Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen. When I was twelve years old and Barton, my older brother, was aro
und fifteen, we took over the family basement. At first, I made a darkroom for developing pictures, and Bart was using it as his lab where he was raising about one hundred white rats, removing their thymus glands, and trying to figure out the glands' dysfunction. He wanted pictures taken of his experiment, doing the surgery on rats, and since I already had a darkroom, I took the pictures, though somewhat reluctantly. I didn't like the blood. Which part of the excerpt expresses an opinion? we took over . . . I made a darkroom for developing pictures . . . he was raising about one hundred white rats . . . I didn't like the blood.
There was once a goddess whose charm and gorgeous looks made all the men swoon. She was a symbol of feminine beauty. Her long flowing brown hair, big blue eyes, and slender frame set her aside from all the mortals. Though some human women were beautiful, none could ever be as pretty as she. She resembled love and sexuality.
The way you treat yourself reflects how you feel about yourself. If you treat yourself with respect and care and like you matter, then you will feel respected, well cared for and important. self-image and self-esteem go hand in hand. People with higher self-esteem have better views of themselves and vice versa.
