(Stevens, 1) (Stevens, 2) “Belonging” , Dance Performance Critiqued The Collin County Ensemble’s Spring Dance Concert, Dance Fusion , of November 08- 09, 2013, was a brilliant collaboration of post-modern dances performed by the following professional dance groups : Collin Dance Ensemble; Big Rig Dance Collective,; Perpetual Motion Dance; and Karen Stokes Dance. For my Dance Appreciation course, I attended the matinee showing of this event…
In my experience of essay writing, I was always given topics and a focus for the essay. But within this class, I was given the flexibility to write about a topic of my choosing; this made and endless list of possibilities. The parameters were set by the rubrics and overall career based topic, but it allotted me the chance to creatively and effectively write. Throughout the process of writing the three assigned essays (compare/contrast, cause/effect, and research), I have gained a new prospective…
Assistance Program. The Student Assistance Program (SAP) supports students who are experiencing challenges that affect their performance in the school setting. These challenges may be related to emotional issues, drug and alcohol use, depression, codependency issues, and other family problems. The SAP team takes teacher and faculty referrals and determine, as a team, the appropriate intervention that should be recommended. There are numerous interventions that are available including…
did. My self-esteem fluctuates over time and I believe this is normal for many people for many different reasons. This has greatly affected me today in my chosen career in becoming a counselor. “My Teenager Years- Struggling with My Identity and Codependency” (age…
Child abuse isn’t anything new. It’s been in human history since the beginning of time. From selling children to forcing them to work as hard labor for money, people have always done it. But why hasn’t it stopped? Most people are not educated in it. Not in the senses that they don’t know what it is, but that they don’t know how to spot it or what to do when they find out about it. It’s something everyone knows about but nobody really talks about. It’s understandable, it’s a difficult subject.…
Each generation brings their own life experiences, expectations and level of influence into the workplace. When people from different generational eras must work together, there is automatic negative judgment and error in general communication because one is unfamiliar with the others work style, habits and social interaction. It is important for every organization’s team of management to understand the perspective of each generation – personal and professional goals, values, strengthens and…
kids. If you have a substance abuser in the family and you can’t figure out who the enabler in the family is, it’s probably you. The recovery process works when treatment plans and action planning are not interrupted or derailed by enablers or codependency. When someone really is ready to recover from addiction the process will work; families can make a huge impact by not enabling and learning all that they can about addiction and recovery. Support recovery, but do not enable, it kills! They…
We all want to get our needs met, but manipulators use underhanded methods. Manipulation is a way to covertly influence someone with indirect, deceptive, or abusive tactics. Manipulation may seem benign or even friendly or flattering, as if the person has your highest concern in mind, but in reality it's to achieve an ulterior motive. Other times, it's veiled hostility, and when abusive methods are used, the objective is merely power. You may not realize that you're being unconsciously…
and growth. China provided cheap goods, on the basis of cheap labor, which helped Americans to afford everyday necessities. America, in exchange provided external demand, stabilizing and propelling China’s export driven growth strategy [6]. The codependency has only grown from there. Foreign trade between them, both imports and exports, accounted for just under 600 million dollars in 2014, making China the largest import trader of the US and the third largest for exports [7]. Beyond trade,…
In classic novels, relationships developed between the main character and leading personas tend to depict a prominent theme that the readers can relate to. In the novel, A Separate Peace, negative aspects of Finny and Gene’s friendship are the main topic. Gene, the self-doubtful main character who is envious by nature, struggles with repressing his true personality with the hopes to become more pure and vibrant; he coveted the idea of become more like his potent best friend Phineas. The…