The Only Way Is Up

Rating Performance Qualifications Should be Electronic Only The Coast Guard needs to revise the way non-resident training for advancement is administered. Moving to an electronic only version of the Enlisted Rating Advancement Training System (ERATS) would provide a more efficient way for Rating Performance Qualifications (RPQs) to be completed, administered, and tracked. The current system is cumbersome and allows too much room for misinformation to make it out to the field. A benefit of…

added pictures to a map of the world to exemplify how I want to change the world. One of the ways I see the world is filled with compassion, and one way I want to add compassion to our world is by volunteering with my church and, ironically, with a group called compassion, in Chadirac, Haiti. I want to spread love to the children and city I help sponsor, and help the children know they are wanted. Another way I see the world is more sustainable, which is one of the reasons I left my hometown of…

that should be known to judge another person or even ourselves. Only God has all the information and that is why He is the just Judge (Psalm 7:11). We only prophesy is part (1 Corinthians 13:9), so God doesn’t tell us everything, just what we need to know. The Bible tells us, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9. God…

There was only three minutes to tell a story and to grab someone's attention, the prompt was to start the story with, “She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally, decided to walk through the door.” Daniel Saunders did an excellent job using the point of view and narration to his advantage. This short short is told from the first point of view, this story could not of been writing in another point a view to get the same theme. Throughout this story you are in the sons head, you…

being one of the first colonies in America through out there way on their search for a better life many things were going on there way to their destination. As it said in the book, “Such actions have ever since the world's beginning been subject to such accidents, and everything of worth is found full of difficulties” Such as early both being englishmen and english families who traveled to be able to have a better life and a better way of living. But those to english travelers never thought…

I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris, goes against this thinking and explains how we should approach dating as young men and women in Christ. He talks about dating as something that is not to be played with. It is a serious endeavor that should only really be embarked upon when getting married is actually on your mind. It is rather pointless outside of that. This book has revolutionized my views on dating, and has given me a guide that I hope will carry with me till I actually find that…

Prompt #5 In Elie Wiesel’s memoir the most important theme/moral is never giving up. Throughout the book many of the people struggle through the conditions of being in the camp. They were physically and mentally abused and they began to lose faith in god. “For God’s sake, where is God? And from within me, I heard a voice answer: Where He is? This is where—hanging here from this gallows…” (Night, 65). They not only lost faith in god but hey lost faith in the ability to survive and all of…

to breakup with your partner. For whatever reason, promises were broken or you just know they’re not the one, you’ve made up your mind to end it all up. But it’s hard to know how to end a relationship the right way if that makes sense. Often, many will try to breakup over text or even tell their partner they “just need a break” as a way to soften the situation. But, you’re only postponing the inevitable and dragging out the pain for both of yourselves. Don’t say you need a break if you’re…

“Don’t Give Up The Fight” and “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” are the same because both of their themes are being different. In “Don’t Give Up The fight”, Ava is different because she is the only girl on the Morgan High track team. While in “The Watsons Go to Birmingham”, the Watsons were African American while the majority of the population was White. Even though both of these pieces of text have the same theme they show them in different ways. For example in the story “Don’t Give Up The Fight”,…

I believe that the quote, “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they never happened before,” is true and it makes sense. I think that it is true because most stories have a similar story line and it is just told with different characters and plots. For example, in, “Buffalo Dusk,” the problem is that Buffaloes are dying and in, “Below,” the problem is that the worlds are getting destroyed. In both of those stories, the problem is…