guidelines in Appendix A. Use Appendix A to help you create a Professional Development Plan—a component that may be added to your professional portfolio. Write a 2,100- to 2,500-word paper composed in Microsoft© Word, include answers to the following questions: What are your goals in the next 5 years? In the next 10 or more years? What steps are necessary to get you to your goals? What obstacles might you foresee and how will you overcome them? What is one principle from the INTASC Principles
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controlled by free will because our decisions shape how our lives turn out so we need to make good decisions for a good future. This is shown in, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the films, The Adjustment Bureau, and To Save A Life. Firstly, the environment that someone lives in shapes who the person becomes. Secondly, a relationship in a person’s life helps/hinders how a person achieves a goal. Lastly, the way a person overcomes an obstacle shapes a person’s life. In conclusion everyday people
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Intelligence is where you have smarts and are able to overcome obstacles and strength where you are physically possible to overcome obstacles with using your body. So Tolkien needed smartrs in his book to make it complete. They needed smarts to find routes, get away from danger, and good ideas so they can survive. Bilbo Baggins needed good navigation to make it to how far they have already gotten to in their journey. They would not have made it far if they didn’t have good navigating skills.The
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I found the important way to overcome an obstacle is by being resilient (Harrington, 2012). The way to do this is by using the five key elements (Harrington, 2012). The elements are, “emotional, spiritual, social, family, and physical” (Harrington, 2012, p. 28). Overcoming an Obstacle, Based on the article “Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way” (Harrington, 2012). The way I would overcome an obstacle would be to understand resilience. By recognizing its importance through psychological studies of
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Every day there are new obstacles that get in the way of life; whether they’re political, economic, educational, familial, or societal. In the book, Hidden Figures, a nonfictional narrative written by Margot Lee Shetterly, Shetterly describes the lives of four women and other African-Americans, and the obstacles they had to overcome growing up as African-Americans in Hampton Virginia during the early to late 1900’s. While those women had many amazing personality traits and characteristics that helped
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You can overcome anything with the support from those around you. “If you let people into your life they can be pretty...amazing”-Sherman Alexie. In the Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Junior faces many obstacles. Many things help him overcome his challenges, including his love for drawing, his family, and friends. Undoubtedly, Junior’s love for drawing cartoons helps him overcome many of the challenges he must face. For example, after his grandmother dies one of the ways he greves
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abilities, and identify resources to strengthen your skills. Refer to the videos, readings, and other weekly assignments to help you compose your answers. |Question |Your reflection | |How would you define academic |My definition of academic readiness means that you are mentally prepared to attend a course in a | |readiness? |class environment or atmosphere
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Air Force Retirement English Composition I 26 May 2015 Air Force Retirement Do you ever feel like retirement is impossible? There are times in the United States Air Force I feel like retirement isn’t going to be an option for me. There are many levels to retiring in the United States Air Force and the hills I have to climb to retirement seem difficult at times. I am a personalist in the United States Air Force that advises members of the Air Force on career development, job specialties,
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and stressful. In fact, that is what causes companies to have a high turnover rate. In most situations that occur, it is simply mind over matter. Having a positive mind set, will help you overcome most obstacles that may come your way. Melissa, I agree that having the right mindset is key. Everyone faces obstacles that challenge them at some point. Unfortunately, things
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Refer to the videos, readings, and other weekly assignments to help you compose your answers. |Question |Your reflection | |How would you define academic |Academic readiness is something you as a student already have instilled in you at a young age. It| |readiness? |is the skills you have to be able to do the classwork and homework on time without falling
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