How to Spend Summer Vacation Essay

This self-care assignment has more meaning to me now than it would have a year ago. Not that I would have approached this less seriously back then, but since I have started graduate school I have realized that I am busier now than ever. In the past, my mantra was to work, whether it was academics or one of my jobs, until the task was complete. I have always taken pride in my work ethic but I also think that I can’t do the things that I used to do at the pace that I was doing things in.…

our family’s finances in order to create a financial plan. Of course, setting short-term goals for a vacation or buying a new refrigerator is relatively easy to place into short-term goals. However, the scarier thought of retirement planning was avoided like the plague and I felt more comfortable addressing the here and now. I like to think that I am a frugal person, but like most people, I can spend money without thinking about it and saving money is very difficult.…

and gravity, how everything kept in place by gravity was astounding. According to Newton’s law of universal gravitation, “I am pretty attractive to you” said Mr. Bertossa. A quote by my Physics teacher, and a quote that I will never forget because that is how universe…

person needs at least a bachelor’s degree, they need to graduate from an accredited PA program, pass the national certification exam, and lastly acquire a license. The time it takes to become a physician assistant can be around two to 6 years varying on how far a person wants to go with their practice. The duration comes out to be great compared to the duration to become a doctor or pediatrician which is about nine or more. A physician assistant gets paid about $90,930 a year and $43 an hour.…

(Bartos 29). I think this is a good balance because the time in the classroom can now be used to focus on the student. By watching the lesson prior to class, students can be thinking of questions. One notable result is that teachers have more time to spend with “struggling students, who no longer give up on homework, but work through challenging problems in class” (Bartos 30). Additionally, cost is reduced for the student. Taking classes online has helped me reduce what I am spending on…

having a napkin in my lap at the dinner table. This is also a rule I want to use with my own family someday. Another rule, rather tradition, we have on my mother’s side is to go on vacation together each summer. I know this does not sound like a rule, however, it is a rule in our family. This rule allows us to spend time together without having the drama that comes with the holidays. We usually get a condo together in Destin, Florida or Gulf Shores, Alabama. I think these rules helped me…

In preparation for my personal entrepreneurship statement, I evaluated my own personality and characteristics and also had those close to me evaluate my personality through online questionaries and interviews with my parents. The instruments that I used were the Myers-Briggs Indicator and two questionaries from The Authentic Happiness Project at the University of Pennsylvania. These tests were very interesting because I saw a lot of similarities between the results, giving me great insight on my…

The organization that I have chosen for this paper is SAS Institute (Statistical Analytical Software) because I recognized it on the Fortune list that was assigned for this class in Module 1 and this is because I have learned about the company in a case study during MGT 111. This company intrigues me because I travel to North Carolina where its Headquarters is located and would like to learn more about it. This specific company has been recognized globally because of its workplace culture and as…

uncles with me. Things hasn’t changed a bit since I moved here, my parents were always busy with work, my sister and I still don’t really talk to each other, and no one is really home most of the time except for me. I should always enjoy the time I spend with some of my family because no one can replace them and recreate the happiness that I had with…

service-oriented activities such as volunteer work, civic and other group activities. My feelings about serving the community can be expressed by this quote from Mother Teresa, “At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by “I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothe me. I was homeless and you took me in.” My involvement in the community…