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Learning Activity 1

1. Real Life Issues On Talk Shows

a. Most TV talk shows depict important life issues with real personal stories. TV shows such as
Montel and Maury have produced hundreds of shows relating to teen violence, suicide,
unsolved murders of family members, AIDS and hate crimes. People affected by these issues and
more write to Montel and other talk shows about their situations so they can share with others
their experiences with hope of helping someone else. I recently viewed a show on Montel about
an unsolved murder. One of the guests spoke about the worst day of her life, the day her
financee' was shot and killed while at work by a random gunman and how it affected her life.
Many people in the U.S. are affected by these types of issues and suffer in silence due to their
belief that nobody cares. Those affected by these social issues will continue to be victims
without TV talk shows such as these. For the most part, TV shows provide an important view on
today's issues and how they affect everyday people. (Feller, 2005)

i. Persuasion

2. Battle of the Social Network Stars

a. A major difference between Facebook and Twitter emerges in their methods of communication.
Facebook is, in fact, meant to be more passive, as Jeff Glasson noted in an early 2008 blog post
on the Social Media Today website. In contrast, Twitter seems a much more active form of social
communication in which the way you talk to people on the social network emerges as much
more conversational. Twitter has been linked to a giant party where you know no one but wish
to make many friends. In contrast, Facebook would be a wedding reception filled with family
and friends. When looking at these two tools, one issue comes up quite frequently – the issue of
privacy. Privacy seems paramount to the users of Facebook, but Twitter users tend to embrace
the feeling that everything is public. Simply look at this difference in the two services: Facebook
gives you friends, while Twitter fives you followers. With Facebook, you often need some sort of
approval to contact another user while Twitter does not require the same type of approval.

i. Comparison and Contrast

3. Laughter the Medicine

a. Laughter is one of the greatest healing devices known to man. Laughter is powerful and can help
people in many different ways. It has the power to cure something as little as a bad day or to
heal the wounds of a terminally ill person. Laughing has helped create the smile which is the
universal sign of well being. Generally, individuals who do not laugh live miserably and have
unhappy lives. Dr. Robert Holden found out that smiling and laughing releases endorphins in the
brain which gives people a overall happy well being. Using comedy, many doctors have
stimulated the healing process in manic depressants and fatally ill patients giving them hope and
 ambition. In many clinics laughter is being used in replacing anti depressants and reduces the
need for pain killers.(Dr. Gael Crystal). Take comedians for example, they usually live long and
happy lives. Putting a smile on faces and laughs in souls is what makes life complete. Laughter
helps heal people and brightens spirits for a better and healthier life. Laughing is a sign of joy
and hope and keeps people normal and the world happy. Using the techniques of laughter and
happiness is the best medicine known to man. Laughter is the universal sign of well being and
happiness within health. Laughing brightens the spirit and heals the mind and body of people
who allow it to overcome them. So try a smile and laugh on for size and live a longer happier life
with loved ones. (Campos, 2005)

i. Persuasion

4. 10 Things to Hate About Sleep Loss

a. Most people have experienced sallow skin and puffy eyes after a few nights of missed sleep. But
it turns out that chronic sleep loss can lead to lackluster skin, fine lines, and dark circles under
the eyes. When you don’t get enough sleep, your body releases more of the stress hormone
cortisol. In excess amounts, cortisol can break down skin collagen, the protein that keeps skin
smooth and elastic.

i. Cause and Effect

5. The Top Functional Foods of 2010

a. According to the April 2009 position on functional foods by the American Dietetic Association
(ADA), all foods are functional at some level, because they provide nutrients that furnish energy,
sustain growth, or maintain and repair vital processes. While the "functional food" category, per
se, is not officially recognized by the Food and Drug Administration, the ADA considers
functional foods to be whole foods and fortified, enriched, or enhanced foods that have a
potentially beneficial effect on health. Thus a list of functional foods might be as varied as nuts,
calcium-fortified orange juice, energy bars, bottled teas and gluten-free foods. While many
functional foods—from whole grain breads to wild salmon—provide obvious health benefits,
other functional foods like acai berry or "brain development" foods may make overly optimistic
promises. Thus, it’s important to evaluate each functional food on the basis of scientific
evidence before you buy into their benefits.

i. Definition

Short Quiz 1

1. Photosynthesis in Plants - Plants perform photosynthesis because it generates the food and energy
they need for growth and cellular respiration.  It is important to note that not all plants
photosynthesize.  Some are parasites and simply attach themselves to other plants and feed from
them. For plants to perform photosynthesis they require light energy from the sun, water and
carbon dioxide. Water is absorbed from the soil into the cells of root hairs.  The water passes from
 the root system to the xylem vessels in the stem until it reaches the leaves.  Carbon dioxide is
absorbed from the atmosphere through pores in the leaves called stomata.  The leaves also contain
chloroplasts which hold chlorophyll.  The sun’s energy is captured by the chlorophyll. Leaves are
essential for the well-being of plants.  Most of the reactions involved in the process of
photosynthesis take place in the leaves.  The diagram below shows the cross section of a typical
plant leaf.

a. Process Description

2. Synchronicity - Synchronicity, popularized by James Redfield's "The Celestine Prophecy" and later by
Neal Donald Walsch's "Conversation with God," is a new word for serendipity. It is not so much a
coincidence or a discovery by chance as a natural result of being aligned with God's will. It answers a
need of the moment, and the more aware you are of it, the more often it manifests in your life. Your
question or problem is answered by a billboard you pass by, a song on the radio or a snatch of
conversation. An accidental meeting may be the beginning of romance, the landing of a contract, or
the discovery of a business opportunity. It could be the timely occurrence of the same idea in two
different people, a phone call from someone whom you had been thinking much about lately. It
could be as banal as "where did I read such- and -such information," and the book might have just
dropped on your lap. So, in order to be in synch with God's will, you must be the best person you
can be, and inevitably, you will be drawn into the pathway of God where celestial droppings occur.
Of course the important thing is that your lap must be there at the right moment to drop on.
Adapted, Cordero-Fernando I 1-2

a. Definition

3. Attitude - Attitudes, which affect the individual's subsequent behavior or perception, are formed in
two ways, directly or indirectly. Directly, they are learned through firsthand experience and
socialization. Experience-based attitudes are stable, less changeable, and more salient for the
individual. They, too, are shaped directly through socialization. Children learn by example from their
elders at home or from their teachers in school. Indirectly, effective modifiers of people's attitudes
are subordered into the media and advocacy groups. Media is further classified into print media and
TV or radio media. Print media with its loaded language arouses extreme feelings that feed into the
readers' minds, thus, influencing behavior. TV, with its extremely graphic and attractive
presentation, leaves hard-to-forget images in the viewers' minds. In addition, newscasters and
commentators over the TV and the radio, and opinion makers in the Internet definitely affect
attitude formation of the masses. Also of growing importance as indirect molders of people's
outlooks are advocacy groups that come together to discuss issues. Church leaders, activists, human
rights conformists, and any other social groups maintain ensconced beliefs and value systems. By
and large, people's outlooks are defined, changed and strengthened through the different means of
attitude formation.

a. Classification
4. Greening the Red Planet - Terraformation - the greening of the planet - would be the most
ambitious engineering project in human history. This feat may be accomplished in several stages.
The challenge is to warm Mars first by raising the temperature from -60 degrees to -40 degrees. One
way to begin this is to build chemical factories, power them with small nuclear reactors that will
pump out greenhouse gases to cover the planet and prevent the escape of heat. Then, as the
temperature rises, the atmosphere will become thicker but not thick enough. Hence, an ozone
substitute will be manufactured to supplement the atmosphere. When the temperature reaches -25
degrees, tundra vegetation will survive. Later, as the planet warms to -15 degrees, carbon dioxide,
nitrogen, and water will seep from the crust. The atmosphere will continue to thicken and water will
pool in canyons. Soon, Mars will have a breathable atmosphere when microorganisms will create
soil to sustain plants, and plants will convert the atmospheric carbon dioxide into oxygen. When the
temperature reaches -5 degrees, the ice will melt. Bodies of water will be formed and rain will fall
regularly. Trees will be planted, changing the dry red planet into a moist green globe.
Terraformation, one of our prodigious dreams, may founder. But suppose it could be done, should it
be done? Adapted, Darrah and Petranek 99

a. Process Description

5. Fathering is unlike mothering. True enough it is, even before the child is born. While the expectant
mother is busy reading about Lamaze birthing and breastfeeding, finding suitable clothing and baby
accessories, worrying about the nursery and color-coordinating it, the expectant father is engrossed
in his hobby book on fishing, tennis or basketball, and is worried about his car that conked out just
the day before. Then come the labor pains that rock the mother's whole being, and the delivery that
shocks her senses. The father, all the while, is a spectator offering comfort and absorbing the
screams. Later, during the growing up years, the attachment processes are also different. The
mother is concerned about the practical care of feeding and washing the child whereas the father
plays rough and tumble with the kid. The mother provides more of the verbal stimulation; however,
the father communicates more physically. During the rearing years, the mother provides the
warmth and comfort of the home; on the other hand, the father sees after the financial and physical
security of the family. Yes, fathering and mothering are in many ways different, but both
complement each other. Adapted, Koo G1

a. Comparison and Contrast

6. Emotional Intelligence - Are you a person who graduated with honors yet cannot keep or advance in
a job? Are you a person with a dream of becoming an entrepreneur but lacks the courage to pursue
a project that is clearly within your area of expertise? If you are, then you are wanting in emotional
intelligence - abilities involving emotional discipline and control. It involves the abilities to motivate
oneself and persist in the face of frustration; to control one's impulse and delay gratification; to
regulate one's moods; and to keep distress from swamping the ability to think, to empathize, and to
hope. While IQ has its nearly one-hundred-year history of research on hundreds of thousands of
people, emotional intelligence is a new concept. No one can yet say exactly how much of the
variability from person to person in life's course it accounts for. But data suggest that EQ can be as
 powerful as IQ and at times, more powerful in shaping the destiny of man. While there are those
who agree that IQ cannot be changed much by experience or education, these crucial emotional
competencies can indeed be learned - if we bother to teach them. Adapted, Goleman 36-37

a. Definition

7. Synchronicity - There is an old story that says you can't kill a frog by putting him in boiling water. He
reacts so quickly to the sudden heat that he jumps before he is burned. But if you put him in cold
water and then warm it up gradually, he never decides to jump until it is too late. By then, he is
cooked. Men are just as foolish. Take away their freedom overnight, and you have a violent
revolution. But steal it from them gradually in the guise of security, peace and progress, and you can
paralyze an entire nation. Adapted, Lundberg in Manalo 133

a. Analogy

8. The last paragraph of Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" helps to answer the question if the
story actually took place or if it was just a dream that Brown had. The sentence preceding the final
paragraph asks that exact question, in fact; but whether it was a dream or a real-life experience the
rest of his life would never be the same. He didn't look at the preacher, his wife, or anyone else in
town the same again and died a bitter old man. He didn't even regard his children or grand-children
with much more respect than he did others because his trust of other people being what they seem
was gone afterwards. he never recovered from seeing people that he thought were pure and
innocent actually have hidden secrets of sin even though he himself was on the same path of
temptation (What a hypocrite, huh?). His bitterness, self-righteousness, and pride held him back
from forgiving others, accepting people for who they are, and living a life of happiness. Acting like
that doesn't score any friends because, "they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his
dying hour was gloom".

a. Interpretation

9. Red, Reade, Rade, Read - With the average hours of TV viewing reaching an alarming eight hours a
day or more, it is obvious that the general population has abandoned reading as a leisure activity. To
counter this undesirable trend, it is important to understand why reading interest has waned and
what the results are. Some name the advent of technology - Internet, iPads, ipods, film, TV, video
games, cell phones, and radio - as one cause of the decline in reading. Aside from the old-time high
of public involvement with technology, there is a deemphasis on reading and reading skills in the
public school system. Reading has become a less valuable activity; thus, interest in it and the ability
to read fall. Another factor is the rapid pace of life today. As a consequence, people depend on quick
information from seventh-grade-level news stories rather than from insightful and complete
descriptions of events in books and periodicals. People, too, no longer read at the levels they once
did. Altogether, the effects of the decline in reading appear critical. People are grossly misinformed
of issues and histories. Because of this situation, they tend to lose the ability to think to actively
participate in intellectual and mental processes that require agile minds. Without the ability to think
clearly, the capacity to make decisions and solve problems is likely to be impaired. Ultimately,
 thinking tasks for a safe and healthy future may be waylaid. Yet, reading for advancement, as well as
for entertainment, is critical if the world is to successfully meet the challenges of tomorrow.

a. Cause and Effect

10. The Structure of a Book - A book is like a single house. It is a mansion of many rooms - rooms on
different levels, of different sizes and shapes, with different outlooks, rooms with different functions
to perform. These rooms are independent, in part. Each has its own structure and interior
decoration. But they are not absolutely independent and separate. They are connected by doors and
arches, by corridors and stairways. Because they are connected, the partial function, which each
performs, contributes its share to the usefulness of the whole house. Otherwise, the house would
not be genuinely livable. The architectural analogy is almost perfect. A good book, like a good house,
is an orderly arrangement of parts. Each major part has a certain amount of independence. As we
shall see, it may have an interior structure of its own. But it must also be connected with the other
parts - that is, related to them functionally - for otherwise, it could not contribute its share to the
intelligibility of the whole. The most readable book is an architectural achievement on the part of
the author. The best books are those that have the most intelligible structure and, I might add, the
most apparent. As houses are more or less livable, so books are more or less readable.  Adler, "How
to Read a Book"

a. Analogy