Cubicle

Don’t you Cringe, my Boy “Good morning James”, Venessa would enthusiastically great me every morning when she passed by my office door. Venessa was something to see. She stood an intimidating 6’9’’ while I was only 5’5’’. I always thought that I could dare this lofty devil; either tiptoe and reach her space (mark you she was worth the trouble) or bring her down(what are cranes for any way?). We used to call tall women devils as we thought they were a deadly devious and scheming lot. But wait a…

Noise canceling technology in headphones changes the whole way someone listens to music or any other audio experience in that it doesn’t overpower external noise, it erases them. The solution to turn up the volume to drown out unwanted sounds like Aunt Petunia or the roar of the engine in an airplane doesn’t apply anymore for users with noise canceling headphones. The solution to nagging or thunderous noise is simply to switch the noise canceling button on and listen to a file of your choosing.…

me. My freshman year in high school through the haze of teen angst, school work, social pressures, and uncertainty, it hit me I want to be a teacher. I want to become a teacher, not for the luxury of a summer break or so I don't have to work in a cubicle, but so I can change kids lives. I want to be the teacher they will always remember, fondly i hope, and if no one else is there, I want to be there for them. I won't ever give up on…

Imagine that you have been asked to be a part of an experiment, you are taken to a room and are told that someone is in the room neighboring you. You are then asked to ask the individual in the adjacent room a series of questions. You are instructed to shock the individual if they get a question wrong. You are then administered a shock yourself to grasp the amount of pain that you can place on the individual however, the voltage of the shocks will increase as the individual continues to get…

asked to kids is “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Many times in response to this kids will answer with a typical dream job: “I want to be a Firefighter!” However, we can look at that same kid twenty years down the road and find them in a cubicle slaving over spread sheets as opposed to bursting into burning buildings to save lives. The question is why? Why would someone give up his exciting dream job in favor of something so monotonous and ordinary? If one were to ask many times the…

I don’t mind giving a task an extra hour just to get it done perfectly. Whenever the topic ‘Maths Exam’ came to my mind, all I wanted to do was lock myself up in my cubicle and practice every single question I could find to make sure I got full marks in my exam. My friends, who had done less than I have but had ended up with almost similar result, told me that I was over-stressing myself. ‘90+ is an A* dude, why bother…

survival is a constant presence throughout the book. Jeanne and her family were forced to learn how to survive in close quarters, cope with racism and prejudice, and watch their father slowly lose his sanity. Their living space is described as a “cubicle” on page 23, and they even had to endure using latrines that had no doors for privacy (31-32). “One of the amazing things about America is the way it can both undermine you and keep you believing in your own possibilities, pumping you with…

Rebecca Skloot, the writer for the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, has been obsessed with Henrietta since she was sixteen-years old. Skloot tried looking up more information about Henrietta and her family but she couldn’t find any information. That’s when Skloot decided that she wanted to tell Henrietta story by writing a book. With Rebecca trying to get in contact with Henrietta daughter Deborah. Skloot didn’t know that the family would become hostile to the fact that they didn’t…

Comprehensive Discussion on Workplace Issues Gender Discrimination in the Workplace In recent years, Apple promise to work harder to increase the workplace diversity. Nevertheless, a diversity report from the company shows the company is still dominated by male. 68 percent of Apple’s employees around the globe are men. Only 32 percent of Apple’s global workers are female. The company’s female employees have made the complaint to Mic that they face harassment and discrimination in their…

“When I was younger so much younger than today, I never needed anybody's help in any way. But now these days are gone and I'm not so self-assured, now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the doors. Help me if you can, I'm feeling down. And I do appreciate you being 'round. Help me get my feet back on the ground. Won't you please, please help me? And now my life has changed in oh so many ways my independence seems to vanish in the haze. But ev'ry now and then I feel so insecure. I know…