Essays

The video recorded practice interview allowed me to understand how I can improve in my social work skills. Being able to present and watch a mock interview allowed me to see my strengths and weaknesses. One of my strengths that I am so proud of is the introduction. I was able to introduce myself, the … Read more

I can call it tradition for my family to move every couple of years, for I have moved four times in my life. I started the journey of life in Missouri, continued it in Tennessee where I learned to walk, South Dakota where I started my basketball career, into Ohio where I spent fifth, sixth, … Read more

The long anticipated attack launched by the People’s Liberation Army, the military division of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on January 6, 1949 was the start of a five month offensive that culminated in Chiang Kai-shek’s departure to Taiwan. After much self-reflection, Chiang privately concluded that “the major reason for this defeat…is that we are … Read more

For over a decade, there have been different definitions of reflection in relation to reflective practice (Dewey, 1938; Kolb, 1984; Schön, 1981; Pollard 2008; Moon 1999). From this it could be argued that reflective practice in its simplest terms is looking back on a situation either at the time or a later date to critically … Read more

The poem “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota,” by James Wright, expresses the value of a person’s life. The poem is a free-verse of only thirteen lines and it moves with the sparse intensity of a haiku through a subtle but limited accumulation of imagery. Wright using metaphors to … Read more

The most apparent use of clothing in precolonial Yorubaland was protection from weather elements, and preventing nakedness and voyeurism. According to Oguniran, clothing also served to project identity–anything ranging from gender, status, and age (Oyeniyi 43). Lighter colors were worn during warmer seasons and usually consisted of wearing a wrapper on the lower half of … Read more

Remorse is the moral anguish, the sorrow and shame, and the regret and guilt, which may haunt even the fiercest, mightiest king. It is often accompanied with the consequences of the individual’s wrongdoing. Remorse takes a principal part in some of Greek’s classic tragedies. One could say, the tragic hero is likely to experience such … Read more

As a newly appointed CEO of Minnesota Micromotors, Inc. , I am responsible for designing the company’s marketing strategy, “This includes determining all aspects of the company’s go-to-market approach and associated elements of product policy, including pricing and market positioning of the company’s orthopedic motor line. ”(Harvard Business Publishing, 2014). MM is a member of … Read more

But such a system would have to take for granted Hobbes’ values and rationality—it would not work ‘right out of the box’ as deontology or utilitarianism does; more on this later. For now, let’s assume that our purpose will require an appeal to a Pareto Superior alternative to Hobbes. Theories abound of how to do … Read more

Climate change has been the forefront of international news and how leaders will take specific measures on tackling environmental challenges. China has faced much pressure and criticism, domestically and internationally with their actions or lack thereof on the environmental crisis. China is the world’s leader when it comes to the release of carbon emissions. Approximately, … Read more

Timbuk2 is a San Francisco-based corporation that has been creating messenger bags for over 20 years. Timbuck2 was founded by Rob Honeycutt in 1989. Originally named Scumbags, this corporation started out as a simple messenger bag for work and has now become a full-fledged business of various customized bags. The popularized and successful corporation has … Read more

When I was in pre-kindergarten, when I was supposed to be sitting and talking with other children, I sat in my own corner doing what I wanted to do, barely interacting with anyone else. I felt abandoned. Most of my good friends from preschool were not there and my best friend was in another classroom. … Read more

Essay question: what techniques does the director, Danny DeVito, use in the film Matilda to illustrate the character, Agatha Trunchbull, as evil and malicious (mean)? The film ‘Matilda’ directed by Danny DeVito released in 1996, is a film in which the principal, Ms Trunchbull, is depicted as an evil and malicious person through her intimidating … Read more

In the early 1920’s, editors ignored Hemmingway’s story “Hills Like White Elephants” because, they felt it was not what the public wanted. Not until the 1990’s did it become one of Ernest Hemmingway’s most anthologized short stories. “Hills Like White Elephants” has a single storyline and it takes place in a single day. The male … Read more

How does Hesse and Coelho present the importance of wealth and love is to fulfilment and self-discovery in ‘The Alchemist’ and ‘Siddhartha’? Siddartha and The Alchemists are both novels featuring a world of sacrifice and journeys of the soul in order to find enlightenment and have fulfilling lives. Both stories show a journey distracted by … Read more

South America is a continent located in the Western, Southern Hemisphere. It is considered a subcontinent of the Americas, comprising twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela and two non-sovereign areas, French Guiana and the Falkland Islands (Wikipedia). The continent’s cultural and ethnic outlook is a … Read more

Genre theory as described by Richard Azia is, “… the study of films in order to facilitate the categorization of films. ” It is what helps a movie be marketable. Once a genre is applied to a movie they have a target audience, and the movie becomes profitable. You wouldn’t normally see a child asking … Read more

Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers agreed with the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, biological and humanistic approach. “The hierarchy of needs theory remains valid today for understanding human motivation, management training, and personal development” (Orana, 2009). Maslow’s book Personality and Motivation were published in 1954 introducing his theory of the … Read more

Dr. Largo-Wight Spirituality 1. Three to five meaningful quotes from Morrie’s character are: • “Maybe my dying can be a value, something we can all learn from”. • I’m on the last great journey here on we all got to take”. • “When you know how to die, you’ll know how to live”. • “All … Read more

During Czar Nickals II rain over Russia his people were mistreated and taken advantage of. Josef Stalin and Valdimer Lenin used the words of Karl Marx to form the Russian revolution. In Animal Farm, Gerorge Orwell uses an allegory to compare the Russian revolution and Stalins rule using similar situations, characters, and events. To begin … Read more

It’s eleven o’clock on a Thursday night and right before you go to bed, a tone too familiar pops up. Your friend asks through a text to read his essay, finding poor grammar and spelling abbreviations such as “bc” and “prob”, you begin to think to yourself,” How can texting really find its way into … Read more

This story requires a little back story, it was the spring of 2001. My dad at the time was 69, he had had quadruple bypass surgery three years earlier. I had four children a 17 year old step daughter, nine year old daughter, six year old son and a three year old daughter. My husband … Read more

As soon as we hit 100 mph the cop sires ambushed us, as if they were calculating their bust. “I don’t really feel like racing tonight” kept replaying as the cop’s sirens became less noticeable. Then, scenarios played with my mind. “What if I make a run for it? And hide in an alley, or … Read more

Stories have different settings, plots, tones, themes, and moods. These things make a story. These are the things that impact how a character would act in the story. One short story where a character was impacted is in the short story “To Build a Fire”, written by Jack London. The setting of the story was … Read more

We live in an environment where flaws nourish our judgment and criticism of one another. This occurs most often when celebrities have slipups. The paparazzi takes the form of lions following around zebras until they are vulnerable to attack, and that’s when they go in for the kill. The media describes these moments of vulnerability … Read more

Window to Mars One night my me, my sister, and my dog was sitting on the bed watching television. It was dark inside my room because I never opened my curtains. Behind my curtain was a window that looked like Mars. I will explain below what happened. First, I heard noises and became scared. Not … Read more

Dulaglutide is a Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist (RA) indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Dulaglutide was invented by Wolfgang Glaesner, Rohn Lee Millican Jr, and Andrew Mark Vick, employees of Eli Lilly and Company. In the United States dulaglutide is manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana under … Read more

Do you believe that prostitution should be legalized? This paper will examine the pro and con and my point of view on should prostitution be legalized. Condemnation of prostitution is as old as prostitution itself. Sex workers have often been stigmatized and isolated from mainstream society. Prostitution is the practice of engaging in sexual activity … Read more

In order to truly understand what a liberal arts education leads to and its specific benefits, it is paramount that one understands the basic premise of a liberal arts education. After identifying the basic foundation of the liberal arts education as all-encompassing, the main purpose of glorifying God through learning is realized. Following this main … Read more

First draft of My Family’s Speech Community We definitely all have experienced one or more speech community in life. I have encountered a lot growing up with separated parents, through school, work, just everywhere | encountered them. There are also many different ones. If someone can’t find them or notice them at first, just sit … Read more

In this study, latent growth modeling was used to look at mother’s and infants from 156 families to measure how the temperament in their infant was from 4 to 18 months of age, maternal stress, depression, negative parenting and family demographics. The study was to see what effects any or all have on temperament development. … Read more

I’ve always wanted to be good at something. Writing isn’t one of them. Hiking however, let’s say I’m confident that I hover somewhere above the line of Intermediate. Good enough to survive high elevation glacier treks and overnighters at least. As a hobby or extracurricular activity, it’s probably my biggest passion. So much that I … Read more

The sun emits harmful ultraviolet rays. Excessive exposure to harmful sun rays accelerates the melanin production in the body and leads to darkening of the exposed skin. This causes the skin to tan which may even lead to other serious skin problems like acne, pimples, fine lines, wrinkles, skin burn, premature aging, and hyper-pigmentation and … Read more

Lodovico Ariosto is one of the great humanists of the Renaissance. He was poet from Italy who had a large impact on the Renaissance. Ariosto was born September 8, 1474 in Reggio Emilia Italy. He grew up in a neighboring city Ferrar and had a good education. His first teacher was Luca Ripa, who was … Read more

I had departed early on Thursday for my descent back to the cold chilly city of Pittsburgh. During the day, my friend who attends Duquesne University in downtown invited me to a night on the town with her and her friends to go to the 3Lau concert at Club Diesel. Usually the club is over … Read more

We have all read a book or seen a movie of a dystopian society, wether it’s the new The Hunger Games movie , or a classic like Animal Farm. These days dystopias have become so complex and realistic but they still share similar characteristics of dystopias written in the past. A dystopia is a society … Read more

1. Saved at the age of seven: Salvation is obviously the most important moment of any spiritual journey. Although I have wrestled with many doubts about the status of my standing with God, having the presence of the Spirit in my life for such a long time has prevented me from making many mistakes that … Read more

‘The Finn Brothers’, Tim and Neil Finn, are a musical duo who have been writing music since their childhood. They are best known for their success internationally with bands ‘Split Enz’ and ‘Crowded House’. And in 1993, both brothers were awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) from the Queen, for their contribution to … Read more

When analyzing William Shakespeare’s plays, critics often crave categorizing each play into a specific genre. Many of Shakespeare’s plays fit into a genre, but some, such as The Merchant of Venice, fail to conform to one genre. One of Shakespeare’s early plays that is a festive comedy is A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is a … Read more

The world today has many issues and conflicting arguments. One of the arguments that has caught my attention is whether or not there should be prayer in school. According to Rebecca Klein, with (HuffPost Education), in the year of 2014 around 61% of Americans agree with daily prayer in school. While on the other hand, … Read more

Throughout history, people have always placed an emphasis on education but mainly for knowledge only. In “Liberal Studies and Education,” Seneca challenges the traditional thinking in education and shows that the ultimate goal of education is acquiring virtue. According to Seneca, the path to virtue is through the teaching of purity and the effects of … Read more

On November 13, 2015 I conducted an interview with Gary Martinelli who is a supervisor at Del’s Custard & Yogurt, which he has worked at for 20 years. I use to work at this establishment and with that being said I have always felt that as a supervisor Mr. Gary Martinelli’s responsibilities were always over … Read more

I knew what this class was about when I entered it. I knew the work I was up against. I knew it was all or nothing. Knowing all of this, I still slacked off and my grade suffered. Of course it’s no one elses fault but mine but I’m stubborn it took a couple of … Read more

Phonology is a fundamental principle for language in every individual’s life. We are exposed to this principle before and after birth and throughout our lives. Phonology is fundamental to all spoken languages, each language having its own system. Regardless of the types of language spoken to a child, children have difficulties producing meaningful speech because … Read more

Can Exercise Truly Make One Smarter TV shows, movies, have all used the theme of “brains versus brawn. ” As a result many people believe that they are exclusive to one or the other. Many believe that to become strong you work out and to become smart you study. They are always separate activities and … Read more

The Shared Vision I am currently in the process of crafting includes working for an organization that will challenge me to grow both in knowledge and as a person. Peace Corp is one organization that can give me what I want out of my company and organization and how I am going to get that … Read more

The client was a resident of the Davis Child Shelter, her name was Resident S. The interview happened 8/7/15. Most of the residents went outside to play some basketball and football in the afternoon, and she was seeing at the steps alone, and looked distressed. I walked over to her, to see what was wrong. … Read more

As the director for the proposed film adaptation of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, my intention is to embody the essence of the original award-winning novel in a cinema masterpiece. In order to fulfill this goal, there are several treatments that have to be satisfied. Beginning with the setting, a majority of this film … Read more

Technology has become very advanced and very important to our society. One thing that has become very big because of our technology is social networking. There are many positives to having easy access to social media, but there are also negative effects as well. The impact of all this social media has overall a negative … Read more

1a-) Bloody Sunday (Greengrass, 2001) shows the story of the peaceful march incident on 30 January 1972. In Blaney’s essay, she states Bloody Sunday presents itself as a counterfeit document. The main reason of her statement is that, Bloody Sunday specifies itself to viewers as a docudrama style film. In order to make Bloody Sunday … Read more