Mathematical anxiety

According to Demonta’s YASI prescreen, Demonta denied alcohol usage, but reported smoking black and milds and marijuana on a regular basis. His last usage was prior to his placement in detention on August 1, 2017. Demonta indicated he first started using marijuana at age 11 or 12, but he does not really smoke marijuana “for real, for real.” He “likes to play sports and tries to be drug-free”. Demonta has never received any kind of substance abuse treatment, but he is receptive to treatment if…

Caving, also known as spelunking is heard for and famous for exploration of caves throughout the nature of lands, through the wilds where others aren't often found at. It is a tradition that evolved around the U.S. , Canada, and also U.K.. People all around the world from different regions and nationalities are part of this exploration in cave hunting also known as, Spelunking. Everywhere in the world where the wild is, spelunkers find their way around nature and caving looking for new journeys…

The American Psychiatric Association holds a spot in the middle of a historical revision to its diagnostic "Bible", the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (or DSM). DSM is a personality disorder that some people just 1 personality. This book is mainly used by clinicians, insurance companies, and even the legal system to define and identify the types and thresholds of mental illness that would majorly become the focus of treatment and research. Diagnosing disorders…

Chapter 9 in Tools for Mindful Living is about witnessing your thoughts. When we let our thoughts control our experiences, we ultimately alter that experience. Negative thinking is never the way to go when completing a task; all it does it put negative energy all around you and once you start thinking that all you are going to do is fail, then that is likely what is going to end up happening. Napoli mentions that we all have a ‘Mindless Monster’ who keeps us “stuck in the past or obsessing about…

Coping is when a person attempts to solve something difficult in their life and that can be anything from stress to chronic illnesses. There are two types of coping which are problem-focused and emotion-focused (Lecture 8). Protective buffering is a relationship-focused coping that falls under the emotion-focused coping strategy (Lecture 8). Protective buffering is basically the concealment of one’s own worries to better protect the emotional state of their loved ones. (Lecture 8). However,…

The stories of “The Necklace” and “The Gift of The Magi” tell of two women who live a poor lifestyle and the challenges they face due to their financial statuses. The women, Madame Loisel and Della Dillingham Young, show similarities in the lifestyles they both live. However, their attitudes, personalities, the way they treat their husbands, and values differ in multiple ways. Madame Loisel and Della live similar lives, for they both live a rather poor lifestyle. Madame Loisel lived among,…

In Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood”, two men, Dick and Perry, have just arrived home from brutally murdering a happy family in Holcomb, Kansas, the Clutters. It’s evident that these men know what they are doing, they’ve had plenty of experience in crimes like this. Once Dick and Perry get back from their eventful road trip, they both seem to know exactly how to handle anything that could get them into trouble. Upon arriving at a hotel room, Perry immediately took off his bloody boots in order…

Grab, pick, pull , set down, day after day week after week, month after month, the same repetitive schedule with little to no diversity. His name is Rafael Ayala. The chilled wind biting at his cheeks, the cramps in his hands settling in every joint in his fingers; the knot in his back growing bigger and tighter as his bruised knees begging to be stretched. He's 19 years old. Grab, pick, pull, set down. The motion becomes as instinctual as breathing or blinking, grab, pick, pull, set down and…

I was feeling very nervous and worried when I was sitting on the long brown rectangular table. Four competitions were sitting by me waiting to know if they were going to be the next LeBron 19. Whoever was chosen had the honor of LeBron to wear them in the NBA Finals.The Nike designers opened the door and I felt a wave of cold air come room. I was sweating and my heart was thumping as fast as the speed of light. Mike came in and sat on the blue chair. Mike said that they have made the final…

A major safety issue that flight schools are dealing with is fatigue. Fatigue effects both student pilots and flight instructors and is known to be one of the top contributors to accidents within aviation. According to the Federal Aviation Administration Air information Manuel fatigue “may not be apparent to the pilot until a serious error has been made” (“FAA AIM”, 2015, p. 8-1-2). The issue with fatigue is that it reduces the pilot’s ability to preform and is known to have impacts on memory…