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It is a popular trend to send forwarded emails containing some sort of uplifting story. There have been questions raised about the validity of these messages. While some of them are true, many are undoubtedly false.  Two frequently sent messages include a story about Denzel Washington taking out his checkbook at covering the cost of a new ...

Lecture class. Just saying the words out loud leaves me with a nasty taste in my mouth and a feeling of annoyance mixed with boredom. The New York Times article “Why Johnny Can’t Think” got it exactly right. Being lectured at is not an effective learning strategy at all. Teachers tend to lose sight of their main goal as educators; to ...

Alcohol will always have the potential of being dangerous, weather someone is 18, 21, or even 50. The effects of alcohol are going to be the same no matter what age you are. The fact of the matter is, that regardless of the drinking age, teenagers are always going to consume alcohol if they choose to. Keeping the current drinking age will not ...

I decided to conduct my conversational observations in the Argos cafeteria. There were many different groups of people eating. Each of their conversations looked very deferent, and each person’s demeanor and body language was very unique. The first conversation I noticed was a group of three girls. They were all on the same side of the bench, ...

In this poem, it is expressed that we can never repay our mothers for all of their sacrifices. Collins obviously loves and adores his mother for all of the truly beautiful gifts she has given him. I believe that this appreciation is the greatest gift we can give to our mother. A mother gives her child the world, and the gift of life. She doesn’t ...

While many of these assumptions made about the class of 2011 are correct, most of them are just; well, assumptions. For example, we are stated as having never “rolled” down a car window. Knowing that I have actually REALLY rolled plenty of car windows down in my lifetime, I wonder how people can make these generalizations about our youth. It seems ...

               I found that looking at the photographs of different people and their avatars was very interesting.  Some of the avatars resembled the person who created them in absolutely no way, while other avatars were easily recognizable. One of the individuals, Kimberly ...