As a child, you look upon life with eagerness and a feeling that you can take the world on. You feel that nothing is impossible, the world as at your fingertips. "The sky is the limit!" my elders would tell me. "Follow your dreams and passions and don't let anyone stop you." and "You can be anything you want to be, just put your mind to it". These were all things I grew accustomed to hearing on a regular basis and pretty soon it just becomes the way you think. But something happens when you get older. Something changes. No longer is your imagination holding you back its schedules and money and a family. Things happen on your path of life that you just accept. Here is a reflection upon a part of my life.
Growing up, I always had a passion for electronics. Oh how it drove my parents nuts. I remember many occasions where I destroyed their new VCR just to see how it worked and there was very few times I was able to put the things back together and they worked properly. That passion for gadgets and gismos continued to grow throughout my childhood. Finally, one day when I was about eight or so, my father bought me computer. It was a slightly used Packard Bell 286 with 1MB RAM and a 20 MB hard drive. WOW, what a machine, so I thought at the time. The computer consumed me; I spent every moment I had on that computer. Constantly learning new things, locking my self out of it and trying to get back in, it was great. .
In the early 90's, the technology boom was amazing. Everything was changing so fast it was impossible to keep up. Shortly after I got my first computer, the new buzz word was the "Internet". Most people didn't know what the Internet was or anything about personal computers. I began playing with the internet through CompuServe (now American Online) which at the time was a fraction of what the internet is today but it was amazing at the time. The idea that you could almost instantly get information from around the world at any given time from the comfort of you own home was awesome.
"I am real, you are just a reflection on the wall." ... If she felt me, she would know that I was not just a reflection in the mirror. ... She is only a reflection! ... The piece shudders and falls, the reflection changing as it makes its way down to the sink, joining the rest of its kind. ...
"Reflections" The two friends sat across from each other, drinking incessantly. ... Hal felt so frustrated about everything school, work, and basically his life. It had seemed after graduation, after he stepped into "the real world" his life had begun a downward spiral. ... In the hundreds of minute reflections in the mirror, we see Hal opening his door, allowing the rising sun's light to engulf the room, the beginning of a new day. ...
These types of leisure allow the people an "escape- from everyday life. ... Life was more task than time-oriented, upon the completion of tasks rather than the hand of the clock. ... It became the great repository of national ideals, an icon of all that was good in American life. ... It was as though baseball had touched and captured every walk of American life. ... Although many men are far apart in life, baseball is one thing that manages to unite many, regardless of their social or economic differences. ...
"Skipper" as a Reflection of Alden Nowlan's Own Childhood Experiences. by Tyler Hanley #249177 Professor Steven Peacock English 1000 03 October, 2003 In Alden Nowlan's "Skipper" there are parallels between the characters in the story and Nowlan's personal life. As Patrick Toner notes, "Nowlan felt compelled to understand himself by creating a fictional world based loosely on events and people from his own life"(Toner 31). ... The most notable difference between the short story and the life of A...
Reflections on A Child Called It A Child Called It by David Pelzer is a truly shocking story. It chronicles the life of a boy, David, and his journey through an extremely abusive home. ... As young David tells the story of his life, the reader comes to understand that any home can become abusive when the right factors are present. ... David's life becomes more and more unbearable, unlivable even. ...
The following paper is on the chapter of light reflection and refraction. ... A diffuse reflection is a reflection of light into many directions by a rough surface. ... Another Type of reflection is a regular reflection. This is a reflection of light where both of the light rays follow the law of reflection and are parallel to each other. ... That concludes the end of this report on Light Reflection and Refraction. ...
Many theories and models of teacher reflection are based on the philosophies of Dewey (1933). ... Building upon the idea of frames, Schön talks about 'reflection-on-action' and 'reflection-in-action'. ... In van Manen's (1977, 1991) higher levels of reflection similar attributes can be identified. ... The second concept, practical reflection, refers to the means and assumptions that underpin practice. ... Brookfield (1995) builds upon the notion of critical reflection by arguing that reflection can only be considered critical if it serves two distinct purposes....
"The Allegory" as a Reflection on My Life (a): Literature dramatizes self-knowledge. ... It manifests in imagery which relates to situations in everyday life. ... Just as Adam, the prisoner had the freedom to choose the life style he wanted. Fortunately, (unlike Adam) he chose to live the good life. ... Luckily, I too was fortunate to dwell in a life of independence rather than a life evolving around a man. ...
The original quote, like most things written in scripture, is a somewhat ambiguous statement; in the generally accepted meaning, however it is taken as a reference to looking through a window pane, in a somewhat cloudy manner seeing only glimpses of that which is spiritual or indeed heavenly as analogy to life on earth. ... Sheridan Le Fanu was born 1814 in Dublin, Ireland, attended Dublin University and apart from brief periods to the contrary spent most of his life in that city; as a result much of his work is deeply entrenched in Irish folklore. ... The disruptions the visions caused appare...