Headphones

was very interactive and very much guided by Ms. McLean’s analysis of the book. It was surprising to see students wearing headphones and using their electronics in class; something like that would have triggered a social drama back when I attended BLA (Turner, 1976). The breach, which does not always escalate to a crisis, would have been identifying a student using headphones and/or a cellphone during class. This would result in a crisis that would have consisted of the teacher dismissing the…

I attend school online. I don’t interact with other students as much as one would in a physical school, yet the utilized a discussion board in order to encourage “intelligent” conversation on a given topic. There were students who clearly had no understanding of how to interact cordially over the internet. There were morons who disliked the given prompt and talked about whatever they wanted. I used the board as a vehicle to share unpopular opinions on irrelevant topics with people who took no…

The definition of justice is subjective. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines justice as “the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments” and “the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity.” Justice is the upholding of what is morally and legally right in the eyes of the law and those that create it. It is the pursuit of truth. And as much…

“You’re fired!” my head boss shouted at me as I was suddenly shoved out his office door. I stood there flabbergasted for a second, still in shock of the drastic turn my life had just made. I consider ripping the family picture off of the corkboard on his door and tearing it to shreds, just to make a point. He would be furious because every picture of his pink clad teenage daughter is worth as much to him as the real thing. It’s not like he’s ever home with his real family often enough to see…

I found the clinical experience to be very informative and a wonderful experience learning and observing the routines of a public school. After the four walk throughs at the Model Laboratory School, it became very evident that each classroom had their own look and each teacher had their own teaching methods depending on the subject or grade level. The clinicals are extremely important in the process of becoming a teacher as it showed the interaction between students and teachers, which cannot be…

facing the computer screen. Moreover, that extended use can dry the eyes, cause pain and eventually impair vision or lead to being short-sighted. Another negative effect is on the hearing ability. Most people use smartphones to listen to music by headphones especially if the volume of the music is high and people listen to it for a long period of time. As a result, those users are exposed to the gradual loss of their hearing. Accordingly, physical health is clearly in jeopardy if smartphone…

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is a German Film Director who has worked on several short films before this movie. The Lives of Others is the first film that Donnersmarck had written, directed and won an oscar in 2006 for being the best foreign-language film. This film works in Germany, around 1984, while Germany was still split into 2 parts; East Germany and West Germany. The film depicts how the environment was like in Germany at this point of time and how one side is better than the other…

In the chapter “Stress and the Eyes of the Beholder” of his book Emotions, Stress and Health, Alex J. Zautra addresses many psychological and physiological effects of stress on a person. He also describes studies that have been conducted to observe these effects stress has on a person. Because stress is a very relative term, Zautra attempts to provide a clear, overarching definition of stress and explain how effects of stress are relative to an individual and their own personal experiences.…

“’I’m so soaked about today,” Shelby squealed. Me too, I said then the other two said the same. Ashley was on her phone listening to music videos with her bright green headphones on and her super bright blonde hair left loose in the end. Her blue sparkling eyes shined in the light coming off of her phone in the car as we were on are way to the New Salem Corn Maze. It Used to be the but now is called New Salems. Next to Ashley was Lexi and Lexi is a really nice and funny person like Ashley…

I didn’t know for what reason she wanted me to head straight room, but I did know that my parents were about to be Judge Judy, each defending themselves. Not putting much thought into it, I slowly inserted my white headphones and turned on Young Thug. Although his music no sense and he just spits out blabber, I listened to the beat of his songs. However, I didn’t put the music as loud as I would usually put it to, an ear penetrating deathwish; I did this in order to…