In Due Time

Many people say they have been through it all without acknowledging that others have it tougher than them. Life for me now may not be as it seems, I have been through a lot of tough moments in my life, but the toughest time occurred when I was only 10 years old. I used to live in Dominican Republic with my mom and sister. I lived there for about 10 years and just when I was about to turn 11, my mom decide to move to the United States. When we came to this country I did not even know how to speak…

Macdonald explains that when people take shortcuts in their reading due to the lack of time, they end up skimming their reading. I tried to finish a reading as fast as possible by looking at the reading questions first and then skimming the text. This way, I would just look for the answers in the text instead of reading the whole thing twice. We tend to read more nowadays because of how we read; when we skim a text, we have enough time to read more, leading to Dwight’s term of being “well…

Safety and security is a big time subject in the Probation Department. It is a way to make sure that all Probation Officers are safe and alive and well. One thing I have found out is that we need to be sure that we are both safe and secure in every situation. Today I Recruit McKnight was given a paper from Instructor Limbrick on safety and security because I failed to follow protocol due to lack of judgement and made a mistake by reporting without a partner. It was irresponsible of me to report…

collapse was an engineering catastrophe as it had the potential to crush and kill many civilians using the Piccadilly line and seriously harm bystanders near the area, it was extremely lucky that there were no casualties. A large crater was formed due to the collapse, causing movement and swaying to nearby buildings and car parks (BBC, 1999). Along with Balfour Beatty’s fine of £1.2 million, Geoconsult (an Austrian engineering consultancy) had also been fined. Geoconsult had failed to ensure…

Wall-E is an ingenious film which subtly portrays the future being destroyed by consumer culture. We are living in time where we’re always thinking of our future and how our society can further progress our civilization. Through Wall-E, the movie creatively acknowledges the concerns of corporate control and how consumer culture is devastating our way of living in the present and ultimately the future. With the contrast between the past and the future throughout the film, there is an evident…

current location, and the idea of being able to refer to a time other than the present time, such as the past and future. Productivity is the idea of being able to combine different elements of the language in an infinite number of…

Thanks Farrell it was a good discussion today. I did not mean to present my views in such an opinionated, even dogmatic manner. Perhaps it is due to the frustration I feel in this process, even though I know it is but a minuscule degree of what you have dealt with for years. It is also part of my frustration in that I clearly see what needs to be done if this is going to work with the Pauls attached to this project. I agree the proper strategy is to meet with Alex and Judy to discuss with…

central hub of all future success in one’s college endeavors. Living an independent life style also includes being held responsible for maintaining ones schedule, such as completing assignments on time, attending class, being on time for work, maintaining healthy diet and hygiene, and regulating free time effectively. Success in college rests a great deal on academic performance, ones…

mean that something was not actually memorized. This can be explained through not learning something, or by overlooking it. One of the examples in the textbook is questioning specific details of a penny. Even though a penny is something we see all the time, it can be difficult to remember what exactly it looks like since we do not genuinely pay attention to it. Another cause for this can be trying to multitask, such as…

also useful for simple projects in need of proof-of concept and finally it can be advantageous for short lived demos and/or throwaway prototypes. What are the disadvantages of code & Fix? There is a great risk involved in doing code in this fashion due to it being somewhat headfirst with no real planning involved. If you find yourself close to the end result and it is ultimately flawed you will have to restart the project again from scratch. Also in this type…