Lessons from a Career Fair Essay

of the choices that are made, the world can be a better place. Many of the educators who enter the teaching profession are in it for the self-satisfaction that the job itself brings. For obvious reasons, they are not in it for the money or the career growth. Socrates’ theory of education aligns perfectly with the background of those who teach. Teacher value education and its rewards, believing it will lead to a happy life. Each and every day teachers works to instill the same values into…

Personal Statement I am a self-motivated, ambitious and an enterprising young professional with a 2:1 BA Honours degree in International Business from Regent’s University London. Having gained valuable experience and developed good business acumen through academia and working in small international firms and private educational establishments, I am well-accustomed to fast-paced and scrutinised working environments. My ability to communicate in Urdu, Punjabi and Mandarin along with excellent…

adrenaline came into my mind as I have not read up a book in a long while and I started to think hard on what I should do before I sail for MSTD. On 26 Oct 17, one day before I slip off again for MSTD. I loaned the Book, “The Leader, The Teacher & You” from the library to read up in preparation for my JLC and reflection submission. It wasn’t…

During my semester in Human Relations, I learned a lot. My eyes were opened to many new ideas about multicultural education and I have learned many things from this course. “Multicultural education is an idea or concept, an educational reform, and a process” (Banks, 2014) It believes that all students should have an equal opportunity to learn, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic background or social class. Diversity is something that is to be celebrated, not the…

Arthur Miller’s playwright, Death of a Salesman, reveals many of the insecurities and fears of the 20th century American self-made man. Miller expresses this modern paranoia through the fictional life of Willy Loman. As an elderly salesman, Willy’s career as an on-the-road salesman appears to be coming to a close. Willy hopes for stability in his later life through his past success and through his sons, Biff and Happy. The high standards that he raised himself and his sons on embodies his hopes…

and grief from the tragedy. At only the young age of eleven or twelve, Riis donated all the money he had and gave it to a poor Ribe family living in a cluttered, messy house with little to show of ownership or possessions. The tenants took the money and obliged; when he told his mother, she also made an effort to help the poor family’s situation. Jacob Riis immigrated to the United States in 1870 crossing the ocean in a steamboat. All he carried with him was $40 and a heirloom locket from a girl…

childhood, a deep faith filled life and his impactful career as a novelist. Nicholas Charles Sparks was born on December 31st, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska. (Shepherd, Melinda C.) He was the second of three children born to Patrick Michael Sparks and Jill Emma Marie. Although his family…

Her elementary schooling prepared her to be a proper wife and mother, included such classes like embroidery, music, homemaking, painting and sketching. Her upbringing reflected her family's high social standing; Cassatts lived in Germany and France, from 1851 to 1855, giving the young girl an early exposure to European culture and art history. As a child she had learned French and German, and these language skills served her…

ball two more times, and tossed the ball in the air, ready to serve. The ball went over the net and I felt relieved. As we rallied, I focused on hitting to her right side, as I figured out her forehands were her weakness. The ball flew and bounced from my side to her side of the dark green tennis court about 20 times before she finally hit the ball into the net. Her frustration was obvious as she harshly hit the ball to the tall chain link fence behind me, making me go and get it. Her rudeness…

relied so heavily on making it to the pros (CNN). These student-athletes got nothing out of their time at college. They put so much into sports and when they were not drafted they had no other career choices to fall back upon. Many people believe that athletes should be paid because they do not gain anything from the scholarships they are granted because they do not focus on education during their time at these colleges and universities (CNN). Colleges are supposed to be paying students with…