Do the Right Thing

had a quite remarkable career moving from the academic world, to government, then to business, and back again to government. One might hypothesize that his success in these very different venues rested to some extent on his skills in learning the right lessons from his experiences. What actions did he take to continue learning throughout his long career? Shultz had an ability to seek out new experiences such that “spiraled learning” occurred, whereby lessons were gleaned from previous…

slowly but surely getting comfortable with Dragon. I was excited to get started with the voice mask. Initially, I was under the impression that getting used to and adapting to the mask would be easy. I set everything up with ease and one of the 1st things that I dictated was my Week 1 discussion post. The mask was working well with Dragon and seemed to be hearing me. One of the 1st obvious challenges that I faced with the mask was breathing and getting used to the feel of it on my face. I…

Interviewer: How was school like before the incident happened at Pleasant High? How do you like school after the incident? Which did you like more? Thomas Bishop: I loved school. I loved the way things were before the school shooting at Pleasant High. Ever since Dr. Henry Willner was hired as the grief and crisis counselor, things took a turn for the worse. Everything got stricter. I hated school after the shooting. Dr. Willner implemented new rules at the school that is just plain absurd. If…

wallet in a bumper car ride and finds six hundred pounds, an absurdly large amount of money. He is faced with a moral decision; does he give it keep all the money for himself, spend it at his will as a form of revenge against Wilcox or does he do the right thing and return it to Wilcox? While he contemplates this, he hears a story about what Wilcox’s father did to his wife when she lost a strip of stamps, “Gordon Wilcox beat that women so black and blue, the hospital had to feed her through a…

garibaldi dance underneath the distortion of the water. Something bumps into Sam s arm and distinctively he sprawls of his board and into the salty sea water. He looks over and seas a abandoned surfboard with an address enscribed on the side of it, Do the right thing, 4325 W. Palm Beach Rd., Newport beach 94116  Sam paddles back into shore with his new mystery in his hands and finally reaches the sand. Sam Walks home with his new loot under bb…

I am writing to you on the eve of my 45th birthday. I have been struggling with my values and spirituality lately. Maybe it has something to do with this milestone birthday. Ironically, I have a homework assignment to write my ethical will. A document to pass along key morals, values and life lessons. Grandma always told me that God hears the prayers that live in your heart, both the joys and struggles. And He answers them, you just have to listen. She also told me that struggles are…

I only marvel what its real meaning holds. People’s minds interpret all things in various ways. When you say a color, or a certain food, some people may think of picnics and love while others may envision the time it gave them food poisoning. So I guess the only question with this quote is what does it mean to me? This quote could be summed up in one word, settling. In popular belief, settling is mediated as a deficient thing, but just how atrocious could it be in my future? Settling is…

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

If you find money on the street would you keep it or return it? 376 middle schoolers took a survey and nearly half of them said that they would keep it. So if someone said that stealing was okay would you do it? Therefore they both have some great opinions and great statements. Jack and Leah found $100 on the street outside their school. Jack believes they should keep the money. Leah believes that keeping the money would be stealing. Jack says that it is not like they are snatching it from…

“The Chattanooga Ice Cream Division” The Ice Cream Division of Chattanooga Food Corporation had indicated declining deals for five continuous years through 1996. That was the year that they lost their third biggest client, Stay, and Shop. A turn around needed to occur, however the Ice Cream Division authority was uncertain how to fulfill this. The division was controlled by Charlie Moore, grandson of the organization originator. Charlie was an exceptionally law based pioneer, however, had real…