physically, but also mentally as a person in the last couple of years. Less than one month after this photograph was taken, I arrived at the [school' s name] in [school' s location] without any idea of what to expect. I entered my second year of high school as an innocent thirteen year-old who was about a thousand miles from home and was a new member of not the sophomore, but “lower-middle” class. Around me in this picture are the things which were most important in my life at the time: studying different
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Personal Growth Plan Planning your personal growth goals, not a new concept but an important one to map out. Personal growth enables us to develop, to reach our full potential. Growing as a person is never easy, because it requires change. We as humans naturally get into a comfort zone and the only way to grow is to leave that comfort zone. The six growth goals of mines in no particular order would be: 1. Better public speaker, 2. getting healthier, 3. more outgoing, 4. better body language,
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Maslow’s concept of peak experiences in daily life. Description In this reflective journal I am going to describe and evaluate concept of “peak experiences” which was developed by Maslow. According to Maslow (1971), peak experience is an unexpected feeling of extreme joy, prosperity, loss of fear and euphoria. Peak experience is an essential part of our life that leads us to a meaningful and satisfying life. Such events can happen anywhere and any time even during listening to music, cooking
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its core values. I say this because, there seems to be more and more rape, murder, and crimes against another person than ever before and they continue to increase at a cyclic rate. It is unclear on why this is occurring, but I know for me I have set core values that I believe in, which have made me who I am today and I will strive to instill those same values into my children and my children’s children over time. What are values? How do we acquire and change values overtime? What values do
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Place Quiz on front desk of classroom before class start time. Attach graded quiz (grade out) at rear of journal. Make sure your answers demonstrate familiarity with the readings. 1. Explain the concept of arête. Use specific examples from your own life to illustrate your definition. Arete to be defined is a Greek term which in general terms translates to the word virtue. Arete when relating to people means that one should be the best they can be or to reach your highest human potential for example
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“Live life for the moment because everything else is uncertain” ~Louis Tomlinson Everybody has a different view about the world. Everyone has a different opinion on how people should act and what traits make a person good. Some may consider loyalty, honesty and tolerance to be very important. I agree that these traits are important, but I believe that the most essential trait is to be optimistic. I also think having a sense of humor and a smile is very important. Voltaire once said “Life is a shipwreck
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attitudes and values Every person has a set of beliefs, values and attitude that are individual to them. A belief can be religious, it can be an assumption that something is true without any proof or verification, beliefs can also be a firmly held conviction, this can stem from something that they have been told from a young age, something that they have read or heard for instance I believe that people should not tell lies and if they do then I would lose trust in that person. Values underpin how
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during middle adulthood. During middle adulthood a person will go through a period of growth and maturity that will allow that person to become either generative or stagnant. When a person becomes generative “they will show concern for others and think about the future.” (Useful Study Charts-Learn Visually, Erickson) This person becomes mature enough to know that the caring about themselves and the people around is important. A generative person cares about the well being of not only themselves
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Jackson 7th Period Family Studies “Precious’s Life” People always see me as a very energetic, funny, intelligent young lady. When others see me they, they say I brighten up their days. I’m always cracking jokes. Those that know me well say that I’m just a happy person. I guess that’s why my mother named me “Precious”. People seem to
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choose which values fell in the top five in my mind. After battling back and forth, I decided to choose family security as my number one terminal value. Family has played a big role in my life. Because of my childhood experiences I have a very close bond with my maternal grandparents. They were almost like a second set of parents to me growing up, picking me up from school every day until I was able to drive and then spending the afternoon at their house until my parents got off work. These experiences
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