Vocation

Dystopia, a state in which the conditions of a society's life are extremely unsatisfactory and unpleasant. In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. Jr. taking place in a modern age where everyone is equal mentally and physically and “Anthem” by Ayn Rand took place in a future where society had fallen and everyone is part of a matched set. Both stories taking place in a dystopian society where individualism is a crime and Conformity is law. In a society controlled by handicaps and conformities…

For women, representation has been a consistent struggle. Women are often categorized into one of several predetermined literary “characters,” none of whom are reflective of the reality of female experience: for example, a saintly mother figure which echoes the Virgin Mary, a lustful and disloyal wife, or a conniving, manipulative woman who extorts men in order to achieve her will. Additionally, if a work has been produced by a female author, whether it be a poem, a letter, a speech, or a story,…

ten. She was forced to give up her dream of a career as a concert pianist after rheumatic fever left her without the stamina for the rigors of practice. While recuperating from this illness, she began to read voraciously and consider writing as a vocation. In 1934, at age 17, her moniker became the familiar name we know her as today, and eternally. At that time, she sailed from Savannah, Georgia to New York City, ostensibly to study piano at the Juilliard School of Music. In Actuality, she…

A majority of ministry leaders I work with are well educated. Many would like to continue their educations. Most do not. In faith-based organizations continuing education dollars have dried up during a prolonged furnding drought. For the opportunity to follow their callings many ministry leaders gladly accepted less compensation than peers in the public sector. Yet that choice has left scant resources for education. The competition for continuing education grants seems more fierce than…

In Year 5 we had to dress up for a day as the person we wanted to be as an adult. I woke early and dressed in a white garment, instruments and tools tucked into my breast pocket, pad gripped in hand. I wanted to be an artist then but now I have made the decision to be a doctor. Being an imaginative youth, the human body: the intricate structures of electrical and biochemical pathways working, or not, in synchronisation, is something I found amazing but also terrible. Intellectually I was…

How many people come to a decision quickly and easily regarding their future? There are a few decisions students will have to weigh and consider at a young age. Sometimes a person will have to consider them at a much later stage in life. Students can start by looking at their grade point average in high school. Then they have to consider what school to go to. Should I start with a Community College and transfer later to a University or just go directly to the four year school? When students…

To go to college, or not to go to college, this is the question of life. While this isn’t word for word what Shakespeare said in the 1500s, this is the real question of the 21st century. With college being a large source of debt, sometimes students wonder if college is worth the exorbitant costs that follows the education. The question that many are asking is, is college worth the cost? Education is what makes more money, and a way to get a good education is college. Therefore, college is the…

The knights of Columbus should consider me, Emily Rosales for this scholarship since my utmost aspiration is to follow the mission that God has given to me by helping my neighbors with dignity and respect. My mission began as an altar server when I received my first Holy Communion “The Body of Christ” at Holy Cross Catholic Church in 2009. Then as an usher which lasted for a year volunteered in the EDGE program for three years, and participated in the Vacation bible study for a week during…

Disappointed by the limited vocation decisions then accessible to ladies, she settled on the radical choice to bolster herself as an expert author, something not very many ladies of the time could do. Wollstonecraft's career choice and particularly her decision to expound on political…

If you asked me a year and a half ago what I wanted my vocation to be, I would have promptly blurted out: “Forensic pathologist.” If you ask me now, I will respond with: “I don’t know, it may change, but I’ve got an idea.” While my interests remain within the world of science, it’s still an entire world nonetheless. I have opened myself up to exploring new career paths within this world because of one factor during the end of my sophomore year of high school—exploring the unknown. I did not…