A Few Questions

M said he sees loss as a “silver lining.” I followed up after his response with a question asking him to elaborate more on what he meant by a “silver lining.” He said that with any loss in life, whether it be a death or physical loss, you “will always have something there and always gain something new.” He believes that through our losses…

to answer my questions and foster my interest in becoming an RA. Before even beginning the process, I sat down with my RA and talked about what to expect, whether it seemed like I could do it and if it was worth it. She was able to answer most of my questions and doubts. When given this assignment, my initial reaction was, “Oh… Well I guess I’ll just have to do it all over again.” I was surprised to find out that throughout the course, I had come up with quite a few other questions and concerns…

When I was growing up it was not considered acceptable to ask questions or second guess authority. If you were given directions, then those instructions were to be followed without any questions. It did not matter who was giving the directions, it was understood that you would do what was asked. If it was my parents, grandparents, older siblings, friends’ parents, and especially my faith leaders I was taught to obey. Doing what I was told taught me to automatically assume that those who were…

Despite this, I was able to get useful information from his writing and, this paper with only with a few exceptions, will be helpful in the future writings. Patrick Rael make is very clear good history papers start with questions. The questions are something that the author knows but the reader doesn’t. They should…

paragraph, and many students thought that it was a must that it was located in the first paragraph. This was questions 3, 4, and 5. All three focused and tested their knowledge on the reflection part of the essay and its importance. The class understood that a reflection was used to show connections to the thesis and support the argument. These were the easiest and most successful questions. Through these results we concluded that we needed a bit more emphasis on the structure of the essay…

George Santayana, in his essay “Intellectual Ambition,” asserts that humans must work to eliminate bias created by the use of imagination over the use of their senses and understanding in their perceptions of reality; he states that the faculty of understanding is often dulled by that of imagination, which often wastes initially “good” ideas by turning them into unrealistic dreams. Santayana supports his claims by describing the role of the sense of sight in the human mind, then the thought…

journey with a trusted colleague that should last approximately 20-30 minutes (D’ Antonio, 2001). As the coach, I am going to have a set of questions prepared to help guide Louisa through the conference. Listening to my colleague’s answer and understanding are vital to the partnership between a coach and teacher. In collegial coaching, the order and sequence of questions provide a framework for uncovering a teacher’s idea about instruction (D’Antonio,…

tutoring, some of them had questions about the computer programming and class instructions; however, no students asked me for help with their study. Fifth graders were asked to read a lot in a variety of subject areas, analyze characters, plot, and settings, and do lots of writing practice. Thus, their language and literacy were enhanced quickly. For the second graders, they were struggling with reading skills. In some cases, they did not understand what the questions meant, and thus, asked for…

College athletes go to college for an education, and to learn. But there is one question that keeps getting asked, and this question is very controversial. The question that people keep asking can cause a lot of trouble. There is no reason this question should even be brought up. There are tons of opinions about it, and a lot of them differ. The question is, “Should collegiate athletes be paid?” That is a pretty simple question, but that is where the chaos starts. Although some people believe…

The purpose of the interview was to create an initial profile of a client upon meeting with me, acting as their occupational therapist. The goal was not only to gain vital information regarding the client, but to establish the foundation of a healthy therapeutic relationship between the client and myself. This relationship is of high importance because trust is already being formed, which can impact our future sessions. In the beginning, the interview stared off a bit rocky, but towards the end…