Finally, with having friends that have the same goals and attitude as her, Pauline trusts that she has everything it takes to continue to excel at Talladega. By surrounding one’s self with people that strive to excel and want to exceed in everything they do, a person will continue to keep that mentality. Some people don’t purposely try to bring others down or discourage the work ethics of others, but they do anyway. This is mainly because they aren’t as focused as the other person and they have contrasting psyches. During Pauline’s senior year in high school, she made an extremely difficult decision when it came to her best friend Joselyne, who had been her closest friend for years. Joselyne’s mentality went from being concerned about her education
Read the posted case study about Benita Vasquez and discuss the following questions: 1. What are the clinical causes of death in the story? a. Senora Vasquez died because of uncontrolled diabetes, Infected wound and diffusing kidneys. With not well-controlled diabetes and acquiring an infected burn wound makes it harder for the patient to get treatment. Thus with the condition of the patient and her current social status, she is unable to afford the treatment and medications needed to alleviate her suffering.
6AM. A young man wakes up, showers, and eats breakfast. He then continues to his bedroom, embellishing himself in the simple yet characteristic mixture of white and khaki. He continues to his place of employment, breathing the soft scent of elm and grass. Within the caddie must lay the characteristics of a well-rounded, young adult, embodying the work ethic of those most inspiring before him. Charles “Chick” Evans, who once was a caddy and worldly renowned golfer, appreciates the fine young adults that have endured the morning wakeup call everyday in the summer. To whom that are applicable can ultimately be awarded the Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship. Named after Chick Evans himself because he dropped out of college in 1912 for lack of money, the scholarship is funded by donations from golfers and the proceeds of an annual professional tournament (Spears, 1995). Although Chick Evans has passed away many years ago, his legacy still lives on through the 825 scholars currently enrolled in 19 universities all across the United States. Chick Evans has made a profound have impact on the golf community and caddies looking for a way to pay for college.
When nothing is going right in life, what do you do? Do you just quit and hope for the best or do you pick yourself up and work even harder to succeed? Iliana Roman, a single mother of three children and an owner of a hair salon, kindles the message that individuals who face adversity can still persevere in life. According to Roman’s memoir “First Job”, it is never too late to turn your life around. At seventeen years, old Roman unexpectedly became pregnant. This event led to Roman’s life changing completely causing her to drop out of high school. She was nearly to the point of no return, she simply could not hold down a proper job, and the only way to support herself and her child is working three to four odd jobs every week. Roman presents her message of persevering in life by incorporating hyperbole, repetition, and pathos.
In the case study of Juanita and Sandra, Juanita, a sales manager of Trumbell and Son, is struggling with Sandra who is a new employee on the sales team. Juanita is an effective manager who spends time to learn about what personalities, strength, and incidental details her employees have. Juanita can pull out employees best skill sets and internal incentives. On the other hand, Sandra’s inconsistent behavior made Juanita confuse about her personality. As a manager, Juanita feels uncomfortable about managing Sandra’s inconsistent personalities. This may be caused by the difference in behaviors and personalities between these two individual.
...r] to stay on top of [her] grant applications on behalf of [her] students because it is what enables the most students to participate in the program. It is a constant struggle between encouraging [her] students to do well to prove the program’s worth and using the programs worth to earn more funding.” She uses the grants to buy supplies to teach the students in the program and help with costs.
In this case, talent can be and is represented by what you have been given and or your socioeconomic status, and if you don’t work hard, someone else who works hard should be given opportunities regardless of their “talent” or lack thereof. The Socs have been handed a lot and were born into the higher end of the socioeconomic spectrum and choose not to work hard. Darry, on the other hand, wasn’t handed a lot and was born on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum, but he chose to work hard so he should have gotten a chance at a future. However, society judges promise on wealth and “talent”, neither of which Darry has. Darry works as a roofer, causing injury to himself, to ensure his own and his family’s survival. But as a Greaser, nothing he does matters, or even deserves to matter. He worked hard in school earning him a scholarship. Even more so, he balanced getting those good grades with being on the school football team. His hardwork and his balance between athletics and academia earned him a scholarship. But even with his scholarship, he couldn’t afford college. But, he didn’t give up. Then, in a fatal car crash, his parents die, removing any chance of him being able to go to college for at the very least the near future or more likely, the rest of his life. But that wasn't all. With his parents no longer around, he had to care for his
It takes a tremendous amount of work to be able to maintain your moral and spiritual centers and still be successful in an extremely competitive world. Most people cannot balance these things and are forced to pick one side. Marcelo was able to experience his live and pick both. Marcelo is one of these people, and he eventually chose the moral path, and because of that his summer in the mailroom, in the eyes of his father, was a failure. He was not going to be able to attend Patterson in the fall, and he sacrificed all of this, so he could maintain his moral and spiritual center. To maintain one’s moral and spiritual codes in a world driven by competition, you must give a constant effort to maintain your code, be willing to make sacrifices, and be willing to risk failure to maintain your moral and spiritual center.
Many people give up too easily and can’t find the confidence and motivation to grow and overcome these challenges. Logan was an average student and coasted through school and his lack of skills caused him to not succeed in college. Logan had an epiphany and realized that he wants to make something out of his life and started to make goals and succeed in school. Which he changed from zero grade point average (GPA) to a 4.0. Soto was made fun of because of his hideous guacamole jacket. These cause him to be depressed and his low grades. Soto explains how the way one dresses can influence how they feel about themself. They both worked with motivation, confidence, and persistence to overcome these
Next, Lorraine lacks Positive Peer Influence. John is a good friend but he is never trying to get her to do something good. He always wants to do something she doesn't want to do. For example, Lorraine doesn't want to have a party at Mr. Pignati’s house while hes in the hospital but John persuades her to. Also John continuously smokes cigarettes and drinks beer around her. For
“You have to fight some of the bad days to have some of the best days of your life.” In the story Rudy starts off working in the factory with his dad and his brother was also working but here is when me and Rudy get alike, because he realizes that depending on his work ethic he would be leaving and going to attend Notre Dame University. The way this part of the story relates to me and my little story, because I know I can better my situation, but it all depends on my work ethic and my timing. Rudy had to put in more work than me because he had to work and save his money in order to switch his jacket and make his dreams reality and become a football player for Notre Dame. At that point Rudy realizes that he is not happy and he starts saving
Miss Moore climbed up against the odds in a time where it was almost unheard of for a black woman to go to college. She was a role model for the children who encourages them to get more out of life. This made Miss Moore an exceptional spectacle as most children would likely, “. . . go to the pool or to the show where is cool” (Bambara), however Sylvia and sugar were being forced to meet with Miss More by their parents. From the parent’s point of view, “. . . it was only right that she should take responsibility for the young ones’ education” (Bambara). The parents themselves realize this was very important for their children, but they did not necessarily take their own advice and at times failed to meet some of their own obligations for the children.—Parents who lived in poverty stricken neighborhoods were not always the best role models they could be for their children to discourage
As the Tiger rolled around, there arose a question of whether or not to keep the team together or break it up and give the two seniors a chance to compete in other individual events at regionals. I actually didn't know about this possibility until about five minutes before the race began on Saturday. We were all huddled together preparing for the start. Jeremy came up to Rodney and me and told us that if we didn't do well the team might be dropped. Kicking our motivational drive into high, the four of us focused on only one thing: running the time we all knew we could. Getting into the blocks I felt more ready than ever. At the sound of the gun, I shot out of the blocks. I sprinted around the track, concentrating on making a great hand-off.
Often times, ambition pushes an individual away from others, makes one lose sight of what is actually important to them, and fills them with thoughts of failure. In Late Nights on the Air, Gwen is one of the two new announcers in a radio station. Of the two, Gwen is the most ambitious, yet, at the same time, she did not realize that her ambitions are slowly eating her soberness. Her drive to become a great announcer like her trainer, Abe Lamont, has caused her to become bitter and caustic with her co-workers, which has brought up comments like “She’s so judgmental,” and “But compared to you she’s inexperienced and unsure of herself. She’s shy.” These comments made Gwen feel wounded and doubtful of her choices. Gwen has not realized how to control her ambition to
Early in my soccer career, I began to have difficulty breathing, and was struggling to run normally. I was then diagnosed with asthma. I was frustrated with the way I was playing, but decided I was not going to let the asthma control my life, or my dreams. As in The Pact, George, Rameck, and Sam tried not to let the distractions of their home lives interfere with the drive to succeed in college, and fulfill their dreams. In George’s case, I think he struggled at home because he never had a male figure in his life.
Any athlete from high school to the professional ranks has most likely heard the phrase, “Hard work beats talent.” To them, this statement provides incentive to work hard, for even if their opponent is more talented than them, they can still be victorious through hard work. To some, hard work is the most important aspect of life. However, others may argue that one’s career or social status is much more important than hard work. In Bernard Malamud’s short story, The First Seven Years, the shop owner views social status as much more important than hard work. However, among the three, hard work, career, and social status, hard work is most certainly the most important.