Carrie Petty's Lectures

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it (James Bryce). If measured by the rule of the quote, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow has tremendous worth. Randy Pausch, a professor dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” at Carnegie Mellon in 2007. In the book, he reflects upon the lessons of his life experiences mentioned in the lecture. The lessons addressed ways to lead a fulfilled life. At first, his experiences seemed to be entertaining stories from his past, but as he progressed through each chapter, I began to realize the mentoring quality of the stories. From the lessons, I carried away invaluable advice. While it would be difficult to visit and elaborate upon every lesson, there were three that were most memorable to me: the importance of obstacles in our life, how honesty is a better character builder than false praise, and the uselessness of complaining.

In the video lecture presented by Deborah Tannen, He Said, She Said, Tannen emphasizes that men and women grow up in very different social worlds. When boys grow up, they learn that there is often going to be an inequality of force in any conversation. For girls, however, they feel that equality is very important and that it needs to be enforced through sympathy-based bonding. As adults, these different messages behind socialization can often lead to confusion, miscommunication, and, sometimes, hurt feelings. Tannen explores the difficulties of cross-gender communication and how we can overcome them by understanding where these conversational rituals come from. As a reflection on Tannen’s lecture, this paper will analyze how the different developments of boys and girls lead to the different views men and women have on the world. First of all, childhood and friendship is perceived differently by each gender.

Susan Cain’s Ted Talk The Power Of Introverts brought a new conversation to society in how introverts are treated. Five years ago (when this took place) this topic was not very well discussed, which made this piece very eye opening for some. Using Aristotle's appeals: logos and pathos, as well as a comparative argument in her ted talk, Cain persuades viewers that we as a society oppress/shame introverts, not allowing them to strive or be themselves in our now extroverted society. She advocates for a more balanced society that serves both introverts and extroverts instead of just extroverts.

Life lessons can come from anywhere. For some, they come with it on their own, for others, they require a little assistance from those they interact with. For instance, at the university, some life lessons have come to light. Through the discussion earlier in the semester, the life lessons throughout Marian Wright Edelman’s Measure of Our Success have left several life lessons as a takeaway. For instance, life lesson eleven, “Sell the shadow for the substance,” which basically means that the substance, is something that takes up space, is more important than the shadow, a superficial being that does not stay with you at all times. To sell the shadow, things in our life that do not really mean anything, for the substance, objects that help achieve a higher version of ourselves, is important and helps with understanding that if a person focuses on bettering their selves than achieving meaningless belongings, they will be able to proceed through life with the knowledge that substance outweighs the shadow of material objects; likewise, life lesson nineteen, “Try to live in

Katie Hendrickson 's “Student Resistance to Schooling: Disconnections With Education in Rural Appalachia” is a scholarly article within The High School Journal, a publication for those employed in a secondary educational facility. Being founded in 1918, it is one of the oldest peer-reviewed academic journals in education. The journal is managed by students and faculty in the School of Education at Chapel Hill and is published quarterly by the University of North Carolina Press – it 's both a current and scholarly resource. Hendrickson has quite a storied history in the teaching field as well, giving credence to her article. She has been published in another peer-reviewed academic journal, Education in a Democracy, as well as presented her finding on co-teaching at the Ohio Confederation of Teacher Education Organizations conferences. But the list of accolades doesn 't end there: she was awarded the Mabel Olson Bell Award for Outstanding Mentor Teachers from the Patton College of Education at Ohio University, in addition to awards for STEM (Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering) teaching. Hendrickson, along with two of her colleagues, accepted the Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM Education in 2013, and in 2012, she received a Global Teacher Fellowship from the Rural School and Community Trust. This gave her the opportunity to travel and create place-based lessons for classrooms drawing from her experience,

Susan Clark faced conflict in 1868 when she was refused admission to Washington School, an all white school in Muscatine, Iowa. Victory was achieved when the case was appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court who decided school segregation was unconstitutional. This landmark school desegregation case set the stage for the future of school integration in the United States.

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Nevertheless, she also a great role model for the community, she participate in several outreach activities, which give her the opportunity to further connect with others, exemplifying her generosity and care as she model God- giving spirit.

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In this role, she has been able to combine her business and leadership skills with her passion for community development, helping congregations preserve their historic houses of worship by leveraging existing and new resources.

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This allows me to run Zeta’s Philanthropy events and work towards such a common cause. Having a grandmother affected by breast cancer, I take great pride in my Philanthropy leadership, when we can say our annual 5K walk every October raises almost $13,000 towards the cause.

Jacqueline Harrison, a twenty-seven year tenured teacher for Memphis City Schools who claimed she was unfairly terminated. Ms. Harrison’s last teaching assignment was at Wooddale High under the leadership of Michael Kyle. Ms. Harrison received a satisfactory evaluation but Mr. Kyle stated that she needed to improve her classroom management. At the end of the 2010-2011 school the class that she was teaching was eliminated Language at Wooddale. Mr. Kyle decisioned not to reassign Ms. Harrison to another class at wooddale but rather reassign her to another school. Ms. Harrison filed a grievance and won. Ms. Harrison was allowed to stay at Wooddale and teach African-American literature and English 10. According to Ms. Harrison after winning

In the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness” there was a lot of life lessons incorporated in the film. One of the things that Chris Gardner told his son, Christopher "Don't ever let somebody tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. All right? You got a dream? You gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you, you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period." I think that this is really inspirational, and can be used for everyone in any situation. Chris Gardner displayed a great deal of determination, humbleness and always had a good disposition. These things stood out to me because personally, I do not think I would be able to obtain all of those qualities while going through the situations Chris

In the film Living Out Loud, there are a variety of examples that relate to the readings and lectures thus far in the class. The main character, Judith has a bright future ahead of her as she is studying at medical school but she decides to get married instead of pursuing her career. Her husband however, continued in his studies to become a medical doctor. After being married for years, the husband tells Judith that he is leaving her for another, younger doctor. Judith then tries to “find herself” and find what truly makes her happy. She meets some interesting people on the way, that also share some similar life struggles as they all help each other find their way.