Chapter 1-17 Analysis

The initial chapter covers two central ideas. The first is that God is the sole source of being. Reasoning that God is the progenitor to all existence, nothing, other than God, exists as an unique creation whose creation is due unto itself. Nothing an entity has is from itself, so everything it has is from God. Simply put, being originates from God. If He is the only reason something comes into being, and all entities have nothing from themselves, a concern arises over how the Devil came to sin. It seems that perseverance could have been given by God and the Devil would not have sinned. Furthermore, God alone could have given that perseverance, presenting God as the singular entity that is culpable for the Devil’s sinning.

In chapters 1-10 in Petey, Petey becomes frustrated with his mental institution. Petey becomes frustrated because, according to everyone but a few people think Petey is an idiot when he really isn't. Petey becomes very frustrated with, not being able to do or say anything but, whenever Esteban realizes that Petey really can think, he tries to stick up for petey. After Esteban sticks up for Petey he gets fired, and Petey is upset. Petey also feels bad for Cassie Graber, and 24 year old nurse at the ward.

In chapter 5, Pink presents Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. At the age of twenty-two, Csikszentmihalyi moved to the United States to study psychology. He registered at the University of Illinois-Chicago and earned a Ph.D. in nine years after moving to the United States. Csikszentmihalyi set up an experiment with the electronic pager to study what he called “autotelic experiences” which is the objective of self-fulfillment and the endeavor acts as is its own incentive. The outcomes from the experiment led to the finest moments of flow: “The highest most satisfying experiences in people’s lives were when they were in flow” (112). The thought of flow is important to mastery because goals are strong and an individual is engaged as people in flow is

“No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence. We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed. When I mingled with other families I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of filial love.”

The first piece of writing was called “Two Questions” by Lynda Barry. The visual story is about a girl who finds it hard to make quality stories like she uses to. She gets very stressed out and overwhelmed. She feels that people negatively judge when she makes a “bad” writing piece. So, she stops. Then, one day she feels that she wants to start writing and drawing again. She then realizes that its okay to become stressed out by writing and that it's apart of the process. With that in mind she embraces it and gets her writing mojo back. I think that the visual story tries to convey the theme of never giving up on writing. This story speaks clearly to confused English students.

Yet, she is filled with the sense of being a part of something important.  "It seemed to me that work . . . done out of doors, and in my father's service, was ritualistically important" (113).  She is contributing to the family income in her own way when each year she rakes the grass, carries water for the foxes, or cleans the watering dishes.  Her father may be stern, but he is proud of his tom-boy.  He remarks to a passing salesman, "Like to have you meet my new hired man." This praise from her father fills her with delight, "I turned away and raked furiously, red in the face with pleasure" (112).  Children need praise from their parents like they need food.

Chapter 25 discusses the United States and the Second World War from 1939-1945. The United States wanted to stay out of international affairs but the newly elected Roosevelt advocated for an active role in it. Though he wanted a role in this, his priority was to attack the domestic causes of the depression which appealed to many poor Americans who were suffering from the Great Depression and had just lost everything. During this time, fascist governments threatened military aggression and the rise of Hitler created a controversial and war-like atmosphere. Hitler had a goal to avenge the defeat of WW1 which lead to the accusations of Jews, and the eventual full-blown Holocaust. Neutrality acts were put into place during this time to prohibit the exchange of arms to nations during the war.

If a child’s parents don’t give them encouragement then the child can’t achieve their potential. Kids need to be motivated and reaching their potential will be easier because they believe in themselves. If the parent gives too much praise, then the motivating won’t mean anything because they think they are good enough already. People think that parents need to motivate while not giving too much. Other people may think that praise is a thing that parents should use as often as possible because they think their kids will benefit from it more greatly than giving them a certain amount of

In Daniel Ch. 3, King Nebuchadnezzar forces his subject to worship a golden statue, threatening to throw anyone who disobeys in a furnace. King Nebuchadnezzar calls all the officials in the region to come together to worship. A herold is called to tell the people: “Nations and peoples of every language,5* when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, zither, dulcimer, harp, double-flute, and all the other musical instruments, you must fall down and worship the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar has set

Do you think that our generation is not that smart compared to back in time? In article A by Tomas Chamorro a psychologist and article B by Nicholas Carr. They talk about how the internet and google is making this generation more unintelligent than other generations. However, article C talks about how the internet actually somehow making us smarter and intelligent. In my opinion the internet and devices are making our generation a little simple minded. I believe this since we now have phones, tablets, iPads, and computers these objects are getting us distracted. This makes our attention span a little smaller that ten years ago when they didn't have many touch screen phones.

Under AASB 8 para.5 an operating segment is a component of entity that generates revenues and incurs expenses throughout business activities. It would be able to provide a discrete financial information and regular monitoring by chief operating decision maker is required.

This week gospel Jn 9:1-41 was about blind man where he his blindness is cured by Jesus and in his journey we learn many things that we can apply to our life. So, it first starts off with Jesus meeting the blind man and Jesus uses clay to make his blindness go away. This is an Old Testament reference meaning that he is being made into a new man because they use clay to make a new man. Then it goes to show that the blind man goes to do his normal life and comes to happen is his neighbors don’t recognize who he is. How he changed is by thinking at a deeper level and him wanting to find Christ in his life. Then his neighbors bring him to the Pharisees because Jesus was working on the sabbath. The Pharisees told him that he was blind because

“The more you get out of this book, the more you’ll get out of life.” This is the claim that Dale Carnegie makes in reference to his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People. Carnegie proposes that there are four main ideas that one should use when dealing with people: 1) Know how to handle people, 2) Make people like you, 3) Win people to their way of thinking, and 4) Be a leader. These skills are essential not only in being a good manager, but also in dealing with people in day to day life.

1. Carnegie begins his book “How to Win Friends & Influence People”, by giving a list of tips on how to get the most out of the book. The book is written with intentions of making people more successful within the personal and professional aspects of their lives. Carnegie constructed the book specifically to meet those criteria. He wasn’t looking to “beat around the bush” per say. He new the message he was trying to convey, and he wanted the reader to be able to get as much put of it in the most efficient way possible. Overall, the book has become so successful because people have implemented its suggestions into their daily lives. By providing this list of “rules”, Carnegie is helping the readers to learn the most.

The happiness of their child is the greatest gift any parent can receive. In fact, the writer Martin Seligman says, “The most enjoyable of our tasks as parents is to build positive emotions and traits in our children…” Seligman goes on to mention the most significant part of his writing, when he continues, “… Rather than merely relieving negative emotions and extinguishing negative traits” (1). Through this statement, Seligman points out the tendency of some parents to fulfill the happiness in their children by taking away all undesirable emotions rather than bringing new positive ones into the lives of their kids. Examples of this consist of parents who never scold their children, always give out rewards regardless of the actions their children take, and who take away any losing position their children encounter. Although loss can be hard-hitting on children emotionally and trophies or prizes given to every child in a game or competition promotes participation in competitive activities, the idea that every child wins at everything they do eliminates work ethic in our youth, losing is necessary to learn problem solving skills, and when children know they receive praise no matter the circumstances, they become submissive.