Dream Team

understand and describe dreams. They have tested many theories and hypotheses to answer the many questions that surround dreams. Strauch and Meier describe dreams as “…a world of experiences, where, seemingly separated from our waking lives, we lead a second existence” (1). That being said, how is the brain able to remember these other lives lived in a dream-like state? The brain is a complex set of nerves, so many factors play a part in why one would or would not remember a dream. One factor…

Glen Este High School Athletic Boosters Scholarship During my freshmen year at Glen Este High School, I was a part of the volleyball team. From being involved in athletics, even though it was just for a year, I have learned valuable life lessons such as teamwork, confidence, and has promoted me to carry out an active lifestyle. First of all, from playing volleyball, I began to value teamwork since it taught me how to collaborate with a group of people working towards a common goal. This…

perplexity of reality due to the human psyche’s reliance on our empirical senses when discerning reality from illusion. Nolan achieves this via the fabrication of dreams and memories; a concept that is heavily reliant on visualisation. During the exposition and Ariadne’s “first lesson in shared dreaming”, Ariadne is oblivious to the supposed dream world in which she was residing in until Cobb enquires with the imperative “Think about it […] How did you get here?”. This exemplifies the external…

his dad. Mr. Godsten, a welder in William’s village, welds metal for William. If had not, William’s attempt at building a windmill would’ve crashed and burned when the high wind speeds caught the blades and ripped the contraption apart. William’s dreams came true through the windmill, which was only built through the help of Gilbert, his father, and Mr.…

Destinee Beltran “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world,” Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman not only gave great advice and words of wisdom, but she accomplished many amazing things as well. Harriet Tubman was born as Ross, in Dorchester County Maryland in the year 1822. Also called Minty Ross when she was young, at just five years of age, she was hired to do child…

life I loved music. I would act like I was playing this specific instrument and my parents would look at me and think that it was cute. My parents were professional athletes; my dad played soccer for the Guatemalan team and my mom played Volleyball, and was a swimmer for the Guatemalan team too. So they thought I would play sports, but I chose to music instead. It all started in the 6th grade, when my class was given the opportunity to play an instrument. I wasn’t sure what to play until I…

to reorganize into teams because of the potential exhibited by teamwork. There are increasing research initiatives that seek to understand the functionality of teams and how to maximize their performance. There is evidence that some organizations have faced challenges when implementing the team-based organization performance. Some companies have tried to maximize the functionality of each team and have reorganized multiple benefits. However, it is evident that choosing a team-based organization…

with others. My placements during my college years in the Developmental Services Worker program took this group interaction to another level where the significance of being part of team took on a whole new meaning as I applied my education to real life experiences and grew in knowledge and as a person. My team experience working with Autistic children in a classroom situation was a very positive one. I was excited that I would finally get to work with the children in the field I had…

My leadership journey started a long time ago, when at the age of four I began to realize that my youngest brother was looking at me as a role model. He was mimicking everything I was doing and saying. At this young age I didn’t understand the tenets of leadership but I understood that I had to set an example because someone was following me. Since then, I further developed my commitment to helping people to excel, providing guidance with necessary and collaborating with people. My journey…

Working in a team is a practice as old as the first human relationships, in which we collude with other individuals in order to achieve a common goal, and ultimately share both the success and failures of the operation (Buchanan and Huczynski 2011). However, working in a team is a difficult practice where there are many individuals with different ideas, all of them wanting to implement their own methods to attain that final, common goal. Differences in morals, culture, principles and…