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Generation Tech A group of girls are sitting at the local Starbucks chatting about their recent profile picture changes. They analyze every aspect of the picture wondering why they have not received as many likes as the others. They obsess over every detail from what they’re wearing, to how they did their hair, and even wondering what they could have done better. So where did the phenomenon of needing instant gratification from strangers come from? In the early 2000’s “social media” really…

At the turn of the digital era, it is crucial for the educational system to acclimate and prepare students for new progressive career opportunities. In Cathy Davidson’s essay, “Project Classroom Makeover,” the use of personal, professional, and cultural anecdotes are used to strengthen her argument for the use of more innovative, collaborative, and technological teaching methods in the classroom. Davidson’s relevant organization and incorporation of the Duke iPod experiment and United States job…

In the hit Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black, a variety of the characters introduced to the audience have clear signs of having some sort of mental health condition that is obviously not going to be taken care of within the confounds of the prison walls. The best example of someone suffering from a health condition that isn’t receiving proper care is Suzanne Warren, otherwise known as “crazy eyes”. A character who also suffers from a mental disorder, but isn’t quite as obvious as…

Provost, Cathy Davidson, in her narrative essay, “Project Classroom Makeover,” addresses her concern of the hierarchies that have shaped the educational institutions, yet struggles to eliminate hierarchy in education. Davidson’s purpose is to convey the idea that, a part of our failure in the educational institutions is that we use a “one-size-fits-all model.” Davidson has repetitively stated as follows, “we cannot control every outcome or to think that the best way to measure is by keeping each…

Born into German nobility, Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt- Zerbst became the portrait of Russian enlightenment and subsequently immortalized in Russian history as Catherine the Great. Following a coup and the murder of her husband Peter III, Catherine reigned as empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. Her reign was simultaneously supported by the enlightenment era whose ideas began to spread throughout Europe. Supported by philosophes like John Locke, Montesquieu and Voltaire, the…

Flack, Marjorie, and Kurt Wiese. The Story about Ping. New York, NY: [Viking], 1933. Print. Ping was an adventurous duck who lived on a beautiful wise-eyed boat on the Yangtze River. He liked his life on the riverboat just and liked his large family and his kind master. He didn't like to be the last in line to board the boat at night, for that unlucky duck got a loud spank. So what did Ping do when it seemed that he would be the last on line? What else but set out on his own to explore the…

“The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper” This is the story of Peter Sutcliffe, a man who was known as “ The Yorkshire Ripper”. He was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempted to murder 7 more women. Peter chose female prostitutes as victims, not caring the age or race, or having any preference whatsoever. Peter was born June 2, 1946 in Yorkshire,England and his parents were Kathleen and John Sutcliffe. Many of his family members thought he would be just like his father who loved to watch…

And then I guess, Pilar Hernandez, a role I played for Dreamteam, a long running TV show in the UK on SKY1 and FOX. I was part of the regular cast for two seasons, and the challenge there was to keep--keep--keep exploring--to stay curious even when you’ve played the role for a long time. And because Pilar was such a ballbuster, I had to find the moments her vulnerability could shine through and give the role more depth. What would you say was your most challenging role and why? What has been…

Since the evolution of modern technology we have been faced with so many new and amazing things. It has led to incredible feats, such as laptops, GPS systems, and touch screen watches. The biggest we have seen is the modernization of the cellphone, and it has made the biggest impact in our lives. Some may say it has saved them, some will argue it has ruined their life. But the cellphone didn’t start causing problems until social media came into play. Once cellphones became touch screen friendly…

herself, and accept Charlie, “He wrote letters, but I didn’t reply. It wasn’t a genuine attachment” (Oyeyemi 43). A few lines prior to this Charlie says he is willing to be anything to her that she will take and Boy responses that they should stay pen pals (Oyeyemi 43). Throughout all this emotional denial her feeling remains constant it is not until she agrees to marry Arturo that she admits she loves Charlie. This emotional denial is a cloaked example of misrepresented power because Boy…