...I think that this class has really opened my eyes to my financial situations. Before this course I never really thought about my financial future nor did I truly keep track of my finances. For the most part previously I only thought about my bills and everything else that money was spent on was not a second thought to me . With the current state of my finances bills are paid off every three months which at first glance made me question my financial plan but after close examination I can see that my financial plan sets me up and helps me save money. I can’t honestly say that there has been a real big change for the financial outlook for the future. The reason that I say this is because as stated earlier I had not previously put real thought into the financial outlook of my future. With that mindset it is hard to change a view of something that you never thought of previously. This course however has given me a new insight into my financial future. I now look forward to saving money in hopes that it can grow and one day I can live comfortably. I think that I now look forward to continuously making money in order to put away for the ability to relax at the age of 65. I also think that I have started to think about the future of things such as Social Security which is something that I had not thought about previously. With Social Security I hope that when I get of age I have made enough money to be able to get Social Security and have that extra...
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...portfolio I was thoroughly impressed. When I read the rubric for the website portfolio I was disappointed this type of technology was not available when I was in high school. As I think about the pros and cons of wix there is a limited number of cons. From the starting up my site, the navigation of creating my site, and adding images to my site. I was surprised at how easily I could navigate the tools that wix has to offer. I think the various applications wix has to offer could really benefit me in my future education career. The first thing I noticed about wix was the ability to pick from previously designed templates. The templates are the foundation of the portfolio in which type of direction you want to go in. For example, there are templates that are designed for a lighter approach that appeals to kids, a casual basic template, more of a business approach, etc. I chose more of a business approach to creating my portfolio. As I navigated throughout the template I was hesitant. I was prepared for a half hour to figure out how to create and navigate wix. In all actuality it took about two minutes for me to figure out how to navigate the applications wix had to offer. After I was able to figure out the bells and whistles of wix I had to think about the content of my portfolio. In the rubric there was different examples to think about but I wanted to make sure I was targeting my audience. When I was considering my audience I thought about the most obvious, future employers...
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...For this discussion I will be discussing what I think about the future of human society. Two of the biggest things that I think will happen in our future society that I can think of is that taboo will become reality and technology will become over powering to the point that society we know it will not be as we were. When I think of all the changes in our society just over my short life here on earth I cannot imagine what it could look like in the future. I can remember where taboo was unspeakable and now with it becoming more and more as reality then that’s why I believe this will be one of the major changes in our society in the future. For example, look at how far that gay rights has come. Before there wouldn’t hardly be any support from politicians or celebrities, but now with all the support and so many folks has become so open minded it is making a change in our society. I will not state my own beliefs but I will say that although I understand it must be hard to be so confused but I don’t understand why it need national attention. I know that might sound ignorant to some so please excuse me but I just don’t understand where people like Bruce (Caitlyn) Jenner should have so much attention for changing Gods creation and where police officer are slandered for protecting and serving. When it comes to the future of our society and technology well I don’t know where to begin. With everyone becoming more and more technology friendly we as humans our becoming less sociable...
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...their futures overall when compared to those generations that have come before them. We are unsure of the exact reasons that this first began happening, but there are many ideas as to what could bring this about. These items include attitudes toward academics, peer and environmental pressures that surround them, and how they truly see their lives going in the future. Jay McLeod does a great job taking a closer look at all of these things in his book entitled, “Ain’t No Makin’ It” and in this paper we will take a closer look at his evaluations of the people he did this research with. When speaking of the ways in which today’s urban adolescence population views school, there seems to be two separate ideas, or rather theories, which take place among them. In McLeod’s book, he states that there are two separate groups in the school he observes and interviews in; “The Hallway Hangers” and “The Brothers.” The Hallway Hangers do not think that school is in any way important to them. They believe that the future is all based on chance and that there is not anything that school can do for them because of the fact that they come from families that are also down on their luck later in life. This reminds me of the idea of being brought into the world with an ascribed status; there is no way to go up the ladder in terms of social class or achievements, it simply is what it is and there is nothing that you can do about it. One student even says when speaking about what his future career...
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...September 19, 2012 1. Despite the difficulty in making predictions, many people make assertions about what will happen in the future. I think that this is because of the many biases and errors that are involved in decision-making. Overconfidence bias means that most people are far too optimistic in analyzing situations or making decisions. Although no one has the ability to accurately predict the future, people think they know more than they actually do, making them more confident than they should be when they try to do so. I also think that people make assertions because we tend to selectively gather information that confirms our past and use that to create an assumption for the future. However, the information that we gather by this process tends to be biased to our own perception. I believe that people are also very confident in making future predictions because we think that we have some control over our world, destiny, and therefore the course of the future. We try to make sense of random events and see things in patterns and seek out meanings when in reality, too many variables are random and not in our control. We also have the tendency to believe that things are obvious after the fact. This hindsight bias creates the illusion that we know more about the past and lets us think that we are better predictors than we are. 2. When Vice President Joe Biden falsely predicted that more people would be getting jobs this summer, it might have been due to the perceptual...
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...I have chosen the above topic, due to the fact I feel that in the past with the Social Media there was not so much conflicts with people, children as well with the communication. There was not to much violence , children killing each other the social media as well was not so crazy and bad as it is now. Very good Example Face Book back then we didn’t have that or Tweeter , Etc. Nothing back then was so complicated and crazy as it is now. The Social Media at this time Present is at this has affected a lot of people teenagers are now involved in so many things that affect them , in school , emotionally , kids , at home , the media now has become like a addiction specially to the teenagers that are in schools etcs a lot of this has helps people that are mean out there to be able to communicate with children that are under age, perfect example the topic Bully now a days the Social Media people use it to bully other children that for them is the easiest way to either bully, or get children under age involve in things that have nothing to do with there ages. I think that the media should be more careful in regards to tracking little kids that don’t have to be involve when it comes to the face book or tweeter, for me I don’t think that it should exist because due to all this face book some people commit either suicide it has become more close in , and write things that some of there own family will not even find out till it is too late. Specially children that some parents are not involve...
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...Writing Portfolio Piece: What does the future hold? Space ships? Aliens? Superpowers? Time travel? When I think of the future these are some of the things I think of. I think of the future as a time when humans are fully able to reach their full potential. Maybe I’ve watched too many scifis or read too many action comics but a little part of me will always hold hope that one day we will all be able to be a lot more like superman in the future. Although many films and novels portray a future where hova crafts and time travel exist a few take a more investigated and thought out take on the future. One of these films are V for Vendetta directed by James Mcteigue. He has created a society in times not to far from now. Some would even say the society he has created isn’t much different from today's. We see a fear of being different in V for Vendetta. Those that are gay or don’t carry the same beliefs as others are so afraid of standing out that they hide who they truly are. Now I know superman hid who he was but he never pretended to have different morals whether he was saving...
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...Reflective Essay When I first started in English 1101, I expected this class to be very challenging, very difficult and very demanding. My experiences have been very challenging with learning to research topics through different resources such as the internet for online books, journals, newspapers, and handbooks. Now I think about the correct organization of my paper, using correct grammar, and making sure that my formatting style meets the criteria that the Professor has requested per MLA or APA guidelines. I learned what you have to consider about the rhetorical situations such as the purpose, the audience, the stance, the genre, and the media/design. I learned this by thinking about what I believe concerning certain things and how I expressed my emotionally views. Through persuasive writing, my focus was to persuade my readers or audience to believe as I believe. In the future, I can apply it to other essays and research papers by remembering all the rhetorical situations. I have learned to remember when I am writing that my focus should be about writing for an academic audience. I learned this by understanding that when I write papers for academic reasons, my audience is my Professor. In the future, I can apply it to any research and essays that I write by remembering the different styles of writing for my audience....
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...Currently renewable resources produce around 7% of the UK’s energy and when compared to other fuels such as oil and gas, it is still clear that the UK is still heavily depended on fossil fuels, showing that it will be along time before the UK becomes dependent on renewable resources. Wind power has been chosen to be the main renewable resource to provide most of the energy in the future. According to UKWED there is nearly 6000 turbines in the UK, which shows a lot more, must be built to produce most of the UK’s energy.3% of the UK’s energy is produced by wind meaning that 2000 turbines can produce 1% of the UK’s energy. At the moment.to build an offshore wind farm it cost £3 billion to produce 341 turbines and it costs only £300 million to build a onshore wind farm consisting of 215 turbines. This show wind power is very expensive and will cost the country a lot of money to build more. This shows that wind power may not be a major contributor in the future. Also building more wind turbines will upset the people in the UK as most people don’t like the look of them and they ruin a lot of beautiful landscapes. But at the moment the wind turbines combined produce 30,000,000 MWh which is quite a lot and is more than some of the power plants in the UK combined, which shows it could still be a major contributor as the wind turbines are very power efficient and we do have the right climate for it. Currently solar doesn’t produce much of the UK’s energy as the UK doesn’t have the...
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...foresee a future, but that we cannot see it clearly” (158). “The Willpower Instinct” by author Kelly McGonigal analyzes the different willpower challenges them being I Will, I Won't, and I Want. These three main willpower challenges will show the determination of how much progress we have to fulfill our goals along with taking self control. My willpower challenge is to be organized with my time management. To be more specific, I would like to stop procrastination and improve the quality of my work. The belief in one's self doubt and criticism will not help encourage them to reach toward their future accomplishments. The two minds that we have tend to not compromise with each other on what decision to make so we battle with ourselves giving in to temptation. Any progress to our goal is successful as long as we keep up with our perseverance and keep following the right path to a happy future. Receiving guidance and encouragement to motivate a person will make them feel like they have a back bone there for support. We should not remember our simple mistakes but to demolish them with a new encounterment if it occurs. Making wise decisions so our future selves won't receive the consequences and responsibilities. Self forgiveness is the key to guide us to let go of the guilty setbacks from the past and the underestimation of the present and future. The process to any ambition takes dedication and commitment to complete its journey. Anyone can have the same intention but I think that everyone...
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...distortion from your personal life.b) How did the cognitive distortion affect your critical thinking?c) How could you manage the emotions associated with this cognitive distortion in the future?d) How will you avoid using this cognitive distortion in the persuasive essay you are writing for this class? | 1 | Jumping to Conclusions | A) I always jump to conclusions especially when my husband is trying to tell me something, but I really don’t want to hear it and this sometimes causes us to argue. If I would just listen to what he was trying to say and not trying to answer it myself I could avoid this problem. B) Jumping to conclusions affected my critical thinking because instead of waiting for my husband to finish his statement and then come up with a great and plausible solution or response to what he had just told me, I jumped in and through in a irrational conclusion.C) I could handle this distortion in the future by simply letting my husband finish what he is going to say and then think about it rationally and then lastly have a conversation with him about it.D) I will avoid using the distortion in my essay by thinking everything through thoroughly before jumping to conclusions about the research that I had done. | 2 | Blaming | A) Blaming is something that often affects me in my life. I am always blaming others for my pain instead of taking...
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...something that you think has been the most valuable to you? a.The concept of interest on a car payment. 1b. Why has it been valuable? a. Having made bought various cars over the years and having had various types of car loans and payments, I never understood the impact that interest had on my car payments. Learning about the quadratic equation and its application to interest and payment finally cleared this up for me 2a. How do you think you will use the information you learned in this course in the future? a. My dream job is to work in pharmaceutical sales. Therefore I need to take accounting courses. I will use the critical thinking skills I developed in this course to help me in future courses. b. I will also use the principles learned in this course in my future accounting courses. Especially as it applies to finance and interest 2b. Which concepts will be most important to you? a. The quadratic equation and its application in finance and accounting 2c. Explain why. Which do you anticipate will be the least important? a. As discussed above, my future position will be in sales. As such, all concepts related to finance, accounting, interest, etc., are of interest to me. The quadratic equation and its application in these domains will be the most important b. The least important will be graphing, log functions and functions, domains and ranges. 2d. Explain why. a. I see very little use of applying graphing techniques to my future field. Also...
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...I believe each leader must have a long term plan or goal when developing the next generation of leaders. These future leaders may not come from the same military background or military occupational specialty (MOS). I also believe some personnel may take a few years for you to develop them as leaders, they may be lacking experience and confidence at each level of their career. Some personnel may not be on your radar for development at first, but certain circumstances may have them cross your path. I am a great believer in having a good reputation as a leader or person. The new generation of soldiers will follow your lead or have more responsiveness if they see that you are fair to everyone and will not show favoritism towards other soldiers. I want to present myself in a profession manner when talking to soldiers on social media or in public. When in a classroom or training environment they should see me as someone who is professional and sees the confidence in my abilities to teach and instruct training. I want to use this perception for them to emulate when they are in the same situation. If I show them that I am a “goof ball” then they will not take me serious and lose interest in what point I am trying to communicate. I would not be able to lead and guide them if they have no interest....
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...Writer’s Self-Portrait I have a dream that I can travel around the world, and take picture from every place I have been, and share with my family and friends to encourage them to do what they dream. And I know my mother also likes to travel, but sadly, she always thinks taking good care of family is her only responsibility, she cannot leave home. I always tell her, “ Your kids are grown up. Don’t worry too much about us. Just go anywhere you want to go.” But she just cannot. So now, I am here. I took a lot of pictures and sent them to my mother, then told her about where I live and how it looks like here. I hope I can be a good writer or storyteller, when people read or listen to my story, they can feel they are here with me. Especially my mom, I wish I can use words with pictures to let her sees what I have seen. I was thinking to write a letter for my father before I came here, but I failed it, I cannot written up what I was thinking. My father is a traditional Chinese father, his face is always looks like serious, and he doesn’t talk too much, also sometimes I don’t really talk to him, it is because I can feel that he always thinks I am too childish and I don’t like that feeling. The night makes me so impressive. We were talked for few hours in the night of Taiwan Father’s Day which is on October 8th. We were talking about our past, our present, my future, our religion, my career and future goals. I don’t remember we had talked so long like this time. I talked to him just like...
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...life by making me scared to go outside to hang out with my friends without someone getting shot. Also, violence has affected my life by making me feel sad and depressed every time I watch the news and hear about young people getting shot and killed. Another, reason how violence has affected my life is by making me realize how dangerous it is in the world and how I have to be very careful when I go places. Violence has affected my life by making me fearful for the future. Also, violence has affected my life by making me wonder if the world is coming to an end. One of the main reasons how violence has affected my life is by making me have no hope for the future. Some, other reasons how violence has affected my life is by making me nervous for the future. Violence has affected my life because some of my family members have died because of violence. Since some of my family members have died because of violence it affects my life because I miss my family members and then I remember how they died because of senseless violence. Another, reason how violence has affected my life is because it makes me question the future. Will there still be violence in the future? Or will the future be different? I hope that there would be less violence in the future. I really hope that there will be less violence In the future because so many children are dying. These are all the main...
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