Erich Pommer

As a perspective teacher, it is essential to do field work and observe a classroom in order to acquire the ability to recognize different behaviors, procedures, and routines. Observing allows one to witness fundamental learning strategies and child development firsthand. With that being said, on October 24, 2017, I spent my first full day at P.S. 45, formally known as John Tyler. Upon my entry into the school, I was assigned to room 213, which is a third-grade classroom General Education (General

Steve Jobs, one of the cofounders of Apple, delivered a speech to the graduates of Stanford University at their commencement ceremony. Although Steve Jobs was a college dropout, his speech was more inspirational than anything. Jobs shared three stories with the graduates. His first story was about connecting the dots, the next one was about finding love, and the last story was about death. The three most influential points that I got out of Job’s speech, was to never lose faith, trust in something

Throughout this semester, I learned so much and gained so much confidence in my ability to lead. I had never led through the Honors College before this semester nor had I ever felt so involved and included within the Honors College. Being an Honors Year One mentor has allowed me to grow in ways that I would have never grown if it was not for this experience. Through my experience, I have made friends, realized what all the Honors College has to offer and connect freshmen with others. I learned how

The story of mismatched lovers in Erich Segal’s Love Story “Love means not ever having to say you’re sorry”- Jennifer Cavilleri, Love Story Introduction The novel Love Story has been written by the American writer, Erich Segal. It was published in the year 1970 on the fourteenth of February; Valentine’s Day. Erich Segal was born in the year 1937. He is a proud alumnus of Harvard University where the plot of his novel starts. Since he has attended the college himself, the story and the setting become

Erich Fromm wrote "Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem," in 1963, an essay detailing balance between obedience and disobedience. Fromm cited that authority figures insisted obedience as a virtue and disobedience as a vice. He argued that disobedience began human history itself and necessary to continue it. Fromm first discussed a Biblical example: the story of Adam and Eve. Humans were in harmony with nature, yet still in their infancy. Prophets argued it is through man’s “sin” can

Why do students drop out of their courses? Every year, some students drop out of their courses in various reasons. The main causes are their grades, policy of the class, and the teacher. The effects when students drop out are course retake, wasteful money, and increase the year of going to college. Retaking the courses are very problematic. Students can have various reason why they would retake their courses. Some students either have low grades or dislike the class. I am also retaking class this

AND MORAL PROBLEM 1 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Summaries Name Class Professor Date DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM 2 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Erich Fromm’s essay “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” suggests that humankind’s evolution has, and continues

King Lear as a Commentary on Greed    In Chapter 4 of a book titled Escape from Freedom, the famous American psychologist Erich Fromm wrote that "Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction" (Fromm 98).  Fromm realized that avarice is one of the most powerful emotions that a person can feel, but, by its very nature, is an emotion or driving force that can never be satisfied.  For, once someone obtains a certain

DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM 2 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Erich Fromm’s essay “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” suggests that humankind’s evolution has, and continues to rely on man’s capability to exercise disobedience. While discussing the positions of disobedience being considered a vice, and obedience being a virtue, Fromm reflects upon the history of Adam and Eve believing

and Girls” by Alice Munro, life during the twentieth century is portrayed. The narrator, who has portrayed herself as a nameless young girl, struggles for freedom from inequality in her society. The disobedience in “Boys and Girls” is clarified in Erich Fromm’s essay, “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem (DPMP).” The narrator of “Boys and Girls” goes through different phases of obedience due to her “authoritarian and humanistic conscience” (Fromm 10). Also, by being disobedient she has