By the Way

After reading “Two ways of knowing” I have changed my attitude to the environment and start to see it more complex. Reverent and loving attitude to every nature creature of the author influenced on my behavior with nature. I started to see forest not only as number of trees and bushes but as ecosystem and home. The author opened and showed to me the role of the Native Americans in the environmental science. Relationships with plants are possible and important. You can be truly surprised and…

happening around the world, but it can be fixed. To reduce The amount of injuries towards sports we can educate, motivate and change People’s Attitudes to find a solution. The first way to prevent sports injuries is to educate people about it. Children are constantly getting hurt but there are a few ways to avoid injuries.”The most common acute injuries are fractures, dislocations (shoulder, knee cap), cartilage injury (meniscus tear), and ligament and tendon injuries like an ankle…

PSAs. While they may leave a lasting impression, I didn't want to use one because they only left me feeling upset. For me personally, I prefer a PSA with a positive or inspiring message. I also really enjoyed the comical PSAs shared as examples. Dumb Ways to Die actually became a game that you can play and can even be seen painted on the walls at Union Station here in Denver! It's not sad or realistically graphic, therefore it's easy to take in. I decided I wanted to show a PSA that was easy…

In the editorial, No Unbiased Way to Measure Happiness, the author stated that measuring happiness would fail to lead to an overall assessment of the nation’s success. However, measuring the nation’s success off of happiness would open the doors for a measurement that varies from the…

In Two Ways of Viewing the River by Mark Twain, he explains how beautiful and passionate a new experience can be to someone. He describes the beauty of the river by his quote “I still kept in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed when steam boating was new to me.” At first, everything is new and majestic and it seems to mesmerize Twain. After time passes he sees the river’s beauty more frequently, that it has lost its mystery and majesty. The perspective changes for Twain because…

play a major role in some lives, it does heavily influence many others standpoint on situations. However when a person disregards their culture their viewpoint on the world is most liable to change at any point and time. In the personal essay “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee demonstrates the idea of Bharati interfering with her culture by doing things the complete opposite of how her family would normally handle circumstances. On the other hand Bharati’s sister, Mira is the…

1 Communication changes us in many ways, it helps us resolve conflict, state our opinion, and it helps with our mental health. The way it helps us resolve conflict is by allowing us to openly talk about the issues we have with whoever/whatever is causing the conflict to occur, this allows us to find a way to resolve the issue and move forward. By stating our opinion, we can give others ideas on a task at hand, or just being openly creative. The way it helps with out mental health is it lets us…

Imagine you are captured by a group of rebels, then are forced to kill your parents to survive. This is what happens to Ishmael Beah and thousands of other children in A Long Way Gone. Ishmael is forced to kill hundreds of innocent people while on drugs. The three most important themes in A Long Way Gone are loss of innocence, the damages of war, and family. Ishmael loses his innocence when war comes to his village. The author states, “Blood was coming out of her ears.” (Beah 12). Ishmael has…

Pinecone Christmas Ornaments More and more individuals are trying to scent up their Christmas holidays. People will use scented candles, Christmas cards, sprays, and incense to bring out the smell of the holidays season. One easy and very inexpensive way to do this is to make scented Pine cones. This is a great craft that can produce some very nice results. It is so simple that even children can do it. The first thing that you need to do is go Pine cone hunting. Pine cones come in all shapes…

“traditional” American Thanksgiving then we do it all again the “Dominican way”. This tradition is something that represents both parts of my ethnicity really well. My mother is from the west coast and was brought up in a very traditional European manner. My father, on the other hand, was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and was raised in the campo. In the few trips I have taken to the DR, I had realized how different the way of living is compared to what is seen as normal here. The…