Oliver Reflection

In When We Fight, We Win by Greg Jobin-Leeds it says that “comparison can block compassion both for others and for ourselves.” I agree with such statement; I think that listening is a skill you learn throughout time. One can pretend to listen without really getting anything out of the conversation that one is having with that other person. In the Compassionate Listening workshop, I got to do it with Rachel Kurland and I sit and listened to her talking about the moment her friend treason her. I tried to understand her plight, why would she not cut that friendship off, I understood she loved her friend, however, I could not resist bringing my biases to our conversation. I asked myself, why is Rachel, such a good, loving, and smart person,

After watching the Eric Thomas video, My initial impact was feeling a great deal of disappointment in myself. The reason for this disappointment, was because I felt like his words were directed towards me. There are times when you realize you fail, but you cannot bring yourself to admit that it was your fault and your fault alone. And I tend to blame my failures on the circumstances surrounding me, rather than my incapability in putting one hundred percent of my effort in what I want to accomplish.

In my opinion, Chris McCandless was more centered around the fixed mindset. The experiences he took on, were a reflection of the way he handled his growth. To elaborate, an example of this was his passion for running. “McCandless viewed running as an intensely spiritual exercise, verging on religion. He believed doing well was all mental, a simple matter of harnessing whatever energy was available.” (pg. 112). His teammates noticed his intensity for the sport and when McCandless felt that he was not doing well enough, he would beat himself up for it. From this, it is evident that he believed that being successful was more important than the effort to achieve that or process of getting there. This goes onto my next point, that

This quotation is recorded from just one of the many letters sent in after Christopher McCandless’s story was published in the magazine entitled Outside. Many people believed that in order to do something as insane as he did that he must be “mentally disturbed”. While people native to Alaska saw him as just another person unprepared for the elements he was about to face. Despite the negative aura that surrounded the story of Chris some people still wondered how all this affected his parents. Any number of people believe that it takes a truly evil person to up and leave like Chris did. In some ways these people have an argument, to see your parents for the last time and not let them know it is the last time is pretty rude and selfish, but there

As a role model to many children, he receives many letters from children who are deaf, have disabilities or from their parents, and he tries to take the time to answer each one personally. He also makes many appearances at events for children with and without disabilities (Who Is Curtis Pride?, n.d.). This says a great deal about his character and how he feels about helping inspire others in the community. By focusing on children, he is changing youth’s outlook on themselves and showing them that they are different, not less, and that they can achieve anything they put their mind to, and be anything they want to be. Just because they cannot hear does not mean that they can’t reach their goals or live their

Reflection is a major factor in "developing self-awareness" to improve services provided to everyone around me, this is to develop my own understanding in realising the good and bad made previously. Moving forward with a better understanding, as well as rectifying the mistake whilst recognizing the good points, (Horton-Deutsch and Sherwood, 2008).

Since I have been reading the life of Marc Lewis I find myself always becoming more and more excited about what is going to happen next. So far it has been filled with ups and down and me trying to predict what will happen next on his journey. While reading chapter 6 I was so elated that Marc had gotten accepted to college, it seems as though he actually has a plan for himself and is determined to exceed every goal. But normally good things don't always last for a time and for some reason I could sense that something was about to happen.

Multitudes of individuals’ are convinced of the idea that the world is a minor step away from achieving equality for all. Unfortunately, individuals often overlook various occurrences of inequitable treatment in their own lives; due to their modernized outlook on fairness, as well as what the term “being fair” truly stands for in society. Throughout the social justice unit, several short stories as well as seminars in particular have created a substantial impact on my perspective towards the contentious topic. These distinct works corroborate the adverse reality of the fact that oppressing others due to eminence as well as stereotypical views often generates prejudicial treatment towards the subjected individuals. The theme established is clearly illustrated throughout three specific pieces discussed in class, which includes the war/dictatorship seminar, the women’s equality seminar, as well as the short story “Harrison Bergeron”.

Also, he writes a lot of questions to make the reader think effectively and question themselves what certain things mean. Every sentence Oliver writes has a deeper meaning behind it. The sentences are very choppy and short. He uses four to five words in short sentence and in bigger sentences he used three to four comma in one sentence, giving the feeling of one shorter sentence. Furthermore, Oliver starts the passage with a statement saying “when I look

Watching the movie Forrest Gump from the standpoint of learning about intellectual development disability provided a new perspective on a classic film. The character Forrest Gump was a young boy who was being raised by his single mother. He was a likeable boy, despite being picked on by his peers because he was “different”. Even though he appeared to be a bit slow, or simple, he was polite and kind to others. While other children bullied him and were mean, he was befriended by a little girl named Jenny. Jenny became his lifelong

This series uses pathos to highlight the emotional pull that it takes to raise a child with a disability, especially one that the child

From the story, I learned that it doesn’t matter what terrible things happen in life you can always learn something from it. Oliver could barely do anything, but his influence on other people was tremendous. His influence helped his brother find a loving and caring wife for him. Oliver

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.

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19)

Day-to-day, as Vice President of Blackside Tactical I have worked with my team to direct inventory purchases, develop law enforcement contracts, and the takeover/integration of two small companies with our main business. Furthermore, I worked on special projects for Community Champions which is a vacant registry company. Arriving at Blackside I found a failing business, my first step was to implement the right team, create structure, and secure contracts, both public and private to propel us forward. Therefore, I focused on the government contracts, we developed LEOchamp and secured the first public/private armory contract with local law enforcement in the nation. In developing LEOchamp I meet with government stakeholders and set priorities