What Time Is It?

Living on the Reservation: How It Frames Your Future and Sets a Certain Limitations for Your Dreams and Goals The novel, “ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time” by Sherman Alexie, is a very inspirational book because it teaches the reader about hope, perseverance, not letting the community you live in define who you are as a person, and not letting your living conditions set a certain limitations for your goals and plans for the future. While reading the book one learns about how…

turino Final Essay Although Freakish Times by Lesli-Jo Morizono and Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez are both plays they are two completely different works, each having details that characterize them differently. Reading both plays offers are different sense of the world around us. These plays are based off of situations that are currently taking place, but also that could take place in the future. The plays Los Vendidos and Freakish Times both offer a variety of similarities, such as the history…

Technology has been used by children and teenagers and has proven to have many benefits. Two articles present two different sides, “Kids and Screen Time: What does the Research Say?” by Juana Summers and “ Media benefits for children and teenagers.” Technology has many uses and is great for many reasons. It’s educational, it keeps people in contact with the ones they love, and it develops creative skills. Children use technology to stay in contact with someone who may not be around such as a…

Salter Analysis In James Salter’s essay, “Once upon a time, Literature. Now what?”, he explains how language and literature are essential components to society. He continues to highlight the importance of literature by stating how much knowledge can be shared through reading. In addition to this, Salter begins to highlight how changes in modern culture have negatively impacted literature. Similarly, he goes on to state that literature is becoming less and less popular especially to the masses.…

9 years of memories, jokes, fails, and successes and I have learned so much over time. “Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.” When I saw this quote I instantly knew I wanted to write about it. I wanted to use this quote because we, the class of 2016 don't have stop making memories after we finish this adventure. If we try we can start a new adventure, together. I am ready to start a new journey with the people I have spent the past 9 years with. I am sad to leave the home we…

Time management, specifically related to beginning work assignments earlier. Often times with assignments, I procrastinate. This is not always done purposely but I am responsible and acknowledge I could’ve better spent my time on work assignments if I managed time properly. When I don’t start on assignments as early as possible, I become rushed towards the end and may miss something that I should not have if I started working earlier. Again, not to say I always find the right answer, however,…

Week 3 Homework: What is a reasonable time to keep patients waiting? In the waiting room, patients should be waiting less than 10 minutes to get called on and get into the exam room. In the exam room the patient should be waiting less than 20 minutes to see the doctor not the tech or the nurse. It is very important that the patient’s time is respected. Longer the wait, the more patients get frustrated by not being able to see their doctor in a reasonable amount of time. Thus it is better for…

lead to different ways of understanding the piece. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Haddon uses first-person point of view. “My name is Christopher John Francis Boone” (Haddon 2). Told through the eyes of Christopher, an autistic 15-year-old, the novel has a unique twist to it. Although first-person narrative is a common point of view, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon has an idiosyncratic ring to it-- due to the peculiarities of Christopher.…

What if I told you 20 hours is all it takes to learn something new. Not a lot of time, wouldn’t you agree? Josh Kaufman states in his Ted talk called The first 20 hours that with “45 minutes a day for about a month” one can go from being completely incompetent to the point where once you complete your 20 hours of practicing you will be amazed with the results (9:13). Josh Kaufman believes that with his 4 steps one can learn anything. He formulated this method with intensive research. Through…

readings, about time management, and focusing on our school work. The readings were “Getting to Work”, and “Using Time Wisely” in A Pocket Guide to College Success. In the readings there was a tremendous amount of explanation about studying, and doing homework. I have to agree with both of the readings. Each one of them had very good ideas on how to succeed in your freshmen year of college. Some of the lessons that I thought were helpful and some that were not were making a plan, have time for…