Lessons from a Career Fair Essay

Secretary-General of the United nations once said, “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” Kofi Annan has seen firsthand how an education can change the life of those who live from day to day in his countless hours of service in places such as Nigeria, East Timor, Lebanon and the African Union. And while his comments pertain to the people who he encountered while working in third world countries, his comments can…

Brigade Commander’s Way Ahead Command is a challenging time is an officer’s career, be it on your timeline with months to prepare. However, taking command with little preparation is an immediate disadvantage, so you must establish your vision quickly. Before taking command I need to address the leadership issues of the past brigade commander. Next, I will explain my command vision and how I will measure the effect in achieving my vision. Finally, I will describe my process to address the…

women their own “duties” and “jobs”. Martin Luther once said, “Women should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children...If a woman grows weary and, at last, dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her die from bearing - she is there to do it” (Reese). He sounded as if a woman’s career is having children and tending to them. Luther is not the only man who believed these thoughts. An Upperclass Confucian Marriage Manual in Vietnam stated, “Even though you sleep…

also be asked. I have to know if I am about to hire a good moral person or a bad apple (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2014). Proverbs 22:6 (King James Version) says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from…

Bullying and Its Correlation with Failing Schools Why are pupils at public schools achieving low test scores? Why are some students succeeding in their high school career but others failing? Why is bullying being permitted to burden the performance of students, thus lowering their test scores? The National Assessment of Educational Progress states that only twenty-six percent of students have more or the sufficient amount of math skills that is required by their grade level, and thirty-six…

Arthur Brooks’ book “The Conservative Heart – How to Build a Fairer, Happier and More Prosperous America” represents a challenge to the established view of the Conservatives and Republicans regarding America’s social issues. We are caught between the perceptions of two disparate political choices: largess without compassion versus dollar value pragmatism. While Democrats/Progressives have always provided this ongoing narrative of the Party who are the champions of the underprivileged; this…

specialize in a plethora of complex and dangerous tasks ranging from IED to chemical and biological weapon remediation. Post 9/11 global terrorist activities placed tremendous “operational stress” upon the NEOD community with relentless training and deployments (Jones, Hammond & Platoni, 2013, p.8). Successfully responding to, and assuming tactical command of thousands of dangerous events every year merely increased the demand signal from outside organizations. In every active war zone, a bomb…

My whole life I grew up playing AAU(Amateur Athletic Union) basketball for a non-profit amateur sports organization based in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. Ever since I watched my sister run up and down the court and put the ball in the hoop every Saturday and show her passion of loving the game, I knew that basketball was for me. I started playing on an actual team…

For the longest time, I didn’t feel comfortable in my skin. My lack of self-love almost destroyed me because it caused me to settle in every area of my life. I’ve come a very long way, but it hasn’t been without heartbreak and confusion along the way. Growing up, I was an extremely shy kid who never felt quite comfortable around people, with the exception of my family and a few close friends. This feeling of inadequacy all began in elementary school when I was teased for my brown skin and skinny…

The school improvement plan in my placement, guidance, recent research and policies from OFSTED and the Department for Education as well as my personal interest in the topic means this investigation is relevant to the current educational climate. My placement school’s improvement plan (2015) highlights the need to develop “fairness within the rewards” system in order to improve…