More Experience

general are indirect sources of stress. Distal contextual stressors are those that are environmental stressors that impact individuals on a variety of levels in the ecological system. In defining distal personal stressors, these are stressors that are more individual. Examples of this type of stressor would be genetics, past traumatic events, and personality traits. When dealing with any of these stressors, networks of social support come into play. Networks for social…

Imagination has been thought provoking to say the least. Here is this intangible thing that connects people by way of shared experience. Sam Richards talked about suicide in his Ted Talk, and how through the Sociological Imagination, there is the potential to experience relief or support in stressful times through the understanding that we are not alone in our experiences, however personal we may feel them to be. This intangible thing has the ability to actually produce change as a byproduct of…

EMPLOYMENT, RESEARCH, VOLUNTEER, & EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCES Paid Employment #1 Supervisor, pharmaceutical recruiter As a team leader of scientific recruiters, I was able to utilize my leadership skills and recieved exposure to the job requirements of various clinical professionals. I led a team of recruiters and offered conceptual knowledge of the terminology used in clinical environments. The companies which I staffed for included: Novartis, Biogen, Bayer, Abbott, and Exedra. I learned a…

Not teacher, nor my parents brought me to the conclusions I reached that day. Why, I kept asking my self, in deep thought, was this rollercoaster experience more powerful than life lessons that had been instilled in my young adolescent mind? A decision was made that day, fears were thrown aside, it was time to grown up and tackle obstacles that had been thrown in front of me. A “metal death trap,” In…

college is hastily approaching, I see more and more people wanting to stay in the comfort of living near what is known. Not that there is anything wrong with living close to home, but personally I would rather go to a place completely unique to that of my own inner world. A place where the ideologies shared are rather unlike to that of what I’m accustomed to. But despite one’s drive or lack thereof to physically explore the world, cultures and personal experiences can and will always be held…

is in the form of a physical blindness–the inability to use his eyes to see the world around him. This, however, does not inhibit him from experiencing the world around him, unlike the Narrator. The Narrator’s blindness comes from inability to experience the world around him, a curtain he pulls down to shield himself from anything he doesn’t deem “important” enough for him to try and understand. This draws a contrast between the two character’s…

Many of these stories are ordinary people that have a normal routine or job, and they experience a moment in their life when they react with a differing perspective. Schwartz and Sharpe present a story about Luke, a custodian at a hospital, who was confronted by a father for not cleaning his son’s room. Before Luke argued or reacted in a poor…

session, Purple started to share their experience with full time work and the internal battle that they were experiencing on whether or not they should stay in the job. For me it was interesting to see that this one story so clearly resonated with almost every member of the group. Our body language changed. It was like the group was coming together for the first time to rally around Purple so that they could feel like they were not alone in their experience. After Purple finished sharing,…

Many parents will at one point, comment on the personality of their child. This happens even more frequently as the family has more children. This is because you can start to see clearer divides between each child that paints a clearer picture of their own distinct personality. These initial characteristics never seem to go away. For instance, someone who is outspoken and loud as a child will most likely grow up to be the same way. Many find that as they grow up, they are unsure of their…

Once more to the Lake, by E.B. white, is a personal narrative that allows the readers to slip into the shoes of E.B. White and relive the memories he had with a lake in Maine. This personal narrative theme is more illusive, going back in time where E.B. White lived in delight as a kid who visited a same lake each summer. E.B White reflects his childhood memories when he took his son to the same lake that he grew to love. These reflections and memories are both pleasurable and saddening as he…