Osceola

It was truly an honor to be able to participate in the Intro to Teaching class and I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity to join the Teaching Academy that Valencia has to offer. At first, I was a bit skeptical as to if this was the right path for me. In one of my first semesters here at Valencia, I took a class that made us learn about who we really are and what our values were. It was an eye-opening course for me as I have felt lost in life for quite some time. Being in that…

A place where disproportionate number of people live a healthy life for a very long time, such as Sardinia, Okinawa, Loma Linda, Ikaria, and Costa Rica. Sardinia, Italy is among of one of the blue zones spots, which produces a local wine with highest levels of polyphenols and antioxidants. The diet higher in selenium, zinc, calcium, and phosphorus content of goat’s milk, which are essential for the ideal immune system activity promote healthy aging. Another advantage is the strength in their…

courts in Michigan, consisting of 32 adult drug courts, 23 DWI courts, 15 juvenile drug courts, 11 family dependency courts, and three tribal healing-to-wellness courts. (Michigan One, 2014) I participate in a local drug court serving Mecosta and Osceola Counties. Currently, there are over 2800 drug courts operating in the United States. These specialized courts offer a problem-solving court-based program that targets criminal offenders who…

America is often described as melting pot. However, I believe America is better described as a mosaic with the different people and different cultures meshing together but still maintaining their distinctness. Each group that makes up America has their own story to tell. Within the social foundations of American education, there is the plight of African Americans fighting to end the racial segregation of schools; Native Americans pushing back against the efforts to assimilate them, Catholics who…

Powderly William Graham Sumner John P. Altgeld Samuel Gompers What was the impact of the transcontinental rail system on the American economy and society in the late nineteenth century? 2) How did the huge industrial trusts develop in industries such as steel and oil, and what was their effect on the economy? 3) What was the effect of the new industrial revolution on American laborers, and how did various labor organizations attempt to respond to the new conditions? 4) The…