...The starting of Suffolk Community College was an experience of a lifetime. Weather it was signing up for financial aid and going to campus tours. I was very excited to start college. The process for financial aid to me felt like forever. I had to do a part of filling out the fafsa. Then my mom and dad each had their own part to do as well.Three weeks later is when the school gets it and I was all set. After being all set with my financial aid I attended a campus tour where I met my best friend Yamilka Marte. We walked all around and figuring out where we were exactly. I tried to listen, but it was such a huge crowd that it was hard. One thing that I remember them saying was to join clubs in order to meet new people and also to have a great...
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...“Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise” (Proverbs 19:20, NIV). Advice comes in many forms; it arises from various sources. In order to be a world changer, I have to listen to the needs and wisdom of others. By listening, I will gain insight. I have the opportunity to learn from my preceptor, Amy Eberle, the women who are pregnant, and the members of the coalition groups. I did not have many expectations going into my first day at Great Beginnings. I thought that I would be seeing many mothers giving birth and seeing newborns. I visited a new mom, handed out a new initiative at doctors’ offices, and attended several meetings. The Grant County Child & Health Coalition meeting and the Early...
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...During my junior high and beginning of high school, I can admit that I did not try as hard as I should have. My grades were in the B-C range but I know they could have been much better if I would have put more effort and time into studying. One thing that really didn’t help was that I was never really motivated to be at school. I always looked at it as something I was forced to go do everyday and it was miserable. Growing up everyone always has that one person that they look up to. Whether it is an aunt, uncle, parent, grandparent, sibling, etc. That one person for me was my sister. She would always teach me the important things in life. If i ever needed help with anything, my sister would always be there for me. In junior high when my grades...
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...CLRC Writing Center Structure of a Personal Narrative Essay “Narrative” is a term more commonly known as “story.” Narratives written for college or personal narratives, tell a story, usually to some point, to illustrate some truth or insight. Following are some tools to help you structure your personal narrative, breaking it down into parts. The “Hook” Start your paper with a statement about your story that catches the reader’s attention, for example: a relevant quotation, question, fact, or definition. Introduction Set the Scene Provide the information the reader will need to understand the story: Who are the major characters? When and where is it taking place? Is it a story about something that happened to you, the writer, or is it fiction? Thesis Statement The thesis of a narrative essay plays a slightly different role than that of an argument or expository essay. A narrative thesis can begin the events of the story: “It was sunny and warm out when I started down the path”; offer a moral or lesson learned: “I’ll never hike alone again”; or identify a theme that connects the story to a universal experience: “Journeys bring both joy and hardship.” “Show, Don’t Tell” Good story telling includes details and descriptions that help the reader understand what the writer experienced. Think about using all five senses—not just the sense of sight—to add details about what you heard, saw, and felt during the event. For example, “My heart jumped as the dark ...
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...CLRC Writing Center Structure of a Personal Narrative Essay “Narrative” is a term more commonly known as “story.” Narratives written for college or personal narratives, tell a story, usually to some point, to illustrate some truth or insight. Following are some tools to help you structure your personal narrative, breaking it down into parts. The “Hook” Start your paper with a statement about your story that catches the reader’s attention, for example: a relevant quotation, question, fact, or definition. Set the Scene Provide the information the reader will need to understand the story: Who are the major characters? When and where is it taking place? Is it a story about something that happened to you, the writer, or is it fiction? Thesis Statement The thesis of a narrative essay plays a slightly different role than that of an argument or expository essay. A narrative thesis can begin the events of the story: “It was sunny and warm out when I started down the path”; offer a moral or lesson learned: “I’ll never hike alone again”; or identify a theme that connects the story to a universal experience: “Journeys bring both joy and hardship.” “Show, Don’t Tell” Good story telling includes details and descriptions that help the reader understand what the writer experienced. Think about using all five senses—not just the sense of sight—to add details about what you heard, saw, and felt during the event. For example, “My heart jumped as the dark shape of the brown grizzly lurched...
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...A novel is a long prose narrative that describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story. The genre has historical roots in antiquity and the fields ofmedieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter, an Italian word used to describe short stories, supplied the present generic English term in the 18th century. Further definition of the genre is historically difficult. The construction of the narrative, theplot, the relation to reality, the characterization, and the use of language are usually discussed to show a novel's artistic merits. Most of these requirements were introduced to literary prose in the 16th and 17th centuries, in order to give fiction a justification outside the field of factual history. ------------------------------------------------- Definition[edit] Gerard ter Borch, young man reading a book c.1680, the format is that of a French period novel. | Madame de Pompadourspending her afternoon with a book, 1756 – religious and scientific reading has a differenticonography. | The fictional narrative, the novel's distinct "literary" prose, specific media requirements (the use of paper and print), a characteristic subject matter that creates intimacy, and length can be seen as features that developed with the Western (and modern) market of fiction. The separation of the field of literary fiction from the field of historical narrative fueled the evolution of these features in the last 400 years...
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...state of the art communication systems and its employee turnover problem. The method of narrative inquiry employed to investigate how Information Systems Professionals make decisions for voluntary turnover, and the factors which are taken into consideration was used. According to Bruner (1990), “the narrative approach to conducting research involves the documenting and analyzing of individuals stories about or personal accounts of a specific domain of discourse that are contextually rich and temporally bounded, relates to personal account of experiences that are vividly remembered and structured in a sequence with a beginning and an end.” The structure is provided through the adoption of McCraken’s (1988) long interview techniques and by employing the resume as a guide to emphasize the sequence of the story. “This approach is based on the premise that the narrative can be a powerful way to locate and understand their beliefs, concerns, values, experiences, and learning. This method implies qualitative research, which assists researchers in their attempt to understand people and their social and cultural context.” Research employing the narrative approach, (Vendelo, 1998) has suggested that the sequence of the story elements (Bruner, 1990) contribute to the appropriateness of the method. Moreover, Swap. Leonard, shields, and Abrams (2001) “suggests that relating stories of personal experience would be more memorable, be given more weight and be more likely to guide behavior...
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...The primary purpose of historical narratives is to report as accurately as possible what happened at each particular place and time in history. But each of the writers in this unit (De Vaca, Bradford, and Equiano) went beyond merely reporting the facts; they had other, more personal reasons for writing what they did. Each of them had a personal agenda. Equiano’s personal agenda in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano was to shame his white audience into abolishing the slave trade by describing the horrible events that took place on the ship. While he did state facts about the ship, Equiano described personal experiences to persuade the audience more. For example, Equiano describes the smell of the hold as being “…so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to...
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...Whale Rider Themes In the film the Whale Rider, the once complimentary narratives that governed the Maori culture: Gender, Identity, and Traditions are competing against one another. The fundamental elements of these narrative has stayed unchanged; However, some characters are interpreting these liturgies to their own personal narratives, causing conflict within the Maori Culture. Synopsis of film During a time of modernization, poverty, and the decentralization of the role the Maori culture play in the people lives, one local leader (Koro) looked upon Hope in a form of a prophet. According to the Maori's traditions, the ancient ancestor Paikea descendants: the eldest son are the rightful tribe leader and will centralize the community again...
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...Although each of these stories was written for a different audience the stories being told are very similar in nature. One purpose of each story is to tell a story, which is why both authors used narration in which to do so. Narratives are usually very sequential in nature. Using narration when telling a story helps to draw people...
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...In The Alchemist, a narrative by Paulo Coelho, we follow the journey of a young shepherd named Santiago. Santiago refuses to follow his expected path to priesthood, and instead, he embarks on a voyage to find a treasure he dreamed about. Along the way, he meets many important individuals, faces many obstacles and trials, and learns important lessons. This narrative is told in third person and shows us the thoughts and maturation of each character. Though this story has many themes, one theme that is constantly reinforced by the characters in this story is that, by listening to our omens, we can unlock our personal legend. We are first introduced to omens by Santiago’s mentors. Though Santiago gets many omens from beginning to end in The Alchemist,...
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...Brice Family Assessment/Treatment Plan Christina Blair CMHC/581 June 12, 2012 Shannon Anderson Brice Family Assessment/Treatment Plan Assessment The writre interviewed the Brice family of 5. The family consisted of a father, a mother, 2 girls and 1 boy. David, the father, is mid to late 60 year old Caucasian male. He is tall with square shoulders wearing glasses. He metacommunication Presenting Problem History of Problem- BRIEF Family History Assessment Summary: Another important quality of the co-research position is that of valuing emotional experiences and reflections. Our understanding of the preceding conversation is that in the state of being oppressed by violence, a person is defined by the violence. The concept of choice in that state is a mirage; a woman would not choose violence, but inside of a war zone there is no violence free territory. If the person and the context of violence are separated (deconstructed through externalization) the person's preferred story of their lives outside the "war zone" context can become visible. This distinction became available in the training conversation due to the process of allowing for correction and respecting the trainees feelings of being emotionally connected or disconnected to the unique accounts of those persons oppressed by the problem. Doherty (1991) has described negotiating meanings versus dictating a theme (p. 134). From our reflections about the interviewing process, we have...
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...I have shown a critical analysis of ecopreneurs’ practices within capitalist structures. Here, I give a critical analysis on my study and provide some suggestions for further studies. Hegemonic Narratives The way we talk about certain things affects the way we think about that particular thing. In this case, capitalism is often framed with negative narratives. Reproducing this narrative makes it difficult to change capitalist structure. At the Impact Day conference in Amsterdam, many ecopreneurs showed their indignation about the concept of “social entrepreneurship.” According to them, using this term implies that...
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...Comparison of Research Designs Capella University Comparison of Research Designs Template The following seven tables are part of a template that will guide you through the comparison of research designs assignment. The tables include: • Descriptions of basic research designs. • Types of basic research designs. • Main characteristics. • Followed steps. • Appropriate usage. • Purpose statement and sample questions. • Associated research paradigms. This template directs you to portions of the course text, Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research (Creswell, 2008). Each table includes chapter numbers and page numbers to guide you to the most relevant sections of the text book. Reference Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (4rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Descriptions of Basic Research Designs Develop an original and concise description of each research design. The appropriate sections of the Creswell text are listed to guide you; however, the end product should be your own paraphrase. Each description should be about one to three sentences in length. The first part of the chart has been completed for you as an example of how to proceed. You can leave it in the first cell and consider it to be part of your assignment...
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...Maninder Singh Prof. Cushner AMS-1A S21 02/05/2015 Journey of Mrs. Rowlandson in captivity by Indians (1675) In the narrative “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson,” Mary Rowlandson discusses how her personal life was like in captivity in 1682. Rowlandson wrote this after the attack in Lancaster, Massachusetts when she was held prisoner by Native Americans during King Philip War for 11 weeks in early 1675. Her narrative consists of repeating words such as “food” and “remove” to indicate how it all lead to Rowlandson’s depression and anger. Throughout Rowlandson’s journey with Native Americans, she observes her understanding regarding God and the bible. She also connects her capture to religious purposes that...
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