Hand grenade

Going to college had been a goal of mine for as long as I can remember. Coming in I expected many things from longs lectures, ridiculous amounts of homework, excessive essays and huge classes, but to my surprise the whole atmosphere is very similar to high school. As a result, the transition has been very smooth so far. How have I been able to make these adjustments you say? Well let’s find out! For starters, a big part of my success has come from my SLS class. The techniques I’ve learned so far…

Our Personalities is what defines of us and affects us with how we interact with others. After completing and reviewing our test results will give us a better insight of we can prove ourselves personal and professionally. We will be able to develop better communication skills, leadership and team skills power and conflict skills once we able to see where we need to improve. WHAT ABOUT ME: PERSONALITY INSIGHTS I scored high in all sections accept the last one. I agree with most of the…

After reading The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, I realized how our lives are both similar and completely different. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that someone who is fairly famous and someone who has no significance in this world can be alike in many ways. Having read this book a few years back, it was actually helpful to me. It may have been helpful in the most indirect way possible, but helpful nonetheless. The Glass Castle had a small part in helping me through my…

In the book Gifted Hands, Ben Carson comes up with this thing called THINK BIG. THINK BIG is what Ben Carson told all the students that he has spoken to. He uses this concept to help his students. I think the honesty, nice ,and God are the most important. Honesty helped Ben Carson become a neurosurgeon. He was taking a retake of an exam and it had harder questions in the new test, so the professor left the room well people started living, and Ben Carson stayed and at the end he was the only…

Breann Powell is an eighteen year old female and she is currently an Occupational Therapy student at Worcester State University. For this profile she filled out a “time study” that she recorded her activities for four days, an interest check list that she labeled different activities as a casual interest, a strong interest, or no interest, and she took a life balance inventory which gives life balance scores based on what she is interested in and how often she gets to do those things. Roles and…

She could understand the needs of people, their beliefs, she supported and respected them. The people of the village knew that Monique was a great person and could trust her to put her life in his hands. Monique was always helpful for the people of the village. There are events in the story of Monique and the Mango Rains that are related to the six phenomena. In the village the inhabitants worked together, supported each other, react in similar ways…

Gifted Hands Book Review Growing up in the poor streets of Detroit, Dr. Ben Carson could have never dreamed of the life that he had to look forward to in the future. When Ben was nine years old, his father abandoned him and his family. Ben’s mother, Sonya was the motivator in her two sons’ lives. Although Sonya only had a third-grade education, she was a very smart woman, who knew that education was the way for her sons to get out of the ghetto and have successful lives. Sonya had strict rules…

wanted to support him-Ponyboy or Dally and he picked to go outside and meet Dally. Where Darry and Ponyboy didn't talk for a long time and ignored each other and whenever they confront each other they would push and gave an ugly stare. On the other hand, Soda sees Dally crying and tells him to be strong and have hope. The next day, Dally goes to meet Johnny in the morning to give him his favorite flowers roses and a picture of them all smiling, having fun and being happy about something.…

There are many themes Mark Owen portrayed throughout the book “No Easy Day”. However its is the idea of finding hope in a hopeless place that truly interested me. Throughout the book we can see Owen constantly falling in hard times, but he is able to find any sign of hope to push forward. Even early on in the book, Owen must go through months of training in order to become a member of the SEAL team. However these intensive training and difficult tasks seemed to get harder and harder every day.…

I feel with Candy Cigarettes by Sally Mann and Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park by Diane Arbus. These two photographs are very well known all around the world, they have characteristics that make them stand out, have a certain way they were taken and they make a statement to society. First of Candy Cigarettes by Sally Mann was made in 1989 and is located in the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park by Diane Arbus was made in 1962 and is…