school system, I was considered a high-level student per the standards and curriculum, graduating in the top five percent of my class. However, I entered Professor Garland’s honors composition course with a false sense of knowledge. I believed the essays that I wrote in high school where at a college level, but after submitting one rough draft in Professor Garland’s class, I began to realize my shortcomings as a writer. After spending the last four months in honors composition, I can confidently
As my days at Kindergarten Gap come to a close, I have been reflecting a lot. Between this Human Relations class and my service learning experience, I have learned how diverse of a society we live in. I’ve observed many sources of diversity at my service learning site. It has been a real eye opening experience. Throughout the last three months, I’ve observed diversity amongst ethnic group, ability, gender, and social-economic class just to name a few. Being able to see diversity first hand at
The course that I took this term on money and banking was of great value to me. It taught me some very important things. One of the most important things that I learned in this course was that the Federal Reserve is the best resource for information concerning the economy. Another important thing that I learned was that interest rates mean different things to different people. A third very important thing that I learned was how a financial crisis can start in the United States. There is an abundance
mentioned qualities, here I am. These are the three words that best describe me, from my point of view. I wish to apply for the position of vice president in Taylor’s Economics Society. I’m not sure whether I’m the one you are searching for, but I believe that with my past experience which equipped with me various skills, I will be able to do well in the position that I hold. During secondary school, I have been the given the opportunity to hold several important positions. I was the Head of Librarian
importance of spending money on certain things. Although Financial literacy can look scary for a high schooler Mr. Frost from Texas, is trying to show how the world of economics works by using an economic simulation with his students and they sure did learn a lot. The article for the New York Times by Tara Siegel Bernard called “Working Financial Literacy in With the Three R’s” says “I first learned that real life isn’t going to be as nice as this game. I also learned that good budgeting has to be maintained
of Stratification Systems I have been able to explore the way that Social Stratification and Stratification Systems. Stratification Systems is the way the people are placed into a specific category that is dedicated fulfilling society’s needs. “Social Stratification enables a society to maintain life by slotting people into groups and institutions to fulfill the jobs and roles that meet the society’s basic needs” (Larkin, 2015) Three of the most known cast systems are class, slavery, and caste. When
Saudah, and it was on the archetype lense of the book. So through her presentation, I've learned that the archetype lense is actually an ideal model that repeats. In this theory or lense, there are actually many types that follows it, some of those types are character and symbolic lenses. I've also learned that when viewing in the archetypal lense, the task for the characters are to be driven to get a certain thing. When Saudah was explaining the lense through character archetype, she tells us that Pi
of self-discovery and growth can be compared to Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. Sabine is forced to abandon everything she knows and through this experience learns so much about herself, the world around her and explores the themes of race, class, loyalty, identity and fate. The story begins when the military dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin, declares to the people that he has had a dream where God told him that all “Foreign Indians” to be forced out of the country. He plans to carry out this
they love those identities will change. I believe that changing identities throughout life will help a person develop into a better person. If a person has identified as multiple different things in his or her past then he or she will be more willing to accept and appreciate those who are different. I grew up being taught to always treat others the way I wanted to be treated and at times that can be hard, but I have always strived to be a kind and caring person. I was born and raised in Olathe, Kansas
those words that several individuals know, but cannot necessarily define; I was one of those individuals prior to this course. Strategy is about positioning an organization in a way that is competitively advantageous and can deliver long-term, sustainable, and superior results. This ranges from making decisions based on which industries to participate in, what goods and services to offer, and how to allocate resources most efficiently. Strategy is different from tactics because it is a long-term