...different experiences will help me contribute to the diversity in the Physical Therapy Program. One of my experiences that really stand apart from others is my participation in a mission trip to Honduras. I joined students from the University of Connecticut Health School to provide free healthcare to inhabitants of small villages and cities in the area. The trip taught me the importance of providing healthcare to poverty stricken areas and the effect it can have on the communities. The experience also really cemented the importance of being tolerant of different cultures and areas of the world. You need to be truly passionate about providing a better life for the people that come from less fortunate circumstances, but also understanding of their ways of life. If you are doing something just because you think it looks good and would benefit yourself; your goals become very transparent and those you are helping can tell right away you aren’t really there for them. There was no greater feeling then seeing the smile on the children’s faces while we worked with them to get them better or the clear look of thankfulness on the people who will never take what we provided them for granted. I would love to have the opportunity to provide physical therapy to similar areas of need, which I can successfully contribute to the program at MGH IHP. I have also had different experiences relating directly to the field that have all been quite diverse. My first experience in the...
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...M1: Explain how the management of human, physical and technological resources can improve the performance of a selected organisation. In this report I will explain the specifics detailed in the task specification above relating to John Lewis Partnership subsidy, Waitrose a primary retail grocery store which has quite recently begun to expand into the Digital medium. Human Resources Management of Human Resources is a key statutory for a business to succeed in the often volatile industry of their operations, the same truth is more apparent to Waitrose due to their encompassing scale and obligatory coordination. One of which is to properly respond to consumer demand, specifically; ensuring the hired personal have the specifications and instruction to exercise accurate knowledge regarding a particular or fields of product /service which may interest the consumer. Example in regards to Waitrose could be directional (layout of store), or on occasion recommendatory (gluten free, lactose intolerance). In addition, qualified I.T professionals for online assistance also have to be as noted, qualified. It would be a futile contradiction of successful business practise to worsen the experience of a customer, even if it’s simply a convenience of time. Qualified staff ensures that not only does the consumer have an easier time of navigating their specific issues, but also a more pleasant experience with managerial coordination; being aware that personal are properly qualified in their...
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...Causes and Prevent of Burnout There are many causes for a person to experience burnout and that begs to question. What is employment burnout and what causes a person to feel burnt-out? A person who is feeling over or underwhelmed with his or her own life may experience burnout. What are some personal, social, and managerial reasons a person might feel this way? There are several ways a person recognized burnout and avoid it. How does burnout affect those individuals who work in human services or related industries? Burnout is a feeling of emotional, intellectual, and bodily exhaustion triggered from extreme continued stress. When stress and exhaustion built a person begins to lose the motivation and interest in what he or she is doing. Burnout can leave a person feeling tired, disheartened, pessimistic, and aggrieved (HelpGuide.org, n.d.). Burnout can make a person feel tired, no energy, feel hope/helpless, unappreciated, headaches, and physically ill. There are a million reasons why a person can experience burnout. Boredom, underappreciated, and excessive responsibility some reasons for burnout to happen. There are many causes for burnout and a person can learn to recognize the symptoms. When a person always has a bad day or is in a bad mood because of employment related issues. A feeling of being tired or exhausted all the time is a step towards burnout. When tasks make a person feel overwhelmed, bored, or have a just a plain reluctance to do them. When a person is experiencing...
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...day. Every person on Earth experiences some kind of stress during their lives, and some people are more equipped to deal with the effects than others. There are many causes of stress, both internal and external, and in turn there are many ways that stress manifests itself. Stress is a highly subjective condition and because of that every type person, age group, gender, etc., experiences their own unique stress. There are typically two groups of stimuli that cause stress; daily stressors and larger, more catastrophic stressors. Since stress is taxing on those who experience it, stress is expressed by the individual experiencing it by physical symptoms and social symptoms, and each symptom varies from individual to individual. One of the main causes of stress are small, constant stressors that we experience in our every lives. Daily stressors cover a wide range of stimulus: loud noises, losing important items, procrastination, intrapersonal conflicts, embarrassment . . . the list goes on and on. In reality, any usual event that we experience can produce stress. How much stress each stimulus causes depends on the individual, and if they have a high level of tolerance for that cause or not. Take someone who is outgoing and friendly, more of a type A personality. If required to give a presentation in front of peers, it is unlikely for them to experience any stress. Someone who is more introverted and shy, on the other hand, is more likely to experience a significant amount of stress...
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...Teenager Teenage life is a critical days for teenagers. It is the time wherein we experience identity crisis… we were troubled of so many things around us. The physical changes that occurs commonly to a teenager… also we experience some emotions or feelings that is difficult to explain. In this stage some of the teenagers feel in love in which some find it difficult to handle. They become obsessed and others become rebellious to their parents thinking that, they’re parents could not support nor will be against with what they want. Teenage life must not be confused. Teenagers should not make the flow of his life too fast… explore it but remember there’s limits or boundaries that should be consider. Being careful with everything is more important than regretting one single wrong action done. Teenagers should take the advices of their parents or elders for these advices will help them understand their self better. It will help them become a better person. My life as a teenager is such wonderful. Though sometimes, I experienced doubts and some teenagers will say that my life is a boring one, I’m very much sure that I’m in the right track for my parents guide me always. I’ m proud of being myself… thinking and analyzing everything to make my life as teenager good as ever, no regrets but good memories to reminisce when time comes. Teenage life is the most exciting, memorable experience that one should treasure! Just enjoy...
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...and what sort of experience are they looking for? These are the questions that McKinsey consultants Dahlström and Edelman (herein referred to as ‘McKinsey’) aim to shed light upon to help companies prepare themselves for this changing world. McKinsey believes that emerging technologies will mean that consumers demand a radically different, personalized experience from companies. Sensors in devices, the Internet of Things, the rise of Big Data and the ubiquity of smartphones will hasten the current shift in the balance between consumers and brands, adding a physical dimension to previously virtual transactions. And customers will want these experiences in real time and almost everywhere. The way customers judge brands is changing. Gone were the days that our brands are judged based on the quality of one’s marketing efforts, customer-service, or of the product/service individually. In this on-demand world, consumers will judge brands by their ability to deliver heightened experiences, which McKinsey defines as interactions that offer high levels of value and are radically customized and easy to access, across the entire customer decision journey. Relevant and unique, tailored, and seamless experience is the key. So what can companies do to adapt to these changes? Companies must change what and how they deliver by finding ways to engage customers, by assessing on every way a customer engages with the company, and finally, by creating awesome experiences for their customers...
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...When you face life changing experiences, there will be many challenges and hardships. Have you ever had a life changing event which impacted your life? Life changing experiences could impact your life in a positive or negative way. The people and texts in this essay are Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Beals, I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson, and “Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maksel that highlights Feng Ru. Melba Pattillo Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru, faced life changing experiences, and at the end they all impacted their lives and country in a positive way. Melba Pattillo Beals helped improve education for blacks by integrating Central High School which had many objections and hardships. Her reaction also impacted her country by breaking the color barrier for blacks in schools. In...
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...Poole as a success in his journey to complete his quest. Garson Poole becomes more than human as he is able to feel every possible combination of sensations all at once and that is something beyond human. After his tape ran out Garson Poole felt an intense rush of emotion and feeling simultaneously, a literal, real, physical synesthesia; Garson Poole felt human for the first time. The details he sees, hears, tastes, smells, and touches are significant because they are what finally cause Poole to feel human. The tape filtered Garson's senses: he had one type of touch, one type of hearing, one type of sight, etc; when the tape ran out, the filter was removed, and Garson was able to experience the contrast of an unfiltered world. His statement, "I am living, I have lived, I will never live," can be interpreted as an allusion to "veni, vidi, vici" through the use of asyndeton. The Narrator describes what is happening to Poole's actual mechanical body as if it had no person relying on it, as something that is simply replaceable. After Poole discovered that he was indeed not a human, his quest was to get rid of his reality tape in order to have the "opportunity to experience everything. Simultaneously. To know the universe and its entirety, to be momentarily in contact with all reality. Something that no human can do" (Dick 236). Once Poole did cut the tape, although he had up to 40 minutes to put it back together, he choose to delay long enough so that when he looked into his chest he...
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...contributions to the overall project and report. We are grateful to Status of Women Canada for funding this project and for the continued sponsorship of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres. We also thank the members of our Advisory Committee for pushing and challenging us throughout this project. We thank the women who facilitated focus groups and helped us contact the women in this study. Finally, this report would not be possible without the contributions of the women who told us about their experiences. © 2004 Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children ISBN# 0-9688655-3-4 1 “To understand violence, we have to examine both the personal experience and the terrain of that experience.” Dr. Yasmin Jiawani This report is built on the personal experiences of women who have experienced workplace harassment, but their stories are also about the “terrain” or the context of those experiences. In drawing out the commonalities of their experiences, we have begun to shed light on the terrain. We must transform the terrain if women are to have equality and safety in their workplaces. 2 We dedicate this report to Theresa Vince whose death in 1996 changed the views of many people in Ontario about sexual and workplace harassment. Her tragic and untimely death showed us that workplace harassment can no longer be easily dismissed as a trivial problem. Fundamentally, the goal of this report is to prevent any other woman from losing her ...
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...are being physically harmed, and on the other hand one should avoid eating rotten meat because it will make them sick. Epicurus believes that the ultimate goal in life is to achieve pleasure, which according to him is the absence of pain. When one is not experiencing pain, they must be experiencing pleasure. Unlike the Cyrenaics, Epicurus embraces both types of pleasures, katastematic and kinetic, in both the body and the soul. Katastematic pleasure is the pleasure experienced while being in a state, such as being free from pain, and free of annoyance. Kinetic pleasure is the pleasure experienced while performing an act, such as eating, or having sex. People who things such as steal, rape, and generally bad acts, are punished with physical pain and it is viewed by non followers of Epicurus as the worst form of pain. But since the body is only effected by the present Epicurus says that pain of the soul is the greatest form of pain since it is effected by the past the present and the future. A cut will only hurt until it is healed, a hurt feeling or a bad memory will continue to hurt into the future and the pain of the feeling will not fade with time. If pleasure is happiness, and pain is unhappiness, then happiness is the absence of pain. Epicurus says that one should not fear death, and that death is not unhappiness. This was a wild claim at the time, because people fear death at least some point in their lives. Epicurus says that this is an irrational fear that...
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...example of an individual that ultimately benefited from trauma. In 1984, Trisha Meilia was brutally assaulted while exercising in Central Park New York City. When discovered, her injuries prompted death. (1) Throughout Trishas recovery from physical and neurological injury she kept the traumatic event a secret, yet fourteen years later she resurfaced, happy and wholesome, with a chart-topping book I am the Central Park Jogger: A story of Hope and Possibility. (1) Even at times of immense human suffering, individuals like Trisha, overcame hardship and continued with a positive outlook on life. This phenomenon is termed ‘post-traumatic growth’(PTG). The remarkable way an individual can recover from such trauma leaves one perplexed. Many questions are raised: How is this individual different from other? How did they find happiness and benefit after trauma, when others in a similar position didn’t? This essay will examine these questions, as well as how post-traumatic growth occurs. It will then consider if growth is a possible outcome for all individuals following trauma, and if so, what components of an individual allows of this positive outcome. In 1996 Psychologist Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun defined post traumatic growth as “the experience of significant positive change arising from the struggles with a major life crisis”. (2) A significant part of Tedeschi and Calhouns research referred to a positive change in an individual that did not exist before the trauma, but has...
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...Discuss how Owen’s perspective on human conflict is conveyed in his poetry. Wilfred Owen’s personal experience at war is reflected in his poetry, depicting the brutality of war and conflict. He portrays his perspective about human conflicts in his poetry and effectively conveys the truth about the agony of war in his war poems, ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ (Dulce) and ‘Mental Cases’. To portray his attitudes towards war, Owen uses a diversity of poetic devices to shock and emotionally stir his readers. As a semi-autobiographical recount, Owen criticises the suffering and psychological scarring of soldiers in ‘Mental Cases’. He depicts the aftermath and trauma experienced by soldiers through anecdotal experience. He begins the poem with a bombardment of rhetorical questions, ‘Who are these? Why sit they here in twilight?’ to create an interrogative tone which demand an explanation regarding why the soldiers have been so tortured with misery. He further portrays their dehumanised state through religious diction, ‘Wherefore rock they, purgatorial shadows’ to create a visual of soldiers rocking back and forth, trying to shake off their mental torment. This image is enhanced in the metaphorical hellish existence, ‘purgatory shadows’ to exemplify their eternal suffering. He portrays the soldiers losing their bodily functions and resembling animals in the rhetorical simile ‘baring teeth that leers like skulls wicked?’ This allows Owen to effectively show the audience the agony of war. He...
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...I think people don’t truly see these hard times or believe in this statement until they have had their own personal experiences. An example that comes to mind is the life of Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey is now a very famous person who is very successful with his career as a comedian/actor, but it was not always that way. When Carrey was 15, he had to drop out of school to support his family. His father was an unemployed musician and as the family started to become more poor, they eventually had to start living in a van. Carrey didn't let this stop him from achieving his dream of becoming a comedian. He went from having his dad drive him to comedy clubs in Toronto to starring in big-hit movies and being known as one of the best comedic actors of an era. Even through all of the negatives in Carrey’s early life experiences, he still managed to hold on to his dream and make it a reality. In order to honor his family and be in a better place then he was, he used these adversities to give him motivation that led him to become to the hilarious, successful actor the world knows him as...
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...human beings. Both of them experience growth, development, and perish in a similar manner. Just as human beings enjoy their youth and cherish it throughout the rest of their lives; similarly, nature, in this case blackberries are seen as being appealing when they are fresh. With the use of similes and metaphors, Seamus Heaney compares the experience of picking blackberries with life itself. The reader is able to imagine the cycle of life, all the way from childhood to aging, the same way a blackberry’s own cycle from being fresh to rotten. Human beings treasure their memories of youth and many times wish they could return to that period of time. When Heaney says, “You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet” the reader gets to perceive the image of how he remembers that time in which he could enjoy eating the fresh blackberries. Enjoying eating this fruit can be referring to a childhood in which new experiences would seem as being thrilling. As the poem continues to develop, the blackberries appearance starts to worsen “a rat-grey fungus glutting on our cache the juice was stinking too”. As time passes by, the fruit gets to start getting rotten and to emit an unpleasant smell. The scent of an old fruit can then be compared to an elder whose hygiene is not what it used to be when he had greater mobility or health. The image created by a blackberry from the moment of being picked up to the rotting gets to represent the process human beings experience as they grow older. Life...
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...of whose absence would have made another person, not the one I am. I always say I’m different. Never quite what people expect on a first impression. Friends have categorized me as a pessimist, a naturalistic thinker, a boring, little, nerdy person until we became friends and they realized I had a few screws loose in my head and then found themselves laughing at my jokes and mostly moronic and offending ideas. I believe our experiences in life whether good or bad are what help define who we are. We cannot experience what we are until we encounter what we are not. It is through what we are not that we can be defined. The theory of relativity sustains my beliefs as to know ourselves is not to overcome all earthly passions but to understand them and understand what defines who we are. My experiences and beliefs arise from the relationships I have experienced in both Brazil and Australia, the relationships with my family, friends and people I have met. I learnt that relationships are constantly challenging, calling for us to express ourselves and experience with these people the different aspects that we reveal of ourselves. We can never...
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