Waterpark

For this assignment, I chose to shadow a health care employee. The organization I visited was Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser has a very interesting history that has guided the HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) to where they are today. They started in the early 1930’s, providing health care for construction workers on the Colorado River Aqueduct Project. Dr. Sidney Garfield provided care for injured and sick workers and while the employees were being taken care of, Dr. Garfield was losing money.…

When I went to Kings Island A few years ago my family and I went to Kings Island. Kings Island is located in Mason, Ohio. I went with all of my family including; Me, my parents, my brother, my uncles, and my grandma. When we went to Kings Island we drove from my house, stopped at my grandma’s house in Indianapolis. Then after we stayed a day at her house, we drove to my uncle’s house. We stayed at my uncle's house who lives on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio. Kings Island is an amusement…

Imagine a rocket, specifically molded, perfectly symmetrical, prepared to do it’s job exactly how it needs to with no room for error. Seems almost perfect, on the other hand we have the Rockets, my AAA hockey team the summer before sixth grade. It was made up of players from the La Crosse area who played and practiced together every summer for the last few years. We weren’t exactly the most organized team in the sense of having professional attitudes. The ceiling at our practice arena had leaks…

The discipline of play and recreation is vital in keeping healthy balance of life and ministry. The author and his family, work diligently to create play and recreation on a regular basis. Recreation and play may include trips to waterparks, a day at the zoo, family bike rides, and many other activities. Further, personally the author makes it a priority to regularly take time for personal recreational activities. These recreational activities include; fishing, golf, hiking, running…

The family that I interviewed for the Exceptional Child Family and Study Interview is a family that I am personal friends with. The family’s structure is made up of a mother named Carrie and a father named Ron, and two boys, Thomas age eight and David age ten. Both children in the family have various learning disabilities. Carrie and Ron noticed that David had a disability around age three, they notice that he had little or no eye contact, he had no attention span, he was walking on his…

Matthew Lawson in the 1960s. It has a serrated and winding layout that connects the office towers of Downtown Toronto. The north most point of the path is the Toronto Coach Terminal at Dundas Street and Bay Street, while its south most point is Waterpark Place on Queens Quay, and the main axes of walkways are paralleled to Yonge Street and Bay Street. The edges of the underground shopping complex mostly correspond to the border of centralized office buildings in the downtown financial…

Bad decisions, makes the best stories. Truitt Odom One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as a adventure. ~ William Feather. It was summer, one month after my 17th birthday, and, even though I had a lot of great adventures with the people I loved, I still wasn 't satisfied. So I took of work, grabbed my two best friends, Trey and Parker, and we set out on nonstop adventure for 3 days, which led to a Whataburger bill of over $100, running…

Last year, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg made headlines when he signed the legislation that began making all city parks, pedestrian plazas, and beaches a smoke-free zone. While news of this created a national awareness pertaining to the issue, the overall issue of tobacco free parks has been gaining publicity for quite some time now. Although contributions such as those from Mayor Bloomberg make a significant impact, most of the success comes from gradual consensus building within communities…

“Great America, here I come,” I say groggily but excitedly as I wake up. Once I’m fully awake, I jump out of bed, say good morning to my mom, brush my teeth, and throw on my bathing suit with some clothes over. Grabbing my drawstring bag, I compile a list of things to bring. I start grabbing items from around the house, “Sunscreen: check, towel: check, phone: check, money: check,” I say in my head as I find them. And last but definitely not least, I can’t forget Scarlett and my’s map route of…

makes me feel some type of way. I will forever cherish those baseball games. Good thing about brothers, they get you guys. Shaggy and I went to Hershey Park together for our brothers baseball tournament. Our families ate dinner together, went to waterparks, and Shaggy and I just stared at each other. All summer…