Composición 1: Mi diario The purpose of this assignment is t…

Composición 1: Mi diario The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to write freely in Spanish about yourself and your experiences using full sentences and the vocabulary and structures you are currently studying. Please answer the questions using complete sentences and doing your best grammatically.  Write a diary entry (of at least 250 words or more) about the following information:    Write today’s date (review p. 60 if necessary) Greet your diary as you would your friend and introduce yourself and mention your place of origin using el verbo SER (Review pp. 3-4) Write down what time it is (write out the hour) (Review pp. 38-39) Express your age and place of origin (p. 60) Describe your personality suing el verbo SER and descriptive adjectives (use at least 3 different adj.) (pp. 62-63)   Then, write a short paragraph by answering the following questions using full sentences, using connectors and conjunctions (y, también, además, pero, sin embargo, etc,) to make your expressions and sentences flow smoothly, and doing your best grammatically:   ¿Cómo se llama tu universidad y cuál es tu especialización? ¿Qué clases tomas este semestre? ¿Trabajas? Donde trabajas? ¿Cuál es tu profesión? (If not working yet, mention where you would like to work in the future and why?) ¿Cómo es tu familia? (use 2-3 different adjectives to describe your family. Feel free to describe a few family members too) ¿Cuántos hermanos/as tienes? ¿Y primos? (write out the number too) ¿Cuál es tu comida favorita? ¿Te gusta cocinar? ¿Tienes un restaurante favorito? ¿Cómo se llama? ¿Te gusta viajar? ¿A dónde quieres viajar proximamente? ¿Por qué? (yo quiero viajar a…) ¿Qué tienes ganas de hacer el fin de semana (weekend)?  (review p. 72 to indicate desire to do something)   Conclusion: end your composición by saying good bye as you would your friend or family.  

D’Andre is an OIF veteran who suffers from PTSD. In Iraq his…

D’Andre is an OIF veteran who suffers from PTSD. In Iraq his platoon was under attack and hand-to-hand combat ensued. He came face to face with an Iraqi soldier with a gun in his hand poised to shoot D’Andre. The two soldiers looked each other in the eye and in that split-second D’Andre knew he would die. The Iraqi soldier pulled the trigger and the gun clicked. It had jammed. D’Andre grabbed his own gun and killed his enemy. Eight years later, his son is playing with a toy that makes a clicking sound. D’Andre experiences an extreme reaction, heart races, profuse sweating, trouble breathing. As a result, D’Andre throws the toy away and starts to avoid playing with his son. According to the theory of classical conditioning, D’Andre’s physical reaction to the toy gun would be conceptualized as a ________________.