The Little Things

Reading for Speed and Understanding provided answer to these common questions. A student or any type of learner must understand what best works for them. Studying is not an exciting thing to do nor is it something every picks up quickly. The first tip for studying effectively is learning and understanding your learning style. Throughout high school I was a firm believer that I was in fact a visual learner. Visual learning style tips…

more thankful for what we have. I think that people are dissatisfied with themselves, their lives, and what they have because humans are jealous and greedy beings. That is how God has made us. We always want what we don't have, and once we get the thing that we wanted we…

then she came out of the barn so we had to put on the brakes and wait for her to go inside her house, but she sat on her porch. She sat there and we all laid there for about an hour before she went inside and we could get up to a crouch and run for a little that way till we got to the back of the barn. We drew straws when we got there to see which one would be the lookout for the old lady. I got the short straw and had to go watch for the old lady. A couple minutes after they got into the barn…

into the person I am today?” As I thought about this topic I thought, “Hmm obviously my parent and family, coaches, teachers, activities/sports etc have shaped me,” but, for some reason I couldn’t put into words how they’ve shaped me. So, I chose one thing about me that people in my life have shaped, and that’s my misophonia or selective sound sensitivity syndrome. My parents and brother are the reason that I have acquired misophonia, and from time to time I resent them for that. I think my…

hope that in my next speech I will notice new areas of growth in my speaking ability. My reflection begins with eye contact and body movement, moving on to the use of voice, and ending with the organization of the speech. Opening with delivery, the thing that stuck out the most was that my eye contact was poor at best. In the beginning of the speech, I looked around more, but when I came to material I did not know as well, my eyes were glued to the page. I did not make use of planned gestures…

in his life where he is in a confession with the Father and blatantly lies about the things he's done. The Sister tells him about all of the bad things she had done in her lifetime and Tobias, referred to as Jack at this point in the novel, is surely taking notes about her life as a “backbiter” and a thief. Later, when Jack is back in…

will give him an infinite power and energy to finish it, and he will never feel tired, because he enjoy doing the things he loves. Why would love exists in our world, no one have any idea to this complicated question, but the existence of love brought so many benefit to our life, and also made lots of things that we never expected become true. As the result, love as the most important thing that affects our world, it also carries its own meaning and value to our society and even human race. Love…

Things are not always what they appear to be. In A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness, this could not be more true. Conor O’Malley lived with his mother in a small house with a giant yew tree in his yard. His mother was ill, his father was in America, and he felt a deep, empty hole in his chest. Every night Conor awakes with fright from the nightmare. Though one night, after awaking, the yew tree near his home breaks away from his roots to visit him. The yew tree claims that Conor had called him.…

different animals, and were presumed to pass judgment on a person, while also influencing nature’s great many wonders. Thus, their children were taught to always show respect for all of nature and its beings. All of these ancient civilizations had one thing in common, they relied on a greater power outside of themselves, be it a great predator or deity, for protection. Throughout these, and many other societies, from the gatherings of prehistoric man to the very earliest of civilization, the…

the church was humongous, it had sales everywhere. My cousin and I was wondering around looking for things to have and all the stuff we got was low-priced and very inexpensive. My cousin and I was wondering around in the church and me and my cousin spot this good-looking, charming, elegant fluffy brownish goldish thing laying on top of books and me and my cousin hurried to grab it because this little girl was eyeing it before she goes and take it. When my cousin and I got to it, it felt mushy,…