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Have you ever felt that all the hardwork you have put into something has been worthless? This is the exact feeling I felt when I lost my varsity spot for the 138 pound weight class on my high school wrestling team. The previous year as a freshman I had been very successful making it to state and helping my team win the state championship, but I was a 106 pounder, the lowest weight class. Over the summer I gained nearly thirty pounds, and I was now wrestling at the 138 pound weight class. I…

sit and work. Its comfortable enough to sit for a few hours without physically straining yourself and where you can have all your notes organized in your own unique system. For myself, I like a wide desk where I can neatly place all my textbooks, notebooks, and papers I am using to write my paper. But like I said, the hardest part is usually how to start. I think this happens to all of us in one way or another. You sit down at…

Stumbling after mom towards the airport, I wanted to cry. I was given a small suitcase and a tiny bundle of clothing to drag around. To my six year old muscles, they were like lugging around the sky. Huffing and puffing I finally succeeded in begging my mom to let me rest in the middle of the airplane terminal. I soon learned that this was not a good idea. I was whacked with all kinds of objects, sharp, round, soft, hard, by the crowd of people rushing to catch their flight. Mom just stood to…

According to the course text, here are many strengths and weakness of field research. These strengths and weakness include: validity, reliability, and generalizability. Conducting field studies of behavior is more appropriate than trying to measure behavior through surveys. For example, the counts of seatbelts use or theft by shoppers obtain through observation are not subject to the effects of social desirability that we may expect in survey questions about those specific behaviors. Next,…

I grew up in a family of accountants and auditors, where watching business news on TV during dinner time and listening to investment discussions at dinner table constituted my daily “extracurricular activities”. However, my real interest in accounting accelerated after I started middle school. Encouraged by my father, I volunteered to become the class treasurer when I was in the sixth grade. Our class had 283 students and organized six events a year. I was good at math since elementary school…

The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 I chose to read The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 because I like to learn and or read about historical events. The Watsons are an african american family during the civil rights movement. I like to learn about the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's speech An example of an historically accurate technology is a house phone. Another example could possibly be mail since they didn't have mobile phones. Another example is the TT AB-700 because…

comfortably in sweatpants and a sweatshirt. She immediately took a smart tablet out of her backpack and engaged a discussion with a friend from across the room. Mr. Kingsley, Arabella’s English teacher, redirected her to copy the vocabulary words in a notebook, which she replied “I already copied that.” Mr. Kingsley then checked the class for an assignment due today, but Arabella was unprepared. Mr. Kingsley then asked Arabela to take any…

Chapter 3 had several interesting ideas that teachers should incorporate into their lesson plans for the first day of school. I absolutely love the Scavenger Hunt idea which encourages students to work together in teams while also getting accustomed to the classroom setting. They begin to figure out how the classroom is organized. Atwell introduced another game called Beach Ball Icebreaker. This game is played by having a huge beach ball with personal questions written all over it, tossed around…

Graffiti is a form of art used to convey a person's independent thought. I believe that the painter of the graffiti I chose wanted to associate the flower to the lack of nature of New York City. New York City sometimes referred to as the capital of the world. The city has a low concentration of nature. Nature can only be found in places such as Central Park or Battery park, but even there you can see the lack of nature considering everything is so organized and nicely placed, a clear evidence…

The reporting party (RP) reported speaking with foster child Abril Gonzalez regarding concerns she had with her current placement with her foster mother Ana Hernandez. According to Abril the foster mother hits foster child Alejandro on his butt, forehead, and the back of his head. Abril demonstrated how the foster mother used an open hand to back and a hard slap motion. Due to her brother's age, Abril is worried he is unable to defend or protect himself. Abril reported Alejandro usually has red…