I am an academic. An academic is a lifelong learner who strives to pull information out of every experience. This is a value that my parents have always instilled in me. This is huge part of my positionality. Positionality is the many implications and factors that stabilize an individual. My father use to consistently say that no one can ever take knowledge away from you. He is correct‚ material things come and go but no matter what‚ one can always be intelligent. And it is the intelligence for
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Music Throughout life‚ many individuals tend to struggle with venturing out of their comfort zone. Because once a person is use to doing things a particular way‚ then it becomes harder to switch it up. In my experiences‚ I’ve always tried to try new things‚ which allowed me to gain exposure from different atmospheres. In addition‚ said events allowed me to gather intel outside of my ethnicity. Ultimately‚ being versatile intrigued me to create opportunities for myself‚ that were stereotypically labeled
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As a child‚ I experienced happiness‚ joy‚ sadness‚ fear‚ anger; these are emotions all children experience‚ but I constantly felt an emotion I could never explain. Until one day‚ my brother dropped a plate. As the plate made contact with the floor‚ shards smashed‚ mimicking the violent tinkling of wind chimes. I suddenly realized I found the word I had been looking for; broken. I felt broken‚ and realized‚ not everyone in the world is happy with their life or themselves. My brother and I picked up
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Stress Kacee Burrus If you were to ask one hundred different people the question “what is stress?” I can pretty much guarantee that you would get several different responses. Stress‚ as defined in our text‚ is the general physical and emotional state that accompanies the stress response. A stress response is either a physical or emotional reaction caused by a stressor‚ or anything that causes a stress response.” (Fahey‚ 302). In other words‚ there is something in your life that causes you to
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I feel tired and a not like myself. I occasionally get headaches and I feel uncomfortable in my environment. I tried substituting with non-caffeinated herbal teas‚ but I did not like the way it tasted. I am struggling to complete my assignments and daily tasks. I had no idea how much the caffeine helped me throughout the day. These side effects were not expected. I am starting to feel like my schoolwork will suffer because I cannot complete a full assignment of reading. In regards to my social life
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An enthusiastic‚ friendly and creative individual who has been in full time education and has recently completed a level exams too. The determination and drive has encouraged me to continue with education and learning. My initial interest in primary education started after a two week placement at the local primary school‚ my eyes were opened to what an amazing‚ fun and rewarding job it is. Approaching the challenge with a positive mindset and by the end of the two weeks; I loved it so much that
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[Intro]Every second‚ every minute‚ man I swear that she can get itSay if you a bad bitch put your hands up high‚ hands up high‚ hands up highTell ’em dim the lights down right now‚ put me in the moodI’m talking ’bout dark room‚ perfumeGo‚ go! [Verse 1: Kendrick Lamar]I recognize your fragrance (hol’ up! )You ain’t never gotta say shit (woo! )And I know your taste isA little bit (mmm) high maintenance (ooh)Everybody else basicYou live life on an everyday basisWith poetic justice‚ poetic justiceIf
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When I was nine years old‚ I looked through my parent’s bedrooms keyhole because I was curious about the weird noise coming out of there. What I saw didn’t shock me one bit due to growing up with two brothers and three sisters who had prepared me for situations like this. My parents are very sexual and most of my culture supports a liberal way of thinking. Therefore‚ my background‚ childhood‚ and where I grew up plays an important role in my sexual development‚ my views and believes. People have
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I realized leaving SIU was the right choice the night I fell asleep on the floor of a friends dorm room. I had an 8 am exam and my own room was completely empty. I was leaving in less than 12 hours. I hadn’t studied for my exam‚ I should have been so completely terrified‚ but I was happy. I had this massive bubble in my chest that nothing could pop‚ not that I was leaving my friends or the professors that had helped me so much. I couldn’t care less that I was going to drive 18 hours home‚ where I
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Connection to Self: Tears of a Tiger I can relate the situation from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life. For example‚ I can relate to Tyrone’s story because in the story he had to hold his best friend back from another friend to keep from losing both of them and he did not want that. Also in the book he had to let the police officer know what occurred that night. According to the text the author states‚ “ Me and B.J. grab Andy then‚ and we have to hold him back‚ ‘cause the whole car is in
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