Fort Wayne, Indiana

Freshman year in college is where you are supposed to figure your life out so you can prepare for the “real world.” When most of my peers are changing their majors and trying to figure out what they are supposed to do with their lives, I was blessed to have a family and high school that provided me with experiences that made my decision obvious after exploring many options ranging from business to engineering. With already knowing what I would like to do with my life once I receive my…

Introduction Mrs. R is a sixty six year old woman, born and raised in Indiana and transplanted to Ohio as an adult. She considers her life a very typical one, she grew up, got married, had a family, got a job, and retired. But as we know, every life has a story beyond the typical outline. I spent a sunny Sunday afternoon with Mrs. R at my home, on a patio overlooking a pond. The conversation included some talk of geese, ducks, and turtles, but mostly during the course of our four hours…

In 1859, events took place on opposite sides of the Atlantic that created two of the most powerful industries in the world. First, Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in the U.S. in Titusville, Pennsylvania. Then, J.J. Etienne Lenoir built the first single cylinder two-stroke internal combustion engine in Paris, France. But that’s about as close as the oil and automotive industries would get for another four decades. John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler built a viable oil industry following…

“Lift up yourself from mental slavery none but ourselves can free our minds”. Bob Marley Bob Marley’s redemption song is emphatically a protest against discrimination. He used his music to bring to the forefront the oppression of the people of African descent. Burke (2014) explained, “Marley advocated freedom for all people and in “Redemption Song,” Marley sang “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery/ none but ourselves can free our minds.” Marley called upon the individual to rid him or…

Once you’ve completed this you will have all of the training needed to be a strong and well educated pediatric physical therapist. In northeast indiana many companies such as FirstSteps offers a career like this where you will travel around to the children's homes to help them. Also we have parkview physical therapy. Here you are in a facility in Fort Wayne and you work under a boss and the children come into your facility. Here you get many more benefits than you would in First…

Ethnographic Interview Project I decided to interview my grandma, Doris Boggs, for my interview project. She lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana and because of the five hour distance I rarely get to spend time with her. When my grandfather, her husband, passed away last spring I realized how little I knew about them and when we received this project I thought it would be the perfect way to preserve some of the important things from her life. She was born Dorris Mae Deiter on November 26, 1927. So, she…

Amber Pasztor, a 29 year old female from Fort Wayne, Indiana, kidnapped her 7 year old daughter and her 6 year old son from her parents, who had custodial rights, home on September 26, 2016. Once Pasztor obtained knowledge about the Amber Alert for her children, she then murdered the two kids. This isn’t the only offense that Pasztor has committed. She was charged with a plethora of cases involving criminal trespassing and invasion of privacy. Pasztor’s mental state has been questioned because…

For every decision one makes they have a person or an event to accredit as to why they were influenced to make that decision. Previously, I watched shows like Greys Anatomy and envisioned myself saving one’s life as a doctor myself someday. Sometimes what we want in life though is not what we need. The class senior forum helped open my eyes to this realization through a job shadow within that career pathway. I found that working with needles just was not for me. I am very thankful to senior…

1. During Washington’s presidency the population was overwhelmingly more rural than later years, nearly 90% of citizens located in small settlements rather than some of the few established cities. Additionally, only 5% of them lived to the west of the Appalachians, which was largely Indian territory; most still lived within the original colonial borders on the eastern seaboard. Washington was drafted for presidency unanimously despite not directly pursuing the office, a feat that has never been…

However, there are also millions of kids stuck in the abyss that I strived to climb from. I don’t say this because I came from that place, but I say it because I see it with my own eyes. I have seen the homeless children in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I have witnessed the overflowing homeless shelters in New York City. I have observed the refugees who live only feet from the ocean on the beaches of Calais, France. I was able to climb out of the abyss of poverty; however, entire civilizations…