The Roaches

Entomophobia is an unreasonable fear of insects. Many who have this phobia likely had a traumatic incident in childhood. If you were young and playing in the park and you find a cockroach. When your parent see you they might scream and tell you to stay away. This will stay in your mind a then any time you see a roach you will scream and run away. This is just one of many ways people get this phobia. Being stung by a bee can contribute to the phobia. If you or someone you know is allergic to…

Florence Nightingale pushed the government to make changes to better soldiers health in hospitals. Not only did she push for this reform during the Crimean War, but after too. Nightingale became well known for her work in helping sick and wounded soldiers in the war. How she essentially founded nursing and set an example for the rest of the years to follow. She spent her nights caring for soldiers, giving her the name “Lady with a Lamp.” Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy on the night of…

Me In my personal dictionary, lost and lonely were the most significant words. On those days, it seemed like all I knew about life has been that we live, grow and die. Elbert is my name, but people used to call me El. Tall, skinny, little boy, I was on my way to the manhood. Nobody understood me and I understood nobody, like a black dot on a white shirt. Running was a hobby of mine. I ran to school. I ran to the store. I ran everywhere. One foot after the other, making everything and all the…

Florence Nightingale, a pioneer nurse, went against her parents and her upbring, by becoming a nurse and going to war, and this decision had changed the way of nursing. She has done so many amazing things to nursing. Nightingale was born into a pretty wealthy family. Her father was a wealthy landowner, who had inherited two estates. Her father had raised her and her two sisters, on one of the family estates her that he had inherited. Her mother had come from a family of merchants and had a…

Papa Dozier I found out a couple months ago, I was going to be Papa Dozier. I started to ask myself, “what kind of parent do I want to be?” I was raised in a house hold that was full of alcohol and drug use. With the alcohol and drug use came emotional and physical abuse. Now, do I fallow in my parent’s footsteps, or do I make a choice to take action to form my own path from their mistakes? As far as I can remember, I was my mom’s bartender. There are pictures of me bringing her beers while I…

A gentleman (I have standards, doors opened, don’t be talking to me sideways or I’m going to drop down and meet you where you at. I don’t want to do that for real though, plus it gives me flash backs to childhood. I hate being petty.) Someone with good communication skills and conflict resolution skills. (I don’t want to be screaming and breaking stuff up, getting upset is normal, but there are levels and I don’t like who I am when I’m mad like that) Someone who pushes me mentally and…

90 Day Assignment Choose a factual event in a cross-cultural setting from books, media, or personal knowledge that was development focused and critique it through the grid of the 10 principles (pp. 50-56). Factual event in a cross-cultural setting that was development focused In 1969, through an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act, Congress created the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) which became operational in 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Its basic…

How do you think about Mao Zedong 's accomplishments? Will Chinese people have different opinions against your opinion? Mao Zedong was born in December. 26, 1893, Shaoshan, Hunan province, China and died in September. 9, 1976, Beijing. He was principal Chinese Marxist theorist, solider, and statesman who led his nation 's communist revolution He was a leader of the Chinese Communist party from 1935, he was the chief of the state of the People 's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959. He graduated…

The uniqueness of the human character is one fascinating puzzle, riddled with pieces both ordinary and peculiar, which come together to form the complete picture. Some will say these characteristics of our being are innate, borrowed from our predecessors, while some will argue that we are the product of our upbringing and the environment in which we live. It was a wise man who said the truth is always somewhere in between, however, that wise man did not take into account the extraordinary…

called out to us from a cavity in the ceiling. It vibrated the walls causing an unseen roost of bats to scatter. “Cover yourself, Watson!” Holmes shouted; baring his face with is arms as the winged rats spiraled toward their unseen master while roaches and spiders the size of my fist rained down upon us. “They may be venomous.” We shook of the last, flailing wildly, stepping, crushing, kicking and all other means to keep them away. “Do not let them turn me into bat!” I cried,…