...Have you ever been in a very tough life or death situation? Brian had a lot of aha moments through the book Hatchet. There were good ones, and there were bad ones. The good ones were crucial for Brian to survive, and the bad ones were tough. I picked the two aha moments Brian had that I thought were the most important to survive. One was very crucial to getting out of the wilderness and the other was an important wilderness lesson. Now, I will be talking about the fist aha moment I found. A one about wisdom. In chapter 18, the text says, “The hatcher. He might be able to cut or hack with the hatchet…” This aha moment was so important because without it he probably would not have been able to get in the sunken plane. Then, if he did not get...
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...learned from Module One. 1. By taking drivers Ed you can reduce your chances of getting in a car accident. 2. The road would be an unpleasant driving environment if we didn’t have laws. 3. Do you already have your learners permit? Yes, I have my license. Module 2: The Driver: Please answer the following questions: Aha Moments: Aha moments are times when you have been reading something and the text suddenly makes sense or becomes clear to you. Please use complete sentences and proper spelling and grammar. Describe three aha moments that you had as you worked through Module Two. 1. I was learning about central vision at first and I did not get it until I look at the picture and I knew what it was all along. 2. I did not get how carbon monoxide what affect us driving but then I realized that I knew that already. 3. I was like how does attitude affect your driving until I read it. (Maybe I just always have a good attitude, never realized it). How will this information affect you as a driver now and in the future? (2-3 sentences) It will help me understand the difference between peripheral vision and central vision. I will know how to prevent the buildup of carbon monoxide and I will always keep my good...
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...The journey through the RN-BSN program has been full of experiences that help me to recognize and comprehend the role of a professional nurse. The first “aha” moment that I had was with the Transition to Professional Nursing course, when I had to think for the first time what was my personal philosophy of nursing, that made me realize that being a nurse is not just a job for me, but a part of myself that I embrace with all my being; I am very proud to say that I am a nurse. The second “aha” moment that I had was with the Nursing Research course, it helped me to understand the importance of evidence-based practice and its role in our profession, with the help of EBP new recommendation for the care of the patients are made. The third “aha” moment...
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...As a child my parents always stressed the importance of education to my siblings and me; never did they allow us to place anything before education. Till this day, at 30 years of age, education remains my number one priority. I believe that knowledge is power and the more you know the more you grow. It is my goal and mission to provide others with the knowledge they need to help them grow and flourish in this world. I love that “aha” moment a person has when they finally understand what is being taught. It is those “aha” moments that motivate me to continue on my path to become a teacher. My interest in this program was sparked when I visited your site and read: Are you: • A current or aspiring teacher who wants to learn the latest and best methods to teach young people to really learn in a digital age? • In need of a teaching certificate or license? • A mid-career changer and ready to make the switch to pursue a new or lifelong calling? • A Veteran who wants to apply your skills and accomplishments in the classroom? I am everything on this list and I believe that I am a great candidate for this program. Because I am a full-time employee, a wife and mom, and a member of the United States Reserves the fact that this is an online teacher preparation program I believe I will better succeed at it. Also, there will be occasions when I have to travel with the Air Force so the flexibility of an online course will best suit me at that time. I hope to learn how to teach in...
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...Reflective Essay Two I have learned a lot from being at NCOA from the past week. II am going to take this vast knowledge back to my work center and hopefully I will be able to improve the work environment there. We covered a lot I am going to discuss my “aha” moment, what I have learned from individual projects, and what I could change about my leadership. My “aha” moment was when we covered the four lenses. Especially when we learned what the four colors mean. I realized that by me being and orange I am very outgoing but I am also a gold and green. The orange and the gold are opposites and the green I tend to ask a lot of questions and panic over small things. Based on this lesson I realize why me and my supervisor tend to not get along its cause he is a blue and I am an orange. He is a true blue too he wears his emotions on his shirt sleeve. He is also very much into family. What I have learned from individual projects are that I can apply the lessons learned here to the reflective essay from last week and what kind of leader I perceive myself to be. While writing that essay was hard for me cause it is really hard to judge yourself. Plus then you have to perceive how your subordinates perceive you. I tried to be biased in that and it worked out I found that I am not much different than the other NCO’s in my. What I could change about my leadership is how I approach diversity. I have to take in to account the temperament of people, I have been bad about that in...
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...Maurice Mitchell Jr. November 19, 2012 ALED 340-902 Leadership AHA! Moment I have worked at my job for going on four years. The company has continuously hired and fired people since I have been there, as far as the management go, I call it “The District Circle of Life”. The staff in which I work and interact with the most with is the Community Assistants (CA). A Community Assistant job combines being a Leasing Agent and a Resident Assistant into one job. The staff consist of twelve student workers that either attend Texas A&M University or Blinn College. We give tours of our property to prospective residents, handle legal documents, organize the office, and put on events for the residents that reside at our property. During this past summer, my job had its biggest turnover within our staff that I have seen in my couple of years of employment. We lost three out of five managers and lost seven CAs. It was not the smoothest transition between the old and new personnel, but we made it through it. Everyone has been able to mesh and get along pretty well for the past few months, except one manager, Jerry! Jerry is our twenty year old Resident Director for the property. His main responsibilities are the Resident Life Program at The District and the CAs. The resident Life Program is mainly ensuring all residents are happy, scheduling socializing events and handling roommate conflict. He is technically considered the boss of the CAs. He is younger than majority of the staff...
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...Problem: A number N is called “nice” if a square can be dissected into N non-overlapping squares. What numbers are “nice”? Why? Problem Solving Process: During the entry phase I wrote down the number n is called nice and n can be cut up into nonoverlapping squares. For the want to know section, I wrote which squares are nice? Since I missed the first day of working on this problem, my group understood that only perfect squares were nice and we went right into the attack phase. For example, a 2 by 2, made 4 squares within itself. So we wrote down that 4 is a nice square. We thought for this problem that only integers can be used, meaning we could not use non whole numbers, when dissecting the squares. So we continued to dissect a 3 by 3, 4 by 4, and 5 by 5 and found how many squares can be dissected in them. In my free write I said, that next time we would try and analyze our data and see if we can see a pattern with what we had written down so far....
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...Aha Moment- After having a strenuous few days, Holden has come to a realization about what he wants to do with the rest of his life. While talking with Phoebe about failing out of Pencey, she brings up the point about what he will do if he does not continue school. Holden stops and really thinks about this and all of a sudden has an idea, “That’s all I’d do all day. I’d just be the catcher in the rye. I know its’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be”(Salinger 225). Although this idea sounds crazy, it must mean something because The Catcher in the Rye, ended up being the title of the book. It is also ironic that Holden wants to do something that helps others because he needs the help of other people to help him through his problems. This is a significant realization for Holden because now he can have something to aim for in life instead of being depressed all the time. Aha Moment- There are two occasion in the book where Holden has came up with a plan to move to a secluded place and to never be bothered by anyone. The first time this plan came up was when Holden was on a date with Sally Hayes. Out of nowhere Holden wanted Sally to run away with him to a...
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...myself academically. When I was a kid I didn’t realize that loving school wasn’t considered cool, and by 6th grade I went from being strange to being bullied. I am ashamed to say that I was so driven by a need to be accepted by my peers that I tried to hide my love of knowledge. I tried to blend in, but it didn’t work. Every time I attempted to be a part of the crowd the bullying got worse. Looking back, I remember being terrified. I was afraid of going to school every day because I never knew what the other kids would do to me. I lived like this for years after I graduated elementary school. In my junior year of high school I...
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...in place to deliberate about the informative development of the learner. 5. IEP conferences are critical to parental participation. “Aha!” Moment Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are anticipated to make guardians associates in the advancement of suitable instructive platforms for their kids. IEPs that have both parent and teacher cooperation brings out a child confidence and optimistic behavior and attitudes, which in this situation brings academic success in a learner's future. Parents as well as teachers need to understand that their cooperation with the learner to be academic successful is worthwhile and a valuable quantity of a learners educational experience. Classroom Implementation Knowing that all my learners that come into my classroom that has any type of disability will have an unprecedented due-process right, I will as a teacher make sure that I am not violating their rights. As a teacher I understand that IEP conferences are critical to parents as well as to the learning fulfilling their potential for academic success. Keeping this vital information in the forefront of my mind I will make sure that all parents have a chance to be in participation for all of their child conferences. I will make sure of this by always reading and following their needs on their IEP. I will follow this because in the end I want my children to have academic success. Success pushes and set...
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...me, which excites my innate curiosity even more. I, however, had never thought about pursuing computer science as a career until I took an AP Computer Science class in my senior year. It sparked my interest and changed my thoughts after seeing what I could do with some simple line of codes. Despite many countless times staring into the monitor trying to figure out how to solve a problem, those “Aha” moments were more precious and exciting for me. For every minute like that, I was exhilarating and smiled as if I have just won an Olympics’ gold medal in a 100-meter racing swim lap. It fed my hunger for exploration to see what else I could do, maybe something beyond my imagination. Computer science gradually became my hobby in my senior year. I searched many online resources to finally find CodingBat, which allowed me to expand my Java knowledge.These experiences slowly pulled me into the course of a new career, computer science, and at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro pursuing a degree in computer science can provide me knowledge and skills to bring change to people’s daily lives starting from mobile application. I want to be a part of this evolution of technology and I hope to meet other creative, friendly, and ambitious people. My dream is to start my own business partnership during or after college and develop it into a successful company. Even if I am not fortunate enough to hit a great idea, I still hope to create friendships that will last my entire...
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...has had while awake. Reflecting on this, Descartes concludes that “there are never any sure signs by means of which being awake can be distinguished from being asleep.” This leads him to doubt almost everything that he believes on the basis of sense perception, including his belief that he now has hands. The dream argument tells us that sensory are not trustworthy bc what makes you think rn that you are sititng at a classroom? Well, music, etc. But if you are dreaming and feeling these sensation but not actually in a room that shows you that sensory experiences are not reliable. The second argument is the evil genius arguement a God powerful enough to deceive us, which is very similar to the dream argument. What tells us that 2+2=4. That aha...
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...Measuring Team Performance ❙ DFE ❙ 10-17-05 ❙ Page 1/2 ❙ How to Measure and Improve Teamwork This documents explains how to measure and improve performance in team-based collaboration. Key Terms Measurement. Measurement is a process used to determine the quality of a performance--a high score aligns with effective performance. Measure. A measure is the tool for assigning a number to quantify level of performance. A measure reveals and organizes specific factors that undergird masterful performance. Improvement. Improvement is the process of examining present levels of performance and then taking specific actions that lead to progressively improvements. Levels of Performance. There are five levels of performance, Level 1 to Level 5. The three anchors for levels of performance are: • Beginner (L1 = Level 1)--Performers have valuing and knowledge of factors that undergird high performance and they are beginning to apply these factors. • Proficient (L3)--Performers are achieving solid performance by executing most factors that undergird high performance. In slang, performance is rocking! • Master (L5)--Performers integrate factors of high performance into their way of being. That is, performance is at the virtuoso level. Contextual Information Purpose. When performance can be measured, it can be improved. Improvement in performance meets a basic human need--we want to become better at what we do and ultimately become high performers. People. Measurement & improvement...
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...terrible things in the name of profit, but yesterday I learned of a horrible new product that flew under the radar when it was released a few months ago. Just seeing it made my blood boil, and I hope you’ll agree that it symbolizes pretty much everything wrong with American education and popular history in the twenty-first century. That product? The Young Investigator’s Guide to Ancient Aliens: Based on the Hit Television Series, a book tie-in to the Ancient Aliens TV series, which carries the History Channel’s official endorsement and authorship and was released by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Macmillan, one of America’s largest book publishers. The volume is aimed at readers aged 8 to 12, though after skimming the book I’d think it’s perhaps a bit too ambitious for an 8 year old. (I wonder if grades 8-12 was what was meant instead.) Picture Although the book was released in July, it received no reviews on Amazon as of this writing and no mainstream media coverage that I could find. That is perhaps a good thing because the book itself is more horrifying than you’d imagine. As the book description explains: Spanning history, from the earliest of human civilizations to the modern period, this book exposes evidence of the presence of extraterrestrials in some of our most triumphant and devastating moments. And lest you think the existence of this book is an idle danger: According to the Toronto Public Library’s website, they purchased an astonishing 31 copies of the book...
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...It is simple to agree that writing is easy as texting or simply putting a pencil on a paper. However, if we start to dig deeper, writing is a work of art. The amount of creativity and clarity that goes into writing is inconceivable. I never gave it much thought except that it was something enforced on us in school. I never knew writing could be a career—a doctor, a pharmacist, a teacher—now those are careers, but writing? I never knew anyone who wanted to become a writer. In fact, I did not care about any of that. I was more focused on hanging out with friends and watching TV, I never thought about what I wanted become. It was not until my freshman year in high school when I thought about making writing a priority. During my freshman year in...
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