Vida

Paragraph 1 They all had personal and group problems, as a team and as individuals. Oscar Vazquez wanted a career in the military but ran into some problems when he went to a meeting to become a soldier. The team also ran into the problem of not having enough money for the robot and had to keep a tight budget for materials. In paragraph 15 it explains that Oscar Vazquez’s parents brought him to the U.S. from Mexico without proper paper work, not allowing him to receive a scholarship, nor get…

Having a good team is important in having an effective business. After reading the magazine “La Vida Robot” and biography Steve Jobs, readers will understand the importance of having a captain or one person to keep track of all the work. Both Davis and Isaacson feel that a strong team needs a least one person who is business savvy in order to be successful. Davis’s perspective of a good team is that one person must have business knowledge. In the evidence Oscar is making sure the team is on…

This is a viewpoint about the capsizing of Pura Vida Princess, a 100 foot catamaran vessel, which sank near the coast of Punta Leona. The vessel is owned by Global Crust Firm S.A. According to the report of an online news site, The Tico Times, the ship left Herradura Bay on 8th of January and on its way across the Gulf of Nicoya. During the departure, the sea was calm but within 30 minutes after, at about 2040H, the ship had called for a distress call but it rapidly sank due to strong winds and…

Vida, the nine chapter collection of memories that are not placed in chronological order, by Patricia Engel gives a bicultural perspective of the contradictions and complexities of growing up Columbian in the United States. Throughout the novel, Sabina floats from her twenties in New York and Florida and her youth and adolescence in the suburbs of New Jersey to in the last chapter, Madre Patria, a family vacation in Colombia when she was seven. Sabina illuminates her growth as the protagonist…

As Vida Winter says in the beginning of the story "all children mythologize their birth". But for Aurelius that was not the case, he had nothing but to construct a mythology of his birth since Mrs. Love found him on the porch as a infant. There is no one in the book who can connect and relate with him to the reality of his history. Mrs. Love telling her story proves the central mystery of Aurelius's background. “Because if Mrs. Love found me, it can only mean that before that happened, someone…

In La Vida Robot and the excerpt from Steve Jobs the authors Davis and Isaacson both show how the team member’s and their different experiences help the team show what they can do and bring diversity to the project, it helps show the team new things. In La Vida Robot the story shows how the team leaders have different experiences which help contribute to the team. In Steve Jobs it also shows how Wozniak and Jobs both had some influence from their dad’s. This shows how both authors think that…

to go, and how you are going to get there. A choice is the act of making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. The possibilities may surpass your limits and get you far in life, or cause you to feel regretful and ashamed. In “Viva La Vida” and “The Road Not Taken” each author uses choices to portray similarities to “Peace Like A River” and how bad choices can affect you. Life gives you an abundant amount of choices, but when you make the wrong decision you can be left which far…

“Vivir Mi Vida” is a song written by Marco Antonio Muñiz, also known as Marc Anthony. Marc anthony is from New York City, New York. He is an actor, singer, and television producer.Marc Anthony became famous in the 1998s and still famous till today. Marc wrote “Vivir Mi Vida” in late April of 2013 and has been a hit ever since. The lyric to “Vivir Mi Vida” in Spanish are Voy a reír, voy a bailar vivir mi vida la la la la, voy a reír, voy a gozar, vivir mi vida la la la la [x2]. A veces llega…

The rise and fall of an empire will depend on the mind and intentions behind the leader. In The Count of Monte Cristo- by Alexandre Dumas and “Viva La Vida”- by Coldplay, both the author and the songwriter use imagery and allusion to convey the idea that desire and excessive power can lead to the fall of an empire. In The Count of Monte Cristo, a man by the name of Villefort, is the Royalist son of a Bonapartist. Villefort slowly made his way up the social ladder, was a trusted Royalist, and…

What makes a powerful team? A powerful team is a group of people working together to accomplish their goals. In the excerpts, “La Vida Robot” by Joshua Davis and “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson both authors believe that a powerful team is a team that has different strengths and think in different ways. In life, a successful team is a group of people that use their different minds and skills to come together to achieve their goal. To begin with, when it comes to building an effective team,…