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The Social Media Problem In the essay “How Companies Deceive Us”, the author informs the reader of the different ways companies use social media to mislead the public by publishing favorable reviews to boost their profits. Harvard Business School published a study that said, “Even an increase in rating for an independent restaurant owner would increase its revenue by 5 to 9 percent.” Websites like Yelp and Google, state they are trying to do what they can to stop fake reviews. Google has…

The Symbolism of Music in Joyce Carol Oates’s "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates introduces a fifteen-year-old rebellious teenage girl fixated on getting male attention. Unfortunately, this all leads up to a man in disguise, named Arnold Friend, exploiting Connie. However, as the story progresses, the reader begins to notice evidence of the influence music has on Connie’s ideas of romance and love. It is evident that the…

Milkman continues to grow up, he discovers that flight can indeed happen to be his scapegoat to release all his problems. With him growing up, his need to find out more about flight becomes larger and larger. When he was younger, he would always daydream about the ability to fly when he is in the car with his family, although his mother didn't allow him to sit on either of his parents' lap, he came to a conclusion to kneel on the grey seat and to look out the back window. He could see anything…

This psychological report will examine post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. PTSD is a psychological disorder that is very common in people who have experienced a traumatic event or have a previous mental health disorder. There are different ways to treat it, and different ways to develop the illness. In this report, the following questions will be addressed: What is PTSD? What populations are at higher risk of getting PTSD? Should you take drugs for PTSD? Is there more risk for PTSD than…

was to hump it” (345). Having served in the Vietnam War, O’Brien wrote a collection of stories to reflect on his experiences (Britannica). In one of his short stories, "The Things They Carried", the plot alternates between Lieutenant Jimmy Cross' daydreams of a college girl named Martha and the brutal realities of the Vietnam War. Throughout the story the protagonist, Jimmy Cross, is portrayed as a lovestruck teenager as he “humped his love for Martha” (O’Brien 345) despite the fact that she did…

I grew up in Taiwan. From an early age, I was encouraged to be independent. Like most Taiwanese parents, mum and dad prioritised their children 's learning. Their own schooling had been limited by the need to go out to work at eighteen. This experience made my parents all the more determined to make sure we made the most of our chances at school. My parents sent me to a Chinese primary school that was considered outstanding locally. I was one of the few Taiwanese children there. Taiwan was…

“To be free of suffering, is to understand the cause of suffering” The Buddha. Divorce brings about massive change to a child’s life. Seeing their parents love dissipate in front of their eyes could create many long-term or short-term issues. During and after a divorce, life completely alters from before; These situations greatly affect children and adolescents, socially and emotionally, responding and behaving in various manners to their parents divorce. Adolescents from the age five - nine…

contains a diversity of themes; three of the major themes being masculinity, leadership and defeat. Although the poem was composed in 1896, it was not until 1910 that it was published in a book called Rewards and Fairies, which contained historical daydreams and fantasies written also by Kipling himself. The simplistic title is not very informative about the contents of the poem itself. It is rather enigmatic because it instantly perplexes its…

Unlike other students in my class, the place where I did my service learning was a little bit different. What made it so different was that there was a lot more, at least I felt, elderly people as opposed to people with disabilities. Sure they may have been a few that if you went there you could maybe tell that they were disabled but honestly, after putting in so many years of visiting nursing homes with multiple groups, I couldn’t even tell if the younger people there were there for the program…

It was helpful to observe the entire third-grade literacy block in order to understand how the pacing and flow of the instruction works rather than simply reading about it in a text book. My initial impression was that the pacing was rapid enough to ensure each component of the lesson moves along smoothly, which assisted with classroom management as there was no moment when the students could waste time. Consequently, my visit to the classroom (from 10:30am to 12:25pm) felt like no time at all.…