Changes in Latitudes

Howard Hathaway Aiken There is one truth about the world when observed upon from any standpoint; regardless of sex, race, or nationality…and that is to change. Change is ever present, constant, and continuous. Amongst the changes in the universe, humanity has had to learn to adapt to changes in the environment in order to survive. Humanity has evolved from eras such as stone-age, to the Industrial revolution, and finally to the information revolution. When viewing the antiquity of…

What is change? According to Schmidt and Brown, “ change is a process that creates an alteration in a person or the environment” (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Change can be so challenging and painful. It is not easy to change something that has been practiced and done in a certain way for years. Changes in health care organization occur because problem or question is identified. Changes occur to improve patient care patient safety, or health care cost. Although, change can sometimes be stressful…

Personal Narrative Most people, they have life changing experiences at different stages of their life. Most start since day one, at birth. Unlike me, I have lived a steady life of going to school and keeping up with my family. But who were to thought that my simple life will be turned around, literally in an instance because of one simple decision. Sometimes, if you don’t take those life changing decisions, you will never know what it takes to accomplish your next goal or even the next day. As…

Social change is an evolving solution to societies problems and happens when there is a deviation in the core fabric of society where a phenomenon occurs. According to Ravitch and Carl (2016) social change may occur due to an action or inaction. Moreover, Aguinis and Glavas (2012) offers a multilevel and multidisciplinary theoretical frame work that includes a reactive or proactive predictor of responsibility related to policies. Social change can be anything from staring organizations that…

The past decades have witnessed a great deal of workplace change in Australia and worldwide, for some this change has been an advantageous one, whereas for others not so much. Many of these changes have been of an innovative nature, where terms such as “high commitment’, “high involvement’ and “high performance’ work systems have entered the world of employment relations. (Russell D. Lansbury University, 2000) Throughout the past surveys had indicated that employees all over the world did not,…

"What's in your mind when asked about change?" "One word: intriguing." Change is unpredictable yet controllable that's what makes it interesting. Usually, people straight away talking about the result, sadly that ruins the surprise. It's about giving ideas not criticism; Change in the other word is a process. It cannot happen in a snap of a finger because there will always be a shift of idea and opinion. The more significant the impact, the more successful the changes. How can something be…

Life can change at any moment for which we have little control over. In the essay “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs, she expresses her thoughts on having Multiple Sclerosis and how it significantly changed her life. She provides the reader with various sad and personal stories which would make one’s life miserable. However, when addressing her condition and its effect on her life, she keeps a calm and positive tone. One cannot control what happens in life, but it is possible to control one’s…

and responsible. Honest was one of the was Jimmy was living a moral life. “A young lady crossed the street, passed him and intered a door which was the “The Elmore Bank”and Jimmy became another man.” Jimmy was being Honest with himself by going to change himself and not going to do bad stuff anymore. “She was Annabel Adams. Her pa owns the bank.” Jimmy was being honest with himself because he was going in the bank and not stealing anything. Mr. Adams told Jimmy where the new vault was. Jimmy…

Change, a word which rolls off the tongue effortlessly, meaning, “ to make or become different,” a word everyone uses frequently if not daily. It is also quite short in it’s entirety, consisting of only 6 letters, “Do you have some change,” or “Did you finally change the oil in the car,?” are very common uses of the word. This is simply because we do not know the depths of the word. To use change to it’s fullest potential you must ask, “Are you the change you want to see?” One man, who fully…

District Performance Event 3rd Quarter Once a thief, not always a thief! Jimmy Valentine went to prison for breaking into safes. He stayed there longer than he thought. Did he change? Jimmy Valentine was a social person before he went to prison. As O. Henry stated, “When a man with as many friends on the outside as Jimmy Valentine had is received in the “stir” it is hardly worth while to cut his hair.” Jimmy was also friendly with the Warden, and he was able to make the Warden laugh. Will…