Cole Rutherford Seminar: Substance Abuse‚ HUS 493 Carol Zordano‚ Instructor July 15‚ 2014 Personal Addictions Journal Week 1 I decided to try to quit drinking Mountain Dew for my personal addiction project. This turned out to be a lot easier to say than it was to actually do. I drink Mountain Dew all the time; I drink it because it tastes good and because it has a high caffeine content. The high caffeine content helps me to get through the day when I have to get up early for work and then stay up
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Bryor Weiss Mrs. Carr English 101 8:30 2/13/13 What Makes Me Unique Coming from Miami‚ FL to McHenry‚ MD was a huge culture shock. When I first visited Garrett College over the summer for a baseball visit‚ I did not know what to expect. During my visit I had an amazing time with my family. The weather was perfect‚ and the talk I had with coach Hallenbeck went very well. The reason I came to Garrett College was baseball. Baseball has been a huge factor in my life ever since I was a little kid
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Dollarway High School LESSON PLAN TEACHER: NCCM White CONTENT: NJROTC I Uniform Inspection GRADE: 9-12 PERIOD/TIME: 1-2-4-6-7-8 DATE: Feb 18‚ 2014 WHAT ARE THE LESSON OBJECTIVES? (SLEs from the curriculum frameworks) Refect student learning expectations from the curriculum frameworks‚ course content guides‚ norm-referenced test‚ etc.and post in your classroom The cadet will be expected to demonstrate the knowledge
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damaging today ’s society. Addictions are a fast growing concern‚ it has branched off and caused many problems whether it be related to drugs‚ alcohol‚ gambling‚ sex‚ Internet‚ or eating. Addictions are something society faces everyday. Although there are many reasons behind why addiction are growing‚ and where they stemmed from‚ today ’s society has focused primarily on how someone with an addictions problem can seek help. Also the many Gaps and Barriers around addictions are enabling people who wish
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hairspray‚ my clothes are indeed what a rock god should be wearing. I have my black Ibanez I-80 in my right hand‚ microphone in my left. My band mates are all behind me‚ goofing off‚ drinking‚ and likely shooting up whatever they can find. Their addiction is worse than Nikki’s but I doubt it at this point. I feel the bass shake the stage and the wild screaming of the fans. What if I let everyone down? What will happen to us tomorrow? Will we still be partying or trying to find new ways to write songs
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Essay # 2: The Moral of the Story It takes a second to change everything It was a summer night‚ August 17 to be exact‚ at 10:30 PM. I still remember how quiet it was sitting on the kitchen table with my hands close together. All you heard was the tick-tock of the clock. It was the night that I found out that a secret was released. As I sat down in my wooden chair‚ with my hands crossed‚ me eyes wide open‚ and my feet touching the floor; I heard my aunt Elizabeth speak of what had happen
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really told my friends about it. My problems at home consisted of one family member who suffers from bipolar disorder. If that wasn’t enough of a strain‚ another problem was the fact that another person who is very close to me had a problem with addiction. I have had to deal with this kind of stuff since a young age and even if you get used to it‚ it weighs down on you until it becomes unbearable. I had a breaking point sometime during my sophomore year‚ the pressure to succeed in school on top of
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people who have struggled with addiction in my life and have witnessed some of the terrible characteristics that come along with it. I personally have many negative attitudes towards people of addiction because I have lived with a sister who struggled with drugs for many years. People who are addicted to drugs are very self-absorbed. I watched my sister abandon her own children because she was too selfish to see past her own pain. Second‚ people who struggle with addiction are deceitful. Addicts will
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Unique Individual All of us leave our own impression on the world‚ and no one could be quite like us. In the poem‚ "Thumbprint" by Eve Merriam‚ she talk about the theme of how everyone is unique‚ and no one will ever be just like us. She uses alliteration and metaphor to expound on her theme. I have also reached a time in my life where I appreciate my uniqueness. The poem "Thumbprint" discloses the festivity of being a unique individual. The poet demonstrates the speaker’s thumb’s separateness
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We are Unique How many times have we been judged based on how we look? An individual are therefore force into following the status quo‚ thus forming a particular group of people while being categorized with certain stereotypes. The prevalent nature of stereotypes in modern society has resulted in blonde girls being categorized as dumb airheads‚ Arabs being typecast as dangerous terrorists‚ and the intellectually gifted being labeled as studious nerds‚ or synonymously‚ geeks. The practice of overlooking
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