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there were many rooms including a separate living room and dining room. By this time they had glass windows, multiple fireplaces, and plenty of furniture. Lots of their houses were built in a style that reflected the architecture of the owner's homeland. There were german, dutch, Spanish, and English colonial styles built in many different regions. The log cabins were a rectangular shape. The cabins are around sixteen feet long and about fourteen feet wide. They used round logs with the bark…

Throughout the semester I’ve noticed that the authors Baron, Swales, Bazerman, Alexie, Sommers and Newkirk had brilliant ideas in their text about ideas of writing. All these texts we read this semester had their own importance, but the most significant texts to me were Swales, “The Concept Of a Discourse Community” and Alexie’s text, “Joy of Reading and Writing: The Superman and Me”. Swales describes a discourse community as a group of people who come together and share a common set of…

MY WRITING PROCESS Have you ever thought of any human activity that is intertwined? Thinking and Writing is intertwined and goes hand in hand. Have you wondered how great writers start their writing journey? Every writing start with thinking. Anyone who has written an Article, Book, Poem, Song, Film etc. has already had a thought or is thinking about something. This makes translating your thought into a master piece goes through a process and I will walk you through the typical journey of my…

Adversity on the human spirit can be difficult situation arise almost daily in the lives of most individuals. When confronted with adversity, individuals are forced to deal with the circumstances in the best way they know how. People can reach a point where they can no longer deal in the human spiritual way in their lives. It is at this point that individuals have to make a choice, either to allow themselves to be devastated, or to rise above their difficulties, and allow their true spirit to…

Parenting styles play a critical role in the development of a child. In fact, research shows that parenting styles can impact a child’s social, cognitive, and emotional growth. Children are shaped through the parental acts of motivation, interaction, and exchange throughout their childhoods. The results of these acts will either be negative or positive, and this influence can carry on well into adulthood. While there are several classifiable parenting styles, this research is going to focus on…

Raising children has never been easy task; there are lots of doubts and concerns from a parent when considering what actions they should take regarding their child. All though it may not be easy, it is all much simpler with a child seeing as they still idolized their parents and believe that everything that they do or say must be right. But what happens when these children get older and begin to form a sense of individuality? They no longer wish to do as their parents say, in fact, it is said…

Overcoming Adversity The best part of writing this paper was recognizing all of the adversities I have overcome lately. This paper and speech is one of the few things I really have to worry about. I live a great life, surrounded by my family and friends, and have more than enough of what I need. It is a blessing to know that I am overcoming adversity at this moment, because one of my fears is giving speeches. It’s not only getting in front of the class that bothers me, but the process of…

C1. The argument, by Pinker, that family environment has little to do with determining the values, intellect, or behvaiour of children presents as questionable. Agreeably, babies have individual temperament natures, and partnering that with the provision or retraction of nurturing variables from people and environments throughout their childhood can professedly forecast the likelihood of a well-adjusted life. Certainly, peers influence children greatly, particularly throughout the teenage…

Parents are usually overprotective with their kids, of course, for there own good, but, is it right to spy on them. Harlan Coben a writer from New York Times wrote an article titled “The Undercover Parent” in which he gives his opinion about spyware, for him is something good and necessary to keep your kids safe. I agree with his since the safety of my kids, if I had one, would be the priority for me. One of Coben’s arguments is if we should or should not trust our kids. As he said in…

You know when you are watching a movie and the main character is strapped to a bomb; you know they won’t die but you can’t help but feel your palms sweat. Well, that has been my experience with writing so far. Hilarious or odd way of describing my relationship with writing I know. Although, I have always received good grades and positive comments on my writing I can’t help but feel like the bomb is going to go off. I am feeling it right now… As I wipe my palms. Proofreading my own writing is my…