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How could a parent not know who could take care of their child or how could a school take down or stop a way to save money. Pediatricians and Doctors are trying to make school later for high school student to help sleep deprived student, they say making school later will help improve academic performance to. School should not start later for high school students because after school activities will be affected, and it saves schools a lot of money from transportation even though starting school…

On March 17,1998 I had a Dr's appointment I had been sick for a while, with a flu at least I thought it was the flu. My mom went with me they had me take all kinds of test to figure out what was going on from urine to blood work. The urine test showed I was not pregnant, the swab test also showed I did not have the flu. They told me to give them a couple of days for the blood work to come back. They called me by the end of the week, the blood work came back saying I was pregnant. I was happy…

My religious background is Baptist and Pentecostal. I grew up attending New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Amarillo, Texas from the age of seven until I left for Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas in 1976. We were known by districts and we were under the Lovely Sunset district, and my pastor was the moderator for a period of time. He was an educated man who graduated from Baptist Theological Seminary. When I came to New Hope, my family…

On November 11th, 2016, I had the opportunity to observe several class periods at Cavazos Middle School in Lubbock, Texas. The classroom assigned to me was an eighth grade social studies class led by Ms. Brown. The main focus of this observation was to gather information regarding professional organizations that teachers are eligible to join, and the pros and cons of them. Throughout my conversation with the Ms. Brown, I was able to understand the significance of joining a professional…

When I initially read the prompt for this reflection, I thought that it would be the easiest assignment of the semester. However, once I began thinking about what I could do to make myself happy, I realized this assignment was going to be more difficult than I had imagined. I spent a significant amount of time trying to think about what I could do to make myself happy. I pondered going to the mall to go buy something for myself, or going to get some delicious sushi from a nice restaurant, but I…

Grit can be defined based on someone’s act and attitude towards any situation. Despite the many challenges and obstacles that are given, a gritty person tends to stick to their goals and achieve it. Angela Duckworth proclaimed “New psychological research suggests that grit – defined as endurance is pursuit of long-term goals and an ability to persist in the face of adversity – is a key part of what makes people successful.” (Health). Once you can develop true grit you can overcome anything the…

John Hinckley Jr. Many people have obsessions over different things. Depending on the extent of the obsessions, they can cause people to do outrageous things. Some of these outrageous things can be anything from having OCD to trying to commit suicide or to even try to assassinate the President. Obsessions have different effects on different people. John Hinckley, Jr., an oddball even in his own family, attempted to assassinate the President Ronald Reagan in 1982, with a crazy motive and a…

Angel Schneider (AKA Miller) was born on May 21, 1981 in St. Louis, Missouri to Robert Miller and Ruby Spruell. Robert and Ruby have passed away. Robert and Ruby were a married in 1976 and both had previous marriages. Angel 's mother had three other children from her first marriage: Roger, Cassandra, and April. Roger Byers was born 4/28/69. Roger is developmentally disabled and Angel helps him with managing his finances and personal affairs. Angel sees him once a week to take him shopping and…

Psychology Through the Eyes of a Behaviorist John B. Watson was the first person to study human emotions systematically. In fact, back in his day, it was very common to think of fear as either a result of faulty reasoning or a form of instinctual reaction (Chance, 2014, 2009). In the first paragraph of “Psychology as the Behaviorist Views it”, Watson immediately points out the universal beliefs of behaviorists. One of the first ones is that psychology, from a behaviorist’s perspective, is a…

The representation of women in artworks over the course of 500 years has altered to showcase the portrayal of women over time. The majority of women in artworks are depicted in a demeaning manner that correlates with gender bias in favouring men. In the Renaissance era, objectification of the female body in artworks was prominent, however the implied connotation of promiscuity was subtler and perceived as ‘elegant’. In modern society the media significantly incorporates blatant images of…