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The first question is, what is cognition? Well, according to dictionary.com and its Wordnet entry, cognition is “the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.” According to the American Heritage entry on Dictionary.com, cognition is, “1. The mental process… Continue Reading →
Elizabeth Wurtzel, in her autobiography, Prozac Nation, describes the depression developmental process as follows: “Depression is a lot like that: Slowly, over the years, the data will accumulate in your heart and mind, a computer program for total negativity will… Continue Reading →
Very few books have real power. Very few books can transform a reader. Very few books can transform an educational system. Joan Wink’s, Critical Pedagogy, Notes from the Real World, is one of those very few books. Critical Pedagogy utilizes… Continue Reading →
I’ve spent hours watching spiders spin webs, wait, and then blast anything that lands in those webs with a shot of venom. Maybe I need some hobbies, but spider watching is among the most beautiful sights in nature to me. … Continue Reading →
When looking out into the ocean, I can’t help but feel overwhelmed. I know that if I tried to swim out into its unknown secrets, I’d be swallowed and I’d never return. Can get to me: I have no that… Continue Reading →
My sense of ethics grew from an early experience that happened when I was around nine years old. Considering the fact that I had started catechism four years prior, it would seem that religious education would have drilled some sort… Continue Reading →
Journey to Aztlan is the powerful, inspirational, and heartwarming story about how one man overcame life-threatening Depression and found love. Juan Blea was ready to end his life. Depression had claimed his soul and left him seeing few options for… Continue Reading →
Jose Marti was a revolutionary who was ahead of his time. He said: “The prideful villager thinks his hometown contains the whole world and as long as he can stay on as mayor or humiliate the rival who stole his… Continue Reading →
Two things that have grown out of our capitalistic economic system are: 1) powerlessness; and, 2) family struggles. According to Zinn (2005), the powerlessness of the worker class leads to pent up frustrations that can then lead to anger problems… Continue Reading →
I believe with all that I am that the need to create is woven into humanity’s DNA. We are born with a drive to express ourselves in an effort to leave our mark, however small, on this planet. Life has… Continue Reading →
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