Category: Personal Experiences

Elie Wiesel is a well-known Holocaust survivor. He gave a speech called “The Perils of Indifference,” where he makes the case against an indifferent response to human massacres and suffering. His speech was not full of hate or bitterness, it hardly ever blames other people, and it is not like his award-winning book, Night, that …

Walker Percys essay, The Loss of the Creature describes the experiences that each person goes through as either a genuine experience driven by own desires, or one that is already preconceived by experts. Percy believes that people can only learn from experiences that are driven by pure personal desire, and not experiences already preconceived by …

Cortes’ letter is a primary source because he was able to observe the Aztec people and their culture personally. Based on the information that I obtained through Cortes’ writing, I do not feel like he left out any critical information as he was able to report the city and it’s aspects vividly. His personal experiences …

In the book, The Once and Future King, T.H. White shows the importance that educationrelies heavily upon ones own personal experiences. When Merlyn is called on to tutor Wart, anadopted child, he uses this exact learning method on Wart. Merlyn, who is a magician, usestransformation as a his learning tool. Merlyn turns Wart into different …

Quote: “Charity stared straight ahead of her and then, dropping her flowers, fell face downward at Mr. Royall’s feet.” (Summer, p. 132)Charity has just witnessed, or so she believes at this point, seeing Lucius sitting on a bench next to Annabel Balch in town hall. This all occurs during the speeches being made for the …

When one is in a fog, one can see nil but an eternal sum of Grey, covering the country. When one is outside of the fog, one sees a cloud. Fogs and clouds serve as metaphors for many topics. They could intend the last spot of chance before a acrimonious stoping, or deficiency of lucidity, …

Simple Stimulus Learning Simple Stimulus Learning Throughout time learning has been described as the gaining of information. When one learns, they are responding to stimuli that have triggered their ability to acknowledge what is going on around them. An operational definition of stimulus can be something or someone that initiated or has been viewed as …