Gap year

the recent survey of the MOH on GRx, of 3000 respondents, 72 percent noticed changes positively in their health. Also, Maori group participated in this survey, showing an increase of those who joined GRx last year. Around 56 percent of last year joined the programme, and 67 percent for this year (O’Niell, 2015). This shows an excellent job of the MOH with this programme. Having GRx makes way on the benefits of prevention of Diabetes and reducing the incidence of Cardiovascular Diseases (MOH,…

winter night in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On the fifth of January, I was introduced to the world, I was born on the coldest day of 1999, at a frigid -30 degrees. I’ve been blessed with the two greatest parents in the world that have been married for 19 years. My family was completed on May 24, 2001, when my little brother Mason was born. Mason and I were not given our names for any specific reason our parents just liked the names. James was my middle name that my parents had given me which came from…

I plan to become certified to teach grades EC – 6th. My strong desire is to teach 5th grade. After reviewing the website to locate the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) writing standards for the 5th grade level, I found that only 4th and 7th grade had writing standards. I am not sure what this means, but I am going to assume that it means that only students at these grade levels take the writing portion of the examine. With a testing pattern such as this, I plan to ensure that my…

of how to network. On a personal front, I could say that the lab helped me to challenge my own beliefs about myself and helped to increase my self-confidence several notches. It all began around 1 o’clock in the afternoon on 16th February. From this year the…

Madiha is six years old. Her birthday is March twenty-ninth. Madiha enjoys reading books and doing her homework. She loves to play with her friends. Once upon a time, there was a girl named Mia. Every day, she would go to her aunt's house. Every day, she thought the walk was boring. Until one day, she went to a shop, and she found a beautiful rug. She took the rug home, and she found out that it was a magic carpet. She flew everywhere. She went to India to see an elephant. She went to…

colors which converts into beautiful customs, calypso and steel pan music, different forms of dancing, foods, and Caribbean style arts that fascinates thousands of people from many different parts of the world. Trinidad and Tobago carnival is a once a year event with a combination of many different activities. The main purpose of the carnival is to reveal their culture and way of life by bringing everyone together. Trinidad and Tobago is a dual island, which is found on the southern frontier of…

yelled every time I saw it and clapped my hands. I could watch it for hours. I always imagined myself playing in the sandbox with Tommy, Phil, and Dill. However, as I have grown the Rugrats have become more than a cartoon. Seven years later came the dreaded middle school years. Suddenly there was less room for my favorite rocking chair and the tv show that kept me mesmerized for hours. The hours I spent curled up in the chair turned into hours spent struggling at my desk. Rambling to my friends…

extravagant. That place over the years had eventually become my home and a place where I belong. I took it all in and forgot about the pressure, the hundreds of thousands of eyes on me. There I was, about ready to take my first jump at the state track meet and everything closed off around me, that was the day the music had died. Silence had filled my ears, even with a roaring crowd around me, everything had finally fallen into place. I look back and remember my freshman year state track meet,…

Mrs. Anderson was my teacher for three years in middle school. Two at Central, and my last at Forest Park. She was my choir teacher. When I met her she was a taller, very pale, and a round lady. She was post pregnancy and was a regular gym goer to lose her baby weight. She wore glasses and her blonde hair was long enough for her to sit on. She was a very kind and timid woman, but when it was time to work, she meant business. Mrs. Anderson and I didn’t have a great start. I was sort of a problem…

"I am Michelangelo!" I thought to myself, as I put the finishing touches on my clay sculpture. The masterpiece stood at a monstrous height of three inches and was a grotesque combination of red, blue, and pink. I could envision myself holding the trophy for the Delhi Public School Art Contest of 2007. My teacher, Mrs. Sonia, had a different perspective. I watched as she graded my statue with a concerned look on her face. Two hours later, I would find out that my project would not even receive an…