F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s life is an example of both sides of the American Dream‚ the joys of young love‚ wealth and success‚ and the tragedies associated with success and failure. Named for another famous American‚ a distant cousin who authored the Star Spangled Banner‚ Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24‚ 1896. The son of a wicker furniture salesman (Edward Fitzgerald) and an Irish immigrant with a lot of money (Mary McQuillan)‚ Fitzgerald grew up in
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English 49 Why do we find ourselves asleep half the time during history class? Is it because of the long drawn-out process of cramming dates and events into our heads within an hour and half? Perhaps history would be more exciting if we students were given the opportunity of learning history from different perspectives. Fortunately‚ that opportunity is granted in these current times. How we perceive history is subjective but we’re taught to learn it in a repetitive way in our K to 12 education
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Writing Development-Reflection Essay It takes a lot of time and practice to improve writing skills and develop thoughts. I am currently in the period where my writing skills are developing. For me writing means practice‚ practice‚ and more practice; just how I had mentioned in my First-Week Essay. I have to take baby steps while writing because it is too hard for me to try and perfect all areas of writing at one time. At school students are not taught a whole months worth of information in a couple
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Jacob Trettin Dr. Meehan April 28‚ 2005 Self Reflection When I think of my freshmen year in college certain things come to mind. The most important thing that I think of is my writing and communication skills. One class that helped me a great deal is Composition and Communication. The reason I think that class helped me is because I learned how too improve my thesis as well as my entire essays‚ also my process of how I write my essays‚ and how to give a effective speech. When I came to
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Sure everyone thinks all romance movies are the same‚ but for me that is not the case. This particular movie has driven me to find type of man depicted in the movie. Every time I sit down and watch it I find myself a blubbering fool at the end. It has shown me how strong and everlasting love really is. From June 25‚ 2004 when it was first shown in theatres (which also happens to have been my first date‚) straight through today‚ The Notebook has been my favorite movie. The setting of the movie
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Since I was absent on the day the class participated in the privilege walk‚ I am researching the effects of privilege for this assignment. While researching I found a very interesting cartoon picture about privilege. So I can keep this short here is a link for the whole comic: http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-pencilsword-on-a-plate. One thing I noticed from this comic is the connection I felt towards Paula. Our childhoods are very similar. Another aspect I noticed was the complete separation
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I have experience being in leader in a few main aspects of my life; through community service‚ FFA‚ and at my job. Some of the valuable leaderships traits that I obtained and strengthened are: being a good team member‚ communication skills‚ solving conflicts‚ and being opened minded to new ideas and thoughts. Even though I have gained a lot‚ I still have more things to learn to become a better leader such as being more assertive‚ being more disciplined‚ becoming a better public speaker‚ and learn
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For this fourth clinical‚ I was more aware of what I was expected to due. I chose two patients‚ both begin female. I was happy to have two female patients this time around. My primary patient for clinical was an eighty-five-year-old female who had been admitted for adult failure to thrive. I kept my patient’s admission diagnosis in my mind‚ and was informed that she had been previously emotional due to being discussed about her new living situation. She was now going to go live at a nursing home
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I have learned about being an online student through the Student Learning Success class‚ SLS1000-12J-4B13‚ but I’ve also learned how to become a successful online student. Throughout the various assessments‚ I have mastered the use of the technology that was provided to me. I have learned how to communicate through the discussion board to my instructors and classmates. I have learned how to use the CSU Online Library to access various research articles. I have learned how to use numerous search
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I personally think I had a great experience at Seven Hills Hospital during my psychiatric clinical rotation. During the rotation‚ I got to experience different units of the psychiatric hospital and experience many different cases of mental health. In the adolescent unit‚ it was very surprising to find out that most of the children that were admitted there came from broken homes. It really hit me hard hearing some of their stories about how they were beaten or their parents were not around at all
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