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relationships. Finally, authoritarian parenting increases the child’s academic performance. To begin, authoritative parents are loving and responsive to their child's needs. This parenting style promotes self-discipline, and healthy decision-making skills. Valencia Higuera, an author with a bachelor's degree that bases her writing on healthy, safe living, states “Emotional…

On the surface, Slaughter-house Five, by Kurt Vonnegut presents the idea that humans have no free will. Vonnegut uses the lack of free will as a metaphor for the helplessness that people feel faced with situations beyond their control. However, the novel can be reexamined to show the opposite; not only do we have free will, but the choices we make are supremely important. Unexplainable tragedies such as war, disease, and famine appear to be inevitable, engendering an overwhelming sense of…

academic goal of studying Orthodontics at the University of Florida's Dental College and graduating, and my career goal of actually becoming and Orthodontist. Valencia could help me achieve some of these goals by allowing me to complete some prerequisite classes towards my Associate's degree which is the first steps in my education. Valencia can also help me with my career goal by becoming connected with other dentists through internships. I am very determined to utilize all the resources…

During this semester, I have been forced to take a deep look at what motivates me and influence my decisions in life. It causes me to do a sincere introspection to see find out my purpose. Having a purpose is so essential as it is what defines our reason for living and pushes us to do what we were in-a-sense destined to do. Our natural talents and skills, were meant for something bigger than just for ourselves. Discovering my purpose has only intensified my drive. Also, it helps me to feel…

The horrors and afflictions of war are personal and impossible to show through a single person. War is very… damaging both mentally and physically. Your enemy changes based on what side you are on. The horrors and afflictions of war are personal and impossible to show through a single person. Kurt Vonnegut uses the psychological lens in Slaughterhouse Five as a tool to show the horrors of multiple soldiers pain in the war and is converted into Billy to create a deeper and easier understanding of…

During the summer all the trees are full of big juice yellow mangos, is quite amazing how they surrounded the city of Valencia; many people just seat on the road eating the mangos that fell from the trees. This is just an example of the little beautiful things that happen in this magical city every day, growing up here was like having new adventures all the time but occasionally life doesn't go as planned. When I was 5 years old my parents already had divorced, which was a confusing time for my…

Anglo-Saxon Ideologies in the 1920s-1930s Their Impact on the Segregation of Mexican The article is called Anglo-Saxon Ideologies in the 1920s-1930s Their Impact on the Segregation of Mexican written by Martha Menchaca and Richard R. Valencia. Their purpose for writing this is how many Mexican students were impacted by segregation and how awful it influence them. It is not enjoyable of learning how others were harm by this. There is a segregation involving school and achievement of students…

Walking into the Winterball was an experience like no other. Hot cocoa and the smell of freshly baked cookies filled your nose as you entered the beautifully decorated staircase to the cafeteria. Students from freshman to seniors laughed and squealed loudly as they observed the holiday themed outfits of friends, old and new. From the most formal attire to the most casual ugly sweaters and comfy onesies, students confidently took pictures with others in the far right area of the cafeteria. A few…

In in the black comedy novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut recalls and discusses the destruction of Dresden through the narration of the main character Billy Pilgrim, in order to highlight his perspective regarding the horrors of the war. When Dresden gets bombed, Vonnegut— who injects himself in his own novel as Billy— experiences sadness and sympathy rather than anger and resentfulness. Billy’s misery— due to being ambushed and witnessing the gruesomeness of the war— leads him to…

The Epic of the Cid is a poem recounting the tales of the historical Cid, Rodrigo Dìaz de Vivar, a hero to the Spanish people. The poem was written by an unknown, Spanish author in the 1200s, during the Reconquista, to immortalize the story of the great hero of Spain. The Reconquista lasted almost 780 years and was a series of wars between Christians lords and Muslims moors. The Reconquista sought to cleanse the Iberian peninsula of all things non-christian. The poem shows the significance of…