"A Fable for Tomorrow"

Rachel Carson was the author who wrote the “A Fable for Tomorrow”. She was attacked by many for her controversial book called “Silent Spring”. In the book "Silent Spring" she talks about the things that are affecting the environment such as chemicals and pesticides. One of the attacks against her was that she wasn't a biochemist meaning that she was lost about what she was saying. She even was denominated as “hysterical woman who is unqualified as a scientist". Her main purpose of writing this book was to let people know that we should try to use fewer chemicals. Unfortunately, she died without seeing the impact of her good work. In my opinion, I think that it was not fair the way she was attacked in that way. Everybody has the right to express their feelings.

Cultural Baggage

In the essay" Cultural Baggage" by Barbara Ehrenreich, the author mention some aspects that I doesn't agree with her. In my opinion, I think culture should be important for everyone. We all come from a family with traditions that we follow as we grew. In addition, we all have the right to know our family backgrounds that would help us to know about where we came from. Culture is all about traditions, belief, food, clothes, music, dance and language. Knowing your background should mean everything for a person. I believe that we should try to make our traditions alive so it would continue to the new generation.

Youth of Today

"Growing Up Old" by Richard Gonzalez describes the differences between adolescence in the present and the past. The author points out that currently adolescents are growing up so quickly and they are acting more as an adult. I agree with the author's point of view about youth behavior. Teenagers are growing too fast and they don't see that they are skipping part of their lives. In my opinion, I think that a 10 years old boy or girl shouldn't be carrying a cell phone, now you see kids with 5 years old and they already have a cell phone. Nowadays teenagers are getting married at the age of 16, having kids and leaving the school so they can work to support their family. Kids are getting influence by television, internet and games Finally, I think that parents needs to be in touch of their child behavior. They also should talk with them about the good and the bad things.

College Pressure

“College Pressures” was written by William Zinsser, his purpose of writing this essay was to inform readers the pressure that college students go through. As human, we can face pressure in our house, job and even in school. In the case of College students is a little bit different because they need to maintain a daily routine in order to maintain their classes with a good GPA. Some of the pressures that students face is stress. First, you have to register for class, everybody goes at the same time so is every stressing. Financial Aid is another issue, we need to get that money on time in order to pay for the classes and buy the books. Also, there is a big problem when it come to park. Finally, there are some more pressures that we have to face, but we have to try to overcome those pressures. A good way to overcome college pressure are to maintain relax in every activity you have to make, try to manage your time in a way that you can priority your schoolwork, and try not to procrastinate.

Cinematypes

When I read this essay, I found it very interesting because as woman we all tend to compare the way man behaves. In Toth's essay she classify her dates by saying the way they behave, the movies they like and the way they take her to the movie theater.I think that in order to find the right gay, you need to be date different people to see what is it that you really expect in a man. Her ultimate message was that in her last date when she went alone to the Movie Theater she realized that she felt better being who she really is. In conclusion, it is hard for woman to find the right gay but sometimes is better to be alone rather than to be with someone that you can’t feel comfortable.

Lie Detector

In the essay, the author explains some methods that are used to identify if you are lying by this machine called Lie Detector. Lie detector is a great machine, but I don't think is 100% accurate. The machine was done to determine changes in a person's body. Most of the people know how the machine works, so they try to stay calm and not to get nervous. We all should try to say only the truth, but sometimes people have to deal with events that let them to say it. There is no such a person that has ever said a lie. For examples, you lay when you don't want to hurt other people's feeling or when you don't want your child to know that he/she is adopted. I believe that at some point, we all have to lie in our daily lives. The author even mention that lying is stressful, ; therefore, sometimes it is necessary to say it.

Why we crave Horror Movies

This essay was very interesting because it is true that we all have an animal inside of us, we normally don’t show them but it some occasion it just goes out. I agree with Stephen King's Essay. I believe that we all have different personalities. Most of the times you like people to see that you are strong, but the truth is that you are not. On the other hand, they are some people that love to see horror movies just for the fact that they know they are going to get scared and they love that. In my opinion, I love horror movie. It always keep you awake because you don't know what to expect from the movie, also you don't know when are you going to scream, jump or even hit the one next to you.