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Reflection Journal #2: Clarke County Mentor Program The Clarke County Mentor Program is a mentor program that was established in March of 1991 as a joint initiative of the Athens Clarke County School District and the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce in order to provide mentors to local students between grades K-12. The program allows mentors to visit mentees during the school hours for about one hour, once a week, for at least an entire year. The mentors are not encouraged to provide academic…

My interest in the becoming a HLT mentor stems mainly from being connected to strong mentors throughout the Honors curriculum. Each of my HLT mentors contributed greatly to my success at Kelley, and I feel obligated and would welcome the opportunity to give back to the Kelley Honor’s class below me. My first mentor, Will Colling, was actually the sole reason I landed a sophomore internship at a private equity firm. This internship helped me considerably during my search for a junior year…

Wikipedia is known for being a rich source for information on thousands of topic. Due to its open source format, pages consist of information from a medley of sources. With that, some information is lost from each specific source, as not all the contents of each source can be included on a page. For my investigation, I looked at Wikipedia’s page for Cattle. I have always been interested in the animal, as cows are my favorite, but I never took the time to actually learn about it. When I was…

Introduction Integration of math and science is a current issue impacting the classroom, this issue has multiple view points some negative and some positive. No matter the viewpoints it is important to consider how integration impacts the students. At the end of the day what students retain is what matters most and retaining information can happen in a variety of different ways. Integration provides a way to connect multiple subjects and allows students to make connections. Integration can be…

environment where all the resources are provided for safe behavior and safe behaviors are expected and rewarded. The overall culture of safety is a means to facilitate and encourage the actual safe behaviors occurring in the research laboratory. The National Research Council’s publication, ‘Prudent Practices in the Laboratory’ inferred that safe behaviors may be spatially divided into two basic themes; 1) anticipation or planning (Planning); where there exists a culture of habitual hazard…

The discipline of science has been my future aspiration ever since I was young. Science for me acts as a frame to view the world around me. The excitement I feel when discovering how reactions work and how chemicals behave, for example how there is specific amount of iodine requires changes the color of thiosulfate ions, made me envision myself as a chemist. The idea that there are limitless possibilities for beneficial creations for mankind has especially fuelled me to explore chemistry. But,…

In the 21st century, the United States try to find innovative ways to have a prosperous nation. However, due to other nations having the resources and labor force necessary to produce such an outcome, the U.S. in fact pays others a large amount to complete our goal, which in turn regresses our progress. To finally have the resources that enable us to move forward the nation mandated emphasis on STEM. This field never held high popularity in a nation of individuality, thus, it lacked in the area.…

Science will always have a place in society no matter how far into the future we look. It is a key element of new knowledge, new discoveries, and new technologies. We live in a world that does not simply hand us all the answers. There is no ‘’cheat sheet’’ for the secrets of life. This lack of omniscience opens the door for numerous “what ifs”, “whys” and “hows” about the universe and our existence. Ergo, there will always be a need for science to help us to understand how things work.…

co-found Microsoft and created the Windows operating system. He became the richest man in the world. Bill Gates has and continues to impact Science and Technology and American society. Bill Gates is a very accomplished man. He helped co-found Microsoft, and was the creator of Windows. Bill Gates received many awards. In 1992, he received the prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation by president Bill Clinton (Bennet). This was one of Bill Gates greatest awards for his advances in…

The answer to that is fairly simple, Maths is mother and backbone of all sciences. Benefits of maths in sprightly day life is uncountable, the post modern life of today is built based on the advancements of technology so the younger generation are in need of learning mathematic deeper than ever. Numeracy and technology are growing…