Qualities of My Best Friend Essay

recall information that reinforces or confirms our overall beliefs rather than contradicting them. In this essay, I will talk about confirmation bias from three dimensions: why would I have confirmation bias? What sort of confirmation bias do I have in my daily life? And how can I avoid it in the future? First in foremost, I am human, and one of human’s characteristics is to form confirmation biases in our growth: we are all born ignorant, so…

Moving for my dad's job hurt me, but it also changed a lot of things for me. For me, going from sunny California to bipolar South Dakota was huge. From what I thought was cold weather in Cali to getting here in December is definitely something I won’t ever forget. California's winter temperatures are like South Dakota's fall temperatures. Now when I go back home, and people are complaining about 40 degree weather, I just tell them that it's nothing compared to here. The switch changed a lot of…

of deep admiration for someone or something, elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.” Respect is something you cannot teach through words, it is something you earn. After reading Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore I believe that success or failure in life is not a result of where you grow up, the education you receive or even the genes you are born with. Success in life comes from instilling virtuous qualities from those you respect and exemplifying them in your own life. To live a…

experienced many challenges and struggles. I’ve had health scares, friends of mine have died, people I know have tried to seriously injure or hurt me, and sometimes things just didn’t work out in my favor. Bad things happen to everyone, and in my case it wasn’t the events that were the challenge, but how I dealt with them. Looking back, I wasn’t dealing with the those situations in a healthy way. In fact, the biggest barrier in my own happiness, success, and wellbeing has always been myself.…

these added expenses. She enjoys eating with her friends, which was one benefit to the cafeteria. Now that she has to eat off campus, she feels like she is missing out on her social experiences here at school. When she needs to eat the campus food, she enjoys the steak and the pasta bar with a wide variety of veggie options. The campus food prices came up the most throughout the interview. This seemed to be a problem with her and most of her friends. Parking, the grilled…

How to Raise a Child When I was still a child my role model was my father; he still is actually. He used to take me with him when he had a job at one of his rental houses, he disciplined me when need be, and he was always nice to everyone. That is the kind of father I want to be. Amy Chua’s, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” and Hanna Rosin’s “Mother Inferior?” are two articles describing how a parent should raise his or her child. Chua’s standpoint is to hound the child until, in her case…

So this past week I had the privilege of spending some quality time with two of my favourite people in the whole wide world. This post is dedicated to two of my best friends Samantha and Ronette. On my journey through life (thus far) I have met bushels of people some good mostly (all) good people. I do not believe that any one person could truly be a bad person. To me some people are labeled as bad people due to one main characteristics. An inflated ego. As an individual I think We need to…

“Fear also the gods ' anger, lest they, astonished by evil actions, turn against you. I supplicate you, by Zeus the Olympian and by Themis who breaks up the assemblies of men and calls them in session: let be, my friends, and leave me alone with my bitter sorrow to waste away; unless my noble father Odysseus at some time in anger did evil to the strong-greaved Achaians, for which angry with me in revenge you do me evil in setting these on me.” What Telemachus is saying here is that the Gods see…

“What does happiness mean to you?” This is a question that one of my friends asked me during one of our late night study sessions. At that moment, I answered “passing this exam is what would make me happy” due to the urgency of the exam. Today, I know that true happiness is not circumstantial and I can answer that happiness to me means that I have fulfilled my destiny and lived up to my full potential. Though reasonable, I realize that many people never actually reach these aspirations due to…

order to help guide nurses towards collective health, medical and social model of health. Nursing leaders interested in advocacy develop several beliefs, attitudes, and perspectives that influence policy formation like insurance (Abood, 2014). Based on my experiences on roles of Advance Practical Registered Nurse (APRN) and advocate within health policy and political arenas I have developed several beliefs, attitudes, and perspectives of advocacy in nursing. One of the beliefs is that advocate…