Mathematical anxiety

can worry people when waiting for the bus at the bus stop. For each scenario, they can have different suggestions that can improve the situation and make the person less stressful. The psychology of wait time is meant for businesses to reduce the anxiety off customers when they have to deal with waiting and to have more satisfying…

She walked quietly into the bedroom I had been staying in ever since Benjamin passed away. My daughter, Amelia, allowed me to live with her because she knew my husband’s death would have been difficult to deal with on my own. She had just returned from collecting a few photo albums from my house in Manhattan. “Good morning,” Amelia said cheerily carrying three enormous photo albums, “I can’t believe you have so many pictures of you and Dad. There must be so many memories you two shared.” “Oh…

Thursday, September 3, 2015: I never quite realized just a how different college is than high school. My first class of the morning on Thursday often lets out early and on this particular day we only stayed in there for 20 minutes! I am slowly adjusting to all the changes bit by bit. Friday, September 4, 2015: After class on Friday I drove home and went to my old high school’s football game. My boyfriend, Reed, is the president of the student council so I helped him out with the spirit sales…

45b Accounts for one’s decisions and actions by: verifying and clarifying policies, procedures and orders. A client who was abusing drugs was complaining of pain he was given the prescribed pain medication but he still complained of the pain after an hour of taking the medication and said he wanted something stronger. I advised him to wait a little longer for the medication to take effect but he refused. I checked the clients MAR and there was an order for an opioid analgesic PRN if the pain…

The human drive to give everything a name comes off as more than a little bit anal, yet, without the ability to convey the essence of an object, it seems like, for practical reasons, the naming of things will have to persist. Indeed, how else would I tell you that I love apples, ask if you’ve met my friend, Barry, or tell you it was cloudy when I went skiing? In the sense that names foster familiarity with objects, the words, which symbolize their real-world referents, can be seen as assuaging…

Fear and the Legalization of Marijuana I cower at the top of the stairs in utter terror. What is going on? Why are my parents yelling at my brother? He stands in the hallway with his head down, as stoic as ever. He never gives a response and does not even look at them as they yell and scream in front of him. My dad is almost blue in the face from the effort. What are they saying? What was that about drugs? That really sent my panic going. What stupid thing did Joseph do now? Almost 7 years my…

Everyone speaks a language, but some people speak more than one language. To learn and understand a new language can be troublesome when first starting to learn said language. Both Amy Tan and Barbara Mellix experience these struggles. Tan’s multicultural Chinese- American life explains why Tan worries about the misunderstanding and stereotypes about the Chinese language. Tan explains in her essay, “The Language of Discretion”, how these misunderstandings and stereotypes affect her life. On the…

patterns fascinating. From depression to anxiety, many people tell their story of how these disorders handicapped them and how they altered their lives to fight these invisible forces holding them back. Typically, these stories demonstrate the way extreme anxiety has kept people from living normal lives. They don’t address the subject of trivial anxiety; James Collier’s piece offers this interesting perspective. Collier argues that trivial anxiety (anxiety that is not debilitating to the point…

The day I found out I was moving, my first reaction was relief, for up until that point, I had concluded that the reason my parents were so serious, was because I’d done something wrong. However, as soon as that thought disappeared, another one replaced it. Why were we moving to DC? We were content in the neighborhood that we lived in, or at least I was. Slowly, I began to realize that I did not like the idea of moving. I didn’t say this out loud because I was still confused. Was this a joke?…

family and society depression. When people are soaking themselves into drugs, it is very difficult to quit, and they will destroy their own lives and futures. There are several causes of drug addiction including curiosity, lack of self-control, and anxiety. One cause of drug addiction is curiosity. Teenage is a point where young people can be easily lured by drug because the curiosity in the young age. Many do not have the awareness of the dangers of drugs that it can hurt family bond and…