All my life I have felt like an underdog‚ I was the last picked for everything in elementary school. No one ever wanted me to be on their team because I was not good enough. In football‚ I would miss the final catch that could win the game. In soccer as the goalie‚ people would score goals on me like it was nothing to it. In basketball‚ I could never hit the clutch contested three-pointer. After elementary school‚ my new ambition was to prove everyone who doubted me wrong. I began to mold myself
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has affected my literacy journey. It affected my Spanish writing because I focused more on English. This course has helped me look at English literacy beyond the point of it being another credit to simply cross off my list. A specific reading from this course that I was able to really retain and relate to was Victor Villanueva’s excerpt from Bootstraps: From an Academic of Color. Here he brought up several points that made me think differently about literacy and how it can affect my life now or even
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back on and realize that it changed your life forever. Something so small can make such a big difference in who you are today. It could be very fond memory or an extremely cold one. You’re going to be reading something very close to my heart. My journey of my love toward my love for reading and writing. Reading and writing was essential for more learning and stability growing up. When I was younger‚ I never liked reading‚ in fact‚ I wasn’t very good at school in general. I was‚ and still am‚ a horrible
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As most of my peers‚ I have been asking myself a question‚ what do I want out of life? This question bothers many people and it’s not only the ones who are trying to figure out the path that will lead them to a comfortable life. One might ask‚ what is that comfort that we are all striving for? It varies from person to person; there are several aspects‚ such the way they were raised‚ making‚ of our lives that could influence a person and the future decisions that we’ll make. To me‚ a goal is something
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My literacy journey had a very interesting beginning. I am a first generation Mexican American‚ and as being first generation my first language is Spanish‚ everyone I interacted with when I was young was family or Hispanic. I picked up on some English from watching kid shows but I never really knew what the words meant. Prior to starting preschool‚ the school got me and my mother into an ELL summer class to get a head start on the school year. Up until around first grade or so I always had to meet
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bonding experience for me and my daughter‚ Ryleigh. When we have had a busy day it’s nice to relax with Ryleigh while she breastfeeds. I love how she smiles and tries to talk while she eats. It’s like she is saying‚ “Thank you mommy for the good milk.” Other times she slaps my chest‚ pokes my eyes‚ and picks my nose while she eats. Then it’s like she’s saying‚ “How dare you wait 30 minutes in between my feedings.” Breastfeeding can be a very sweet and funny experience. During my pregnancy I didn’t really
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on their spiritual journey. While I am not a religious man‚ the power of water on my soul was apparent. A varsity swimmer‚ countless paddle trips with my Boy Scout troop‚ even playing in our flooded yard as a child‚ water encompassed who I was. My natural infatuation with water lead to two certainties‚ my parents were going to have high water bills and working as a lifeguard. After I landed my first lifeguard job‚ an unexpected slow transition was set into motion. During my first year at the
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versatile in various cultures. However‚ in reality‚ I really did not know as much as I thought I did. Last semester‚ I took part of the study abroad program to Costa Rica. I embarked on a cultural journey that forever changed my life. I was able to experience and embrace in a new and different culture than my own. I lived in Costa Rica for four months. While living there‚ I had opportunity to also travel to two other countries in Central America‚ Nicaragua and Panama. After living in another country
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preparation continues today (Mathias‚ 2009). An Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) emphases on the technical standpoints of nursing‚ rather than the theoretical and academic aspects of nursing usually covered in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. ADN students will have to accomplish some fundamental prerequisites before taking nursing curriculum‚ such as courses in writing‚ social science‚ history‚ etc. Nursing-specific module will likely enfold such topics as anatomy and physiology
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ADN vs BSN Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V October 18‚ 2012 Over the course of time‚ many different types and levels of degrees have developed in the field of nursing. Today‚ many individuals are in an internal conflict of having either their ADN or BSN‚ the two most common degrees in the field. According to a sample survey‚ 50.0% of the nursing workforce currently hold a BSN and 36.1% have obtained an ADN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing‚ 2012). An ADN is
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