homeless dog or cat a chance of finding home. It is a nonprofit organization that benefits from the involvement of volunteers. This was a very unique experience because I got to work with a lot of different volunteers and staff members. There were different volunteering opportunities from foster volunteering to helping out around the place. I helped around the place with other volunteers. We cleaned the dog and cat cages and washed their bowls. It wasn’t fun to pick up their waste‚ but we got to play
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Being a child in a military family made it so that I have never been afraid of traveling‚ or being immersed into new cultures. My unique experience of living in 6 different states has made me appreciate and crave to gain more knowledge about cultures. Although I have not had the financial means to gain any international cultural experiences first hand‚ I have continuously consumed knowledge about new places through documentaries‚ research‚ and my education at Texas A&M. Studying human geography has
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A man in his search of the human‘s soul once wrote “Nature is not primarily functional. It is primarily beautiful. Which is to say‚ beauty is in and of itself a great and glorious good‚ something we need in large and daily doses. Nature at the height of its glory shouts‚ Beauty is essential” (Eldredge 34)! The authors of Walden and Thanatopsis regard beauty as a necessary part of nature and life. Walden‚ written by Henry David Thoreau‚ is a story of a man who finds out more about himself while living
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* ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- My father died thirteen years ago and I am still regretting my past behavior towards him. We had a turboulos relationship . I was a bit rebellious during my adolescent years‚ and moved out when I was only seventeen.. Now I can say‚ that I had the best and most
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I walked out of the plane and I saw the aerodrome of Greece. It was the early phase of World war II and I was recruited as a Junior Pilot Officer‚ one below a Corporal‚ in the Royal Air force of the British Imperial Army. The runway was just a little strip of flat land surrounded with wild grass and flowers blossoming blue and yellow and red in their millions around me bordered by brown craggy mountains with a sea at a distance. It was springtime here and a gentle breeze was flowing from the sea
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Nursing has always been a part of my future that was definite. There was never any doubt that “RN” would trail behind my name one day. For a little over a year now‚ I have been able to call myself MA‚ RN‚ BSN. This is an honor and a privilege that I never cease to forget. Every day I go to work knowing that anything is possible and my job is to expect the unexpected. In the short time I have been in this position‚ I have had many unique and eye opening encounters with a cast of characters‚ which
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from practical experience Education comes not from books‚ but from practical experience Education is the transmittance of knowledge or skills from a source to students and other learners. There are two ways of transmitting knowledge‚ via books or by offering practical experience. Unlike the practical experience that hands-on activities provide‚ books are more passive and the authors tend to transmit their knowledge or skills uni-directionally to readers. Practical experience is sometimes important
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As someone who grew up in sub-Saharan Africa‚ I got to experience food insecurity personally. I was in Rwanda during the war that lasted 4 years and ended with the 1994 genocide. Ironically‚ my experience with food insecurity came after the civil war‚ mainly because those who supported me were dead. We used to eat once a day and sometimes we would go two to three days without food. I remember pain‚ anxiety of being hungry and feeling hopeless and depressed. Last month driving while visiting Paris
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who are absent‚ ask them for the reason of their absence‚ and remind them to go to class the following week. I also had to watch over one of the class for 15 minutes or so because the teacher had to take care of personal business. That was a fun experience: I felt like a substitute teacher‚ who was treated with respect. There were times when I just felt like I couldn’t help out due to my stress and
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WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF THUS FAR Taking the Myers-Biggs test has forced me to admit what I as an individual am not capable of performing. I have learned that I value my strengths and take advantage of my abilities‚ but ignore my weaknesses. To grow as a person and get what I want out of life I must not only capitalize on my strengths‚ but also face my weaknesses head on. This will not only better me as a person‚ but it will also force me to be honest with myself. One of my personal strength’s
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