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For the “Good Thing/Bad Thing” assignment I chose to watch the first episode of Black Mirror, a British anthology series that features controversially dark and sometimes satirical themes that examine modern society, particularly in regards to the the unknown future of technology. Despite finding the first episode highly disturbing to the point of comedy, I found myself indulged in the series as a whole and even got excited upon hearing that Netflix will renew the series for another season. The…

Walls. They are some of the most general aspects of modern life. Nowadays, you see them everywhere from a normal house, or even the Mexican Border, separating the United States and Mexico. In the texts that will be focused on, we will talk about Frosts poem “Mending Wall”, and compare it to Reagans speech “Tear Down This Wall”. Both texts do in fact talk about walls, but there are some major differences. In the two texts, they have a major theme of separation. In Frosts poem “Mending Wall”…

Tom is technically in the third grade. He was held back his first year of elementary school, but made progress after receiving DTT. He has annual IEP’s at his current school, The Help Group- Sunrise School. The Sunrise school specializes in promoting communicative, behavioral, social, academic, motor, adaptive and independent living skills. Tom excels at crafting activities, especially tactile activities (button play, zippers etc.) as well as the special technology program where iPads are used…

Literacy does not matter. These four simple yet disturbing words are the appalling message that we send to our students if our libraries of public schools are closed down. It tells us that literacy has become insignificant. The truth is that even though it may seem that in our day and age, in the new digital world that something tangible such as a book may seem redundant but in fact books and reading books have only become more important. When Will Schwalbe said “Books are the most powerful…

1. Beth's and Mary's car is in the shop. In this sentence there’s one car. To show joint ownership an apostrophe plus “s” is only needed at the last part of the compound noun. The apostrophe plus “s” needs to be omitted after the word Beth. Beth and Mary’s car is in the shop. 2. Tom smoking bothered the residents. The word smoking is a gerund. When a noun is used immediately before a gerund the noun must be possessive. An apostrophe plus “s” is needed after the word Tom. Tom’s smoking bothered…

The heart of every story is the theme. Without the theme, the story is not as exciting, and as well put together. Changing the theme can affect the rest of the story. For example, changing the theme in the invisible man to "friendliness gets cooperation " makes the whole story different. Changing the theme in the invisible man changes almost everything in this novel. In The Invisible Man Book, he is alone all the time, and he is trying to become visible but nothing is working. If the invisible…

Ben Franklin was a man born on October 18, 1785 who struggled at a young age with being ignored and thought as a servant from his older brother while in the printing industry. In the Autobiography about Ben Franklin, it talks about his life and the steps he overcame to be a successful man. Two traits that contributed to Ben Franklin's success are being resourceful and determined. These attributes help him in life to keep his head up and stay positive, even during rough times. When Ben was in…

A long time ago, there was a fire that killed about 146 immigrant woman. What had happened was that these women had been working, and every time they had to empty out their purses to make sure they weren’t stealing. The day the fire broke out, they were checking the purses. The fire started on the 8th floor and spread upwards. The whole story was written some months later in one of the most popular journals called the “McClure’s Magazine.” The buildings were made out of wood, it was obvious that…

“When one person suffers from delusions, we call it a mental illness. When society suffers from them, we call it being normal” (Unknown). Do you ever wonder how humans in society seem to stray away from each other? I believe it is due to the fact that technology advances day by day. It is becoming to the point where technology seems to be taking over our social life. I feel as if the advancement of technology will take over our lives completely, just like it does in the novel “Fahrenheit 451” by…

From the start of the book of “Fahrenheit 451,” till the end there were subtle hints of the various roles that the fire had throughout the story. In the first place, the reader sees how the firefighters used fire as a way to burn the books to keep anyone from reading them. In doing so the firefighters are not only burning the books, but also the people's opportunity to be able to independently think for their own and having a chance to flourish with knowledge of the past life. Having the books…