There are many arguments in favor of book ownership. ... Mortimer Adler there are two steps towards full book ownership. ... The second step is making the book a part of you by marking in it. You cannot mark in a book that you do not own. ... If you had read a book five years ago and went back to it then you could remember exactly what you had been thinking when you first read the book through your margin notes. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I never liked sitting down in the quiet and just reading a book, making up voices in my head. ... My class read a book together while we listened to an audiobook and I was astonished on how much more I was comprehending the book just by listening to someone else read it while I was reading it in my head. ... To tie all my learning skills and habits together, I would say that taking notes is very effective. ... I'm writing down what I'm learning and then I can go back to my notes to look over visually and remember what the instructor said or did and it helps me remember and learn. Alt...

• Word Count: 755
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• Grade Level: High School

WORK ORGANIZATIONS Group Directed Study Fall 2003 Book Title: The Joy of Not Working. A book for the retired, unemployed, and overworked. ... But, note that I also took a small pay-cut, equaling less than a dollar less an hour, but none-the-less a cut in my precious pay. ... After reading Zelinski's book, "The Joy of Not Working", I have a better appreciation for my reasons of working. ... Zelinski's book highlights some very important and wise ideas regarding my situation. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Note these topics down on a paper. ... [Note: While going through the whole syllabus in correct order is important, you cannot neglect the fact that you don't have much time as of now to do that. 4. ... After giving the allotted time to a subject in a day, close your book, and ask yourself questions relating to the lesson you just studied to see if you have remembered what you just studied. Then try and write down the answers to your questions on a paper without referring to a book. When you are unable to remember an important part of your question (after trying much), then open the book...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Out of Our Minds" is a book promoting creativity in the work place. ... Robinson's book argues that creativity is not something that only exists in certain people. ... Social workers are trained by the book, the dos and don'ts of dealing with people, but however, as Robin's claims, real creativity is enriched with feelings and intuition. ... Robinson also notes of the faults of the education system. ... As Robinson notes on page 4, many graduates cannot communicate well, are incapable of teamwork and cannot think creatively. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Today, we are even able to read and interpret three thousand years old notes from our ancients, which helps us to learn from the experience of the past. ... As a result, Shujin reads one book per month. ... This truly shows that book is the best friend, and reading is the only way to communicate with that best friend. Reading has inspired me to read more because when I read something, I learn how much I do not know which encourages me to start reading another book or article to increase my knowledge and understanding. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

While he never focuses on his own behavior as especially humane, Frankl does note that quality in others. ... This book showed the reader that the mind can make your life more suitable for your lifestyle. ... "Man's Search For Meaning" is a short book and a worthy read. ... This book has made me want to seek out what my meaning in life is. ... This book has made me want to be a better person, and love every day I live on this earth. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is the premise of the class and the book The Adult Learner. As part of this class I have been assigned to read chapters in this book, take quizzes based on the readings and the instructor's notes, participate in classroom discussions and produce two papers. ... Adult Learner 6 In closing, the theories in this book, The Adult Learner, all seem to have one thing in common. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

According to Jayakaran"s notes, "materials should require and facilitate learners self-investments and self-empowerment". ... Ideally, questions and answers should be in the same book so that self-assessment is possible. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The significance of the title of this story is symbolic of the hidden meanings in this book; moreover, the hidden meaning of our minds and the spirit world. ... Latimer notes that "there had arisen in Bertha's mind towards this woman a mingled feeling of fear and dependence" (Eliot 35). ...

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In his book, Everything In Its Place, television show host Marc Summers talked about his own childhood with the disorder. ... In her groundbreaking book about people with OCD, psychologist Judith Rapoport told the stories of people that she treated, explaining how the disorder destroyed the ordinary routine, and "distorted the families whole life" (Rapoport, 1989). ... Judith Rapoport, in writing her book found that some of her patients shared their disorder with their children (Rapoport, 1989). ... Please note that all of these obsessions are extreme. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

But on the same note, there should also be time for them to unwind and let it sink in so as to allow them to understand it and gather the full meaning of what was posed to them. ... Rather than having the teachers spit useless interpretations of the book at us, we were given the task of interpreting it for ourselves. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

., Granda for inspiration and guidance as she is the best real life example of these text book utopic classrooms we have been discussing for the last few months. ... If the negative behavior persists I send a formal note home, the next step is a phone call to parents, then a conference. ...

• Word Count: 1454
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School