I know it sounds a little strange on the surface. How can writing in a reading journal help you have a higher GPA? It gives you an edge over other students because it increases your ability to understand, analyze, and write about what you read—skills other students have yet to develop. In 2006, […] The post How to Boost Your GPA By Writing in a Reading Journal first appeared on Academic Writing Success.| Academic Writing Success
chapter 2 "I don't know where to turn next with my career. Such is the problem that is ceaselessly buzzing in my ears. Indecision is the worst of evils." At school he continued to immerse himself in books, writing detailed notes about his classes and indulging in typically grandiose adolescent reflections about the nature of the world. He made few close friends. "I don't like society, above all this frivolous and shallow society," he wrote. "Literature suits me. Reflection and meditation are ...| Konfetti Explorations Feeds
Wait a minute... I'm starting to see a pattern... are they all versions of herself in different timeliness correcting her own mistakes????| Konfetti Explorations Feeds
This was a disappointment. I get the book. But it was definetly an over hype. I did write on my notes that it might have been better if the book was longer. Right now it was too flat. It was vibes. I was looking for mind bending reality. I guess with so many people dealing with depression this book got popular. But my favorite books are the least popular.| Konfetti Explorations Feeds
Quick library time read. I printed the 2 essays I enjoyed the most to use in future blog posts, because I had to laugh at how times have NOT change.| Konfetti Explorations Feeds
'Oh, music. Lovingkindness. (I like that word.) Dreams. Humans are very good at dreaming, although you'd never know it from your television. There are cultures all over the Galaxy that trade dreams. ' -- chapter 20, Grand Central Station I love love love this chapter; it is so beautifully written. The movie never made it justice. Also, the movie was absolutely Americanized. The book is about the coming together of humanity, on faith and science merging. On discovering we are not alone in this...| Konfetti Explorations Feeds
The nations that had instituted spaceflight had done so largely for nationalistic reasons; it was a small irony that almost everyone who entered space received a startling glimpse of a transnational perspective, of the Earth as one world. It humble us.| Konfetti Explorations Feeds
Half way and I'm starting to struggle. A lot of political details involving many many names mentioned once. It's dragging a lot to introduce a new turn of plot every chapter. So every chapter introduces a new discovery and a lot of political and theological debates around them. It is a reflection of its time. But it's starting to draaaaaag.| Konfetti Explorations Feeds
