Throughout my life I have been taught many things; however‚ there’s something that has remained close to me. "To the world‚ you may be an individual‚ but to an individual‚ you may be the world." When connecting this statement to my personal background story that is so essential to my identity‚ it gives me the encouragement to pursue my studies in the field of biology by researching and advocating in urban communities as a doctor of osteopathy. It was the heart wrenching‚ moving experience with my beloved
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for my family and I‚ my mother received a job offer at Mayo Clinic‚ allowing us to move to the United States. Consecutively‚ having to overcome many challenges as a diverse‚ first generation immigrant. Not many realize the hardships that immigrants face when moving to a country‚ such as restrictions on work permits for the family‚ where
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knowledge to the people. It is doubtful that a secluded nomad from the jungles of the Amazon will know who Carnegie Hall is named after‚ who David O. McKay was‚ or better yet how Dante Alighieri helped to save the Italian Language. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ the hero Odysseus seemed to understand that immortality was not all it was made out to be. When given the opportunity to live forever among the gods with the minor goddess Calypso‚ Odysseus chooses instead to live out the rest of his life as a mortal
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Exploring the Role of Women in Ancient Greece Through Homer In The Odyssey‚ Homer creates characters that embody many aspects of human nature to reflect his observations about his world and society. Many of the characters have personalities that define them to be heroic‚ or borderline evil. Throughout Odysseus’ return home from Troy‚ he meets important women of both kinds. Homer portrays some women that are ideal‚ and more women that are immoral. Through Homer‚ we learn that women in Ancient Greece
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Both sides of my family have contributed to my personal Tulsa history. Whether it is my mother’s parents growing up just outside the military base in Midwest City‚ a small town just outside of Oklahoma City‚ or my father’s parents growing up in small farm towns in Oklahoma before moving to Tulsa to raise my father‚ Oklahoma is in my DNA. My mother’s parents met in high school in Midwest City and ended up going to the University of Oklahoma together for college. After this‚ my grandfather joined
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My educational philosophy is developed from my own studies‚ my experiences in the classroom‚ as well as teachers who taught me that stand out in my memory. All the teachers who have influenced my life in one way or another possess similar traits. Regardless of the subject‚ they delivered it in a form that quickly caught my attention. They made even the most complex topics seem extremely easy as they lead me through them. Knowledge was almost always concrete‚ as they made it relevant to our lives
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skills are overlooked and taken for granted as we never actually think about them in terms of their effect on our potential career choices. After thinking about my personal skills‚ I compiled a list which included; communication‚ cooperation‚ patience‚ listening‚ helping others and perseverance; all skills which I have possessed for majority of my lifetime and have used to overcome many challenges. One example in particular which required me to draw on many of these skills‚ was fairly recently; I am a
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interact with others on all levels. Firstly‚ this essay will explore my own sources of knowledge about midwifery with a focus on my culture and its importance as well as‚ social and philosophical influences to my understandings. Secondly‚ I will provide a deep discussion about my personal midwifery philosophy‚ and the impacts of my biases and beliefs on the partnership between midwife and women. Lastly‚ I will share some personal experiences and possible attitudinal effects that these can have in
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are closed.” ― Albert Einstein I remember my introduction to the black box they called personal computer! My four-year-old mind was awestruck with this little television that could interact with us; I remember being duly impressed with a long list of scribbled information that finally gave way to a screen that was an amazingly efficient slate. I did not need a pencil to write on it either. This sense of wonderment gave way to inquisitiveness and with my increasing familiarity to its functions from
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an Asian. My ethnicity acts as a cover with a mind that seemingly works quickly like a calculator. Most people don’t look past this and rely on stereotypes to define who I am as a person. But the stereotypes hinder me and causes me inner turmoil. On the outside‚ my race drives away people to truly know me as a person. Expectations are both the downfall and rise of my accomplishments. I’m not naturally intelligent‚ I’m not Picasso‚ and I’m not bound by music genres. Instead‚ my cultural identity
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