Mind Essays

Singer argues that there is no moral justification for denying moral consideration to animals. Can you think of a reason why our moral consideration should include all humans regardless of their level of cognitive ability, yet denied to non-human animals simply because they have lower levels of cognitive abilities (though …

You finally crawled into bed at four in the morning after finally finishing your English paper. Procrastination seemed like a perfectly acceptable option last night, but with the morning sun comes debilitating regret. There’s no way around it: you need to remove yourself from the warm comfort of your bed, …

Throughout the decades, the typical school setting has consisted of desks, paper, pencil, and other traditional school supplies. In recent years, however, technology, such as tablets and computers, have penetrated the conventional school room. While technology teaching aids indicate success in schools, especially economically, there are also negative impacts, such …

What contribution have you made to the world? That’s something people reflect about during their lives and there are seventeen people who have changed the way the world thinks and works. The individuals shown in the iconic Apple “Think Different” commercial displayed many defining characteristics. The most prominent characteristic is …

Everyone has that one person in his or her life who means the world to them, someone they cannot see their life without; to me, that special person would be my father. My name is Joanna Colon; I have two small children, ages four & seven, and a fiancé who …

The story Mirror Image, written by Lena Coakley brings up the argument about, who we are and finding ourselves. Are we judged by who we are externally or what our thoughts are internally? Lena Coakley truly captures the idea that who we are as a person is defined by what …

“Education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment. The teacher’s task is not to talk, …

At a certain point of life we all have the opportunity to choose who we want to spend the rest of our lives with. Everyone has their own expectations on their future partner, and like everyone else I have my own. First of all I’m looking for someone with a …

In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr argues that our ability to focus and think critically is hindered and the Internet appears to be the cause. Carr conveys the thought that people who use the Internet on a daily basis tend to have a lack of concentration and lack …

When I arrived to my workplace, there was no one in my department. Staring at an automatic-drilling with a blinking yellow light, I thought myself that how long had the machine been stopped. I put my lunch bag on a computer desk and sit on a chair to check an …