Things She Said

investigations? This is a complicated task, we want to be part of their learning and curiosity allowing them to do whatever they feel but time comes in the way. The thing with twelve numbers, one big hand and one little hand becomes a universal symbol that we all follow and it can be hard sometimes, when you don’t want to. How can we enjoy this thing called time, being in the moment of relaxation, stress free and living inquiry. It is difficult to think about this matter, I know every day when I…

Quiz Reflection 2-3 According to the quiz I am moderately resilient, which means I do well with some misfortune, but not others. I am the type of person who gets frustrated quickly when things start to take a turn for the worst, I will get upset and frustrated. It is always my luck to catch every red light or trip in the parking lot. I really need to work on my patience and ability to stay calm during trying times. Exercise 2-4 Traits, Motives, and Characteristics Traits, Motives, and…

rewards set false expectancy for those who show minimum work. For example, Berdan says “We begin to expect awards and praise for just showing up — to class, practice, after-school jobs — leaving us woefully unprepared for reality”. This shows that things aren't just given to people. They have to work hard for them and they definitely won't be handed to them on s silver platter.Showing up doesn't count for work, put in the effort and do your part and maybe you can earn that reward. Just showing…

The first move was very rough for me, just the thought of moving away from everything I had ever known. I mean really from the restaurants I ate, people I knew, all the way down to the very streets. I sure would miss it all of it. It took me a long time to know even how to get around this city, aswell it took me an even longer time to know the dang state. So now I have to learn an entirely new place. I mean this was everything I ever known growing up, and now having to learn an entirely new city…

My passion for politics started when I was 12 years old, after I started noticing things on television concerning Scottish Independence. I saw the independence referendum as a chance for me to speak out about how I wanted my future to be, regardless of whether I would get to vote or not (which obviously, I wouldn’t). What I did not know though, is that just researching about Scottish and British Politics would cause me to branch out to other countries politics and become more aware social and…

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…

When I was younger there was this barn up at the top of the hill. Me and a group of friends always wanted to go near the barn, but there was an old lady who lived up there and rumor had it that she was a mean old lady. We also heard a rumor on how her husband died. They say her husband died in a small crane when they ground around him just caved in and buried him alive. An every day we would look up at the top of the hill and look and wonder what was inside the barn because we see the old lady…

Have you ever went online shopping and the next thing you know, you are on Facebook and an ad for those gorgeous shoes are shining brightly in that sidebar looking better than ever? Eli Pariser explains why this is happening in The Filter Bubble. Ultimately, the new web is changing how we think and what we read. In this essay, I will review the book and discuss the arguments inside. Right now, we think that the information that we are looking up is general information that is available to…

A lot of men think there is a ‘magical’ solution to fulfill the needs and wants of the women in their life and that is exactly what Old Spice claims to be. In the commercial the viewers see fictional and fairytale like things happening such as tickets to a show turning into diamonds. After the shower scene where the man in the commercial had used Old Spice the viewers saw him wearing white pants on a boat. The white pants is an emphasis on transition to a higher role in life. The commercial…

The FogHorn Personal Response Life, a simple four letter word that we are all living in right now - probably the only thing that we have in common with other living beings in the world. Life, at times, a thrill ride but at times, the biggest obstacle we have to face, whether we like it or not. Life, we desire to live our life as best as we can until, we realize that there are things we can’t control, and that is our desire. Ray Bradbury suggests, desire is a complicated feeling we all have in…