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discrimination. The reason I am writing about this topic is because, discrimination is a very important and serious topic in today’s day and age. My theme for my writing is to not judge a book by it’s cover. One of the sources that I will be using is the story Hum by Naomi Shihab Nye. Another source I will be using is a video of a man named Freddie. As you will read, both sources show how people were discriminated in the past and that they are still being discriminated today. In the video,…

| Course Syllabus College of Humanities HUM/105 World Mythology | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2005 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides an overview of mythology and its relationship to ancient and current cultures. The course covers the purposes and types of myths, the development of myths and mythological characters, the common elements of mythological structures, the predominant characteristics of deities and sacred places in myth,…

Part 1: Doomsday Global warming is real, and, on this track, is bound to kill us. With average temperatures rising over the past years, many plants and animals will die, killing off any sustenance for us. Fortunately, with the correct care, we still may be able to, deter the burning, flooding, and killing of the earth. You may be informed, but you are definitely not alarmed enough. Often believed to be a hoax, global warming has done nothing but rise over the past few decades. Because of global…

Reading Assignment 4 The major reason for returning to school to complete my degree was based on not taking my memory for granted. I find that my memory has changed, not recalling names was the most frustrating, since I was never good with that anyway. On many occasions, I find myself not remembering what I wanted to do when I enter another room. In order to be more productive and not overwhelmed, I keep a calendar and a journal. At times, I have posted notes on my cell phone calendar, so…

I believe that I’m always an optimistic person and typically looking ahead at whatever is up next. During class, I usually stay on task and focus on the work. I have excellent communication skills and I’m an independent person. My friends say that I am an extremely social person and always willing to meet new people. It is my goal to stay on top of all work and turn in all assignments on time. Learning new skills and always having projects to do is important to me as I get older. I’d say my…

It is already the fourth week of winter term and I started to feel the pressure from this term. At this moment, we are working on our next essay that is Essay 2. I know that it is totally different from the last essay assignment that we did because in the last assignment, we only have one working draft. For the next assignment, we have to do 2 working drafts before we submit the final draft and we also have to write a lot more than essay 1. For this assignment, it is a 5 weeks assignment and I…

Crazy Fact: Our every decision and its probable outcomes manifest. Perhaps, not here, but somewhere... This means the most improbable scenarios are bound to run their course in a distant universe extremely different or remarkably unrecognisable from our own. Light creates space, wherein it indirectly generates time. On a universal scale, our the sum of thoughts, words and actions churn the wheel of Karma. (The Moral Principle and/or Spectrum of Cause & Effect) Time progresses in accordance…

In chapter one of Dingo Makes Us Human: Remembrance was about the oppression and conquer of the aboriginal of Austrian in the Victoria river valley by the European who disposed from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. When the European come to Victoria river valley they come to displace and control the aboriginal. Which lead to the genocide of the aboriginal which left only 187 remained from five thousands. Many European murder the aboriginal for their land and minerals. The European have…

Advanced Technologies of Human: Drones Robotics are no longer a science fiction. They became a reality and there has been controversy on legality. Drones are made for good purposes and to develop the mankind. There are some people arguing that drones are invading privacy of people, but there are much more pros for them. Drone has very recently suddenly accustomed for daily use, so there are no official laws for it, but its original purpose is military use. Even though, drone has more advantages…

IHUM 202 Name¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬_______________Nhi Tran__________________ Reading Questions A Discourse on Method 1. As he meditates on and develops his method for finding scientific truths, Descartes debates whether he should sweep away old notions (existing knowledge and philosophies) or build upon them. Which option does he reason is the most effective for him and why? Descartes prefers creating new concepts rather than building knowledge on old philosophies: “To reach certainty- to cast…