...With the hustle and bustle of everyday life I feel every experience, action or encounter that occurs in our life affects us; in a positive way. My wife Jane is the most inspiring person in my life and she has affected me in many positive ways throughout our precious time together. The determination and genuine caring she shows day in and day out is truly remarkable and sets the benchmark for others and myself to emulate. My goal is to inform you how a simple decision turned out to be the best one ever made. As a divorced father of one I had struggled to place myself in the social scene upon moving from the Rhein region in Germany to Central London, I lacked confidence, drive and was still licking my wounds from a divorce and custody battle that had lasted well beyond its expected tenure. I took a chance after residing in the country for several months and agreed upon the advice of a co-worker to accompany him on a blind date in Piccadilly Circus at the Comedy Store in London. I was excited, nervous and to be honest had felt butterflies; as I had seen the pictures of this beautiful women I was about to meet. The butterflies were something that had not been in my view for quite some time, in a sense I had given up. We had set off from Epping Station in hope to arrive at Poplar Street Station for a quick meet and greet prior to attending our scheduled venue. A calming rain, windy and brisk wind filled the young evening; a typical England weather setting. The...
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...September 19, 2012 People’s experiences and mistakes help shape them for what they will become. In life, as you are now, you have a certain view point of things. How you think they should be and what you want, but most times this is not the case. This realization that everything is not what it seems can make you come crashing down into reality, or your own version of it. The things we experience truly change you as a person. My experiences that I overcame motivate me and inspire me to change and succeed in life. Self-injury can be defined as the attempt to purposely cause harm to one's self and the injury is usually severe enough to cause physical damage. Self-harm can be considered a cry for attention by some people, a plea for anyone around to see that you aren’t alright. For me it was, and yet at the same time it wasn’t. I’ve done these things for my own personal reasons like self-hatred, pressure and the loneliness I felt. The feeling that no one understands you or even cares plays a big factor. Self-harm is a broad title and can be categorized into many different things. Cutting, also known as, self-mutilation was the one I fell into. I sometimes felt victimized. I was born into a society where everything I saw, every influence of culture or fashion, made me want to change myself but not for the right reasons. Cutting was something I had been doing for a while, and the issue of it never really hit me until my sophomore year of high school. That was the moment I went...
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...Jake Livingston Mrs. Niel English composition 101 MW 1-12:30 9-10-11 Underneath the Rapids “Jake, come and eat before your brothers eat everything!” It was another gorgeous morning in the West Virginian Mountains. My parents decided that we all needed to bond a little more as a family, so they planned for us all to go on a family vacation. This wasn’t such a terrible idea seeing as how my brothers seemed to hate me, as all older brothers hate their snitch little brothers. They decided that a white water rafting trip seemed like a fun idea for the boys. My sister had to stay home because she was pregnant with her first child. So off we went in the summer of 2005, to good ole’ West Virginia. I was 12 at the time, while my older brothers, Nate and Nick, were 19 and 17. Nate was a two time convicted felon who loved to drink at the time. His life wasn’t exactly going down the right path and my parents wanted to try and connect with him more. Nick on the other hand was a pretty nice kid who was well liked in the community, he had his secrets though. Nick loved to sneak out and go to girl’s houses late at night, I was fortunate enough to share a room with him. Every time he would sneak out when I was still awake, I would tell my parents. I don’t know why I did this to my own older brother; I guess I just liked the attention. He would know it was me and beat me up for betraying him, which would inevitably end up in even more trouble for him. So as you can guess he didn’t like...
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...The facility is for seniors to gather around to spend their day. Everyone here have their home attendant but often they are not here with them except picking them up and dropping them off. This facility is located in Chinatown and so basically everyone here is Chinese. It was not very difficult to get into the facility as I thought it would. The facility is small, opens to the public and requires sign in. This facility is also very noisy due to the Chinese culture and the size of it. The patient’s main recreation activity is playing mahjong so that is why it is a noisy place. Some of these patients like to see other people thats why many of them are brought here to spent most of their day. It was very difficult for me to join their activity since mahjong is an activity that requires four people and also I am not very good at it. After I waited for a while I found a spot where I can join and decided to ask for permission to join. The first response is i got is from an old man from the mahjong table and he responded “who is this young lady?” in Chinese and in a not very friendly tone, so I got nervous and scared until the home attendant calm the individual down. I asked the home attendant what is his name and I was told Mr. Lee. So I asked Mr. Lee can I join the group since I wanted to played with you people and learn more about you guys. Luckily Mr. Lee is not bad at all, but I had feeling these seniors are angry at everyone by the way they speak. They either speak very very...
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...Embracing Marathon Doing something you have never tried can be a very scary experience; however, with the accompaniment of your best friends, it seems to be accessible. One of the hardest challenges I’ve met was to enter Marathon in 2012. I made a hard decision to take part in this big match. Starr and Kiki, who understood me very well, decided to join me. We were not well-trained runners, with almost no experience of long-distance running. Everything appeared to be a dream; we did not imagine that we could overcome it. All in all, this special experience made me more perseverant. It is true that you have trillions of choice to attend one sport event, and the reason why I choose the Marathon was kind of special. Not only simply because it was challenging but also because it was set in my lovely hometown, Chongqing. Chongqing, which has a meaning of “double celebrations” in Chinese, is in the south of China and has a population of 31 million. I was born there, and I lived in Chongqing for nearly 20 years. For me, Chongqing is like a lovely mother with whom I am emotionally involved. I could not think of anyone more appropriate than her to witness this challenge for me. Like mellow wine, friendship has a magical fragrance that is addicting, and the friendship between Starr, Kiki and me was no exception. They are the best people I’ve ever met. Starr was talkative and she had a good sense of humor. Every time I got in trouble, she talked with me and did whatever she could think...
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...Personal Development Tyler Miller Personal Development Tyler Miller 2016 2016 Background Personal Development For the second personal development exercise I chose 5 people that would be completely honest with their feedback so that I would be able use this feedback. This background section I put in is to describe how I know each person. The first that did this for me was Jaimie Ricker who is my fiancé and has no problem giving me constructive feedback. The second individual that did this was my best of 24 years Nick Linthicum who I grew up with and constantly have stayed in touch with. The third individual I chose was my sister because she has known me the longest besides Nick in my life. My boss of 6 years Kim Koch, completed the next one for me because my entire work experience has been with her. The last person that wrote feedback for me was Amanda Kutcher who has been a supervisor at McDonald’s since my first day there and I have worked with her so much over the past 6 years so she knows very well. For the first 3 assessments I copied and pasted from emails that were sent to me and the last 2 were typed up and given to me. Part 1 Personal Development Exercise This exercise took me a little bit longer than I expected to complete because I don’t take a whole lot time to think about things I do well because I try to focus on things on I do poorly. But I do believe that one my strengths is that I am good with people and getting along with them and making them...
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...Essay on Leadership Work Experience Date May 01, 2012 - September 01, 2012 May 01, 2013 - September 01, 2013 Type of Work Job Coach – Personal/ Social Support Work Major Leadership Responsibilities I was responsible for providing guidance and supervision to individuals between the ages of 16 to 29 suffering from developmental or physical disabilities in order to help them overcome employment barriers in pre-employment and employment settings. It was my duty to work closely with the individuals and assist them with learning the necessary skills required for their specific job as well as helping them attain their personal employment goals. As a Job Coach it was my responsibility to act as a liaison with the employing companies and encourage positive, effective and ongoing communication between the individual, employer and my employing agency. For the past two summers I have had the extremely fulfilling opportunity of working for a support agency as a Job Coach for developmentally and physical disabled individuals. This amazing job was viewed not just as a means to make money during the summer, but as a rare opportunity to give back to the community and use the skills that I have acquired throughout University to truly change the lives of these individuals. The summer program that Community Living runs every year is called the “Summer Employment Transitions” program or “SET” for short. Last summer the program was comprised of 25 job coaches responsible for coaching...
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...Personal Experience with Language Language is a big part of my everyday life. I hear different languages being spoken in many places. I experience a different kind of language the most at the nail salon. Language has a big effect on everyone, in my opinion every time I walk into the nail salon I hear someone talking in a different kind of language. I have no idea what they are saying, but I find it very impressive that most of them can speak English and their language, Vietnamese. As soon as I walk into the nail salon I always hear them talking to one another in their own language. I am sometimes very curious as to what they are saying. For example, they will carry on a conversation with each other and they both look at me and start laughing. It makes me wonder if they were talking about me. Although I cannot understand their language, I usually can tell their emotion by the tone in his or her voice or the look on their face. The body language usually gives it away as well. It is very easy to tell how someone feels by their actions. I love hearing the language they speak because it is very different then the English language. Being around a different language is also very difficult as well. Sometimes I go to someone that does not speak English very well and it is really hard to understand them. Sometimes I have to ask them to repeat their selves more than once, and if I still do not understand I kind of just laugh or just nod my head. It would be neat to learn every language...
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...Table of contents Abstract............................................................................................................................................1 Introduction......................................................................................................................................2 Description of Events.......................................................................................................................3 Outcome...........................................................................................................................................4 Lesson..............................................................................................................................................5 Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6 Bibliography....................................................................................................................................6 Abstract “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.” (Shakespeare) Since there have been men walking this earth, there has been a seemingly inherent need to fight each other for one reason or another. The following monograph is a short snapshot back into the first three months or so of my first combat deployment (OIF 8-9)...
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...How would you describe yourself as a human being? I’m honest, responsible, and dedicated. What are the reasons for your interests? Analyze your childhood. How were your interests shaped from your upbringing? I was growing up spending most of time in my mother’s small clinic. Mother alone diagnost symptoms and prescribe medication for the patient. when I was finally older enough to help mother in her clinic, she was thrilled to have me as a little helper. I’ve witness a lot of pain and suffer. I’ve seen the terminal cancer patient lying there in pain, begging to die. I’ve heard the scream of women give birth to a child. I’ve seen mothers crying hysterically because her child is severely injured. I have always wished that I could help them. My father had type 1 diabetic. He was my long term patient until I came to US in 1999. Mother taught me how to give insulin injection to my father. And monitoring father’s diet. Father past away 2004. Please tell us about your career goals and any plans you may have for graduate study. I wish to become a pharmacist specialized in diabetic. Most common type 2 diabetic is a chronic disease that can be cure with cautiously monitoring and adjusting diet plus exercise. Who was the most influential person in your life? How did this person make you want to become better? That is certainly my mother. I admired her; she’s a hard working woman with a kindest heart. Mother works more than 10 hours day, 7 days a week. she...
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...during the friendship journey in 6th grade. That year Nativity hosted students from about five or six different countries all of which had something unique and interesting to teach me about their country. My favorite part had to be participating in Spirit Day, which usually occurs at the end of the year, in the middle of the year. Not only did I get to take a whole day to play games, I also got to show the international students my fun and less serious side. The opportunity to interact the students from 6 different countries is a once and a lifetime opportunity that I will remember for ever. The things that I will remember the most about Nativity after I leave will have to be the opportunities it gave to me to have different international experiences. No school could have provided me with anything better than what Nativity has provided me and I am extremely grateful. Hopefully I will take the knowledge I have gained here at Nativity far beyond into my future. ...
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...This is your place to connect, explore & share the experiences that matter most to you.Relax and have a few fun &mdember; cheque out these fun features:Join now and get started in seconds,Nike New Balance, or learn more about Experience Project ↓ ADVERTISEMENT &darr,Nike Air Rejuvens Men New Shoes black and red; What's Special About This Month?This month is Keep the states Beautiful Month!An annual celebraten to encourage and recognize past and trend achievements tobattleds improving the environment.Some related groups:I Care About Our Planet, I Care About The Environment, I Am An Environmentalist, I Worry About Polar Bears,Nike Milk, I Worry About Global Wweaponing, I Want to Help Princident Global WweaponingNo recent behaveivityMore Stories Featugules Popular Recent My Circle | whole Pllighten login or register to view recent behaveivity wislim your circle. Phone Pals I Believe In Love through jerseygirl73063 9 comments | 2 recs Wondering What You Can Do to Help? Notes From the "Honey Bee" Help Squad I Want to Help the Honey Bees through EPjake 12 comments | 5 recs That Magical First Kiss the One That Stays With You whole Your Life! I Remember My First Kiss through SingleAlaskanMan 17 comments | 7 recs the statesn and Iraqi Engold I Am In An Interracial Relationship through ExpatInKorea 11 comments | 4 recs A Second Chance I Am Grateful to Be Alive through deleted 31 comments | 23 recs Aye? I Eat Weird Food Combinations through SheistheLorax 45 comments | 2 recs Wedding Song...
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...never experience writing to larn, not just to learn about a particular project but to learn about themselves, their values, their experiences, their environment. As teachers of composition, at some point in our careers we have undoubtedly experienced writing apprehension. We can understand why some develop an aversion to writing and would do almost anything to avoid it. WRITING APPREHENSION DEFINED the term as the tendency to experience high degrees of anxiety when asked to write, resulting in an approach-avoidance conflictive state which manifests itself in one’s behaviors, attitudes, and written products. Behaviors 1. They tend to select careers which they perceive to require little or no writing. 2. They tend to avoid courses and majors which require writing on a daily basis. 3. They write very little out of class. 4. They lack role models for writing at home, in school, and in the society at large. 5. They score lower on tests of verbal ability (SAT), reading comprehension, and standardized tests of writing ability used for college placement. 6. They do not necessarily lack motivation. Attitudes 1. Their self-concept is often lower, and they may lack self-confidence. 2. They report low success in prior experiences with school-related writing. 3. They have received negative teacher responses to prior writing attempts. 4. They are more apprehensive when writing personal narratives in which they must express personal feelings, beliefs, and experiences. 5...
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...down your experience and reflect on the process and outcomes. John (1995) used seminal work by Carper (1978) as the basis for his model exploring aesthetics, personal knowing, ethics and empirics and then encouraging the reflective practitioner to explore how this has changed and improved their practice. Carper B (1978) Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing. Advances in Nursing Science. 1, 1, 13-23. Greater Manchester AHP/HCS Life Long Learning Project Team. Hand out 3 Models of reflection. Available URL http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:Ta_9a2Ad4FUJ:www.bolton.nhs.uk/SHA/LLL/resources/reflective/Framework%2520for %2520Reflection.doc+Johns+Model+of+Structure+Reflection&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=uk th Accessed 11 January 2008 Hilliard C (2006) Using structured reflection on a critical incident to develop a professional portfolio. Nursing standard 21 (2) 35-40 Johns C (1995) Framing learning through reflection within Carper’s fundamental ways of knowing in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 22, 2, 226-234 Johns Model of reflection Johns Model of Reflection Description of the experience Describe the experience and what were the significant factors? Refection What was I trying to achieve and what are the consequences? Influencing factors What things like internal/external/knowledge affected my decision making? Could I have dealt with it better What other choices did I have and what were those consequences? Learning What will change because of this experience and how did...
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...stick of soap put in my mouth? I remember being sent to the principal’s office while in elementary school for my profound language, which was good enough for a stick of soap once I got home from school. I remember being put in time out in class for saying “what the hell” to one of my classmates, when all I was doing was telling a joke. Just like Gloria Anzaldua being punished for doing what seemed to be right to her. “being sent to the corner of the classroom for “talking back” to Anglo teacher when all I was trying to do was tell her how to pronounce my name”. (Anzaldua pg.528) Language is different in every part of the world, even its using slang or curse words to speaking a different language, it’s all different. From my past experiences in my younger days to Gloria Anzaldua speaking different types of language it just depends on where you were raised or even you...
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