I feel the scratchy fabric of the airplane seat and hear the shuffle of feet as people board the plane. The humming of an engine fills my ear as I place my bag under my seat. I’m about to go home for the first time since my deployment to Kandahar. I’m about to see my son and husband for the first time in eight months. Letters have been the only thing connecting me to my family and it has been hard at times. The hardest thing I have ever had to do. It’s easy to forget that soldiers have families back
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Skin Cancer Chelsi Taff A&P ITT Technical Institute Skin Cancer Today’s world is plagued by a horrible disease called Cancer. There are over 200 different types ‘of cancers and it can develop in any organ in the body. Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the United States. It’s estimated that 40 to 50 of Americans who live past the age of 65 will develop skin cancer at least one time throughout their life (National Human Genome Institute‚ Oct 2012). There are many
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want to be when they grow up. My very first answer 2 to this question was a doctor‚ at the age of 7. At that time all I knew was that the healers 3 in the white coats made my pains go away and since then I’ve been amazed. 4 Why‚ you may ask‚ would I want to study medicine? Well during my O-level studies‚ my school 5 had a field trip to the St Matthews School of Medicine. They took us up to the lab that housed 6 the plasticized cadavers. We were allowed to touch them and feel
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besides‚ if i did not care for ida‚ who would? this mantra parroted itself endlessly in my mind‚ practically shrieking into my ear during ida’s most crooked moments. such as the frequent occasions i would find her‚ soaking in the tub‚ eyes closed‚ an ophelia in her own rite. she’d awake early in the morning‚ before my eyelids had even begun to ponder the possibility of parting‚ and run the bath water to the very brim. she would undress‚ sliding her cotton robe to the floor‚ and her shorts off the
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Why I Decided to Continue My Education There are three simple‚ and fairly common‚ reasons for why I decided to return to school to continue my education: Higher paying jobs‚ being a good role model for my children and personal satisfaction. Higher Paying Jobs: I relocated to California from North Carolina about 4 and ½ years ago. What was I thinking? The cost of living here is outrageous‚ the jobs don’t pay that well and you are almost destined to have a roommate or two or three‚ just to make ends
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When I decided to return to school‚ I applied with an excitement and eagerness I had not experienced before. I had a new yearning to learn as much as I could. Still to this day‚ I have that yearning. I enjoy every minute of my classes‚ working diligently in my time off to succeed in each course. I meet with my professors if I feel as though I do not have the full grasp of the content‚ or occasionally just to say hi and stay visible. Evidence of change in my academic behavior is in my transcripts
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I think returning back to school to complete my degree was a very rational decision for me to make. We are sometimes told that experience is the key to getting the perfect job‚ but in my years in the work force I have learned that it is not always the case. Employers will sometimes use the fact that you do not have a degree against you and I refuse to let that happen. The biggest reason for me returning to school is my daughters. I want them to tell people that I am there mom and be proud of it
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First and foremost‚ I am a perfectionist and aim for the best in everything I do. Yet imperfections or mishaps don’t stress me out in the slightest‚ instead they motivate me to find what works and quickly rebound. My experiences in Trenton and Lawrenceville give me a dual perspective that is directly applicable to the service Bonner does. Yet‚ while I do have hopes to travel outside this country and do some kind of service‚ all of my traveling has been done around the east coast. In having a small
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toughest decisions I had to make. During school life‚ when many of my peers were already pursuing their goals and dreams‚ I was dedicated to missing as many classes as possible. This didn’t change until I graduated from high school and decided to work instead of continuing with my education in college. I searched for any job which could pay for my car and allowance. With no clear goal in a career for my future at age 21‚ I finally started to panic. I have always dreamed of a career which I would truly
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go to one of the top nursing schools‚ take up nursing and be a well paid and steadily employed nurse years from now? To achieve this and more‚ you have to scout out the top nursing schools that could give you the best level of education. You look high and you look low to find top nursing degree programs such as Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)‚ Registered Nurse (RN)‚ Masters Nursing degree programs‚ Bachelor Nursing programs‚ Nursing License and other specialty nursing areas like the midwife
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