...Before You Go by James Preller is about a boy named Jude Fox. Jude lives the life of the average teen, except he endured a more difficult time. Jude's story is compelling and will give you an eye opening experience. Jude's summer is just beginning and it has a great start. He falls in love with the perfect girl. It's a perfect summer night with things going great, and in matters of seconds, his life changed forever. Before You Go is a wonderful book that will keep you reading because of the storyline, the theme of the book, and the mood of the story. The book contained an exceptional storyline. The beginning of the book gives a whole different vibe compared to the end of the book. There aren't many characters throughout the story, but every...
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...Nature is a part of life. It can change people in different ways. It gives people different viewpoints of life. It helps people learn valuable lessons and those people keep valuable lessons close to them because it changed them. In the book Winterdance, Gary Paulsen has many experiences of nature transforming his perspective on life. Before and during the Iditarod Paulsen has experienced nature changing his perspective drastically. Paulsen is wanting to learn from the dogs before getting into the Iditarod race, and he states, “This time I didn’t go away and it altered the way they saw me, felt about it, thought of me and my actions, and changed the way I thought as well-started me thinking right” (Paulsen 89-90). Even before entering the Iditarod...
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...My service to the community at the Douglas County Library changed some personality defining values of mine such as my perspective on work ethic. My expectations of the volunteering experience changed dramatically as I continued to work. The experiences I had under the authority of Andrea Spark were often times boring, but they taught me valuable information. I learned more about independence through my obligation to self-schedule and self-motivate without an overbearing authority guiding me onward, improved my work ethic, especially for mundane tasks, and learned that even seemingly insignificant activities can be helpful to the community. An expectation I had was that there would be a lot of supervision. Not to say that the volunteer coordinator, Andrea Spronk, did not lead us, but, rather, she gave us personal space and independence. I did not expect as much lack of external moderation as there was. As a volunteer, I just had to do the work in isolation and then write down my hours for the day, having no extended contact with the established order of the library. This gift of independence reflects adult life. The actual...
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...Human development is the process of enlarging people’s freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being. Human development is about the real freedom ordinary people have to decide who to be, what to do, and how to live. It is about giving people more freedom to live lives they value. In effect this means developing people’s abilities and giving them a chance to use them. Psychology is the study of mind and behavior. It is an academic discipline and an applied science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases. There are thirteen major branches of psychology which are: * Abnormal Psychology - is the area that looks at psychopathology and abnormal behavior. * Behavioral Psychology - is a theory of learning based upon the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning. * Biopsychology - focused on the study of how the brain influences behavior. * Cognitive Psychology - is the branch of psychology that focuses on internal states, such as motivation, problem solving, decision-making, thinking and attention. * Comparative Psychology - concerned with the study of animal behavior. * Cross-Cultural Psychology - a branch of psychology that looks at how cultural factors influence human behavior. * Developmental Psychology - looks at development throughout the lifespan, from childhood to adulthood. * Educational Psychology - branch of psychology concerned with schools...
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...mothers, and even single mothers. Becoming pregnant with my first child was a significant event. I was still a baby trying to prepare for a new baby. Now I would be responsible for another human being. There are many types of psychological perspectives but the two that applies to me becoming pregnant was cognitive and developmental perspectives. First I would like to discuss how cognitive perspective applied with my accepting the fact that I was pregnant. Adapting to the changes in my body and the overall preparation of my new baby being born. How will my baby respond to me? Can I handle this new responsibility? * My second perspective which is developmental applies to my behavior changing, habits, and interest. Now I had to develop parenting skills this meant I would need to change everything I did as a teen girl to become a mature adult. My pregnancy made me realize that the future of my child’s well being was top priority. I had to rethink my goals and prioritize for the sake of my son’s future. I had to finish school, get a job, and give up my social life to focus on my child. Through observational learning I discovered so much helping things. Being pregnant for the first time was like pregnancy for dummies. Observing other mothers ,watching videos, and taking parenting classes taught me everything from how to sleep comfortably, how to maneuver with my new “ big belly”, care for my son, even ways to calm a sick child. My parents shared stories and memories about things from...
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...More and more people purchased and owned cars and television sets. With more ownership and consumption of those goods, people were able to travel more and gain more knowledge about the world. It changed the French culture and society as a whole. “The car was a vital tool of leisure because it expanded people’s horizons outside of the neighborhood and city and into the countryside, beaches, and mountains of France” (Haine, 2006). The source is pretty reliable. It is a published book about the cultures of France. It corroborated the consumer society that was taking place during 1960’s in France but it also added specific examples such as what products were being consumed and bought. It gave me a perspective of what aspects of life and society were being changed. This source has not changed my question after I changed it using the previous two sources. This source helps improve the aspects I can write about for my...
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...to think about Hurricane Katrina. It occurred in the year of 2005 in New Orleans. This hurricane really changed my perspective on life and it made me realize to always be appreciative. When the hurricane took place I was five years old at the time and I was living in New Orleans, Louisiana. I remember the moment when my family and I was watching the news and we were trying to figure out whether or not if the hurricane was really coming. I remember the news reporter saying “Its hurricane season but it looks like it isn’t coming until a few days or a week so there’s nothing to worry about”. Every time I think about that moment, I get upset because I wonder if my family actually did listen to her by not worrying about the hurricane or by not leaving in time....
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...Joshua Mage Eng-111 Reflective Essay Perspectives As Changing as the Tides It’s amazing how our perspective changes as we grow. I grew up a southern boy. As a matter of fact, my childhood home was about six blocks from the Gulf of Mexico, making my childhood about as southern as one could ever hope to have. I have fond memories of aquamarine waters. My childhood friends and I would hop on our bike with all the fishing gear we could muster up packed in a red ryder wagon attached securely to the back of our bikes with a little twine. The harbor master knew to look out for us, and knew which phone numbers to call, if we decided to start act foolishly. I spent a countless amount of time on that beach fishing, floundering, crabbing, and swimming in these waters. I relocated to the mountains when I was just hitting my teenage years. My adolescence was filled with all the perils, life lessons, and memories that have given that stage of life such a wonderful stigma. At the age of twenty, I married the girl next door (literally) and began my adult life. Shortly after getting married, we decided to take a road trip. We departed on a month and a half trip of the southern U.S. with the first stop being that of my home town. We arrived in the night, tired and road-worn from the nice twelve hour day on the country’s interstates. With sleep the only thing on our minds, we settled in at my family’s home. As I laid down, I was struck with excitement for what the next morning would bring...
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...the inside written by john Marden is about two adolescent girls communicating through letters reviling secrets and insecurities along the way. An authentic depiction of pressure having a harmful impact on the two girls is clear as Mandy is in harm from her brother Steve and Tracy as her actions led her to Garrett, and Mandy not being able to tell her parents about Mandy. John Marsden shows a real clarity of pressure having a bad impact on an individual is shown through the character Mandy. Mandy is forced to live with her abusive brother and most of the time alone as her parents is working and sister is away. This accumulated acrimony towards her brother because of his violence. “he slaps me, knees me, kicks me. I lock my door quite often when I’m in my bedroom now . that’s how much he scares me.” In this quote we can clearly see harm being portrayed because Steve is under pressure. John Marsden does not reveal why Steve is under this pressure in the novel. The impact this quote has is showing the readers how cruel and violent Steve really is. These points clearly show how harm is being portrayed through pressure. John Marsden illustrates an obvious type of harmful pressure through Tracy. Tracy was brought up by a brutal and uncountable father. “Sometimes he’d me angry and would hit us and we would be scared…” (double check) this has put her under substantial amount of pressure because she is afraid of her father and his actions. When Tracey found out that her father...
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...Psychological development is crucial in the early stages of life. Children are shaped by the things they witness throughout their early years. Experiences life and developing relationships is “Erikson’s initial psychosocial stage of development” (Ginsburg). This stage occurs from when an infant is born until about one and a half years of age. Erikson developed eight stages of psychosocial development. Starting from the stage of trust vs. mistrust the next stage that occurs in an infant’s life is autonomy vs. shame; this creates a sense of will and is experienced from the early age of one and a half to age three. After experiencing this stage at age three the infant begins to develop in the stage of initiative vs. guilt developing a sense of purpos euntil the age of five. From the ages of five to twelve, young children experience the stage of industry vs. inferiority, developing competency in their skills. Upon developing into an adolescent at age twelve and up until age eighteen, young adults experience ego identity vs. role confusion, attempting to find where they belong. Leading into the next stage of intimacy vs. isolation, during which young adults experience love from the ages eighteen to forty. Once this sense of love is developed, the sense of care is experienced during the stage of generativity vs. stagnation from the ages of forty to sixty-five. To conclude Erikson’s theory, the final stage one experiences in life is ego integrity vs. despair; this is the sense of wisdom...
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...I was thinking of writing my narrative essay about my life based upon two themes. Those themes in which I will write of deals with finding my identity and culture. Many events include the decision to serve a mission which was in conflict in what I was raised to do: receive a scholarship through athletics and play. With culture there are numerous paths I would like to speak of. Such events include the impact my siblings had upon my family and I. The impact of an individual does not just effect one's self. Rather it effects the family as a whole. My brothers got into trouble with law and somewhat involved through gangs based upon the identity and social pressures to fit in. I recall as a kid thinking I never want to cause my parents distraught nor harm. Such thinking lead me to steer away from conflict, find out about myself and caused my parents to send my brother and I to a private high school. Such events were life changing. From those events I learned more of myself and identity, seminary and mutual activities which seemed moot came to life as the gospel played a more pertinent role in our lives. I will never forget the day I gained a testimony. My whole perspective of the gospel changed I always viewed such who practiced religion as inferior. Before the gospel hope was not present, my choices and family choices reflected in living in the now from eating out, not saving, and a multitude of...
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...barriers and learned to identify them to rid ourselves from them. This was a great lesson however, from personal experience I can tell you that it takes more than just identifying the problems to make change. In recent years, I went through a divorce and a change in careers that have forced me to sit and examine my finances. I have set goals, time and time again, to save X amount of money each year for my children's college fund and have created spreadsheets on how I can accomplish this. While it looked great on paper and the system appeared solid, I always came up short on my goals and I realized that other areas of my finances were also being affected. After studying critical thinking and the five-step model the last couple of weeks, I discovered that the first step to fulfill my goal (s) was to identify the problem. The problem is me. I have failed to take full responsibility for my past and future actions. I alone hold the cards to my failure and success. Taking accountability seems impossible because we are biased to ourselves, as we have learned about cognitive dissonance through this course (John Chaffee, 2014). However, if I accept the things I cannot change, acknowledge my actions and accept accountability, it is then that I can fully allow for positive change to...
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...Sociology can be seen as the scientific study of groups in the human society and social interactions which aims to understand social situations, which looks for repeating patterns in society. Sociology can be seen as a natural science because it consists of those disciples which apply systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses to the study of society. Sociology can be seen as one of the social sciences which had a late start; the subject of sociology fell on it way in the middle of the 1800. When the American society was in the middle of the Industrial Era. Sociology developed great recognition during this time with the great success of the French and American Revolution. The first and main contributor to sociology in the social world was Auguste Comte; his method of practice was called positivism which states that “the theory that knowledge can be acquired only through direct observation and experimentation, and not through metaphysics or theology.” Another major contributor to sociology was Herbert Spencer; he was credited in finding the Science as a field of study. Spencer came up with the idea of Social Darwinism which implies “people would gravitate to either the bottom or the top of society…the principle was termed “survival of the fittest.”” Karl Marx also played a huge part of early Sociology. Marx was a social activist who came up with the theory of class conflict, which says that; “the lower and...
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...she is a Mennonite teenager living in a community. According to Naomi’s perspective, being a Mennonite in your teens is a bad scenario. Naomi follows through in the present with her boyfriend, Travis, her father, Ray, and the number of flashbacks reminding Naomi of her mother Trudie and sister Natasha (Tash). Naomi reminisces on the challenges in the past and breathes through the settings in the present, changing her attribute spiritually and her way of thinking. Naomi loses and leaves her previous hopes and creates new ones. She becomes more independent. And as she grows, her mindset is also changing. Due to Naomi`s circumstances some of her previous hopes were broken; however, she carries on creating new hopes to move on. Naomi has lost so much as she grew, but she keeps her hope of getting her family back together. Even though her hopes were crushed, even after loosing hope, she thinks positively and shapes new goals and hopes to carry on. ”That sounds good, right? Actually I haven't dropped the bracelet but I will. Soon. I'm pretty sure of that. I`ve got the car. All I have to do is sell the house. A good solid unfurnished bungalow....
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...in life. If I have an option to either change my race or gender, I would choose to change my race. The white race is normally associated with progress, living in a country like America and having a different background is not so interesting to talk about. Society has changed a lot as they say, but human nature cannot change. America is known as a melting pot because, its very diverse with different cultures, different appearances, different preferences and different languages, Among all that variety White people are the superior one and some of them might consider Asian people backward and less intelligent....
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