...about perseverance and strength. At the beginning of the season, I was just hoping to keep up with the heat. I was not focused on my time. But as the track season went on, the pressure and high expectations grew every day. It was also the most amount of pressure I have ever put on myself. With an individual sport such as track, it is easy to compare yourself to others and become intimidated. I recall always feeling like my races were the end all be all to my track career. To me, success meant making it to the finals. Success also meant coming in the top three and breaking my PR. I constantly compared myself to competitors who were twice my size. Back in eighth grade, my coach put me into an event I had never ran before. As we were lining up about to start the race, I realized the girl I was running against had run this event all season. Not only was she completely experienced in running the 300m, but she also was much taller than me. In my mind, a taller person has much more of an advantage in comparison to a shorter person. I was completely intimidated. It took a lot for me to understand that comparing myself to someone who was twice my size is completely unrealistic. I spent most of the indoor season trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, why I was losing most of my races. It was not until the...
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...failure that are crucial to the advancement of individuals. Last spring, my Track and Field Relay Team set the new state record in the 1600m Sprint Medley Relay, which is composed of an 800m, a 400m, and two 200m runners. After achieving this triumph my relay team set out together to perform an even greater goal of being named All-American at the New Balance Nationals meet. The feat would require extreme determination and team-work but as a unit we knew we could reach this goal. The four of us spent hours reviewing the national rankings to determine our competition and calculating times we would need to run to finish in the top six at the meet. With our target times in mind, we began the process of improving both our speed and handoffs to limit any shortfalls in what would need to be a flawless execution of a relay race. Hours of extra practice came to an end as we boarded our plane to North Carolina to compete for the dream....
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...The documentary film Murderball, which also refers to as wheelchair or quadriplegic rugby, is a fast-track, physical contact sport by quadriplegic athletes who utilize an indoor court to play the game. Participants in this game use a broad range of functional impairment in all four limbs play which includes both offensive and defensive roles. The film is a documentary, music video, sports entertainment and narrative hybrid that traces the rivalry between the United States and Canadian teams in international competition, interspersed with stories of the athletes’ everyday lives and personal relationships. Released by MTV movies and ThinkFilm, subsidiaries of the giant MTV media conglomerate, Murderball is one of the highest-grossing documentary...
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...Graded Assignments 4 Unit 1 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 4 Unit 1 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 6 Unit 1 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 9 Unit 1 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 11 Unit 1 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 12 Unit 2 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 13 Unit 2 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 15 Unit 2 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 19 Unit 2 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 20 Unit 2 Journal 3: Article Response 22 Unit 2 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 23 Unit 2 Assignment 2: Declaration of Independence and Public Safety 25 Unit 3 Journal 1: Car Commercials 26 Unit 3 Journal 2: Personal Narrative 27 Unit 3 Journal 2: Personal Narrative Handout 28 Unit 3 Journal 3: Civic Narrative 31 Unit 3 Journal 3: Civic Narrative Handout 32 Unit 3 Journal 4: Taste vs. Judgment 34 Unit 3 Presentation 1: What Would You Do? 35 Unit 3 Assignment 1: Habits That Hinder Thinking 36 Unit 4 Journal 1: Invention Exercise 37 Unit 4 Journal 1: SWOT Analysis Template 38 Unit 4 Journal 2: Personal Narrative 39 Unit 4 Journal 2: Personal Narrative Handout 41 Unit 4 Journal 3: Civic Narrative 43 Unit 4 Journal 3: Civic Narrative Handout 44 Unit 4 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 46 Unit 4 Assignment 2: Invention White Paper 47 Unit 5 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 48 Unit 5 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 49 Unit 5 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 51 Unit 5 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 53 Unit 5 Assignment 1: What Would...
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...Personal Narrative- Track Competition The moment of truth was upon me. The official times, this includes whom qualified for finals, for the 400m relay had been posted. My eyes scanned the page for the bold letters that spell ANDERSON. As I ran my finger across the page to where the times were posted, my ears began to shut out all outside noises, leaving me alone with the thump of my heart and the inhale and exhale of my lungs. Both began to increase in speed as my eyes narrowed in on the time. My sophomore year had begun and I wasn't sure whether or not I was going to do track this year. Last year I played football in the fall and soccer in the spring. Not really enjoying it, the decision was made to play " real futbol" (soccer) in the fall, leaving the spring sports season open. My friend kept telling me how fun track was, so I decided to give it a try. As the first meet neared, things were going well. I made it onto the 4x100 team making me the third fastest kid on the team. The other members of the relay were Jason Schmidt, Jeremy Willard and Rodney Schmidt. Jason and Jeremy were both the top dogs and Rodney and I were second from the bottom of the barrel. The 400 relay was my best event. We placed in every meet and even took home some medals as the season progressed. As the track year rounded for the home stretch, we had only three more meets to compete in: the Tiger Invitational, regionals, and state. As the Tiger rolled around, there arose a question...
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...Personal Narrative I enjoy partaking in various activities including sports and clubs, as well as doing much community service. I am on the school swim team, in the Health Occupations of Students of America club, in and serve as the Public Relations Officer in the Business Professionals of America club, and in Student Congress. I volunteer for Volunteer North Dallas monthly by helping to make sandwiches for the homeless, for Special Olympics swimming training over the summer and track during the fall, for Lost Paws Rescue of Texas in the summer by helping rescued dogs get adopted in local areas. In addition, I help teach and tutor kids in math and reading. I will continue to participate in these for the remainder of high school, also. To...
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...Work 1 Question one Thinking of the moral of life as a story or narrative is helpful because every one’s life is a form of a story that each one of us desires to be good. Each one of us shares a different story that reflects his/her experiences in life and some life changing moments encountered in life. Our life stories shape us and determine who we are and give coherence that we can relate to. The stories also change our views about life and help determine our expectations. People will always take life and react to situations in respect to the stories of their lives. These reaction s are always very different from different individuals depending on the lives they have experienced. Morality on the other hand could be defined by different people...
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...Yewoinharg belachew 3453 Logstone dr Triangle VA 22172 Mobile: 5714714256 Email; yewoinhargchane@yahoo.com PERSONAL SUMMARY An energetic, hardworking security officer who has a proven track record of safeguarding a client’s property and assets against acts of theft, fire, flood and vandalism. Able uphold good order on sites whilst working within a company’s procedural guidelines and also ensuring a high quality of service is consistently maintained with optimum efficiency. Currently looking for a appropriate opportunity with a reputable employer who rewards hard work and appreciates ability and loyalty. CAREER HISTORY (private Security officer, Master Tax Service VA) SECURITY OFFICER - January 2011–date Responsible for being the main point of contact in the event of any emergency or security incidents that occur on site. Working as part of a team via a day and night shift combination. Duties: * Pro-actively ensuring the protection of merchandise, property and assets. * Creating a safe and comfortable working environment for employees and visitors. * Patrolling the Facility area for periods of time. * Directing emergency vehicles and other traffic if a major incident occurs. * Responding to emergency situations as they arise. * Accurately reporting all incidents to senior managers. * Preventing and detecting offences on site. * Conducting searches of personnel, vehicles and bags etc. * Producing written reports. ...
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...Football Manager is an enormously complex simulation. On a global level, the game tracks thousands of careers, ambitions and relationships, and on any given match day, weather, morale, skills and individual personal issues can contribute to moments of brilliance or abject failure. Talking to Sports Interactive’s director Miles Jacobson, I found that the simulation model is even more elaborate in some areas than I’d expected. Read on to find out about the game’s expanding narrative engine, how climate change is forcing the team to update the code that generates weather patterns, why the ugliest aspects of football have no place in FM and how a non-contract player’s family situation might prevent him from playing for your club. RPS: You’ve mentioned in previous interviews that you have a database of thousands of features to implement eventually. But do you have an overall vision of where the game is going to be in two or three years? Is there a shape that it’s taking? Jacobson: I tend to work two versions ahead. It used to be three but it’s two now because we’re managing to fit in a lot more each year, so there’s always an overall vision for the game. Whether that’s a year of revolution or of evolution – I think, certainly, the revolution years are going to be less and less because there’s so much in the game already that we’d rather look at evolving certain large chunks of the game each year. When you’re working on an annually iterative sports title that’s based on real life...
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...storming process, which is the second stage of Team Development. I believe this because it is defined by tensions in the group that will eventually evolve and coalitions begin to form. Storming stage is a period of high emotionality and tension among the group members. The narrative clearly suggests the tension Mike is having with his team members. Christine did not understand that during this process you inevitably will have disagreement while you are coming together in defined roles. This knowledge would have allowed for more empathy within the process. If we examine her behavior within the text, we see that her concern was only with the outcome. This actually neglects the most important parts of the process. II. Problem Identification The primary problem of the group and Christine is that they did not move through the forming stage properly before jumping into the storming stage. The secondary problem flows with the first problem which creates no direction for the team members and minimizes their ability to accomplish the task at hand. If Christine had a clear understanding of the stages of group development I strongly think she would have relied on the Foundations of Team Performance to provide her with the necessary tools to be an effective leader. In the beginning, Christine should have made sure that she spent more time getting to know the team members. She did not do enough questioning or getting to know what each team member actually wanted to achieve collectively...
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...Business Plan for a Startup Business The business plan consists of a narrative and several financial worksheets. The narrative template is the body of the business plan. It contains more than 150 questions divided into several sections. Work through the sections in any order that you want, except for the Executive Summary, which should be done last. Skip any questions that do not apply to your type of business. When you are finished writing your first draft, you’ll have a collection of small essays on the various topics of the business plan. Then you’ll want to edit them into a smooth-flowing narrative. The real value of creating a business plan is not in having the finished product in hand; rather, the value lies in the process of researching and thinking about your business in a systematic way. The act of planning helps you to think things through thoroughly, study and research if you are not sure of the facts, and look at your ideas critically. It takes time now, but avoids costly, perhaps disastrous, mistakes later. This business plan is a generic model suitable for all types of businesses. However, you should modify it to suit your particular circumstances. Before you begin, review the section add or delete areas depending upon your type of business (manufacturing, retail, service, etc.). Also, review your plan to determine if it is an effective presentation to investors or bankers. If this is why you’re creating your plan, pay particular attention to your writing style...
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...homes, 27 of which live in mobile homes. Of the 766 students, 48 of them live outside of the Sugar Grove district having been given the option of attending Sugar Grove, if parents provide transportation. This school community believes that learning is a lifetime quest for academic excellence, personal achievement, and responsibility to the community and the world. They value the unique learning style of every child and the unique path each will pursue to become successful learners and responsible citizens. The staff and parents work to build a safe and caring environment for all members of our school community to engage in meaningful learning. To create the feeling of smaller communities within a large school, six teams have been organized, three teams of five to six classrooms at the 1st – 3rd grade levels and three teams at the 4th – 6th grade levels. All teams are in close physical proximity to each other. This structure offers several advantages. It allows common planning time for teachers across grade levels as the classrooms on each team are scheduled for the same lunch, recess, and specials area times. Students, for the most part, stay within a specific team for three years (1st – 3rd and 4th – 6th). This allows students and teachers to build long lasting relationships with each other, and a familiarity that may otherwise be difficult in a large school....
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...Personal Responsibility GEN/200 Personal Responsibility “The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that even though 12.5 million Americans are searching for work, there are 3.5 million jobs that remain unfilled, largely due to a lack of skilled workers” (Umehira, 2012, p. 2). Seeking higher education is the responsibility of any student; it is the individual’s accountability to maintain their resiliency to live up to the monumental tasks of achieves academic success. College students must take full control of their educational needs to achieve personal success. “A 1998 survey identified 90 percent of the American population were concerned about the decline of the moral values across the nation” (Clarkston, 2011, p. 14). The price of this success comes with the responsibility of not compromising their personal moral and ethical responsibilities to themselves and to the institution. It is a large undertaking process to manage these learning objectives while understanding personal responsibilities to earn an educational degree. “Ethical decision belongs to the individual to make the choice to do the right or wrong” (Clarkston, 2011, p. 13). Ethical and moral responsibilities are integrated standards, which defines a person’s role to maintain ones integrity. However, if a student violates these standards and rules and regulations of unbecoming a scholar student, within the universities policies. Then the student could face expulsion or may receive sanctions, due to the circumstances...
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...360 degree Reviews Chris Cirella 2013 Strategic Human Resource Management 360 degree Reviews Chris Cirella 2013 Strategic Human Resource Management 2013 2013 360 degree Evaluations, Are they worth the time? Business leaders have a lot of options when it comes to evaluating their staff. Many choose the easiest path and more traditional way where the superior will evaluate subordinates either by metrics, behaviors or a combination of both. There are many variations of the performance evaluation and they are conducting at varying times of the year depending on industry and company. Since the late 90’s, the 360 degree review has started to gain popularity, as a matter of fact In 2002, 360 degree feedback were used by 90% of Fortune 500 Companies (Linman, 2006). Before we can accurately assess if the 360 degree review is effective we must understand what it is and how it works. What is a 360 degree review? 360 degree feedback is an evaluation method that incorporates feedback from the worker, his/her peers, superiors, subordinates and customers (Linman, 2006). This multi rater feedback tool originated in the 1950s and 1960s when organizations saw a need to improve processes and communications. The point of the evaluation is to receive feedback from many sources in an effort to get as accurate information as possible based on the working relationship to the individual (Thompson, 2012). The result should be that the employee receives enough feedback to help them...
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...degree program. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. My Contact Info. chaylett@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) coriehaylett@hotmail.com (Personal) 419-575-8322...
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