...Reading "My Secret Life as a Black Man", it was one of the most depressing articless I have ever read. I never thought that your own race can hold you back from greatness, this showing how hard it is to be a minority. Due to society's ways of dealing with minorities it becomes nearly impossible to escape the stereotyping and become your own person. In this article it becomes evident that if a black person wants to have a better life then what society gave them, they won't just be brought down by other races but even their own. When the black man got involved with anything outside the stereotypical "black" things he would be seen as a treason to his race. Over all the color of his skin weakeness him as a person so he can't be himself without...
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...the author of, “Alphabet Soup: My Life as a Reader”, withstood that exact problem. Imagine at a young age looking at b, d, p, and q. Now imagine not seeing a distinction between the four letters. That’s frustrating isn’t it? As Mr. Almy states, “One of the first things I learned in school was that I was stupid. Really Stupid.” (1). John was faced with an issue that did not make school pleasant for a young assertive boy and his family, which really was not in a good state of mind already. So, put yourself into John’s shoes. Try to understand the difficult times of his adolescence. School was not always unpleasant to John. He said, “When I first started going to school it was fun.” (1). Of course he was talking about the recess part of school. “Playing outside on the jungle gym, wrestling outside in the mud, and if you liked girls then you chased them around and pull their hair.” (1). That was always the best part of school, until that screeching bell rang and turned everyone into little learning robots, which meant back to work again. John never considered being the class genius, but the time came where the teacher began to teach the alphabet. She wrote the letters up on the board, and she asked the class to define what the letter is. Well, the letter A was easy, so was B, and C. He was delighted to get those right, but when that letter D came around he was astonished. John said, “I made it all the way through the letters a, b, and c, and then my glory days as a reader came to...
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... Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction – Overview of Decision Problem 4 Problem Statement 4 Objectives 4 Summary of Key Objectives: 5 Alternatives 6 Description of Alternatives: 6 Selection 6 Consequence Table with Original Values: Title 7 Weighted Scoring Model: Title 8 Consequences 9 Risk Profile: Title 9 Implementation, Monitoring and Control 10 Timeline: 10 Summary 11 Works Cited 12 Executive Summary I am nearing the end of my graduate studies for a master’s in nursing administration. I was presented with the option to continue for another year at my present academic institution for a master’s in business administration. However, an additional option was presented from another academic institution, to pursue a doctorate degree in nursing practice. The program is two years. Should I pursue another master’s degree but in business administration or move on with my master’s in nursing administration and go right for my doctorate in nursing practice? My true goal is to stay true my nursing core values. I would like to be prepared for a role as a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Introduction – Overview of Decision Problem Problem Statement The nature of the decision correlates to pressure as I am quickly approaching the end my current graduate studies. I decided to pursue my masters in nursing with a specialty in nursing administration. My current educational institution provided me the option...
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...------------------------------------------------- DATE SUBMITTED ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- July 4, 2013 Title: Life’s Meaningful Challenges Summary: One of the greatest truths is that life is difficult. Most people moan more than facing and solving their problems. Life is a series of problems. It only requires discipline to overcome such pains and problems. We prefer to procrastinate and ignore them. It is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. The tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness. Therefore we must inculcate ourselves and in our children the means of achieving mental, spiritual health. When we teach ourselves discipline, we are teaching ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow. Life example: I always experience hardships. Well one of them would be dealing with my major classes. I’m having problems with managing my time to meet my deadlines on my major subjects. Sometimes, I don’t even have time to sleep. I often ignore some of them just to get out of stress. Reflection: Life is never that easy. All of us are meant to try how things would work out rather than letting them just be there. Problems and pains make us...
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...The E-Myth Revisited – Michael E. Gerber Book Summary Summary Introduction This document summarizes The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. The intent is to distill the major concepts from the book in note form for efficient perusal. Because only the main points of the book have been summarized here, reading the book in its entirety is highly recommended to get the full impact of the message Gerber conveys, as well as the dialogue in the book with one of his clients, Sarah, which provides additional insight on the concepts presented in the book. The ideas and text presented here are copyrighted works by Michael E. Gerber. Some of the text has been summarized for clarity and brevity. The E-Myth Revisited People who are exceptionally good in business aren’t so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more. Businesses fail when their owners spend their time and energy defending what they think they know. A business doesn’t miss the mark by failing to achieve greatness in some lofty, principled way, but in the stuff that goes on in the multitude of seemingly insignificant, unimportant, and boring things that make up every business (and life as well). The greatest business people have a genuine fascination for the truly astonishing impact little things done exactly right can have on the world. The book is about four profound ideas that can mean the difference between the success and failure of a small business: 1. There is a myth...
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...WRITING A SUMMARY-RESPONSE ESSAY In academic contexts, you are often asked to write response essays (sometimes called reaction papers) in which you select an aspect of a text that particularly interests you and respond to it in writing. That is, you will be asked to read something (a journal article, a chapter in a book, a technical report) and to write a summary and an analysis of what you read. The purpose of this type of assignment is to find out whether you understood what you read, what your response to the content of the text is, and whether you can express your response clearly. Generally, a response to written material consists of two basic parts: A. a summary of the written material B. an analysis of part of all of the material. Here is the typical format of a response essay: Introduction (The First Paragraph of your essay) 1. State the author’s name and surname 2. State the name of the article (For example: In “The Dangers of the Television” ) 3. Summarize the article and state the author’s main issues/thesis and key supporting points that the author discusses. Use an opening phrase such as: says, discusses, explains, argues, shows. (For example: In “The Dangers of the Television”, Fidler points out that. . .) 4. State your main idea / thesis in which you show your agreement or disagreement at the end of the introduction paragraph. That is your reaction. Body (The second paragraph) Your body paragraph or paragraphs should include: 1. major key supporting points...
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...of Company Improving employee Quality of Working Year Title of Report Life Summary report and data analysis of the Quality of Working Life survey carried out June to July 2007 for: Type of Analysis University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester Essex CO24 3SQ UK STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Prepared by Portsmouth Applied Psychology Unit Department of Psychology King Henry 1st Street Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, UK www.qowl.co.uk QoWL PO Box 778 Portsmouth P01 9DQ United Kingdom September, 2007 Essex QoWL - UNIV Report dvl1 se ab se dvl4 final3 oct 1st Dr Darren Van Laar Director Executive Summary University of Essex Quality of Working Life survey (June to July, 2007) What is Quality of Working Life? QoWL Ltd PO Box 778 Portsmouth P01 9DQ United Kingdom T: +44 (0)8454 75 76 95 Quality of Working Life (QoWL) is a measure of how good your work is for you. Quality of Working Life is more than just job satisfaction or work happiness, but the widest context in which an employee would evaluate their job. The QoWL Survey and Data Set The QoWL survey tool encompasses three important questionnaires: 1. The QoWL Core Scale, which looks at the six core factors associated with Quality of Working Life, such as job satisfaction, work-life balance, and working conditions. 2. The QoWL Workplace Outcome Scale, which provides data related to a variety of specific outcomes related to Quality of Working Life such as intention to stay, perceived productivity, and pride in the organisation...
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...4-MAT Book Review Esther Gooding Liberty University Table of Contents Summary of book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Concrete Responses -----------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Reflection -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Application ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Reference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Grading rubric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Summary Reaching Out was published by Doubleday Dell Publishing Group in 1986. It was written by Henri Nouwen and offers counsel in the three movements of the spiritual life. The book simplifies the relational of humanity with the living God. Nouwen (1986) explores these three movements as spiritual growth and development. This he indicated will bring people closer to God. The first movement is from loneliness to solitude. Loneliness is an inner struggle for all humans. It is a feeling that no matter how many people are around you, you still feel alone or lonely. Loneliness is to be embraced, to look at it as a phase on the journey of life. The lonely person must have the courage and the faith to follow the path from loneliness to solitude. The illustration about the New York subway was very intriguing...
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...As I first sat down to read through Olds poem I didn’t did really contemplate over the meaning of the poem; however I instead chose to write down a few questions that I could use to expand upon my thoughts and give me a place to begin my ideas. The questions I generally write in order for me to get a good beginning to contextually analyzing a piece of poetry are writing questions that can apply to the broad aspects of poetry. Such as does the poet's life suggest any special point of view, such as the complexity and the love of a mother as in Sharon Olds “The Month of June: 13 ½”. When reading through Sharon Olds “The Month of June: 13 ½”, the first thing that I noticed was that Olds uses an intensely personal voice to explore themes of family relationships. Throughout much of her poem, she examines her role as a mother, painting potent memories of her child in a sentimental and honest language (Notes 1)....
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...Daniel Foe, or as he changed his name to Defoe later in his life was a man who lived an interesting life. He was a merchant, a spy, and then an author. Defoe spent much of his life involved with political matters. His life and everything he did was for either politics or for personal gain by looking like he knew what he was doing. Defoe’s life is an interesting tale of a man who tried to look like he fit in, and looked the part perfectly. Defoe’s life will be analyzed in four parts his early life, his adult life, his worldview, and his accomplishments. Daniel Defoe’s early life was spent having very interesting events around himself for him to witness. The first was the Great Plague of London in 1655, then the next year his parent’s house and two others in his neighborhood survived the Great Fire of London, and the next year the Dutch attacked London again. When he was 10 he was being taught at Reverend James Fisher’s boarding school in Dorking Surrey. When Defoe was 14 he attended the dissenting academy in Newington Green in London. Defoe’s early life was interesting, and set him up to have an interesting personality and view of the world. Defoe’s adult life is where his life’s story gets interesting, and shows how well his skills of fitting into a situation...
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...stage |Obstacles to moving to the next stage | |EXAMPLE: |Examine my thinking to identify problems |Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of| | |that affect my thinking. |my thinking | |The Unreflective Thinker | | | |The Challenge Thinker |I am ready to face and identify my faults |Trick myself into thinking to self-justify | | |due to self-deception thinking. |to avoid a challenge. | |The Beginning Thinker |I recognize that if I train myself to think|Defending and protective thinking too | | |positive there will be no time for |shield from being hurt in any way. | | |self-deception thinking no matter the | | | |outcome I keep my sanity. | | |The Practicing Thinker |How realistic and strategic this plan of |Revert back to my old ways of thinking it | | |regular practicing to thinking positive ...
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...Many people will ask you what you want to do with your life, or where you see yourself in 10 years. Problem is I’m not sure where I’ll see myself in 10 years. Would I like to have a career that I love? Sure. Would I like to have a family started and have money to blow? Who wouldn’t?! But I don’t know for sure because the future hasn’t happened yet, hence why they call it the future. I’d like to say that in ten years I’d have a beautiful family, a job I wake up every morning excited for, and enough money to feed a small country. But you can never be too sure. My search for the perfect job began when I was talking to my uncle about this report. I told him I had to pick three careers I was interested in which was hard for me because I’m scatter-brained and at times indecisive. So he helped me narrow it down, and from then on it was a search through hours of Google links and a few dead trees wasted. It took me three whole days to collect 12 sources for my three careers which is hard for someone with my personality type to do. After taking the Keirsey Temperament survey I discovered I’m an INFJ, which is the rarest personality type of all. The name dubbed to my personality type is “The Caregiver”. It states that they are caring and parental towards everyone they love and love organization, yet extremely unfocused and in need of routine (INFJ 1). When I read that I couldn’t help but think that for once, an online quiz was actually right. It also said I was good with people and was...
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...around you, right here on the ocean floor. Such wonderful things surround you. What more is you lookin’ for?” c. Lead in purpose: We all get envious of other people’s lives and I am no exception. I am learning every day to love my life in every way and to learn and grow from my challenges. II. Introduction topic and purpose: Today I would like to tell you how my life is like seaweed. III. Relate to audience: We all know where seaweed grows and how it dances in the ocean. Many of you probably like to eat it, but I’d like to show you how it is comparable to my life. IV. Establish credibility: I admire the ocean and have studied many different aspects of it, including plant life living in the salt water. Seaweed and the algae that live in the ocean are essential to the ecosystem as they provide food, shelter and diversity. V. Sign post and preview main points: My life is like seaweed for three main reasons. The first reason is that I remain rooted even when the current it pushing me in every direction. The second is that I go with the flow in situations instead of remaining rigid and resistant. The third reason my life is like seaweed is that I am always growing and reaching towards the light. Transition to body: Now that you know my three main points, let’s explore the first. I. Main point one: First, let me explain to you how I am rooted and stay rooted no matter the outside forces. A. Explanation: It is often difficult to remain steadfast in your beliefs...
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...Demarcus phillips Ms. Falk English 100 b61 6/2/16 In the short story "Superman and Me", by Sherman Alexie, tells how he learned to read having very limited resources on the Native American reservation where he grew up when he was a younger kid. Alexie starts his story by introducing how he learned how to read using a "Superman" comic book. Alexie learned to read by looking at the pictures and assuming what the comic book boxes would say based on those pictures. Alexie mentions that he does not remember the plot of the "Superman" comic book he used. This is crucial because it stresses the fact that he used a comic book to read because unlike Alexie did not have the correct educational resources that the white children had. He had to use whatever he could find in order to obtain an education. This is also expressed when he tells the reader about how he would read his father's odd collection of novels. Alexie read whatever he could find, he didn't care what it was about, and as long as he was reading he was pleased. Alexie details the fact that growing up on a Native American reservation meant that you were look at to fail. Knowing a lot of people were stereotyping Alexie, it motivated Alexie to become an exception to this rule. He knew that a key to success was reading and an education. Later in the story, after becoming a successful writer, Alexie went to a Native American reservation to speak to a class about reading and writing. He stressed the fact that an education was crucial...
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...Shisheng Huang Dr. Logan English 300 online 25 June 2015 All We Need Is a Push Writing has never been an easy subject for me. Lt alone the fact that English was not my first language. Back in my old country, even writing in the language that I was growing up with was no so easy for me either. At the younger age, I could never understand, why would people take a simple idea and expand it into hundreds of or even thousands of word. To the younger me, it was just like telling a same idea to someone over and over again. As I grew older, now that I am looking back, I realize I was just being lazy. Like I was to everything else in my life: always try to find a simpler and faster solution to a problem. If there was anything my high school English teacher has taught me that I would remember for life, that is, just like pretty much everything else in life. To be able to write a good piece of paper, it will require a lot of hard work. Unlike the teachers from my old high school, my English teacher of the high school I was graduated from, Mr. Roger has a lot more experience dealing with ESL student. Because of the district that our school was in. There are a ton of students that came from many different country around the world, which gave our school more change to get more experience on dealing with different level student. Not only Mr. Roger’s balded head and face that full of beard draw student attention to him, but the way he teach class also get our attention easily. He always...
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