...The Balance of School & Work During my junior year of high school I decided it was time to make my own money and begin to lean away from my parents. Although it is much easier to just ask for money, making my own taught me a lot more in the long run. I was forced to learn how to balance school work, social events, and work all at the same time. Having a job affected me in many positive ways. I learned what it was like to have an income of my own, I made many friends along the way, and I had to manage my time in order to stay on top of my studies. Taking on so many responsibilities at once and only being sixteen had its fair share of ups and downs, but when the weekly pay check came in it made it all worth it. Being a hostess at Texas Roadhouse was an ideal first job for someone like me. The paychecks were not much but the feeling of making money that I worked hard for was a feeling I had never experienced before. I was able to buy things I wanted and know that those items were 100% mine. My job taught me that making money is not always easy and made it me realize that when I asked my parents for money that it really did not just grow on trees. Without having my job in high school I believe I would have continued to rely on my parents for many of my wants. Making money was not the only thing I liked about having my job, along the way I made some really good friends. Working in a popular restaurant brought in people from many of the local high schools and colleges. As...
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...Often when you speak to older adults they will tell you the school days were the best days of your life, this is not because the school days were the best of their lives, simply that they were conditioned into believing this. No adult can honestly believe that the best days of their lives were when they were treated with little or no respect, or when they were beaten with a slipper for speaking out of turn. If they truly believed that school days were so good then why did most of them leave school at 16? Fortunately today teachers don't beat us with old slippers of canes but does that really make school a better environment for the student? Well the most you could say is that it's an improvement. The fact is that the school environment is an unhealthy one; everyday you're faced with the same old routine, and even worse the same people. During your younger teenage years in the lower part of the school we are all faced with a huge task, not learning about algebra or Shakespeare, but the ultimately more important lesson of learning who we are, and who we want to be. So during these turbulent years we are not placed in a constructive, and helpful environment, we are forced into a volatile environment where the minority are bullied and the majority are too afraid to be different, we are surrounded by social stereotypes, greebos, skaters, townies goths, etc. The only way to truly be an individual is to shun other people's opinions of you...
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...When I look back at certain aspects of my life, I realize that I don’t do a lot of self-care. Balancing school, work and an internship is very tough. Not to mention, trying to balance being a leader of a club at school, homework and finding some time for myself. I have a habit of placing things in order from important to least important. I place certain classes, work, my internship and physically eating as very important in my life. Homework, talking on the phone with my family and being a leader holds second place. And lastly, having some type of a social life is usually my last choice. I always find myself surrounded by work, school or my internship that I don’t really have time to go out or hang out with friends as much as I would like....
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...Parents with a higher education level will have greater probability of being involved in their children’s school work could this be possible. Parent’s involvement as early as preschool suggests that it is vital in children’s formal schooling for academic success. The participation of the parents on a regular basis is a two way issue. In order for the child to do well in school the parent has to be involved entirely. Every parent would like to see his or her child succeed in life so parents’ that care make a conscious effort to be present in their life. It is obvious that parents who are more involved set positive outcome for their children. According to Hill et al. (2004) the higher parental education level, parent academic involvement was related to fewer problems and academic achievement. For example, more highly educated mothers were more likely to be actively in support of their children placement in honors courses, manage academic achievement and maintain contact with the school than less educated parents (Hill et al., 2004). This may be due to the fact of parents’ interest, and the children’s ability to succeed in school. Researchers consistently agree that SES Socioeconomic status can vary because of parent’s economic and social ranking and can be based on father’s education level, mother’s education level, father’s occupation, mother’s occupation, and family income (Hill et al., 2004). This demographic factor such as SES was associated with the achievement outcome...
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...criticize the high school system saying that the majority of the schools do practice the same rituals for years, students taking all kind of subjects in a systematize order without really benefiting anyone, neither the student or the society. Students not only that enjoy taking different classes, keeps them busy during the day and off the labor market until after graduation. Plenty of energy is spend in searching for a solution to the problem of students exiting the public schools without being adequately educated, however no one has looked at the most responsible for this problem: the students themselves and the community. For most of the people school is a place where children are gathered under the force of the law to pursue the learning of what the community believes is important. My experience is and I believe strongly that there must be compromises between the people and the community in which they live. If the community sends the message that school is important than children will have a different attitude towards school. Also, children, and especially older children and adolescents, learn much more outside of school than within it. The kids watch the older all the time, learning from what they see, admiring or not what they do and how they do it, whether are family members or neighbors or representations of people and places displayed in the media. If what is "outside" of school rewards a child and gives access to that which is valued within school, a symbiosis results...
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...CONTROL NUMBER DEPENDENCY STATEMENT - PARENT OMB No. 0730-0014 OMB approval expires Nov 30, 2010 The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.25 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Executive Services Directorate, Information Management Division, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155 (0730-0014). Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ORGANIZATION. RETURN COMPLETED FORM TO YOUR LOCAL SERVING PERSONNEL/PAYROLL OFFICE. PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT AUTHORITY: P.L. 93-64; 37 U.S.C., Chapter 7, Section 403; E.O. 9397 (SSN); and DoDFMR 7000.14-R, Vol. 7a, Chapter 26. PRINCIPAL PURPOSE(S): The information will be used to determine the relationship and dependency of the claimed dependents and determine the member's entitlement to authorized benefits. ROUTINE USE(S): In addition to those disclosures generally permitted...
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...Diera Kelley Business Economics GM545 Session-July 2012 Dvkelley@yahoo.com Exercise 1 Everyone’s Gasoline Problem In 2003 average gasoline prices in the city of phoenix was a $1.52 and peaked to $2.11 per gallon. On July 30 a pipeline rupture, due to slow repairs, reduced the supply of gasoline causing dramatic price increases. With only two sources of gasoline, one from west Texas and the other from the west coast, phoenix was forced to pay the increased prices from west coast suppliers. Resorting to the consumers determinants of supply, preference would have to become a big constituent to make consumers adopt other modes of transportation. ” In the short run, a gasoline price increase of 10 percent would reduce consumer demand by just 2 percent, according to these studies. This suggests that gasoline prices in Phoenix would have had to increase by a large amount to reduce the quantity of consumers’ purchases by 30 percent, the amount of lost supply. Extrapolating from above, prices would have to increase by 150 percent. Phoenix prices did increase substantially – by 40 percent – but remained far below a 150 percent price increase, because Phoenix gas stations had succeeded in obtaining some additional gasoline supplies from the West Coast (Gasoline, 2012).” The law of demand states that price increase causes consumers to buy less which affects the determinants. The affect on the consumers...
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...Running Head:Legalizing Marijuana Bradford 1 Legalizing Marijuana Ira Bradford Soc120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Marnie Carroll July 11, 2012 RunningHead: Legalizing Marijuana Bradford 2 Legalizing Marijuana I really don’t see nothing wrong with marijuana. They are some pros and cons on legalizing marijuana in this world. I will get to that later on this paper. I feel like for you to talk about this type of situation you have to go through it. I first smoke marijuana when I was twenty-six or twenty-seven. But I started drinking when I was fifteen or sixteen. I tried smoking cigarettes but my body didn’t agree with that. I even tried cocaine two or three times in my life time. I definitely didn’t like that. I even tried ectasy for a while until I find out what it do to the brain cells. Out of all these drugs ectasy is the most deadliest drug that kill the most brain cell. They put all kinds of stuff in that pill, which is very scary. Out of all those that I tried, the only thing that I agree with is marijuana. Yes, I did started drinking before I did any of these things. But who didn’t, alcohol is the gateway drug. I don’t even like taking pills for headaches or colds, when my body aches. The only pills I take is for my high blood pressure. When I smoke I feel so relax and for some reason I can feel everybody vibe. It sounds weird but I do. It lets me know on what I need to do and things...
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...1) What’s the author’s main topic? A 2) Which of the following sentences best states the author’s implied central idea? C 3) The first paragraph of the essay serves what primary purpose? D 4) Which of the following is not one of the reasons the author gives her dislike of math? B 5) According to the author, students and faculty believe that skill in math often equates with a lack of skill in English? True 6) When an English person says, “ I can’t do math”, he or she may really mean: B 7) The author supports the idea that everyone has the potential to do anything? True 8) Paragraph 2 is a good example of which organizational pattern? D 9) As applied to math, do you think the author would agree with this statement: “Genetics isn’t destiny” I believe that the author would not agree with that statement because she feels like you can do whatever you want to. 10) What do you think is the point of the anecdote about the authors college friend? 1. Desolate 2. Consistently 3. Potential 4. Phobia 5. Rigid 6. Bewildered 7. I am consistently on time to class that is why I make good grades 8. I have a phobia of cats, that’s why I hate being around them 1. when driving math can be very useful to know how fast to go to get to a certain time. 2. I never really thought of myself as a math of an English person because I have been pretty good at both of them. I can further develop my skill if I keep working...
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...The Porter Thesis As we have seen (Lecture 1), Michael Porter in Competitive Advantage of Nations argues that the fortunes of economies rest on the competitive advantages held by their firms and industries. National factor and demand conditions encourage the development of specific competitive advantages and specialization, and, therefore, also the development of specific types of industry. Variations in specialization, output and expertise explain differences in the competitive advantages of nations and in levels of value added and living standards. Porter contends, furthermore, that these national advantages may be difficult to replicate elsewhere, and that they may be embedded in a specific geographical location or cluster offering advantages in the acquisition of technology, knowledge, capital, skills, support structure, and so on. [pic] Porter seeks to explain why companies and industries have emerged in some countries and not others, and why certain economies have expanded in recent decades while others have stagnated or declined. In Competitive Strategy, published in 1980, he dealt with matters of industrial structure, competitor behaviour and the formulation of corporate strategy (M.E.Porter, Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980). Successful firms, he contended, have to guard against the activities of existing rivals, buyers, suppliers, new entrants, and potential providers of substitute products....
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...Data The table below contains the data that was calculated using a time step of 10 seconds for the first 80 seconds. The data was marched forward in time for a total of 3500 seconds. Using the complete table, a graph was produced showing the temperature for each node as a function of time for the first 3500 seconds of exposure. Located on the graph below the table, I have indicated the location of the node with the highest and lowest temperature in the beam. The graph represents the temperature versus time for each of the 20 nodes. The Fourier equation used for this data at a time step of 10 seconds is: Fo = , where and l^2 = 0.0016m^2 Therefore Fo = 0.0031. The Biot equation used for this data at a time step of 10 seconds is: B = hl/k , where h = 10W/m^2K , l = .04m and k = 0.5 W/mK Therefore B = 0.8 Table 1. Temperature for each node as a function of time. T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 | T7 | T8 | T9 | T10 | T11 | T12 | T13 | T14 | T15 | T16 | T17 | T18 | T19 | T20 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.00 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.00 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 21.90 | 20.00 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 21.900 | 21.791 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 21.900 | 22.68 | 20.000 | 20.000 | 21.90 | 22.687 | 20.000 | 21.900 | 22.687 | 21.900 | 29.174 | 23.77 | 20.00 | 20.000 | 20.006 | 23.779 | 23.560 | 20.014 | 20.000 | 20.006 | 23.779 | 25.32 | 20.017 | 20.006 | 23.77 | 25.321 | 20.023...
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...Musical Theater in Humanity There are many ways to study in human in order to appreciate and honor in life, in our presenting, such as Literature, History, Languages, Religion, Arts and Performing Arts. Also, musical theater, which particularly is one of this aesthetic art form as well. Musical theater was created since an ancient Greece as a worship to Dionysus, the god of wine and fertility. Essentially, its style consisted as a Tragedy, which is the portmanteau word, tragos = goat, aeidein = to sing. Tragedy does mean “the goat’s song”. Beheld in the festival once a year. The form of performance was not vastly different from the musical nowadays. Settings and properties also used to collaborate the show as male narrators sing and dance to narrate the story and ask the morality questions to the audience which lead and relate to the decision of the protagonist or the main character at the end of story. Urging the spectator’s catharsis, and enlighten their heart and mind at the end to realized there is nobody better than god, also our destiny is determined. All of the performer are male, and only seven main actor wear the masks in order to be and rotate the characters exclude the narrator. Aeschylus, Sophocles, And Aristophanes were not only playwrights; they were also composers and luricists. Dance, poem, and acrobatic used to archive the audience as spectacular. Also, to cross the bridge to reflect their life significantly as the foundation of Greece model citizen...
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...S&RM: Assignment-1 Download the data of closing daily stock market prices of any company from 1st August to 30th August 2014. I) Describe this sample of 30 data points. Comment on your impressions about data. II) The closing market price of any day is considered as a) Going up if it is greater than the mean + 0.5 SD. b) Going down if it is less than mean – 0.5 SD. c) Remaining steady if it is between mean + 0.5 Sd. Classify the collected sample of the prices according to i) ‘going up’, ii) ‘going down’ or iii) ‘remaining steady’. Write the table for the classification. III) Calculate the probability of price i) going up ii) going down and iii) remaining steady. Is this conditional probability or a simple probability? IV) It is observed that the status of closing market price of any day depends on the status of the previous day. If yesterday’s status of the price is ‘up’ then using this sample what is the probability that a) Today the price goes up. b) Today the price goes down. c) Today the price remains steady. If yesterday’s status of the price is ‘down’ then what is the probability that a) Today the price goes up. b) Today the price goes down. c) Today the price remains steady. Comment on the conditional probability you have found. Is there any difference between the conditional probabilities of ‘going up’, ‘going down’ and ‘remaining steady’...
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...Customer Service The meaning of great customer service is acting as if you care. You never show expression if you don't but make the customer feel that you are there to provide ask them questions before they ask you. When dealing with people you have to know how to communicate with them on various levels. Make the customer feel more like family than a stranger. When approaching a customer be sure to say “Hello” and “what may I assist you with today”. Maybe you see a tense customer and they are having a bad day be sure you can guide them in the right direction of the product and maybe even talk to them and make them smile. Smiling is also a key to the customer. Be sure to to smile and give them your full attention. Make eye contact with the customer and let them know you mean business. Also the way you carry yourself can also set the tone for your customers. Be sure your uniform is up to par and be sure hygiene is well together. If you just came from break and you know you just had a hotdog all the way you may not want to be all the in a customer face. Still assist them with any needs they have but also be aware of the breath. Dealing with a rude customer. Always keep calm and remain kind one thing customers like is when a worker deal with there attitudes and remain kind and help them find what they are looking for. When in customer service you never expect to receive anything from a customer because its your job to provide them with excellent customer service. But sometimes...
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...Dell INC. was successful and unsuccessful in the market through out the late 1980s to the late 2000s. Now the company is struggling in the market. Analyzing the internal environment of Dell Inc. and its strengths, weaknesses, and core competences would definitely help the company to solve some problems. Internal environment A company’s core competence is something the organizations do especially well in comparison to its competitors, such as competitive advantage. Dell had developed a core competence in superior product performance, low cost and speedy delivery by squeezing time lags and inefficiencies out of the manufacturing and assembly process, extending the same brutal standards to the supply chain. In addition, Dell designs its products according to wishes of customer specification that allow the company enjoys superior customer value and brand loyalty. Dell has the ability to produce superior performance products at a very low cost due to its status in the market; the company also has the ability to offer its products at significantly lower prices than its competitors in the market at the early stages. Furthermore, Dell differentiates their laptops and PC’s many different levels including direct-to customer model, building better-quality performance and up-to-date technological product, and direct customer interaction in diverse marketplace. Strengths Strength in a company is essential factor that is inherent in the internal operations which results to the success...
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