what you make them.”—Regret to Inform “The terrible price of that nobility is one that nobody should have to pay”—Barbara Sonneborn In 1968‚ the director Barbara Sonneborn was informed that her husband‚ Jeff Gurvitz‚ had been killed in a mortar attack in Vietnam. The words “We regret to inform you” appeared on the telegram‚ and the message arrived on her 24th birthday. Sonneborn is the director‚ writer‚ and producer of the notable documentary film Regret to Inform. Although she remarried and
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Schizophrenia is one of the most misunderstood mental disorders in America. When people think of a person suffering from schizophrenia‚ they think of split personalities‚ violent psychopaths and generally people that need to be locked away but that is not the case. Schizophrenia is believed to have been in mankind throughout its history. Documents that identify schizophrenia can be traced to Pharaonic Egypt‚ dating back to 2000 B.C.‚ Depression‚ dementia and other symptoms that are found in typical
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My name is Tammy and I have been Registered Nurse for nearly 20 years now. I have worked in a variety of settings and have carried many titles. For the past 10 years or so‚ I have primarily been a hemodialysis nurse and I’ve embraced the love I have for this specialty. I recently entered the RN to BSN program at The Ohio State University. I am learning about Evidence Based Practice‚ or EBP for short‚ which is a fairly new concept for me. I work in a relatively small environment for an extremely large
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have grown older‚ I still carry many desires to help others. I know helping others is my passion and it always has been. I find it so rewarding and it makes me so happy to lift someone else up when they need someone. My love and care for others have prompted my decision to become a registered nurse. The idea of helping someone who’s potentially at the worst point in their life makes me so excited for my future. Nursing is more than just a career. You get the opportunity to touch others lives
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achieve our goals and to make us more successful in all of our endeavors. I have many goals that I would like to achieve over the next five to ten years in the areas of education‚ career‚ and my personal life. Five years from now we will be entering the year of 2015. Three weeks from now I will be completing my first year at the Axia College of the University of Phoenix which
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completion of my national service‚ I set my eyes on gaining more work experience and then pursuing a Msc degree. I am excited to now be on the cusp of making that dream a reality. I have come a long way from the reserved college freshman who dreaded the thought of being a student class leader because it involved public speaking‚ to a flamboyant leader and colleague. I conquered those fears to now become the Project Coordinator for the GRA (Ghana Revenue Authority) and GCNET E-Government project. My engineering
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So far in extern I realized that my attitude towards the career I have chosen is positive because is all I’ve dreamed of becoming since I sort of had an idea on where I wanted to be. Maybe it wasn’t like the path I wanted to take right away‚ since my plan was going straight for RN‚ but I’m glad I took a different path because I learned so much in such a brief time. For instance‚ I made great friends along which made feel connected because they were trying to reach the same dream that I had‚ and I
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I am honored to be among all of the exemplary students who are being considered for the National Honor Society. This is an organization I have looked forward to being in since the beginning of my high schools career. After researching the National Honor Society I have found that they recognize students who show outstanding qualities of leadership‚ scholarship‚ character and service. I am also apart of other organizations‚ FFA‚ Interact‚ Praise Band‚ and Church Youth Group‚ that I work very hard in
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I always have good grades and am a great student. I feel that the English honors program will really shape me into who I need to be for college. I would like to graduate with an academic honors and I believe that this class will really help set me up for life beyond high school. I also think that this class will help with everyday life as you use English everyday. I deserve to be in this class. I always have had great grades and was always very interesting in learning. I know that there are limited
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“You’re Soaking in it” “How Advertising Informs to our Benefit” The two articles “You’re soaking in it” by Pozner‚ and “How Advertising Informs to our Benefit” by Calfee‚ offer two very different takes on the effects of advertising. Pozner claims that movies and TV shows have become a new medium for companies to present their ads. She goes on saying how these companies exploit their audiences by portraying a fictional society. Although she is very critical‚ I agree with her‚ that ads such as
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