I would say that in comparison to the first peer review, the second was more efficient and successful in terms of looking for improvements. I found that It was slightly easier to identify simple misspellings and little issues that needed tweaking like repeated words. I was also better at identifying larger textual issues such as repeated transition words as I felt I was able to give better advice on more diverse forms of transition. Not to mention, I found it…
C-Denzel Washington is one of the greatest male actors of all time to appear on the big screen. I-Although this is a common belief amongst many movie lovers, there are others in the cinematic business with better experience who can attest to Denzel’s incredible performances. Oprah phrases it best, Q-“When Denzel acts, he lives in the moment, and while he’s performing, all eyes seem to draw to him immediately as if he had cast his own spotlight. It’s his passion.”…
A similar story would be Adrian Chen’s “Unfollow” about a young woman fueled by blind rage able to amplify her hate virtually. She eventually is persuaded into a better and more diverse way of thinking by the very people who contradicted her values. What can be taken from the articles are both the benefits and setbacks that can come from virtual interaction. That being said, there is far from enough information to determine for sure whether social media is a…
The basis of the passage “Is Empathy Overrated?” talks about the mostly bad side to having empathy and how it can affect the outcome of various situations negatively. In one section the author Paul Bloom, addresses how empathy can very commonly be used as a vacuum that takes away from other aspects that might acquire attention. He uses a great example by distinguishing the differences between two separate “gun violence” related issues and how one of those situations received more…
The article talks about the importance of the Dunbar Number. How it was created, what it means and how it applies to so many aspects of our social life. Robert Dunbar came upon the discovery of the Number while attempting to study the social behavior of primates. He found that with many species, the size of their social circle actually corresponded with the size of their frontal lobe. Robert then discovered the number could be broken down and divided into…
