The Better Half

The second semester of english was much more riveting for me and I felt that I was truly able to express my creativity and passion for literature and english throughout the activities, writing assignments and readings that were apart of the second half of the journey. In our first step into poetry I was very hesitant and nervous. I didn’t know how to write poems and I definitely hadn't…

Many schoolchildren throw away their half-eaten cafeteria lunches so that they can run outside to play. Recess is often held after lunch so children hurry to finish so that they can go play. This results in wasted fruits, vegetables, entrees, milk, and students not meeting their nutritional needs. However, it has been found that if recess is held before lunch, students come to lunch with healthy appetites and less urgency and are more likely to eat their fruits, vegetables, entree, and milk.…

the visual message is conflicting with the game's message. The themes are incorrect. I feel that I took the correct path and made improvements. He felt that my changes were unnecessary and that they need to be remade. These concept sketches consumed half…

constantly looking and finding the good in everyone. She is the voice of reason that I know I can trust and she gives the greatest advice when I am having doubts or am having trouble making my own decisions. With her constant inspiration, I aspire to be a better person because of her. Kristina changed my life. I was at a low point; ready to throw away everything I had been working toward, thinking I had nothing to look forward to. I…

Truly getting to know one another is a crucial element that pertains to our being part of society, in that knowing our peers and working together for the greater good is the goal of society in the first place. Going through this life without it leaves you susceptible to having no from of support in times that you may need someone to relate to or help with the obstacles and challenges you will encounter. For instance, on a daily bases we will look to others to identify with and we will use these…

Promoting well-being is vital in the aspect of trying to become happy. So, regardless of how happy a person is in their life, nearly everyone has room for improvement. Therefore, assessing overall well-being is done by evaluating how satisfied an individual is with the variety domains of their life. So how do we specifically measure our well-being? We do so with two concepts: bottom-up and top-down theory. When perceiving the bottom-up theory, the individual will focus on changing the…

you have to look at it from the perspective of the inmate. The matter of the fact is that when an inmate has close connection with their families or loved one while they are in prison, it given them the motivation to better themselves for the sake of their families. This results in better behavior in prison systems and a lower rate in re-offending. I do see both sides to giving inmates internet access, some might say that giving these criminals of society access to the internet will do no good…

of her life, she experienced disappointment through the closest people to her like her father, her mother, and lovers. Even though she went through life changing events and could only depend on herself she managed to keep her head high and hope for better. When Nieve was just a kid, she obviously had no control over the decisions made for her. At age eight, her father decided to take Nieve’s mother to court in order to get custody of her. Wendy Guerra…

Information Security in Game Development As can be seen by tuning into any modern news media outlet, information security is an international concern. Unfortunately, one area that is often left out of the security conversation is the video game industry. The general consumer base rarely hears about security standards when it comes to game development, and it is hit or miss from one game to the next as to whether there is security in place to protect the machine and network it is being played on.…

The video game industry has always been known as a male-dominated industry, with most video games being marketed towards males and many video game programmers being male. But in recent years, there has been a rise in the number of female gamers in the industry. Although there are a lot of women interested in video games, there are still a lot of problems regarding sexism and the video game industry. Sexism can be found in the video games that girls play as they grow up to women who enter the…