Random walk

As I wait, I whistle, and fiddle around with a random stick I had picked off the ground. In the middle of my fiddling, I catch something moving just barely out of the corner of my eye as it bolts around the bend, as if afraid to be seen. I felt the strange urge to chase after it. Luckily for "it", because I was pretty fast, the bus pulled around the corner, and Matt forced me to get on. I walk down the aisle to the very back of the bus, where the 8th graders sit (even…

They were selected from specific areas and sapling was random. Though there is no detail of the recruitment, the paper suggests that the main consideration was where the subjects lived, their occupation, their commuting distance (people who worked from home were mot selected) and a willingness to participate…

Problems in Contemporary Society When the world is slowly changing the only way to inform people about what is to come is through dystopian literature. “Dys-topia comes from the Ancient Greek meaning “bad” and “place to live” (Stewart, 2013). In order for a text to be considered dystopian literature it need to consist of four elements: background, hero, conflict, and climax (Stewart). Two short stories by Ray Bradbury, The Pedestrian and A Sound of Thunder, show how dystopian…

I chose to participate in Living Experiment Option three which required me to commit a norm violation. I decided to choose the 4th norm violation which required me to walk into a crowded grocery store and jump up and down while waiting in a checkout line. I decided to walk into Millers, The local gas station on campus and I grabbed a pack of gum and stepped in line to pay for it. Once I was in line I preceded to jump up and down in place until I got to the front of the line. I began jumping…

clothes from the shopping bags, and she fills them into the closet. As if she fills the emptiness/loneliness of the closet with love. She seems so thrilled in her lingerie slips in the restroom. She hums, wears makeup, brushes her hair (She holds some random cloth to hold the brushes, perfume, and makeup kits to respect. She limits herself from holding the objects without a layer of cloth as she learned during ORS). She wears a dress that she took out from her closet. Then she enters to the…

based on the past losses. Whilst the past losses are related to the loss of the condition of advantages that they have when they are still healthy. For example, someone whose leg is amputated will loss their freedom to run and walk freely. The disappearance of the ability to walk is called the past loss. Meanwhile preparatory depression is the depression which deals with the impending future loss of everything and everyone they love. This preparatory depression is usually caused by the internal…

because he could figure out what it was. I used my knowledge of the feel of something to know what it was. I knew that wood chips were supposed to crunch under my feet, and that the swings are usually located on the wood chips. Therefore, I knew to walk on the wood chips to locate the swing set. Kurson describes May’s experience at the first moment when he can see, and I could relate to that experience in a way. Mike May felt a rush of bright colors and light when the doctor opened his eye for…

Mackenzie!" She waves one hand at me, and starts to turn away. "Bye Grandma!" "Bye, nice meeting you too!" And I lose sight of the little girls eyes as her grandmother turns around and walks out of the food court. I turn back to Lauren, only to see she isn't there. I look forward, and Lauren is talking to the random girl at the counter, probably giving our order. "Ya, um, 6 muffins please, all banana bran. Thanks." Lauren turns to face me, and rests her body on the counter. "What are you…

are the real person for them as they are unaware of the outside world so they form their own world in the cave. These shadows are casted by the man who walk pass the hallway carrying objects made of stone and they also make sounds to go along with the objects. These people have to live with this reality their all lives like they would give random names to those objects and in our reality…

For my TED Talk critique, I watched Mei Lin Neo’s, “The Fascinating Secret Lives of Giant Clams.” In order to hook the audience, Mei Lin Neo starts by sharing some of the many nicknames she is called due to her constant discussion of giant clams. Beginning the talk this way is intriguing because even just speaking of her nicknames you can tell she is truly passionate about her work. Also, that she understands that her passion can lead to her talking non-stop about a topic that others may not…