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ability/disability. All three of the experiences made me realize not just where my position was in society but it made me understand other people’s social locations. When I was young I never truly realized how privileged nor did I realize the differences between race. I lived in a nice and comfortable house, got most of the clothes or toys I wanted, and went on many family vacations. But it never really clicked to me that not everyone else lived like me, until the age of twelve. I was a…

Trends, ideas, and perspectives come and go, but timeless themes are evident throughout time, forever youthful, yet old at the same time. Timeless themes are eternally relevant concepts in classic and contemporary literature that can be connected by everyone, regardless of their age, their lifestyle, or their time period. The theme on the importance of others occurs repeatedly over time in thousands of different kinds of literature. Especially now with the our world brimming with superficial…

be when I get older. Before I can even think about that, a nurse walked in. She was slender with a kind-hearted face and dark with very curly hair. Her hair reminded me of mine…

Living in Cincinnati, I wanted to live on campus to experience independence away from my current home. Even though I wanted to be independent, I knew that I needed my family to help me out. Just like Nigel, I am family oriented, which means that my family comes first and that I do depend on them. I needed my family for emotional support when I was crying about my grades, money to buy food and laundry detergent, transportation to go…

months of living here were horribly lonely. I stood all alone, and felt deserted in an unknown environment covered with people speaking all sorts of words I could not grasp. During the month of February of the following year, my mom had enrolled me to start in my second grade…

with. I then asked student senate, and members of PTK to join me at Our Lady’s by sending out a google form allowing them to sign up. The google form asked other students if they would like to participate, the time they would like to participate, and if they would be carpooling. My goal was to have at least one student for each child at the home. As the time got closer I talked more with the coordinators at Our Lady’s. They informed me each person helping with the kids would need a background…

One argument from Maslow’s essay “The Need to Know and the Fear of Knowing” which directly relates to A Separate Peace is that one often evades knowledge of their true selves. Although Phineas’s nonchalant and loyal characteristics make him seem almost godlike, he seems to also fear certain aspects of himself. In particular, he has a fear that his basic desires contradict the innocent person everyone perceives him to be. For many of the students at the Devon school, the war seems almost…

predator stalking it pray, It pounces on innocent teenagers when they least expect it. Things seem like they are going good, and bam, I am suddenly hit with planning for college and the rest of my life. Councilors, teachers, coaches, parents, they all want me to do well and achieve my best. I start too stress about my grades, ACT score, Athletic Performance, Volunteer hours, and Leadership rolls in the community. Am I doing enough? Am in the top top twenty-five percent of students my age? Am I…

This assignment is going to go over conditions that help me be resilient. We will look at my strengths in overcoming adversity by providing examples. We will look at how I can further develop myself personally and professionally while achieving my career path. It is important to know how much human behavior affects us every day and how we can help others. Resiliency This quiz was an eye opener for me on the different areas it focused on when asking questions. I learned a few things about…

The skin is the largest organ of the human body, it is a barrier not only from water and dirt but from most viruses and bacteria. From the outer appearance of the skin you can infer if anything is wrong or may be going wrong inside the body. Diet is a factor for how how skin can appear, knowing this I want to find out if a specific diet could possibly help clear my skin. In the beginning of my skin flare ups, I visited with my primary care physician. Hoping to eliminate the possibility of…