positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible” (Winston Churchill). Positivity is a valuable mindset, yet can be acquired by even those in the direst of conditions and those who have the meagerest of resources. Through all the hardships and difficulties in the world, it is those with optimism that persevere, inspire, and overcome the suffering. It is those who forgive and spread their positivity that heal from the wounds caused by others’ cruelty, such as…
Initiative, a legal practice that was dedicated to defending the poor and those that was wrongfully convicted and becoming trapped in the criminal justice system. The book Just Mercy” tell stories about individuals that was wrongfully accused and the events that took place. The message of the book is a dramatic example of a man that refused to sit quietly and let evil win. Summary of content Just Mercy recounts stories that happened over twenty years ago, Bryan Stevenson writing style and…
they benefit modern society with improvements in security tactics, mental health services, and crime prevention through environmental design. School shootings are some…
the cons of video games. “In relation to this, the player can also learn strategy and anticipation, management of resources (simulation games), mapping, pattern recognition, how to judge the situation and practice reading (with directions, dialogue, etc.) and quantitative calculations (through educational games, managing finances, buying and selling for profit, etc.” (Tumbokon). The variety of video games, violent and nonviolent, may include one or more of the previously listed strategies. This…
Briefly outline the key events in Siddhartha’s life before he became known as the Buddha. What experiences in his early life helped him to formulate the idea of a “Middle Way?” Buddha was born in 563 BCE in a small Himalayan kingdom, a region which today is territory of Nepal bordering India. His father, Suddhodana, was the king of the kingdom; They belonged to a tribe called Sakya, and Buddha was born not far from the capital of the kingdom, Kapilavastu. At birth, the baby was named Siddhartha…
contemporary democracy and society in America. William Graham Sumner shared his view in “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, and Jane Addams shared her views in “Democracy and Social Ethics.” Although each had very different perspectives on society through social reform in general as well as how it should move forward, there also is much commonality in their viewpoints on social reform in general. While Sumner chose a scientific perspective, Addams chose a very empathetic approach to the…
studied English in China and the two years experience that I studied in American high school as an exchange student. I started to study English when I was in the third grade, but I basically knew nothing about it. I slept and talked to my friends through the most of time of English class. When my parents saw my grade reports, they were worried about my English grade. Then I started going to a tutoring center to improve my English. It did not help me a lot because English was just hard for me at…
understanding a variety of text types as they can see them acted out, there are many techniques which can be used to help with the understanding of a text through talk, such as freeze-frame, conscience alley and hot seating (The National Strategies, 2009). To develop understanding of a text, children should have the opportunity to experience the text through acting in order to help build confidence and understanding (Fisher, Williams, and Robert, 2006). Therefore, by allowing reading with the…
Daniel Elia College Writing II Professor Bellinson Advocacy in Mental Illness: Defeating Stigma and Improving the Healthcare System When pilot Andreas Lubitz crashed his airliner into the Alps, killing the 150 passengers on board, people were confused as to his motivations. Investigators went through his records and found that he had been taking neuroleptic medication, and to some extent that they had been involved in the outcome of the incident. Similarly, James Homes, who was behind the…
National Statistical Office of Thailand (2016) has reported the poll about getting a job of graduate students in January 2016 that 103,000 students are unemployed. According to this statement, the English standardized tests have been being applied for improving students. Merriam-Webster (2017) defined that “the tests are test (as of intelligence, achievement, or personality) whose reliability has been established by obtaining an average score of a significantly large number…