“Money doesn’t buy happiness.” That’s what the people prior to us tell us, the next generation, but they tell us as they are sitting in their paid off Ford F150 with their fancy new iPhone watch and college tuition loans paid off. Because they are done, they have no daily stresses because they have “made it” in the real world. The rest of us, not the 99% not swimming in pools of diamonds, but the rest of us middle classers, 50% of Americans (Thuy Vo 2012), bring home less than 1,000 dollars a…
As a college student with a busy lifestyle, it was common for me to just keep going and going, allowing days to fly by as if nothing had happened. Mindfulness formal practices, however, forced me to slow down, even if just for twenty minutes and focus on the here and now, which helped me to appreciate to a greater extent what was going on in my life at the current point in time. This being said, my mindfulness formal practices have not always been easy. Often…
am a homebody. The next worksheet was the skill set worksheet. Right off the bat starting at the top on this worksheet I know that I am not the best at adapting. I am definitely a creature of habit and once I get a routine and schedule down and going good I have a very hard time changing it. Sugerman, J., Sullard, M., & Wilhelm, E. (2011). says, “A leader has a natural home on the circle, but he or she can move to an adjacent or opposite style depending on the situation or role. Such…
Please have a look on the new version of the story. Fate or Choice Author: Rizwan Ahmed Memon Our decisions shape our future: sound decisions can secure a bright tomorrow; unsound ones can lead to harsh consequences. Mukaram was two years younger than his elder brother, Karam. At a very young age, Mukaram learned that in life, if one could not help oneself, nobody else would. At the end of the day, when one has to face the consequences of one’s decisions, one may be led to believe that such…
The story is set in a future following the destruction of industrial civilization, the story is narrated by a young man, who is the son of a priest. The priests of John's people (the hill people) are inquisitive people associated with the divine. They all dont have much knowledge, but are scared to find out what would happen if they did learn more. John whos a son of a priest is destined to become a priest just like his father. His father took him to the Dead Places to touch the metal. Whoever…
Make Lemonade Essay Malcolm X, a human rights activist once said, “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” This quote describes the character LaVaughn’s feelings toward education in the novel Make Lemonade written by Virginia Euwer Wolff. The book is about a 14 year old girl named LaVaughn, who decides to get a job babysitting for a 17 year old named Jolly. Jolly has two kids named Jeremy and Jilly, who LaVaughn spends a lot of time…
field is a must-have, so going to college was a no brainer. In the future, I’m hoping to become a Trauma/ ER nurse for a few years, and then advance to become a Nurse Anesthetist. As a nurse you must know the human anatomy, the purpose and dosage of medications, common procedures, the list goes on.…
a dinosaur, but things don’t end up going as planned. He shows how the slightest things can change time if directions aren’t followed thoroughly. Bradbury connects everything tactically and supports the theme by using characters, settings and the sound of thunder. The characters play a huge role in describing what the theme of a story is regarding to. In Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder” the way he introduces the characters give an idea of what the story was going to be about. One of the main…
BA 200 was centered on teaching students how to be successful in business. Throughout the semester I began thinking about what I would want to see in my future business career, keeping in mind my individual strengths and personality. I also read and researched current prosperous companies and their business practices as well as learned what it takes to a be an effective business leader. Throughout the many learning experiences, including workshops, guest speakers, and team research papers, I…
major was going to be. Everyone says that you have so much time to figure out what you want to do in life or what you want to be when you grow up, but I continued to feel as if my time was just about over. I didn’t want to continue taking class not knowing if they are even going to be needed for my major. I was on a mission to figure out what the best path for me was and to do it quick. I was ready to be done switching different majors every other semester hoping the next one was going to be…