After graduating from high school just outside of Sedona, Arizona in 1989, I wanted to get out of the small town and go see the world. The Navy recruiter must have seen me coming from a mile away! I did well on my entrance exams and was selected to attend Naval Nuclear Power School. After several years of task-based math and physics education followed by operational training at a prototype plant, I reported to a submarine in San Diego to put all of my training to use. As it turns out, real life application of my newfound knowledge was more difficult than I imagined. I quickly learned that no matter how much I think I know about a task through study alone, experience, including both successes and failures, plays a key role in the ability to apply that knowledge.
After nearly a decade of operating, maintaining and ultimately supervising nuclear power plants on three different submarines operating in every major ocean in the world, I became bored with nuclear power and started to learn everything I could about Information Technology (IT). My nuclear training background made me all too familiar with studying technical publications, so it was relatively easy to get “book smart” about IT. I went to my first shore duty in 1998 and within a year, I had become a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. I soon began selling my supervisors on how a little upfront investment in IT now would result in substantial efficiencies in the years to come. By the end of 2001, I had implemented and was operating a 500+ user LAN/WAN connecting our team in Bangor, Washington with our team in Washington D.C., allowing the folks back east to analyze and make decisions based on near real-time trend data. Shortly ther...
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...ays ask is, “What do you want people to do when they visit your website?” and well over half the time they don’t have an answer. The other truly interesting phenomenon I have encountered is that people tend to trust a well-designed website regardless of whether it is legitimate or not and conversely, even the most altruistic of organizations can be perceived as untrustworthy if their web site seems less than professional.
I have had a blessed journey through life thus far. It hasn’t been without its ups and downs but every twist and turn has always delivered me right to where I needed to be and just when I needed to be there. With my wonderful wife of nearly 18 years by my side through most of the adventure we managed to bring three great boys, ages 15, 13 and 10 into the mix to keep it truly fun and rewarding. Now on to the next big quest, my Graduate Degree!
I want to apply these skills to medicine. Rather than simply administering a standard diagnosis, I want to approach each case with respect for its unique circumstances. My ability to understand and empathize with others will help me to provide personal care to patients. Medicine is the field in which my background in the humanities, my fascination with science, and my commitment to helping others will coalesce. Until then, however, I may be found on Monday afternoons in the hospital. I am the
Personal Statement Hmmm………What shall I tell you about me? You, the person who will decide my fate, my fate as to whether I would go to CU-Boulder, go live in Colorado, go snowboarding in the mountains, meet lots of interesting people, and have the most wonderful experience…I better make myself sound worthy. First off, I want you to know that I'm an unparalleled individual, whose outlook on life is of total optimism. Through out my 18 years, I've become freinds with people from all walks of life
of the typical American nuclear family: a single parent household. As I began to study family dynamics further, I was able to see my life experiences in a broader context. In hindsight, I now realize the impact and weight my own mother had on my personal development. It was through her strength, determination, and optimism that I was able to find the spark within myself to set goals and dreams for my future. She encouraged me never to accept anything at face value, including the way our society attempts
As I watched my mother rush to get the pot to boil some water with tears in her eyes, I found myself at the mercy of one of the many asthma attacks that presided over most of my childhood. Most of the houses around our neighborhood in Juarez, Mexico were composed of one large room with a stove, bed, something to sit on and no restroom, so getting to the steaming pot was only a few feet away. Desperately trying to grasp for air as I lay on the couch, I wanted relief not only for myself, but also for
My mother loves telling the story of my response when my parents asked me what I wanted for my third birthday. I responded by pounding both fists against my chest and jerking violently. Eventually they realized that I wanted defibrillators, as seen on the beloved television program “Emergency.” Although impressed with the technology, even then I was attracted to the idea of helping people. Through example and upbringing, my family instilled in me the importance of being involved n all levels of
Personal Statement of Teaching Philosophy I. Teaching Philosophy and Goals I have one goal for my teaching: helping students to think and learn for themselves. This goal is as simple as it is illusive. The more experience I have as a teacher, the more I understand that there is no one-way of achieving my aim. Clearly, the proper focus of education is learning, not teaching; but I know that it is within a teacher's power-and thus it is the teacher's responsibility-to create the conditions
In this purpose paper, I will discuss in detail my personal, career, and educational goals using my skills and talents to explain why they are important to me. My personal purpose statement is to be a productive member of my work team with talents of responsiveness and being strategic while learning as much as I can to improve upon myself and my team. My talents are being quick to respond to any situation and using diverse strategies to get something done as well as my passion for learning new things
Personal Statement: Interests, Experiences, and Goals in Nuclear Engineering Money and fame do not motivate my goals. Engineering in all forms is a field of innovation and invention. Aspirations of any great engineer should be to introduce to the world a new idea, product, or service that will make people happier and the environment safer. Success in these challenges is a reward greater than any dollar amount or public recognition. Engineers bring societies to new levels of civilization through
last two years, Atos has been the vehicle that has enabled me to deliver true value to clients and accounts, helping enable and implementing processes for corporate and personal success and satisfaction. The Junior Groups program can provide me the training, materials, and support necessary to augment my chances of corporate and personal success. My appreciation for the opportunities that Atos has provided can be seen in my in my dedication and quality of my work. It is my desire to continue my collaboration
Personal Statement Please discuss the following items in the order given. Briefly respond to all areas listed. 1. How was your interest in Pharmacy as a career developed? Since my early schooling days, science and mathematics have always fascinated me given that all components of the world are explained on the basis of these disciplines. In this regard, Pharmacy which is based on Chemistry and Mathematics has interested me a great deal as it has direct impacts on our daily lives. The more I have
My Personal Praxis Statement As a college student, I often find myself inundated with work. To make it worse, these assignments usually are uninteresting and irrelevant. It is in the midst of these tedious exercises that I begin to wonder whether all of this work is worth it. When this issue creeps into my mind, I think back to my reasons for choosing to pursue this profession. When I started college, I knew that I could not function in a typical nine to five job. The banality and predictability
side, atop a monstrous pile of boulders. I looked over the vastness of Joshua Tree National Park, and saw a glimpse of myself. Love filled my soul; love of people, love of family. The backcountry has always helped me find this love; it has been my personal north star, shepherding me toward research and medicine. I started backpacking at 13, trekking across the winter-harsh lands of Idaho and Montana. It was difficult, but despite this, a feeling welled within me that pushed me forward. This feeling
Mission statements can be very important. They allow a person to keep direction and focus in your life by helping you concentrate on the things that are important to them. In order to come up with a mission statement that suited me personally, I had to look at my values, characteristics, and skills. Using these I condensed them into a singular goal for my future: I aspire to dedicate myself to utilizing problem solving and rationality to discover new truths to benefit myself and others. This mission
Signora Ferro lay heavily on the gurney which threatened to succumb to her enormous body. The air smelled of fresh sweat, unwashed bodies, and rotting flesh. The doctor to my side shook her head at the site of the gangrene on her foot which now seemed to be taking over her entire leg. Signora Ferro was likely in her late thirties, but homelessness, poor hygiene and even poorer nutrition had begun to take a toll and had changed her appearance to that of a fifty-year old woman. Her condition was
Your Mission Statement: I am at my best when I am confident in my abilities and not worried about failure. . I will try to prevent times when I am not prepared.. I will enjoy my work by finding employment where I can I love helping others on my team improve their knowledge and skills to strengthen our team. I also enjoy learning from others on my team, which provides me with greater insight how to do my job more efficiently.. I will find enjoyment in my personal life through I love to spend time