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- 251: Adult Education In The U.s.
- ... processes: monitoring the repertoire of learning strategies as well as an awareness of and an ability to concern about our thinking. Self-monitoring is the process whereby the learner takes responsibility for the construction of personal meaning. Self-monitoring is similar to responsibility to construct meaning. This may mean adding to and enriching existing knowledge structures or modifying and developing new knowledge. Internally, cognitive and metacognitive processes are involved with self ... higher entering motivational state if they understand that learning goals will meet their needs and are achievable. In a learning context, valence reverberate the attraction to particular learning goals. The factors that determine valences are personal needs (values) and affective states (preferences). Personal need reflects the importance or worth of particular learning goals. Needs and values reflect the reasons for persisting in a learning task. Closely associated with needs are affective states. This set of consists of ...
- 252: ... curious war is...you shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is..." In this Hardy speaks how war twists the mind, and also makes you kill people you have no personal vendetta against. In Reconciliation, Whitman shows the devastation of war. In a war, you kill someone and even if you win, you lose. Whitman describes a man mourning over the death of his foe. He ... see a common thread, the distortion of the mind, through war. In The Man He Killed, we see Hardy's view of war twisting the mind and forcing soldiers to kill men they have no personal vendetta against. In Reconciliation, we see Whitman's view of soldiers' minds being twisted in order to achieve an apparent win, but in reality both sides have lost. In Dreamers, we see Sassoon's view ... with every step they take. In this we see the common theme of war twisting and distorting the minds of those involved as well as a dream of these soldiers forced to kill against their personal will but because they must.
- 253: ... be a banker- a real irony when you consider what Steinbeck says about banks in The Grapes of Wrath- but she changed her mind when John began spending hours in his room scrawling stories and writing articles for the school paper. Later in life, Steinbeck denied that his family served as a model for the Joads in The Grapes of Wrath. But both families understood well the meaning of family unity ... but ended up instead in the beet and barley fields of the Willoughby Ranch south of Salinas. Then he worked in a beet factory as a bench-chemist. All the while, he gathered material for writing. After each day's work he wrote- mostly stories and poems. Six months later he decided to return to the classroom and to study the writer's craft seriously. Some of his pieces ended up ... of the Great Depression. As many people around the country lost their wealth, Steinbeck prospered. He started to travel, not only because he could afford it, but because he wanted to collect material for his writing. The country was heavy with frustration. Everywhere he went he met downtrodden people with stories to be told. In 1937, driving a late-model car, he and his wife Carol traveled Route 66 from ...
- 254: So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard: So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard: Different authors use different styles of writing to express the ideas. The style of writing is what paints the picture of the story. In the story So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard, there are two major traditional writing styles exhibited. The first style Illustrated in So This Was Adolescence is comparison/contrast. In this style, the author compares or contrast the character with specific mannerisms of others. The next style is imagery. ...
- 255: Adult Education In The U.S
- ... processes: monitoring the repertoire of learning strategies as well as an awareness of and an ability to concern about our thinking. Self-monitoring is the process whereby the learner takes responsibility for the construction of personal meaning. Self-monitoring is similar to responsibility to construct meaning. This may mean adding to and enriching existing knowledge structures or modifying and developing new knowledge. Internally, cognitive and metacognitive processes are involved with self ... higher entering motivational state if they understand that learning goals will meet their needs and are achievable. In a learning context, valence reverberate the attraction to particular learning goals. The factors that determine valences are personal needs (values) and affective states (preferences). Personal need reflects the importance or worth of particular learning goals. Needs and values reflect the reasons for persisting in a learning task. Closely associated with needs are affective states. This set of consists of ...
- 256: So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard: So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard: Different authors use different styles of writing to express the ideas. The style of writing is what paints the picture of the story. In the story So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard, there are two major traditional writing styles exhibited. The first style Illustrated in So This Was Adolescence is comparison/contrast. In this style, the author compares or contrast the character with specific mannerisms of others. The next style is imagery. ...
- 257: ... law degree. In the 1950s she worked as a reservation clerk with Eastern Air Lines and BOAC in New York City. In the late 1950s Lee decided to devote all her time to writing. She lived in a cold-water flat, and was supported by friends who believed in her writing. Lee began writing at a very young age. She never tried to get her works published until she met a literary agent in New York. The literary agent told Lee that she should expand one of her ...
- 258: J.D. Salinger's Personal Life
- J.D. Salinger's Personal Life Lots of people have asked me for "the goodies" on JDS' personal life. Frankly, I don't understand why. Because so many have asked, and keep asking, I thought I'd put down my reasons. Remember, though, that this isn't a monarchy. It's not even ... person just said "thanks for everything you gave me", I suspect it would get a bit old. Remember, he's not "the writer", he's a regular person who happens to have a talent for writing. The same goes for dishing the dirt on his life. He's a private person who wrote very personal stories. I feel that, even if there is not enough on the pages to satisfy, ...
- 259: Isaac Asimov
- ... became a writer. Finally in 1979 he was promoted to professor (9). Being a very diligent writer Asimov wrote more than eight hours a day, seven days a week. Although he was also preoccupied with writing he made time to get out and do things. In 1971 he joined the Dutch Treat Club. They were a group who met every Tuesday at a hotel for lunch. Another group, which Asimov was ... to 2 other groups the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. There were two additional societies, which Asimov belonged to that influenced some of his stories (10). At the young age of eleven years old Asimov began writing. With his first attempt at writing he began The Greenville Chums at College. This was a story based on the lives of 3 young boys living in a small town. At first Asimov gave up writing, for he did not ...
- 260: Neil Simon
- As one of North Americas leading playwrights, Neil Simon has definitely been instrumental to the world of theater. He has experienced a somewhat shaky personal life, but he has found that this only adds to the texture of his work. He began his career working on radio and television, and found that writing for stage was significantly different than his previous experiences writing. His first attempts at theater were rough, but it didnt take him long to achieve excellence. He has also achieved great success with his work in the film industry. He is very fastidious ...
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