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Summary of Where to Invade Next Summary of Where to Invade Next [: Please complete the following: Interpret and annotate Where to Invade Next. Write a 500-word summary of the film. For the first sentence of the summary, please use the following: In the documentary Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore [finish the sentence with the overall main idea of the film]. In this documentary “Where To Invade Next”, Michael Moore goes to multiple different countries to “conquer” them and adapt their improved better solutions to our most obvious and prominent problems in the culture and government of the United States of America. In initial opening of the movie he commentates sarcastically over footage of him visiting the White House and apparently getting permission from the president to invade the other countries for their improved goverments and policies. The first country he chose to “invade” was the country of Italy. He then goes to a factory and discusses with the people their rights as employees to this company and how they have light years better vacation time compared to almost any American job. And also how much parental leave for when a worker becomes pregnant with a child. The second country he goes to is the country of France, where he then visits an elementary school in a small village there. He then discusses with the cafeteria staff and the students about their very impressive and exquisite lunch menu. He also talks to them about how much better their sex education is compared to ours. And also shows to the peoples shock most schools in America don't bother to teach sex education because they practice abstinence. The third country he goes to is the country of Finland, where he goes a high school and discusses with us the audience and the staff and students of the school on how they have managed to be so successful in being one of the smartest countries in the world. And they explain that it comes down to surprisingly going to school less and having little to no homework. While in Finland he also manages to get a conversation in with Krista Kiuru the Minister of Education of Finland. The next country he goes to is the country of Slovenia, where he visits a university there and discusses with the students on how they managed to achieve a cost free school. They explain that they achieved this great feat by simply peacefully protesting against the government for this right and privilege. The next country he visits is the country of Germany where he visits a pencil factory. At this pencil he discusses with the employees of the factory about their rights as labor workers and how they balance life and work so well. And they explain that the company they work for or their boss is by law not allowed to contact them about work on the weekends and on vacation. The next country he goes to is the country of Portugal where he goes to the town of Lisbon and talks to the people of the town and some of the policeman about their May Day holiday for the workers specifically and the little policies that they have on drugs and also how they fazed out the death penalty in their country. The next county he goes to is the country of Norway where he visits the insane prison known as Bastoy Prison. And he discusses with us and the prisoners about how much more humane their prison and prisons are compared to ours. He then, ventures to the country of Tunisia where he visits some female activists and discusses with them their rights as women and how they achieved this in the new Tunisian Constitution that was implemented in 2014. The next country he goes to is the cold but beautiful country of Iceland where he visits Vigdís Finnbogadóttir the first female president of Iceland and the first female president ever. He talks to her and other officials about their financial crisis that ran from 2008 to 2011 and how they got through it. The final country that he visits is the country of Germany again where he explains that many or almost all the ideas that he has learned about and adopted from other countries were originally thought up in the United States. In the last scene of the movie he displays a scene in “The Wizard of Oz” and he elaborates that the solution to America passing all the ideas is that they face the topics head on just like how Dorothy did. 7) Life-Choice Memoir Reflection [Categories: Life Choice, Memoir, Reflection]: Please complete the following:
5) Life Choice: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Introduction: This blog post will be about the podcast/transcript "What you Don't Know" by Lulu Wang and the tones and conflicts within it. In this podcast, Lulu tells us the sad & deceiving story of when her 80 year-old grandmother Nainai who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, who was only given three months to live. Lulu tells us of how her whole family knows of Nainai illness except Nainai herself, so they decide to not tell her and to throw her a giant goodbye party disguised as a giant wedding banquet.
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2) Writing Process Quote Collage [Categories: Writing Process, Reflection]: Please copy and paste the following bullet points into blog post and complete the following:
The Focus of my Writing Process quote collage blog post, I will be reading and annotating three text by well known authors. After reading each of these text, I will then compare it to my own writing. By comparing my writing to these well known authors, I aspire to learn more about writing and hopefully improve mine a lot. I co-authored this blog post with Connor McAveney [email protected] Gabriella D'Ambrosio [email protected], Vincent Beggarly [email protected], Adam Eddahir [email protected].
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott):
Zen in the Art of Writing (Ray Bradbury):
Introduction In this post, I will provide answers to The Proust Questionnaire. This is the first blog post I am writing for my English Composition I course, and I believe my answers will provide my readers with insight into my identity, my approach in life, and my views on the world. __1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness?
My idea of perfect happiness is getting a job designing games for Microsoft Xbox, having a wife & kids,being rich so i can travel the world with my family __2.__What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is dying. I believe in god but i also have a fear of heaven like no one really knows if you go to heaven when you die no record of it’s existence. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My voice don’t get me wrong i like being different but at times i wish i could talk like everyone else. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? Their bad vibes & perception on things __5.__Which living person do you most admire? My mom & aunt they been taking care of me since i was small everything we have or they have they worked hard for, they taught me anything i want i have to work for it. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? Spending money on food that i would eat in a day or two. __7.__What is your current state of mind? My current state of mind is to become a video game artist & to help my cousin get our clothing known and become rich.Once i get rich i will be able to give back something to my community and my family. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? __9.__On what occasion do you lie? When i’m in trouble that i can’t get out of also on april fools day __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I think my nose is too big at times but other than that i love my appearance __11.__Which living person do you most despise? Donald Trump __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? Umm.. i can’t answer for another man but a quality i like in myself is my brain to be able to come up with ideas and make those ideas a reality. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? Her determination,fashion sense, physical appearance,Intelligence __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Like & Cause __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? I haven’t find the love of my life yet, but who i love right now is my brothers and female friends. Best Friends,and my family. __16.__When and where were you happiest? Where i am the most happiest is when i go back home to Port of Spain.Trinidad & Tobago with my family. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? To draw like my sister. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Probably my voice __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? Being able to make it to college and follow my dream.Work as hard as i can to conquer my dreams. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? A lion __21.__Where would you most like to live? Atlanta,Miami, or Trinidad __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My phone,laptop, and my dirt bikes. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Being homeless and broke with no one to help. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? Video Game Design __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? My most marked characteristic is my love and caring __26.__What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty,Respect __27.__Who are your favorite writers? I Don’t have any __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? I don’t have one __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? I don’t have one __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? Nelson Mandela,Dr.King fighting for what they wanted and what they thought was right. __31.__What are your favorite names? Scott,Sebastian,Sean Ajanaei,Sakiya,Aiyanna __32.__What is it that you most dislike? Disrespect and being talked about behind my back __33.__What is your greatest regret? Losing certain friends that i actually cared about and enjoyed being around. __34.__How would you like to die? Ummm. if i could live forever would be good but calm and peaceful surrounded by family __35.__What is your motto? If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.-Dr.King Jr. Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever.-Mahatma Gandhi |
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