Phantom Tollbooth Reflection

Within this essay I will be concentrating on explaining how an individual can implement reflection in their learning experiences. Applying skills of reflection to a particular learning experience such as induction week will be the main focus of this essay as it will convey the importance of reflecting upon the experience of working with other students.

In context to reverting the process of habituation, Alain de Botton states,” I forced myself to obey a particular kind of mental command; to look around me as though I had never been in this place before. And slowly my travels began to bear fruit. Under the command to consider everything as of potential interest, objects released latent layers of value,” (De Botton, ). Here, he states that it is necessary to adapt a mindset in which you look at your surroundings and familiar objects from a way that one had previously not seen it before. By this, an individual can develop,” latent layers of value,” (De Botton, 63). Familiar objects in a habituated surrounding can exhibit deep, hidden meanings that one may not have realized before. At times it may feel like there is nothing to be discovered because one has become so habituated to one’s surroundings. Changing one’s perspective can reveal the true value of an object that had been long forgotten about. It can also remind an individual of the memories and experiences related to the object. When adapting an “open-minded mindset,” an individual can help differentiate between the ordinary and the extraordinary

I have been reflecting over the Battle of Shiloh for about a week now, and I think that I can finally write my feelings. This battle is very important in the war so far. I am extremely proud of my soldiers for fighting this surprise attack. Man, none of us were expecting it! I was such a proud general those 2 days. My men fought as hard as they could, but unfortunately some people have to die. Since I have had a lot of time to think over this battle, I have come to the conclusion that this battle is the most important so far.

school, I found it hard to believe a professional school would actually have to recruit minority students to fill its quotas. Nevertheless, thinking back to Karl Krebs, a.k.a. Karl K. Krebs, M.D., Keystone, Class of 1974, I realized Freddy was probably right. Interested in the Minority Program from an educational perspective, I asked Freddy to continue.

Treblinka, 1941 - one of the events in history during the Holocaust that will never be forgotten by the Jews. It is one of those moments where Jews come together in the hardest of times to create, in a sense, peace amongst themselves. Not only did the Holocaust affect the Jews physically and mentally at the time, but it also greatly impacted their lives after the horror. Some victims of the Holocaust, the worst atrocity committed in humankind’s history, find it extremely difficult to open up and talk about their past because they don't want to remember any part of it. However, most survivors choose to share their stories with the younger generation in order to pass them onto future ones. Despite the torture and cruelty that the survivors

The excerpt we read from the book Evicted moved many people. It provoked powerful emotions and caused many to rethink they their feelings about the tails of told by far too many. Evicted the story of families on both side of the housing epidemic focusing on renters and landlords. I will be comparing my own views and using my experiences to gain a deeper understanding of: the people effected; the impact it has on families of both sides; the lesser and the lessee; the reason we are in this crises; and what can be done. Evicted is no doubt a piece that can stir the emotions of everyone who choices to sit down and read it.

Over the past two weeks I have acquired 5 new schools. All of which are located in District 15. The DOE’s PreK For All program begins this school year, and thankfully, I was able to have the District 15 PreK director agree to implement the Sanford Harmony Program at her four sites. P.S. 676 has also agreed to implement during the 2015-2016 school year. I am in the process of rescheduling trainings that’s were scheduled during the first two weeks of school, due to the holidays. My first public school training on the new material will he held on 9/14/15. I am looking forward to trying out our new training PowerPoint and material.

I do not recall learning about reflective practice in my undergraduate studies. Reflective practice according to Barbour (2013), “is the cyclic process of internally examining and exploring an issue of concern, triggered by an experience, which creates and clarifies meaning in terms of self, existing knowledge, and experience; resulting in a changed conceptual perceptive and practice” (p. 7). According to Barbour (2013), reflective process has many positive outcomes to help guide the nurse to become an expert nurse that can make on the spot decisions that do not interrupt patient care. I feel that reflective practice would have been beneficial to help guide me from a student nurse to a practicing nurse with critical thinking skills.

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.

In the novel The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, the characters Milo, Tock, and the Humbug get stuck on the Island of Conclusions. The only way to get there is by jumping. I found it very amusing because jumping to conclusions is an idiom. According to the Canby in the story “Every time you decide something without having a good reason you jump to conclusions whether you like it or not.” For Milo all he had said was “It couldn’t possibly be a more beautiful day. It seems that it is very easy to jump there because there are many people on the Island of Conclusions and more are arriving all the time. I am sure that I could easily end up in the Island of Conclusions several times a day.

I’m sorry I was not aware that you covered both the Phoenix and Tolleson location when I spoke to you yesterday.

Before choosing this topic I had to do lot of research on this. I took me a while to understand this topic. I had three options to choose from and all of them were current events, but college athletes getting paid or not was the one that make me feel more comfortable. After doing research on this topic for couple months, I feel great about the topic. It was more interesting when you put the topic in proposal form and describe the topic about what you want to research and how you’ll present it. Faux interview made the topic even more interesting for me because I interviewed a person and got their personal opinion. Yes, I feel committed to the topic because it’s one of the current event that’s breaking the news and it is catching lot of people’s

You wear a mask so often to the point you forget to take it off when the day ends.

Every family has its secrets, but usually those secrets are not revealed on the silver screen for the world to see. The movie, Lost Sparrow, depicts a seemingly happy family that went through the tragedy of losing two brothers that ran away and died. The oldest brother, Chris Billing, eventually finds out why the boys left and is horrified to learn that his father was sexually abusing his adoptive sister, Lana. In the movie, Chris talks about the relationship with his father and describes him as being loving, but distant. In fact, all the children described their own relationship with their father in the same way. I personally found this very interesting because, the way that his father is being viewed by his family and the community, mimics characteristics of the grooming process. The grooming process is a form of preparation an offender uses to gain access to a child, maximize opportunity for sexual contact, and minimize discovery (Craven, Brown, & Gilchrist, 2006). The offender will not only groom the child, but they will also groom family members, people in the community, and themselves (Mcalinden, 2006). Lost Sparrow, is a detailed example of the grooming process being used on the Little Falls community, the Billing family. Understanding the grooming process creates a better picture of the environment these children were living in and explains why Bobby and Tyler felt that the only way they could help their family was to run away and look for help.

Your book “The Outs” was very inspirational and view changing for me. Caled’s second personality Crimes to me represents negativity from other people and from the world. The book connected with me when Caleb had to fight with Crimes to gain control back. To me it showed how people have to fight away negativity and fight away people that try and hold you back. Caled was fighting for what he thought was right and I see that as a way to show people that they need to fight for what I think is right and no matter what never give up. Same for Kitzi, she shows me that even if you have a disability nothing can keep you from doing what you want and that no matter what happens or what you go through you can be whatever you want. Be with whoever you