Is the glass half empty or half full?

Did you ever think something was going to be so hard and it ended up being fun and exiting? Well, that is how my first semester of sophomore year was. I thought I would have been loaded down with homework and stressed over due dates, but surprisingly all my teachers were very understanding and helpful with my transition into sophomore year. Teachers, friends, and family helped me get through my first semester with ease. I have accomplished so much in first semester, such as getting three A's for…

The optimism Bias: Is the Human Brain Hardwired For Hope? The human brain works in strange ways. If something affects us even minimally our mind tends to keep a ‘record’ of it. We conveniently forget the little things that do not affect us. For example you are very less likely to remember your friend heading to the bathroom to take a bath, till the day he starts stinking, forcing you to ponder upon the same. The brain subconsciously filters out information that it considers useless, to keep…

in science, today’s technology and the temptations behind scientific misconduct, I am even more skeptical than I have ever been when evaluating research. Determining is research was good or bad is as complicated as determining if the glass is half full or half empty. It is one opinion in a million, what are you looking for, what outcome do you want to see.…

philosophical optimist, and Candide, the student of Pangloss. Pangloss stated in the novel that their world is the “best of all possible worlds”. The type of optimist that I perceived Pangloss to be was that of a philosopher who saw the glass as half empty instead of half full. Candide on the other hand gradually started to notice that suffering and evil don’t exist as part of a larger divine harmony. Throughout the story,…

1. Describe where you see one of the five parts of plot in "A Story of an Hour." Provide a definition of the part and details from the story. In the short story “Story of an hour’ by Kate Chopin tells a story of a women in critical heart condition and finding about her husband’s death. The part of the plot I found most interesting was the "Conclusion or Resolutions" part of the story. Conclusion or resolution is after the “Climax” and “Falling action” of a plot of a story. The conclusion…

Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi is a coming of age story about a young man reaching maturity through a story filled with tragic and loss. His novel is based on a tragedy that creates a journey with the survival aspect of life. The story takes place in the 1960’s in a lifeboat. Pi Patel finds himself on the lifeboat because his family was on their way to Canada when their ship had an accident. Pi found himself on a lifeboat with a zebra, hyena, orangutan, and a tiger. “Things didn 't turn out the…

Paolo Capili English ERWC, Period 5 Mrs. Soto-Gonzales 15 April 2015 What is Life? The idea of life and death is a universal concept that makes all people equal. The end point of death is shared between everyone; everybody is going to die one way or another. The values of people’s lives, however, vary from person to person. We all live different experiences and we all value our life differently. Some people may live it to its fullest potential, and some may take it for granted. There have been…

The world we live in is dark and corrupt with small specs of light and happiness here and there. There is so much negativity around us, that sometimes it is difficult to stay positive. I believe that we should live everyday like it is our last. I believe that with so much negativity around us we should strive to be a positive force. My life has been shaped by positive role models such as my parents or my siblings. My parents came from a small town in Chihuahua state Mexico, my father grew up…

In particular, the chronic economic hardship that follows most single parent families adversely affects an African American child’s development. To provide some light on the issue, the percentage of African American children under the age of 18 living in poverty is 52% (National Center for Educational Statistics). Similarly, the average income for the single parents, most notably mothers, was $26,000 (Single Mother Statistics). This often causes the parents to struggle to buy even the basics for…

piece are unknown. I chose this particular piece because it was one of the first pieces of art that drew my attention. The colors were so vivid, bright, and full of life. Though there is no mention to the artist I believe that he or she were creating this piece to bring some kind of joy or happiness, a sense of peace for one to just be able to empty the mind and look at the beautiful side of things. In this piece I will attempt to step into the shoes of the artist by looking at the elements used…