Walk This Way

really nervous about asking Mia to the Yo-Yo Ma concert, What if she say “No”. I mean I have done this other time so why am I nervous so I am just going to ask her, “Have you heard of the Yo-Yo Ma dude?”. She rolls her eyes and say “Everyone’s heard of the Yo-Yo Ma.” I grin and hooked my ringed thumb out toward the quad, “I don’t think you’ll find five people out there who’ve heard of YO-YO Ma. And by the way, what kind of the name is that? Is it ghetto or something? Yo Ma?” She answered right…

Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships,” at some of the concepts in Tannen’s chapter “The World of Conversational Style” it is clear to say that there are different ways a person can convey a conversation and the way a person carries their communication style. Tannen connects some concepts that can relate to the way communicating with technology can affect our skill with one another. For example, the effects behind a screen like a text message or an email to being in-person can…

“justice”; this also includes betrayal. Alfieri also remarks on the distrust between them,” I…

six of As You Like It. We have translated this scene to a modern day setting which will be more appealing for children in middle school. Our troop is made up of four middle schoolers attending Old Donation School, which is a school constructed of the most academically advanced students in Virginia Beach. We have translated this scene to a middle school setting by changing the forest of Arden to the Rooftop Garden at the school. Simple alterations like this will make it easier for middle school…

couldn’t find my space. Then I walked into the Adult Learner’s Resource room and I knew that this was a place I could relax. These were students that knew exactly what I was feeling. We could all relate to one another and give comfort and motivation to push through it. They quickly became my in-group, and I started noticing the other adult students in some of my classes and we were able to become friends. I started this new college experience unsure of whether I could find a place and only…

A Walk to Remember is a romance story between the two main characters Landon and Jamie. The story takes place in Beaufort, North Carolina in 1958. This story is centered on a small southern town where Baptist churches play a significant role. Being considered as the bad boy of the high school, Landon’s life is in need of a quick adjustment. He decides to take a drama class in hopes of having an easy senior year. There he meets Jamie, the preacher’s daughter his friend’s scorn. Although he’s…

Violets Point of View Year: 1864 As I’m sitting here outside of my old family home I think about what led up to this moment. What led me up to this point? What brought me to the point where I killed my best friend, my only friend. Nate my best and only friend who has ever cared for me and the only person I have ever cared for. I think back to the moment I first met Nate. At the time we were 7 years old. We had quickly become best of friends over only a few months…

the internet, have shaped the way we think and gain knowledge. Carr compares different instances of this situation throughout history in the attempt to see whether or not, an unlimited access to human information has altered the way we learn about the world. He describes that: “For me, as for others, the Net is becoming a universal medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind”. Afterwards, Carr writes that this medium may be influencing our…

the long discussed and most argued in weather or not they should be carrying a bill of rights, personally I agree. Images, videos, and the entire internet web has shown proof and facts showing the cruelty and exploitation of animals. No longer must this act of treatment towards them should continue, for it is scientifically proven that animals can feel pain, have emotions and are intelligent just as we do. Although the argument may raise high tensions and concerns about our…

We use the way of knowing (WOK’s) to explain why things are the way they are and how we make sense of everything in the world around us. The Wikipedia article about Scopes, Inherit the Wind and personal experiences can help explain how we see the ways of knowing being used in actuality. Through one of the ways of knowing, physiology, we can prove out existence on earth. We are living humans and we do need certain things to survive. We became the way we are, of course through God, but, speaking…