Throughout my education‚ science based courses have been a central core. One course that left an indelible mark was called‚ “Medical Careers”. I had the invaluable opportunity to shadow and learn hands-on material from both doctors and nurses at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital. It was not until then that I decided to pursue a career in the medical field. However‚ in such an extensive field‚ it was difficult to narrow down to a single profession. Eventually‚ I was able to discover
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I am from St. Louis Missouri. My experience with racism has always been between black and white. From fifth grade age 10 to my senior year age 18 I attended predominantly white schools with only one or two black people in each class. Not any Asians or Hispanics. I am very aware of African American being treated unfairly due to race. What I learned from this chapter is that other races of color also feel the intimidation of White people. It is not just African American that feels racial prejudice
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“Little lady‚ it’s best you get out of here‚ it’s not safe for you here.”‚ it’s a phrase I heard more often than not while living in Baltimore‚ between the ages of nine and eleven. When I first heard this phrase I was convinced the officer and the city workers were just worried for my friends‚ who happened to be African-American and Latino‚ and I as a whole and just chose me out of the group to speak to. I am a white-passing Native American female‚ who lived in a city which has a predominantly‚ 63
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I was born and raised in a small town in northern Minnesota called Isle. We had a rounded population of about 700 people‚ and everybody knew one another. The school I had gone to was very small. Each graduating class was probably around 50 students‚ and every class was fit into one small building located in the heart of Isle. I attended there till 6th grade‚ when my mom and dad approached my brother and I with the news that we were going to be moving to Iowa to be closer to most of our family. The
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On September 11 2001‚ the world trade Centre in Manhattan‚ new York. They were hit by two planes. Most people I know know where they were when they first heard about the collapsing of the world trade Centre. That moment is something that changed the course of the 12st century. On that day 3‚000 lives were lost and hundreds injured. People working in the towers‚ people passengers on the flights and emergency services. Before such an event took place it didn’t even cross anyone’s mind that such things
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My education begins with me attending my community college back in Laredo‚ Texas. In Laredo Community College‚ I didn’t know which major to go into in all honesty‚ like all new college students I was caught up with the new experience of college and the scenery the college provided. Then after discussions with my advisors I’ve decided to enter the field of Criminal Justice‚ which at a time where difficult because I’d needed to know different laws that have changed over the years‚ many court cases
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I am currently a Resident Assistant on Colonial Quad. Primarily‚ I serve as a resource to sophomores‚ my peers‚ but I do also service residents of junior and senior standing. I am positioned on Colonial Quad and as a resident assistant my duties include serving as a resource‚ as a source of information‚ and as a health and safety aid. I was a late hire and was faced with some challenges adjusting to the new position being that my training was taking place at an expedited pace. It was at this time
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Academically‚ the school system has always provided me the tools so that I could learn‚ but outside the traditional high school classroom‚ there is a myriad of opportunities where knowledge can be obtained. The summer before my senior year in high school the opportunity to take classes at the University of Louisville was bequeathed upon me. My parents guided me into possibly taking core content material classes‚ for example‚ math or science. However‚ there was a wide range of classes in which I could
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Naturally‚ the term worldview is often difficult to define because it describes something that varies depending on the person. In its simplest form‚ a worldview is what one uses to reflect and analyze the information that he receives or develops. In other words‚ it is the perspective that one uses to view the world from. A worldview allows us to make conclusions‚ which are based on presuppositions pertaining to our viewpoint‚ about the things that surround us. Everyone has a worldview‚ though not
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Final Class Memo English 102 Rhetoric and Composition II is one class that I truly enjoyed‚ because not only did it have assignments that were very world related‚ but also had very structured and were assigned with very distinct instructions. Even with such great amount of instruction one assignment I had great difficulties with was the editorial analysis because continually in efforts of writing the paper I as a author got too carried away by the topic and concentration in the analysis was
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