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In this new era where people are constantly focused on technology and its advances as well as progressive (although not always) ideas, an important element of society seems to be disappearing: etiquette. In my opinion, as well as etiquette specialist, Judith Martin, proper behavior and formality began to unravel just over fifty years ago during the 1960s (Reid 1). It’s about time that the world population starts to respool the thread that holds society together and bring back the basics of…

Hazel who is a sixteen year old teenager, has thyroid cancer and doesn’t really have many friends at all. Her mother makes her go to a support group with many other teenagers with illnesses. These support groups are ran by a man of the name Patrick, who is a survivor of cancer himself. Here, at these support groups Hazels begins to become friends with this boy named Augustus. Augustus is a amputee, which means he has lost one of his legs, one night after support group Augustus asked if she…

August 2010: It is the start of a new schoolyear, and I’m entering my second and final year of middle school. I’m around thirteen years old and very excited for one class and one class only, English. Although I’ve always excelled in math, English has always been my passion. One day, I hoped to add English to my list of strengths. However, before I could master writing, I had to discover what makes a good writer? Upon searching, I realized that every writer is unique. There are no two writers…

Athletic competition has been a mainstay in society for thousands of years. Men have fought to the death in gladiator bouts, raced each other on foot, and wrestled in intense matches. All men have a desire to compete and to exert dominance over other men. It is encoded into their genes. In modern times, one of the ways individuals can quench this craving is by competing in a variety of sports. They will often do whatever they can to be successful, which can have positive outcomes. It can bring…

Throughout the last century, great pioneers have shaped our modern world, society, and technology. Wilbur Wright was born in Millville, Indiana in 1867 to Milton Wright and Susan Koerner. He was the older brother of Orville Wright, who was born in 1871 in Dayton, Ohio, and invented the first airplane with. Wilbur was the third of seven in his family. According to The World Book Encyclopedia, “the boys attended high school. But neither received a diploma” (499). He moved a lot to state to state…

In 2012, John Koenig created The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows to propose new words assigned to complex feelings previously without a name in an attempt to compensate for shortcomings in the English language. He constructed fresh words that strove to help people better connect with one another by communicating emotion through language. Among many others, he coined the word sonder to describe the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. By most…

drove as I left at the end of my shift. In class we learned about a lot of different topics that tied in to my volunteering experience, and I’ll try to touch on each of them. For example, in class we learned about poverty in major cities (such as Indianapolis) being a very prevalent problem, and I was able to see inner city poverty first hand at the food pantry. A lot of people rode the bus there, and arrived wearing very tattered clothes. Many of them were disabled, and were clearly living in…

practice of exceeding expectations into school, work, and my scholarship-based employment on campus. For the latter, I have diligently served as a community service scholar: learning and teaching about disparities and social issues that impact the Indianapolis community. As a leader, I have addressed social issues, planned, and led campus-wide service events, and initiated conversation to find ways to improve our community. I am delighted to continue to demonstrate leadership and have another…

While being in the field of healthcare, we learn about numerous amounts of things that can help us overall. Health informatics is a tool that we can use that helps the overall healthcare delivery and provides support for many workers. We use data we collect from the health care systems to improve services, increase patient satisfaction and produce a higher workflow. “As defined by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, health informatics is the interdisciplinary study of the design, development,…

University, people as far as Farrell Stadium would suffer from 3rd degree burns, but if the Tsar Bomba were dropped on West Chester University, people in Hershey, Pennsylvania would suffer from 3rd degree burns and windows would shatter as far as Indianapolis, Indiana. J. Robert Oppenheimer is often considered to be the “father of the atomic bomb” (Hirtle, 42) because of his work as the director of the Manhattan project, which was a project to produce the first nuclear weapons. He was awarded a…