April 10th‚ 2013 Anthropology 101 Participant Observation Project On Friday‚ April 5th starting at 8:00pm I walked into St. Peters Catholic Church in Olney‚ Maryland to witness my first ever open AA meeting. The meeting was being held in the basement area of the church. The room was small and comfortable. The atmosphere was very welcoming and relaxed. A younger gentleman wearing a nice clean button down shirt and khakis‚ who goes by the name Andy‚ stands by the door and greets people as they
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business and that is meetings. The fact is most meetings are unnecessary‚ unproductive and a complete waste of time. To ensure your meetings are not a complete waste of time and energy follow these guidelines. 1. Many meetings are waste of time because many people use them to figure out what there suppose to be meeting for in the first place! When a time is set ensure adequate preparation is made to determine why a meeting is needed in the first place. 2. Once the purpose of the meeting is established
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Before the service learning project I had never attended an AA meeting‚ now I have attended two. When I first began looking into AA meetings‚ I noticed there was variety of different kinds. There are some meetings for young people‚ women‚ gay people‚ those who seriously want to quit drinking‚ and there are also some in prison. However‚ only some of the meetings were open (meaning anyone could come)‚ this slightly limited my options. Although I had done some research‚ I had no idea to what to expect
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“MEETING MY DAD” Since I was born‚ my mom has been there for me taking care of me when I’m sick and teaching me pretty much all I know. But while growing up‚ I reached a point where I started realizing that every kid in my school had a “mommy” and a “daddy” and I didn’t. I never really noticed that because my uncles and my grandpa were always around me‚ but when I started school I realized I didn’t have anybody to call “Dad”. I was five years old when I started noticing this entire dilemma
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Reflection of 3 BOE Meetings As a community member‚ parent and teacher I have attended many Board of Education meetings; however‚ it has always been in the same town. I never really considered that different Boards would conduct themselves so differently; therefore‚ this was truly an eye opening experience for me‚ as the meetings I attended exemplified a variety of personalities and procedures. I chose to visit my own district‚ and the districts located north and south of me. Lacey Township is a
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Rebecca Brush attended Delaware Valley School board meeting held on‚ October 20‚ 2016‚ at 7 o’clock pm. The first major issue discussed was the results from multiple test scores and what direction they were going. We went through all of the elementary school’s test results given to us by the first and secondary education chairmen and women‚ Dr. James Purcell‚ Dr. Peg Schaffer‚ and Dr. Gina Vitacco-Vives. They explained after installing a new curriculum the test scores had skyrocketed. For the Pennsylvania
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Arts Ms. Hayden ENG 4U – U5A1A1 April 21‚ 2015 ISP Journal Nineteen Minutes By: Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes‚ tells the story of the residents of Sterling‚ New Hampshire and how their lives were shattered in one nineteen minute long act of violence‚ a school shooting. Nineteen minutes represents a theme presented in the whole novel because at any time‚ at any ordinary minute‚ your world can be transformed. It takes a matter of minutes to change ordinary moments in our lives into ones that are permanently
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On my way to my first NA meeting I felt intimidation and nervousness. I wondered why I was feeling this way‚ when my first AA meeting I felt excited and I didn’t feel any intimidation or nervousness. As I entered the room‚ I could instantly tell it would be very different from the AA meeting. As I suspected‚ it was different in many ways‚ such as the atmosphere of the room‚ more rules‚ and less sharing of stories. The similarities of the meetings were that of how accepting and friendly everyone is
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Porsha Brown Timeline of Capital Punishment Methods A.) Thesis: The United States Condemn Those Who Commit Unforgivable Crimes (i.e. Murder) to the Death Penalty. I will go into further depth on the specific ways the convicted are executed. From before the birth of this nation until the present crimes were sought as punishable by death. B.) Introduction: There are 5 Forms of Execution that Past and Presently Implemented into Our Countries
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