...years participating on the varsity golf team have helped prepare me for a successful career as a physician. Golf is a sport that, no matter how good you become, will never be perfected. Every tournament, every round, and every hole offers something that can be improved upon. To be a successful golfer, you must accept this and be a student of the game. After playing hundreds of rounds of golf, I have learned that patience is the key to success on the course; rushing a shot or a hole only leads to disaster. During the winter of my junior year in high school, I fractured my wrist snowboarding in Colorado with my family. After six long weeks of not being able to swing a club, I got my cast off. I immediately went to the golf course, expecting my swing to be the same it was before my injury. I was severely mistaken. The club, which had molded to my grip after years of holding it, felt awkward and heavy in my hand and my distance had dropped about 40 yards. Impatiently wanting to be the same level I was prior to my broken wrist, I was constantly frustrated. I soon realized why I was not playing well; it wasn’t my wrist or even my swing, as much as it was my attitude and my emotions. I brought patience back to my game and, with a positive attitude, I started to...
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...INTRODUCTION The Malaysia national football team is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). It has never qualified for the World Cup finals, although the team did qualify to play in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. However, Malaysia did not take part after heeding a United States-led boycott of the Games due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The most significant successes of the team has come in the regional AFC Suzuki Cup, which Malaysia won in 2010 for the first time in history. They beat Indonesia 4–2 on aggregate in the final to capture the country's first major international football title. Malaysia had many top players since the creation of the Federation of Malaya, such as Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat, who was remembered for his lethal skills as a striker and known throughout the land as ‘The King of Football’. Then came the likes of the legendary Mokhtar Dahari and James Wong, which led Malaysia into their golden age during the 1970s until the 1980s. In 1962, Malaysia recorded a 15–1 victory over the Philippines, which is currently the record for the highest win for the national team. In the current generation, Mohd Safee Mohd Sali and Norshahrul Idlan Talaha are considered by many Malaysians as the best strikers of this generation. In the FIFA World Rankings, Malaysia's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 75th. Currently, Malaysia is ranked in the 163rd position....
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...public school. There was definely a sense of differnence between us, but I got along with all the students. I was exposed to different cultural things as a result, such as music and art. I was used to being around white students but not with interacting with them on that level at that point. As I got older, I gained more white friends through joining of clubs and theater. As a result, I was sometimes subject to prejudice attitudes from their parents or strangers when we went to majority white places. Occasionally, I noticed suspicion from older black people as well. I really did not have any experience with other racial groups until college. My small town South Louisiana high school had five Hispanic students and three Asian students. The most interaction I got with cultures, other than my own and the dominant one, was through my half Chinese brother. Coming to college, I met people with drastically different racial backgrounds. Before coming here, I had never interacted with Jewish culture, now I have a few close friends of that culture. However, this is a majority white campus and it is reminiscent of being in Gifted and Talented, except now we are adults who are aware of race and its implications and effects of personal...
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...GIFTED MONTHLY The definitive guide to giftedness in the UK Dear reader, July is quite an exciting month for us as the staff at Gifted Monthly will be attending our first Gifted and Talented Termly Standing Conference in London. We are hoping this will provide a good opportunity to gain the help and support of Gifted & Talented Coordinators countrywide. We will also be able to find out what is new in the government pipeline for gifted education—if anything. Now the summer holidays are under way, it is an ideal time for parents to spend time with their children, and to work through any problems that may have arisen during the term. The sorts of problems you may be able to deal with will probably be behavioural or emotional. With young gifted children especially, it can be hard reconciling an advanced intellect with a child’s body and emotions. This discrepancy is often a cause of stress on a child, which can manifest itself in various ways. The article this month covers some of the issues involved with this. If anyone has a comment to add to this or any of our articles, please write to us or email. Clearly, a parent’s view is more valuable than anything we can suggest in this newsletter. Lastly, many of you will soon be coming up for your last issue within your subscription. For those who subscribed with us in June or July last year, I will be in touch with details. I hope this month finds you all well and happy. Until the next time, Happy holidays. The Editor 28 Wallis Close...
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...In the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, a American born daughter of Chinese immigrants, a variety of collisions within Chinese-American cultures is explained. Most significantly the characters of Jing-Mei, representing the Americanized new generation of Chinese culture, and Suyuan, representing the Old Chinese generation, exemplify this throughout the novel. For instance, when Jing-Mei Woo or “June”, the daughter of Suyuan Woo, who founded the Joy Luck Club, is introduced, she represents the Americanized new generation of the Chinese daughters in the story, which can already be inferred because of the Americanization of her name from Jing-Mei to “June”. She struggles with accepting her heritage and -like the other daughters in the novel- is a conformist to American culture and society, trying to abandon Chinese customs and values. While her mother, Suyuan Woo, represents the mothers in the story who are the older Chinese generation with laid back values and expectations trying to ensure an opulent life for their children....
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...trumpeter, flugelhornist and a vocalist who gained fame during the early fifties. Though he was a talented performer, his talent and life was destroyed by the evil of drugs. Chet Baker was born on December 23, 1929 on a farm on the outskirts of Yale, Oklahoma. Later, shifted to Los Angeles with his parents at the age of 10. Baker, who was privileged with a musical family background enters the musical world when he was a kid. He marks his entrance to the world of music by joining the church choir team. He was introduced to playing trombone by his father who himself was a professional guitar player. Not to mention that his mother was also a very talented pianist. At the age of 13, Baker makes a significant mark in his musical career by replacing the trombone with a trumpet due to the fact that the trombone being huge. Even though Baker received musical education at Glendale Junior High School, he left school at the age of 16 to join the United States Army where and joined the army band. In his transition period, he left the army in 1948 and attended El Camino College in Los Angeles where he studied theory and harmony. But he was dropped out again and joined the army again in 1950. The he became a member of the sixth army band at the Presidio in San Francisco. At this point in his life Baker was into Jazz music. He became a huge fan of Miles Davis and soon he was into the popular jazz clubs in the city of San Francisco. Afterwards, he had a major breakthrough in his career when...
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...Kuatzhan Fariza 20151606 UFE B 14.11.15 Reflection on the past week activities and my progress For me the previous week was very hard and interesting. And this week past very quickly. On Mondays and Wednesdays every week I visit ALS studio. On the English club we discussed topic about religion and to be more clear about Buddhism. This religion originated in India in the 4th century,the founder had 4 names: Siddhartha,Gautama,Buddha and Shakyamuni. Two and a half thousand years ago Buddha had a unique opportunity to teach: he lived in the heyday of the civilization of Northern India and was surrounded by very gifted students. This gave him the opportunity for 45 years to show beings the path to full disclosure of the mind, which was manifested in the variety of their funds. The questions why and what he teaches, the Buddha answered: "I teach because you and all beings want to be happy and want to avoid the pain. I teach to how everything is - things as they are." The same time to approach the Buddha's teaching is free from too rigid a conception, for the fullness of his wisdom cannot be described as "not this". With Nicholas, we discussed about beauty pageants for children. Every year in America are baby beauty completions. Crazy parents in pursuit of happiness precious child, begin serious training for many months. Unique dresses and suits for thousands of dollars, false eyelashes and nails. Professional children's make-up artists...
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...As far back as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with science. I come from a small country in South Asia called Nepal, where I didn’t have access to many opportunities to expand my possibilities academically. I spent hours reading books about the human body, stars, planets and phenomena I could have never imagined. I would go through an encyclopedia in my free time and think about how the protons, electrons, neutrons made up an atom and how the atom contributes to everyday life. As I grew older, my fascination never waned, and I read every single book I could possibly find about science. I had always loved physics: it captured my attention like few things could. I always knew within myself that biology and chemistry were my passion and that only these would satisfy my insatiable curiosity for science. Almost five years ago, when I came to America with my family, I was not proficient in English. I strongly believe that I learned English so quickly because I continuously read books. In high school I have challenged myself by taking high-level classes, even though I lack strong English abilities. My freshman year, I took Pre-Ap biology like any other freshman is expected to,. My curiosity for the human body grew as a result of this class, and I decided to challenge myself by taking AP biology my sophomore year, along with chemistry. During the summer of 2012, I was a member of All Girls Dallas ISD physics camp, which taught me phenomenal things about physics and how...
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...Kindergarten and First Grade. Whiteside was predominantly a school of white children. With that said, being a black Seven-Year old girl walking down the hallways to class and having students give you side eyes was difficult not to mention during recess too when no one wanted to play with me. This lead me to having social issues reaching the age of maturity. In the middle of First grade, we moved across town and I enrolled at Wolffarth Elementary School. It took time to adjust to the totally different environment and demeanor of kids! I felt accepted there. School there was very easy for me and I never had a grade below a “B”. This proved how hard-working I was as a kid. I enrolled in book clubs as well as chess clubs. The school recognized my academic excellence and they enrolled me in the Gifted and Talented program. Only 9.8 percent of this program were black children in the United States (National Center for Fathering). Motivation and positive self-talk was all I needed to get through and be on top of my classmates. Closing in on my last year of Elementary school, I maintained a GPA of 4.0 and was on the Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance listings. Transitioning into Middle School, at the age of 12 in either grade Sixth or Seventh, I lost my dad to throat cancer. I understood that I would be within the Fifty-Eight percentage of African-American children living without their biological fathers. I never let this stop me from becoming a teacher because that is what I wanted to be....
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...New Labour Educational Policies Do they produce more diversity and choice OR reproduce inequality? |Educational Policy & Description | |Specialist Schools: state secondary schools that aim to be ‘local centres of excellence’ in their chosen specialism in particular curriculum areas e.g. technology, science, sports languages etc. They aim to excel in | |their specialism, increasing choice and helping to raise standards across the board. Results in specialist schools have outstripped those in non – specialist e.g. in 2006, 59.5% of their pupils gained 5 grade A* - C | |compared to 47.6% in non- specialist schools. | |Specialist schools have replaced ‘Beacon Schools’ which was a government award to outstanding schools in England and Wales from 1998 to August 2005. The Beacon Schools programme identified schools that were examples of| |good practice and funded those schools to enable them to build partnerships with and share effective practice with other schools. For instance, an excellently performing school might have been 'twinned' with another | |school defined as failing, or in special measures, in order to improve...
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...Football has produced some of the most iconic and legendary sporting personalities. However, in the present era there is a question that every football fan argues on. “Who is better, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?” Messi and Ronaldo are two of the most gifted and skillful footballers on the planet. The former is an Argentinian, who plays for his national team and Spanish club, FC Barcelona (Brach). The latter is a Portuguese, who plays for his national team and another Spanish club, Real Madrid C.F (Mitra). Ronaldo used to play in England for Manchester United before moving to Real Madrid. At that time the two weren’t compared to each other much. Messi was regarded as a huge young prospect who had a lot of potential to become a super star in the future, coming from Barca’s youth academy “La Masia” (Levinsky), while Ronaldo was an already established star in an amazing Man United squad, winning the prestigious Ballon D’ Or award in 2008, which is an award that recognizes a player as the best in the world for that particular year. It was the year 2009 that sparked the rivalry between the two when a Messi inspired Barcelona team defeated Ronaldo’s Man United team 2-0 in the final of the Champions League, the largest club competition in the world. It was that year, Ronaldo moved to the capital of Spain; Madrid to join Real Madrid, Barcelona’s arch rivals. Later that year Messi won the Ballon D’ or and announced himself on the big stage as the world’s current best player (The...
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...4. Tim Couch, Quarterback, Cleveland Browns Birth year: 1977 College: University of Kentucky Draft year: 1999 Overall selection: 1 Tim Couch was the first overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft. . He signed a lucrative contract worth a maximum of $48 million for seven year with the Cleveland Brown and started his first season at the role of primary quarterback. Unfortunately, his time at the club lasted for only 5 years during which he was plagued by contant injuries. The Bown’s week offensive line was not able to protect him from getting hit all the time. The rookie Kelly Holcomb took over his starting job in in 2013. He was subsequently released with a record of 62 games, 64 touchdowns and 67 interceptions. His string of injury continued to follow him during his stins with the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars. After he was found taking anabolic steroids and human growth hormone in 2007, his NFL career was practically over. 3. Aaron Curry, Linebacker, Seattle Seahawks Birth year: 1986 College: Wake Forest University Draft year: 2009 Overall selection:...
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...Raising Children the Second Time Around Being a grand-parent today can no longer be considered a traditional role. Long gone are the days when we spoiled our grand-children and sent them “home” with mommy and daddy. With both social (neglect, child abuse, drugs and jail) and economic (lower wages, higher expenses) pitfalls of today more and more grand-children are being raised solely by their grand-parents. According to the 2010, Census there are over four and a half million children raised in grand-families. My role as a grand-mother, to Piper Reanne, was drastically changed from spoiler and nurturer to that of the parent in the fall of 2005. After financial hardships, incidents of neglect and other safety concerns, my daughter and I sat down to discuss me becoming Piper’s “primary” caregiver. After contacting the Clerk of the Court, we wrote the Caregiver Authorization, which is nothing more than a notarized letter, filed a copy with the court and Piper moved into my home. The long forgotten sound of a child laughing, a full on belly laugh, once again filled my home. My days of sleeping in late, getting up and going wherever and whenever I wanted were a thing of the past. I had to adjust back to packing a bag before going anywhere and doing everything for two. Our lives moved forward. In the fall of 2007, Piper was taken, by her mother without permission from her paternal grand-parents while they were on a shopping trip to Wal-Mart. While...
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...To completely understand how William James got his start in Psychology, I think must first start with his father. William's father, Henry James Sr., was 1 of 13 children. His parents were Irish immigrants. Henry inherited wealth from his father before his own children were even born. When William was born, Henry and his wife Mary lived in New York City. There, Henry studied theology, philosophy, and mysticism. William James was born in New York City on January 11, 1842, to a deeply religious family. Henry often took the family for extended stays in Europe. He was a very devoted father. He wanted his children to have the sort of education so they might out-do others in knowledge. He enrolled them in fine schools, hired them gifted tutors, and made sure they went to museums, attended lectures, and the theater with regularity. William and two of his siblings would follow their father's educational efforts. His brother Henry became one of America's most famed novelists, and his sister Alice also acquired a literary reputation of her own after her diaries were published. Mary James complained of William that "The trouble with him is that he must express every fluctuation of feeling, and especially every unfavorable symptom, without reference to the effect upon those about him." It seems this introduction to the great philosopher and psychologist William James. It is also appropriate, his was life a reconsideration of spirituality and consciousness in relation to physiology and neuroscience...
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