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In my Composition class first quarter, our first major writing assignment was to write a narrative about ourself. I've not had any huge landmark events in my life, so I simply wrote about how I've grown in my walk with God as I've grown up.

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While growing up nearly every child feels the need to be somebody, to figure out his identity. Most children attempt to find acceptance from their peers by the way they dress, the music to which they listen, the people with whom they hang out, the parties they attend, or the other activities in which they participate. While I never really felt a strong need to please others as a child, I still struggled with being shy and lonely, and with not always fitting in. Now, having grown up in many regards, I no longer feel the need to fit…

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The second assignment of my first quarter Composition class was to write a persuasive essay on the topic of my choice. I was, at first, told my topic of "stem cell research" was too commonplace, but I did my best to bring out a less commonly explained aspect of the issue.

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With the advent of a wide variety of scientific advances in the medical field, especially those improvements in health-related fields, the quality of life for the earth’s inhabitants has improved greatly over the past century. Scientists continue to improve upon current knowledge and expand the field of medicine. Over the past few years, scientists have performed significant research pertaining to the study of stem cells. Many researchers see potential in the manipulation of stem cells - possible treatments for currently incurable diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s (Goldstein). With these new discoveries, though, questions as to…

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The final assignment for my first quarter Composition class was to write a reflective essay looking back over the quarter and how I changed through the course of the class.

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When I first discovered that I had to take Composition at MSOE, I was relatively confident that doing well in it would be fairly easy, but I still felt a bit worried about the level of difficultly and the amount of work involved in getting a decent grade in the class. Though writing has never been very difficult for me, it has also never been one of my favorite activities. For example, in high school, though I received good grades on my compositions, I found it difficult to stretch my brain to think in the way my teachers wanted…

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Assignment: One of the purposes of this course is for your, as an individual student, to relate yourself or an experience you've had to the readings/videos. With that in mind, this first paper requires you to describe an experience you have had and/or witnessed, then compare this experience to two works from class.

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A mere cursory glance at my life suggests that my life has been free from alienation. While it is true that as a heterosexual Caucasian male growing up in a predominately white community I did not experience much isolation based on my skin color, my gender, or my sexual orientation, I was not immune to alienation as a child. My timidity that came about as a result of having no older siblings in whose steps I could follow, in addition to my slightly above-average intelligence proved to be the grounds for fellow students to treat…

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Assignment: To fulfill one of the requirements for HU-100, you need to attend a fine arts event sometime in the upcoming few weeks. As a follow-up to your experience, you need to write a 2-3 page paper that should be roughly equal parts summary and critique.

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Perhaps one of the most astounding forms of art is nature itself. For example, the snowflake, even as small as it is, consists of an exquisite pattern of frozen water. Many of the exhibits found in the Milwaukee Public Museum demonstrate a similar sort of natural beauty. Through my visit to the museum January 19, I was not only reminded of the beauty of God’s creation, but of the tendency within mankind to alienate himself from God and worship nature in place of Him who created nature.

As seems to be commonplace among MSOE students studying some…

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To finish off my Contemporary Issues in the Humanities class, we had to write an essay about an experience we had during the quarter and how it changed or helped us to strengthen our views. I decided to write about an encounter I had with a homeless man one night when I went out to dinner.

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America's strong heritage with regard to allowing its citizens the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" has brought about a mindset that each person should work for his own benefit and personal pleasure. While there is nothing wrong with happiness and enjoying oneself, this route to seeking out joy will usually leave people empty-handed. A recent experience with a homeless man strengthened my belief that true, satisfying happiness comes not from working for one's own benefit but from serving others.

About a week ago, I went to Milwaukee's Grand Avenue Mall with two friends…