have been tasked to help the families and communities that are disproportionally affected by health complications. In my life one of these reoccurring health complications is diabetes. I grew up with multiple father figures. Each one taught and is still teaching me on what it means to be a man, and each one was diagnosed with diabetes. As a means to have an impact on the state of healthcare for black communities and to give back to my support system that has invested in my success and development, I
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Professional dveloment Professional Development Plan Name Institutional Affiliation PART I: TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Transferable Skills Survey Results and Summary Report Survey Results Communication 31 out of a maximum of 39 (79%) Research & Planning 30 out of a maximum of 36 (83%) Human Relations 36 out of a maximum of 39 (92%) Organization, Management, & Leadership
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The Hero as a Reflection of Culture Belen Lowrey Abstract: In works of literature, a hero is a man to be admired and emulated. For this reason, the hero always demonstrates the embodiment of the ideals of the creating culture. Historical events and social conditions of different cultures cause different attributes to become valued in leaders. These cultural values are reflected in both the actions of a hero and in the heroic motivations. This paper focuses on the heroes of the Iliad,
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are shaped by ideals and families shape the beliefs we believe so strongly. I seek the capability to improve my life as well as the lives of those around me through an education career because my family has enlightened me that change can be positive and radical in altering lives; I hope to hold that ability someday. And most of all because of those who have raised me I dedicate a path of personal improvement and the formation of dedication individual who promotes good character. When my father was
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affluent family. McCandless allowed his wandering thoughts and moral code guide him in a way that lead to certain death. His parents, Billie and Walt McCandless set him up for an impressive, promising life. Chris took this promising, successful future and spun into a journey filled with idealist literature and danger that skewed his world view. Chris McCandless is often seen as a narcissistic, deeply-misplaced young man that betrayed the emotional trust of his parents. He was not the ideal hero, nor
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Presence and Influence Western Governors University “Being human means being whole physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually” (Koerner, 2011). I believe that these are important aspects that contribute to our life as human beings. As a nurse, part of our professional presence is to be able to understand other people by putting ourselves in their situations. When we understand, value and respect others, we are able to provide the healing that they need. A1. Differences
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for, ethical caring and the ethical ideal. We all have people in our life that we care for, but do we really know if that care is being received. Is our definition or meaning of caring the same as the person that we are caring for? For some people they believe they are showing care for someone if they are tough and strict on someone and others coddle you and support whatever you do. The concepts of ethical caring and the ethical ideal I struggled with. From my understanding of it is that ethical
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bonds of hate” is written by Virak Khiev in 1992. The article is about the ideal life you will reach in the land of opportunities: The United States of America. Virak Khiev’s article reflects his difficulties of growing up in a country he hated to seek the American Dream everyone talked about. Many people seek the American Dream, especially people from the minorities and countries with war and killing. Their search for the ideal life with a big house, lots of money and the popular ending “and we lived
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Alois and Klara had known poverty but had strived for a better way to live. The Hitler’s led a fairly comfortable middle- class life but family dynamics left much to be desired. As a father Alois was stern, distant, and irritable and as a husband he expected full obedience from his wife. (cite hitler book) He enjoyed spending outside over spending time with his family, leaving them to their own devices. Luckily for the children Klara did her best to combat how their father treated them and showered them
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that instruct people to live by virtues of compassion, honesty, and loyalty to ones friends and family. Ethics also mentions self-analyses and development of one's own ethical system. A person’s feelings, societal laws, and social norms can stray from what is morally correct. This means that it is compulsory to regularly scrutinize one's moral standards to certify that they are sound and justifiable. My personal code of ethics does not differ much from the behavior that’s accepted by society such
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