Can Creativity Be Taught?

In this article, it poses the question can creativity be taught?

It compared the teachings such as the ones in art classes, to be similar to giving a plumber or carpenter the tools necessary to do the job, but without him/her having the knowledge necessary to become great at their profession. 

The author believes that creativity is something someone has to be born with, and that it cannot be taught, only shown ways it can be expressed. The question I ask you is; Can creavitivy be taught, or is it something someone has to be naturally born with?

The Power of Coincidence

 In this article i read that researchers have been trying toprove coincidence and none have been able to prove whether or not it can me controlled or predicted. 

Something that can be considered as a coincidence is if someone that you know is in the same place as you and you didnt know the person was going to be there.

My questions is Can coincidence be predicted or controlled? 

Eating Disorders and who support them

In the article that I read it talked about what type of supporters people with eating disorders have. The article described six different types of people who support there loved ones or friends with eating disorders. 

The type that everyone should be is called "The Dolphin", which is the ideal caregiver and shows the person with the eating disorder the right behaviors they should be displaying. The other types of supporters can be too controlling like "The Terrier" or even too anxious and angry at the person with the disorder like "The Jellyfish". "The Ostrich", "The Rhino" and "The Kangaroo" are the other types of supporters a person could have.

Question: Do you think that the type of caregiver can help or harm the patient? If so why?

7.5 million Facebook users are under 13

This article I read is mainly concerned with the young children using Facebook. In a recent study, researchers found that 7.5 million out of 20 million users are minors, under the age of 13. This wouldn’t be a big deal if it weren’t for the fact that 7.5 % of these children reported being bullied, harassed, or taken advantage of while using this site. 

 

Do you believe young children are at risk if they spend too much time on Facebook un-supervised by an adult?

Why Dont Women Ask Males Out On Dates?

This article was basically talking about why women dont ask men out on first dates. Women typically tend to be more shy than men are and dont have the confidence men do to get asked out on dates. 

The article proceeds to explain that there are two kinds of ways to come about the situation. There are verbal an non verbal initiatives. Women are more prone to non verbal initiatives because they rather give signs than full out speaking to the man on how they feel. This dosent really make it a diffrence because today in society asking a women out on a date is just always the right thing to do and what society expects of the male human being to do. 

Do you think it is awkward for a women to ask you out males? and women do you think its awkward for you to ask a male out on a date? and why?

E-Connections: Do Social Media Help or Hurt Our Relationships?

We currently live in a world full of electronics that surround us in our everyday lives, whether it is in school with computers or out and about with an iPod or a cell phone. This has been causing a few problems between relationships, let alone growing to be an “ongoing debate over the impact of social media.” 

 

Many people have been isolating themselves from the rest of the world and focusing on staying in contact through an electronic device. In 2009, a study by Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears showed that “since 1985, Americans have become much more socially isolated and have fewer connections with their neighbors…one cause may be the dramatic rise in…mobile devices…” This study lead to many other investigations done by other organizations. 

 

One done by the Pew Research Center found that in a “typical year, face-to-face contacts occurred an average of 210 days compared to 195 days of mobile phone contact, 125 days of text messaging, 72 days of email contact, and 55 days of instant messaging.” This is now being viewed as a way of life instead of a type of popular trend.

I have to agree that the cell phones, and the internet alone with all of its social networks have messed up the way that people communicate; and soon growing to a point where people won’t even know how to approach each other on the street. Sometimes there is no other way of contacting a person but through an electrical device, but I think there should be more of an effort made to limit the use of electronics. Some people even sleep with their phones right next to them causing them to have a lack of sleep, or when on vacation with the family ruining a moment that should be cherished as a family.

Does the Social media help or hurt our relationships with people?

New Extreme Couponing show: Celebrated or frowned upon?

I listened to the narrator as he introduced the "Double Saving Divas," a pair of ebullient twins from Chicago, who have couponing down to an art form. I watched them on their birthday cashing in on every type of free birthday meal, ice cream, and jewelry they could. With a modest budget for the day, they cashed in big time. I saw their "stockpile" which included shelves of diapers....for the babies they do not have.

At moments, I was thoroughly hooked, and felt a miracle curing of my cold due to all the excitement. I watched a woman shopping for a family of seven, and a woman who began couponing after her husband temporarily lost a job, as well as a man making 1,000 care packages for the troops. Their rationales seemed reasonable enough. And watching the numbers on grocery bills drop from over $1000 to less than $50 is truly exciting.

While a fascinating show indeed, I worry that perhaps the whole story is not being told. Is there something compulsive about this behavior, or at least marginally unhealthy? Why is a man buying up dozens of women's deodorant? Just because it's free, does it mean we must have it? I think one woman purchased about 70 bottles of mustard, even though her husband doesn't even like mustard. Sure, it's non-perishable, but what are you going to do with all that mustard?

Do you think that using coupons like these people is somthing you can look up to because of how much they save, or are they just wasting supplies that can go to other people who may need it more?