Personal Narrative- Driving Test
As I walked out of the courthouse and down the ramp, I looked at my mom in disappointment and embarrassment. Never wanting to return to that dreadful place, I slowly drug my feet back to the car. I wanted to curl up in a little ball and I didn't want anyone else to know what I had done. Gaining my composure, I finally got into the car. I didn't even want to hear what my mom had to say. My face was beat red and I was trying to hide my face in the palms of my hands because I knew what was about to come; she was going to start asking me questions, all of the questions I had been asking myself. Sure enough, after a short period of being in the car, the questions began.
"Honey, how could we have miscalculated six months?
My frustrated reply to every question was, "I don't know!"
Maybe this was a sign I was going to fail. I could only imagine how my brother and sister were going to make me feel. They had teased me about studying so hard for the permit test. Now here I was, not actual failing the drivers test, but failing to go on the correct day.
Exactly one month later, all of the fears that happened in the past were returning. Was I going to fail? Was I going to get the same, strict instructor? As I slide out of the car and slowly shut the door, I could only hope that the same person wouldn't be there when I attempted to take my driving test last time. With that thought running through my head, my brain was in overdrive. All the wheels were turning as fast as they possibly could.
I tried to zone out the negative stories I heard by telling myself, "I can do this. I just drove through town on a practice run and I did perfectly fine."
Of course, the fear of failure kept popping in my head and I couldn't get rid of it.Sluggishly, I made my way to the entrance of the courthouse. As I reached for the door, I let out a sigh of worry. I moseyed down the stairs trying to stall as long as possible. All that I could picture was the instructor with dark, slanted eyebrows that made a wrinkle between his two critical eyes.
At the combined parks of Universal Studios (US) and Islands of Adventure (IoA) patrons have been complaining that it takes too long to both purchase park tickets and then get through the entrance lines. According to managers of the park patrons have been giving conflicting data as to which is actually having a problem. Some say that US is slower than IoA where others disagree and claim IoA is indeed the slower of the parks. To get to the truth behind the issue we conducted an observational usability study where we spent a minimum of 30 minutes at each park’s ticket purchase and entrance lines measuring the time interactions relative to time.
It was on a burning summer Sunday morning the day I received my initial traffic citation. My best friend and I got this crazy plan the afternoon before it all occurred .We determined that instead of going swimming at the recreational local pool of Tallahassee, we ought to head on in a journey to Panama City beach to enjoy the last week of summer that was left for us. The only problem is that it was 6:00 pm and by the time we arrived at the beach the sun would be hiding in the orient.
...place for women evolve, I think the traditions of family and public child care should help to evolve with them. As husbands and wives taking in the housework equally, to help iron out the stress within their lives, couples should evolve to interconnect with each other in a way where they see themselves more as equals who both are working and supporting each other rather then opposites who are assigned to only work to bring money in as the other does everything else around the house
While I am aware that an innumerable number of students around the country fail their driver’s test at least once, for some maybe a few more times; failing mine had a superb impact on me. I had been utterly confident in my ability, since for me it was no different than any other test I
I sit in a dim lit classroom with my classmates all around. I hear the teacher’s raspy voice say “One minute left to finish”. I am so terrified that I might fail. I can’t fail, I can’t go to the Thinning, my family needs me and I can’t leave Jake. I know he will probably be fine without me and move on with his life, but I still like to think that he would need me. I have one more question, I tell myself. Then I will be done and I don't have to worry about the test until next year. Jake also promised me that tonight we would go out to eat at my favorite restaurant, Louie's Cafe. They make the best cheesecake there. It is my favorite thing ever.
Although he initially resisted this commission—on the grounds that he was a sculptor and not a painter—Pope Julius eventually offered enough money where Mike caved. Michelangelo’s “modest scheme of twelve apostles in niches” [10] from the book of Genesis is “an act of worship and proclamation,” rather than an expression of form or intellect [11]. In the Creation of Adam, for example, the image of God and Adam’s near-touching hands depicts a man’s relationship to God and serves as a symbol of humanity [12]. Adam, seemingly indifferent, extends a drooping hand to God, who outstretches a powerful, masculine arm from the sky, surrounded by angels and a red cloak that strangely resembles a human brain [6]. This potentially suggests that God attempts to impart divine knowledge onto man; or, perhaps, it is a subtle jab at the church’s rejection of science. In addition, a set of Kabbalistic messages are hidden within figures whose poses spell out letters in the Hebrew alphabet. For example, David and Goliath form the Jewish letter “gimel,” which symbolizes strength [6]. This serves as an attempt to bridge Judaism and Catholicism at a time when Christianity dominated. Despite investing four years in completing the ceiling panels, Michelangelo disliked his patron, Pope Julius II [13]. In fact, the pope’s aggressive tactics and fight for power earned him the
Art, by definition, is “something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings”. Throughout history, one way that art has been used is to reflect a multitude of ideas and beliefs. Christian beliefs and ideas have been portrayed in artwork since the beginning of Christianity, although, it was not always acceptable to do so. The idea of the final judgement is a Christian idea that has been displayed in art repeatedly in a variety of ways. Michelangelo’s fresco the Last Judgment (1536-1541) is a piece that visualizes this idea. Since the time it was finished, this significant piece found in the Sistine Chapel has been continuously critiqued and analyzed. Many Christians struggle to interpret the event of a final judgment after reading it through Scripture. In analyzing Michelangelo’s piece, it is similar difficult to determine what he exactly meant to portray and what the various part of his masterpiece represent exactly. Many have examined this piece and made different regarding what exactly the various figures and objects are supposed to represent. The diverse interpretations of this work further shows the idea that when Christian ideas are reflected through artwork, it is hard to ascertain exactly what an artist intended to demonstrate. In addition, the controversies surrounding this piece represent the idea that when Christian ideas are revealed through art, there is potential for disagreement regarding what should and should not be included in Christian art. Michelangelo’s Last Judgment is just an example of what results when Christianity is brought into art.
Ziegler, Joanna E. “Michelangelo and the Medieval Pietà: The Sculpture of Devotion or the Art
There is so many different personalities in the world, and how boring would it be if we all acted the same. “Every society and social group has values, experiences, and understandings that are widely shaped among members but may not be endorsed by those outside of the culture or group” (Wood, 2016, p.54). This is your personal identity , which is how you choose to live your life and what you stand for. Your idenity can be shared closly with other people. However, your personality is uniquily your own, this is the way you have decided to represent your idenity (Hontoy, 2015). I learned that I am an ESTJ type, extravert (19%), sensing (12%), thinking (1%), and judging (44%). Some of the concepts that I read about my personality type I recognized in myself and some opened my eyes to new concepts about myself (Humanmetrics, 2016).
I was one of the many who wasn’t fortunate enough to receive their license the first time through. I was slightly unprepared for the task and hit the curb on the 50 feet straight line back up. I wasn’t informed that I had to look behind me and not use my mirrors when backing up. I had practiced multiple times the day before to prepare my self thinking I would be all set and was doing great. The morning of the test my nerves took over and like most tests for me, I got way to nervous and over thought it. I then drove the car back and got the hear the speech from the instructor “You need to work on your backing up, parallel parking and you can send this green paper back for a new date”. I was holding back the tears as I got the lecture waiting for her to leave so I could get my disappointment out. About an hour after I was over this failure moment, went and sent out for my second
All of Michelangelo’s works of art are amazing, but no others are as iconic as his painting on the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel. “Though Michelangelo always considered himself more of a sculptor than a painter, he painted one of the most inspiring pieces The Creation of Adam Created in the Vatican in the year 1512.” The painting was painted by Michelangelo by himself without assistance, when he was only a sculpture. This piece is referenced as one of the token Catholic pieces of art produced during the Italian Renaissance which portrayed several biblical stories. The Creation of Adam, which displays God giving an apple symbolizing God giving life to the first
William James said, “All religions and spiritual traditions began with the cry ‘Help!’” Regardless of who we are or where we live, we struggle with circumstances in our lives that are beyond our control. We will have disappointments and setbacks, grow old, lose possessions, the people we love will leave us, and we ourselves will die. This is the suffering the Buddha spoke of, and it is present for all human beings. At its core, Buddhism is the recognition of this suffering as a core facet of human existence. Like many religions and spiritual paths, it answers the cry for help with a prescription to make peace with the nature of our existence.
A few months ago, after a rather discouraging math test, the results confirmed my fears. I had failed the test. For many people, this wouldn’t be a huge deal, but for me, it felt like my life had just crashed down before my eyes.
“Yep,” I responded, “I just studied for a little bit longer.” Feeling more confident that I was going to pass the test, my stress levels started to fall. Then the day of the test came. The first test I had to do was piano technique or playing the piano. The test was located at another teacher’s house, which was about half an hour away from my house. During the drive, my heart rate started beating faster and faster, until it felt like my heart was going to burst. My dad, who noticed that I was stressing out said, “Calm down Andrew, there’s nothing to be worried about.”
Michelangelo was called to Rome by Pope Julius II in 1505 for two jobs. The most important one was for the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Working high above the chapel floor, lying on his back on scaffolding, Michelangelo painted, between 1508 and 1512, some of the finest pictorial images of all time. On the arch of the chapel, he devised an intricate system of decoration that included nine scenes from the Book of Genesis, beginning with God Separating Light from Darkness and including the Creation of Adam, the Creation of Eve, the Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve, and the Flood.