I have learned throughout my life that the world is meant to bring everyone problems‚ but those problems are the challenges we need to overcome in order to learn from them. I had to endure plenty as a child‚ but what person didn’t? I mean‚ there probably wasn’t many who had to experience most their difficulties as a child‚ but as an older individual. I know of older individuals who have had their problems brought to them at a much later time in their lives‚ but that doesnt mean they werent able to
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1. Describe a situation that you had in clinical that was directly related to content you discussed in one of your classes. Address whether what you experienced was congruent with what you have learned in class‚ or whether there was incongruency. If there was an incongruency: Why do you think the difference exist? When theory and practice are not congruent how does it affect the care your patient receives (in your particular situation)? a. One thing that was the same in my clinical experience was
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richest culture? You can’t quantify richness of culture. No one is better than the others‚ in my opinion‚ every culture has their own uniqueness. Culture is learned I would say any culture or sub-culture is learned. It’s environmental. Every culture is learned by the people who live it. Even people born into a culture learn the culture as they grow and mature. I think almost everything is cultured and everyone is cultured. For instance‚ we were born as babies‚ we had not learned anything yet
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Language of Terror When a person is put in an incredibly horrifying situation where the outcome is unpredictable many physical and emotional changes take place. Joyce Carol Oates’s story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" places Connie‚ a typical teenager‚ in this situation. Throughout the story‚ occasionally using religious undertones‚ Connie’s language of a typical teenager gradually changes‚ from calm and somewhat curious to nervous and terrified. Early in the story on a
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Old Testament “What lessons can be learned about suffering and trusting God from the book of Job?” Suffering... The question “Why a suffering became” appears in human‚ who faces with problems and suffering. “If the God is kind‚ why I am suffering?”.. And the suffering has not pass me. In the Book of Job an author tries to give correct answer to the question. The Book of Job is the most profound and literary work of the entire Old Testament. It relates the story of Job‚ his trials at the hands
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author‚ title‚ and context‚ and explain what the lines mean. 1. Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She would have been a good woman . . . if it had been
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POST APPLIED FOR - HEAD GIRL What impact have you had on your parish church?? From a young age I have always been influenced to explore Christianity. I was baptised as a baby in St Aloysius Church and from there attended Church almost weekly until the age of five or six. Then I was asked whether I would like to make my Holy Communion and for the first time I wasn’t influenced by my family to say yes. It was my decision. I decided that I wanted to explore Christianity more before committing myself
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In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact
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"You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing." - E.B. White - "I always knew that when I looked back on the times I cried I would smile. But I never knew that when I looked back on the times I smiled I would cry." "My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my desperation." - Helen Keller - "One day at a time‚ this is enough. Don’t
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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