increased to 75 cents because of one of Truman’s Fair Deal that Congress passed. Although with the good times, there came the bad. There was a lot of labor unrest during this period. After WWII, rising inflation triggered the labor unrest. A wave of U.S industrial strikes at the end of WWII contributed to President’s Truman’s attempt to place strict limits on striking labor unions when national interests were at stake. A miner’s strike also took place, which was ended by President Truman by ordering the government seizure of the mines while pressuring owners to grant most union demands. Labor leaders strongly rejected the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 because the act favored big business interests over union interests. Delinquency was also a problem. Concerns about juvenile delinquency and failing educational systems surfaced during these years. Topping the list of juvenile crimes was car theft, which was something that needed to be changed. Other countries also had an impact on the U.S...
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...“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. 2 A.M was the time my whole family had awaken. The most folly thing I did that same night was drink soda when I obviously had to get a good night’s rest because I was leaving for Mexico for the first time in my life. My parents along with my siblings had to take down our suitcases into the truck. The car ride to the airport was really harmonious because it wasn’t that far, plus I was really excited to meet my family over there. At the airport we meet with two of our relatives. It was a devastation my parents couldn’t go with us due to the fact that they didn’t have papers. After a while of waiting it for the airport workers to check our luggage we had to say our goodbyes to my parents. My parents told me and my siblings to...
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...Chris Pilkati Philosophy 219 Professor Johnson April 24, 2013 Jewish Life during World War 2 Anti-Semitism – the hatred of Jews has traumatized Jews around the world for a long time. Most of this occurred during the holocaust, which started in around 1939, will be remembered throughout the world, not just among Jews but all people that inhabit the earth. The holocaust was severe tragedy that caused distress among all the people involved on the wrong side of it. It is known as the as the mass genocide of around six million Jews during World War 2. There was extermination by the German Nazi’s who followed their leader Adolf Hitler. On September 1, 1939 was the turning point the people because the most horrifying event was yet to happen. On this day Hitler began his reign and terror with his Autocratic leadership over the people of Germany. Adolf Hitler was on a mission to make the Nazi party the strongest power and have all people follow his reign. Hitler thought the Aryan race was the most intelligent and perfect race and sought out to exterminate all who were not. Hitler believed that the superiority of the Aryan race was being in danger of the Jewish race. Hitler also thought that the Jewish race, who was a small part of the population, were slowly taking over the country. While Germany was starting to take a turn for the worst Jewish owned companies started to take big hits as they were collapsing under financial pressure and declining profits. As part of Germany’s Reign...
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...The journal of a lowly soldier undermines the usual top down story of World War One in that its fundamental focus is not historical processes, theories, and ideologies, but rather the tale of an ordinary man’s life and struggles during and following the war. The tragedies of the war are brought to the forefront in Dewards diary entries, using words he paints a much more humane picture of the trauma and losses of the war. Also, Deward’s transformation from an enthusiastic recruit to a world weary veteran is contrary to the usual, top down story of men fighting the ‘good fight’ to further their nation’s interests. Additionally, many of the usual stories on World War One written by scholars detail the social system and politics, however, this first hand account story goes into detail regarding the degree to which the trauma he experienced during the war influenced his life following the end of the war....
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...My world my life feels like it is lost. Someday i hope i can find it. The stories just keep coming they will never go away. The old me i miss they took it away from me. I feel lost in a world that i still don't know at all. I want to be alive but i tear my heart everytime i find love. Love is just a destroyer to me. I want to talk to some people but will i ever get to? I feel like i can't be found anymore than i'm here on this earth. The scars that are on my are remind me that i have had hard time and that was the coping for me. I loved the feel of the blood flow down my arm. It put me out in another world where i could hide from the real or fake world i'm in right now. My life feels like it could expire at any given moment. I want to find someone i could love and that can't be destroyed....
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...Kristen Suarez Professor Grenier FIU- SYP3000 December 10, 2013 Third World Immigration’s Influence on America’s Way of Life To begin, it goes without saying that the topic of immigration in the United States has been a very controversial topic for quite some time. During this week’s readings, I found myself weighing both the pros and the cons of immigration reform and trying to decide which side of the spectrum I fall when considering whether third world immigration is in fact, a threat to America’s way of life. My initial gut reaction was that I would not oppose immigration and do not find it threatening to America’s way of life. This initial decision was conducted before completing the readings and I found my decision was based on the fact that I did not want to be considered a “racist” or discriminatory in any way. Also, as I have mentioned in one of my previous discussions, both my parents immigrated to the United States from Cuba during the “freedom flights” in the mid-sixties. My grandparents brought came to this country along with my parents for opportunity and to escape the tyrannous and communist leader, Fidel Castro who had just taken over. I immediately thought that without immigration, my parents would have never come to this country and who knows, maybe I wouldn’t even exist to write this paper! Then, the words of Peter Brimelow caught my attention in the section of “What About My Grandfather?”, Brimelow writes: “Many Americans have difficulty thinking...
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...On March 24th I had the opportunity to speak with George Melver about his experiences during World War 2. George was a child during the war, he was 8 years old when the war started. When America entered the war he was 10 years old. He remembers the day the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor. He says he was sitting in the living room with his family listening to their radio. They heard the news of the bombing and he saw the frightened look on his parents’ faces. Because of this George was worried. But at that time he did not know that we were going to enter the war. He did not know that his life was about to change. The thing I found the most interesting is that George remembers being in his one room schoolhouse and drawing propaganda posters about the war. He says he specifically remembers one poster that one of his classmates made that had a vivid picture of the bombings of pearl harbor. Another thing they did in school was listen to and sing songs about the war....
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...Kannon Manis English Comp II Tues/Thurs 11:00 May 9, 2012 Research Paper Imagine A World without Imagination Thesis: In the poem “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World”, Richard Wilbur illustrates the fact that life is nearly unbearable without the use of imagination. Essay Map: The bleak and depressive theme of this poem exposes the poet’s struggles with finding meaning in his own life, reflects the stability of an objective view of reality rather than a subjective view, and provides an excellent example of the tricks that the right brain is capable of playing on the mind as a whole. I. Wilbur’s Search for Meaning in Life Is Reflected by His Writings A. The poem is written in a style that is quite unusual compared to Wilbur’s other literary works. B. The only positive outlook on life is found while the speaker is still asleep. C. He uses such harsh words as “rape” and “gallows” to make a point about the brutality of everyday life. D. His mixed feelings about life itself are exposed by absurd juxtapositions like “bitter/love” and “thieves/nuns”. E. He is able to find meaning by embracing his imagination as a part of life, and living according to that reality. II. Achieving an Objective View of Reality is a Healthy Practice A. Objective reality, or objectivity, is defined by the World English Dictionary as a worldview existing independently of perception or an individual’s conceptions. B. An objective view of reality is...
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...after Death: The state of man after death is not a new state; only his condition in this life is made manifest more clearly in the next life. Whatever is the true condition of a person with respect to his beliefs and actions, righteous or otherwise, in this life, remains hidden inside him and its poison or its antidote affects his being covertly. In the life after death it will not be so; everything will manifest itself openly. One experiences a specimen of it in a dream. The prevailing condition of the body of the sleeper makes itself manifest in his dream. When he is heading towards high fever he is apt to see fire and flames in his dream, and if he is sickening due to influenza or a severe cold he is apt to find himself floating about in water. Thus, whatever the body is heading for becomes visible in a dream. So, one can understand that the same is the way of God with regard to the afterlife. As a dream transmutes our spiritual condition into a physical form, the same will happen in the next life. Our actions and their consequences will be manifested physically in the next life, and whatever we carry hidden within us from this life will all be displayed openly on our countenances in the next life. As a person observes diverse types of manifestations in his dreams but is not conscious that they are only manifestations, and deems them as realities, the same will happen in the next life. Through such manifestations, God will display a new power, a power which is perfect, complete...
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...Ethics in My Life 10/24/2013 Trying to be Ethical The population of the world is vast and culturally different. The different world view and cultural norms are what make our world so great. The different views give different perspective. With these perspectives we can look at the world in a different view. The study of ethics does not just look at the idea that everyone is the same but rather it entails the whole of the population. Ethics is opinion based and can be viewed by this, “if you think it is moral that it it is, for you”. What someone thinks is ethical might be different than what another might think is ethical. Ethics are what keep us from doing “right” and “wrong”. I feel that my ethical parameters allow me to live a life that I feel is good. The way that I view the world has changed over my life span. Growing up I was raised Catholic. I viewed the world as a sinful place where people were trying to be good in a world that is full of hate. This idea of religion being shoved down my throat gave me a negative view on the world. I made some mistakes and bad choices because of these feelings. Because of them I grew and now have a different world view. I studied philosophy and gained respect for people and myself; respect for how people think and feel. My life I live is based out of love today. I find that if my actions are based out of good, I am happy and others around me are too. Ethics and philosophy have changed my life. The betterment of my life can be directly...
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...Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a classic literary work that vividly paints the picture of a dystopian society. Huxley’s evident purpose for writing the novel was to show society the contrived effects of allowing its own demise. Modern day readers may shrug after having read the novel and think Huxley’s warnings were in vain in regards to contemporary societies. Surely no real society could even get to the point of the fictional World State. However, given some of today’s avant-garde ideas and advancements, this dystopia could be a reality in less time than people think. There are many shocking similarities and differences between the dystopian World State and reality, including ideas about human life and death, love and marriage, and the consumption of goods and services....
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...afterlife: This has been mainly the topic of religions to talk about afterlife and relating the life in the world with the afterlife. They link the good or bad conditions in afterlife as reflecting the deeds of human beings in the life before death. It is an effective way to direct anyone’s behavior by frightening him that if he would do wrongdoings then he must have to face the aftermath afterlife. Despite of their effectiveness, the description and ideas of afterlife by these religions or popularly held views may have some contradictions and they need to be thought upon from the beginning. In this essay, a new version of afterlife has been created while getting help from the literature on this topic. However, the originality of the version in this essay is that such depiction of afterlife has never been made earlier to the best of knowledge and the aspects of afterlife which are already popular have been kept intact so that it is convenient to understand the points in this essay. First, it is useful to reflect on major points of afterlife which make it effective and influential over the lives of common man. One of the main points of afterlife is it guarantees continuity of life because it links itself with the life in this world or life before death. Another aspect of afterlife is its relation with the life before death as rewards and punishments in afterlife are based on deeds in life before death. Another aspect of afterlife is its different phases and the phase immediate after...
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...Hessemann 1. Using details from the story compare and contrast Mabry’s “worlds.” What is ironic about the impact of success on his life? Where does one find harmony in such opposing “worlds” of affluence and destitution? One may ask this question to really envision the similarities and differences that the author encounters in the excerpt called “Living in Two Worlds” by Marcus Mabry. Marcus confronts a daunting task of trying to balance the emotional toll of having a thriving education while having prosperous accommodations to live vs. the demeaning and bleak reality of the lives and habitat of his loved ones back home. In many ways, Marcus shares some comparisons between both worlds that he shares his life in. One example of this is how Marcus feels proud for what he has been able to accomplish coming from such adverse conditions and how also that his family should be proud for being able to survive adverse dilemmas. An example of this comparison is stated when he writes, “The fact that they survive in the world in which they live is something to be very proud of, indeed. It inspires within me a sense of tenacity and accomplishment that I hope every college graduate will someday possess.” In another aspect, one can conceive many contrasts between the author’s worlds. One example of a contrast the author faces between both “worlds” is when he recounts describing his world at Stanford vs. his world where his family stays in New Jersey. An example of this contrast is stated...
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...The Effect of Virtual Worlds Virtual Worlds have become a trend and it affects the people in several ways. They become less social, they hide behind their fake characters and waste their money on virtual items. Being attached to unreal life is making people relay on being unknown and instead of living the real world, they tend to make the Internet an essential element in their life. Staying unhidden makes people unsocial; they lie, cheat and live an unrealistic life. They start to make the virtual world as their place to live, they make new characters that are called avatars, and these characters usually resemble the person who made it. Most of the people, or “users” as they are supposed to be called, since this world is a game and not an actual place, have a habit of making their avatars look how they really want to look in real life, they show how they actually want to be instead of their own looks and personality. This may reveal how most people dislike their features in the real world and this may be the most reason why people prefer virtual worlds instead of the real world. Nowadays, computer-generated worlds, which are not real, have become the most used worlds between people. They gave people the ability to be who ever they wanted to be, thus making each and every user’s life a lie. Virtual Worlds have affected the lives of many people in the most negative way; they lead to obesity and loss of concentration. “In one experiment conducted at Cornell University, for example...
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