Have you ever experienced a time in your life where you wanted to copy the exact life as a television show character? Almost a few months ago, I went through one of the most life-changing experiences in my life -- all by watching Stranger Things 2. Yes, for some, this may sound odd and silly, but this show has immensely impacted my mindset (on not only today’s generation, but life itself). As a result of of Stranger Things 2, all I wanted to do was attempt to incorporate the 1980’s style into my life -- which was a time where perming your hair was popular, colorful clothing and meaningful music actually existed, and children were actually seen playing outside (which is extremely rare today). To achieve this goal, I attempted to change my clothing …show more content…
Of course, after watching the first season of Stranger Things, I was immediately hooked and soon became obsessed with the show. Those who watch Stranger Things know that the show takes place in and incorporates many aspects of the 1980’s, including music genres, clothing style, hair style, meals, toys, games, etc. While I watched Stranger Things 2, I thought to myself about how the 1980’s was such a better decade to live in because everyone seemed “carefree.” Nobody worried about who looked good on social media, nobody had to worry who had a better phone, nobody ever worried about anything. Roads would be cluttered with groups of kids riding their bikes around town and those who sat inside all day were considered odd. It just seemed so nice to see people engaging in face-to-face conversation, laughing, playing with friends -- all without today’s technology. The lifestyle, the music genre (1980’s music, personally, is so much better than our horrible, meaningless music today), the clothing styles, all seemed much more preferable. I was genuinely unhappy to see how much of a better life people in the 1980’s had. So, after finishing Stranger Things 2 (unfortunately, all in one night) I committed myself to doing everything that a kid my age in the 80’s would
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,
The fashion of the 1980s was influenced by the expansion of technology allowing celebrities' fashion to be shown across the world faster (1980s News, Events, popular Culture, and Prices). According to the article, "1980s News, events, Popular Culture, and Prices," media such as television shows and music videos enabled people to view what celebrities were wearing at a much quicker pace rather than waiting for a magazine to come out. This caused individuals to easily go out to the mall and acquire the newest trends (1980s News, Events, Popular Culture, and Prices). In the article titled, "1980s News, Events, Popular Culture, and Prices," some of these trends included big teased hair or spiral perms for women, mullets for men, oversized tops, ripped denim, and tight exercise clothing; such as leg warmers and spandex. According to "The 1980s: American Pop Culture History", flamboyant make-up, neon accessories; such as sunglasses, bangles and hoop earrings were an essential part of the 1980s fashion as well. According to the article titled, "1980s News,
In the 90’s life consisted of watching tv shows like Saved By the Bell, Full House, Seinfeld, and Boy Meets World. All of which still play on tv today. Everyone was listening to Backstreet Boys, Alice in Chains, and who wouldn’t listen to Nirvana. The shoe style was weird and the clothes were different. Then in the late, late 90’s (so like ‘99) I was born. But there was something very different about how I was born as well as how I got my name.
The transition from the multicultural era of the eighties to the postnetwork era of the nineties triggered abrupt changes in American media and culture. [6] From fashions to family life, relationships, and attitudes, many new cultural elements subsequently changed television portrayals of ordinary American culture within this time period. More specifically, the culture of the eighties is often characterized by the rise of MTV and megastars, techno music and club drugs, and popular fashions such as leather, leggings, and Ray Bans. Eighties culture can be described as the ‘bombdigity’ and nineties culture can be described as more toned down, moral, and ‘sweet’.
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13b in my eyes is a stupendous book that expresses many emotions that eventually rubbed off onto me. Just to give a visual, this novel is about a group of OCD young adults that try to “get fixed”, as they say. In the meantime Chuck, the therapist for the bunch decides to make each one of the members to mentally become a superhero. Immediately as this project starts Robyn a new student chooses to be Robin as her superhero, and Adam another student who already knows they are soul mates decides to be Robyn’s Batman.
Chris McCandless, the subject of Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild, was not insensible or ill-equipped, but rather he was going out into the wild to locate the genuine importance of life and to perceive what it resembled to live out in the wild all alone. Chris was an incredible good example for children the whole way across the nation; since he was attempting to experience his fantasy and do what he believed was appropriate in the wild and would not tune in to what anybody instructed him to do. Chris McCandless was an adoring and minding individual who esteemed for all creation and needed to make tracks in an opposite direction from the general public and live allowed to locate the significance of life.
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).
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.
Explosions of color and crazy melodies flew through my eyes as i saw the shining dance floor get crammed with all these people wearing trendy and wild fashions. I knew i was nowhere near my modern time. I felt as if i took a trip to explore the modish times of a rock and roll, hippy trippy phase we call the 70’s. This flashback became a dream i would love to make a reality. A reality where you experience love, peace, and trippy sensations that never want to make you go back to where you came from. The 70’s were real, and if i could go back in time to a decade where America created great history, the 70’s would definitely be the perfect era.
The Outsiders novel written by S.E. Hinton continues to be A literary influence on the lives of many teens. This novel has been translated into 30 languages, and people find personal connection with either the plot or the characters themselves. I connected to this novel differently than most this book takes place on the lower end of the hierarchy and I sort of grew up in this type area I didn't live in such a bad neighborhood but I live very close to one and my dad works in the bad areas of church Hill and I went along with him there was a lot of dangerous stuff in a lot of places and things a kid my age shouldn’t of seen. “You get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. It happened to me. . .” This quote was said by Dally to Johnny on their way back to the church. This quote was important because it was the first and only time that he got emotional, he was trying to convince Johnny not to go to jail.
For the last six weeks in both mental and acute setting, I have reflected on events that I had met in each week. Now, I am going to identify essential personal learning outcomes from those events and will include personal awareness of strengths and weaknesses. Among the different models of reflection, I will use the Gibbs model of reflection which entails six stages such as description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, action plan.
As we begin to wrap up this semester, I reflect on all the learning and achievements I have obtained thus far in the program. Throughout this semester, my communication and relational capacity has grown, driving me to break out of my comfort shell. At the beginning of this year I had wrote a letter to myself, outlining three goals that I wanted to achieve. The three goals were: work with a palliative client, become more assertive, and to integrate family care into my practice. I began the semester off in acute care, on the medical floor. During the second part of the semester, I was assigned to be in the first group of students to start the Trail Outreach Nursing. My new placement has created a new goal of increasing my communication
In America, around twenty out of one hundred teenagers struggle with depression, and almost thirty percent will go untreated. J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye shines light on a young adolescent named Holden, calling awareness to his inner turmoil. Holden Caulfield might appear as the typical pessimistic teenager, however, he has a bad past that thrusts him into adulthood he never wanted. After the death of his little brother Allie, Holden fell into a dark hole and only keeps falling down further. Without any true role models, Holden is unequipped to handle his grief and refused to accept the past, depending on others for emotional support they are unable to give. Throughout the book, Holden's grapples with Allie’s death and searches for an eventual escape from his depression, causing him to grow as an individual. JD Salinger uses the symbol of rain to represent Holden's past, revealing that his journey through depression is rooted in his inability to move forward after Allie's death.
The Giver is a morally driven and thought-provoking story about a young boy called Jonas who lives in a society free of crime, sadness, pain, death, music, color and love. The story follows Jonas as he receives the memories of the past, good and bad, from the current Receiver, who is called the Giver. The Giver transfers memories by placing his hands on Jonas 's forearms. The first memory he receives is of a thrilling sled ride, which he will remake in the end of the movie. Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community 's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, which he knew about from memories (Ways of Knowledge), Jonas realizes that he must release all the memories to the community to allow them to feel