According to Jim

I believe that servers should be paid the higher federal minimum wage for non-tipped employes. Servers, even if they give good service, are often under tipped and in some cases, not tipped at all. As cost of living increases, a servers pay also should increase just as any other workers would when minimum wage is increased. In my expeirance, most servers at least try to do their job well. Being a server is a hard job. I personally, have rarely had a server that didn't a good job, and yet…

The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument is a test which is based on a number of questions tells you what your conflict style is. After taking the test I scored between an 80 and 90% for collaborating, avoiding, and accommodating all of which make sense when looking at my life. The collaborating style is a mixture of a cooperative, effective individual who is focused on team effort, partnership, or shared personal goals. Based on the information from the textbook “Interpersonal Conflict”…

Determination What is determination? It is not getting out of bed in the morning and saying, “I am doing nothing today, I am going back to bed” Determination is the drive to do something. It is a will. Determination is courage. Determination is dedication. It is being brave. Determination is having self-confidence. Think about what determination means to you and then listen to me. Determination is courage. Look around you. Every single person has courage for something. Mine is having the…

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck and Jim escape civilization together to float down to freedom on the Mississippi river. The river has its good times and bad ones to, but Huck pushes through like a good friend would. He also meets his childhood friend Tom but ultimately leaves all of this to go out west. Friendship plays a very important role; Huck develops many new friendships throughout the text including those with Jim, a runaway slave, Huck’s friend Tom Sawyer, from a…

Is the popular cliché “seasons change, but people don’t,” accurate? The vast majority of authors would disagree. Throughout written history, an excessively common storyline is of a protagonist changing themselves for the better in some way. One of the popular coined terms, ‘character development’, expressing the way that characters’ personalities shift and morph throughout a story, is proof of that. In Huckleberry Finn, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and Catcher in the Rye, various authors use…

following categories; modern, conventional, tragic, and byronic hero. Jim Halpert from the show The Office is a paper salesman working at Dunder Mifflin. Jim Halpert is a conventional hero who has shown us that patience is the key to success. Jim Halpert has all the characteristics of a conventional hero. He is self-sacrificing, appreciated, and acts for the good of all throughout the entire show. Pam is the one who genuinely appreciates Jim for all that he’s done for her. He is largely known…

like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience had gained a massive following from young people all over America in just a few years. But, none of those groups stormed the culture of the time quite like The Doors did in 1967. According to Mick Wall, after only one album and less than year, The Doors had quickly gained popularity comparable to that of the Beatles in a fraction of the time. Why was this? Perhaps…

miser, the singular action one must never do is spending their people’s money for his or her own personal use; this action will cause people to hate you, and being hated is the absolute thing a leader should always avoid! A deceitful man by the name of Jim Jones appeared to have the qualities of a prince, but with further inspection, the only qualities he possessed were of a devil. In the beginning, Jones was disguised as a giving man, never asking for more than his members could offer him “I…

custody of your children. Allegations of abuse attracted a congressman (Ryan) and some reporters and journalists. The monday before the massacre, the Jonestown basketball team left for a tournament in Georgetown. This team included Stephen Jones, Jim Jones’ son. The congressmen arrived at Georgetown to talk to Stephen about letting him…

They used exact words from transcripts in movie and provided very little filters. According to the American magazine, actors also read the book Lost Moon by Jeffrey Kluger and Jim Lovell (Blake). The book inspired the movie and had first hand accounts of the event by Jim Lovell. NASA also allowed the actors special access to equipment, simulators, and consulting with astronauts. One item that they were given exclusive access…