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teenager, or as a maturing adult. The two texts “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White, and “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins explores this topic in their writing, developing a common theme that memories are an important part of every person. For instance, Collins writes about how people tend to forget many memories over time without realizing it, such as books they had once read, or math that they haven’t used in a while. On the other hand, “Once More to the Lake” is about a father who brings his…

A more sensible alternative to compulsory voting would be to make voting more accessible. One possible way of doing this is to create a national holiday, or weekend, just for voting. A holiday would mean that voters would not need to take off work to vote and it would be a reminder for those that forget it is the day to cast. Another solution to low turnout would be to increase the ways to absentee vote. Currently, all states offer vote-by-mail the day of the election and some strictly only have…

proven to cause information to be shared at a higher rate than low-arousal emotions like sadness. Furthermore, an experiment conducted by Berger showed that simply increasing physiological arousal through acts like running can cause individual to reveal more information. In summary, situations or messaging that incorporates arousal can cause us to become greatly invested and share them at an increased…

People should be taught not to rape rather than not to be raped. Often times, people will often deny that they have raped someone, using the excuse that, “they wanted it,” or, “they asked for it.” The dictionary definition of rape is, “unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.” Along with this, people will confuse…

descendants which would make the castle Carnegie bought a waste of his money. However, in the same document he says that another way to get rid of his money would be to give it away while being alive. "The man who dies rich dies disgraced." (Doc 8). It seems more like he is forced to give the money away to be remembered as a good person. Even though he says that if he could, he would take the money with him when he…

In the reading of “More Testing, More Learning” by Patrick O’Malley, he points out the issues why many college students have trouble passing their midterm and exam. In the essay O’Malley claims many Professor fail to realize thats giving a student exam can either break them or make them. Therefore, to O’Malley, the student starts to stress out, causing anxiety, trying to remember everything they have learned for that one day of exam. He thinks that's professors should give more quizzes to better…

Throughout Dave Egger’s life, he has come across many influences to inspire him in his art work, and becoming the well-known writer that he is today. Dave Egger’s wrote the Circle, to show the limitless of technology in society. While writing the Circle, one of his biggest influences were the rise of technology, people in his life, and how society is becoming unpliable from technology. Dave Egger was born on March 12, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was an attorney and his mother was a…

Lampuga has created the world’s most advance electric surfboard the world has to offer. This is a tech savvy surfboard that has a carbon fiber body that only weighs 86 pounds. The electric surfboard that Lampuga has made is also the fastest surfboard on the market with top speeds of 34 MPH it is also eco-friendly by using 52-volt lithium-ion battery that provides 20 to 35 minutes of runtime. There is also an anti-grip surface for ease of use, and an automatic kill switch so if someone falls off…

Repair café started from Amsterdam, Netherlands where Martine Postman and her family started to think about ways to reduce waste going into landfills. Today is has more than 1,100 sites across 30 nations. The idea of repair café is steered by the people who are aware of the environmental issues just like Annie Leonard, the creator of the film ‘The Story of Stuff’. As mentioned both from the film and this article about repair café, products today are manufactured in a way that make their parts…

When I woke up, the other side of the bed was cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Lucy’s warmth, but finding only the absence of her presence.it was a typical day for me. Wake up, eat breakfast, feed Lucy and walk to school with two heavy books on my hands. I was considered the ‘nerdy and shy’ girl at school. I realized senior year in high school only meant learning to me while I was focused on graduating my peers thought about it as ‘the time of their lives’ where they had the chance to party…