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Over the Summer, I stayed with my best friend in Missouri. We had an exciting time on their boat. I learned how to play skip-bo, which can be very competitive. It was the first time I’d been so far from home without my parents. Spending time on the boat, playing cards and getting over my malady, in the hot Missouri sun, was one of the best times of my life. We went on the boat whenever it didn’t rain. One day, we decided to go tubing. Overall, it was great until the inner tube exploded, and…

The circus had completely knocked me out I knew by the time I got home all the candy, rides, laughter, and screaming would have taken over me. This morning I was feeling exhausted from the long night. Sleep is what I needed more of but the scent of doughnuts frying caught me by surprise. I jumped out of the bed put on a fresh pair of underwear without even thinking of taking a bath. By the time I made it downstairs everyone was half done eating their food. Claude looked up at me unsurprised and…

The location I choose to perform my violation of a culture norm was at the cafeteria. I used the cafeteria that is in the Gordon student center. After trying to decide which cultural norm to experiment with, I choose to invade someone else's personal space. The plan I created was going up to someone in the cafeteria, and intentional sitting close to the person to invasion his personal space. Have no communication between us so the interaction would be silence. The social situation interaction…

Against what I previously stated, I decided to not change any facts of the assignments and simply write off of what was given; however, I did add that the idea for adding trucks had been brought up before, but we never had an official meeting about the idea. I should also add that I will be referring to the city that Saigon Pete’s operates in as “Tidewater”. Then in third e-mail in the positive & negative messages, “Cathy” will be the name of our account rep. at the vendor’s office. I liked…

year in the United States of America more than eight million athletes will compete in an organized high school sport. Of this eight million only 460,000 will go on to compete at the NCAA level and of those 460,000 only 1% will compete in the Division I sector. (George, 2013) “Being the 1 percenter”, as many athletes call it, is a goal that millions of high school athletes have. They dream of playing on the court or field surrounded by thousands of fans and being televised all over the country.…

Jobs. People who lead in a laissez-faire leadership style are leaders who allows their team to take control in decision making and in their part of the assignment. Basically, the leader is not micromanaging their team members. Laissez-faire leaders do receive some criticism because some believe nothing gets accomplished under this type of leadership. There are exceptions to the rule, as Apple’s old Chairman Steve Jobs proved to the world. By studying Steve Jobs’ life and analyzing…

finally says its goodbye and the fall leaves and cold wild says hello for the first time in a few months. I never wanted summer to end knowing that I made so many memories and I wanted to make more. Looking back, I learned so much over the summer of 2013. The gold, plastic trophy first place shines over my desk and memories flood back into my head. I was so happy my cousin made me join beach volleyball. I was never the outgoing type or the person who tried to make new friends and talk with…

constantly failing businesses appeared only to be the start of our financial struggles. My family was evicted from our house and didn’t possess enough money to find a decent place to live. As a freshman, I attempted to escape my family’s financial problems by focusing on socializing with friends. I struggled in understanding basic concepts of precalculus as a result of my preoccupation with my living situation, which led to poor grades. Yet, my friends were thriving in school, boasting fantastic…

as myself. I know this isn’t the kind of story you’d expect to hear, but I can guarantee you this is a story that needs to be heard. My journey of self-development has taken scale on a variety of experiences. As a child, I was always withdrawn, almost as if I was in my own world entirely. I tried my hardest to become extroverted, but overtime problems arose with my speech and social anxiety. No one knew at the time, but this part of my personality impacted me a lot as I grew older. I developed a…

When I woke up I heard the sound of wheels running over linoleum flooring. I opened my eyes and saw a cart being pushed by a woman wearing minnie mouse scrubs. Why is she wearing that? I thought. I could feel the effects of the anesthetic lingering in my body. That was when I remembered I had just come out of surgery to correct my bladder. The nurse looked at me with a smile on her face, “How are you feeling sweetie? I have a toy for you to choose.” I looked towards the cart and saw the…