My Favorite Means of Communication Essay

up in two seemingly separate worlds: black and white. My everyday life is lived primarily in the "white world". I went to a Catholic grade school where less than 1% of the population was black, I spend holidays with my mom 's Irish family in Ohio, and I live in the white suburbs of Kansas. I have never been able to relate to the "typical black experience". My dad is a first generation immigrant from Ghana. My sisters and I grew up with some of my dad 's Ghanaian family traditions like African…

Introduction Divorce is a phenomenon that affects a significant number of children across the country. The current divorce rate is 50% (Wong, 2014). This means a large number of students in schools will have or be experiencing the negative side effects of divorce. These effects vary. “Children’s reactions to divorce seem to be of three types. The first type are those reactions that appear to be normal reactions to the crisis, such as fear, anger, grief, and yearning for the departed parent,…

Experiences as an SVSU English major My freshman year at SVSU began in a way that I could only explain as equal parts terrifying and exhilarating. There I was, three hours away from home, surrounded by (and living with) seven complete strangers who I somehow felt like I had nothing in common with. I came in with pretty much no idea what I was doing, who I wanted to be, or what the next four years would be like, and a tentatively declared English major. I didn’t know where I was headed, I…

I believe that you can’t fully understand something until you’ve lived it or experienced it. Before applying what I’ve learned about in Levinas and Kierkegaard articles to my service learning experience I never fully understood my responsibility to others or who was I responsible to. In this experience what was really incredible for me is how much responsibility we have to our “neighbor” on where Kierkegaard talks about who is our neighbor and why he is so important in our life. Kierkegaard…

shining in my eyes as I put on my shorts and was packing my bag. I could hear the birds and clanking of pan from the cookies my father was making. I was wondering how many cookies I could have. I love chocolate chip cookies. They taste so good and they are so delicious. When there warm I just want to eat them all but I would get in huge trouble. I stopped for a second to think of what to put in my bag other than water and other basic essentials. I could smell the sweet smell of cookies. My…

Attention, parents of college students. Say your kid has a problem with a roommate. Maybe one “borrowed” his favorite t-shirt. Maybe your daughter’s roommate leaves old, stinky Chinese take out in the mini-fridge. Perhaps your child is so upset about this he texts you five times a day to complain. Here’s the thing: Don’t call the college president to ask him to handle the situation. (Yes, that happens.) Jonathan Gibralter, president of Frostburg State University, has had parents call him at…

I have only experienced this with my kids. I would like to experience that. Be in a relationship where we both have unconditional love for one another. I would love to experience agape love. I want to be with my best friend as well, and when I look back, I smile more than I frown up. Like you said relationships get hard, but the good should outweigh the bad. Intellect is one of my favorite qualities about you, and you shouldn’t have to dummy down. Surround…

My only experiences involve being a captain for my sports teams. However, even with my lack of experience, I believe being agreeable all the time is not a leadership quality. For example, for one of the presentations in class, I was called upon to be a leader for a skit. For the skit, I had to…

Two major obstacles that can occur in the workplace are the dress code and holidays. As we look around us we are aware that many cultures dress differently than we do as well as celebrate differently holidays. Business have the daunting task of determining what the dress code will be and which holidays the company celebrates. This can be extremely hard in a diversified workforce. Depending on the business they may want to allow those employees from different cultures to dress according to…

Family life in my community. Introduction Families are like branches on a tree, family members all grow in different directions yet the roots remain as one. As one of my favorite quotes by Scoot King states, that ‘The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members and families”. Family is a complex word to define, because it differs from culture to culture and society to society within one country. One definition provided by White paper on…