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The Moment Sarah Matthews looked out of the window of her single-story house from her window seat that overlooked her backyard. Her eyes began to fill with tears. Today marked two years to the day since she lost her baby girl. She can remember the day of when it happened. Like it was yesterday because the pain was still there. There was a look in her husband's eyes of worry and sadness. The prayer she prayed to God was, “Why?” Even though she had not gotten the answer yet, she knew that it was…

Every person has a significant moment in their life that comes along with a story. Especially in their teens when they can talk about their first kiss to when they got their first job. The thing is I didn’t do much in my teens because of my strict Hispanic household. My significant moment pertained to me learning how to finally drive! To be able to get on the road and experience the adult life. Even if that meant experiencing the very boring life of traffic. I was so happy to finally learn…

It happened about ten years ago ,but I have to live with it everyday. I shattered my right patellar and had it replaced with a metal plate. I thought that everything that I have ever worked for ended; as soon as the doctor told my father and me that my patella did not just break in half, it shattered. I thought it was the ending yet it was just the beginning. It was in the summer of 2006 when I had my accident. I was in Detroit with my mom for most of the summer. I was extremely eager to be…

Going to college, is one of the most stressful phases of someone’s life, whether you’re a first or fourth year college student. And one of the largest contributors to the stress effectively managing time. Over the course of the past three months, I have been continuously stressed about allotting the correct amount of time to the numerous activities in which I participate. The proper management of time is stressful due to the fact that proper time management can lead to stellar academic…

2. Patient lies in supine position and lift shoulder up toward opposite side of body. Concentric contraction of oblique muscles and trunk flexors must be seen by therapist. Trunk control is really important because in all activities per day patient needs to keep and control trunk in optimal position. Activities such as dressing, eating, bathing and so on. Balance tests: Berg balance scale: It can test the ability of patient with static and dynamic balance. It is about 15 to 20 minutes. Scale…

“A Transgender Moment” Its obvious that the LGBT community has become a popular topic today, as of late the spotlight has been on gender re-assignment which is going through numerous procedures with the intention of changing one’s sex. In this essay I will be consider both sides to this issue on whether it is or isn’t possible for one to feel as though they were born in the wrong body. Thus, discussing the pure thought of what makes one want to undergo a gender re-assignment; in the article…

"Listen, students, and listen well! I have to go to the school office for a while, because some complications came up regarding your class trip. Until I return, I want you all to be absolutely silent!" The physics teacher furrowed his brows, looked at us strictly and waited until everyone nodded before he whirled around to leave the room. Inside my mind, I shook my head. He wanted the class to be quiet and calm? Ha! The teacher will be dreaming for a long time then. And why? Well... "Woohoo!…

The most important aspect about my life that I believe needed to be changed in order for me to succeed in accomplishing my goals is my time management. For so many years I’ve struggled with being able to get to places on time. I learned that once I actually started to acknowledge and care about my bad habit was the only way I would be willing to change it. Working on my time management was hard but not nearly impossible. I had to change my outlook on certain things so that my mindset would be…

I still remember that heartbreaking moment, when I had to leave the place where I grew up, and said goodbye to families and friends. It was two years ago when I came to America from Ethiopia during a winter time, and the weather was extremely cold. I was so depressed, frustrated, and felt deep loneliness. I lived in Michigan state for seven months where I knew nobody, although I had some Muslim neighbors. Being a lone and apart from my family was the saddest situation I have ever encountered in…

Moira, in a previous learning story I documented how you were learning to balance on the balance beam, since then I have provided you with plenty of opportunities to develop this skill further. My goal for you was to be able to walk unaided across the balance beam without holding my hand. I know you can do this as you have amazing gross motor skills, just look at the photos I captured of you whizzing down the pole. I think you just lacked confidence in yourself on this apparatus. Over the…