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Most of my teacher-student interactions include the teacher standing at the front of the classroom lecturing about a topic that I have never heard, and me, the student, diligently taking notes on everything the teacher says. Is this helpful? Yes, in some ways it can be very helpful. When note taking, I use my own words, which helps me to ...

My personal opinion on drinking laws is that there should not be any. I think that restricting the American population from drinking what they want, when they want it taking this democratic country one step closer to a communistic one. Since, there is no way the leaders of this country will agree to the absence of a drinking age, ...

After people watching for about an hour, a young couple caught my attention. This couple strayed from and stayed consistent with many of the norms that Deborah Tannen discussed in her video. The main difference was that the male in the conversation seemed to be in tune with his feminine side. He was able to show his girlfriend the care and ...

Throughout my life, it has always been just my mother and I. The Lanyard is the perfect poem for this particular time in my life. It really tugged at my heartstrings. Ever since I left for college, I’ve missed my mother very deeply. We’ve been together through thick and thin, and I didn’t realize how much I relied on her until she was no ...

After reading the Beloit College Mindset List I’ve realized that my knowledge of recent world history is lacking, despite the fact that I’ve taken history classes my entire life. Although I was acquainted with a few of the items on the list that I’m supposedly not supposed to know about, I know almost nothing about the time prior to ...

    The avatars in the New York Times slideshow are all very intricate and diverse. This intricacy and diversity is also true of the avatars owners.  It is apparent that many countless hours have been spent working towards the creation of these one of a kind animations. It can also be concluded that each of the ...