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Looping supports an environment where both teachers and students have the opportunity for deep investment in their personal journeys. Of course, students are the first priority when making decisions about best educational practices. Nevertheless, teachers have documented added personal benefits attributed to their participation in a looping program. In an interview investigating the progression of multi-year teaching, Pat Sanford, who began teaching in 1976, reflected on her participation in…

I have played viola in the orchestra since the sixth grade. For nearly seven years of my life, I have been performing in countless concerts and events, and I fell in love with sharing my music with other people from the very beginning. Leo Tolstoy, a Russian novelist, once stated that “Music is the shorthand of emotion.” Through music, I can express my emotions in ways that words could never. Human emotion is powerful. It can dictate our actions, our mood, and allows people to form interpersonal…

Bury (1991) also emphasized on the active coping in response to chronic illness. "It refers to cognitive processes whereby individuals learn to tolerate their illness and maintain a sense of value and meaning in life, in spite of symptoms and their effects" (Bury, 1991:461). Examples of coping include normalization the impact of illness so that the effects on identity are minimized. According to Bury (2001) there are two processes of normalization. People normalize in the sense of keeping their…

Wiley Hardeman Post was a prominent American pilot born on November 22, 1898. He was from Maysville, Oklahoma and became one of the world’s most famous aviators in the 1930s. He set a record and became the first person to complete a flight around the world solo. Overcoming personal tragedy, Post refused to let this interfere with his love for flying. In addition to his airspeed records, he also invented the pressurized flight suit and discovered the jet stream. Throughout his lifetime, although…

Carleton, watches her father murder her mother. After telling the police what happened, she choses to never speak again. When she moves to Lawton, Alabama to live with her aunt and uncle she continues to remain silent. Most people have never had such a traumatic thing happen to them and could not understand her pain or why she chose not to speak. However in Lawton, Alabama, West Ashby, the town’s football star, is currently struggling with his…

Soon after, Lawton the eldest of the family disappeared after having a fight with his father. Since Mattie is the second oldest she has to be the “mother” of the house by cooking, cleaning, do lots of chores, take care of her Father and her three little sisters, Abby…

with my friends just like Seth, Jimmy and Todd. Fast Break Mike Lupica 262 Pages Characters: Jayson is a 7th grade boy whose mother passed away, and he has never had his father. He leaves with his foster parents who are Tom and Carol Lawton. There is also a girl in the same grade as Jayson grade, named Zoe. Background: Jayson lived with his mother and her boyfriend Richie, until his mother passed away, and Richie left Jayson. That left Jayson to fend for himself by stealing…

Semi Standardized Interview: We conducted semi standardized interviews with the participants and their family members. Capacity, opportunity and motivation framework (COM-B) and ANGELO domains were utilised to develop a comprehensive interview guide that focussed on reasons for arm use and perceived recovery (Appendix 1). The interviews were conducted in the natural language of the participant and were transcribed to English. A Sony audio recorder was used for recording. Field notes were used…

The Battle of Antietam is the bloodiest battle in American history. On September 17, 1862, approximately 22,720 soldiers were either killed, wounded, or missing after the gruesome fight. This battle halted the Confederate general’s drive through Maryland and caused General Lee to withdraw into Virginia. Although contributed as a Union victory, since the Confederates withdrew south of the Potomac River, McClellan loss his chance at dismantling Lee’s Army. General McClellan’s usual hesitation…

(Hoyland, Dye, & Lawton, 2009, p.221) Moreover, there will be documented evidence shown, that proves when children eat a hot breakfast before a test, their scores will go up. (Mahoney, Taylor, Kanarek, & Samuel, 2005, p. 636) The United States offers free and reduced price…