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that fewer than half ever graduate from high school, and only 2% earn college degrees by age 30” (Docksai, 2010). Out of the 4 girls, they are all pursuing or have degrees and all graduated from high school on time. Jenelle is currently in college, Leah is certified at a tanning salon, Chelsea has an esthetician license, and kaylenn is currently going back to finish college. From seeing shows like 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom on MTV, it is not hard to see the truths of what some of these young…

Scott B. Harpin teaches at the University of Colorado, College of Nursing. AnneMarie Rossi works for Be Mindful in Denver, Colorado. Amber K. Kim teaches at the University of Colorado-Denver, School of Education and Human Development. Leah M. Swanson teaches at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine. In this article, they observe and work with 4th grade students from an urban school. They target this particular elementary school because it rates high in poverty and diversity. To carry…

Development is essential to my life not only because of my drive for self-improvement, but also because I am called as a man of God to continually become more correlated with him. In college I have learned that development can be sort of a scary thing as it often results in many things changing around you as well as friends and personalities. However, looking back from my senior year back to freshman year I can see a lot of areas that have been fostered during my time at Calvin as well as…

family farm in Newcastle where her grandmother gave her many words of wisdom. Perkins has stated, “I am extraordinarily the product of my grandmother.” Being inspired from her grandmother, Perkins had wanted to help her surrounding community. Quoting Leah W. Sprague, a Founding Frances Perkins Board Member, “Frances was raised with a deep appreciation of history and pride in her patriot ancestry. She came of age understanding her New England heritage and adopting the Yankee values that were the…

The Handmaid’s tale is a feminist science fiction novel by a Canadian, and feminist writer Margaret Atwood. The story depicts psychological and physical struggle of a woman named Offred due to suppression of women by men in her society. Thus, the title Handmaid’s tale is representative of the life of Offred, the Handmaid or a female servant. This novel vividly portrays the cruelty of biological and social categorization. Handmaid’s tale takes place in a futuristic fictional society where…

tribe of the original 12 tribes was the tribe of Judah. When the kingdom of Judah was then exiled again in 586 B.C.E., the people became known as “yehudim” or Jews. The name “Judah” in Hebrew literally translates to “praise.” The name originates from Leah, Judah’s mother, praising god after giving birth to four healthy boys. She says in Genesis 29, “this time I will praise God.” This idea of “praise” has carried through for centuries. To be a Jew is to live with a constant attitude of gratitude,…

This is not the only way a vocational degree can be proven to hold more job security than a four year college degree, now it is time to take the job markets innovation into consideration. When taking the constantly innovating job market into consideration, multiple ways a vocational degree being proven to be safer than a college degree can be found. Vocational degrees will always be relevant, society will always need plumbers, engineers, pharmacists, and all the other important jobs that require…

What separates an individual from others is their past, their history, and their experiences. So, while other people can have similar experiences or pasts, what makes them unique is how they let what happened to them shape their beliefs and view of the world. In his short stories “The Drug Called Tradition” and “Crazy Horse Dreams” within the novel The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight In Heaven, Alexie explores the idea of how a person's past influences them. Victor, the narrator in both short…

Food manufacturing facilities are high profit businesses all over the country. Each region of the country has a specialty; the north has cheese and dairy, the south has fruits, and the center region has meats. Living in the Midwest, the most common food facilities produce, meats, soy and pizza toppings, the best examples are Tyson and Hormel Foods. That is what my business does we manufacture the best kind of food; brownies. Brownies sell all over the country in grocery stores and markets as…

Sarah Soriano American Literature Honors Miss Given 2-5-18 Response Journal 3 This novel can be read as a political allegory because it shows how guilt can affect so many different people. It’s a universal theme that everybody can experience guilt. So it can get the reader thinking how they can respond to said feeling of guilt. In the book, it shows the guilt of the women over the death of Ruth May and the things that they have done to Africa. That could be why the story is told in a few…