...Compare and contrast the toolkit used by hunter-gatherers with that used by farmers. Throughout the ages, there have been tools used and created by man to simplify life as a hunter-gatherer. The earliest tool kits found from the 120,000-35,000 B.C.E. are great examples of simple tools made out of stones. Rough pieces of the stone chipped away to create somewhat of a point on the tip of the rock that could later be used as weaponry such as on a spear or as an everyday tool used for cutting. Through progression of practice and time tools became more evolved. Shapes became more defined and new tools developed. Different materials were used such as bone from animals and natural fibers such as sticks that were used to makes harpoons for hunting and needles for clothes making. As hunting and gathering became insufficient due to growing populations humans began to settle down and domesticate their own crops and animals to feed themselves. Tools of the hunter-gatherer became more sophisticated as they settled into becoming farmers. Farmers used materials of stone, bone, antlers and natural fibers like the hunter-gatherers of the later years. They became more skilled at working the stones and materials polishing them into pieces of functional art. Tool use was not only for food but for other jobs such as clothes making and house building. The difference between hunter-gatherer’s and farmer’s tool kits are the details. The hunter-gatherers did not put as much emphasis on decorating...
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...Michael Barton Mrs. Edsen English 1300-1:40 11, November 2012 Believe in Your Smellf “Believe in your smellf,” this is Old Spices catch phrase for their Old Spice Champion ad. When it comes to selling a product Old Spice tries to make the costumer think that if they get their product it will change them. Can think of a company that uses weasel words more than Old Spice does with their advertisement? Old Spice tries to make it seem as if, by purchasing their product, you will all of a sudden have a much more glorious life. Old Spice is notorious for misleading an audience into buying their product. They have multiple commercials where they use doublespeak to try and make their product sound better. Old Spice also frequently uses weasel words as well as doublespeak to get people more interested in their product. Lutz said this about weasel words, “Weasel words appear to say one thing when in fact they say the opposite or nothing at all.” (Lutz 310) Lutz describes doublespeak as, “It is a language which makes the bad seem good, the negative seem positive, the unpleasant to seem attractive, or at least tolerable. “ (Lutz 304) Old spice has multiple commercials making false claims of how you can be changed by their product. As a consumer of any product you must be aware of what ads trying to sell you. Old Spice Champion is trying to get people to “Believe in your smellf.” Many consumers buy Old Spice Champion for misleading reasons, but no consumer should ever buy Old Spice...
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...A Dangerous Moment English class was a place where I could sit back in a chair and let my imagination run wild. I always had As in English not even an A- would ever slip by. Ms. Bottineau was a great ball of joy every day of the week, every day I entered that classroom a sense of relief would flow through my veins, I looked up to her and I know she had trust in me to always give my 100% effort in every assignment. At this point in my sophomore year I was chilling like a villain, it was almost the end of the school year around March in Ms.Bottineau’s class and we had to memorize a poem titled “Our Deepest Fear”. This is where my deepest fear of losing my English teachers trust became a reality. I quite possibly made the most foolish mistake of my life, a mistake that made me, a 16 year old teenager cry in regret. March 27th was a day my life would take a major turn. The night before the test I thought about studying the poem but I really don’t know what was in me that I decided to procrastinate and to not memorize that poem as if I had absorbed the aura of a sloth. The next day as I enter the classroom and I notice the laptop carrier open, ready for us to grab, as if they were taunting me with failure already. I was sweating and almost ready to faint. The pressure was on, I had to make a choice and I made the most horrendous one a human can make. A decision that break bonds, trust, and one's reputation. I am already regretting not being prepared. I had a plan, a very idiotic...
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