The New York Trilogy

15 Things about Mrs. Schwade I used to be really quiet. In high school, I rarely spoke in class. I did what I was supposed to without questioning anything. I was shy, reserved, and not confident. After my senior year of high school, I was crowned Miss West Union. I earned a $500 scholarship, perfected my parade wave, and have a tiara. I was second runner up in Miss Fayette County and received a trophy! Before I married my husband, I knew nothing about farming, tractors, corn, soybeans, etc. Now…

It was a Monday in sunny California, Abigail, a big time city girl with long brown hair and bright blue eyes had everything she ever wanted. She was captain of the dance team, president of student council, and a straight A student, but she was the type of girl to smack her gum and walk with attitude. Abigail thought she was on top of the world but in all reality she was just as average as everyone else. As Abigail woke up the next morning she heard the sound of her alarm clock and dreaded going…

Every minute, six million cubic feet of water falls over Niagara Falls! Every year, thirty million people travel to the falls just to get a glimpse of what many consider the “unofficial” eighth wonder of the world. This summer, I was given the opportunity to experience this first hand. My family and I drove up to Niagara Falls, CA because the Canadian view is reportedly even more beautiful. This is how my trip went… There are a number of excursions available to you including a number of things…

Conducting my interviews between a person with a disability, a retired person, a parent of a preschool aged child, an adolescent, I found that there are many differences between what they consider a meaningful activity. The occupations of these four different people are centered on what is important in their point of their life. These differences show that throughout one’s lifespan, your priorities and how you spend your life are destined to change. I first conducted an interview with a female…

As a child, I dreamt of becoming a teacher. When we are young we have life goals that appear to be attainable at the time, but we never think of the obstacles and hardships we will face in order to achieve those goals. I am the first in my family to graduate college, so when it was time to apply for colleges I had no familial assistance. My college experience began at Medaille College in the fall of 2010. Medaille is a small, private, predominately white institution (PWI) in Buffalo, NY. In high…

Courage to Pursue Your Goals Courage is the ability to do something out of your comfort zone that you know is difficult or dangerous. Discoveries, edited by Harold Schechter and Jonna Gormley Semekis, contains many stories written about characters going on a quest. These characters could be on a quest to find their personal call, could be on a journey with many obstacles in their path, or could be on a quest to find a type of treasure. There are many important characteristics that these…

“I’m going on an adventure!!”, this is what Bilbo described himself as he was running off into a new world from the Hobbit. The same can be said about an American. Though how does one simply be an American? This question can be taken in several ways, however one easy way to describe it is by experiencing it firsthand. By going on an adventure like never before, seeing the beauty of nature as you spring down the path, making friends along the way. That is what being an American is all about.…

is the credential manager’s job to ensure that the healthcare professionals are qualified. If the credential manger fails to do this is could have a horrible outcome for the organization and patient. Finding Credentialing for the state of New York The New…

What if we lived in a world with no sick people? This is an ideal world that most people would like to be in. The sad truth is that this isn’t the case, my family saw this first hard on October 12th, 1993 when my brother passed away at the age of five. Even though I had yet to enter the world, I grew up seeing the emotional effect it had on my family. Till this day every year we light a candle once a year. My desire to prevent other families from having an identical experience was the Catalyst…

Gossip Girl (CW, 2007-2012) is a drama television series about a group of fictional wealthy teenagers living on the Upper East Side in New York City. It is based off of a book series by Cecily Von Ziegesar. Though the characters all attend the same prep school, the show mostly focuses on what they do in their non-academic lives. The drama portrayed in this series is more extreme than other comparable teen drama shows, such as The O.C or 90210. This is due to the controversial topics that are…