Misconceptions

Fermentation has been used by mankind for centuries to make useful products such as cheese, breads, yogurts and alcohol beverages. During fermentation, some strains of yeast decompose sugars to derive energy, and in the process they produce ethanol as a waste product. When bread dough is being made, yeast is added to make dough rise. This occurs because the yeast ferments sugar releasing carbon dioxide which causes the dough to rise and creates holes in the bread. This carbon dioxide released…

Unlike Spinoza, Hobbes, or “men of letters” during the French Revolution, Locke was neither a scholarly type nor an armchair theorist; he was more pragmatic, debating and drawing up tomes of political philosophy for real-life purposes. Locke in himself is a man of contradictions. His theories are inconsistent, and some of them fail to reconcile with reality while sometimes they even comprise some contradictions. As any Locke scholar would know, in 1660s, Locke was still a young absolutist: he…

Molly, an 11 year old female weighing 102 pounds and height 4 feet 9 inches was admitted to Adams Children’s Hospital January 14, 2010. Molly came from Indiana to visit her grandfather Billy in Georgia for summer vacation. Her grandfather was a farmer who produced a variety of foods, he also raised livestock. Billy would most often prepare his sheep’s wool with the help of his granddaughter. Molly enjoyed helping him but, most of all she enjoyed playing with the animals on the farm, she also…

The misconceptions about bones that I had before today’s lesson were that I thought bones were just hollow parts of our body and I did not know that it would have so many parts to it that all have different functions. I also did not know that our bones would contain bone marrow as I thought it was can only be found in one place of our body and I thought there was only one type of bone marrow. These misconceptions were clarified today when my team was to present on the structure of the bones and…

introduce a subject, the children usually had pre-knowledge about it commonly referred to as misconception. These misconceptions can hinder or interfere with children’s learning for various reasons. One reason being that children are unaware that the knowledge they have may not translate to good now that these misconceptions may have become entrenched in their thinking. Most of them usually believe these misconceptions. At times, we find that children…

There are many misconceptions about the music industry, that the artist receives all royalties and they make millions off these royalties. Many individuals believe that it is companies such as Spotify and Pandora are the reason that no body pays for music anymore or that more friends on social media they have will allow them to be discovered quicker and earn them more money. I have always wondered about how artist and record companies get paid and now I have all the answers, and you do too.…

What are some of the most known scientific misconceptions? There are misconceptions about everything. A misconception is a view/opinion that is incorrect based on faulty thinking. There is a misconception about everything. There are misconceptions about diseases, bacteria, and weather, anything scientific. This is because everyone has different thinking and some will gather knowledge a different way. One of the most known “facts” is that a dog’s mouth is cleaner. This is a myth.…

Some misconceptions that are part of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is are appearance of the character of Huck Finn as rough and tumble, nature loving, and typical trouble making young boy. He seems to be rather rough on the edges and insensitive. But as Mark Twain's novel progresses, and more is revealed about Huck's personality, the reader can see that there is more to him then meets the eye. For instance, when Huck is still with the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson, he realized that he…

do it like this? These are the questions that I want to be forced to ask when I read. There are certain things that many believe are standard of all writers and writings. In “Demystifying Writing Misconception,” Joseph Moxely demonstrates the reality in these misbeliefs about writing. These misconceptions such as, all writers love writing, and never use the word “I” are how I developed my definition…

There can be misconceptions about being home-schooled. One of them is that if a child is home-schooled, they will not develop the same social skills as they would if they were in public schooling. The term “home-school” generally tends to translate to some as a “school at home”, where your only friends are your parents. While it may seem that children in public schooling get more of a social environment, many children who are home-schooled attend events outside of home. They are generally not…