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Welsh Baccalaureate Melvin Varghese 11.2 Review Task – Personal Reflection for Enterprise and Employability Task Reflection of process: As part of our Enterprise and Employability Task, we were asked to divide ourselves into teams of four people. After getting into the teams we were asked to evaluate different products such as iPads and board games such as Monopoly and evaluate their selling point and the factors which differentiated them other their competitors. Later, we were given the ask to…

“Do not go gentle in that good night” by Dylan Thomas and “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost, both talk about the tragedy of death in different ways. Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales in 1914. In 1934, he published his first book, “Eighteen Poems” in London. As he published more of his creative writing, Thomas made radio broadcasts and undertook reading tours which increased his fame. Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California in 1874. In 1912, Frost moved to Great Britain where he…

Dylan Thomas' last words were: "I've had 18 straight whiskies......I think that's the record.” This shows that even when Thomas was on his deathbed he was still finding humor in the very thing that killed him, his alcoholism in his last moments, he was still doing the things that he enjoyed and had been doing all his life. Thomas’ famous poem, “Do not go gentle into that good night” expresses his views that each and every person should live life to its fullest potential, especially when their…

Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries associated with patient handling and mobility have been a healthcare risk for many years. Nurses have often been blamed for their own injuries, as illustrated in this quote from Nursing: Its Principles and Practices, the first major nursing textbook: “Occasionally the complaint is made that a nurse has injured her back or strained herself in some way in moving a patient. This will generally be because she has failed to do the lifting properly” (Hampton,…

philosopher and mathematician, Bertrand Russell. His 'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy ' allowed me to broaden my views that mathematical ability not only stimulates intellectual curiosity, but also opens up a new perspective on life. Attending the Swansea Engineering Summer School, I had the opportunity to work with like-minded students and undergraduate engineers. The workshops strengthened my skills in teamwork. One task in particular involved designing a hot air balloon, in which I…

Francesca Williams Writing- 1 December 19, 2017 8 Amazing Facts About Sloths Introduction: Deep in the forest lives the slowest creature on earth, the sloth. Sloths can live up to 10 years. They are commonly found in South America and spend their life in the forests. Sloths are a mystery to many people. Even though they are slow and seem like friendly animals, how much do you really know about sloths? 1. Sloths are slow because of their diet Imagine yourself eating salad for…

THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA Everybody must have already known social media. According on Wikipedia, social media are computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Line, WhatsApp, Twitter are some example of social media applications. In this era, social media has become a common thing and plays a crucial role in society. People…

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is set in England in the 1940’s. During this time World War II was occurring, and the air raids in London. During this time period England had been at war and was suffering due to all the lives lost so far in the war. Germany in 1940 and 1941 would blitz England without warning, Blitz is a German word meaning ‘lightning war.’ Not only were air raids happening but they were dealing with problems within their country. They were dealing with rationing, and…

Warr from Swansea University and Goode from UWIC looked into the current status of the music industry that has been altered due to the revolution of the Internet. What they discovered was that a notion of consuming music has changed. People are more inclined to obtain…

Digital Immersion Distancing Ourselves From Reality There has been a rapidly expanding usage of the Internet, and usually it’s seen as beneficial. It has allowed us to communicate with others that are an ocean away, to absorb an infinite sea of information with just a mere tap of a finger, but what consequences do these advancements entail? It seems as though society has been entranced by the effortless, and quick rewards of the Internet to the point where there’s never really is a period of…