...According to the Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, suicide takes the lives of nearly thirty thousand Americans each year. One person dies due to suicide every 16.2 minutes; 6 people will take their own lives each hour. Over half of all suicides are completed with a firearm, and suicide is most common in the spring. Both of these are true for my favorite football player of all time; Junior Seau took his life with a bullet to the chest on May 2, 2012. On January 19, 1969, Junior Seau was born in San Diego, California. The fifth of six children, Seau was born Tiaina Baul Seau Jr. At an early age, his family moved to American Samoa, but they returned to the mainland prior to him entering grade school. He did not speak English until the age of seven. Seau attended Oceanside High School, where he played linebacker and tight end for the Pirate football team. He was named CIF San Diego Section Defensive Player of the Year, all-state and USA Today All-USA honorable mention, as well as All-North County and Avocado League Offensive Player of the Year. In addition, he was consensus San Diego Section Basketball Player of the Year and a letterman in track and field. He was named to California’s all-academic team with a 3.6 grade-point average. He continued his football career at the University of Southern California. Seau first made his name as a terrorizing linebacker for the USC Trojans. After a slow start to his career due in part to academic concerns, Seau roared onto the scene...
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...Junior Olympics Mood is calm/suspenseful I saw thousands of people when I did the last jump kick to my kata.But I jumped, kicked, and when I landed it felt like 5 tons just smashed on my ankle. I couldn't show the pain I was in. Now that match was over and I had lost. I had gotten 5th place and no metal but that was ok, because I still was fighting next. Now I was off the mats and I told my mom, "Mom I think I twisted my ankle during kata. It feels like a whale crushed it with a bike.She glanced down worriedly and replied, "Well you're fighting in 2 hours so lets go to the hotel and rest it up." On our way to the hotel I see a junior...
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...I have recently discovered that while living in the present is certainly rewarding, it is doubtlessly fundamental that we consider our pasts and futures as well - what made us who we are, and how will we continue to improve? The Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (JROTC) has advanced in nearly all of the fields it is involved in since its founding in 1916, and it is simple to see that its development will not end here. Cadets have gone on to become professional athletes, renowned scholars, and celebrated members of the military; one can only imagine what inspiring individuals the program will produce in the future. From roughly 1819 to 1915, military training occurred sparingly in high schools and colleges across the nation; although it lacked sanction, it encouraged many students to pursue careers in the armed forces. President Wilson addressed the issue of this unofficial instruction in 1916, when he signed the National Defense Act. The National Defense Act of 1916 is primarily responsible for the creation of JROTC. At the beginning of its existence, active duty military personnel led the Army JROTC program; their tools to lead instruction consisted of federal military equipment loaned to them. Only six units...
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...Analysis “Drawing back the curtain” by Denis Healey This text was written by Denis Healey. He is a prolific journalist and broadcaster and a British Labour politician as well. “Drawing back the curtain” was taken from his autobiography “The Time of My Life” (1989). The author tells the reader about his impressions about Russia. He focuses on the difference of perception of Russia before and after visiting this country. He marked that earlier his generation was largely influenced by George Orwell’s 1984 that distorted the reality about the Soviet Union. But then his short visits to Russia cured him of any erratic illusions. This text belongs to the publicist style. This style has characteristic features of the style of scientific prose or official documents and that of emotive prose. On account of coherent and logical syntactic structure, an expanded system of connectives and careful paragraphing the publicist style is close to scientific prose. On the other hand, the use of words with emotive meaning, the use of imagery and other stylistic devices make this style close to emotive prose. Publicist texts carry pragmatic function. That means that the main aim of these texts is to convince the reader that the interpretation given by the writer is the only correct one. The author reached his aim not merely by logical argumentation, but by emotional appeal as well. As a rule, publicist texts are addressed to a broad audience and devoted to important...
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...Moral responsibility and critical thinking is related to free will for example when we argue that a man is responsible for his or her actions then we mean that he acted freely because he or she knew what he or she was doing. Unlike other animals, human beings are held responsible or accountable for their actions because logically human acts proceed from critical thinking to freedom. Philosophers of all time argue that, every sane human being is morally responsible and the decisions he/she makes deserve punishment, reward, blame or praise of his/her actions as per his/her ethical obligations (Regan, 2004). Moral Responsibility In our scenario of Blood Money where one of the grisly and lucrative international black market of buying and selling of human organs extracted from bodies of Prisoners from China we raise the question, what is the moral responsibility of all participants in this business? In the realm of morality, human beings are responsible for every act they make in their daily activities, thus in our scenario of Blood Money doctors, patients and those in authority are morally responsible in their actions. It is common knowledge that, mental illness, hypnosis, bad habits, and violence influence our free will and critical thinking, thus erasing our moral responsibility (Carroll, 2009). From an ethical perspective, human beings have a moral responsibility of taking care of another person's life, and the actions of taking away another person's life are morally wrong,...
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...The world of Kpop In a world where music dominates and influences everything we do, there is a new type of music that is quickly progressing in popularity, not only nationally but globally as well. Kpop is Korean pop music, although it is not only pop music, it is also trot, hip hop and R&B and Rap. It is a competitive field that requires hard work and determination. Kpop is not only music though; it is a guide that can help give a person more insight about the world around them. It is a hard thing to be an idol in Korea, there are so many values and difficulties they must overcome in order to achieve recognition and fame. If someone were to want to be an idol in South Korea then their best bet would be to go to “The Big Three”. YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and SM Entertainment, These three companies are named “The Big Three” because they are three of the most highly distinguished and accomplished companies in all of South Korea. “The Big Three” have led many idols to fame in not only South Korea but globally as well. In comparison to Canada or the US you could call South Korean’s harsh with the way they train upcoming artists, but they have higher standards. The training process consists of around three year’s minimum of being a trainee and there are many hardships that must be overcome through that process. The trainee years are what determine whether or not a person can make it in the competitive field of being a Korean pop idol. Have you ever looked around and...
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...personal narrative You act white tell a personal narrative of multi-racial girl. The girl has more problems with her skin color because she is too shy to make friends. Three black girls deride her and cause some problems. She is only 8th grade's student and a small kid. These three girls give pressure that a kid can not easy to withstand. Their threaten and actions to her makes her so upset. What those girls has done to her makes her suffering a lot. When I read this article, my childhood also has some dark memories that I did not want it happened to me again. When I was 12 years old, this was the time to go to junior school in China. The Chinese education system force students to very hard and compete with each other. Students needs to study sine 6am till 10pm everyday to study all kinds of subjects. And most of parents want their children to go to top schooling their city in order to have a promising future. With a huge amount of students but limited best schools, not all the students can make their "best school" dreams come true. So the entrance exam is the only way to pick students who want to go to the best school. Fortunately, I was 1000 of 10000 students who passed the exam. However if i had a chance to chose again, i would rather not pass that exam. What I had experienced made me feel so upset and lonely. The Foreign Languages School, one of the best schools in my hometown, was a boarding school. Students only had 4 days off to home per month. I lived with my grandparents...
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...Sewol" (This Tumultuous Time) by Park Chae-seon and Lee Ryu-saek from 1925 and contained popular songs translated from Japanese. The first pop song written by a Korean composer is thought to be "Nakhwayusu" (낙화유수, Fallen Blossoms on Running Water) sung by Lee Jeong-suk in 1929.[41] In the mid-1920s, Japanese composer Masao Koga mixed traditional Korean music with Gospel music that American Evangelists introduced in the 1870s. This type of music became known as Enka in Japan, and later in Korea as Trot (Korean: "트로트").[42][43] These songs became extremely popular.[41][third-party source needed] Later, in the 21st century K-pop singers rediscovered the genre of trot, for example singers like Daesung from Big Bang and several members of Super Junior produced trot...
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...by member Amber, -Won 2nd place on 2008 SM’s Everysing Contest (1st place was Jino) -he looks like he Is Chinese but he's Korean -when He was a child they used to call him "little fattie" -has a chubby face and a cute grin -the next member that knows martial arts besides Tao -In Korea shares the room with Lu Han and Kris -In China shares the room with Tao -neatest member in the group -is the funniest of the group -his ideal type of girl is hug able and can give comfort to others -the strongest member from EXO-M -likes to wear casual clothes -he’s apparently close to Super Junior’s Henry -he is the most organized and clean member from EXO-M -his favorite music genre are ballads -likes all types of dances -role model: Super Junior -favorite song from mini album MAMA: "MAMA" Name: Wu Fan 吴凡 Fan Name: Kris Height: 187 cm Birth: November 6, 1990 Blood Type: O Skills/Hobby: English, Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese, Basketball Leader and rapper from EXO-M NEWS ABOUT KRIS Facts: -apparently as a child Kris lived in Vancouver, Canada -very social and can talk to anyone -other trinees and team members of EXO think of him as a big brother -nationality Chinese -joined SM by global auditions in Canada in 2007 -enjoys reading book -self improvement and inspirational -he made an appearance on 2011 Girl Generations' VCR during tour concert -he was a captain of a basketball team in China when he was 15 year old -Kris looks better in person than on camera...
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...Listening summary/response Summary Duckworth (2013) in her talk “The key to success? Grit (研磨)” says that grit is the key to success. She explained that she change the job to teaching seventh graders Math in New York City public school when she was 27 years old. She found that I.Q was not the only difference between her best students and worst students. In her opinion, the Math of seventh grade is hard, but she is convince if they work hard enough. Then, she concluded that ability to learn quickly and easily was not only one thing to influence the performance of school and life. So, she came back to school and started learning psychology. She and her team a researched on who is successful person in super challenging situations (for kids and adults). Finally, she found that the most important character trait (特性) to influence success was grit. Grit is sticking with your future, and working hard to make the future a reality. She made a survey about the grit influence of students in high school, and she found the students who have strong girt character can easily graduate. She was shocked that we know a little about grit, and we do not know how to build grit in kids, but according to the data, we know that grit was not related to the measure of talent. The best idea was building grit in kids in something called “growth mindset.” This is an idea developed at Stanford University by Carol Dweck. When they learned this method, they can preserve if they failed, because they believed...
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...PERCEPTIONS OF RURAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS OF THE TRANSFER PROCESS TO A FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY by ELIZABETH E. SACKSTEDER LACLAIR A DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Education in the Graduate School of The University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 2010 Copyright Elizabeth E. Sacksteder LaClair 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ABSTRACT Utilizing the current literature base on rural community colleges, transfer student adjustment, academic advising and articulation issues, the purpose of this research study was to ascertain the adjustment issues and experiences of rural community college students who have the intent to transfer to a four-year baccalaureate degree granting institution. The perceptions these rural community college students have regarding the transfer process are the focus of the study. Students from ten rural community colleges, who participated in the Alabama College Transfer Advising Corps, a project of The University of Alabama and funded by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation were used in the study. The survey instrument used in this study is a variation of Laanan Transfer Student Questionnaire (L-TSQ). Survey questions were reframed such that those regarding university experiences and the students’ potential transfer to a four-year college/university were treated as reflections on the meditational transition, or transition that has not...
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...I would like everyone to know that I am JPop fan. I have nothing against KPop but to KPop fans who did nothing but to compare the two different fandom (KPop and JPop). At first, they say some bad things to JPop as a whole. Then later, insulting words are being thrown not only to the Japanese music but to the Japanese artists/idols too! As a fan of JPop, I did not like it one bit. And I decided to defend my fandom. It’s about time to JPop fans like me to voice our feelings, opinions about this matter. We have been so quiet for a long time. It is the time to STRIKE BACK! (By the way, my examples are the JE boys. I know that JPop isn’t all about JE but its just that for now, I’m focusing on them..=D) FACE THE FACT I know that Korean Pop Music or KPop is new and continuously increasing their popularity. Here in my country, the Philippines, KPop is popular. (I will not deny that fact!). Many Korean artists already have come here in the country to have concerts. They also appeared/featured in different local TV programs and KPop albums are available in some record bars. In KPop conventions, many KPop fans are attending to support and show their love to their idols. They are really supportive. The biggest factor that contributed to the KPop popularity here in the country is the Korean dramas aired in the local TV stations. (I know some KPop songs and they are the OSTs of the Kdramas I’ve watched.) On the other hand, JPop...
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...Previous learning and experiences; Primary school was a big influence on my learning as at the beginning of Junior school I was really rubbish at Maths, so my head teacher used to hold maths classes after school to help me and others out and then by the time I was in year 6 taking my sats tests I got a high level which made me feel very happy as even to this day I am still good at Maths. Some bad experiences that I’ve had as well, but mainly in high school I was made to do a course called computing but as me and my teacher didn’t get on and he wasn’t supportive I failed the course and he blamed it all on my for not being a good pupil. But then in Product Design I loved it and me and my teacher did get on but I didn’t feel like I was going to pass but with all the extra support I was given with my course work and exam preparation I managed to get a B and was like 3 marks of an A. Attitude and self-discipline: My attitude towards doing coursework can be good but I work better under pressure knowing that I have to get the work done. Also if I’m given a deadline I make sure that the work is done for that deadline. Aspirations and motivations: I am doing health and social care because I either want to be something on the lines of a social worker or a probation officer. I want to be a social worker because I have a sister with special needs and she doesn’t get enough help from them and I want to be a social worker that will always be there for them. Also I want to be a probation...
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...My time playing in the Boca Juniors vs. River Plate match My team the Boca Juniors are the biggest rivals of River Plate, and recently we played a friendly match. No points were up for grabs, but we had a lot at stake. Here is my narrative essay on how the match happened. To start with, you should know that we at the Boca Juniors had just lost six games in a row. We were on the losing streak to end all losing streaks. We were now facing our biggest rivals and our odds were 6 to 1 for winning. People clearly didn’t think we had it in us to win and River Plate had been doing a lot better than us. As the game began we started with a heavy attack. We put almost all of our players over into the River Plate half. This was working out very well at first because we were creating a lot of opportunities. The trouble was that there was a massive opening in our defense and at least three times they broke through and had a run at the goal. Luckily at least one defender caught the attacker and they didn’t score in the first half. During our heavy attack we managed to get a goal against River Plate. We carried on our attack until the second half. At that point we started playing a little more conservatively. This meant that River Plate had more chance to attack because there was less pressure to defend. They did score a goal at one point but it was declared offside. There is a lot of bad blood between our sides and there were quite a few yellow cards and blatant fouls. At one point we had...
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...Cheska Jane G. Arriola Ms. Benetha Huera English 2 20 February 2013 Korean Pop invasion in the Philippines: a Threat to OPM? I. Introduction For the past few years, there has been a distinctive foreign genre that catches the attention of Filipino music lovers. Thousands of Filipinos especially teenagers go crazy over the so what called “K-pop” music. K-pop is an abbreviation for the term Korean pop which is continuously making a buzz not only in the Philippines but also in other parts of the world. Holden defined K-pop as “a musical genre and subculture originating in South Korea which comprises a wide spectrum of musical and visual elements” (144). If Korea has what they call as K-pop, the Philippines has its very own “OPM” or Original Pilipino Music. OPM is referred to as “Philippine pop songs, particularly ballads, such as those popular after the collapse of its predecessor, the Manila Sound, in the late 1970s, up until the present” (Basijan 18). The spread of K-pop music in the country resulted to K-pop invasion or what others refer to as “K-pop fever”. Unknown to some, this phenomenon is giving threats to the OPM industry since it affects many aspects of it. Because of the Korean Pop invasion in the Philippines which influences a lot of Filipino teenagers to patronize K-pop music, it poses threats to the Original Pilipino Music industry in terms of the album sales, organization of local concerts and the worst is, it might be more popular than OPM in the near future. II. The...
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