Peer pressure

in it. Sometimes though my family made me feel like I wouldn’t be accepted by my peers because we all have those parents that try to be embarrassing, well my mom likes to try her hardest…

English 1102. My very first class, an 8 AM, as a University of Georgia student. I had many feelings going into this class. I am not a morning person, so would I dread waking up in the mornings to go to class? I never felt my writing was perfect, so would I flunk my first college English class? I was used to high school classes, so would I transition into college smoothly? Little did I know, as soon as I sat down in my tiny college desk, I was about to be relieved. My teacher, Gale, changed my…

After I decided to pursue my Master’s Degree in Educational Technology, I assumed there would be courses that I had to take simply because I had to take them--meaning that I had to do the work and get it done so I could earn my grade and move on. I also figured there would be courses where I would actually learn something that would be useful in my career. This Online Course Development class has been an example of the latter. The thing that comes slamming into my mind when reflecting on…

Introduction Over the years, there has been issues with violence among the youth and specifically adolescents. There is a worrying trend where the violence is rising at alarming levels. There are several reasons that get associated with this trend. One of them has been computer games and movies that are said to promote violence. There are several researchers who have done research on this issue. According to a research done by Alikasifoglu et al. (2004), 42% of high school students in Istanbul…

commencing the review, I had not read the article before but I found the topic area interesting. If I were to research the effects of stress on airway reactions, then I would definitely utilise it. The article was written formally and clearly in a peer reviewed journal. The research was published in 2016 consequently making it up to date. The authors stated that future research will involve larger sample sizes. The study is useful and with further research it can be used as evidence for…

I chose to review a literary criticism journal by Kelly Oliver. I found the essay on the Gale Literature Criticism Online Database. Oliver’s essay focuses on three of Julia Alvarez’s books, one being In the Time of the Butterflies. She talk about how Alvarez's theme’s of her book are varies from gender to race then to socioeconomic class and how those themes influence power dynamics. These themes help create depth in her books and a deeper meaning than just what the text says. Oliver talks about…

My monologue is based on the topic of terror and isolation. My inspiration for this text sparked from the TV series ‘Lost’. The extreme emotions portrayed in the series intrigued me and spurred me on to write a piece of my own expressing these themes of terror and isolation. Another inspiration is an experience of my own from when I was younger and ended up lost in a large shopping centre. This was a moment in my life when I myself experienced these extreme, terrifying emotions. My monologue is…

Silva and de Castro argue that young people in Latin America became interested in social movements when they found unique ways of expressing themselves politically. These youth wanted to express themselves through creativity therefore they began to use dance, drawings, graffiti along with other art to support nonhierarchical and non-institutionalized collectives; furthermore they preferred to support these because they focused on their local demands such as their neighborhoods, communities and…

after that I began incubating throughout the entire day. That night I had used my outline and made a really rough draft of my paper. The day of peer review I was prepared to have a lot of feedback about how I needed to use more supporting details and finish my paper because I only had one-third of my paper done. The feedback that I received from my peer review was somewhat helpful. This is because some of the feedback that I received was unhelpful feedback that I knew that I needed to complete…

As we age and mature over our lifetime our goals and the things that were important to us at the age of 18 are no longer important to us at the age of 50. Although, there are some people at a young age, and through their adolescents who are more goal oriented than others, but typically the majority of adolescents are stuck in Erikson’s stage of identity versus role confusion. Therefore, during this time they are more concerned about themselves and who they want to become as adults. Although,…