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    Has my home culture prepared me for work life culture? Power tools are the use of coercion, threats, punishment, and any other means necessary to achieve cooperation. Dr. Clayton Christiansen describes how it can be used to mold children as well as in a corporation. In my parents’ house, this was there go to choice when me and my siblings were out of line. It would usually start off with a series of threats. When threats were not taken seriously, it would be followed by immediate punishment

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    compares to the Resonance Music and Arts Festival, a weekend long camp out of like-minded, motived, music loving individuals. In simpler terms, modern day hippies. These hippies focus more on medication, dancing, and yoga as a way to reach the ultimate state of joy. The people around me, the clothing they wore, the smell of weed that filled the air, and the music that blared through the speakers were all things I will never forget about that summer weekend. The life style of hundreds of individuals in a

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    airport I had a reality check and knew that I was on my own now. While walking through security I noticed my flight was already boarding so I had to cut in front of hundreds of people. After I passed the security, it hit me I would not see my mom for a long time. Barely making it on my eight hour flight, it got harder and harder thinking about being alone after all the great memories. On plane they offered movies, games, and music so I spent my time watching movies and eating. After the painful

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    Experience My childhood experience began when I was eleven, and was able to spend the summer with my best friend named Corinne, who I had known since the age of three. Once we came from our summer trip, we had an argument that would cause me to live with a lifelong regret. The final part of my experience was going two years of not talking, than getting news that would change me into the person I am today. Overall, my childhood experience consisted of a summer of traveling, an argument with my best friend

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    I sometimes feel that my life is running on turbo speed and I find it hard to keep up. Did you ever feel that sometimes you are working crazy hard with a million and one thing to do This is me at the moment! For the past few months I’ve been waking up every morning, opening my eyes to see the day and I realize, I’M ALREADY LATE! While I spring from my bed and run straight to the kitchen and mix together my morning protein shake, I remember all those things which I should do today, eventually concluding

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    loved enjoying amazing weekends, they usually threw her off track when she entered the new work week. This past weekend was yet another one of those epic weekends where she enjoyed spending time with Paul, shopping with friends and visiting a new church. This was the type of weekend where it felt so hard to fit in meal prepping and cleaning. Now, it’s Monday. Hannah breathed a heavy sigh as she entered the kitchen to play catch-up on what she didn’t complete over the weekend. As she opened the

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    best for the kids. Are working moms better than stay-at-home moms? Or vice versa? I 've always been a working mom but there have been many moments that I wanted to just be a stay-at-home mom; Ahhh, the simplicity! The way I figure it, it would make my life much easier because I do everything a stay at home mom does plus I work. So wouldn 't it be much easier to just be a stay-at-home mom? I would have plenty of time to get groceries, housework, fill out the required 500 pages of daycare and school

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    Proverbs 27.9 says “a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.” My quote relates to the essay by saying friendship is something that refreshes the soul. When you are stressed, depressed or happy being with a friend can help cheer you up or maintain your happiness. The family will always be here for us and since you always see family you can get tired of seeing them. That’s when friends come in, friends can be the people you count when you're tired of being around and doing stuff with family. I believe

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    The main characters of The Shack are Mack, Nan, Elousia (God), Jesus, and Sarayu. Mackenzie Allan Phillips is the main protagonist however, his friends and family call him Mack. He is a father of five children and husband to Nan. He has built a wall around him ever since Missy was killed and has found himself in the “Great Sadness”. He has backslid in his faith and his love for Nan isn’t as strong as it used to be before the “Great Sadness”. Nan is the glue that holds the family together she is very

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    It was an average day in a local coffee shop. My life was average,nothing exciting. I lived in an average apartment in an average town. I worked an average job and went home and did average things. That is until I went to that average coffee shop on that average day. I was sitting at the table doing my last minute assignment for work. I looked up and saw a gorgeous girl walk in the coffee shop. She saw me too. I wasn’t the kind of person to go up to someone I didn’t know and start talking to them

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