Distance

better life. To successfully escape poverty, there needs to be one or more elements to be in place that a person can take hold of to propel themselves into opportunity and success. This is the case of the immigrant family in Reyna Grande’s “The Distance Between Us.” Poverty, family, and mentors affected Reyna and influenced how she managed her need for education and desire to become a writer. These influences also helped her develop a character of resilience that has helped her overcome her…

When reviewing the essays read and discussed during class, in the past six weeks, all the essays had similarities and differences. Two essays that stood out to me personally were, Time and Distance Overcome written by Eula Biss and Documents written by Charles D'Ambrosio. Both of these essays have opposite ending, but this allowed the readers to be drawn in. Eula Biss Essay mainly focusses on facts and information. This includes dates and the times of occasions. The way she ends the essay…

There are the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning. The ability to supply the personal interaction will be the disadvantages of distance learning. There are millions of students in distance learning programmed, of course there are ‘some students’ who crave the supply of the personal interaction, especially the one who not really independent. Based on my personal opinion I’m disagreeing with this statement; distance learning will be able to supply the personal interaction. There…

Power distance relationship is the first of five of Geert Hofstede’s value dimensions. Power distance relationships “measures the extent to which power is distributed equally within a society and the degree that society accepts this distribution” (Herrmann). Countries range from having small-power-distance relationships to large-power-distance relationships. On Hofstede’s cultural comparison, Germany’s power-distance index is 35, which implies that organizations based in Germany follow the ideas…

There are two principles: The first is the idea of “no account of proximity or distance.” The second is the idea of “this principle makes no distinction between cases.” Sometimes, one person can deal with everything about cases of disaster, but other times one person can just help in one situation with a few people. Singer states that his idea in the second principle is the need to defend those in need more. For example among the Bengali refugees, many people are in a terrible situation, but…

The socialization argument has lost momentum in recent years with the awareness of bullying, cyberbullying, and violence in public and private schools. Distance education has become a safe haven for students who are being bullied in school. Parent’s choice to homeschool their children can be a difficult choice filled with anxiety over documentation, reporting, assessment, and legalese. But e-learning and…

Personally I do not know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. I can see how it would be bad dude to use relying on technology to keep us connected when we could just meet up in person, but I can also see the good in it especially for long distance friends that may not be able to meet up in a split second. As technology has evolved so has our society through how we go about maintaining our friendships. Social media is a great way to stay in touch with people but it can also be a way to…

In his essay “Irony and Distance in ‘The Glass Menagerie’”, Thomas L. King writes, “…for they are the world that the Wingfields were somehow set apart from, they are the ones who shattered the rainbow.” (King 214) Speaking on how the audience relates to the ending of Tennessee William’s most well-known work, King believes that such an act as that of Tom Wingfield abandoning his family represents the ultimate trick – a truth surrounded by subjective memory that can only be upheld from one point…

The substrate is rotated in the center of the growth chamber to ensure even growth on its surface and its angle can be manipulated depending on which effusion chamber shutter is opened. The time the substrate is exposed to an effusion chamber is calculated. Based on the area of the substrate, the pressure in the chamber and the molecular weight of the species, the shutter time is calculated to ensure the desired thickness of the film which will be adsorbed on to the substrate. For example, when…

equal right to succeed in life regardless of one's ethnicity, religion, or gender. Many people immigrate to the United States looking for the American dream, but the price to pay is often very high. Reyna Grande is an immigrant who in her book The distance between us narrates her own experience about the struggles of coming to America and all the challenges she had to overcome in order to become successful. In search for the American dream Reyna's parents left their country to cross the border…