While there are many career choices in the United States, becoming an M.D. is one of the most challenging professions. However, to receive a doctorate one must complete a four-year bachelor’s degree, proceed to medical school, and specialize there. This prestige 's degree is substantially rewarding, although there is always a negative to such great success. The struggle to balance work life and home life exists for many families, but especially for practitioners in the medical field because of a demanding home life, an excessive work schedule, and the extensive requirements to obtain and maintain a doctorate in medicine. A demanding home life is one of the most significant struggles for doctors due to the loss of substantial family time. Clearly…
Lemmon supports and argument made by Sheryl Sandberg in her famous book, Lean In. Lemmon states that women should work hard at their job but also find the time to be home on time to take of their family (Lemmon, 59). If a woman is able to have a job and maintain her household, then balancing a job and family is something that a woman can handle. Sandberg and Lemmon strongly support the idea of women making decisions just as men. Lemmon says, “each of us has a say in what comes next. And that…
Working 24 hours is not healthy. We need a period of rest, break, or relaxing, or timeout. Timeout is like a recharging battery forme to come back in my role again. Although I am a person who have difficulty saying “no”, but I also know my limitation when can I do or cannot. The fact that I am come from other country makes me become more of cultural awareness to others. Especially in healthcare that we need to take care of everyone no matter where they are come from, what language they speak,…
“Women’s unpaid work benefits their husbands’ careers. The terms status-enhancing work and two-person career describe situations in which wives serve as unofficial contributors to their husbands work” (Crawford, 2011, p.301). This article is very interesting because it talks about “real life” situations women go through. Having a family and a professional career can be very overwhelming for woman because of the fact that our children need us. In this article we see the tough years Mrs. Slaughter…
bachelors in Business Management with a minor in Human Resources. During my college career thus far I have learned a lot about myself and the kind of student I am. My experiences in life and college have introduced a lot of new things about myself especially what kind of learning style works best for me. I am an auditory learner and I feel that it has affected my overall learning experiences. This is also how I was introduced to online learning. Online learning opened up new doors to me where I…
Balancing Your Total Health "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving" (“11 Facts About Healthy Living”). Albert Einstein, arguably one of the smartest men to ever live, stated and lived his life by this quote. The college years are quite possibly one of the hardest times to navigate and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The “freshman” fifteen is a well-known and documented phenomena. Unless the student mastered the art of time management during the…
the fall quarter builds upon the previous one. My goal GPA is 3.5 or better to be on par for medical school acceptance. I hope to become involved in research this year. I plan to apply to the STARS Scholars Program. I also applied as an undergraduate lab research assistant position for federal work study. I would like to become involved and campus life and join a few extracurricular activities. I intend to join the Blue Diamond Step Team, the Minority Association for Pre-Health Students, and…
High School Dropouts: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention Dropping out of high school can have a strong impact on the rest of your life. Having a high school diploma is critical to achieving higher education or getting a better job. However not everybody is able to finish high school and go on to college for a passage to better circumstances. When a person drops out of school there is are many causes for their decision. High school dropouts have become an increasingly important issue in the…
Businesses and employees must be resilient in order to survive and thrive in today’s marketplace (Harrington, A. (2012). While technology has improved the quality of our lives and enabled businesses to operate more efficiently, it also dramatically accelerated the speed of change and forced companies to compete in a global marketplace. Thus, increasing competition, shortening product life cycles, and placing a greater emphasis on innovation and speed to market. The combined impact of these new…
Students should also gain experience with the work force in high school, so they learn how to manage everything on their plate, as well as make extra money. Lisa Foderaro discusses how teens in the work force could help teens with managing their time in her article The Well-to-Do Get Less So, and Teenagers Feel the Crunch. I reference Stewart Friedman’s book “Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life”, because it goes to show that even adults have a hard time managing their…