Liturgical year

On a Monday afternoon in October of 1996, my sex, the biological distinction between male and female, was determined to be female. Thus, I was involuntarily ascribed the status of daughter and younger sister. From this moment on, my parents used my gender and race to act accordingly in making the decisions of how I should be raised, how I should be dressed, and most importantly, the type of education I was to receive from social institutions, starting with family and academic institutions. Within

Jimmy constantly questioned his surroundings; “is it real…?” (Atwood 269) became a reoccurring theme. Over a game of virtual chess one day Jimmy asked, “why don’t we use a real set, the old kind with plastic men?” To which crake later responded, “the real set is in your head.” (Atwood, 93) These seemingly unimportant debates among friends, proved to be a small part of the problems apparent in our modern society. Atwood has drawn to attention the idea that the world in which we live is no longer real

the Jewish tradition, the New Year is received with a time of introspection and reflection to take stock of the previous year before moving into the new one. This is done during the first ten days, starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur. These are commonly known as the Days of Awe or the Days of Repentance. All religious undertone aside, I like the idea of reviewing and revisiting life to let go of what no longer serves us-no matter what time of the year. It 's too easy to get used

Research Strategy A. Significance and Background Obesity is a major public health concern in the United States and worldwide. Recent data suggest that more than 70% of the U.S. adults 20 years or older are overweight or obese (CDC 2016, CDC 2015). Obesity is associated with numerous serious health sequelae, including cardio- and neuro- vascular diseases, diabetes, and several types of cancer and incurs substantial medical costs (CDC 2015). Given the seriousness of the public health concern, there

recently changed its mission statement to “Inspire Every Child to Follow Their Path to Leadership and Learning! This mission encompasses the new Personalized Learning opportunity MES has been selected to be a part of beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. As a Personalized Learning school, students and staff will begin to explore with individualized instruction that meets students at their current levels! This shift in instruction will ensure the teachers and staff at MES are focused on the "whole

eighteen-year-old male enrolled in the Jefferson County School District. Max is currently a senior at Center Point High School. Max resides with his parents, Leoba and Jose in Center Point, Alabama. Center Point’s location is in the Eastern part of Jefferson County, Alabama. Max’s father has full-time employment. His mother, Leoba is presently not employed and is a stay at home mother. His immediate family includes two brothers, a sister, and a nephew. His sister, Vanessa, is 24 years old and

Stress, grief, and death are common aspects that paramedics experience and can present in many different ways. This assignment will be identifying the presentation of stress, and strategies to manage stress and to also maintain the personal wellbeing of paramedics, plus common stressors. According to Lambert and Lambert (2008), stress can be arranged into a physical, enthusiastic, and a type of human behaviour. This assignment will also be touching base on Kübler-Ross and Dual’s Model, plus general

Ana has trouble making, keeping, and connecting with friends. When given an opportunity to interact with peers including lunch, recess, and free time in class, Ana will initiate and maintain appropriate conversations or activities with peers 80% of the time in 3 out of 4 opportunities as measured by teacher observations, teacher charting, and student self-rating checklist by December 9, 2016 (Lake County School District, n.d.). Ana had stable attendance from K through 7th grade missing an average

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” ― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics. Experiential learning is more than watching a teacher in the classroom; it is learning about the passion of education and how to provide students with the tools and inspiration they need to excel. During my experiential learning, I was in three different classrooms: kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Each classroom was arranged differently to accommodate the students, the

Running Naritive Running is my life….. I depend on it. It all started when I was little about the age when I could start walking/running. I am a very competitive person give me the opportunity to win or try to win against my brother I am in! So I would race against him all the time and I would win. My parents thought nothing about it until at a party. My cousins and I were running around and playing and one of my oldest cosines Darik. Darik was a cross country runner who normally got first place