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OT 381 Personal Inventory In general, what do you consider some of your personal strengths? Of what interpersonal skills/abilities are you proud? A personal strength of mine is collaborating well with others. Also, when engaging with another individual, I am able to have patience as well as be an attentive listener. These qualities are important in the field of OT because teamwork is the best approach. Finding the answers to

possible in this course there were several of the traditional values that are published by Alvernia University that helped me transform as a person and accepted the fact that failure is not an option, but it does help people realize their strengths and weakness and how to use that in a positive way to improve in becoming a more excellent student. One of the first traditional values of Alvernia University I believe I’ve always committed to is expecting more of ourselves. As mentioned previously

Alvernia University bases its beliefs in five Franciscan Core Values, one of which being peace-making, and it strives for its students to comply to these values. Alvernia offers service opportunities around the community, places on campus for individuals to be comfortable, and even clubs that promote fun activities for the students to get involved in. With all of this, Alvernia’s students are seen as good humanitarians in the Reading Area but all of this is contradicted at every sporting event

I believe attending school at the University of Phoenix I will have more job opportunities, increased earning power, and learning opportunities, broaden my perspective, career preparation and most importantly achieving a lifelong dream of obtaining a college degree. I am a thirty three year old man and new student at The University of Phoenix; this is where all my goals start. The first goal is to attend a college that will allow

Since then thousands of universities have opened and offer many different fields to pursue. From law schools to technical institutes to community colleges, there are a variety of higher education options. Since the mass development of universities, it has become more traditional for people of all social statuses to attend college. Also, since 1636 the number of people going to college

Hayley Drummond Professor Dill Tuesday, Thursday 8:00-9:15 Essay # 1 Summary September 10, 2011 Caroline Bird’s essay “College is a Waste of Time and Money” explains her beliefs on why, for some people, going to college is an ineffective and inefficient use of their time. She states that many students do not belong in college because they are there for the wrong reasons and they are not happy learning. She also gives evidence to suggest that going to college and getting a degree does not actually

“Faculty Empowerment & the Changing University Environment” In our case “Faculty Empowerment & the Changing University Environment” we came across two separate subjects both of which our group can relate to and both of which correlate to each other. In the beginning we reviewed the topic of nowadays Universities and what has changed recently and how such change might have affected administrational structure on empowering faculty. We used the data provided to us in the case study to determine the

those who go to state universities, the probability of graduating with a bachelor's degree in four years is highly unlikely. For those students who have to fight to get into the classes they need to graduate, general education is a villain. The victim of this system can't see the importance of taking a variety of courses. Zinsser recognizes this problem in his essay "College Pressures," which talks about the stresses that college students face. He quotes a dean of Yale University talking about his

Identify the main reasons why university students plagiarise in English speaking countries. Present an argument and support with evidence from academic sources Part 1 Plagiarism is the act of using another’s work without appropriate acknowledgement, is often grouped with other cheating behaviour such as taking notes into an exam, fabricating a bibliography, lying about personal circumstances to get special consideration and other similar actions. There is a significant and growing body of literature

Malcolm X once said, “without education, you are not going anywhere in this world” ("Malcolm X - Quotations"). He meant that African Americans need to graduate from high school and college to become successful. When students graduate from high school, they have a decision to make. The decision will determine the rest of their life. The decision is whether they will attend college or not. Some may say that is not a huge difference, but people with a degree can find a job easier. African Americans