Economic problems

The novel, The Last Time I Saw Mother details the journey that Caridad embarks on to uncover the past that was hidden away from her and is the central message throughout our trailer. One of our core ideas is the representation of the members of Caridad’s family and their past through the “red strings of fate”. Caridad’s story is not her own. Her story and the secrets of her past are intertwined with the other protagonists within the book. Their connection has created a motif of a red string…

The problem of evil describes the argument that atheists and theists had about existence of God and evil. Atheists believes that God does not exist, but theists believes God does exist. There are two arguments of problem of evil: deductive argument (contradictory beliefs) and evidential argument. Contradictory beliefs are a set of beliefs is contradictory if and only if it is not possible for all of them to be true together. The six premises of contradictory beliefs are stated: 1. If God…

conversations, thought processes, and socialization. Life without technology is now unimaginable. Although technology has provided an infinite amount of information and resources, it is evident that it has hindered people’s humanity by decreasing their problem-solving skills, ability to socially interact, and independence. Technology, more specifically the internet, has undeniably changed society. Ken Makovsky, writer of “Is Technology Exceeding Humanity?”, begins his article refuting a quote…

Throughout the reading on Augustine of Hippo, I realized there was a common understanding of good and evil which I found intriguing. After describing his childhood experience when he steals pears from the pear tree near his vineyard, he claims that humans do evil things for the sole reason of sinning. I agree with this notion because I think everyone remembers a time where they knew where they were doing something wrong and yet continued to do it anyway. In Harrington, Augustine then goes on to…

opportunity for imagination. You could always slip outside when your mother was preparing dinner to “Watch for Jack Frost” or to go play with the icicles. When the time came to go to school in town, you were able to bring in new ideas. New perspectives to problem solving that city kids were unable to. This however, often resulted in being shunned and bullied by the other kids who did not understand your point of view. The shunning and the bullying sounds an awful like what Vivek Ranadive had…

an omnibenevolent god wouldn’t deceive us then there must be an evil demon doing so. (2) If an evil demon is our source of deception then one cannot know true beliefs. In the passage from Sweetman’s “The Pseudo-Problem of Skepticism” the conclusion is that we should not take the problem of skepticism seriously because we have no reasons to do so. The premises seem to be: (1) We know that it is not possible to be a brain in a vat. (2) If we know that it is not possible, then we have no good…

Dr. King is a prime example of working against oppression and finding a way to get justice for society. When discussing Dr. King, we looked at the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” that Dr. King had written when working on his non-violent resistance in Birmingham. In this letter he had laid out the four parts it takes to have a successful non-violent action. The first part is collecting facts, making sure that there actually harm or happening and you have evidence to back it up. This part is…

I believe nothing is impossibe as long as I resist on it and not give up.I believe there will always be ways to solve problems. Obstacles will be in everyone’s life. Facing them, and solve them is the right way that leads us to success. I believe what my parents say and do is good for me, even though I argue with them all the time, I love them. I don’t care for people…

Algebra is a class that allows you to learn lots of crazy math throughout the course of the year. Algebra this year has taught a lot of different skills that will be useful for the future of your math career. One of the most interesting parts of the year is when you get to buy houses and chose what one you would like to purchase. Algebra is one subject that has been around for a very long time. If you would like to find out some challenges of this subject continue reading. In addition to algebra…

oldest son Hassan with the constant yelling and emotional abuse. With this said, solution-focused approach would be beneficial to bring social justice for my client. Additionally, solution-focused therapy has other advantages. For example, the problem is the problem and not the person, the approach often…