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I wake up in the middle of the night with my heart pounding. I try to concentrate on slowing down my heartbeat, while my eyes try to adjust in the darkness. My dreams are filled with fears and insecurities about my future. Lately these dreams are becoming more frequent. Have I really wasted so much time? Am I at a standstill and my subconscious is so worried that it keeps me awake at night? I lay there worrying but now that I’m awake I can think clearly and my fears subside. There is no real…

than in female athletes, and therefore in danger of being missed. Chatterton et al (2013) lead an expansive research involving the diagnoses and treating eating disorders in male athletes. The study looked at 732 male focused group participants of college athletes. The data collected and data analysis was very practical, but some of the points were quite excruciating. The first major point was that male athletes have even higher percentage rates in eating disorders compared to female athletes.…

Standardized tests are the universal method for colleges and universities to decide the worth of current and future students. Standardized testing is simply every student taking one test, consisting of the same questions, which will be graded in a regulated way. Colleges and universities rely too heavily on standardized testing. Standardized test scores are the opposite of what colleges actually ask for from students. Colleges always request driven hard working students, rather than students…

causing a person to feel so negative about themselves and their self-esteem begins to go down. This particular eating disorder is marked by binging, purging, taking laxative, and exercising in order to avoid any weight gain. Brooks et al., (2011) state that, “Bulimia Nervosa eating disorder (BN) is defined as a recurrent episode of binge eating disorder of large amounts of food and measures the amount of weight that has been gained” (pg.1). While there are purging that occurs, a person with this…

Prescovia Elikolani Valiente. She was born on June 29, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the United States. She has a sister, Gary. Her parents separated their ways when she was still a child. As per Nicole Scherzinger’s bio obtained in Wikipedia, she attended Meyzeek Middle School and later attended the Youth Performing Arts School and performed for Actors Theatre of Louisville. She earned a scholarship to the Wright State University and majored in theatre arts. Her stay in the university led her to…

frustrating experience but scenarios like this happen a lot. I am a person who has experienced this particular situation. I moved to Kauai when I was on the verge of learning my native language, Ilocano. I was born in the Philippines, not in the United States as most people think. My mom and I moved in the year of 2003. I was only six years old at that time. The surroundings, food, and people were all different on Kauai. Most of all, the spoken language sounded alien. I had little to no…

educators to an extremely high standard which they must not fall beneath; teaching philosophies and lesson plans must meet each standard. An educator is responsible for their students’ understanding. A quotation provided by the American Historical Association helps to reflect students’ potential understanding. “They lack an understanding of the field 's complexity, often believing that all the answers have been determined” This…

An HBCU, or Historically Black College and University, is a College or Universities geared towards building a learning institution specifically for students of African-American descent to safely matriculate while also learning about and celebrating their legacy of black excellence. HBCUs have been around as long as African Americans have been able to educate themselves. With constitutional approval, HBCUs have continued to flourish throughout history Many students attend HBCUs to receive higher…

LAP Marriage and marriage resolution during young and middle adulthood Elaine Samuels The College of New Rochelle The College of New Resources Developmental Psychology Semester: Summer 1, 2015 Faculty: Judith Idowu ‘Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal”. Louis K. Anspacher. Marriage is design to bring two people together in a loving, secure and holistic…

diverse learners and utilize excellent communication skills. Most schools require that teachers have knowledge about instructional planning and be able to create partnerships with parents, colleges, and the community (Riffel, L. A. (2013, p. 7). The New Jersey…