It all happened when a parent came up to me at the school I work at and asked me to be a buddy at a program called Buddy Break. I asked, what is involved, she told me that it involved me having an open mind, warm heart and a little bit of training. With a little bit of convincing I was on board and ready to embark on a new adventure that changed my life. During my first day at Buddy Break, my eyes were opened to a new program called Nathaniel’s Hope, Buddy Break, and I was able to take a leap…
throughout his struggles, Buck was lead to starve and was very weak, on the verge of dying because of owners who didn’t know how to take care or to treat dogs. Facing many times where he needed to persevere Buck got through them changing himself a little bit each time. Anita, my foster mom has grown up from going through hard trials and changed a lot emotionally choosing to become a great example for her family and mostly her children. Anita was a single mom who was in college and was not very…
Community service is an activity carried out by a person or group of people that addresses human and community needs. Although some people make think it’s just another chore to do, it helps bring out the best in people by forcing them to take a role of responsibility and leadership while helping others at the same time. It also teaches good morals and values such as honesty, gratefulness, and respect; values that will help guide me throughout the rest of my life. Over the summer my PLTW…
The process to creating this narrative of my belonging took a lot of reflecting reflect about the summer I had two years ago, which helped when I looked back at pictures we took there. Thinking back brought up a myriad of memories that I could fill books with. It also made me think about how I have changed in the past couple of years. My method to this creation was to write it as I was telling the story in my head, as I would reiterate verbally I would write it down, and then go back and add in…
Ah! I heard the excited screams of thousands of people. We all had one thing in common. We were waiting for my favorite artist to strut onto the stage wearing a pair of silver, glittery shoes with her short blonde hair and white sunglasses. Can you guess who we were about to see? Yes! We were at Soldier Field about to see Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour. On July 18th it was a sweltering 96° F with a dramatic heat index making it feel as if it was over 107° F. It had been raining on and…
Before reflecting on my performance, I would like to momentarily describe those critical events and summarize the overall situation. Being that I never liked to work in groups, because I feel that I’m very independent. My past group projects didn’t go so well because it’s always that one that don’t want to work. There were lots of problems that happened within our team because of lack of communication. I wasn’t sure what I can do about it, the understanding and planning just wasn’t there,…
This memo summarizes my performance in this course by evaluating my comprehension of my progress in the overall course as well as my own performance and group 's performance on the recommendation report. I will also explain my achievement of the course goals. Achievement of Course Goals Throughout this course, I have greatly achieved the majority of the course goals. I was able to use the proper content, format, and style for developing effective documents. I followed the handouts…
My Northern Michigan Adventure Every year my family and I go up to our favorite place, Rogers City Michigan. Rogers City is a small town at the edge of Michigan right on the water. It is a place to relax and unwind for a while. The small city offers quaint shops, delicious places to eat and friendly people. We stay right on the shores of Lake Huron just outside of Rogers city. Where the waves crash and the sand beckons you to come frolic in the sun. The days leading up to the trip are almost on…
Mo's story began on a Friday afternoon a few weeks ago. Which of course at the time, Mo believed Friday to be the start of a normal weekend, but she was wrong. Now, I am not saying her weekend was awful, but it did run awry. The plan was to travel to her father's house in Dixon, which is about two hours away from Bloomington-Normal. She had already said goodbye to her mother and step-father, on the grounds of the fact that they had left to celebrate their anniversary. The couple planned on…
Did you know that 353,000 babies are born every day and that every day a mother looks at their newborn and cry in joy?Today you might be getting into fights with your mom, but do you ever think about all the things she had to do for you before you were even born? Courage is when a person is able to go through something hard or go through challenging things with a strong will to conquer the challenge even if they know they might fail.My mom is the definition of courage because she has had to go…