Recently, I have been writing more and more fiction. While this has been something that I am okay with, there are more intellectual things that are in my mind. In one of my film classes, we talked about “Silence of the Lambs”. That was the first time I had heard of Hannable Lector. After finding out that there were many spin-off films and tv shows, I stumbled upon one of them. (I don’t know the title, I have never watched any of them.) The premise was that of a very empathetic person being asked to work with a cannibal to track down criminals. The empathetic person starts to care more…
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Why We Need Teachers
I have always had a respect for teachers. They gain new students every year, go through the pain of trying to help them to learn, and yet they still call their students “their kids”. With all that I know of teachers, I really wanted to interview a teacher. As it so happens, my roommate, Julia, is a music education major. When I was thinking of who I would interview for the month, I asked her what she thought about education and when she answered, I knew that I had to ask her to be my interviewee. I first asked her why she chose to be a teacher. She said, “I…
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How to Create a Love of Learning
I hope that you have been enjoying this month’s topic about learning. I realize that I am not writing a long post today and that is probably because I have started writing my posts for July. I decided to do something that I have never done before for that month so this post will be shorter but I do have important information that I have compiled. I hope you enjoy. I have been in school for a long time. I have many ups, and many downs. Throughout that whole time, I have loved the idea of learning. I sometimes wonder if there are others who love learning as much as…
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What Makes a Good Teacher?
After going through almost 14 years of school, I would say that I have had my fair share of teachers. Some of which have been good while others haven’t been so good. With all of that experience I feel like I should have a good grip on what makes a good school experience, what sparks learning, and what makes a good teacher. I have had four good teachers out of all the teachers I had. One was my first grade teacher, my fourth grade teacher, my seventh and ninth grade English teacher, and my choir teacher. I don’t remember a whole lot about my first grade teacher. I do remember…
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The Power of Love
At this point in time, I have written this post about five times. At first, I wanted to write about focusing on the positive instead of the negative but then realized that not everyone can focus on the positive right away and it might be the wrong thing to say. Then I wanted to talk about enveloping those with depression with love but ended up writing about how lonely it feels to have depression. In the end, I realized that I want this post to radiate positivity and give hope to those who are either dealing with depression or those who are trying to help those with depression. In the…
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How Nellie Bly Changed the World
Anyone who knows me knows that I love Nellie Bly. The thing is that before Istarted school and learned all about journalism, I didn’t know who Nellie Blywas. You probably don’t either so here’s a little bio about her. Her name isn’t actually Nellie Bly. Her name was Elizabeth Cochran and shewas born 1864. When she was just 19, she read an article called “WhatGirls are Good For” and she became enraged. She replied back to the paper with her own version of the story. The editorwas so impressed he asked her to write an article. She wrote the article“The Girl Puzzle” which was about what women go through when…
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The Best Way to Be an Authentic Leader
I have a ton of weaknesses. The thing is that I don’t want anyone to see those weaknesses so I try to hide them away and make sure that no one sees them. It’s the best way to make people think that your perfect, that you are the type of person that they can trust. The thing about this is that it is stupid. Everyone has weaknesses and no one is perfect, so when it comes to being a leader in any type of way, the best way to be the best leader you can, authenticity and all, is to be genuine and lead with your heart. This is hard…