I joined the United States Air Force January 25‚ 2001. I was barely 18 and ready to be on my own. The back then‚ in my eyes‚ was easy. Joining the Air Force meant a free college education‚ a place to live‚ and a paycheck. These were important things when you are 18 and on your own. I knew nothing of world events‚ wars‚ or terrorism. On June 13‚ 2001 I began my journey with basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio‚ Texas. We learned about the attacks on Khobar Towers‚ the Oklahoma
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drizzles down my skin as it exits my pores trying to cool my heated body. The blood rushes through my veins pumping blood with the consistent pounding of my heart. Every breath‚ every second‚ every action‚ every thought; I am standing where everything counts. Artificial turf and grass crumpled beneath my torn black shoes and the thick silence only cut by the timed chants from afar. This is the last moment I will stand here for this reason. This is the last moment I will stand here with my family. This
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it stands‚ I will be the third person in my family to go to college‚ but am part of the first generation of my family that will be applying to college in the United States. Before being granted the opportunity to permanently reside in and pursue an education in the United States‚ I lived in Angeles‚ Pampanga in the Philippines where I was born and raised as an infant. Though my mother was still inexperienced as a nurse‚ she worked to support myself and my father‚ who was unable to find a job in our
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had forgotten about my goal and what it had meant to me to complete the ordeal for the Order of the Arrow (OA) due to new goals and priorities. Due to the persistent nagging from my parents and what they felt was right for me‚ I went through the ordeal no matter how I felt. My journey with the Order of the Arrow (OA) ordeal began at the troop meeting on a semi-cold February night at
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Michelle Wiegand‚ and currently in my seventeenth year of education. My present role is sixth grade literacy at South Tama Middle School‚ where I have been for four years. School Law and Mandates is my last class for my Ed Leadership adventure; there are also a few internships remaining. As of right now‚ I am not ready to leave the classroom. When I am ready to leave‚ curriculum or leadership at any level interests me; elementary or middle school would be my firsts thoughts. I am comfortable with
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My Faith‚ My Journey Let me begin with Bible passage‚ Psalms 146: 9‚ “God has promised over the fatherless and the widows. But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.” No matter what circumstances are that made you as a single mom‚ you can rejoice in the blessings of being a mom‚ the joy and excitement of loving and being loved by children. I always hear that the family is the basic foundation of a society. And the nation’s strength lies in having a strong‚ lifelong
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I began working at Keeter my first semester at College of the Ozarks. On my first day of work‚ the supervisor handed me a gleaming gold name tag that not only had my name but the state I came from. I watched as others put their nametags on‚ and I quickly discovered that most of them read Missouri‚ Oklahoma‚ and Arkansas. I looked down at my nametag and felt a sense of uniqueness‚ knowing no one in the room had the state of Virginia. I soon began to realize that my nametag sparked curiosity when the
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Throughout my English writing journey I was able to learn many different techniques different teachers or professors in an essay. Since middle school‚ I remember my English teacher teaching me how to write an essay and the rule towards it. She would always never use “In this essay‚ I will be talking about” well every teacher I had kept reminding me not to do that. Over the years new methods of a standard essay will be taught. The standard essay would be MLA‚ Times New Roman‚ 12 pt‚ double spaced
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Philosophy of Nursing I chose nursing as my profession because I wanted to make a difference and helping those in need. I have always been interested in the health sciences field since middle school – but I truly didn’t exactly know what I wanted to do until my last semester of my undergraduate at Texas Woman’s University. I realized that I wanted to be more hands on with patients and involved in their care. In my opinion‚ nursing is defined as a healthcare profession that focuses on the care of
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229). Nursing for me‚ is a calling and caring passion of lifelong learning that‚ aims to support persons holistically with health and illness situations‚ promote healing environments‚ and assist in health promotion and disease prevention. Nursing involves formal education with complex substantive content reflecting a variety of disciplines‚ yet integrated into an approach to health and illness situations that represents the special influence of nursing; arriving at this point in nursing education
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