gestures, I realized that I needed a bit more understanding regarding my own approach to non-verbal communication. I began by asking friends and associates about my non-verbal traits, and was actually surprised at their views telling me that often n Continue Reading...
Arts Counseling is a field that is close to my personal history. I come from a single parent family. My mother was a hardworking and dedicated woman, who raised four children on a seamstress' salary. Each person has a unique set of circumstances and Continue Reading...
Cultural Diversity in the Classroom When I was growing up, there were always some classmates who were just a little bit different from everyone else. It's not that there was anything wrong with these other students, but they were "unique." They were Continue Reading...
Speaker Critique On Friday 6/15 I went to home depot to see a speech on "How to Manage You Lawn and Garden." I had seen a flyer in the store on a previous visit and decided that this would be an interesting event to attend so that I could learn how Continue Reading...
The driver's head was bloody like mine, but he was conscious. He didn't look at me, and didn't say anything. I noticed that the car had four passengers; it might have been a mother and father, and two daughters, both very close to my age. The eldest Continue Reading...
Like Romeo, Juliet believes that the only solution is committing suicide, but the Friar tells her of a secret potion, a drug that will make her only appear dead for almost two days. The Friar tells Juliet to take it the night before her wedding. Me Continue Reading...
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) - RN to MSN - Family Nurse Practitioner Personal/Professional Goals I wish to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). The program is specifically designed for RNs such as myself to obtain an MSN in this field Continue Reading...
Stereotyping I was quite proud. I had spent the past hour putting together what had to be the absolute best cranberry sauce in the entire history of cranberry sauces. I dipped my finger into it, tasted it, and at that moment I was pretty sure I was Continue Reading...
Leadership and Realtors I have many aspirations and many things I would like to accomplish in my lifetime. That said, one of my strongest vocations is establishing myself in my community as a successful real estate agent. I've always had a knack fo Continue Reading...
Communications skills test I took was from MindTools.com. I scored a 33 on this test. This level says that I need to work on my communications skills (36 is the threshold for the next level up, and 75 is the maximum score). The assessment was further Continue Reading...
DRNP Growing up in Africa, I had no concept of the Western approach to mental illness. Rather than treating the mentally ill as sick people, many Africans believe that mental illness is a manifestation of something else, traditionally a curse. There Continue Reading...
watching the lectures on video. When I first realized that part of the course would be watching lectures on video, I thought that I would be bored by them. After all, in a video lecture environment, the ability to interact with the teacher is missi Continue Reading...
Big Failure One significant instance of failure in my career development experience came during my time as an investor. I had been studying finance and markets for some time, as I had always had an interest in how money could be made on the stock m Continue Reading...
We could still hide the stuff we wanted hidden. Then you did it again. It was like you couldn't stand us actually taking responsibility for our own privacy. Now there is this graph search. To me, this crosses a line with respect to our privacy. The Continue Reading...
Grocery Store I decided to visit the local Trader Joe's. The store that I visited actually has an almost identical layout to other Trader Joe's stores that I have visited in the past, with some minor differences in the details. Design and Physical Continue Reading...
The third reason that I chose Marx is the apparently cyclical nature of change and restriction. The last century has seen some tremendous social changes. The 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the Sexual Revolution changed the face of modern America. Continue Reading...
I have been volunteering lately with a church called Rod of God Ministries. I asked the Rod of God what they needed from me and they responded frankly with some embarrassment. "We need someone to clean our toilets." At first I thought the man was Continue Reading...
But to me, a young woman standing alone on a busy street in a still strange country, the word gaijin changed the tone of this encounter. For the group of teenagers waving and shouting at me, the word gaijin was merely a way of identifying their rar Continue Reading...
Toy Fire Trucks and Diesel Engines I have always been fascinated by mechanical equipment ever since I can remember. When I was a child in Jamaica, I remember that we had very few choices of toys to play with compared to children today, especially in Continue Reading...
Raise I Deserve a Raise Dear Mr. Blinski, Please excuse my candor, but I would like a promotion. More specifically, I would really like a raise. How much? Well, I was told by a mutual friend of ours that I should ask for $5 more per hour and hope Continue Reading...
Joe Student Joe Teacher Why I am Not the Perfect Kid When my best friend told me how perfect I was I actually blushed. What was it that she said, "You have great parents, you're getting great grades in school, you don't drink or smoke, you've neve Continue Reading...
I believe this is one of the smartest moves I have ever made. I learn so much in the first class I took and one of the first things I learned was that my professor would not tolerate me interrupting people while they had the floor. After about two w Continue Reading...
Queendom.com free Emotional Intelligence Test, I was surprised to see that my score was only 67 out of 100. Because I consider myself a fairly empathic and understanding individual, I was expecting a score closer to 80. The results indicate that I h Continue Reading...
belly was full of, well, cop "i" and ayran, because those are the only two things on the menu at roadside restaurants in Turkey. We call the former shish kebob, and ayran is this funny fermented yoghurt drink. It's an acquired taste. One that I trie Continue Reading...
jobs, but the one in which I was most significantly effected by ethical challenges was the time I spent working in the business office and customer service department of a large Health Management Organization (HMO). For reasons of anonymity and beca Continue Reading...
But we live in a capitalist world and capitalism is not going anywhere. So I guess my vision of a future city does not necessarily include dozens of skyscrapers and bridges one over another in a tower of Babel sort of way (the higher you get, the cl Continue Reading...
Both Taoism and Buddhism encourage meditation as a means by which to liberate the mind and achieve emptiness. One of the Buddhist practices that encourages emptiness is mindfulness meditation, or vipassana. However, there are numerous specific meth Continue Reading...
City dwellers must be free to join any number of groups to promote their interpersonal connections within the city. Such a sense of connection would create a sense of community and hence equality among everyone connecting with each other. In terms Continue Reading...
Vocabulary, Practices, and Proficiencies: I began going to the gym earlier in the day before the prime-time hours between approximately 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM during which the general energy level and rhythm of the gym increased and it became the mos Continue Reading...
working in a jewelry company and I was asked to meet certain sales goals. I was new and unfamiliar with the practices of the other salespeople and didn't know how to approach the sales goal. The sales goal was high, similar to the other, more season Continue Reading...
Descartes MeditationsThe skeptical arguments presented in Descartes first meditation are to suppose that one cannot know whether one is asleep or awake; that one cannot know whether ones eyes, hands, body and surroundings are real; that one cannot kn Continue Reading...
Introduction When I reflect upon why I want to go to college, a number of thoughts come to my head. I think about how much I respect higher education. I think about the expectations of my parents and how much they would panic if I did not go. I hones Continue Reading...
Dying William Faulkner's novel As I Lay Dying tells the story of a family living in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. The matriarch of this family, Addie Bundren, is approaching death and her family prepares for this event through various means ba Continue Reading...
I don't want my grades to suffer, and I'm already not doing well in one class, so I'm torn and pulled in different directions. Then, there is the insurance issue. Because I got a speeding ticket, and I'm a young driver, my car insurance rates went Continue Reading...
When I looked at my class schedule, by the time music, art, PE, recess, lunch and IEP time was taken up, there were only 50 minutes out of the day when I had all my students in the classroom at the same time -- assuming of course, that no one was ab Continue Reading...
