Meeting of the minds

simply amazed, looking back at first semesters seeing how much I've grown as a student. If I were to look back almost a year ago, I realized applying for MCHS has been the best decision I've ever made. I strongly maintain that there's no doubt in my mind that MCHS is where I want to continue my high school education. Just being able to survive prep 9 seems like a great accomplishment. In this essay I will be discussing the following,my year as a prep 9 student, how prep 9 impacted me as a…

comes to mind when thinking of my experiences with literacy as developing knowledge is when I helped lead my team to final at TSA Nationals. TSA—or Technology Student Organization—is a Career Technical Student Organization where Middle and High School students are able to compete in a variety of events concerning…

decided to start college for numerous reasons. My drive really came from wanting to become an accountant, the wide range of opportunities, and I have big dreams. I’ve always planned to go to college since I was child. The only thing I’ve changed my mind about since, is my major. I decided being an accountant was a good idea for me because I like money and I like helping people, so why not help people with their money? I want to open a firm and become a CPA. A CPA is a certified public…

The idea that somebody can just wake up one day and be done isn’t realistic. To have the best chances of success, to become free from substance abuse or addiction, one must encompass a lifestyle of changes. To include, finding support, attending meetings, incorporate spirituality into their lives, and some may need medicated assisted treatment. Whether it is a combination of things or just a couple, it takes more than just saying, I want to stop. The articles I chose have a little bit of…

Protagonist: Mike Silva, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s senior supervisory officer for Goldman Sachs. Main Issue: The main problem in this case is Mike Silva needs to figure out how to get Carmen Seggara to change her disruptive personality in order to communicate more effectively with the rest of her management staff and fellow employees. Many staff members have gotten frustrated because of her negative criticism. Sub-elements of the Main Issue: The additional issues that will have to…

Introduction A counselor has a client that has been struggling with using crystal meth for a while now. The client goes to Narcotics Anonymous meetings and enjoys the environment and community that the group allocates. Although he goes to NA meetings, the client does not want to entirely give up using crystal meth. Given that he does not want to be fully sober, he contacts his prior boyfriend, who always has access to the drug. Whenever he wants to use meth, his former boyfriend is the person is…

In the begining of the story , Jing-mei's mother, Suyuan, has just died. "Her father asks Jing-mei to take her mother's place at the Joy Luck Club", which Jing-mei is nervous about doing. At the first meeting, her mother's best friends ("aunties") tell her that Suyuan's twin daughters have been located in China. The aunties give Jing-mei enough money for her and her father to meet the twins in Shanghai. Jing-mei is touched by this loyalty to her mother, but afraid of having to tell her…

Hellison explains in his book the use of talks/meetings, reflections, as well as a educator realizing students strengths and weaknesses. When Hellison touches on the idea of teaching TPSR he has something called the “Daily Program Format” this program consists of 5 parts, relational time, awareness talk, physical activity plan, group meeting, self-reflection time. The beginning step is the awareness talk this is an essential before you get into…

them but with studies and activities they can relate to. I believe everyone that is teaching isn’t meant for it. I had a teacher in 8th grade that told us every day she didn’t care if we weren’t going to pass, she will still get paid either way. That mind set right there showed me that every teacher that told me they cared about us, really didn’t. It was hard for me to trust any teacher after that for a long time. All I did in the classroom was do my work, turn it in and wait to get out every…

you read the devotional about consuming the things that fill us but do not nourish our bodies, souls, and lives, what memories came to mind? How did these instances demonstrate immediate rather than long-term satisfaction? As I read the devotional about consuming the things that fill us but do not nourish our bodies, souls, and lives the memories that come to mind includes shopping, tanning, and purchasing scratch off lottery tickets. Each one of these memories commonly take place when I am…