Learning Experience Paper How could someone become afraid of heights? Acrophobia is simply a fear of heights (Holden‚ 1995). Being afraid of heights is common and sometimes appropriate feeling. The phobia kicks in when you feel afraid in a safe environment such as the inside of a skyscraper. Acrophobia is treated with graded exposure therapy (Holden‚ 1995). Fear is an emotion produced by the brain to avoid a potentially bad situation or anxiety caused by the presence of danger. Fear caused by
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Allison Escobar ASLII Deaf experience paper On Wednesday October 24‚ I had the opportunity to have my first deaf experience with deaf children. Thanks to my ASL teacher name‚ I had the opportunity to visit the Elementary school speech therapist. The feeling of being with deaf kids outside of my area of school and friends is like knowing that the language not only exists within the walls of school or classroom but that there is a whole other world full of it. Talking to the deaf kids in their
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Gary Mosorjak Mosorjak 1 William Thomas First Year Experience (FYE 100) February 2011 Chapter 3 One-Minute Paper‚ page 3 The most interesting information I’ve gained within this chapter is how a persons emotions‚ described as E.I. can directly affect general moods. “Emotional Intelligence” in a positive way can lead us into rewarding performances
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time that you saw the Great Books was when you looked and saw them on a shelf outside. The first step is to study the great books and once you studied it you practice the rest of the time. After the interview‚ the monk that we interviewed gave us a paper with the Three Refuges and The Five Precepts on it. The Three Refuges are you taking refuge in the Buddha‚ Dharma‚ and Sangha. The Five Precepts are basically morally standards that Buddhist live by‚ for example you promise not to engage in harming
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Cultural Immersion Experience I participated in the disabled culture for my out-of-class experience. I attended a Birthday Party and visited with a mentally challenged client (son of my friend) with a family friend at Parkwood Developmental nursing home facility in Valdosta‚ GA. Parkwood Nursing home is the residence of approximately 50 clients with varying mental and physical abilities. The front door of the building looks like the door on a house. When entering the front door
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religious experience I will examine the distinctive features of a religious experience and how they differ from everyday experiences from the world religions of Christianity and Buddhism. I intend to use the religious experiences of mysticism‚ near death experiences and revelations to highlight the distinctive features. These distinctive features are what separate religious experiences from ordinary experiences‚ such as us not having suitable words in our vocabulary to describe religious experiences and
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On January 6th in the year 1941‚ President Frank D Roosevelt spoke to a world immersed in war and a nation worried from economic depression in an effort to move the nation away from a foreign policy of neutrality. His plan was to secure the future in four different ways. This he called the four essential human freedoms. FDR’s speech communicates the message about the four essential freedoms on a universal level while Rockwell’s paintings of the same subject matter recasts those freedoms for a strictly
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Cherry Lopez Professor: Brown Sociology The Immigrant Experience-Past and Present The person I interviewed is Carlos Orellana. He is a Honduran who came to the United States crossing Mexico. Orellana came to the U.S.A in search of a better future for him and his family‚ without realizing how hard it was going to be; finding a path full of bitterness‚ sadness‚ desolation‚ despair and loneliness. How did you come to America? I came to America across all of Mexico. It was very difficult to
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woman or having a different racial background can also cause stereotypes. For example‚ a Hispanic officer may be given a Hispanic area to patrol‚ due to his background. The need for minorities and women in law enforcement is undoubtedly true. The culture‚ and gender diversity in police departments is not only helpful in today’s police departments‚ but it is a necessity. The larger police departments such as Detroit City police could not be a successful department without ethnic minorities‚ and women
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Ryan Poppitz Jan College Transitions 17 December 2012 Concordia Experience This class has been an experience to which I am thankful for. I believe this class should continue to be a must for all incoming freshman here at Concordia. By taking this class I learned so many things about how to successfully adapt from high school classes to college courses. Every day in your class was a new day for me to learn about how to prepare and plan for success for not only the next four years‚ but also
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