The Best Years of Our Lives

overcome obstacles in our lives, weather it be sport or simply growing as a person. We have all encountered problems…

mission to live a life of honesty, love, respect and courage. To never forget about what is important in my life and to be positive and help those around me. My long term goals are that are that in 10 years I will be 26 years old and I hope to be married and have my degree and a good job by then. My medium term goals are that in 3 years I would like to have passed grade 10,11 and 12 with good marks and I aim to be a leader in matric. My short term objectives for this year are for our class to…

Over the years, a lot things have changed in our lives. According to Webster’s Dictionary, changed is defined as, “to undergo transformation, transition, or substitution” (“Changed”) Most of us experience different changes in our life, but they 're few people whose life’s aren’t changed because they don’t want it to. One way to explain changed, is my life. I had always been known as the “quiet girl” in high school. For that reason, being is because I always hid myself. I have always been afraid…

medicines ‘to keep them alive’ are not the best solution and it can complicate ones situation. The best way is to have the support of your loved ones to help get through tough times after surgeries or becoming old. On the other hand, Suzanne Koven from The Boston Globe believes that Atul’s book is very sad and depressing because it brings up the topics of aging, death, and current medical practices. It can commonly be associated with the question, How can we make our last days more comfortable,…

perfect childhood, but I am blessed to have a wonderful family who have given me a great childhood. We make memories that will last a lifetime and our tradition on Halloween will be carried on for future generations to come. The tradition of watching ‘The Worst Witch’ has brought my family closer and it makes us realize how lucky we are to have the life we live. Growing up my dad had an abusive alcoholic father, therefore he did not have a picture perfect childhood. His parents had their…

perceiving reality and mapping the complex processes of human action and interaction that affect nursing care” (Houser, 2012, p. 135). Along with our values, these things provide the framework of how we take care of our patients on a day to day basis. As a provider of care or a manager of care, we are striving every day to provide the best care possible for our…

Malcolm Gladwell explains that effort and practice is what brings us to the top. Epstein and Gladwell both put forth arguments about how much in our lives we control, however, based on evidence Gladwell definitely shows that effort and practice is what we control to make us our best, and he better answers the question, how much of what happens in our lives do we control. In The Sports Gene, the author David Epstein argues his point that a person's success and achievements are determined by…

point or another. For some it crosses our mind as something tragic happens and has us questioning our own mortality. Others maybe more aware of their fragile mortality and wonder what happens beyond the grave. But something that is less thought of is what do those who we leave behind think of us. Once our bodies become one with the earth once again what is left of us. What do we leave behind? Not in the material sense but what impact have we made on the lives of those around us and what emotions…

Bill McKibben’s Eaarth: The earth is becoming a planet not suitable for life. There is a massive change in the world we used to live on. Today our once beautiful earth is suddenly dying, melting, flooding, and burning in ways that we have never seen before. Eaarth is a very unique book because it is telling the truth about what type of world we live on and how human race is currently destroying it. McKibben is an environmental activist with a few environmental organizations such as Step It Up…

contributes a well-rounded view of the Educational problems in America today and ways in which we can help make a change and make sure our future generations are able to have a better experience. The film itself gave great insight on the different day to day problems different families have to deal with in order to give their children a better future. Anthony and young boy who lives in Washington DC explains how he wants to be able to be someone one day by going to school, but the school in…