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APSC 100 Module 1 Teaming Activity: Reflection Creating an anemometer as a team was a helpful learning experience. During the whole process I tried to keep the steps to solving complex problems in mind. At the first meeting with my group, only three of the four of us were there. We had not yet gotten in contact with our fourth partner, as he attended the wrong lecture and was not responding to our messages to him. It did not cause too much of an issue at that moment by not having him at this…

Analysis Paul Beckmann- A Man Who Has Impacted the Lives of Many I came into this class not understanding the meaning of entrepreneurship. I thought it was just a simple way to make a business and make a quick buck in the long run. I wasn’t sure if it was the experience I was looking for and I wanted more than what my major offered me. However, I realize there’s so much more. I came in contact with Paul Beckmann previously working on my business proposal for Surf Media. Paul uses different…

In “A Brief History of Nature and the American Consciousness” by Joshua Johns, he speaks of the New World and how European settlers chose to destroy the wilderness around them in order to achieve a prosperous life. When the settlers first arrived in America, the land was empty in the settlers minds. The wilderness that dominated area was a terrifying place, which needed to civilized and conquered in the name of the Lord. Leading the the early settlers to crush the region that is known as America…

In the book Make Lemonade, by Virginia Euwer Wolff, There are two main characters. One of the characters is named LaVaughn, who is the 14 year old babysitter, and Jolly the 17 year old mother of two children. In the book three very different environments are compared. All of them are similar in a small way but in the big picture they are all different. This book shows readers that a supportive environment is much better than a non supportive one. The three environments that will be compared in…

In Sherman Alexie’s Story, This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona, Victor is a complex character in ways. On the outside he is more closed off and and tries to act “normal” and that he is above others who aren’t in that definition of normal. But on the inside he knows that he shouldn’t be like that. He holds regret for treating Thomas Builds-the-fire the way he does growing up. They were friends when they were younger, but by their teenage years Victor had drifted away. One night, “when…

Shabazz Napier a guard from UConn University, sometimes goes to bed starving due to the fact that he cannot afford to buy food. He is unable to get a job because he spends most of his time on school, and his sport. I believe that college athletes should be paid. College athletes do not have time for a job due to going to school, and focusing on their sport. College athletes go to bed starving because they cannot afford to pay for their food. College athletes do not receive a portion of the money…

“You define beauty for yourself; society doesn’t define your beauty” (Lady Gaga). Beauty is viewed as being as those small models that are seen in magazines. Beauty is viewed as having the perfect figure that feels acceptable with today’s society. Beauty is viewed as having the perfect face that requires spending hundreds of dollars. Everyone has grown up in a society that has defined how “beautiful” one is, and has begun to accept that. At one point in life, every individual questions whether…

In today’s society, the American education system is not at its peak; it’s corrupt and polluted with twisted appeals towards money and business. This makes a real education hard to earn, but easy to be handed over via a sheet of paper. Unfortunately, there’s not much individuals can do except raise awareness and hope for a fix. One individual, Mark Edmundson, a professor at the University of Virginia, discusses these ideas in a book titled Why Teach? In Defense of a Real Education. One of…

The bed creaked as I shifted from my restless slumber. I sit up and take the sweat covered sheets off my legs. I flick on the lamp and stumble into the bathroom. I turn on the sink and splash my face with the ice cold water, turning off the sink I look into the mirror,and grimace. My hair is matted to my head, my eyes bloodshot from crying, my clothes clinging to my sweaty body. I shudder as I remember the recurring nightmare of my brother dying, but the worst thing is, it’s not a nightmare,…

I chose to read the book The Boy in Striped Pajamas because the culture is different then mine. “Mother he insisted. What’s going on? Are we moving”(6)? At this point of the story Bruno has discovered that he has to move due to his dad's job. ‘But what other children?’ asked Gretel. ‘Where are they?” (19-20) Bruno is now realizing that there are other children around. But he realizes that there are only boys and no girls. ‘Well, we are home, Bruno’(28-30). Bruno doesn’t like the house…