My Future Career Essay

There is speculation about ancient aliens who seeded life on earth, but are these claims worth listening to? Scientists have been doing some intense research about early life on earth and where it started. Some believe ancient beings came to earth and seeded life or interacted with early civilizations. Subsequently many questions are being brought and researched such as: when they appeared; how they came; what they did; how it affected us; what did they look like and what did they teach humans?…

As Americans, history is what helps us make decisions in the present and helps us plan for the future. It draws our attention to the past to determine what we did wrong or right, so that we may learn from our mistakes or our successes. History is a story. It is a compelling tale that shows us where we have been and what we have done. Typically, the idea that history is a story is discouraged by most history teachers; rather it is just thought to be “All recorded events of the past” (Webster’s…

found was powerful was how the youth saw their coaches as mentors. As stated in the article, many underserved youths looked up to their coaches for guidance and mentoring because outside of their family, they had no one (Bean et al., 2014). In the future, it will be important to seek opportunities to work with youth and develop strategies to allow them to strive. Moving forward, I want to gain practical experience working with youth to create an environment where youth can succeed. This can be…

The opening credits of Persepolis (2007) feature a flower moving across the screen, travelling through the different places depicted during the titles. This quite simple feature helps to introduce the audience to the main premise of the film - moving; mobility; change and growth. Marjane Satrapi’s film debut Persepolis (2007), made together with Vincent Paronnaud, is an autobiography based on Satrapi’s similarly titled graphic novel. This French-Iranian animated film deals with the subject of…

Ant’s effort to labor for its future. “Why bother about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “we have got plenty of food at present” (Martin, n.d.). Therefore, when the winter season arrived, the Grasshopper was unprepared and hungry, while the Ant was full and content. At that moment, the Grasshopper knew, “It is best to prepare for the days of necessity” (Martin, n.d.). That is the storyline of one of Aesop’s Fables, The Ant and the Grasshopper (Martin, n.d.). As a future educator, whose reasoning…

Kelly, Tim. Beyond the Movie: Lord of the Rings. National Geographic Video, 2002. DVD. This is a documentary produced by National Geographic that looks at the some of the cultural resources that JRR Tolkien used as inspiration for his trilogy. Tolkien based much of the Elvish culture on the Finnish creation story/epic poem The Kalevala. His inspiration for the lyrical nature of the Elvish language also came from hearing the traditionally sung oral presentation of the Kalevala. This source is…

Thus backwards causation is a matter involving external time, and less so personal time. This is why we say events in the future cause events in the past, because we are referencing external time. However, on personal time, events from the past (starting time travel) caused events in the future (arriving in the past). In backwards time travel, what is earlier in personal time is later in external time. The distinctions between external time and personal time…

In the film Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis creates a collection of recurrent symbols and motifs that reoccur throughout the film and portray a sense of theme. Motif is an idea, object, or symbol that could be physically represented as objects, images, or sound that is repeated and also shows a meaning or importance of a theme or idea, throughout the story. For example, in Cast Away a repeated motif which represents a theme of time is the repeated use of clocks, watches, and the egg timer. Symbols,…

Arming pilots For many years the question has been asked, “is arming pilots a good idea?”. I personally believe that pilots should be but others may argue differently. The idea of arming pilots today isn’t a topic that was always thought of. As a matter of fact, the idea was proposed after the attacks on the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001. Before those attacks were carried out, the idea was unheard of. After the attacks however, this was an idea a lot of…

Action Archaeology in the Modern World (2008) is an important text to consider in today’s world, and a text to help us understand how archaeology is not just understanding the past, but it expands on the possibility of helping humans understand our future. Archaeology has a role of not only studying the past, but providing information on how to deal with modern society’s problems. Crucial information can be supplied by archaeologist, who have spent the time researching past societies and we can…