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    Made To Stick

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    How do individuals remember and retain certain information that they are conveyed? How can an individual remember that insane number they are told in a presentation but I can’t? Today, questions like these are asked daily by individuals who are by standers at a presentation and feel as if the more they pay attention the more likely they will remember the content they are told. This is not always the case; it is not about what is being told in a presentation, it is more about how a specific concept is being told. In Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s essay, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, Chip and Dan talk about ways the brain processes stories, ideas, and memories. Throughout this story we encounter many other ideas and stories as to what makes people remember certain things we tell them, specifically what sticks and what doesn’t. The formula for stickiness is simple, unexpected, concrete, credentialed, emotional, and stories; otherwise known as “SUCCESS”. Our third unit consisted of writing to a community. With my group and I, we decided to have our tour take place at the Health Center here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and to have our target audience be mostly college students. Our intent for this tour was to have the freshman understand how social media and stress can affect their mental health throughout their college careers. We also wanted the freshman to be more aware of the resources the Health Center has to offer when it comes to the mental…

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    Later that day, just before five in the evening, there was a knock at the door of his home. The first thought that came to his mind was Randy. It couldn 't have been Hailey, he thought because she had cheer practice that day. It couldn 't have been his parents, he thought, because they were both at work and Liu, was at a friend 's house. Besides, other than Hailey, they each had a key to the house. Leaving his bedroom, Jeff made his way into the kitchen and pulled out a drawer which contained…

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    After having to take your class I have realized that my study skills were not up to par at all. As the semester began to progress I started to buckle down and sit down and take the time that all the material that needed to be studied was receiving it 's appropriate study time. After being able to just sit down at my desk and assess the work that is at my desk I can finally study and work to my full potential. I learned that from all the concentration activities that we had done in…

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    A less comfortable path to explore is my weaknesses, yet I will press on. As silly as it may seem to an external eye, one of my major weaknesses in the first few weeks was that I doubted myself, the extent of my knowledge, and my ability to help my students. I felt somewhat out of place in my tutoring sessions considering the proximity in age and my lack of experience in tutoring reading comprehension and literacy skills. Within a few weeks, I realized that I had an academic knowledge base,…

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    George Orwell A Comparative analysis George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) and Shooting an Elephant (1938) both share two major characteristic features, namely politics and history. Animal Farm is mainly an allegory of the Russian Revolution which took place in 1917. All of the characters in the story represents the biggest names in the Russian Revolution and the early start of the Soviet Union. The farm itself is also supposed to represent the Russian Federation, which they fight for in the…

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    When I play sports I am never afraid to go after a loose ball I'm not afraid to go to the ground and put my body on the line. I always have the courage to go in after a fifty fifty balls i've gotten many bruises and even some injuries. My goal is always to get the ball because I know if I do it will impress my coaches and it will get my team fired up showing that I’m willing to risk my body for them and for the sake of the team. The sport I find this easiest to do in for me is basketball even if…

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    Williams, Copper Sun Copper Sun by Sharon Draper is an emotional story. The story is about Amari, a teenage African girl who is kidnapped by slave traders. Amari was put into slavery and forced to work on a rice plantation, but she fought her way out. She was taken from her village and sold to the highest bidder. The only thing Amari hopes for is survival. Amari experiences many different emotions during her journey. The two most powerful emotions are fear and sadness. One day,…

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    A Hero's Journey Narrative

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    I woke up in the dead of the night to the sound of screaming outside, I quickly jumped up, grabbed my bow and ran outside. People were going crazy, running around stealing and lighting buildings on fire. I asked my friend what was going on they told me people were freaking out because the ground was about to collapse, After he told me that the ground started to shake and crumble before my eyes people started falling to their deaths i knew i had to do something or soon i would be falling to my…

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    A famous French playwright by the name of Molière once said “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it”. This is the perfect quote to summarize the average adolescent’s life. When it comes to being a teenager; most adults forget they once went through the same stages of life before. It’s not easy balancing all the struggles of finding your passions, juggling school, and dealing with family drama! One big struggle of growing up, and finding myself is work. For instance; I’m a…

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    Struggles are lessons that bring blessings to people that make them stronger, and able to appreciate life more. When people go through struggles it makes them emotionally stronger. In fact, throughout high school, my mom was an alcoholic and was never home. We constantly argued about everything all the time. Experiencing this for years , I got fed up with it; which led me to experimenting with drugs , started skipping school, and started hanging out with the wrong group of people. The addiction…

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