My favorite classes have always been math and science. However, when I was younger, I would always tell people that I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. It seemed like an appropriate answer to the question of what I wanted to be. After all, I just wanted to help less fortunate people and be someone that was making a difference in the world. Blah, Blah, Blah - same thing that everyone says. I really did not see how math could ever be used to help anyone but an accountant (boring). During
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What new information did you learn? I really learned a lot about substance abuse in this course and also during my readings. I always looked at substance abuse as someone who just uses drugs to get high. I never really thought about it being a brain disease. According to NIDA, “Addiction is similar to chronic diseases” while observing the brain and the heart addiction and heart diseases produce observational changes in the function of human organs. While all this information wasn’t too new to me
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The Invention of Television Language Arts March 6, 2014 The Invention of Television You use this all the time, it is part of your everyday life, it can even teach you how to do things, and it is called the Television (TV). The TV is in every house, but people do not usually ask who invented it. The first all-electric TV was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. The TV had already been invented by others, but Mr. Farnsworth was the one to use electrons to send the pictures. He is no longer
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In the article, “Does Trying To Be Happy Make Us Unhappy?” Adam Grant argues that putting too much effort into life changes will actually make people unhappy. Grant starts his essay by pointing out the way two countries look at happiness. The U.S.A grants life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all, and the kingdom of Bhutan they have a national index to measure their happiness. Grant then goes on presenting a study done by a psychologist about happiness, this study reveals that the more
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was a blend of Greek, Rome and other civilizations. The civilization was created by Alexander the Great. The Civilization was based around thinking. They would exchange ideas about science, mathematics , medicine, astronomy and philosophy. It was important because, they produced many things out of the ideas in science, mathematics , medicine, astronomy and philosophy. 3. In the Roman Republic there were two classes, the patricians and the plebeians. The patricians were wealthy landowner who controlled
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The Renaissance had brought many new changes in culture and inventions throughout Europe. The Renaissance was so important and influential that many other countries based their revivals off of it. During the Renaissance, art, literature, and science were furthered and were bettered as well. These factors had caused the Renaissance to flourish not only in Italy, but throughout Europe, causing other countries to further themselves. This caused Europe to enter a period of peace, stability, and growth
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The new world order has brought several different cultures and foods into our lives. In the past the majority of people lived on farms and in villages and many countries were ruled by monarchs. Things today are much different, most kings and queens have disappeared or become symbolic, and most people now live in cities. You use to have to travel abroad in order to learn about other cultures or foods. Now you can pretty much get any type of food anywhere you go, through the years people from different
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Page 1 Science Meets Real Life Science Meets Real Life Jackie Hoskins SC300 November 13, 2011 Page 2 The scientific method involves using several steps in order to reach a conclusion about a particular inquiry. The steps are basically an investigation process. The method is an ongoing cycle day in and day out. Some of the steps in the scientific method occur at the same time, in a different order or even can be repeated during the experiment in order to improve the conclusion
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Right now, I am thinking about going into a career path in computer science. Computer science varies with many different jobs, but I would like to be apart of a team that works together. My mother works on a software designing team for Wells Fargo. Her team is a just a little part, but it plays as a big role in the business. I see how they accomplish when working together to design software that applies to all people everyday. I aspire to be on a team like that after college. This scholarship would
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language in international relations, and in exchanging knowledge and technology. It is not easy for anybody to deny that English is one of the most important languages in the world. It is seen by large number of people as the language of art, science, politics and economics. So when one wants to cope with what happens in the world he must learn English language. Languages are of four Skills. English language is not an exception. It consists of four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
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