Time zone

Standing in guard near the snowy border between the Noth and South Korea, a young man stands alert. The year is 1990, a time when South Korea was starting to heal from the years of military dictatorships. The man has to patrol around the ironically dangerous Korean Demilitarized Zone, a mix of beautiful mountain wildlife and dangerous mines, for his family, friends, and countrymen. A couple of days ago, the small Korean penninsula was hit with big news; Germany was close to reunifying again,…

“Life is available only in the present moment.” -Thich Nhat Hanh (qtd. In Mumford 21) Nothing exists besides this actual second. (Firestone prgph. 3) Everything is in our thoughts but imagine if we could train our thoughts to observe only the time we have. This practice is called mindfulness. When people hear the word mindfulness, they will probably think of a Buddhist monk sitting with his legs crossed and his arms at his knees. Mindfulness isn’t for select people, anyone can be presently…

Time Out - II Just Say “No” - Meeting Moratoriums The fact is health care professionals waste lots of valuable time in unproductive meetings and are not very happy about it. Meetings are a chronic concern that is perceived as disappointing, if not dysfunctional. For this there are both direct costs and opportunity costs. People are looking for a purpose to their work and to their meetings. A purpose that is easily stated, outwardly directed, and has the potential to make a real difference.…

Taupo Volcanic Zone The Taupo Volcanic Zone is a highly active volcanic region situated in the central part of the North Island in New Zealand. The Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) stretches from Ohakune in the south of the Bay of Plenty to White Island in the north. It is estimated that the Earth’s crust below the Taupo Volcanic Zone may possibly be as small as 16 kilometers think and currently moves approximately 8mm per year. The TVZ is named after Lake Taupo, the caldera of the formaly largest…

“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow and be successful if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” (Brian Tracy) Cross country is a sport where you can either work as a team or work as an individual. Cross country, sometimes makes you as a runner work with someone you’ve never expected to worked with before because we all have our good days and bad days as runners. Cross country is not an easy sport, and neither are the practices; practicing…

Vygotsky’s main topic was the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) which uses social interaction with each other helps move development forward. You can implement Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development in classrooms. Utah Education Network have stated “it’s a waste of time to teach kids what they already know and what they cannot do even with assistance” (Utah Education Network, 2005). Teachers should be modelling, explaining and using practice in the classrooms. What I mean by modelling is…

seem to think is impossible or frightening. It is the enabler that pushes you to do something out of your comfort zone. They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. At my unique high school, home to over 6000 students, making a first impression is easier said then done. What really pushed me forward when I started freshmen year was stepping out of my comfort zone. Trusting my capabilities and having courage was something I was never known to do before, but that was until I…

elderly owns a smartphone nowadays. On that smartphone the majority of people have an application called Snapchat downloaded. This application was released back in 2011, by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, who were Stanford University students at the time. The Purpose of the application is to let users take pictures, videos, and send them to a recipients lasting from one to ten seconds before they suppose to be so-called permanently delete from the server. Due to a significant amount of NFL…

We spend so much time in this country talking about the health risks of smoking, drinking, and unhealthy food to preserve our years at the end of our lives. We do very little to actually gain back time during the most productive years. Time spent in traffic and waiting in lines at the store are really a tragic problem in modern-day that never attracts the attention it requires. The postal system in North America has not fundamentally changed since it was started in the 1600s. A person drops…

that helped shape who I am. Over time I learned to become persistent if I wanted to achieve my goals. For example, when I entered high school I decided to join the volleyball team. Before I walked into to try-outs I promised myself that I would make the varsity team. For days, I worked hard to make sure I accomplished the goal I had set for myself. Obtaining a spot on the varsity volleyball was important for me and it was the first step I took to shed my comfort zone, however, it was my trip to…