What makes us human in the darkest of times? Time after time people from all around the world go through tough times and for some it changes their morals and ideals. How do these events change people? Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden tells the story of two Cree boys that face the terrors of war. Similarly, Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is about two young men in China experiencing re-education in the time of the Cultural Revolution.…
Have you ever heard of a tap tap? Three summers ago, I discovered a tap tap not just a nickname for banging a pencil on a deck, but a kind of taxi in Haiti. They are called tap taps because the passengers will signal the driver to stop or go by simply tapping on the back of the truck. I learned this fact on a mission trip to Haiti three summers ago. The trip was a very eye opening experience where I learned that I have many things to be thankful for.…
US Education Secretary Betsy Devos will be visiting the Hoosier State this week. It's just one stop on her first ever back to school tour called the Rethink School Tour. The tour aims to showcase the innovative work schools across America are doing along with highlighting creative ways educators are better preparing students for the working world. Devos has frequently held Indiana up as a model for education, especially around choice-based school reform like charter schools and taxpayer-funded vouchers for private school tuition.…
Greed has caused many problems throughout American history. You can trace American greed from the beginning days when the colonists took land from Native Americans to owners of meatpacking companies forcing their employees to work in horrible conditions in the Progressive Era. One of the most prominent examples of greed in modern day United States is the issue of organ donation. Mahatma Gandhi once said,”There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.” Organ donation is an issue facing our society today, but luckily it has a solution.…
Cross country is a worldwide sport that has been around since the early nineteenth century. Many people believe that cross country races simple because unlike other sports, running is something that everyone has the ability to do. The truth to running is actually more mental than it is physical and many people don’t understand that until they are in a race themselves. Here are some steps on how to mentally and physically run a successful cross country race.…
Evaluating Organizational Change A fall is the loss of an upright position, producing an uncontrolled and unintentional placement of an individual’s body from one surface to another. Many times serious injuries can result in the frail geriatric population. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.), lacerations, hip fractures, head traumas, and death can result from a fatal fall.…
I opened my eyes and I tore the covers off like wrapping paper on a Christmas present. The pictures a blur as I race my brother for the hot morning waffles. I always know when to come out of my bed when my mom sings her battle cry of “ COME GET ‘EM WHILE THEY’RE HOT AND READY!” As I come down Mitchell is already halfway out the door with two waffles in his mouth like a dog.…
Years ago a commercial appeared on television portraying an elderly woman lying on the floor screaming for help after she had fallen to the ground sustaining an injury for which she was unable to get up on her own. The image is burned in my memory. Unfortunately, this scene has been a reality for many older adults who have fallen not only at home but while hospitalized. There are many versions of the definition of a fall. The World Health Organization defined a fall as “an event which results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground or floor or other lower level” (Falls, 2012, para.1).…
In this assignment, I will use the Gibbs reflective cycle (1998) to reflect on the situation that taken place during my clinical placement to help me to improve and utilise my skills and knowledge from that experienced. • Describe what happened I was assigned in Surgical Ward at Westmead Hospital for two weeks. I was endorsed to one of the Registered Nurses to be my mentor. I was told by my mentor nurse to help her to shower one of her patients.…
My sister and I were spending summer of 2007 with my mom and her husband in San Antonio, Texas. It was an early and beautiful Tuesday morning in San Antonio. I woke up with an overwhelming need to talk to my dad that was back home in Dallas, Texas. I called and called and there was no answer, which was very odd since he had been working since 6am. After what seemed like the millionth time trying to reach him somebody picked up the phone.…
It was the summer of 2007, and my parents thought that it would be a brilliant idea to go on a family road trip to some unknown location. This was the summer before I started high school and I wasn’t in the family bonding mood for a day let alone two weeks. With me being an only child, grandchild, and great grandchild, I was the only kid with five adults in a minivan. Why my parents thought that this was a good idea is still beyond my imagination.…
Today, the record number of students studies abroad all over the world. More and more young adults try to spend some time in different countries during their college years. There are many obvious reasons to do so. However, some still afraid to take such a huge step. LR helps students to understand all the privileges of exploring the world through the office of international education.…
Last year during our spring break in high school me and a group of friends decided that we go on a road trip. At first we didn’t know where we were going to go but finally decided on going to Virginia Beach. We planned on staying for 5 days and then drove back up to New York. During this trip we had a lot of interesting things happen, especially to the car.…
Ever since I was young, I loved the adventure of traveling. I couldn’t wait to explore and come across something different. I was drawn to the appeal of a new world – new people, new streets, new food, new culture, new everything. I believe traveling makes me feel more mindful than ever because I experience something out of the ordinary every time, away from my everyday routine and worries like a weekly online assignment. It broadens my perspective and exposes me to different ways of life, some beyond my comfort zone.…
My Amazing Trip On my trip to Galveston I had a lot of fun! Me and my family had drove from Austin to Galveston, it was a 4 hour trip. It was loud and tring and on are way there was a Buc-ees we stop and decided to get lunch because one half was a food market the other half a souvenir shop. During the trip I saw a Beach for the first time and on the beach I saw a fish that had been cut in half by a boat propeller. Then my Grandpa Pete (he loves to joke and have fun)…