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The phrase, “do what you love,” is a saying many of us use when it comes to choosing a college major or a career. However, one person questions that phrase by asking if it is “wisdom or malarkey” (Pg. 1). That person is Gordon Marino and he is a philosophy professor at St. Olaf College. His article, called, “A Life Beyond Do What You Love,” questions the famous motto by saying that sometimes we should not do what we love, but rather do other things that will make the world around us better. Dr.…

boy: “His friend ran a few lengths ahead, like a wild rabbit across the grass.” Not only does this simile add an interesting element to the story for the reader to think about, but it also visually stimulates the reader. Perhaps the most powerful figure of speech, though, is the metaphor at the end of the for which the poem is named. The narrator describes the boy who witnessed his friend’s death, now a father, as carrying the minefields throughout the years. Obviously he’s not holding on to the…

Switching life styles or even a small change can cause many new traits and you have to desire much perseverance.During The Call Of The Wild Buck was taken out of his lovely home and had to work much harder, he did not have a choice and got hurt physically a lot. In Contrast my dad switched jobs and had to learn how to control his new life and find time for everything, without getting too stressed. While my Dad and Buck are very different, there experience are kinda the same. They had to learn…

CBM Preparation The CBM that I will be conducting will be the hiding assessment. This assessment will show “Children who are able to subtract with ease and efficiency know the parts of number and see the relationship between composition and decomposition of numbers and addition and subtraction.” Kathy Richardson, Assessing Math Concepts: Hiding Assessment. Didax Publishing, page 26. The probe will first be probing for the student’s ability to see part-whole number relationships. For each of the…

Make a Quilted Throw Pillow for Your Valentine I’ve been having fun with the Valentine theme this month, as I suppose you are already aware if you’ve been following the projects available on the blog! I adore red and pink, cupids and hearts, chocolate candies and pretty, heart-shaped sprinkles. I also love quilting! I thought a quilted throw pillow would be another wonderful idea for Valentine’s Day. You can make one as a gift for your sweetie, or just keep it and enjoy it for yourself. This…

Everyone’s an idiot. Spend some time at it, will you. Maybe you can figure it out.” Thing is, I’ve had it figured for some time. I found the first message a few moon cycles past. I smuggled it home. Over the many years I’ve only been able to tuck away one thing from him- a book. From Before. By his law, a forbidden…

Introduction As a figure skater with an enthusiasm for figure skating for many years, my choice of investigation for my internal assessment came to me quite easily. I have been a figure skater for eleven years and during this period I have been able to deepen my knowledge of the relationship between body coordinates and movements/positions of figure skating. I will be investigating the relationship between the body’s initial and interim positions and the outcome of a figure skater’s trajectory…

When I think of successful people, my name had always failed to cross my mind. What had I done, or what could I ever do, to make myself worthy of holding such an honorable character trait? As it turns out, I have managed to surprise myself. It’s difficult to discuss these changes without sounding pompous or self-righteous, but I’ve come to find a great joy in reflecting on where I came from and where I stand today. Truly, I had never expected to attend college let alone fall in love with a…

I have been identified as a Dynamic Learner Sequence 25 (Use First) When I have to complete a task I like to know exactly what is expected of me. I don’t enjoy operating in a place where I am forced to make assumptions or draw my own conclusions about any task that’s been given. I feel like being organized with the steps I take to complete a task comes with the territory of desire specific instructions. Even when I have self-generated tasks I maintain a tasker log book of which I identify…

“I’m not quite sure but I will figure it out soon,” she replied. I brushed it off and didn’t think anything of it. Thursday came around and I knew that something big was going to happen today. If it was going to be good or bad I didn’t know. The day started out like any other day.…