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As a member of Hilltop Leaders, I recently took the Gallup Report Strength Finder to find out my signature themes which represent the five most dominant themes of talent I have. In ranking of order, first I am an achiever. An, “achiever describes a constant need for achievement.” My second is learner because, “The subject matter that interests you most will be determined by your other themes and experiences, but whatever the subject, you will always be drawn to the process of learning.” My third…

My second year at Moody, I became friends with the new RA of the floor. Together, we wrestled with how to minister to an older floor that had become fractured due to members of the floor having established friendships in other areas of life. I remember caring for one of our 4 new freshmen and just being available and accessible to engage in life and theological discussions. My third year, the Lord placed on my heart to initiate and start up a regular prayer meeting on the floor for the floor,…

I woke up early that particular morning of the first day of my sixth-grade school year. I had gotten close to a full night’s rest that night with 7 hours of sleep. It was a brisk morning when I arrived to the front doors of the school. It had been the first time in two years since I had set foot in a school building. I had had been so anxious to where my anxiety actually converted into excitement and eagerness. I got to my homeroom where I saw new kids that were clean-cut and normal. I sat at…

Annika (Annie): Female A. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHILD: 1. Annie was approximately 3 ½ feet and came up to my waist. Annie was within the normal height range. 2. She seemed to be of similar weight to other children in her “class” or age group. She was not chunky or bony, but slim with normal, symmetrical body features. 3. A unique physical characteristic that I could use to describe Annie as a preschooler is her ability to write her name at a young age. Secondly, I could also…

Did you know that, 90% of pediatricians and 67% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior among children? A boy is playing Grand Theft Auto V while his mother walks in the room and asks him to do her a favor for her but he ignores. His mother cries for him to at least acknowledge her but his mind and soul had entered the virtual world of gaming and won’t come back to the real world. In this generation, majority of children and teenagers play…

Cooperative learning is “now the most recognized instructional models in education worldwide”(Metzler 228). Cooperative learning is basically having students learn with, by and for each other which is the major theme of Cooperative Learning. In this model, Student Team Learning (STL) states how there are three main concepts to focus on. The three are: team rewards, individual accountability, and equal opportunities. In Cooperative Learning there are six major elements that take part. The six…

Introduction: The mario franchise is owned by nintendo. The japanese game designer is Shigeru Miyamoto. The first game one of the mario franchise is donkey kong and the date the game was made is july, 9, 1981 (www.theguardian.com 2018). Mario is a italian plumber who is one of the most known characters in the world. Mario games have started out with donkey kong and the newest game of mario odyssey(www.economist.com 2018). The mario games sold 240 million copies of games and the franchise only…