...Instructions Your discussion questions are due by the end of the announced time period. Answer the questions below, and type your answers in the “answer box.” Copy and paste the answer box into the discussion board forum titled “My Mother Never Worked.” If you are working with a partner or in a small group, type the full name of each group member into the subject line of your post. Answer Box 1. Answer question one under Purpose and Audience. Write the thesis IN YOUR OWN WORDS. I believe that the point that the writer is trying to prove is that her mother was a hard worker throughout her whole life who never once stopped working regardless of the circumstances or obstacles that she came across. I think that her thesis was never explicitly stated because the telephone conversation stated her thesis well. She stated her essay with the telephone conversation and in the pause between the response of the lady from the Social Security Office she goes back in time and gives a little background of all the jobs her mom had. The writer had a specific question and the lady had a solid answer. At the end of the passage the lady answered her question and gave her the news that she wasn’t eligible for death benefits because her mother never worked according to their records. In my opinion the thesis was in some way written throughout the whole essay when she was explaining all the jobs and task her mom actually had because at the end of the essay you don’t question the answer the Smith-Yackle...
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...sleep IQ Test to both of my parents. It was interesting to reveal that both had missed the same questions three, seven, ten and eleven. For question three they answered true. Boredom makes you feel sleepy, even if you have had enough sleep. Their reply was that they both feel sleepy when bored. Then I asked do you think that maybe you are just tired from your daily gardening that you do. I don’t necessary see them as being bored because they are busy bodies all the time. I feel that they think they are bored when they are really just tired. As for question seven-they answered true. The older you get, the fewer hours of sleep you need. They feel that because they wake up more frequently during the night they cannot get the required 8 hours of sleep, due to their broken sleep pattern. Question ten was answered true. Sates sleep disorders are mainly due to worry and psychological problems. My mother definitely believes that her sleep pattern is due to her being a worry wart. As for my father I don’t see him as the worry wart, he handles everything in stride. At times he has insomnia and feels that it is due to his busy body nature. In question eleven they answered false–The human body never adjust to night shift work. My father is the one who worked nights and days at times and I’m not sure when he really ever slept that much. So I could understand how he might have an issue with adjusting. As for my mother she worked 9-5 for years and never worked night shift. She stated...
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...in the year 2015, stay at home mothers have found themselves in situations where they have to prove their worth. Women in the SAHMs (Stay at home mothers) community are labeled as lazy, are said to have it easy, are dumb, moochers, and many other stereo types. In all actuality the life of a SAHM is quite the contraire. In the 20th century the term “house wife” was more so used than the term Stay at home mom. Now, in the 21st century we changed that term because it seemed as if we knew nothing but the walls inside our homes. We are married to our husbands, not our houses. Women in the 1950’s rose to the term house wife and wore it proudly. During this time, the women who worked outside of the home were looked at as some scientific phenomenon that we didn't understand. The role of women in the 1950’s was repressive and constrictive in many ways. Society placed high importance and many expectations on behavior at home as well as in public. Women were supposed to fulfill certain roles, such as a caring mother, a diligent homemaker, and an obedient wife. The perfect mother was supposed to stay home and nurture so society would accept them. (R.C.2005) “Most of the time, when people ask, I tell them that I work from home. Technically this is true, because as a novelist, staring out the window daydreaming while nursing a baby can actually be considered “working.”But even though I continue to write and occasionally publish fiction, now that I’ve had my third baby the truth is, for the...
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...Father's Name? Father's Occupation? Father's Address?" What am I supposed to write? These questions are on every one of my college applications. Maybe I don't really have to answer them. I move on to other questions and hit another tough one. "Are your parents divorced, married,single?" I check divorced. "What is the date of their divorce?" I have no idea. "Hey, Mom!" I shout. "When did you get your divorce?" "November 1982," she replies after a pause. One year after I was born. "Let me show you something," she says. "I don't wanna see anything," I shout back. "Just come and look at this." I walk into her room; the hope chest is open and I smell mothballs. When it's open she's walking down memory lane. She thrusts a paper in my face. "This is what I got in the divorce." The hope chest is on the list. "That's great. I don't care!" I say and walk out. I don't care about the stuff, but I do care that I've never met my father. These college applications must be getting to me. Most seniors filling them out aren't pondering their father's name and address. They're worrying about the essays while I'm stumped by simple questions. I pick up the Profile Application. I need to apply for financial aid, just like everyone else, but I need it badly. My father never paid child support and my mother has worked hard to support me. But hard work only goes so far and definitely doesn't come to $30,000 a year. I'm bitter about that. I should have money coming...
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...Psychological Disorder Analysis Rosemary Scheel Creeden PSY/270 Heather Hensell July 21, 2012 Today I had a session with a woman named Marla, who is a 42-year-old Hispanic female. She came to my mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping, feeling “jumpy all of the time,” and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms are causing problems for her at work, where she is an accountant. When I first met Marla I did a patient intake and asked her some questions about her life. I did this in hopes of gaining a better understanding of the root of Marla’s difficulties, what she might be suffering from, and how I could better help her. “Since ancient times, people have tried to explain, treat, and study abnormal behavior,” (Comer, 2011). My first question for Marla was why she decided to seek treatment. Marla told me that she had tried to wait and see if things would get better, but she was becoming very sleep deprived, and she was worried that she would get in trouble at work because of her fatigue and lack of concentration. I asked her how she thought therapy would help her or improve her symptoms. She said that she wasn’t quite sure but that maybe I could help her identify what was causing these symptoms so that she could find some relief. This led me to ask her how she described herself now compared to her current self. She told me that her ideal self was energetic, attentive, and not so edge. She aimed to excel at work...
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...Dr. Yeh-Lane Management of Sports Studies 04/18/2014 Professional Interview I chose my mother to perform the assigned interview with. She has worked for Wingate of Wilbraham for a long time now. It was a job she obtained after working for MassMutual. I chose to interview my mother because she has acquired tremendous experience from working within multiple settings in the health field. She provided vital information during the interview from her past experiences which will enable me to learn and grow from. I provided my mother with background information regarding the purpose of the interview assignment. I began the interview by asking her how she came about her career in the healthcare field, she responded, “What got me started in this field is that I had prior experience at MassMutual Financial group overseeing a team of associates and reviewing their work loads and assignments. When I saw the opportunity to be a staffing coordinator, at Wingate of Wilbraham, it seemed to be a much less stressful job than the one at MassMutual. I never received a degree but the combination of college courses that I took which included pre-med, pre-nursing, counseling psychology and then business management and all the jobs I had within those related fields subsequently gave me a variety and a mix of experience and knowledge for my current position.” This really showed me how valuable work experience, coupled with academic experience, can be helpful when applying for jobs or deciding what...
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...My infatuation with people’s cultures must have been conceived from my parent’s work. Growing up, my Ugandan father worked for the World Bank and my Malawian mother for the United Nations. I changed schools and countries constantly. I could understand so many languages and yet I only spoke English fluently. It was impossible to place roots in only one solid foundation. I felt I belonged to every country, every religion, every race, every language and every culture. Although I was born and mostly raised in suburban Washington DC, I was shuffled between Ethiopia and New York from the time I was two years old. When I turned ten, I had my first big adventure and moved to Kenya. Nairobi was such an exciting and busy city. It was so different from the politeness of Montgomery County, Maryland. I automatically adopted a very rough Kiswahili accent and tagged along the social norms of my new home. Nairobi was very dangerous, my mother was always so nervous of us being raped or kidnapped yet there was something that felt so carefree about living in that part of the world. People were so much more thankful to be living and to have all that they did. I went on my mother’s mission trips to visit the villages and hospitals; my mother wanted me to be aware of other people’s situation. I don’t think I understood poverty until this time in my life and since, I can never forget what it means to have and have not. It is difficult being that age and not fully comprehending why you are so fortunate...
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...Critical and Creative Thinking Questions—Page 169 2. What are some examples of ways in which observational learning has benefited you in your life? Are there instances in which observational learning has worked to your disadvantage? Our book defines observational learning as learning new behavior or information by watching others. Some examples of ways in which observation learning has benefited me in my life are cooking, parenting, and work ethic. Watching my mother cook when I was little made me want to learn how and that’s how I now have the ability to cook meals for my own family without assistance. Parenting was another thing that I got from my mother; she was a single mother and was still able to provide for her two children without male figure in the picture. She was both a father and mother and I try to be that same parent with my children because of her. Work ethic is something else that I got from watching my sister and mother. They were always very dedicated, responsible, and punctual to their jobs and that’s how I am now. Observational learning can work to your disadvantage; it all just depends on the what, for example, driving. Growing up my mother and sister never used to wear their seatbelts therefore when it was time for me drive, I never wore my seatbelt. Very soon, I learned that I should my seatbelt if I didn’t want to get ticketed every time I was caught. Now, I don’t go anywhere without wearing my seatbelt and neither does anyone in my family. Critical and...
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...Business Discovery Project * Katie Toomey ENTR 423 February 26, 2016 My father’s side of the family is not very proud of its past from what I can tell. They aren’t proud or they are trying to distance themselves from events that happened in the past that they think are severe enough to erase from history. My family proved to me that past generations directly affect your work ethic, not always in the best of ways. My grandfather worked hard to get away from his father, my grandmother tricked her dad to let her get a job to escape his alcoholism. This shows me that it is up to the individual to interpret their situation and decide on how to act. It is theses interpretations that lead many in my family to make these crazy impulsive decisions. My grandfather, John Toomey, was 13 when he got off a train purposefully at the wrong stop and decide to travel and work until he was old enough to join the Navy. He saw his family only 3 times after that and wanted very little to do with them. My grandfather thought he was the reason for his mother’s death, but she had died from pneumonia six months after he was born. In a typical fashion no one in the family wanted to speak about it so he went on with his life thinking he was what killed his mother until he was 42 years old. His family moved to Washington to work at a lumber mill and he didn’t want to join them and his new step-mother. He worked as a farm hand, grocer boy, gas pumper, and any other job he could come by. His...
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...the best me I can be. I am a mother, a daughter, sister, and a friend. I love being me, and I love learning something new every day. Some of the experiences that helped shape me into who I am today were watching my mother go through hell with my father and overcoming him, the birth and demise of one child and the birth of another child, and finally a prior job’s refusal to financially assist me in furthering my education because I worked in a mailroom. My mother Ana and I were always very happy when my father wasn’t around, because all he did was scold us and constantly beat up my mother. You would think that the fact that my mother was very beautiful, loyal, and that with her severely broken English was the only bread winner in our small family, my father would have treated her like a queen. Instead he was constantly berating her because she was an illegal immigrant, calling her names. One minute he loved her to the point of obsession, the next ten minutes he just had pure undiluted hate towards her. To add insult to injury he would also physically abuse her regularly, I watched him do this to her until I was twelve years old. No matter how many bruises, broken ribs, busted lips, and black eyes he gave her, she would get up the following morning as if nothing had happened. Mom would proceed to wake me up, make me breakfast, in addition to telling me jokes while taking me to school and taking herself to work. The day she stopped being afraid of my father and threw him out, I...
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...has the same role model in life. Everyone has a role model in there life for a reason. My role model is my mother. She is the one person in my life that I can go to for anything, she is a very hard worker, and she always tell me the truth even when it hurts. My mother, who taught me to walk my first steps, who danced and sang with my crazily, and who has always been there for me as my support whenever needed, is my role model and has made an unforgettable impact on my life. My mother is the one person in my life who I can go to for anything, everything good or bad. She always has my back through everything I do in life. She is the one person in my life who has kept me on a straight path to success, because she has always told me that failure isn't an option .If you set your heart and soul out to do something you must succeed in anyway possible I have Iearned from my mother to believe in god, and do my very best at everything I do. She has always told me and my brothers to treat people the way you want to be treated, and never take for granted the talents god has given you, because there are people out there less fortunate. I'm thankful for all the small things my mother has done for me, because its all the small things in life that really add up to something. My mother is a very hard worker, she has been working all of her life, and to this day she is still working. She never complained about her life. When she was sometimes tired from work, she still makes time...
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...4.1 One of my most inspiring and influential person to me would be my mother. A lot of people come to mind when asked that question. But, I don’t think anyone could have been more influential to me other than her. For as long as I can remeber,what ever idea or motive I had she inspired me to do it. She always made sure I followed my dreams and never let anyone stop me, even her. My mother has three degrees and was a single mother sending me to a private school she really couldn’t afford. She always strived for better and more which drives me to do the same. One year, a bright and sunny day ;and my birthday at the time, my mom told me she could not get me anything for my birthday that year. She was low on money and bills had to be paid. She already taught me the lesson “business first, pleasure later’. So I understood the situation and hoped for a better tomorrow. She seen my attitude towards the situation and replied with a smile of joy and relief. It made me feel good to see my mother relieved and happy with my reply. Later on during the following month of August; because my birthday is July 30th, she surprised me even better than a regular birthday gift. She said, ‘usually kids get fussy when they can’t get anything for their birthday and you didn’t. I thank and respect you for that.’And from that I learned the lesson to just be grateful for what you have. She also taught and inspired me to always be loving, kind, and respectful. Everywhere my mother goes she is known...
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...single mother is a difficult in itself, but it becomes almost impossible when adverse life events keep happening. After much adversity, I have a new outlook on life, and aspirations for my career. I have already achieved some goals, and I am on my way to accomplishing more. I am a single mother of two girls ages 10 & 13, I am currently working toward my Master’s degree in Regulatory Affairs at Northeastern University. I have two full-time jobs: working fulltime and being a mother. I work full-time and I have my children full-time as well. Although it could be worse, life hasn’t always been easy for my children and I. The father of my children is not involved in their lives. He has seen my children a total of about 3 weeks since we moved to Tennessee in 2012. When we got divorced I was left with nothing. My car was repossessed, my house was taken, and my husband would not pay child support. I had been...
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...Living Story of being an American My story is about growing up in Mexico as a young child and immigrating to the United States. Overcoming great odd and living the true American dream, despite many obstacles to become a productive citizen in the United States. Other immigrants share the same story that I have experience. I grew up in a small town called Ensenada, Baja California, is proximally eighty miles south of the San Diego California border. We were nine children, four boys and six girls. My father worked two jobs. He worked one job as a maintenance men for our local grocery store. He also worked as a security guard for a new car lot. My mother is an Indigenes. She is a full-blooded Indian from South America. She provided traditional...
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...Chapt 1 Assignment “The Cosby Show” Growing up in the 70's and 80's were very challenging. I came from a very traditional family, meaning both parents were in the home as well as all 7 of my siblings. My father worked hard and my mother stayed at home and raised us for a portion of that time. We often watched a lot of family oriented shows, “ Eight is Enough'', which was my mother's favorite.(I wonder why) Little House On The Prairie, The Jeffersons, etc. My personal favorite was the Cosby Show, although Little House on the Prairie was definitely in the running. One of the reasons I favor The Cosby Show is because it gave me hope. Growing up in the projects was not a joyful experience, although my parents did a great job with what they had. The Cosby Show depicted family in a very positive way. It provided an alternative to the stereotypical African American family. Unlike other black sitcoms such as “Good Times”, which always left you depressed after watching the show, “ The Jeffersons'', whose nanny was very loud and opinionated. The Huxtables were upper class people. Cliff Huxtable( Bill Cosby) was a doctor and his wife Claire( Phylicia Rashad) was a successful lawyer. The family structure was that of a nuclear unit or modern family. The gender roles of the parents were that of egalitarian. They were a two parent home with 5 children. They both balanced the responsibilities of supporting their children through work and quality time. The gender of the children were...
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