...could do with music the way the seemingly subtle change of one thing could completely change the entire experience, emotion, and message that existed within a piece of music. High school is where I truly blossomed as musician. As a freshman, I began playing in the jazz band (which developed into my favorite style to play), I made first chair in the symphonic band over three seniors and a junior, I began learning how to play the bassoon, and I began to teach myself piano and guitar. Currently, I play alto saxophone, bassoon, clarinet, piano, and guitar. Being drum major has given me an experience that is like no other; I get to lead 141 other students every day, and I get to share this love of music with them and create something that will be left as legacy as new and old traditions and processes are passed down through years of students. It is all this history—all this personal expansion—that has lead me into...
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...What is Communication to Me? Why is it Important to my Career? Brianna Haneberg BCOM/275 What is communication to me? Why is it important to my career? Communication is the key to success in my career. As a product development manager for an international cruise line, it is imperative to have good communication skills in order to build relationships with vendors and overcome language barriers. I need to be negotiating and working through problems with both vendors and customers consistently, and if I were to do this poorly it would have immense hardships on my company. Therefore, there is always room for improvement with my communication. To me, communication is an ever-evolving skill that needs constant work and dedication. The most common way of communicating is speaking, and it is a very important skill to possess. To be a good speaker means to convey ideas clearly and thoroughly. It is important to look people in the eye while talking to them, and be aware of the surroundings. To me, this is the most important skill and also the hardest, especially when communicating with people who speak only a little English. Writing an e-mail or sending a letter is much easier, because it gives people time to read them. When speaking, there tends to only be one shot at getting the point across. “Good oral communication skills can reduce misunderstandings, errors, frustrations, and conflicts on a regular basis” (National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards...
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...Finance is probably one of the most significant part of our life, it is involved in all kind of activities. No matter where you are and what you are doing, we all face difficulties in making decisions in how and when to use money. Talking about finance, most of people would link it with monetary terms, material possessions and investment to increase personal assets. For me through finance is more about budgeting. However, I consider it not only as a money management tool to balance my expenses and follow my business’s financial performances but also as an instrument that gives me an opportunity to expand my comfort zone. There are a few vital aspects of finances in my life that I am going to explore in this essay, including personal finance and public finance. The type of finance that plays a big role in everyone’s daily life is a personal finance. Individual can be compared to an organization that faces with financing decisions and investment everyday. In order to purchase or invest, the person has to do calculations and projections to make the best decision. Many people have to compare diverse options like to take on debt, mortgages or through they savings before making investment. For example, to have a chance to attend SCAD I had to work tirelessly for a long period of time and maintain my personal budget and put in savings my earnings. However, I consider SCAD is as much about gaining priceless knowledge to improve my capacity, to learn and interact more effectively with...
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...Success takes many different definitions. People have different interpretations of what success really means. For me is as simple as: living well and laughing often. The idea of living well is a very broad statement. Living well, in my opinion is getting success in personal, social and professional life. If I can achieve all of these three levels of success, I believe that I have lived well. Personal success for me is being able enjoy little things that life has to offer. For instance; understanding and appreciating diversity. To have someone to love and treasure, to meet the right person, fall in love, and get marry. To feel that I’m able to love my child and pass on wisdom to him .Feeling that someone loves me, is something that makes me completely happy and successful. Because I believe that without love, life is not thoroughly complete, thus never truly achieve success. I believe that, by being mentally and physically healthy, I have achieved personal success. When I get home to see my loving husband, my loved child, and then I’m able to sit down, relax and appreciate life, then I’m successful in my own right. Social success has a lot to do with the natural tendencies that I as human posses. For instance, I have identified good friends that I can count on as well as they can count on me. Meaning that I have good friend where I can rely on. I know that if a need help on anything, there will always be a helping hand. A part of societal success is also to learn how to treat...
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...My definition of philosophy is simply the quest for greater understanding of knowledge and wisdom. I feel philosophy allows people to expand their minds and dig deeper into their thoughts and feelings. In everyday life people are on an endless journey to acquire more knowledge and wisdom. Most people that attend post secondary schools often do so to acquire knowledge in order to advance their careers, while others go through continuing education in order to simply expand their current knowledge, and then, there are those who study philosophy in religion to obtain higher spiritual wisdom. In taking this class, I am participating in philosophy, on a quest to obtain higher knowledge and wisdom to help me advance myself in my everyday life and my career as a nurse. To me, being a philosopher is to be a teacher or a student who is always seeking out answers to life’s questions. A philosopher is always willing to share all findings in an effort to advance the knowledge and wisdom of everyone around. Philosophers help to create a more informed and enlightened society. I also, feel that being a philosopher is to be an “Indiana Jones”, always searching for the next holy grail of knowledge on a never ending quest to find the answers to “why” and “how”. As far as, why the University of Notre Dame requires students to take two philosophy classes, I thought it was just like every other requirement you had to take in order to graduate. I never put too much thought into an actual...
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...Not seeing what is In Front Of Me Learning Autobiography Essay English Composition I EN-1102-1 Prof. Brian Campbell By: Lesia Fox September 6, 2013 Being born last of five living children out of eight born to J.F. and Verdie Mooneyham in March 1964. Back when they did not know about the dangers of eating under-processed farm meat such as cow and pig meat, drinking unpasteurized milk, when no one had ever heard of the dangers that digging in the dirt where a cat had done their business when a woman was expecting a child, and what that could cause. I was the one who was born with the effects of all these horrible side effects. Hello, I am Lesia Mooneyham Fox, and I was born with Toxoplasmosis, Which is transmitted to the unborn child from the mother through contact with the cat’s fesses, under-cooked meat, and unpasteurized milk. Without the mother even knowing, she is harming her unborn baby. This is my story, what is has been like growing up as a visually impaired person, having to learn to live as an almost sightless person in a sighted world. For me I did not realize I was different until I began to get older, probably about four or five and had trouble finding thing. I really don’t remember much about my early childhood, mostly what my family has told me. I do remember however, that I was my daddy and grandma’s shadow; where ever they were, I was right behind them. We had a farm, and I loved going to the barn with them to milk the...
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...These symbols mean a lot to me, I say this because there are a lot of things that I do in life as a young woman. These symbols represent how I get through things no matter what. I try my hardest to get through things that bother me or that are hard on me. Some things will bother me but I just have to think about Hope, Love, Faith, and the symbol of my horoscope. These symbols of my life they have to do with me and my family. It is easy on me because I know what they go through just by talking to me. The first symbol is the cross in the middle represents me in church. It represents me in church because I’m really big when it comes to church. I like to sing on the Worship team, do offering, or I’m greeting people. My leaders are great when it comes to church I’m blessed to be a part of Victory Outreach Phoenix. Now that I’m a part of VOPHX and also a leader it makes me feel great because I’ve been changed by god. Sometimes I do the kids check in or I’m teaching a class. Fridays we have bible study at my brother and sister in laws house, and I teach the younger kids there. The kids that I teach there they love to hear about god. I’m glad that I make my parents proud...
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...Shelley Reflective Paper: Diversity, What Does It Mean to You? HRM582 11/1/2012 The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines diversity as “an instance of being composed of differing elements or qualities” (Merriam-Webster). Based on past and present life experiences, I have to agree with this definition. Diversity, or different qualities, is within each person, group of people, and organization. I was raised most of my life in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is a major city with many different types of people. I went to school with whites, blacks, Hispanics, and other races. Having diversity, or people who were different, around me was an everyday thing. In the eleventh grade our family moved to a tiny, one stoplight town called Frankton, Indiana. It was a very different environment for me due to the lack of diversity in the town. The town consisted of mainly white people. I think there was only one black person in the entire school. I remember talking to a few of the students about where I came from and the diversity I had grown up with. They were amazed I came from such a big city as Indianapolis. Everyone asked me questions about what it was like to live in an area that was so diversified. It was hard to believe that even in this era the people of this town seemed to be so secluded and seem to have no idea about other races or cultures. There was not much diversity in this small town, therefore they seemed to be only educated about what they knew. I believe education is the...
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...What Justice Means to Me Many words and phrases are used to describe the meaning of justice but everyone has a different definition to describe justice. Moral character, environmental factors, social issues, and many other factors can determine the meaning of justice for each individual. Justice, to me, means that fair and equal treatment for an individual's actions will be evaluated according to the rights set forth in the United States Constitution, previous court cases, and standards commonly known in society no matter an individual's ethnic or moral characteristics. Laws and bills are passed in accordance with the Constitution to be used to benefit society and the citizens of the United States. Every individual has a meaning for justice and what they hold to be true or acceptable behavior in society. According to one definition explaining the meaning of justice is described by The FreeDictionary (2008) in the following quote, "The upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law." This meaning could be interpreted in many ways and used in different situations. I found, in previous courses in my associate degree program, that justice can be divided into different categories such as virtue, honor, morality, and ethical thinking. From combining the definition of virtue as stated by Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (2008) and ideals of justice I have come up with the following statement: The belief of virtue...
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...To me, psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. If the word psychology is broken down, the prefix, psych, means mind or mental process and the suffix, ology, and means the study of. I do believe that psychology has evolved. What psychology means to me can differ from the person that is sitting next to me in class than the professors definition of what psychology is and means. I want to learn more about a couple of psychological concepts, one being dreams. Other concepts that I want to learn more about is how addictions can affect us either it be chemically or emotionally; another concept that I want to learn more about is how events in our lives when we were younger can affect us in our adult lives and older. My family does foster care, so it is interesting to see kids from when we just started now and see how my affected them, how being in the system affected them, and how their parents actions have affected them. Another concept that I want to learn more about is how economic statues, geological locations, and religious practices can have effect on a person. I think that someone definition of what psychology is going to depend on a number of things like where they taught, how they were taught, what they remember and even when...
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...What Diversity means to me… Diversity to me is the balance of different cultures, races, sexes, religion, appearance, sexual orientation, disabilities, and many more things. It’s the ability to look at someone else and to realize they are different but not treat as they are. The way you look at others and judge them could be the same way others look at you and judge you and make decisions based on what they do and do not like about you. You would not want someone to do this to you or to treat you unfair so why would you do it to someone else. Diversity is a way of saying yes I know your different from me, but I accept it! I believe everyone has a God given right to be different and unique. Who’s to tell you that the way you are is not right? Maybe it is them that are out of sorts. I don’t think anyone should be judged about how they are or where they are from especially if it is not harmful to something like a job or something. For example, a horrendous and unbearable odor or perhaps filthy clothes at a professional workplace. With that being said if hurtful mishaps are not in place than why are you worried about the next person? If you have time to sit around and criticize people maybe you need to find a hobby or something to occupy your time better. You have to much free time on your hands, are you being paid to criticize? There are thousands of jobs today that discriminate on women everywhere. They don’t let the women do certain things because...
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...What Education Means to Me There are many questions that people ask in life, whether there important or not. It’s always funny when people ask “What does an education mean to you.” In my head I would reply “What does it mean to you?” But I simply just say… an education means the world. Education means my future, my life and, my career. As Brian Kaufman said “You get the better job with the better pay. But that is not the reason we should pursue a higher education.” And it’s not because there’s more in life then pay. So education means the things that others couldn’t have. Education means the night’s people read under the lamps that tried not to get caught. Education, things that others got beat brutally for. It means I have a chance to climb to the top. It means I get to prove the ones who downed me wrong. Education gives me the chance to make the ones who desired it proud. Education means I have a future. Education means I’m capable of a healthy living life. Without education I couldn’t read nor write this paper. Education means I have a chance. To know I have a shot to aim at my goal makes me overly excited. To know I can be anything I want with nobody stopping me makes me feel in charge. It’s not up to fate because it lies in my hand. It depends on me and what I choose. Education means that I determine who I’m going to be. It’s not like a dice that has to be rolled. It’s me and my decisions. So as you see Education means the world to me. This is because when...
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...What Achievement Means To Me When there is a problem, I’m the one that you would ask to solve it. If someone was mixed up in a tangled mess, I’m there to straighten it out. I will always be the one that will make society look at the positive outlook of a brilliant idea gone wrong. I’m that special someone that will help you realize that the idea is still brilliant even though it may have taken a turn for the worse. I have always been recognized for my gift to lift someone’s spirits. It has always been evident that Public Relations is the career for me. Dreams and ambitions or not just sleep clouds and small child fantasies that are only in my imagination. Dreams and ambitions keep me focused and energized to achieve all that God has for me. What is achievement to me? The meaning of achievement is obtaining exertion or successful performance. That’s the proper definition according to Webster’s Dictionary. But to me, achievement means so much more. My goals and ambitions are life opportunities that I refuse to compromise or let be compromised. Obtaining my goals and working hard towards my ambitions is a very important factor at this point in my life. In my opinion, achievement is everlasting. It can be good or bad. It just depends on how one chooses to take advantage of it. For example, a criminal has stolen a man’s fortune successfully; he has achieved his goal. It’s a very bad achievement, but he was successful. However, a Christian such as myself, looks...
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...What Success Means to Me Being successful can be viewed in many different ways, such as being happy, having a nice house, being rich, being a good mother, or having something to make someone envy you. Many people only look at success in two ways: popularity and money. To me, success means to set a goal for myself, plan the steps to achieve it, carry through with the plan, and finally to achieve my goal. There is no better feeling than when you have finally accomplished your goal that you’ve set for yourself. My first goal is to earn my degree in my chosen profession which is Marine Science. I never really knew what I wanted to do in terms of a career. I knew what hobbies I loved, and so I decided to turn them into something that I would do for the rest of my life. The next objective that I’ve set for myself is to find the perfect job in the career field that I have chosen that is best suited for me. There’s a quote by Confucius that says “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” and that is what my aim is for myself. The last goal that I will accomplish is to travel someplace that I’ve never been before every year. I’ve set a few goals for myself in life, and I plan on accomplishing them all. Now that I know what my goals are in life, I have to start planning the necessary steps to achieve them. For me to accomplish my first goal in life I have to decide which University overseas could help me in earning my degree after I have completed...
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...What Christmas Means to me Christmas to me is a celebration, which includes spending time with my family, decorating the entire house, inside and out, and shopping, for the people I love. Doing this with the people I love is what means the most to me. Spending Christmas with my family is very important to me. We usually gather and celebrate at my parent's house, in East Tennessee. My husband, our three children, and myself travel from California. My two sisters, their husbands, and children come from a nearby town, for our celebration. We spend the day baking cookies, making fudge and preparing a big Christmas dinner, with all the trimmings. The children love to see each other. They spend the day playing games and sharing their new gifts and toys that Santa Claus brought for each of them. They get so eager to decorate, that it is hard to restrain them. Decorating for Christmas is so much fun. My father always draws a new background scenery, for the Nativity scene, that he displays, every year. He, my brother-in-laws and my husband start with the decorations for the outside of the house and the front yard. Every year, my parents add a little more to the outside decorations. My mom, sisters, our children and myself decorate the inside of the house. My mom has so many indoor decorations that they can not all possibly be displayed. We try to change the decorations, which we put out every year. The men finish up just about the same time as, we women and then it is time...
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