The key points of this book are to listen to what our children are saying, to love unconditionally the children in our lives, to educate those all around us about child abuse, to aid those around us to understand the effects of child abuse, and to speak up as allies for the victims of child abuse. As parents or caregivers it is our jobs to listen to what the children are saying and believe them. It is our job to love the children unconditionally and demonstrate this behavior. Society needs to be…
Innovation from Google’s Free Food Strategy Many people would describe google as “the internet search engine giant” (Strickland) In fact, the founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin say “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. It’s a website that “understands exactly what you mean, and gives you back exactly what you want” (Google Company). Google not only provides thousands of results that ones curiosity brings them to…
In the article Where Have All the Good Manners Gone?, Larry Greider, who is a pastor at the United Church of God, states that children of today’s generation are lacking in the proper manners and utilization of respect that is required to function in a civilized community. The author’s purpose in writing this article was to bring awareness to parents about how drastically different problems are for children of today’s generation compared to the mid-1900s, while making an emphasis on religion.…
Hieronymus Bosch (2p minimum) introduction Exploring the concept of the Christian Worldview- Hieronymus Bosch and his rather infamous triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights. We misunderstand the artist if we fail to look past his grotesque beasts and monsters biography real name was Jeroen van Aken and in Spain, he is known as “El Bosco”. Bosch was a Dutch painter of the 15th-16th century Little is known about the life of this Early Netherlandish Renaissance artist, but we do know that both…
Orange is the New Black (OITNB) is a Netflix original web series created by Jenji Kohan and adapted from the memoir of Piper Kerman, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison (2010), which explores life inside a women’s prison system. The series includes a diverse cast of historically excluded Black, Latina, and transgender actresses. How do they create seemingly groundbreaking media based on the controversial world of prison systems in a time when inequality is perpetuated by…
Ethanol Fuel? Recently, the percentage of ethanol in gasoline required has grown. The concern among US citizens of whether or not ethanol should be added to fuel has amplified and generated a controversy. One side of the argument claims ethanol is harmful to cars while the other suggest ethanol fuel reduces our carbon footprint. Two articles, Kukreja and West, discuss the advantages of ethanol in fuel and the article "The Disadvantages of Adding Ethanol to Your Fuel" (“The Disadvantages”)…
William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe is a documentary produced by sisters Emily and Sarah Kunstler as a narration of the life of their father, William Kunstler. The personal narration of the film brings to light the underlying significant perspectives of the famous 1960s lawyer on morality, legal process and the myths of established judicial mechanisms. It utilizes archival footages, news and court information to show the character of William Kunstler as a lawyer and an advocate against…
Jake Mason English 1100 Dr. Gueye September 21, 2017 Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr makes the statement that “Google is making us stupid”. Mr. Carr has taken his personal encounters from Google and incorporated it into an article about its negative effects on society’s intelligence. Google, defined, is a search engine that finds websites related to what the user enters in the search bar. Once you get to the desired website, Nicholas Carr argues that we glance through the…
This time, Carr explains that Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page intend to turn Google “into an artificial intelligence, a HAL-like machine that might be connected directly to our brains” and then Carr uses this reference to highlight the additional peril that Google might cause to not only the human brain, but…
The novel, “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story” by Timothy B. Tyson highlights a time when segregation was a major issue in areas such as Oxford, North Carolina. Although segregation had been outlawed due to the court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, whites still viewed African Americans as lesser people. The town of Oxford is a very racist town that does not want to integrate blacks into their every day lives, but they get a new preacher at…