Carol Kuhlthau

When planning a vacation, many will book hotels on the coast of the beach, assuming this to be the best option. It’s inexpensive and one of the most popular vacation spots. But a vacation the mountains? Absurd. However; Gatlinburg, Tennessee is one of the best vacations you will ever take. It is a home away from home; a relaxing getaway to the mountains. Gatlinburg has by far the best sights of any spot one decides to visit. Imagine catching your breath as you step into the crisp air one…

The christmas carol is a famous christmas book made by Charles Dickens in 1843. The book is about an old man named ebenezer scrooge who hates christmas and is sent into the past, present, and future by three spirits to convince him to stop. There are tons of different versions of this story, I´m going to compare the ending of three of them, the original, the animated movie version, and the marvel comic. First lets compare how all three of them are similar. The ending of all three versions is…

2009. We all helped make coffee and toast to later give to our parents. While we waited for the water to heat up we practice our Christmas Carols we would sing to our parents. Once we finished making breakfast we gathered everything together and headed towards our parents room. We brought the breakfast in and gave it to them and started to sing our carols to them, the same fun thing every year. As normal, afterward they said we did a good job and thanked us while they would…

The author of the book Mindset, The New Psychology of Success, is a Stanford University psychologist Carols Dwecks, Ph.D.Mindsets have been a common phenomenon that is with both men and women and can either have a fixed or growth mindset when referring to relationships .This mindsets have a big impact on deciding whether a relationship will work or not.The difference between fixed mindset and growth mindset is also discussed.For instance, when someone feels that they don't make any mistake have…

On December 19th, 1843, Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol.” The novella received high acclaim and is widely known. Fast forward to today, the novella has received several adaptations in both play and film form. Which begs the question, what adaption represents “A Christmas Carol” more accurately? While both the play and the film present Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol accurately, there are differences and similarities in the presentation of the characters, setting, and tone. The…

According to Carol S. Dweck’s article Transforming Students’ Motivation to learn, there are two kinds of students, which are fixed mindset and growth mindset. Students who believe intelligence is fixed that could not be changed by education and experience is called fixed mindset. On the other hand, growth mindset is students who believe that intelligence could be cultivated through effort and education. Thus, these two kinds of mindsets could straightly influence once ability for working. It is…

In “ A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” by Israel Horovitz only greedy people were present at the end of a greedy life. As a matter of fact, at the end of Scrooge's funeral, there were three businessmen trying to sell his belongings. The three businessmen are considered greedy to steal and sell a dead man’s things.(Horovitz, 789-790) Scrooge was also a very greedy man always wanting money and other tangible items for himself and reluctant to give…

In the play and movie of A Christmas Carol neither one seems to follow up with the other the whole time. Mr. Scrooge seemed to do things a little differently in each one. Some scenes and parts are exactly the same and some aren’t. A Christmas Carol is based on an old, grumpy man named Ebenezer Scrooge. The movie and play represent Mr. Scrooge’s past, present, and future. In the play, Ebenezer is visited by his old, dead business partner, Marley. He warns him about his attitude towards…

The theme of Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen is that everyone can change. This is because The main character, Cole, is bullying a lot of kids and is not very nice, after he touched the spirit bear he noticed how beautiful the world was. Peter was attempting to commit suicide and he also feared Cole, later they started to trust each other. “I want to help you carve the blank space on your totem that you saved for your dance of anger.”(Mikaelsen, Touching, 239). The theme of Ghost of…

After decades of exhaustive research on the subjects of belief and motivation, Stanford University researcher and professor of psychology, Carol Dweck has developed an innovative theory about the impact of our mindsets. According to Dweck, success isn’t just spurred by people’s abilities and talents, but rather success is determined by a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. Dweck’s study suggests that abilities and talent may actually be a roadblock to success, and that it neither promotes…