Prince George's County

Does technology ruin family life? Since the impact of popular culture and the improvement in technology we are able to use it in various ways to improve our family life as we know it. But do you really think that technology is assisting your family? Or is it pulling it apart? People feel pressured into using technology but feel empowered when they are using it. So are we turning our backs on quality of time together and rather spend time with a screen. Although technology is a great help to our…

Addiction is more common than many people in the population may realize. There are a variety of things that people may become addicted to. Sure, there are the obvious ones of alcohol and tobacco, but there are other, not so obvious, ones such as internet and video game addictions as well. These next few paragraphs are based off of an interview with one of my roommates who had been addicted to video games in the past. After getting to know my roommate better throughout this last year or so that…

College career students come across classes that they are forced to take. Whether it’s a gen-ed (general education), a core requirement, or prerequisite for another class. From that many students come to the conclusion that the classes they come across as believed to be a waste of time, regret taking the class , most of the time they either didn’t learn anything. But from taking this course I can honestly say I learned a lot of things that are useful. Writing is a crucial way in one expressing…

Searching for a job could be considered as a pretty easy or extremely difficult task to do. Well it’s way more hard when you’re sixteen, still in high school, and have no other job experience. That was me, and let 's just say that it was a long and hard thing to do. On the contrary I do have a job now, and through this experience I’ve learned multiple things that’ll help me with my life out in the real world. Two years prior, to me having a job today, is when I started thinking about…

During the first seven weeks of the internship, there have been many valuable skills learned. There are 3 large and valuable skills that have been learned during this time. The first skill learned is how to take an assessment and create an individualized and comprehensive treatment plan. I have had experience creating comprehensive and individualized treatment plans while in classes but has been a valuable skill to learn to do this based off of a real patient assessment. The second skill learned…

While Ed told me the FBI provides enough finances and/or time to enjoy hobbies, family, vacations, your free time can be minimal. As an FBI agent, you are on call (24) hours a day (365) days a year ("Interview with Ed Buckley."). Most people in the FBI are the type that the only thing they love in life is their job, their job is everything to them. You don’t get a lot of time to hang with family and friends whenever you please. It would be especially hard to have a family while being in the FBI…

Marina, the Unsung Hero of “Uncle Vanya” “People might not remember us, just so long as God does.” (Chekhov 90) Secondary characters in literature are all too often ignored, and “Uncle Vanya” is no exception. However, in this play, secondary characters, most notably Marina, help provide balance to the antics of the Serebryakov family. She is a constant and is someone they can rely on. Through working for the family for years, the rest of the cast has learned to depend on her. Furthermore, the…

Is this move really necessary? One day we get a strange call, my sister picks it up and it’s from are favorite uncle handsome. As kids we never thought anything about it. We always had aunts and uncles calling the house to talk to our mom or dad. This one phone call was one that would change each of our lives forever. We never knew that it was coming, and wonder why this move would be so important and what we can learn from the move. What I really remember about this call from uncle…

The Tale of Ophelia There was once a Kingdom in Denmark named Venlighed, meaning kindness. The kingdom was ruled by a fair King and Queen. One day, the King and Queen were blessed with a gift of a daughter, and they named her Ophelia. But something wasn’t quite right with Ophelia. She was born with a deathly illness, so the noble King and Queen asked for the most powerful fairy godmother in the Kingdom. “I do not have the power to cure the princess from her illness, but I can give her a gift to…

Taking things one day at a time will help you worry less and let positivity come in Sometimes bombarding your schedule with an amazing amount of things to do has negative consequences, because as soon as deadlines come closer and you feel you will not be able to accomplish anything , this adds up to other stuff you will have to do the next day or week. This tendency will build up unnecessary stress, and unfortunately, negativity, because you 'll feel that you can 't keep up with anything.…