Never Take Anything for Granted

I strongly believe that you should never take anything for granted.
Some people say that everything happens for a reason, for istance. You might feel that you dont have enough or you feel like you deserve more than you can get, forget and let it go. If you are trying your best and things still dont go the way you want you should learn how appreciate what you have around you. Sometimes things can fall apart and feel like it is crashing down, but over time it will start to get better.


When your weak, when things may seem terrible, painful and unfair and every obstacle is being thrown your way you should never doubt your potential, strength, will power or heart.

Splenda

I think its perfectly fine to market splenda. I feel there is a upside and a down side toward using splenda. besides all the alleged hazard and problems that it causes, it is somewhat better for people with diabetes and other sicknesses . I also think that moderation is the key to everything you do.

Inheritance Of Tools

Questions for active reader.

Can you clearly visualize what sanders is doing at each step? no i cannot clearly visualize what sanders is doing in each step.

Is each concept clearly defined? Yes i think that each concept is clearly defined

Why, at the end of essay, does sanders feel the need to describe so clearly each step in the process. I think he does that so that if you didnt understand what he was saying during the essay you could catch it at the end.

How does sanders use chronological order in this essay? he starts from the beginning and works his way down to the end.

What object, images or ideas connect the diffrent periods of time that he describes? He always mention the hammer and the nails as well as the rest of the tools.

DO YOU WANT A WIFE?

Journal Entry #5

This essay was written in 1971. What types of duties does Syfers describe as being performed by wives? In this essay Syfers believe that a wife should do everything for him as well as his children, while he does what he has to do.
To what degree do you believe these are still done primarily by women? I believe that in some household women still believe in and play these roles.
Have these or other things about the husband/wife relationship changed in the last 37 years? Yes I feel that the husband wife relationship have changed significantly in terms that the husband and wife are more equal now.
How would you describe Syfers’ writing style? Does she do things you would typically avoid in your own writing? Yes she does do certain things that I would try to avoid, but I think she did it and got to the point that she wanted to get across.
Syfers was reacting to a social structure that she felt at the time was unfair. What types of injustice or unfairness do you see in the world nowadays that you think should be addressed? I feel that certain jobs go to men that a woman can do better but because of there sex they feel that they can’t do the job as well as a man.
Syfers implies that men benefit from the servile position of women in the family. Who benefits from the injustices you see active in the world today? I think the rich benefits from the injustices I see active in the world today.

In The News #3

TEENAGE CANCER GENE TEST ( YES or NO )

I feel that its okay for you as a teen to want to get tested for the gene because it somewhat allows you to know what you can and cannot do. for example birth control somewhat causes breast cancer. So if you know you have the gene, that should tell you that it would be taking a chanceusing the pills. On the other hand i feel that taking the gene test so early in a childs life can be very detramental because if he or she knows that they have the gene, after worrying about actually getting it and taking step to not getting it. It will start to become a burden as if they already had they cancer. For example in the article when the girl found out that she had the genes of breast and ovarean cancer she wanted to remove them. Doing this would damage her life interm of being breastless and not being able to have any children because of the fact that she might get the cancer. i honestly feel that if you are going to get tested you should see a counselor a couple weeks before and after being tested.

Myths of Creativity

In your own words describe the myths of creativity?Creativity comes from creative types. I think this myth is saying that creativity come from creative people and it runs stronger in people who have a broad imagination. Money is a creativity motivator. I think this myth is saying that when people have an incentive like money or something they really want the creativity will also flow much easier. Time pressure fuels creativity. i think this myth is saying that once you are put under pressure it is hard to let your creativity flow. Fear forces break throughs. I think this myth is saying that when someone feels something on the inside it pushes or encoureges them to put there best into what they are doing. Compitetion beats collaboratio. I think this myth is tryying to say that when u are competeting you do not share your information with other which would inturn prevent the work from being as good as it would be if each personj shared their info to make the project on big succesful one. Streamline organization is creative organization. I think this myth is trying to say that when you down size the company it prohibits the workers from doing there best because all they can think about is if they are next.

How did Teresa Amabile , the Havard business School professor who studies creativity in the work place, design her research? I think she designed her reasearch on creativity by splitting it up into six diffrent parts. what kind of information was she looking for? I think she was looking information on what makes people creative and what prevents them from being creative. What seems especially surprising or interesting about her approach to research? I feel the the way she approach creativity was the most interesting about her research.

Who is the audiencefor Bill Breen's article? How can you tell. I think this article was meant for managers, workers, and regular individuals who wants to be more creative.

Writing #4

What does Bartholomae mean when he says that students must “invent the university” when they write in college? I think that the batholomae meant that when you right you have to write what you feel even if its not the norm.


What does Bartholomae suggest is a way for students to become “insiders” within academic discourse? He suggests to become insiders in academic discourse you must develop you own taste, and feelings for things, an original piece.


Summarize some of the differences between the two examples of student writing that Bartholomae examines, and Bartholomae’s opinion of these examples. In one of the examples Bartholomae says that the paper was not an elegant paper, but it seems seamless, tidy; here the discourse seems natural, smooth. You could reproduce this paper and hand it out to a class, and it would take a lot of prompting before the student’s sense something fishy. And the second one said. This writer is consistently and dramatically conscious of herself forming something to say out of what has been said and out of what she has been saying in the act of writing this paper. I feel that Bartholomae’s likes or appreciates one essay more than the other, because one meets his writing standards.