Color Guard Reflection

Through encouraging learners or athletes to act out a strategic activity or skill, the learner learns the drill in an informal manner. This also helps aid memory retention and muscle memory retention, especially for improving motor skills or conditioned behaviour.

I have never been the kind of person to back down from a challenge. Challenge is defined as something that by its nature or character serves as a call to battle. A military service academy is the ultimate call to battle for any young man or woman. I have never been one to back down from a challenge. I have always been a very competitive individual and would always accept any challenge thrown in my direction. Many of the challenges I have faced have been in and around the pool. I began competitively swimming when I was seven years old. As I have grown up in the swimming world, I have been faced with many challenges that push me past my comfort zone, testing my physical and mental limits. Training 4-6 hours a day, attending school, volunteering in my community, and balancing these tasks responsibly is a challenge in it of itself. I believe these obstacles have prepared me for the challenges imposed at a service academy.

of the day. Whether the challenges are mental or purely physical. We have found more

Sophomore Iman Hearing swings her flags gracefully over her shoulder and takes her place in line. As one of six, she marches down to the football field in front of the band, chin lifted and smiling big.

Students usually have a hobby or activity that defines them in a certain way. For me, it’s something not so common and you don’t see it everyday. Under the Friday night lights, you will see the colorguard on the green stadium field throwing flags, rifles, and sabres in the air. They dance in a sophisticated way to the beat of the music and catch their equipment with exquisite technique. On that field you will find me, alongside my team members, performing to my maximum and creating alluring art. Although our routines are mesmerizing, being in colorguard also comes with hard work, dedication and difficult tasks to overcome.

I have shadowed two physicians during my pre-medical years. These experiences have significantly shaped the type of physician I want to be in the future. Not in the sense of a medical specialty, but rather in the sense of demonstrating a clear compassion and understanding for my patients.

While attending The State of the Black Union I saw how the concepts that we learned in class are still prevalent in our daily lives. A comment that was made during the State of the union address at resonated with me was that College bound is a privilege. Living in the inner cities of Richmond I see this lived out on the daily. Virginia Tech’s efforts to try and reach the unreached population has been shy of their goals. Even with programs like Fall Visitation, Yates program, Gateway program, Access, there are still catered to a particular group of people. Virginia Tech looks at African Americans as a universal title instead of an individualize one. The aforementioned organizations attract those African Americans who are more

Last night, I was sitting cross legged on my bed holding Chinese take out in my hand while watching the new episode of Orange Is The New Black, which premiered on Friday at 12 am, long past my bedtime. I was behind everyone else in the game, only on the second episode on the third day of its release. The second episode dealt with a lot of issues, aside from Piper being convinced she’s Litchfield’s new “gangsta”, that I related to on a personal level. I’ll try not to reveal too much, if you’re like me and still on the second episode, but the audience finally got an inside look on Maria, one of the girls from “Spanish Harlem’s”, back story. The audience learned that she struggled with her identity as the daughter of a Dominican drug dealer. I, for one, am nowhere near

Passing Drills Learning how to properly pass is one of the best ways to get a ball down the

Every day, every one, in the world goes through a challenge, big or small. They affect and impact us significantly. They change the way we think, love, act, and approach or do things. Challenges either frighten or motivate us, but they are what make us the person we are today.

This semester I learned a lot about writing in English 151. It has been a roller coaster ride with these essays for me this semester. I learned step by step how to write a good essay and how to have your readers be engaged in what you’re trying to tell them. Each essay I did has taught me something valuable I can take to the next level of English. I feel as if as the semester went by I did not take my writing that seriously and that reflected in my grades I received in each essay. It made me a better student and writer and it will reflect next semester. In this essay, I will reflect on what I learned throughout this semester that you should apply in your writing when you begin English 151.

I choose to do my discussion on “The Yellow Paper” because of the meaning and core values behind it. Being a feminist it was a story that I could relate to and it drew me in immediately. In the past woman’s opinions and ideas were highly disregarded. The ideally were married, stayed in the home to clean, cook, and taking care of their children. I feel like this piece strongly represented this era and that woman were highly aware of constraints put on them based off of their gender. I loved the idea that it was all about individual growth and that just because you have a partner does not mean you should stop that growth. The messages she portrayed in this short story are profound to not only her era but ours as well.

The first was very busy but yet informative. The material they are covering now is more in-depth we actually dove into: National Security Strategy (NSS), Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), Capstone Concept for Joint Operations, National Military Strategy (NMS), Unified Command Plan (UCP), Guidance for Force Employment (GEF), Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP), JPP, JP 3-0, & JP 5-0 to name a few. Our average day consist of eight hours day, with schedule reading assignments. We conducted a exercise called "purple guardian" one of three course we have to conduct. Needless to say this exercise was a seven hour simulation-model assisted student role-playing exercise. This lesson sets the stage for future lessons included in the Foundations

of the day. Whether the challenges are mental or purely physical, we have found more

What you know and believe in can change at any moment. We see a first hand account of this in the book Night. Everyday we see the jews face the horrors of the Buna work camp, as a result of this we see most people change their ethics. As fight or flight instincts kick in, people abandon their family and friends to survive. Elie fights an internal battle to keep his father alive and strong during these tragedies. As others around him give in to the cruel punishment, Elie himself wants to drift towards the darkness. When people are faced with such cruel punishment everyone changes to some extent. For some the change is instant but for most the process of breaking their will is extensive.