...semester that we were going to write a paper on how has violence has affected us to be honest I was okay with that even though I don’t like writing essays, but when you gave more details about the paper I wasn’t sure if I wanted to write this paper. I didn’t think I was prepared to let go a big part of my past; a horrible past. When I made the decision to stay in this course I knew it was time to let go to the horrible things I had to go through as a child and teenager. I know that when you write or speak about your experiences it helps you but for some reason even though it’s a healthy thing to do it’s so difficult for me to express, tell, speak of what has happened to me. Big part of me I guess is scared, full of shame; I know, I know you mentioned it in class that there’s no reason for us to feel this way but at least I do. I feel embarrassed and I guess I do care about what others have to say about me. My story goes like this…. You see my grandfather used to live with us and he was the one that used to take care of us, feed us take us and pick us up from school. He was like a father to me. To this point I still don’t know if it really happened or if it just part of my imagination. When my grandpa molested me I was like 3-4 years old. This is why I am not sure if it really happened or not. The image that I have is that my grandpa and I were watching television in the living room and I remember sitting on his lap. He started playing with me; tickling me. He made everything as...
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...felt like for me. My childhood days as I remember were ok. I had lots of fun spending time with family and as a child, didn't seem to have a care in the world. I didn't know anything about responsibility, accountability, or anything for that matter. I didn't even realize how poor we were because it didn't seem to matter. My routine was fairly simple; I went to school, played with my friends, did homework and did it all again the next day. It was like nothing mattered, and I didn't have a care in the world but as I became older, things started to change. I first developed a sense of responsibility as I was the oldest child. I started to feel different about boys, and my body started to do things that I had no control over. To be honest, I didn't like this feeling at all. I started to develop breasts, and it seems as if they grew one at a time so from the start of this process, I felt awkward and embarrassed. I also developed severe acne so for all intents and purposes, my life as I knew it was over. Going to school now was different than when I was younger. I felt like everyone was watching me or making fun of me. All those things that once didn't matter were now all that seemed to matter. This had a huge impact on me as I became withdrawn and didn't want to even be seen in public. When not in school, I stayed at home because I didn't have money to hang out with friends nor did I have nice clothes like they did. I wanted to date but was afraid of rejection because of...
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...I thought things would have been better between us as friends by now, but they haven't. I still wanted to wish you a happy birthday though and let you know I think about you often, especially since there really was no closure to our friendship. I miss you greatly and pray every night about and have faith that one day will be able to talk and laugh like we use to. I hope the same for greg and Martha since I can tell greg really misses her. As much as I miss you, I know for some reason the two of you have decided not to talk to us, I don't completely know why other than you say you were hurt and I just hope you both can find it in your heart to forgive us, and maybe also to forgive Chris. He's been really good for greg even though I don't really ever talk to him myself, but knowing that greg is happy makes me happy. As happy as you probably are as a nun greg is that happy with Chris. I think what hurt me the most was finding out about you becoming a nun from Martha instead of hearing it directly from you. I feel like you didn't trust me anymore especially on the day that you took your vows. I had no clue what was happening until 20 minutes before it actually happened. When you and Martha first came over and she was the one to tell me you were going to become a nun she said it would take a while and go in steps so I thought you were just going to be opening the order when I came. I didn't know you were going to become a full nun and it was Martha telling me. I wanted...
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...it's about how hard you can get hit and moving foward ".That helped me stand up and through out of the darkness when I came to The United Sate, which someone thought that is haven . To be came to that haven, I had to wait twelve years .Finally ,that moment came .Then I got in a airplan. To got in the airplane ,that is a big problem because i live in the poor country .It was destroyed through wars with power countries like China ,French , Even super power country ,that is the United State ,where I will be came . And another reason was my family not rich .To got 5 tickets for my family , we had to sell our house, which we was living whole life. When we was on the flight , and looked down the view from the flight and I say that with myself “ that is the heaven , now i get it “ .I was so happy and very excited about it . But when the flight landed and I got in the Los Angeles Airport . All my feeling when I was on the flight was disappeared because I realized that I didn’t know what they were talking about even simple words . And one thing I really regretted that monment was I didn’t learn English before .So I was lucky when I saw Vietnamese and they helped to talk with them by stranlation and airport staff were so nice even they didn’t know what I said and tried to understan what i said .And the next thing was money . We didn’t speak English ,how do we find jobs without English in the United State ?.After one week we came to here , My father got a first job offering...
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...etgggggggggggggggggWhen I made my choice of wanting to go to university after leaving sixth form, I made the decision of wanting to choose somewhere that was local, as although I want to move away and live there, I didn’t want to be too far from home. Therefore I started looking for university’s in Liverpool as this is local for me, and is not too long to travel when wanting to come back home, as I can do this by train, which also makes the expenses a lot lower than having to travel far.When I made my choice of wanting to go to university after leaving sixth form, I made the decision of wanting to choose somewhere that was local, as although I want to move away and live there, I didn’t want to be too far from home. Therefore I started looking for university’s in Liverpool as this is local for me, and is not too long to travel when wanting to come back home, as I can do this by train, which also makes the expenses a lot lower than having to travel far.When I made my choice of wanting to go to university after leaving sixth form, I made the decision of wanting to choose somewhere that was local, as although I want to move away and live there, I didn’t want to be too far from home. Therefore I started looking for university’s in Liverpool as this is local for me, and is not too long to travel when wanting to come back home, as I can do this by train, which also makes the expenses a lot lower than having to travel far.When I made my choice of wanting to go to university after leaving sixth form, I made...
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...Manager Didn’t Do! Ethical Dilemma What This Manager Didn’t Do Principles of Organizational Behavior Professor B. Code December 6, 2006 First of all, what is a manager? Stephen P. Robbins’ states, that “a manager is an individual who achieve goals through other people. They make decisions, allocate resources, and direct the activities of others to attain goals. Managers do their work in an organization. This is a consciously coordinated social unit, composed of two or more people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals (Robbins 4-5).” Research has proven that managers must have skills to be effective and efficient in organizations. Organizations can be schools, church, and work, etc. therefore any group with two or more people. We will look at what it takes to be a manager and how to handle ethical dilemmas in the work place. In 2005 I was tired of working night shift at a state facility that operated on a twenty-four hour basis. So I was sharing this information with someone about the on going situation and they offered me a job as an assistant manager of a fast food restaurant. I was very thrilled because it was a manager’s position and had the opportunity to work the hours I wanted to work. It didn’t seem to matter to the employer that I didn’t have the necessary qualifications. Needless to say I had interviewed...
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...1301-2H2 For my 14th birthday my grandmother gave me a diary. I never used it until now. It was just pieces of strings that connected sheets of paper together. It was nothing special or anything that looked fancy. She wanted me to practice my writing since it “imitated a peasant’s work”. How considerate of her to be so kind about helping me with something so utterly useless to me. It was a miracle for her to even give me anything since she is so blinded by all the money she has. She calls “part of the family”, which is a lie since it’s a miracle if I even receive dinner most of the time. My grandmother spent most of the money on expensive luxuries like, clothes, wines, and furniture. I hated my life here in France. Since I had no support in any kind in this land I decided to smuggle myself out of this home. I have many reasons to leave this place, let’s start from the beginning. I, Antoinette Cherubin, was born in February 29, 1650. My mother, Liliane Cherubin, died when she was giving birth to me. Nobody knew what killer her. She was a very slender woman and my grandmother always told me that slender women like her weren’t meant to have babies. My Father, Alexandre Cherubin, I never got too met. He went off to fight for France in the war versus the Spanish a few years before I was born. Nobody knows if he died in battle or went somewhere to live another life away from us. My grandmother (my mom’s mom) never met Alexandre. I never talked or knew who my dad’s parents were. My grandfather...
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...I. Growing up I’ve always set goals so that I could accomplish something great in life. II. My family always supported any goal’s I made, and persuaded me to pursue my entire list of goal’s in life. “What ever you set your mind to, you can accomplish”, was the quote I heard almost everyday growing up. So of course, my mindsets was set on finishing school with descent grades, and move on in life, attend college and take any necessary steps to become a registered nurse. Pretty standard huh? Trying to take the easy road, the simple road? What I didn’t do is give it 100%, while trying to make high school go by quick and easy. I failed to give it my all. III. My friends mindsets where much like my own, we all wanted to have the quickest high school career. I barely studied, and didn’t give my assignments 100%. Was I dumb? No. Lazy? A Bit. But my friends didn’t push me to do better, and I didn’t push them either. We were all destined for greatness though; we just didn’t see it yet. I got more than what I bargained for when it came time to have college tours, take exams, do entrance test, and turn in my transcripts. What I didn’t know was the schools I wanted to attend, needed more than what I had to offer, because my grades didn’t cut it. My test scores were average, and my cumulative GPA didn’t meet the requirements. IV. My teachers tried, I admit I gave them a hard time. I can admit that they were just trying to convince me to show what I can do. I was more focused...
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...about to end and I was failing most of my classes. I didn't really think freshmen year was a big deal so i didn't take it seriously. Late sophomore year is when i started to realize that i screwed up really bad and it was gonna be a rough road for me. I was on track to graduate because of all the credits i had lost during freshmen and sophomore year. Freshmen year first and second semester I failed like 4 classes and this happen because I wouldn’t show up for class. I wouldn’t do the work and I would never ask for help or ask questions if I didn’t understand something. Sophomore year was the same as freshmen year but sophomore year I had this class called ATL. This class we had to do a MYP project because it was a requirement for me to graduate. I didn’t do the the project. We also had a second project for second semester but i forgot what it called and I didn’t do that one either which was a really bad for me because i would have to do them either way. It would have made more sense for me just to do it that year and get it over with that year....
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...A. I wish that I didn't have to move from my house. When I was little my parents decided that we was going to move and I didn't want too but we did and I didn't like it. I would have to make new friends and go to a different school and I didn't want that. I tried to make new friends and it was hard because I have never been to thus school and I didn't now the people. I was scared to make new friends, but I did and now I got a lot of friends that I now and I hang with then and the teachers are awesome. And that's one of the moments I was not proud of. B. I was trying to plan a vacation trip to Hawaii for my family and I booked the flights and everything. We left the house and we got to the airport and they said that are plane left 30 minutes...
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...process of group development and also we can see how it is important to pass through the stated stages (forming, norming, storming and performing) accurately and coherently. While reading this case I brought a few issues, I would divide them into 3 groups according to the source of its origin: I. Janet a. Janet had a lack of time b. She didn’t range her priorities c. She didn’t always inform the group that she would be absent d. She didn’t even try to improve her relations with the group mates e. Without fixing problems with the group mates she went straightly to Mr. Rasmussen II. Christine f. Christine didn’t pay a lot of attention to the group cohesion g. After recognizing that the environment in the group is kind of stressful she just stated it and didn’t try to fix h. She skipped the first stage of group development (establish relationship) III. Group members (Diane, Mike, Steve) i. They didn’t try to improve relationship with Janet either j. The group assignment was already done but since it was a group work and one member hadn’t participate in the preparation we can assume that they failed the task If we want to find the guilty part it will be impossible because all of them are not right. They didn’t follow the documents which they signed even...
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...on the Web! randomhouse.com/teens Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at randomhouse.com/teachers Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Levithan, David. Every you, every me / by David Levithan ; photographs by Jonathan Farmer. 5/340 p. cm. Summary: Evan is haunted by the loss of his best friend, but when mysterious photographs start appearing, he begins to fall apart as he starts to wonder if she has returned, seeking vengeance. ISBN 978-0-375-86098-0 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-375-96098-7 (lib. bdg.) — ISBN 978-0-375-89621-7 (ebook) [1. Mental illness—Fiction. 2. Emotional problems—Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction. 5. High schools—Fiction. 6. Schools—Fiction.] I. Farmer, Jonathan, ill. II. Title. PZ7.L5798Ev 2011 [Fic]—dc22 2010048723 Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read. v3.1 To Jake Hamilton (for living photographically) —DL To Mom and Dad —JF Contents Title Page Copyright Dedication 1 1A 1B 2 2A 2B 2C 3 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 4 4A 4B 4C 5 5A 5B 5C 5D 6 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 6G 6H 6I 7 7A 7B 8 8A 8B 8C 9 9A 9B 9C 9D 9E 9F 9G 9H 9I 9J 9K 9L 9M 9N 10 10A 11 11A 11B 11C 11D...
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...education, I have never really thought about what helped me chose my major. For a better question would be if, I’m I happy with my decision. I have never thought about that and it’s actually very important. How did I get these questions into my mind, well I was reading the novel called The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho, it mentioned people are unable to choose their own “Personal Legends”. By Personal legends it mean’s our purpose in life and how we go after it which leads to our destiny in life. One of the first things Melchizedek mentions to Santiago about the book that “It describes people’s inability to choose their own Personal Legends” which I totally disagree for many reasons. For an example, when it came down to my education and choosing a major I didn’t just know exactly what I liked or wanted to do. I had the support from my teacher to look at different fields to see what I was interested in. I wasn’t never forced into pursuing something I never liked or thought it wasn’t interesting. Overall I had all the support...
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...thing to do? Some people believe in doing what is right all the time, some don’t. In this situation my partner and the two boys didn’t do what was right, they both broke the law. I would challenge my partner about what happened in the interview room, because what he did was wrong, unprofessional and unethical. The boys are fourteen, which means when being interviewed by the police their parents should be called and the interview should be recorded. My partner didn’t do either one of these. He should have called the parents and recorded the interview in order to get the admission on tape. I think regardless if the parents were there or not the boys would have still admitted that they were guilty. My partner did it to scare them into admitting that they did it, I think with the parents being there they would have still admitted to their guilt because the parents also have a way of intimidating their children. If my partner would have did what he was supposed to there would be no reason to question him. Being professional is one of the main characteristics in a job, especially the one of a Detective. My partner was not professional in the particular situation. Not only didn’t he call the parents, he didn’t record the interview. That is the worst part because if he would have then we could have shown the parents and had evidence for the admission. It will be hard in court to say that they admitted being guilty. The boys can easily say they didn’t do it as fast...
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...Paper 1 A situation in my work career, which I witnessed an action of moral gravity was when I walked in on people eating product without paying for it at my place of work. Moral Gravity is I was putting product back and a customer asked for my assistance, so I decided to try and help them. I tried helping them, but I couldn’t help them because I didn’t work in that department, so I looked for the produce associates and I found them eating product in the prep room. I was faced with a tough decision. I know they didn’t pay for the product because they tried to hide it behind something when I walked in on them. This meant that they stole the product from the store, so they could eat it. At the time I didn’t really know what was going on because I was young and it was my first job, so I didn’t really know if it was allowed or not. The right outcome that should of happened was I should have found a manager and reported the employees for stealing from the store. I should of found the manager because they knew what they were doing and they knew it was wrong because they tried to hide the salads from me, but I saw them eating it. However, I did what was considered wrong and ignored the situation and pretended I didn’t see anything. What I did is considered wrong because I knew they stole and I let them get away with it, all I did was pretended I didn’t see what they did. The stakeholders affected by this action are the company I worked for or anyone who has stock in the company...
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