Slacker

What stood out to me the most from Chapter seven of the readings is that from the start Cormier et al. (2008) and her colleagues state that there has been “little research on the effects of interview procedures, has been conducted”. (p. 231) After reading this introduction of the chapter, I was drawn to Inner Circle strategy illustration on p. 233; I could see the benefits of using this method in a counseling session, but not in an academic setting. From my experience of interview sessions with…

more. Chuck definitely had to compose a decision on what to stick with in the end because it was a little bit too much for him. He says “I think I made the right decision with what I ended up doing.” While in college, Chuck said, that he was a “slacker” and procrastinated a little bit too often. When asked if he could go back and change something he did while in college, he said he would’ve liked to worry more about grades. Chuck scored a 3.1 in the end, but he was just pleased that he…

The crash, perhaps the scar of our generation. As it did in Lord Of The Flies. The big question is what if generation z was stuck on a island, and had no other generations there? The struggle and the praying of hope would be everywhere. As generations before us would like to call us dumb, or immature we would struggle and we would fall. But we would rise as a generation. Generation Z would crumble but we will fight, and be down to earth while our social skills will grow us as a new community.…

punished for making sure my address was correct because they didn 't independently check their dates. I always pay for everything I buy online immediately and it sort of turns my stomach to know that all this time I was rudely being referred to as a "slacker" by these…

beatings by his father, which sometimes caused him to blackout. Kuklinski at the age of 5 claims his father killed his brother by smashing his skull in a drunken rage and then made his wife lie about the death by claiming the boy fell down the stairs(Slacker,…

I 've never been able to focus on anything worth focussing on. When I was younger I was diagnosed with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder aka normal energetic kid syndrome). I distinctly remember taking the pills for about a week and then in my rebellious ignorance, insisting to my parents that I did not need them and making up crap about them making me feel bad or sick. That was definitely a big mistake that I think made my life significantly more difficult and (after spending so much time…

Having a father how was lazy and do anything to better himself, Okonkwo grew a resentment for people who didn’t follow their roles in the tribe. Later carrying on this resent to his children, one of them being Nwoye, who was a slacker like his grandfather, and to his wives. Igbo life presented in this novel revolves around structured gender roles. Igbo life is gendered, from the crops that men and women grow, to characterization of crimes. In Igbo culture, women are the weaker…

competing academic and nonacademic uses of their time. With online courses, the added benefit is that material is then accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week. If attendance policies are designed to weed out slackers, one of the biggest assets to online courses is that there can’t be any slackers. In an online environment, attendance is only evident if the student actually participates in the classroom discussion. I can’t help but draw the conclusion that participation should replace mere…

As I am reading the book, I will be predicting the case verdict. I believe that the case will be decided that Tom Robinson is innocent and that Mr. Ewell was bluffing. One major reason I believe the case will be decided in favor of the defendants because there was no evidence to support the rape that was accused by Tom Robinson. First off, he is a crippled human being because “his left arm was fully twelve inches shorter than his right arm “(Lee 248). He is also right-handed so it would be…

If there was such a genre as "slacker cyberpunk," Whiskey Tango Foxtrot would firmly fit inside it. You might also find it on the "rehab science fiction" or "literary conspiracy drama" shelves at B&N. Repeated mentions of Edward Snowden on the back cover might lead a harried stockperson to shelve it in the "post-privacy politics" section. This is both the charm and the downfall of this novel; it's neither fish nor fowl, neither literary nor genre, neither serious nor sendup. For all this, it's…