One part in Beck’s article that caught my eye was when she was talking about how “in order to have relationships, we’ve all had to tell little pieces of our story.” That never has occurred to me, every person in my life right now knows bits and pieces of my life story and some know … [Read more…]
The rubric helped me make sure my essay was written the way it should be. After reading the rubric and seeing that if I re-read my paper out loud it would help me find more mistakes and where I need to elaborate, and it did just that. Also in the rubric where it asked if … [Read more…]
Comparing my experience writing my first draft of an essay to Lamott’s was similar in some ways. I always panic right before writing it because I have no idea if it will be good or not but then I usually just tell myself that it’s only the first draft and it doesn’t have to be … [Read more…]
What do you think of when you hear the word metaphor? Do you think of english class? Or how we use them in everyday life? What about how metaphors have a role in how we experience sickness and pursue our health? Whether we know it or not, metaphors are used every single day in the … [Read more…]
“The Trouble with Medicine’s Metaphors” by Dhruv Khullar is basically saying that metaphors are used frequently by doctors and by people who help people with illness and disease. These people tell patients to “fight” their way through the illness but no one knows how the patients are thinking. Will telling them to “fight” make them … [Read more…]
After reading the article a second time I didn’t notice anything brand new, but reading it over again helped clarify my first annotations. A lot of my annotations were me trying to clarify what the paragraph was saying but when I read it over again I feel like I got the wrong idea for some … [Read more…]
One part in Erard’s article that sparked my interest was when he was talking about the “upstairs brain” and the “downstairs brain.” It made sense how the person thought by telling his son to use his “upstairs brain” would make him want to behave well and have a good social life. The “downstairs brain” works … [Read more…]
My second experience with Geary was a lot more informative than the first. When I first watched the video and read the transcript I still didn’t understand what he was really saying but now reading over it and annotating made me think about the message more. I feel like annotating articles helps think about the … [Read more…]
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