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father, and two sisters. My parents were married twenty-five years at this point in my life. My dad was seventy-seven years old, but he was a young seventy-seven, my mother was forty-four years old. He had a full time job cleaning offices at UPS. My father would cook dinner, work a full time job, and take care of my sisters and me because my mother worked a third shift job. He would cut the grass, complete odds and ends around the house as if he was fifty-five years old. However, he did not…

is due to the fact that a lot of them are already having their education paid for due to scholarships. Now not every single college athlete gets a full scholarship but a lot of them do. The average NCAA I division schools gives an average…

until 5pm or go back to work. This meant placing my children in daycare. Strive was this program that you go to where so called professionals teach you how to be job ready, but also talk to you like you aren’t shit. I decided that I would just seek full-time employment. I didn’t want to place my children in child care though. I’ve never been too trusting of others with my children because of my abuse as a child, and also because of the fact that when I was a little girl in preschool, I remember…

Addiction is a disease that can manifest itself in different ways such as gambling, sex, alcohol, drugs, cutting, and many more different ways. Addiction effect one out of ten people over the age of 12 (Drug Free Kids, 2010 & The Science of Addiction, 2017). Addictions to drugs include but are not limited to over use of prescriptions, illegal substances and alcohol. Addictions can affect many different people regardless of age, social class, educations, race, or ethnicity. Drugs don’t just…

to help out around the house. Instead of going to college, she wanted to work a full time job, to give us extra support. My brother on the other hand graduated high school, and is currently still attending college. My brother also took on the role of “the man of the house” at a young age. My mom always worked hard to support our family, it was never a time where she didn’t do anything for us. Besides working full time, my mom also attend school as well. Overall, these are the roles that my…

On Campus Living and Residential Life For each critique, each of the moderators had a different way they carried themselves. There questionnaire varied as well as their follow ups to the responses of the participants. To start for the first moderator Sarah, I felt that going first was unbelievably challenging. The fact of having to conduct this focus group with no prior experience, as well as not being able to base hers off of a previous moderator is very difficult. Just by going first it…

It had been a couple years later but it didn’t matter cause we loved each other and we were expecting another baby boy. For the second time were really excited. I was a little more excited for this one since the father of my kids was by my side this time around. My pregnancy was good my son was healthy I was happy, but all that changed once I had my son. Their father had decided that he wasn’t ready and didn’t want to be in my kids life for good…

Is the American Dream Still Alive? The American Dream As We Know It Throughout history, America has always been a home to immigrants around the world. From white colonists dating back to the 15th century, to numerous amount of other ethnic groups that arrived in later years, each one of them all had one common goal. The intention was to search for a better life and achieve the American Dream in the Land of Opportunities by escaping the horrors of poverty, famine, communism, and war. The…

in some ways. Parent A’s son is 18 years old and suffers from dyslexia and ADHD. Parent A is very straight forward and has reached out for help multiple times. From dyslexia programs to autistic programs, parent A has been very hands on in her sons learning inside and outside of the classroom. She has three other children, a husband, and a full time job. Parent A has lived in Florida her whole life. She is always observing her son and notices when things begin to change. For example, one summer…

Many young adults my age are still much undecided about what they are going to do for a career and even further confused about when and where they are going to college. For myself, I knew I wanted to be a dietitian by 8th grade and I chose my two choice colleges by freshman year, and decided to take a year off before college in eleventh grade. I had a finalized plan for myself before this school year started. I have planned for life beyond May 2017 for years and now I am ready to live through…