Jolina Munsayac English 99 Murphree 09 September 2014 How I Got Smart Reading Response This article’s title says it all. It is a story about how a guy got smart. In the first few paragraphs, the author talks about how students view teachers as bookworms who would study a lot rather than playing and end up to be a teacher anyway. He mentions that he tried to explain that the image that they are picturing during his adolescence is wrong. He hated compulsory education with a passion. I believe
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Reading Response Essay At the beginning of the semester when the reading responses were assigned, I really did not know what to expect or how to do any of them. As the semester went on, I slowly figured out how to improve my work on these reading responses. Some of the responses were pointless I thought but others were helpful. No matter how many reading response assignments we had on quotes and citations, I never one hundred percent understood how to do them until I kept on putting them into
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Reading Response #1 1) Discuss any two of the animal communication systems mentioned in the Kemp & Smith chapter. For each, provide examples of two design features, discussed and described in the Ohio State chapter that the systems either do or do not exhibit. Be explicit about how these systems illustrate these features. In 1944, von Frisch began exploring an insect communication system called, “the dance of the honeybee”. Bees does the “waggle dance” to communicate the source of food to rest
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Nicole Garcia Women Studies 102 Mon/Wed 1100-1150 Roberts September 9, 2014 Reading Response #4 It angers me to know that we live in a society where many women live and settle for an everyday life with no identity. Women are constantly trying to live the so-called “American dream” that includes a white picked fence, the perfect house, working husband, and 3 children. Many women live their life searching for this American dream, because society paints this picture that this is the ideal life
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Reading Response: O’Brien pgs. 173 – 198 Prompt: Make a list of 5 of your most important beliefs and values, and 5 expectations or goals you have for yourself. Identify the groups reflected in this list of ideals. Write a paragraph that traces the origins of your identification with these groups. Response: I have many beliefs and values beginning with everyone should be treated equally, regardless of race or beliefs. I believe that people should have the right to believe what they choose to believe
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In the essay, "What's Natural about Our Natural Products by Sarah Federman", Sarah describes how the word "natural" is being overused by food companies to lure people into buying their goods and the true meaning that lies behind the word. She defines the "natural" product as: determined by nature, sort of have a connection with nature, having normal character, grown without the care of human, non-artificial, and lastly produced by nature. This is to show that people should be more alert when purchasing
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loose and it needed to be done. When reading this essay, I felt Orwell did a wonderful job making us feel what he was thinking and the setting he portrayed he also did really well. His struggle he was internally facing between the government and the Burmese people was really interesting to me. Because I’m sure many other soldiers at the time felt that way. Including my own grandfather. He was born and raised in Burma and served in the military and when reading this I was thinking of many similarities
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When I read chapter six, the part which I found that I could relate to the most were the pages on presentation aids. Where I work at, I often have to prepare multiple tables and charts to represent any requested data in a fashion that viewers can quickly obtain high level summary details. I find myself creating multiple pie charts and bar graphs which are then incorporated into PowerPoint slide shows. This allows me to present various aspects – this is helpful as many of the viewers are only interested
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Main ideas in the reading • Jesus washed the feet of the disciples to show love , brother hood and above all to explain to the disciples the fact that there is no one greater and likewise no one is inferior In the kingdom of God. • The “pecking order”: it is a scientific order which chickens follow when they eat food, the lowest chicken has to give priority to the highest status among the chicken and so on, and after everyone has eaten there meal then only it’s the time for the lowest
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Krystal Powell Ms. Cauley ENGL 1102 24 February 2014 Reading Response: Internet Tom Standage's main point was to prove how the telegraph completely changed communication. For the opening of the essay the author decided to go with the giving background information approach and to end it the author closes with his final thoughts about the telegraph and how its had an impact on life today. Evidence used to support the thesis including things like telling how the telegraphy paved the way to
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