...Past, Present, & Future Paper GEN 480 Celena Hadlock Past, Present, & Future Paper The Past Upon starting my education with the University of Phoenix program I was unemployed and actively seeking re-employment. Prior to losing my job I was running an exceptional sports program at one of our organizations premier facilities in a very affluent community. However, I was feeling as though I had hit a plateau in my career and professional development due to not having my degree. The next areas of professional growth for me in my field involve becoming an Executive Director or an Association Youth Sports Director, but both of these positions require me to possess a degree. Not having my degree completely removed these career options from my reach and left me trapped in a dead position without much room for future upward growth or mobility. I felt that finding time to continue my education and secure my degree was not an option. Continuing my education was very important for my personal growth and development. Experiencing the rewards of learning both as a student and as certified CPR and Lifeguard instructor of several years I feel strongly about the role that learning plays in an individual’s development. Learning new things helps to keep individuals connected and engaged in the world around us and adds understanding and value to our lives. Learning impacts every part of who we are as human beings and increases the potential for who we can...
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...removed from the time I currently lived in. Would it have been as exciting to live in then as I imagined it to be in my head and would it look anything remotely like I had envisioned it in my “mind’s eye”? In order for me to finally realize my childhood dream I decided to take it upon myself to build a time machine. The question is once I got the time machine built, where would it take me? Would I go back into the past or go forward into the future? I decided that I would choose to go back into the past simply because the future is still open for change but the past has been written; but as an author I was curious to know, had the past been written accurately? I decided that this would be my task. I will travel back in time to verify that what I read in my humanities books was correct. I have tasked myself with a formidable question. What point in time do I want to travel to? How hard it will be to make that decision. Indeed, making the choice turned out to be difficult, but I came to the conclusion that the period I chose to travel back to must have some type of cultural or artistic significance. Of course any given time period produced some kind of cultural or artistic significance. My dilemma was finally resolved when I came to the conclusion that I would simply start the time machine and let the timer start counting backward and with my eyes closed I would just hit the stop button and there is where my adventure would commence. So, with eyes closed, the journey began--- ...
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...Like most North American athletes, I developed a passion for the physical part of the game at a very early age, with numerous hours of practice and playing a hundred games a summer. It was a true dedication to the sport, but I always loved it. Recently, in the past few years though, I have developed a very similar appreciation for the mental side of the game, and how it can greatly influence an athlete’s performance in all areas of life. Simple mind tricks, such as immediately stopping a negative thought, and replacing it with a positive one, can greatly affect your chances of winning a race or succeeding in your respective sport. It’s that reason why I have allowed myself to become so entrenched in it, it’s the reason why I have seen much faster improvements in my on-field performance, and have simply had a much higher quality of life. Now, after reading Terry Orlick’s In Pursuit of Excellence, my understanding has become much deeper and stronger than it ever has before. Just like the book Mind Gym, this book will be one of my favorites, and will be one that I will keep on me as a reference for when I need inspiration if I get down mentally, or if I need help with a certain technique. The first chapter that really caught my...
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...Stakeholder concept page 3 3. Stakeholder vs Shareholder evaluation page 6 4. Where does my organisation fit in page 7 5. Organisational purpose page 8 6. Evaluation page 9 7. Reference page page 9 Introduction . I am Andrew Bennett, I work as a Team Manager for a Global corporation called Avery Dennison. The corporation has an 80 year history and is positioned at number 367 on the fortune 500 annual ranking of Americas largest corporations. CNN. (2012). Fortune 500 The purpose of this report is to: • Research and write a detailed literature review if my chosen area of career development • To consider my particular life stage and the transition to the next life stage • To provide links between the literature and my profession and industrial sector. • It will discuss what is relevant to my particular career development Where have I come from How did I get here? Was it on purpose? I like to think it was but have to admit an element of good luck has accompanied me thorough my career, When I discuss my career I am discussing my life, I was born and I am here. I am on a journey I really do believe this and buy in to Donald Supers theory of life long learning. Careers have been viewed variously as a sequence of positions...
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...Guide Gen/105 February 7th Student Survival Guide There are many different ways that I can be successful throughout my journey with Distant Learning. I have chosen this route because dedicating my time to a nearby college means taking away from my children’s needs. There are many people out there that don’t take the time to teach their children the basics but my almost three year knows her ABC’s, numbers to twenty, a variety of animals and can write some letters. I feel that these past nine weeks have taught me to stay motivated so I can complete my degree. It has taken some time to adapt to taking classes online but it’s always good to challenge yourself with something new. Attending classes anytime during the day seven days a week along with help from my graduation team is going to help me achieve my goals. There are advantages and disadvantages to distant learning, but what makes it so manageable is not being afraid to ask for help when needed. I can contact my instructor whether it’d be through email or picking up the telephone. One disadvantage is for the students who are used to being in a classroom setting, learning best by seeing and hearing the instructor. It may take a little while longer for these students to adapt. I feel that being able to review feedback and assignments that have been posted has been really helpful throughout these past weeks, along with discussions with the other students. Being able to discuss with other students whether in the chat room...
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...Montgomery County Community College is a great college, for it is here where I began my journey, exercising my intellectualism without the naysayer's infliction. As my time here surceases I ponder on a twosome of experiences from years past and mentally reminisce about the painful road I have traveled to reach this point. I recollect back to the Fourth grade, I had been enrolled in a new school in the Central Bucks school district and was the only "black kid" in my classes, however, I was not completely black, at least not in my mind, and at this point in my life. I was timid and a straight A student the year prior in a different school district. One particular day in the beginning of the school year, in mathematics, I recall being screamed...
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...Evening has been my favorite poem since the fourth grade. Mrs. Brown, my English teacher, discussed the poem during the week before Christmas break. The entire school was buzzing with excitement at the upcoming holiday and when she introduced the poem, it seemed like everyone and everything slowed and we were transformed to a quite snow-covered forest. The question I chose to answer is about the symbolism in the setting of this poem. In our text a symbol is defined as a person place or thing in a narrative that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense. The simplistic setting represents the author’s need for peace, rejuvenation and a reminder of home, before he starts out again on his journey. Few places can be considered as comforting and peaceful and lovely as a familiar forest covered in snow. Since the writer was not afraid of being alone I believe he must be very familiar with the forest and probably grew up near it. The wood behind my house was a very special place for me. In the summertime it was a place to build forts and have adventures with my friends. On cool summer nights, it’s where my friends and I would pitch a tent and tell scary stories by flashlight. My family and I would go on hikes and discover a new place to pick wild blueberries for a pie my mother would bake that evening. Before the age of computers and cell phones, nature was where we learned about life. It was where the world would stop and we could imagine, dream and pray about the past, present and...
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...desire to even begin the journey to a better place. However, I believe the fear of failure and failure itself also plays an important role in changing and propelling our lives. This year has been the hardest ones I have ever experienced in my life. I was quick to learn that Senior year in particular not only gives me the highest degree of possible freedom, but also holds an entirely new set of expectations and responsibility over my head. Turning eighteen was like having a huge pile of stones unleashed onto my chest, then being expected to breathe with the unaccustomed weight. I have never been expected to work nearly as hard as I have this year alone, but this same year has been one of the most exhilarating I have ever experienced. This may be mainly due to the journey that I have had, even if I am still at the beginning of it, and it has been an uphill climb the entire way. I never realized that I wanted to become...
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...Let’s take the time to enjoy this wonderful journey of Life. An Adventure in Goal Setting “Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than you are to your comfort zone.” – Billy Cox. Before any journey, as in life, there comes a time when we must decide, where we want to go, or what we want to achieve. Just imagine, you are a ship’s captain and it's time to set out on a voyage, which would work best? Crew, “we’re off on this journey, let’s just push the boat out and see where we end up?” Or, crew, “we are off to explore a new land, I have plotted a course, which we can adjust en route as needed, but for now we are headed south east towards the setting sun, pull up the anchor and let's go.” In the first case the ship would float out and be pushed by whatever winds arose. It would probably go round in circles and in the worst case crash into some rocks and sink, or maybe eventually just drift back to where it had started, accomplishing...
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...My Life 1963 Melanie C. Ward PSY 202 Domingo Mamaril September 9, 2013 I. Where I was born and raised A. Detroit Michigan B. Raised on the west side II. What was your family like? A. Nurtured by both Parent’s B. Youngest of six children natural sibling C. Parents adopted three children and fostered many III. What things do you remember about your childhood? A. Mother cooking B. Good times and fun times w/ family and friends C. Daddy time at the drive-in. IV. What are some of your favorite memories? A. Traveling across the United States for thirty days w/Mother V. Who were the important people in your life? A. Father and Mother B. Best friend VI. What are your greatest achievements so far? A. Completing my business associate degree VII. What jobs have you had in your life? A. Master cosmetologist B. Senior sales representative VIII. What would make you happy in the future? A. Successfully completing my bachelor degree B. Having the ability to start and run my own business My Life 1963 My life from today on is just the beginning but right now I will reflect on my past to present. My story is based on memories and experiences that have aided and developed who I am today. As I open up to my past I will also provide significant inscription of the theories in adult development in which was studied throughout my class text book “Adult development and life assessment...
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...Chance Journey Counseling Theory Laurie Hartlein Liberty University Abstract Throughout life we will all experience trials, heartaches, and discouragement. At some point in our lives we will strive to change the quality of our lives, build healthier relationships, and improve our communication skills. It is my belief that everyone deserves a second chance to build a strong and meaningful life. The journey through life forces us to deal with our past, present, and future. My theory is one of hope and will provide encouragement to focus on feelings and behaviors. The following research will provide an insight into Adlerian and Reality, Cognitive Behavioral, Solution Focused, Person-Centered, Gestalt, REBT, and Existential therapy. Keywords: journey, chance, encouragement, relationships, communication Philosophical Assumptions At some point in life everyone wants to feel as though they are truly being heard and understood by others. I believe empathy is at the core of understanding and developing a relationship with the client. Elliott, Bohart, Watson, and Greenberg (2011) re-emphasize Carl Rogers’ definition of empathy as “the therapist’s sensitive ability and willingness to understand the client’s thoughts, feelings and struggles from the client’s point of view” (Elliott, Bohart, Watson, and Greenberg, p44, 2011). Once empathy and a trusting relationship are established the ideas and skills for change and acceptance can be introduced. Change is not always...
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...most of the art I produce, it comes straight from my perception of the world around me or the way I feel. When I first thought of this sculpture it was meant to express the way I see the world evolving and devolving. Although I am not a religious person, I do read religious text and love to look at the world’s history, its rises and falls. I may be imagining it but there seems to be a pattern, maybe a lesson mankind has to learn as a whole but we somehow keep missing the plot. The people may be different, the clothes, some ideals and the technology but the cycle seems to be the same and civilizations rise through the subjugation of another and perpetuate the cycle of war, hate, famine, greed and division of man. This piece was my interpretation of our present dilemma our SODOM AND GOMORRAH, “which is not going to be destroyed by fire and brim stone”, our possible destruction is very different. Our era in this drama seems to be so dire and grave to us, yet if we were to possibly use wisdom, we may miss the pitfall all together. The wisdom of learning from the past, of individually taking control, making a change and not relying on the powers that be, is one strategy. “Makes me wonder if all the wisdom was given to King Solomon and none left for us”, but even he faltered. So then it begs to say is there any purpose, reason or hope. Do we just literally exist and go round on a cog wheel of time. Without straying too far from the point, there is allot of room left for speculation...
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...Imaginative Journey Notes: The Stimulus Booklet 1.The road not taken: - Robert Frost o Imaginative Journeys allow us to explore future possibilities through speculation o Extended metaphor of the ‘road’ used to express both past and future decisions and actions. Frost describes using the imagination in times of indecision to explore the consequences of possible choices. – “…long I stood /And looked down one as far as I could” o Each of the four stanzas characterises one stage of this process of speculation and decision. The first has an optimistic tones created by colour connotations of ‘yellow wood’ and the suggestion of transience and movement through its flowing structure with the repetition of ‘and’ - ‘And sorry I could not travel both /And be one traveller, long I stood / And looked down one as far as I could’. o “Yellow wood also indicates that it may be the beginning of autumn, which could symbolise the sense of change and possibility at the turning of the season. o The second stanza suggests indecision as the composer chooses a path that ‘wanted wear’ and therefore carries less clear consequences. Taking the path that he knows or even imagines to understand less is a courageous decision, but the composer appears uncertain, using low modality language such as ‘perhaps’ and ‘really about the same’. o The third stanza expresses regret at the opportunities lost by choosing one path over the other. Imaginative journeys can conceive of multiple possibilities at once...
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...Writing an essay is not as much about the end product as it is the journey to get there. You may possess the most expansive vocabulary, but the one variable that shows through your writing is time. Time is the one factor that shows improvement, effort, and persistence. Without time, the journey would not exist. Step one in the journey is throwing ideas on to paper. Throwing refers to the chaos of that first step. In my case, the throwing of ideas was evident in the lack of cohesion and argument. This action of throwing is only able to happen if the topic is of meaning to the writer. The topic I chose, the benefits of immersion programs to help learn a language, is something I am very passionate about. I've been lucky enough to experience it...
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...reflection with the knowledge that I benefitted from an institution which the late Dr Goh Keng Swee created – Outward Bound School of Singapore – in 1967, as a form of holy order that all young Singapore pre-National Servicemen had to undergo as a preparation before the actual military service. He was certainly ahead of his time and who would have thought the institution he created in 1967 is now one of the leading institutions that shape character and leadership for people of all walks of life and age. My early experiences and exposure of the outdoors was through Boy Scouts. I was conscripted into the boy scouts unit when I was in secondary 2, though there was no scout unit in my secondary school. This was to be made possible as I joined an Open unit, which was open to students of secondary school who had no scout unit in its premises. My very simple reason for wanting to join the Boy Scouts unit were to have a chance to experience the outdoors, get close to nature, be skilled in craftsmanship (I learnt that I would learn to tie knots, pitch tents, use a stove, operate kerosene lamps, learn some survival skills and many more), as well as forge friendship and brotherhood with others. I was curious about expeditions, mountain climbing trips and wondered what it would be like to trek through one. My years in Scouts opened my eyes and ears and introduced to me a world I had only read in books and seen on television. I recall my experiences at Mt Ophir and Gunung Tahan with a...
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