Multitasking

unidentifiable, all the while maintaining a connection to music that so much of the world has missed out on. My experiences with band and my academic experiences have given me the qualities that I will use to achieve my lifetime goal. Prioritizing, multitasking, a strong work ethic, etc. These are the qualities that were given to me during my time as a high school student, and with that I will achieve my lifetime…

attention grabbing announcements for activities (which isn’t limited to singing a tennis related spoof of Frozen’s “Let it Go” in the dining hall, or thinking of clever skits to sell the Sunday Activity). Being a counselor is the ultimate form of multitasking. Though not impossible, it certainly can be considered the most challenging aspect of the…

With the new development in the calling devices, people started to spend more time on their phones. Recently the smartphones are taking a huge part of the people lives. This created a new type of addictions, which is the addition to the smartphones. This addiction is all about spending most of the time in the day using the phone, without having control on that. The addition of the smartphones is similar to other types of addictions such as the addiction to smoking and the addiction of coffee.…

1. In a brief statement describe your career goals in this pathway. Where do you see yourself in this career pathway in the next three years? My career goals in the Respiratory Care pathway are to understand and master the skills necessary to become an outstanding Respiratory Therapist. I am attracted to this career because I will have the opportunity to help patients with respiratory problems in a variety of medical settings. This program will provide me with the opportunity to master all…

The truth is multitasking is a myth. It’s unbelievable how people can be confident enough to take their eyes off the road. Some studies show that nearly two to three thirds use cell phones while driving (Cultural Change Is Needed to Stop Teens from Texting While Driving)…

The technology advancement of today is primarily why people are so attached to cell phones. Cell phones are portable and provide immediate access. Users can now engage in activities such as accessing the internet, taking part in diverse forms of social networking including; text messaging, playing video games, watching streaming video, and viewing a wide selection of software applications as most people knows as apps, nearly anywhere and anytime. Cell Phones have indeed taken over the way we…

The Goddamn Brick Everyone has a valentine on Valentine’s day! It’s either Siri or one of her many siblings. In a time where we sometimes value a lit up brick more than anything else in our life, Siri has definitely become everyone’s new girlfriend. College students use their cellphones for about 9 hours a day, as published in the Journal of Behavior Addictions. This study also found that about 60% of the students involved believe they’re addicted to their cellphones. To sum up the findings of…

With technology being a still somewhat new part in everyone's daily lives, people can argue whether or not technology has a positive or negative affect on children. You can argue that technology is ruining today's youth, or that it is making the smartest generation that’s ever walked the earth. Education may be the most affected by the daily use of technology. “Superseding what was previously a simple room full of desks, writing utensils, and a chalkboard, technology is transforming the way…

My college career at Western Washington University started with the desire of one day becoming a speech language pathologist. My passion for the field had already been cultivated by an internship that I acquired during my senior year of high school for 60-hours in early intervention SLP services. While most of my high school classmates had aspirations of meeting new people and having fun in college, I had dreams of getting the opportunity to observe and work in the speech clinic at WWU;…

age of 55, according to a 2013 Trending Machine survey. In a press release conference for the survey, family and occupational therapist Patricia Gutentag called out technology as one of the main culprits: “This is a population that has grown up multitasking using technology, often compounded by lack of sleep, all of which results in high levels of forgetfulness,” she…