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The practicums have definitely helped in some of the shaping towards the direction I think I would like to take in the diverse world of recreation. I experienced times where it became clear that there were certain professions I would and would not like to have. This was very eye opening because there were times when I was really overjoyed by being there and some other times where I just participated because I wanted to gain the experience and it turns out it wasn’t for me and that’s okay. Overall, I’d say I’m more interested than ever pushing forward and learning from these opportunities because a career in this profession is something I’m hungry for and I’m extremely excited to see where I end up. All of the visits gave me a different perspective…

My life has been centered on sports for the majority of my life and it’s one of the things I’m most passionate about. When I grow up I imagine myself being a sports trainer or running my own gym for athletes to train in just like me. So for my may program I wanted to find an internship that could replicate this notion. From a friend’s recommendation I found first athlete, a sport’s training gym, to be the perfect fit and I knew it would teach me more about what goes on behind the scenes of…

Schizophrenia is a common and about 1 in 100 people will develop schizophrenia with some cultural differences. It usually develops during late adolescence and is more common in men than women. The onset of schizophrenia is normally in the form of an ‘acute episode’. When this happens, the individual may feel panic along with anger or depression during this episode. It can be a shocking experience because they are not expecting it or prepared for it. There are many explanations as to why people…

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg Julie Lopez Over the past few years, “ Lean In” has been a book that I knew one day I’d read to find out her message. This was not a rags to riches story, yet it was how a strong determined woman interacts in what she refers to as the jungle gym on a day to day basis. Sheryl is considered a strong feminist that faced head on issues like gender norms, bias and more. Covering her life over the years which involved marriage, children, divorce, and work life balance.…

“Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of thought.” –Jiddu Kirshnamurti. When there is a strong tradition followed in a community, it is a major component in shaping the citizens beliefs. It is often the base for the society’s cultural and societal norms. This is regarded in Alden Nowlan’s play The Dollar Woman during multiple circumstances. As well as in the short story “The Boat” by Alistair MacLeod,…

I find myself recognizing more and more of our norms that are being broken that I came to just shrug off before. Two weeks ago a young man and a mother displayed an example of a norm violation while I was working. This young man was not out of his teenage years and appeared to have mental disabilities. His mother, a regular at the restaurant, makes sure to carefully attend to…

In like manner, many of the Japanese people also file their teeth for aesthetic reasons and it is considered attractive. By the same token, these practices will be considered strange to different outsider groups such as our own. Agreed upon by many researchers, is the fact that there are at least four kinds of speak of at least four types of cultural norms which are; folkways, mores, taboos, and laws. Violating these religious or cultural laws and taboos can result in isolation and rejections by…

The author of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley incorporates a range of ideas which relate to todays youth. The story involves a outsider in the World State and the juxtaposition between these two conflicting views allows the author to represent different ideas, heavily related to societal conventions. The societal system used in the book is a society containing many troubling aspects in our society and making them the crux of the society allowing the problems to become more emulated. The idea of…

Individualism is a commonly sought after truth in this world. For it is when this sense of individuality is obtained that one becomes empowered. Greater concepts that could be drawn from this is that acting with such originality could give you the opportunity to have extensive views, learn new things and make a difference. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a lawyer who took on a very important case. In the case he defends Tom Robinson, who is a black man accused of…

The 1960s was a time where people started to think more individually. Instead of the government deciding the public’s opinion, people started thinking for themselves and changing the country through society itself. In the 1950s, conformism was caused by the wide spread fear of communism. People dressed the same way, acted the same way and were terrified to go against social norms. They blindly accepted laws and governmental policies. People in the 60s were no longer willing to conform to the…