Referring to my first essay, I am creating a relationship and understanding of myself in order to answer the ever-present question of “How do I live my life?” Unlike most colleges, Deep Springs provides a unique opportunity to understand myself through their five fundamental elements: academics, labor, self-governance, drug abstinence, and alcohol abstinence. The rigorous academics at Deep Springs will expand and sharpen my knowledge to provide me with a clear interest in life. Through the intensive labor of the Deep Springs Ranch, I will be challenge physically and mentally to overcome obstacles and challenges that I doubt I could. This grit that I will be provided from labor will inspire me throughout my life to never resign from any task.
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College is an opportunity to truly discover who you are. Often enough, you hear people saying “You should really major in this field, I think you would really enjoy this career.” or, “Do you think you really want to study that? Have you thought about what you will be doing ten years from now?” filling your mind with self doubt, uncertainty, and the anxiousness of not knowing what you want to do with the rest of your life. Mark Edmundson wrote an article titled, Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?, published in Oxford American addressing college students and their families how the most important thing college students should focus on is personal growth. When students take their courses seriously their engagement can help finding out who they really are and which future career will lead not necessarily to great financial success, but to a career and life that is very satisfying. Edmundson wants to inspire his audience and have them take what he is saying seriously. Edmundson uses satirical informal language and hypothetical situations to effectively persuade college students to focus on their personal growth in order to create a life and career that is deeply fulfilling.
The thought of college is often overwhelming and fills a person’s head full of anxiety and stress. If you look back on what you have accomplished up to this point in your life this large step in life suddenly seems much smaller. I have been going to the same small private school all my life so many people could argue that I have been sheltered for most of my life or see the world through “tunnel vision.” Now all of this is entirely true, but throughout my high school years I have gradually become more of the person who I am today. For example, my junior year English teacher assigned my class the daunting task of a junior thesis. At first I thought this assignment was simply busy work and had no meaning to it, but as I began to pick a topic and research it I began to discover a possible
As my high school career ends, I notice increasingly how much life that I have yet to live and the opportunities available to me in the years ahead. The past four years have been great preparation for my future endeavors, but college is the path leading to my full potential. In order to reach the end of this path, I utilize my most valuable trait—determination—to set short and long-term goals and achieve them. It is with this “can do” spirit—like the one my grandpa, a former Navy Seabee, evinces through his stories—that I have set my personal goals: to volunteer my time in service to others, further develop leadership skills through experiential learning, and excel at my school work no matter how challenging it may seem. Though these may
Weston Ranch, a community home to 25,000 people making up a very small population of Stockton. Here is where home has been for me the past 9 years and I do believe it is time for a change. Throughout my nine years of living in Weston Ranch I have come to learn many great and not so great things about living here.
Last summer, I hiked the Appalachian Trail with my wonderful partner Travis—who graduated from WCU with a Bachelor’s in Psychology. This was our first big hike together on the AT; spanning over 400 miles in just about 30 days. It was an incredible experience that grounded me and influenced a new-found discipline that only genuinely wholehearted, physically-taxing effort can provide. I was enlightened to my own personal values, goals, and abilities in such a way that I could analyze them as a network, as opposed to individual aspects of my life. I uncovered my path to continue wholly dedicating myself to my studies and my ambitions; I found what was truly important to me and what I truly wanted. Within this experience, I resolved to have “West Chester University” on my
This presentation is on the article titled, “Recovery Ranch”, by Tim Smith. This recovery facility caters to those with a number of ailments, including PTSD. This facility located in Nunnelly, TN offers a continuum of addiction treatment services. This outdoor facility allows the clients to participate in an array of recreational and leisure activities. Some treatments of PTSD are cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive processing therapy. The ranch can be quite costly. Recovery ranch uses the social behaviors of the clients in order for their healing process to begin. This topic was chosen because the clients are able to partake in many nature activities and the participants are able to cope better with people that they can relate to. It
Introduction: It seemed so far away, and all of a sudden I had to make the decision. A decision that would change the rest of my life. From the time I was little I knew I wanted to go to college, and here I am. I have always had the desire to continue my education and gain many experiences after I graduated from high school. I didn’t ever thing twice about continuing my education
This piece allowed me to use personal stories, and discover quotes by notable individuals. Quotes are articles that make me extremely content. The fact that I was sanctioned to start the essay with a quote about love, and mention two individuals who are important to me made it easier to process sentences onto my paper. Also, this essay had a basic three paragraph format, so that familiarity created a smooth working process. When my environment and tasks are personal and relatable, my stress is relieved and I am forced to smile, making the Prairie Meadows Scholarship Essay paper the easiest to
The observations of the subjects in the following paper were conducted on Saturday, October 17th 2015 at Denver Downs Farm in Anderson, South Carolina. Denver Downs was hosting a fall event that included hayrides, sports, games, a corn maze, and many other activities. This event drew in many people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities. There was also a Clemson University football game the following day, drawing in many more people to the area that weekend. The observations took place from three to six at night when it was approximately sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit outside. This allowed ample time to make significant observations and a comfortable temperature where subjects would remain for long periods of time. This time frame was
This is a reflective essay concerning my READ 3423.01 with Dr. Reid in the fall of 2016. As I wrap up my first semester at Texas Women’s University I am awed and thankful. I am the first person in my family to attend University. Some find this surprising because I do come from a family that has done well professionally, but that was due to grit and personalities. The fact is, I was never even spoken to about attending college while I was growing up. I believe this is because no one before me had this experience to share or encourage. The truth is I tried my hardest to not be at school from middle school on, I just wasn’t engaged in the process. Of course, there were a few teachers I connected with, like the business and history teachers, but I hated the rules and structure of the environment. I amazedly graduated with my high school class, as my friends went away to Universities I took some classes at the community college. What I found was that when I got to pick my classes I flourished. Even the classes that others said were too hard to take during summer quarter, I excelled in those as well. As life unfolded I got married, moved out of state and had two daughters. When it was time for my daughters to attend school I was pretty apprehensive about the idea of it. I opened a preschool in a mother-in-law apartment we had on our property and decided they could learn there in a small community. That preschool led to homeschooling, and large educational co-ops. I lived in a
Tribes of the Warm Springs, the Wascoes, and the Paiutes. These tribes arrived in 1855 the superintendent of the Oregon territory, Joel Palmer, negotiated a series of treaties, including the establishment of the Warm Springs Reservation.
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Canyon Ranch’s strategy should include the full integration of the CLS and Guestware systems to give the managers on duty access to consolidated information so they can take any required actions immediately. POS software should be installed in the restaurants and salons. They should also consider online options for customer bookings and completion of health questionnaires. Customers should be able to book an entire stay online, chat with a customer representative online, as well as complete then submit their health questionnaires online if they opt to.
Now that I am reaching the end of my undergraduate career I feel like it’s fit to reflect on how far i’ve come and some high and low points during this time of my life. Some people may say that these four years of college are the most wonderful times of their life, and for the most part that is correct. But there is this whole other part of college life that is super stressful and even scary. During this paper I will address my personal development and how certain experiences played a role in those developments. Even though I feel like i’ve grown a lot and have developed and learned new things, I have run into some issues. Those issues being family/culture, social and emotional growth, intellectual growth, values and beliefs, citizen and community member.