Imagine

Could I see myself at UTA? What are the pros? What are the cons? What did I learn about this school? When I see myself going to college I imagine me standing, staring at three huge letters plastered in front of me. aTm. I've wanted to go to Texas A&M since I was 5 years old. Never have I thought once about a smaller less known about school. When I thought about what UTA would be like I imagined a small school, maybe two or three buildings a few professors but nothing special. When the bus…

During WW2 one of the worlds most horrific events took place in Aushwitz, Germany, the Holocaust. The best way to inform middle school students about this event is through the movie, Aushwitz Death Camp. It had a high level of interest, good quality information, and it was easy to understand. In this essay I will argue that the movie is best for telling a survivors story to middle schoolers. The most important criteria for middle school students is a high level of interest. The movie, Aushwitz…

In Carly’s Voice, you can find quite a few examples of the authors discussing different medications that have worked, some that worked but caused horrible side effects, or some that didn’t work at all. For example, on pages 138-140 it discusses the countless amount of doctors and medications that Carly took and visited for her violent “fits.” In the midst of the family’s frustrations, doctors prescribed Carly medications that were doing more harm than good. Dr. Stein, a physician who would look…

Steven Johnson’s Ted Talk was right on the concepts of Connectivism. As the saying goes, “No man is an island.” Good ideas come from shared thoughts from different people. We sometimes rely on other people to create new ideas. Johnson said that “a new idea is a new network of neurons firing and synch with each other inside your brain.” We get a new idea (aha! moment) from something that already exists. Jane Mcgonigal explains that we see clues or signals that lead to developing future forecasts…

Doctors find benefits to reading and writing. Doctors have found that reading and writing have helped with emotions. It helps one express their feelings and imagine. Reading helps one understand other people and putting them in their shoes. Reading and writing helps people in a healing way. Reading and writing help us understand what others are feeling, and it expands our understanding of others situations. It also lets us clear our minds from what’s actually in the real world, or the…

The teleplay “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” by Rod Serling, is both similar and different than the TV episode aired March 4, 1960, which has the same name as the teleplay. They are the same because they both have the same characters, such as Charlie, Sally, Tommy, Les, and Pete. The setting was also the same, taking place on Maple Street, which happened to be in “The Twilight Zone”. The plot stayed the same with very few to no changes, pretty much everything that happened in the teleplay…

The short story “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote, has a lot of imagery. The imagery creates a imagine in your mind by using your five senses. Imagery is used to create a picture in your head so you understand better. Imagery is used to create a setting and mood. The imagery, setting, and mood can change a lot throughout a story just like through this story “A Christmas Memory”. On page 338 it says “A great black stove is its main feature, but there is also a big round table and a…

to prove it false. The republicans main argument is , if guns are taken away from the legal owners, criminals will be the only ones with guns. The author links it back to his question from earlier, if it were to be reversed and guns were never legal, then no one would have guns except the military. The author compares the United States gun restrictions to other countries. This is very smart because people who live in the United States most likely did not know other countries had more regulations…

soldier in the gruesome Vietnam War, Tim O’Brien suffers physically, mentally, and emotionally from the effects of the war. From witnessing fellow friends being shot and wounded, to trying to locate and rescue a good friend’s dead body, one can only imagine the effects that these situations would have on a soldier. O’Brien utilizes imagination to establish the horror of war, to uncover uncertainties, and to escape from the war’s sickening events. He leaves the reader with a question…

We live in a world where there is no compassion we have forgotten about the animal’s rights and their freedom that we allowed seeing thousands of animals captured in tiny cages and abused against their will. Imagine yourself in a world where you’re kept in captivity day and night not being able to move around. These are just some of the things that happen inside Factory Farms where animals are raised. Factory farming should not be allowed in America and around the world it is animal cruelty and…