GENERAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS 10-19-2013 Jackie Jenkins Personal Achievement Many people do not understand what personal responsibility truly is. From my experience in the military it was a matter of life and death. For a Marine combat squad to be successful in combat, each individual must be trusted to be able to perform his or her duty. Luckily, earning a college degree isn’t quite life or death, however it is still very important. Being
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Leadership Vision A vision is an expression of a desired or passionate service one wants to achieve, which draws on ones innermost potential. It identifies what you are doing, why you are doing it and what you would like to do or see materialize in the future and the reason for that materialization. As leaders, in the healthcare industry, we all have visions that we would like to implement in order to improve the healthcare system we work and live in. “Nurses are central to the mission of promoting
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innovative mind is repressed. Freire criticized this model of education because he supposed it made students into lifeless objects to be act on behalf of the teacher. In log-term this will result in the students uncomplaining and adapting
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My Teaching Philosophy As I begin my journey as an educator, I reflect on my last four years of educational experiences to think about how I plan to teach and set up my classroom for my future students. I believe in making the environment an inviting one to all students, incorporating an inclusive classroom, and allowing students to leaders in their education. Creating an environment where all of students feel welcome and valued is extremely important. School is a place where students spend
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goal that you have created using the SMART criteria. How do SMART criteria contribute to your academic goals? Using the SMART criteria I found the one most important academic role for me was getting my degree in associates of arts. The main reason why this will contribute is that it includes most of what it takes to complete my academic, and professional goal. By fulfilling this main goal will help me to achieve the career I have been longing for. 2. Describe one professional/career
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Crystal Eastham Professor Soden EDUC 200-D04 11/23/2015 Philosophy Essay An important part of being an effective teacher is knowing what your philosophy is. Your philosophy helps to determine how you will teach and how it will impact your students. When preparing for this paper I had to learn what my philosophy is. The results showed an equal foundation in both perennialism and social reconstructionism. In this paper I will discuss what these are and how they will be applied in a classroom
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Did I mention that my backyard was a corn field? Well, it was and being from a small town I definitely learned a lot through my education and community involvement. I lived in Marcellus my whole life and attended school there from kindergarten through my senior year. The school was small, everyone knew everybody, and you basically stayed friends with the same people from kindergarten. All the way through school I struggled academically, mathematics and science just wasn’t my thing. I tried to get
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career. However, that journey and fight can be some of the most rewarding and memorable years of a young adult's life. Becoming a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, otherwise known as a PNP, is far from the easiest and definitely not the fastest but it is my dream career hands down. Although this will requires many years of hard work to reach this dream career, I know it will be worth it at the end. By definition, a Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse who is qualified through advanced training
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Yesterday, I interviewed my best friend to define the top 5 things she sought in a significant other. At first, she told me that she is now falling in love with a Frenchman who is 5 years older than her, and they live in the different countries at present. She is living in China, while her significant other is living in France. After listen my question, she thought for a while and then told me her 5 top things seeking in a significant other: 1) faithful; 2) clever; 3) mature; 4) education; 5) family background
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realistic for the typical undergraduate. Most college students are now not only employed but also working a substantial number of hours, a fact not widely understood or discussed by faculty members and policy makers. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2007 nearly half (45 percent) of “traditional” undergraduates—that is, students between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four attending college full time—worked while enrolled. About 80 percent of traditional-age undergraduates attending
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