been a passion of mine since I was young‚ and as I have grown up I have come to the realization that the opportunities I have enjoyed the most and felt that I made the biggest impact were activities where I helped children. One of my first major experiences volunteering with children was in the summer of 2013 when I volunteered with iCan Shine in their iCan Bike program. This program truly opened my eyes to what I was passionate about and made making a decision about what I wanted pursue as a career
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Writing my first college Paper Writing my first paper for college was not easy. I was in English 050. It had been several years since I had been in high school. I was scared and I wanted to do a good job on my first paper. I wanted to show myself that I could do this whole college thing. I was trying to prove to myself that I did not wait too late to come back to school. When I turned in my rough draft to him‚ I remember telling him “I hope this is what you want”. The next time we met in class
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My Odyssey Let me take you through what has happened so far; my senior year‚ which was 2016‚ I pulled a prank‚ my senior prank. I sat for months mulling over what to do; thumbtack on chair‚ loosen bolts on a desk‚ spray paint or graffiti the gym; I had all these ideas and could not decide! Then finally I thought of one that I just had to do. It was calling and tempting me‚ and let me tell you‚ when mean ol’ Ms. Bat came in her room she did not expect all of her desks‚ tables‚ and chairs to
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important to you? As a manager‚ how come your daily work schedule often falls in a heap by mid-morning? Who ’s got the monkey? The answer is‚ you have - probably several! "Management Time: Who ’s got the Monkey" has been the second most popular management article ever published by the Harvard Business Review ("Management Time: Who ’s got the Monkey"‚ by William Oncken and Donald Wass‚ first published by Harvard Business Review‚ 1974) and has been reprinted several times. Thirty odd years later‚ the
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PUTTING THE SERVICE-PROFIT CHAIN TO WORK “When companies put employees and customers first‚ their employees are satisfied‚ their customers are loyal‚ their profits increase‚ and their continued success is sustained.” Harvard Business Review‚ March-April 1994. There is growing number of companies that includes Banc One‚ Intuit Corporation‚ Southwest Airlines‚ ServiceMaster‚ USAA‚ Taco Bell‚ and MCI know that when they make employees and customers paramount‚ a radical shift occurs in the way they
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Gertens was a “dream job.” Often‚ while sitting in class‚ my attention would shift from the teacher to my older classmates as I would constantly overhear them talking about the ludicrous amounts of money they made at the local garden goods store. Now‚ as an ignorant 16-year old kid who just got his driver’s license‚ this made my eyes widen. For the first time in my life‚ the quest to acquire money was skyrocketing to the top of my priority list. My parents were slowly beginning to cut me off with the
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“My First Car” Most people dream about what kind of car they want to get when they start driving. First cars are really special. Like most teenagers‚ I had to settle for a used car even if it was not my dream car. My first car was my most memorable car because I got my license in it‚ it was all mine‚ and I had a wreck in it. When it was time for me to get my license‚ I did not have a car. I had practiced driving my sister’s car because it was much smaller than my mom’s SUV or my dad’s truck
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What I Want To Be When I Grow Up “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” We are usually asked this question very early in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s one of the biggest questions asked of children‚ from toddlers to teenagers. It’s always asked to help encourage kids to think of their future. After all‚ how many children really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives? Oh yeah‚ there are those lucky few who have a special calling. Many kids will say they
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with a disability offer a firsthand experience. It depicts their struggles and triumphs in life. With a lot of thought‚ the book that I chose to read was Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio (Kehret. P‚ 2003). There are many reasons to why I chose this book and from reading this book I hope to reach my learning goals. From reading the first section of the chosen book I will make connections to the readings and main idea of the topic. Furthermore‚ the importance of sharing stories and voices will be discussed
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“When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” begins by repeating the title. This phrase also stands out because of it’s a rhyme within the same line‚ of “heard” with “learn’d.” This poem talks about an astronomer lecturing the narrator’s class. The narrator becomes tired and sick implying he is bored by the class and dazes off to his own world. While he thinks the class is boring‚ the audiences give the astronomer plenty of applause in the lecture room. Whitman uses repetition‚ starting the first four lines
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