...Blizzard, the survival activity, to be done with at least two other people and only takes 30-45 minutes to complete was just the opposite of what I thought. The activity might have come close to ruining a friendship or two, I believe helped me learn to be a better listener, moderator, and communicator. I did this activity with two of my other roommates, we read the scenario and were quick to thinking and immediately started. Finishing the activity as a group we scored a 92, I scored a 74, Corrie an 82, and Aron a 92. Our average group score was an 82.66. I did this assignment with the mindset that I wanted to survive and get the best score. Ultimately, choosing the items in accordance to importance for me was done by choosing which item I could use to both help me escape and fled if necessary and which items I would need in order to survive the night. I ended up scoring the best score which was 74, mainly because of my ideas for fire and defense. My first roommate Corie, went with the idea of staying still and surviving until someone came looking for...
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...DRAFT 2 Topic: Within roommate and without roommate in university life Thesis Statement: - Living with roommate have more benefits compared to living alone. - Advantages and disadvantages of roommate can be compared and contrasted by using privacy, responsibility and influences. Topic Sentence 1: Living without roommate will protect own privacy, while living with roommate will cause loss of some privacy. (Nicolet, n.d.) 3 Supporting Details: * Within Roommate i) – You will be lack of private space and share the bathroom, share the living room, the house or room with your roommate. (Weinblatt, 2010). ii) – Roommate may make you feel uncomfortable when their partners or friends come over at night time or whenever you are busy or stay in room. iii) – Some roommate may cause your secret to be revealed to their friends or other people. * Without Roommate i) – You can have your own quite and private space and you no need to share any space or resource with others. ii) – You also can bring your friends or partner to come or even stay in your room at any time. iii) – Living alone can keep your secret safety without known by others as no anyone stay in your room. * - In term of privacy, it is much better to live without roommate. Topic Sentence 2: Roommate can share responsibility with you. If not, you have to undertake all the responsibility by yourself. (Clark, 2011) 3 Supporting Details: * Within Roommate i) – Roommate can help you to split the cost...
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...E. Brock Week 4 Assignment: Critiquing Philosophical Approaches to Ethical Decision Making With this assignment everyone is required to evaluate the philosophical approaches for each of the scenarios from Appendix B. Your required to evaluate whether or not the reasoning for the course of action which is listed that makes sense. When evaluating the approaches we are informed to take a course of action that is most ethical, the best reasons for the choice making and the reasons for believing this alternative is ethical. Consequentialism is the intent to maximize the usefulness of a decision. The relevance of this act is depended on its consequences. Now for this approach it’s necessary to have good ethical decisions and perception of it. Even this is important for the students to analyze a decision in and how harmful and beneficial it is. Many of the philosophers are debated on the consequences that should be counted. Deontology is a bit different just because it focuses on the obligation or the duty in motivating the decisions or the actions of the consequences. All of this depends on the respect, fairness, and the rights. This approach is up to the related issues of duty, moral standards, the principles and rights. The next is approach is the Virtue ethics and it focuses on the integrity of the individuals and the morals of the community. To identify the issues of the ethical actions but instead of agent centered. This professional community helps to identify the ethical...
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...“Admitted” made me thrilled to see what the future has in store for me. I could not believe this was happening, especially having three older sisters going to college before me. I never knew it could come so fast. Then I realized… what am I going to pack for college, what will my major be, how can I budget and save my money, and who will my roommate be?...
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...Magnet School Group Analysis 1. How well did your team balance the four group personalities? Which personalities were present in your group? Specifics? My group consisted of me my, my friend, and my roommate. We were able to balance personalities fairly well. This may be due to the fact of having arguments about various topics before. My roommate would be a communicator facilitator. He has been homeless in his lifetime this caused him to be sympathetic to students with personality and social issues. My friend would be a collaborative inventor. He understood the big picture of choosing the students with the absolute best chance of being successful at this school. He also did a lot of listening before actually speaking. My analytical nature made me a contributor analyzer. I was very persistent in making sure they toke this activity seriously. I logically broke down the pros a d cons of each student based on the data. 2. How did you manage (or did not manage) conflict? Specifics? We were able to manage conflicts we had through persuasion and discussion. We agreed beforehand that this was a simple friendly argument and was not to be taking personal. The main goal is to come to a consensus together on why or why not each student should be allowed entry. We each raised the pros and cons of each student and had equal opportunity to present their list to the group. 3. How well did team members use listening skills? Which listening skills did your group use? Specifics? When each...
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...The Purchased Paper After Reading the case study, “The Purchased Paper, I feel Edgar plays more of a victim instead of taking full responsibility for his own actions. Edgar is a college student that procrastinated on a paper due Monday, and had to work all weekend. Instead of being proactive, he found ways to act like he was victimized. After reading “Habit 1: Be Proactive” by author Steven Covey, it’s clear Edgar was not a proactive person, he was a reactive person. “They don’t blame genetics, circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior.” Covey observes, “They know they choose their behavior.” Edgar does just that, blames everyone but himself. For example, Edgar in a way finds a way to in a sense blame his mother, Mrs....
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...Personal Mission Statement Section One: My Role in My Education At this moment in time, I have recently completed my first session at DeVry University towards my Health Information Technology degree. In five years from now, I will hope to have completed my Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and have some great experience working from home performing Medical Billing and Coding. I would also like to be moving towards pursing my CPA license. Using both educational degrees, I hope to be successful in both the office and at home as well as inspiring others to further educate themselves. Life would be uneventful if it ran perfectly without a few hurdles to jump here and there along the way. Time and money management are two very important factors to being successful and are also two subjects that happen to be budgeted very tightly. At this time, I am working full time at a lower rate of pay, leaving my bi-weekly income still low along with less time for school. With this type of schedule, I normally have two days off a week and my evening/nights available for school work, house chores, dinner, shopping, and any other errands or extracurricular activities. Should my time not be managed correctly, some of my weekly activities may get missed causing them to build up upon one another leading to stress. When I begin to stress and worry about things not getting completed, some tasks don’t get my all or completed to its fullest trying to work on everything all at once. Doing so could show...
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...Peer-to-Peer Payment Applications History Payment systems have existed throughout time. From the ancient days where merchants exchanged goods for other goods in a barter system, to the days when the concept of currency was developed, to the modern day checkbook and wire transfer of funds, there has always been a way for one person to give money to another. However, all of these methods are cumbersome, and require either a physical activity (writing a check or completing a wire transfer), or exchanging physical currency. This complicates the process, requiring two people to meet in person, one to have physical currency (or to have and write a check), and then the eventual deposit of the recipient’s funds into a bank account. However, with the rise of the internet and the proliferation of smartphones, a major innovation has been made in the way that people exchange money. To clarify, this is not talking about a person paying an established business, but rather paying someone for babysitting, mowing a lawn, splitting the cost of gas, or paying back a friend for a meal. This innovation is Image from WashingtonPost.com Image from WashingtonPost.com known as peer-to-peer payment systems. The need for a quick, easy way to pay someone, split a bill, share utilities payments, or contribute to a fundraiser became apparent in a society that carries less and less cash. Most millenialls do not even carry cash on their person anymore, and thus, if they needed to pay a friend...
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...institution of his or her choice, it is time for them to be independent (Wyatt, 2008). They will have to come out with an important decision which undergoes a significant stage by choosing where to stay or live during their entire university life. They can either choose to stay in hostel or live at home. Hostel living is a place which provides university students a temporary space after they had left their comfort home. Home living provides them a caring and loving environment which they will never get from the societies. University students should be matured enough to measure the pros and cons of either staying in hostel or living at home. Most of them prefer to have their own path as they assume that they no longer under parents’ supervision. In order to be independent, to enjoy social life and to gain freedom, hostel living is better compared to home living for university students. Hostel living enables university students to be independent compared to home living. University students learn to handle his or her finances because one has to pay hostel mess bills. They have to consider the usage of electricity and water because they are sharing the bills with their housemates or roommates. When they exceed the limit of usage, they will probably be complained by their housemates or roommates. On the other hand, university students do not have to worry about their finances because their parents will settle it for them when they are at home (http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic63107...
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...Almost every young person entering the period of college education faces the decision to either stay at home or go away for school. The transition from home to dorm life can be seen as one of the most important events in a young persons life, because it is the first extreme life change. Home life and dorm life represent two different ways of living as well as different conditions. Nevertheless, they both have their similarities and oppositions, which can be illustrated only after a deep analysis of both lifestyles. On-campus dormitories may be a pleasant experience for one person and a terrible test for another. First of all, any individual living in the dorms will have to face the reality of rooming with up to three other people. At times dealing with others can be a pain, especially if they are uncooperative. Secondly, the dorms do not provide the individuals with an actual kitchen and contains a small space for refrigerating food. This means that students have to eat in the cafeteria where the food may not be the best quality. Thirdly, the dorms are very small. The average dorm is 12ft by 19ft, which is supposed to house two people and all of their belongings, such as clothes and electronics. Being cramped inside a room can be very uncomfortable as there is little to no privacy because of the closeness of everyone. Living on campus is vastly different than living at home. Home living is another option sometimes chosen by young people. First of all, home living allows the...
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... I have a bad habit of putting things off until the last possible minute before I finally set out to finish whatever task it is that is pending in my life. I hope to train myself to see what needs to be done and not think that I can let it wait. That I have to do other things that are more important. Or convince myself that I don't really have to do that certain task in the first place. I think that I can use the experience of going back to school so late in my career, as a catalyst for a change in my procrastinating behavior. Getting a degree, while balancing a full-time job and a home life, is, I think, going to be “sink or swim”. And I very much want to be a swimmer. B: Another of my general goals is to buy a new car. My roommates have been generous over the last 6+ years and allowed me to use their vehicles when I needed them. It is high-time that I get my own vehicle and be able to return the favor. Also, it will allow me to not be dependent on them when it...
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...remix to be a video not an audio remix helps me to clearly show the differences between the various mediums that you can read from -the Kindle, laptop, and the traditional book. In the interview part, I was worried about who will be my interviewee. I was too shy to ask someone who I did not know before, so I asked my roommate to be my interviewee. I asked him about what he think are the most compelling features the Kindle has, and where/when does he usually read from it? Fortunately, he prepared the answers beforehand, so I just needed to record him once which makes the interview part easy and comfortable for me. Since I was the one who encouraged my roommate to buy a Kindle, we almost have the same point of view about this artifact. I can say that the interview was to strengthen my position. I faced some difficulties in the process of producing this remix. One of the obstacles was that I don’t know what will be the best place to take the video! I wanted to do in the library between books, but then I will make noises which disturb those who are studying there. What about my apartment? it is a good place, but I was shy enough not to do it in from of my roommates because I will retake the video many times until I reach a satisfying result. I finally settled on taking the videos in front of my apartment -in front of the Red Cedar River-. Actually I chose this an outdoor location because it allowed me to show how reading from the Kindle screen is similar to reading from the traditional...
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...school. After a few years of doing that I hope to have enough money to start providing for myself. To start I plan on getting a small apartment somewhere near my college of choice. I have to consider the expense of all the utilities, food, entertainment, clothing, and things that I won't really need but want to have anyway. Electricity, on average, cost $30- $100 every month and gas costs are usually $40 - $150 but they can change depending on the climate and area of living. Water and sewer charges both fall between $10 - $30, though, this is sometimes taken care of by rent. To lower the expense of living I plan to have a roommate to split the costs with me and keep me company. In addition to rent there are security deposits which usually are around the same price as rent, so I'll still have to come up with the original amount of money despite having a roommate. To make this money I want to either be a part-time babysitter for people in my area because it's the most flexible job I could find that can pay pretty well. On average it pays about $10 per hour but on the can get up to $15 per hour and I could work on some school while babysitting a kid. For right now I think that I should continue to do research on the topic and ask my parents of anything I'm unsure of. I'm not able to pay bills right now but it will be good to be prepared when I finally...
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...lead a happy boarding life there. I was also able to learn many important life lessons too. Firstly, I came to value friends much more. Secondly, I realised the importance of a family. Lastly, living in a place full of strangers gave me a chance to recognise my bad sides. They all are the pieces that make me who I am now. Firstly, my experience at the boarding house taught me to value friends more. If you were left without anyone you know well in a country you don't know much yet, you would usually feel lonely and homesick. But luckily, I was able to have a joyful boarding school life, thanks to my friends. Those 4 years I spent at the boarding house was like an endless school trip, chatting up till midnight. I shopped together with my roommates. Me and my friends did some silly things too, once in a while too, like dressing up at midnight just to take a photo – it may sound idiotic but it was amusing. My friends helped me so many times too. The senior students helped me when I was struggling with the homework. One of my friends who can speak Chinese helped me out when I couldn't understand certain vocabulary using Chinese characters. My friends gave me an advice when I was worried too. Through all this, I was able to learn the importance of a...
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...------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER ONE I stare up as the woman in crimson red walk towards the podium. She extends her microphone and makes short pause before opening her mouth. Everyone stops talking and stare up like I do. “Freshmen, transferees, welcome!” she says it with a wink of excitement, waves her right hand as to show formal welcome to us. “First of all I’d like to thank each and every one for choosing this school. It’s an honour for us to be your guidance as you study and discover more of your precious talents. We assure you our available facilities will help you practice your skills. As for your researches, internet is available inside the campus but still we encourage you to read books at our grand library.” I heard someone woohoo-ed. Orientations, I really hate attending one. They all talk and talk about their state-of-the-art facilities; a bunch of show-offs flashing their fake smiles. An honour to be their guidance? Not. We all know that most schools especially the ones that are owned by companies, including this one *coughs*, only want our money. They don’t care about how difficult exams are. They don’t care about how some professors are evil to the core. It’s just plain business. Believe me. After all, this is not my first school. “Again, thank you and welcome to International School of Arts. Feel free to visit our different school organizations to their booths.” she claps her hands and then points us to a huge...
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