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Association) and AFT (American Federation of Teachers). AFT was founded in Chicago. They only had eight locations that soon turned into three thousand locations. Their mission is to ensure schools educate and provide public services to everyone’s community (AFT). The birth of NEA was in 1857, “43 educators gathered in Philadelphia, answering a national cause of public education” (NEA). They both have a website that can help look more into teaching. 18 Being an educator is something to take…

Career and College Research Paper “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teachers explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires” (“A Quote by William Arthur Ward”). I believe strongly that a teacher can change the life of her or his students. My dream job is to work in the Early Education field of teaching, specifically I would like to be a kindergarten teacher. Teaching is more than it appears. As I have learned, it involves handling kids from good homes, kids from…

than myself through enlisting in the Oklahoma Army National Guard and working as a Security Officer. I wish to continue with my endeavors in the field of law enforcement. In this essay, I will discuss my experiences and how they played a role in where I am today and who I want to be in the future. I study Criminal Justice and Forensic Science at the University of Central Oklahoma…

Eating Disorders.” The McGraw Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Mueller. 12th ed. Customized for Oklahoma City Community College. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014. 639-642. Print. Gould, Stephen Jay. “The Terrifying Normalcy of AIDS.” The McGraw Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Mueller. 12th ed. Customized for Oklahoma City Community College. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014. 635-638.…

Exploring Horrific Epidemics Never-before, have I ever really thought of the epidemics that affect everyone’s lives day in and day out. We never consider the many things that could affect our health, which could in turn cause us to die from something we never would have expected to die from. There are many people who discuss certain epidemics that will affect our population, one of those authors is Stephen Jay Gould and the other is Susan Bordo. Gould discusses the AIDS epidemic and how it was…

Incorporation and Importance Do you consider yourself an artist? 57% of Americans from Pewinternet’s 2003 general population survey said they either take part in artistic activities, study or practice the arts. This is more than half the population when applied to the global population (Madden). If so many people partake and enjoy the arts, why are an exponential number of art extracurricular programs being cut from so many school districts across the nation? Not only high school students, but…

been a strong passion of mine. In my time, I hope to be able to reach out to as many people as I can and serve them in any way that I can. While attending Oklahoma City University, I plan to study Religion / Youth Ministry so that I may acquire the tools necessary to help youth grow in their everyday lives as well as their faith. After college, I plan to join the Peace Corps and spend time volunteering in a developing country to better the living conditions and education of those less fortunate.…

I was driving to Oklahoma City Community College one afternoon with a good friend of mine. We had gotten out of school early and stopped at Mazzio’s to eat lunch before going to the college. During that drive we were doing what normal teenagers do while driving somewhere: listening to the radio as loud as we could and singing at the top of our lungs. My friend was videoing as we were singing. Later that night after we had returned home I watched the video, and my eyes were opened. In that video…

My junior year of college I took a course that examined the sociology of race and the law taught by two erudite and critical female professors. In a school full of very wealthy and very white individuals, my far more humble upbringing and extremely liberal raising made me feel pretty comfortable examining issues of racial disparity. Most of the topics were things that I could easily view through a critical lens while not making me feel particularly vulnerable even as a white woman; after all, I…

as future exceptions in life. On February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Colleen and Troyal Brooks became parents to a soon-to-be music star of the century, Garth Brooks. Graduating from Yukon High School in 1980, Garth had a track scholarship…