Not exact matches
Curator and writer Maria Popova described the importance of sleep in her
essay 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading,
Writing, and
Living:
«
Written in 1960s San Francisco and New York, Didion's collection of
essays is not so much a bundle of nonfiction as it is a long, threaded musing on her own
life, set to the daunting counterculture tempo of the times,» Wang and Wolfson note.
Our Digital Inclusion Program teaches foster youth basic digital literacy skills and provides them with a laptop and mobile Internet access for five years, two things that most of us take for granted but can be
life changing for students who are accustomed to
writing essays on their cellphones.
Since that time, he has
written a long - form
essay broken into three books: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in
Life and in the Markets, and Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.
His
essay, «Lena Dunham's Inviolable Self,» an analysis of Girls, the HBO series
written and starred in by Lena Dunham, argues that Dunham sees a great deal of
life operating on the surfaces.
your
life must have so much meaning, I am not
writing an
essay to my college professor, I am posting a comment on a message board sue me, seriously grow up.
Sarah wanted me to post this portion of a short
essay entitled «When Someone Takes His Own
Life ``, that was originally
written by Norman Vincent Peale.
When I was induced in 1965 to
write an
essay for an issue of Daedalus on religion in America, I chose the theme of religion in American public
life, concluding with a ringing condemnation of the Vietnam war.
I am not certain what makes many of the
essays in The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy particularly philosophical (apart from the fact that they are
written by people who teach philosophy), but several of these authors are acutely aware of how painful it may be to have one's
life transformed by Aslan.
As Paul Markhan
wrote in an excellent
essay about the phenomenon, young people who identify with this movement have grown weary of evangelicalism's allegiance to Republican politics, are interested in pursuing social reform and social justice, believe that the gospel has as much to do with this
life as the next, and are eager to be a part of inclusive, diverse, and authentic Christian communities.
Dietrich described his faith in «The New World of Christianity,» an
essay that expanded into his spiritual classic, Transformation in Christ —
written at a time when his
life was being threatened by the Nazis.
So, for example, in his well - known
essay, «Our Calling,» Einar Billing, a Swedish Lutheran theologian of the early 20th century,
wrote: «The more fully a Catholic Christian develops his nature, the more he becomes a stranger to ordinary
life, the more he departs from the men and women who move therein.
Growing out of a series of books and
essays Kekes has
written over the last several years - on the nature of moral argument, the problem of evil, and the conflictual goods and evils that make up
life as we know it - Against Liberalism marks the author's most explicit broadside against liberal theory to date.
Schubert Ogden has
written an
essay on «The Strange Witness of Unbelief» (included in his book The Reality of God, SCM Press, London, 1967), in which he demonstrates how often it is the very negators of meaning whose way of
life, attitude toward others, and struggle for a «better world» exhibit a dim yet pervasive feeling of significance in the world and in their own existence, a sense of meaning that (as Ogden argues and as I believe) is a hidden working of divine Love in their hearts.
Bass
wrote an
essay recently that I consider required reading for anyone who cares about the contemplative
life, immersed as we are in this impatient, shortcut addictive culture.
His energy, his zest for
life and his love of film was made apparent in every one of the thousands of
essays he
wrote.
Further,
wrote Darwin in an 1842
essay, «It is derogatory that the Creator of countless systems of worlds should have created each of the myriads of creeping parasites and slimy worms which have swarmed each day of
life... on this one globe.»
In his MissionSHIFT
essay he
wrote, «we
live in a time of dangerous creativity in missionary circles,» and I agree there is, so we debate a bit in the book about what those dangers are.
Those are strong words,
written by the Czech activist Václav Havel in his
essay «The Power of the Powerless,» one of the twentieth century's great calls to «
living in the truth» against a culture based on violence, manipulation, and lies.
A striking, beautifully
written essay about learning how to stop minimizing yourself and start having a real appetite for
life.
Nearly everyone
writes essays in school and college
life and a section of students become proficient at it.
She has
written numerous published
essays, articles for Indian Country Today, and she was a featured speaker at
Live Earth at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC in 2007.
Thought you might be interested in this
essay I
wrote about what happens when you give a 3yo a camera and let her document
life after the birth of her baby brother.
From
essays in grade school to articles in professional journals and parenting magazines,
writing has been a passion of mine for most of my
life.
When she showed me an
essay she had
written about her own experiences
living apart and the bigger issues around this way of living, I loved it so much, I asked her if I could share it with «Living Single» re
living apart and the bigger issues around this way of
living, I loved it so much, I asked her if I could share it with «Living Single» re
living, I loved it so much, I asked her if I could share it with «
Living Single» re
Living Single» readers.
Surviving the Twenty - First Century (Allen Lane # 25.00) he has
written a series of
essays about some of the themes which have dominated out
lives, from terrorism to modern capitalism.
She started by asking one group of participants to
write short
essays explaining why they agreed or disagreed with three statements that most people would disagree with, such as «Learning about the past has no value for those of us
living in the present.»
This «must - have - it - now» mentality is beginning to permeate everything in our
lives — including how managers view hiring, as I recently
wrote in a brief LinkedIn
essay.
«An extreme climatic stimulus might cue large numbers of cicadas to shift, perhaps even enough to satiate predators,» Cooley and colleagues
wrote in a 2003
essay on climate shifts and periodical cicada
life cycles.
«Patients can suffer severe negative health effects if their treatment is delayed, discontinued or performed incorrectly because hospital records are unavailable,» the authors
wrote in the
essay titled «Your Money or Your Patient's
Life: Ransomware and Electronic Health Records.»
Using the device of a student
essay written from the perspective of the year 2073, Haldane provided a chilling vision of a future in which human
lives are overwhelmed by advances in the biological sciences.
I enjoy doing
writing pieces on the topics of education,
essay writing, and college
life.
The site also features an insightful color coded personality analysis called «Core Color» and a chance to
write essays on questions like «What is the most important thing in your
life?»
Write up to seven
essays on such things as «what is the most important thing in your
life» to describing your perfect day
Browse and Read Speed Dating
Essay Rubric Speed Dating
Essay Rubric When
writing can change your
life, when
writing can enrich you by offering much money iRubric MX234X: Speed Dating - Chapter 4.
Extras: Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block; new appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp; «The Flawed Couple,» a new video
essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon; «Billy Wilder ABC,» an overview by David Cairns on the
life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and more; new interview with actress Hope Holiday; «Inside the Apartment,» a half - hour «making - of» featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others; «Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon,» an archive profile of the actor from 2007; original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD - ROM content); theatrical trailer; special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick; collector's 150 - page hardcover book featuring new
writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind - the - scenes imagery.
Special Features Conversation between director Robert Altman and actor Tim Robbins from 2004 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country, a feature - length 1993 documentary on the making of Short Cuts To
Write and Keep Kind, a 1992 PBS documentary on the
life of author Raymond Carver One - hour 1983 audio interview with Carver, conducted for the American Audio Prose Library Original demo recordings of the film's Doc Pomus Mac Rebennack songs, performed by Rebennack (Dr. John) Deleted scenes A look inside the marketing of Short Cuts PLUS: An
essay by film critic Michael Wilmington
That drove me to Baldwin's movie
essays in The Devil Finds Work, which in turn inspired me to rewatch some of the films he
wrote about, from You Only
Live Once to Lawrence of Arabia, with a new (or borrowed) perspective.
«It is vital to get students to apply the critical thinking and research skills they learn through
writing their research
essays to the social media that consumes so much of their
lives,» says Menendez.
I had a realization several years ago that my goal is not a good
essay from Student A, but rather for Student A to know that she's in charge of her progress as a writer and feel confident to keep
writing for the rest of her
life.
Next, I require students to
write an
essay comparing these two individuals in regards to education, work, accomplishments, family
life, etc..
We learn grit through the hard work of doing homework,
writing difficult
essays, memorizing dates, and
living in art history.
For example, science and English language arts teachers may have students read multiple texts about a scientific issue that is relevant to their
lives or community, then ask them to evaluate the evidence and reasoning of the various texts in a collaborative discussion and
write a persuasive
essay in which they take a stance on the issue.
Many years before I met Hirsch (for a
Life magazine story I
wrote in 1991), I stumbled upon a collection of
essays by Richard Stern, a professor of English at the University of Chicago.
Provide students with a template and let them create a pinwheel that reflects on one side their thoughts about war and peace, tolerance, bullying,
living in harmony with others You might use this activity to incorporate one of your
writing goals / standards for the year; for example, the
writing might be a poem, prose, haiku, or an
essay.
Students in the control condition
wrote a short
essay about an influential person or event in their
life.
Short
written essays or small - group discussion exercises that focus on heroic literary characters are an excellent way, particularly for younger students, to reflect on resilience and the role it plays in
life success.
But I know science teachers who have had students
write short
essays on how they apply varied science - related technology or chemistry to their
lives.
After their students understand the structure of a college application
essay and personal statement, and have workshopped what does and doesn't work, they have one - on - one meetings with their college counselor about their
life experiences and how they can
write about them.
The book also presents a fine collection of short
essays written by Prof. Krishna that serve as a good introduction to Krishnamurti's work.They examine either the fundamental aspects of his teachings or enquire into important matters of
life in the manner Krishnamurti furthered.