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Cicero on Human Nature and Morals

In tackling moral obligation, Cicero explains how one can live and behave in the best way possible while maintaining moral obligation by doing what is honorable, doing what is expedient, as well as measures one can take when there is a conflict between being honorable and private gain.

Cicero points out honor as one of the reasons why humans make certain choices. There are certain ways that as humans we need to behave in order to coexist. In the society we live in, one is judged by their action and it is thus paramount to act in a way perceived right by the majority for example not stealing. For one to understand what is right, they need to overcome the need for excessive attachment to themselves (Cicero, pg. 87). He argues that as humans, it is our duty not to cause harm we should always strive to achieving a common good. If one is self-centered, there are least likely to have concerns over other people. Cicero goes ahead to point out how as humans, one is inclined to help even those that have done us wrong. However, those who have done wrong also need to repent for their wrong doing as a way of ensuring that they do not get to repeat the offence again. In trying to talk about how we should behave in case of war, Cicero explains that arguments can be settled either by discussion or war. We should always resort to talks in case of war and force only ought to be used when discussions cannot be held.

Cicero touches on how each individual has been bestowed by something that is different from the other person. According to him, all humans have different talents as well as natural tendencies (Cicero, pg. 107). He goes on to remark that some people may be quick, others possess strength, others imposing presence, some come off as quite attractive, others are quite brilliants while others slow, some are serious while others love gaiety. According to Cicero we are not the same and that every man needs to embrace their particular qualities although they should not retain ones that ae harmful. In embracing all our natural tendencies and the different talents that we possess then we are less likely to put ourselves in opposition to nature (Cicero, pg. 110). Through the individual nature, we gain shape to our duty.

Cicero correlates being honorable and virtue. He states that one needs to do what is honorable for example if one makes a promise, then goes back on their promise then it is most likely that the neighbor will question the character. Fellowship that one gets to maintain in the community is important and is a form of civic duty. In making this claims, Cicero contributes to Stoicism belief that an individual’s action has impact on the community they are associated with. Cicero states that each man should identify their own ability and if choices are presented to them, then one will be able to choose one that suits them best. Cicero also talks of how as humans we are in a position to freely adopt our personal decisions. Cicero talks of careers one may choose for themselves for example military affairs, philosophy or even civil law (Cicero, pg. 116). Although we have a choice, there are still chances that exist and most often we do not have control on things that happen in our lives.

In conclusion, On Duties tries to reconcile an individual’s duty to themselves, their fellow citizen, family, faith as well as homeland. His main point is as humans we need to have stability in ourselves as long as the action that one is undertaking an appropriate action. One can do expedient actions or actions that are advantageous to one’s life.

Works Cited

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Miriam Tamara Griffin. “Cicero: On Duties.” Trans. Walter Miller. Cambridge: Harvard (1913).

I choose Uber Technologies as my organization of interest for this particular project for many reasons. The first reason is the nature of the business. Although Uber came into existence in 2009 and it started as a black-car hire it has expanded widely across many continents and countries. What made the Uber industry stand out is the fact as opposed to traditional car hire services, it employs a digital approach to ensure a win-win situation for the client, the driver, and the company. In short, Uber Technologies runs all its services on an application that connects riders to clients. The most intriguing part of the business is the simplicity of the business. The Uber services took over the ridesharing services to the next level because it capitalized on convenience. Think of it this way, people are always on the move, traveling to a different destination, the store, to work, and even tending to emergencies. Uber Technologies stands out as it was the first company to develop an application that uses GPS to link a client to a driver. The fact that one can log in into an application request for a ride and have the rider pick them from their location is very attractive to my clients. Compared to the traditional method of looking for a taxi physically, most people would opt for Uber because it is convenient and secure. Additionally, I choose Uber because I was drawn to some of the advantages of using Uber. The service is very professional; you won’t find drivers communicating to you unless it is necessary. There is the option of rating drivers and reporting drivers that turn out to be unruly. Further, because the business is well-coordinated, it is easy for clients to trace previous drivers, especially in reporting a driver or tracing items that one might have forgotten.

Worth noting, some of the policies that Uber can employ in addressing sexual assault on customers are developing a sexual harassment and grievance handling policy within the organization and seeing to it that the policy is implemented. This is because having a policy without ensuring its implementation will barely bear any fruit. Over the years, Uber Technologies brand has been dragged through the mud following allegations made by clients on sexual assault, including rape by the drivers. Notably, female drivers have also found them on the receiving end from perpetrators and sexual predators posing as clients. Security issues cut across both ways hence the need to take up the matter and ensure design and implementation of grievance handling policy. I would also encourage Uber to note the changing pattern of the ridesharing business and do the needful to ensure it remains competitive. For instance, many businesses in the transport industry were gravely affected in the wake of the ongoing pandemic. This requires them to upscale their services to include food delivery, packages, and freight. Additionally, Uber Technologies should make a deliberate effort to offer attractive work schedules and competitive remunerations by reducing their commissions. When employees are happy and comfortable with their working schedules, they will remain dedicated to their work, maximizing the company’s profits.

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Cinderella

Fairy tales remain a popular tool of entertainment and education not only for children but also adults. Many fairy tales such as ‘Cinderella’ were written many years ago, but they still remain very relevant today. Disney has turned these tales into popular movies beloved by audiences all over the world. Most fairy tales are meant to be entertaining, but in the end, children should learn a moral story from them. The story of Cinderella has many variants depending on culture, but many of the themes remain similar. The main message in the film is that people should persevere in difficult situations as they will eventually triumph, a lesson that remains relevant to people of all ages to date.

Cinderella is a young lady living with her stepmother and sisters who mistreat her. She is confined to working in the kitchen, always decked out in rags. Her sisters, on the other hand, wore the most elegant clothes and they never have to do any work around the house. They, along with their mother, treat Cinderella like a servant and she is not allowed to go anywhere with them (Campbell 12). Cinderella lost her mother at a young age before her father remarried but later dies, leaving her with her stepmother. After her father’s death, the stepmother and her daughters mistreat Cinderella as they please as she has no one to defend her. One reason for this mistreatment is that Cinderella is much prettier than her stepsisters, and this is a cause of their jealousy. They will not allow her to go to any balls as she has no proper clothes. However, one night a fairy godmother appears and grants Cinderella her wish to go a ball thrown by the prince. The prince falls in love with her and looks for her all over the kingdom. They get married and live happily ever after.

The moral of the story is that no matter how unfairly and cruelly a person is treated, they will eventually overcome their challenges. It also teaches people to believe even when things seem impossible. In the film, Cinderella suffers a lot, and she has no hope for a better future. She thinks she will always be a housemaid for her stepmother and stepsister as there is no one to help her after the death of her parents. In writing the story, the author thinks that Cinderella’s situation is quite unfair, and this is why she gets a happy ending. She gets to attend a ball although her stepmother would not allow her to, and she ends up marrying the prince. Cinderella thinks very little of herself, and this is because her stepmother and sisters have always made her feel inferior. She feels this way because no one has ever paid any attention to her; she does not realize how beautiful she is. Stepmothers are stereotypically believed to be wicked and cruel, and this is why Cinderella suffers under her stepmother (Whiting et al. 102). The overall themes of the story are patience, kindness, and good versus evil. It is important to persevere in the most difficult challenges as good will always against evil. Those who mistreat and belittle others will end up ashamed.

The message in ‘Cinderella’ is quite relevant even to today’s audiences. When it was first written, the story was to teach young children about the evil that exists in the world, and how good overcomes all evil. Cinderella is an innocent girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, even though she has done them no wrong (Mentari & Wennyta 67). The story was also a lesson for young women to wait patiently for their princes to find them, marry them and make life better. In those days, all young ladies looked forward to marrying a rich, handsome young man, and the story of Cinderella reflects those wishes. The evil stepmother hoped that the prince would marry one of her daughters, but he married Cinderella instead.

People can relate to such unfair situations today as often in life; we are bound to meet with people who mistreat others for no reason. Cinderella is also relevant today because it teaches people to keep up their spirits even in desperate times, as miracles do happen. Cinderella had no hope of ever attending a ball, but her fairy godmother appeared out of nowhere and gave Cinderella all she needed. Another lesson that audiences can take away from the story of Cinderella is that even those in the humblest positions can be lifted higher than they could imagine. Working in a grimy kitchen, Cinderella probably never thoughts that a prince would ever take notice of a servant like her. To her shock, the prince looked for her and never cared how poor she was; he fell in love and married her. The fairy tale is a story of hope and triumph meant to encourage those going through tough times.

In conclusion, ‘Cinderella’ remains a popular fairy tale for people of different ages. Different versions of the story exist all over the world, but the main themes remain the same. Cinderella suffered from her stepmother’s unfair cruelty, but she ended up marrying a prince. The moral of the story is that even those in the direst situations will triumph just as Cinderella did. The story remains relevant today as audiences benefit from lessons such as hope, humility and perseverance shown by the story’s main character.

Works Cited

Campbell, Hayley C. “Cinderella: The Significance and Timeless Nature of a Folkloric Costume Narrative.” (2016).

Mentari, Okania, and Wennyta Wennyta. “PERSONALITY TRAITS: ANALYSIS OF MAIN CHARACTER IN CINDERELLA MOVIE 2015 BY DISNEY.” JELT: Journal of English Language Teaching 3.1 (2019): 61-72.

Whiting, Jason B., et al. “Overcoming the Cinderella myth: A mixed methods study of successful stepmothers.” Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 47.1-2 (2007): 95-109.

My interest in technology, particularly computers, how they operate and facilitate easy and faster information processing, dates back to the years when I was in high school. Excelling in computer studies in my Highschool aligned my passion for computers with my future career. It compelled me to take a short course in computer proficiency to expand my knowledge base regarding computers and increase my chances of working in a Tech company in the long run. These studies and experiences in the field have prepared me for this moment and qualify me as the perfect and worthy applicant for the Tech Nation Visa.

I have developed an interest, particularly in computer engineering in the realm of technological innovations and advancement. My extensive knowledge regarding computers enabled me to attain a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology. I intend to continue with my master’s in the future to learn more about this field and become a certified computer engineer. I have also advanced my skills and knowledge through undertaking a minor in Database statistics such as Microsoft Access and file maker pro.

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My Life

My intention was to study art from my country El Salvador. El Salvador is located in Central America. As I did my research, I found out that we belonged to the Pre-Columbian Times and from there we derived with new material.

Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture, the art and architecture of the indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and the Andes and of neighboring cultures before the 16th century AD. For 3000 years before the European exploration and colonization of the western hemisphere, the Native Americans of Latin America developed civilizations that showed the artistic and intellectual accomplishments of ancient China, India, Mesopotamia, and the Mediterranean world. The quality of these accomplishments is even more impressive because much of the essential technology of eastern hemisphere civilizations was unknown to the Native American.

The elaborate sculptures and intricate jade ornaments of the Maya, therefore, were accomplished by carving stone with stone. The Maya, a Native American people of Mexico and the northern part of Central America, produced intricate relief carvings (sculpture in which the figures project from a background surface). Maya sculpture frequently depicted rulers and gave dates and other information about these rulers. Sculpture and other art forms were also used to record important events and to portray deities and their activities. Pre-Columbian cultures are grouped according to general geographic area. The Mesoamerican Area, a major cultural region, includes the present countries of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Peru and Bolivia make up the Central Andean Area, the other major cultural region. Constituting the Intermediate Area are the lower Central America and the northern South American nations of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. The Peripheral Area comprises the rest of South America, as well as the Caribbean islands. Although these areas were initially regarded as separate cultural entities, recent archaeological research has indicated substantial cultural relation rather than isolation. To distinguish the major characteristics of pre-Columbian civilizations, three general chronological divisions were created. The Pre-Classic, or Formative, period (circa 1500 BC-circa AD300),the Classic, period (circa 300-circa 900),and the Post-Classic period (circa 900-1540). The Pre-Classic period was an age of experimentation and innovation, the achievements of which were expanded and refined by later civilizations. In this early period the Americas were primarily isolated into chiefdoms and small kingdoms that were largely independent of one another in their cultural development. During the Classic period complex empires developed. Their rulers were often priests, rather than the warrior-priests who were the principal administrators of Post-Classic civilizations, and cultures were more readily disseminated or assimilated. The Post-Classic period was characterized by frequent wars resulting from the socioeconomic pressures of increased population and technological development. Pre-Columbian civilizations were primarily agricultural, with corn being developed as the dietary staple in Mesoamerica, and the potato in Andean Peru and Bolivia. Until the relative secularism of the Post-Classic period, religion was also central to the formulation and development of pre-Columbian American culture. Religious ideas and rituals, however, were largely determined by the concerns of agricultural societies for crop fertility. Much pre-Columbian art and architecture, therefore, is involved with astronomy, which helped the Native Americans determine appropriate times for planting and times for harvesting. Two types of urban design were developed. One was the ceremonial center, a complex of structures primarily consisting of religious and administrative buildings constructed around plazas, but without common dwellings or streets. It is conjectured that only the secular and religious rulers and their courts lived in these centers, while the majority of the population resided on small farms in a surrounding suburban zone. The other type, true cities, had streets organizing residences of rich and poor, as well as plaza-oriented temples and administrative buildings. Recent mapping projects at sites in Mesoamerica have shown that what were once thought to be ceremonial centers had resident populations of commoners and were more like true cities. Both ceremonial complexes and true cities served as centers for religion, government, and commerce. Important for supplying necessities and luxuries, commerce also provided the routes for transmitting ideas, technology and art forms and motifs. Outstanding in pre-Columbian artistic development were architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts such as pottery, metalwork, and textiles. The earliest pre-Columbian buildings were constructed from wood, bundled reeds, fiber matting or thatch, and other perishable materials. A permanent, monumental architecture using stone or adobe (sun-dried brick) was developed principally in Mesoamerica and the Central Andean Area. Pre-Columbian architectural technology was rudimentary. Most structures were built with the post-and-lintel system, although the Chavín of Peru and the Maya of Mesoamerica employed the false arch, in which one stone was extended above another to form an arch like shape. Stone rather than metal tools were used, and human labor rather than machines was used for transporting and building such characteristic structures as pyramids, palaces, tombs, and platform temples (built on earth platforms). The pre-Columbian pyramid was once regarded as different from its Egyptian counterpart because it was intended not as a burial structure but as the residence of a deity. Recent excavations, however, increasingly indicate that tombs were sometimes incorporated into pyramids. Pictographs in Mesoamerican codices (screen-fold books of paper, produced from fibers or the bark of various plants, or deerskin) illustrate that pyramids were also used for military defense. The Aztec symbol for conquest was a burning pyramid of which the calli, or house of the god (the temple atop the pyramid), had been toppled by the conqueror. In order to make them more monumental or reflect favorably on the current ruler, many Mesoamerican pyramids were periodically rebuilt over a preexisting structure. The majority of extant pre-Columbian sculptures are clay figurines and effigy pots. Stone sculpture is found primarily in Mesoamerica and only occasionally in the Central Andean and Intermediate areas, regions in which the use of metal was earlier and more extensive. Although metalworking technology was highly sophisticated, carving was done with stone rather than metal tools. Teotihuacán in Mexico had buildings covered on both the interior and exterior with a thick plaster that was painted with either decorative patterns or narrative scenes. At the Mexican sites of Bonampak and Chichén Itzá, the Maya and Maya-Toltec painted their temple interiors with realistic frescoes that depict historical events. Although primarily found in Mesoamerica, architectural painting has been discovered in the Intermediate Area in the geometrically patterned underground tombs at Tierradentro in Colombia and the mythological murals at Panamarca in Peru. Also in Peru, Moche effigy pots of architectural structures indicate that the exteriors of buildings were often boldly painted with symbolic motifs. The refined drawing abilities of the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec peoples are demonstrated in their picture or pictographic writing preserved in the codices. Most Post-Classic codices were destroyed during the 16th century by Spanish missionaries who saw them as instruments of evil. Among the few preserved were the Maya codices (now in Dresden, Paris, and Madrid), the Codex Zouche-Nuttall of the Mixtec (now in the British Museum, London), and some Aztec works. Another type of pre-Columbian painting was the decoration of pottery. Maya, Moche, and Peruvian Nazca ceramics provide many of the finest examples of design and technique. Many objects recovered from pre-Columbian sites are associated with burial offerings and are utilitarian or ceremonial rather than decorative in function. Despite the lack of many technological advantages in their manufacture, these objects were equal in design and execution to any of the finest examples of preindustrial art in any part of the world. Possibly first developed in Colombia or Ecuador, pottery succeeded baskets and gourds as containers. Throughout the entire pre-Columbian world, pottery became the most common surviving artifact. Both hand-modeled and molded pots and clay objects were made. Decoration involved incising designs, carving or molding reliefs, and employing various techniques of painting and polishing. Although polychromed ceramics were produced, most pottery was painted with one or two colors or left unpainted. From its probable origins in the northern Central Andean Area about 700 BC, metalworking spread to the Intermediate Area and finally was transmitted to Mesoamerica about AD1000. Because of European greed for gold and silver, most unburied or unhidden objects of these materials were melted down by the Spanish conquerors and exported to Spain as ingots. Although iron and steel were unknown, copper was widely worked and the alloying of bronze was discovered about AD1000. Tumbaga, an alloy of copper and gold, was employed in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Many techniques were used for working metal, including the lost-wax process, soldering, and repoussé or embossing. Metalwork was frequently engraved, gilded, or inlaid with various stones and shells.

Because of the extremely dry climate of the Peruvian coast, this is the only pre-Columbian region where major examples of early textiles have survived. Buried in desert tombs, especially in the Paracas Peninsula, 2500-year-old textiles have been perfectly preserved, as they were in the arid climate of ancient Egypt. Cotton was the most common fiber used for weaving cloth, although in the Central Andean Area llama, alpaca, and vicuña wool was also used. These materials were often colored with mineral and vegetable dyes. Besides woven patterns and images, textiles designs were achieved through painting, stamping, embroidering, and appliqué. In Post-Classic Mesoamerica and Peru, fabric was also made of feathers.

In El Salvador we have many archeological sites and religious sculpture which derive from its Pre-Colombian past. The first artist is El Salvador were Pedro Angel Espinoza, Miguel Ortiz Villacorta and Carlos Alberto Imery. “Espinoza became a chronicler of the country’s native people and countryside, rendered in his work with strong, thick stokes.” (Sullivan, 62). Ortiz was more into painting portraits of people and landscapes. Imery was the one that made a greates impact in El Salvador because he created the Escuela de Dibujo y Pintura (The school of Drawing and Painting). “The 1930’s were dramatic years in El Salvador’s history, remembered primarily for the peasant uprising of 1932 under the legendary Agustin Farabundo Marti. There were grave consequences when the military responded by executing the rebel leader and killing thirty thousand people in a massacre which became known as ’La Matanza’.” (Sullican,62). One of the paintings that I found very interesting was a painting done by Roberto Galicia. He was known for his creation of Mayan subjects and his white-on-white paintings of layered papers in dramatic chiaroscuro. “Affected by the country’s instability and suffering, in 1984 he painted Bandera (Flag), in which the Salvadorian flag appears twisted, almost tortured, and precariously held up by a thin knotted pole.

I have learned more about my culture because of this paper. I know that next time I go back to my country I will go visit the museums.

Bibliography:

Books:

Barnitz,Jaqueline. Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America. ( Texas, University of Texas Press, 2001 ).

Miller, Mary Ellen. The Art of Mesoamerica from Olmec to Aztec. ( London, Thames & Hudson, 2001 ) .

Sullivan,Edward J. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. ( London, Phaidon Press, 1996 ) .

Note: These books I used for information that is in the beginning of my paper, the history of the pre-Columbian art.

Websites:

www.salvatour.com

http://www.nortropic.com/el_salvador/art.html

http://www.cuscatla.com/antepasados.htm

Note: I used these websites to take pictures of the art that I have given you.

Other Reference: I also got reference from my cousin in El Salvador, he lives over there so he got the education of my country, unlike me.

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My journey Through Nursing

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“Female Caucasian, Age 26yrs, Height 5Ft 9 Inches, Weight 127.8 pounds, Heart rate; 117 over 76, Allergic to Sulphur based drugs, Mild alcohol use, occasionally smokes, No previous transfusions. Patient reports headaches, backache, loose bowels and pain in the stomach. Patient recently on a holiday in Africa, Typhus fever suspected, Widal test already requested. Patient put on a dextrose drip. Patient prepped and ready on the examination table, awaiting your directions sir” I said. I was in the doctor’s room briefing him on the patient he was supposed to examine next.

“Good work.” Said the physician “You didn’t mention any pain killers though” I smiled and explained to him the request the patient had earlier made. “Patient says no painkillers should be administered to her, apparently her faith says pain is punishment for some misdeeds and she wishes to suffer it and dedicate it to some cause or the other.”

The physician smiled back, “We are under obligation to respect her wishes, but make sure you clearly explain to her that the option still remains open, whenever she feels ready.” The Physician had finished prepping himself and was heading to the observation room with me in tow.

The patient’s situation was as I had left it three minutes earlier. The lab technician walked in with the preliminary results which confirmed my earlier suspicions; the patient had typhus fever. I left the physician with the attending nurse as I proceeded to prep the next patient on the roll which is the normal routine in my line of work.

I am a Registered Nurse (RN) serving as an Emergency Room (ER) assistant to one of the physicians in my local Hospital. I was in the initial hours of a fifteen-hour shift and was feeling quite energetic. I checked on a previous patient who was on the way to the wards and proceeded into the adjourning examination room.

By midday, I had attended to seven patients and since there were no patients in the ER, I sat at my desk organizing notes from earlier in the day. I ate a sandwich I had brought in from home and downed it with coffee. After the light meal, I filed the notes and placed the files in the desk drawer and with nothing much to do, I started recalling the long and taxing journey that had brought me to the nursing profession.

It had been a chilly morning when I was in grade Five. My friend Pat and I had been playing on the slippery grass in the school’s compound. Full of energy as any kid my age would be, we were playing a contact game which involved a lot of chasing and grabbing. Caught up in the excitement, I pulled Pat a little too hard and she went tumbling down hard and screamed in pain. She grabbed at her leg and I saw that her foot was bent at a very unnatural angle. She was howling at the top of her voice and I couldn’t help crying when I imagined the pain I had inflicted on the adorable angel that my friend was.

The safety officer came to the rescue immediately and he carried Pat swiftly to the Schools health Unit. I sat with her comforting her and what happened next was to forever change my life. The head nurse, in a pristine white uniform came over and examined my friend. She retreated into the inner office and when she came back, she had a dangerous looking hypodermic on her hand and was filling a syringe from a container. She reached for my friend’s foot and soothingly caressed her backside. My friend was still crying in pain and I was not sure she knew what was going on. The nurse with a quick and practiced move had the needle into my friends muscle and Pat let out a high pitched howl. I hated the nurse; my young brain could not comprehend how somebody could inflict more pain on someone who was already in insufferable pain unless they were the worst sadists ever. I blamed myself for all the suffering being experienced by Pat. I was inconsolable. Before my sobs could subside, I noticed something unusual, only my sobs were being echoed back in the room, I checked on Pat and noticed that a cool calm had settled on her face, she seemed totally painless, I was amazed, I looked back at the nurse and she nodded with a knowing smile. I was hooked, from that day henceforth, all I would ever want is to be this miracle worker, this person who could erase pain in just a single move, this miracle worker who now had eased the guilt in my heart. I made a promise to myself; I would one day help a small child like this goddess did with my friend.

In all those years as I grew up, I never lost my passion for nursing, I would read anything I found about nursing and always tried to spend time with a nurse if, and when one was available. Though my experiences over the years have proved to me that nurses are no miracle workers and that they also have to contend with failure like I have done on several occasions, I have never lost the love I have for the profession.

Throughout my education, I tried to absorb all I could about nursing and strived to perform well in all related subjects including biology and chemistry and the day I got admitted into the training program still ranks as among the happiest days of my life; finally my dream was coming true.

After some classroom studies, I was ready for my first assignment as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). This was a learning experience that I had eagerly looked forward to. Though I knew that my responsibilities with patients at this stage were mostly limited to making their hospital experience more comfortable, I took it up with a lot of zeal and absorbed all the knowledge I could. I strived to take up any responsibilities an LPN is allowed to and when possible, I would accompany an RN on their duties and assist in prepping equipment and records.

Within a year of my LPN posting, I felt that I could do almost anything an RN could. I one day in the heat of an argument aired these thoughts to a colleague RN. What he said propelled me to aim higher than I was. “You think you can do what I do better rookie” he retorted, “Well then, Why don’t you put your money where your mouth is, and while at it, consider putting your brain into the mix too”

That was a challenge I was not going to shy away from and I soon enrolled into the LPN-to-RN program. My colleague was right, the engaging studies, the long working hours and ultimately the pilling bills are challenging enough to dissuade the strongest soul but as is often said, the joy is in the journey.

My life in nursing has had its ups as well as its downs, I have enjoyed putting smiles in the faces of patients and their families when things go well as well as wept inside when things did not go so well. My most agonizing experience was losing a patient in the ER as an LPN. Though I know me and my colleagues did all we could under the circumstances, the fact that I was not qualified enough to do some procedures always puts some guilt in me. I never cease to think that maybe, just maybe, I might have been able to do something had I taken the LPN-to-RN earlier.

I cannot say that I have attained my best even though my present professional station allows me more authority on some issues regarding patients as well as more responsibility. I would wish to attain my Baccalaureate soon and hopefully take a specialization in obstetrics (where I will be able to play a role in the miracle of birth) or become a theater nurse and assist surgeons in performing their job in that miracle room where life threatening diseases are literally cut into pieces.

I know this is attainable and with more personal discipline, the acceptance of the long work hours and the ups and downs of the nursing profession, I can emerge the best in what I do. I will be perpetually grateful to everyone who has walked this path with me in their own little way, family, colleagues, tutors and my seniors; each has had an impact in my journey.

“A man’s growth is seen in the

Successive choirs of his friends.”

(Emerson, 1)

The phone rings rousing me. “ER,” I say into the receiver, “This is team AER07, crash victim, adult male, heavy bleeding, Blood group ABplus, unconscious, ETA 5minutes. Out” The voice on the other end says and I hear the click as he hangs up.

I am now fully alert as I head into the ER minor theater to get it ready for the incoming patient and to get a team ready to receive him.

Work cited

“Essays: First series.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Texts. 9th April, 2009. Web. 8th June 2013.

My Life

In a world where people are murdering, stealing and harming each other, it’s hard to find the good in people now a days. The people who are doing these behaviors need help. That’s where I step in hopefully when I am certified to be a counselor. I think that people are generally created innately good and then go create their own nature. I could prove this by just want I learn about God in all my religion classes. “GOD DOESN’T MAKE GARBAGE”. Now some of us have it better than other, which can really hurt our chances to do well in this world. If you where born a thug, in a bad neighborhood and then hung out all with a bad crowd, chances are you will become a bad person. That why these kids or adults need direction in the right way.

This is an important knowledge to have when you are trying to get in to counseling. If you don’t have hope for these people then I wouldn’t think you would make too much of a change to the world or you clients. I think when you are sitting down looking at your client you need to have in back of your mind; this is a good person, who just made some mistakes. I think it is imperative that you need a view people like when you are helping. No matter how impossible it seems, I think everyone can change his/her own way of thinking, it just takes a lot of time and tears sometimes. God created this human being for good not bad, that what were here to help them find out. Also I know some people don’t like Catholicism with their counseling, but I think you need to have some kind of faith in your background if you are going too help other or at least a good judgment of moral good.

Having a good moral judgment means you have values in your life. Values are beliefs you have in life that are worth a lot to you. For example, I value life more than anything in this world. I think murder and suicide is terrible. We are built on this world for life, when someone takes that a way; I think that is the greatest sin. Also have many other values, such as truth, honor and love.

I think these are all good values to have when you are counseling. Truth is good because you will always be honesty and faithful to your clients. Honor keeps in check that you will honor your code of silence when client tell you their problems. Love is the greatest one, every time a client walks in, you should have a love to help this person and try you’re hardest to make them better. I think a client can see when you are truly listening and I think it can make your session can very well, when the client thinks you really care.

I think by the values we hold, we end up becoming them. I think if we are truthful then we will become truthful. This is very handy when going into counseling a client needs caring. So if you value caring then you will become caring. I think values are very important in our profession. Values seem to be losing a lot in our world today, we don’t look for them, and they are being changed with evil ones. We value money greed, and pleasure, if you value any of these I think counseling would not be for you.

For example the money is not that great to begin with, I think you should look at every client as a human being that needs help, not a like a dollar bill, actually care and listen.

As I said before I think this profession is about is all about helping others so you need have values such as truth and caring. I was raised with these values so I think being in a profession where helping and caring are very important would be mandatory for me.

I love the feeling you get when you know that you made a difference. I want to be able to put my head down on my pillow and say to myself,” I MADE A DIFFERENCE”. I also think that having a profession such as counseling would meet a lot of my needs as well.

I need to be helping people every chance I get. I don’t care if they never have done anything for me. It’s the fact that someone needs help and I did the best I can to help them. It also feels really good to be needed. I like when I can go out some where and some ones hurt or crying they would come to me to ask for advice or just someone to listen to, because they know I am a caring person.

I think these needs are in my personality already so it’s not like it’s something I need to strive for. God gave me good listening skills, commonsense and the ability to feel empathy. I think as a counselor you need a lot of empathy. When you put yourself in someone else’s shoes you can understand were they are coming from and help them better.

I have gotten a lot of these qualities for counselor through my own life experiences. I was always better much a good kid, but for some reason, thank the lord; I have never had any real big problems in my family. It always seems to be my friends having them. So for example when my best friends parents got divorced, I was the one listening and be their. As I look back on it now, I remember doing that a lot of times. I would always be their for them.

I have had given many of my friends help with their problems, a lot have been about the divorce friends. I have 6 close friends 5 of them are split up. I so I was always helping always ready to listen and give some good advice. Another life experience that has helped me to become the caring person would be the town nest to me New Britain.

It is filled with bums, drug addicts and murders. My father works in the center town as a dentist. So I saw all these terrible things going on. I always wanted to help but I didn’t know how. Then I started college and really wanted to help being a counselor. I thought about being a cop, but I wanted to get to the root of the problem. I would love to work with kids with drug problems, stop it before it gets to far in their lives were it is too late.

To have values such as I do you need to have certain traits as I do, you also need

to have good outlets of your own problems. I deal with my problems with usually a very rational way. For every problem there is a solution. Sometimes when we get mad we don’t see this solution or something we see it but it just seems way to hard to solve. We either don’t know where to begin or don’t know where go. So we give up. I never really thought of it like that. If there was a problem I would try to fix it right away. For example, if heard from one of my friends that so and so was talking behind my back. I would go to the source which would be the person talking. Go up to them calmly and ask them what was going on. I always go to the source then to the root. It seems to help my problems go away, the harder you make the problem the harder it is to erase. I am also lucky enough to have a very good father with a very good mind for solving my problems.

I am not sitting though and saying I am issue free, which would be much farther from the truth. I think I would have some limitations as a counselor though. They wouldn’t have to due with prejudice, sexism or anything that I think is offending. I think my biggest problem is trying to cure everyone. I would hate knowing I couldn’t help a person. It would really bother me. When I do something I put a 150% in all the time.

It would really hurt also that I couldn’t change this person or at least help the change.

Also I think would have trouble getting to personal with the client. I know we are supposed to be neutral and don’t get caught in every client to deep, because you will end up going crazy, but I think that would a problem. I care a lot about people, but I do get attached very easily. I think that would be something I would have to work on. I know you can not get to involve or start being friends with your client; it’s a professional job, so you must act like one to.

I think I could overcome his by just changing my way of thinking. Understanding that I here to help this person with their problems and that’s all. I could only help then as far as they want to help themselves. I can’t control them or nor should I want to. If they want to change they need to take the first step and that’s coming to me. I need to point them in the right direction. I need to listen and take care of them to the best of my knowledge. I think if keep up this kind of thinking, I won’t get too attached and I won’t be getting hurt when clients fail.

Counseling is a tricky profession many people believe it to be things its not. So lets clarify it up a little. The definition of counseling is “a process where a person can receive assistance in sorting out issues and reaching decisions appropriate to their life circumstances. “

I like this definition a lot for it, but I think it needs a little more added to it. I think counseling is gift your giving to some person to help them in their lives. I think that it is amazing that you can change people to turn out better people, because they came to you for help. I in my own words I think counseling is giving helping people to become better people, giving a person a second chance on life. It is something so powerful to know that you have the chance to help this person. I also think that when defining counseling you should know that it is something that can also be tough and frustrating. It sounds good at first when you read the definition of counseling a process of helping people. I think to myself wow, helping others, but it could also have its bad side.

You might be getting clients who are doing the same thing over and over and just won’t change. It can be very hard at times, when your client knows the answer but they still maintain there life style you help try to change. Clients have to be ready to change before you can change them.

To assist your client in change there are something you as a therapist must have.

Counselor has important functions they need to follow. First off they should make the client feel safe and comfortable. If the client doesn’t feel comfortable they probably won’t either come back or just not let themselves come out and speak. You want client to know they could say whatever they want with out any problem or judgment. This brings up a second important function of the counselor which is confidentiality. A counselor has to tell their clients no matter what they say it stay in the room. Unless their going to take their life or someone else’s.

Another important thing that a counselor must need to do is good listening. You want to make sure the client feels like you are pay much attention to them. It will make the process go a lot better. That’s what you are their for to listen to them, to make they feel like someone is their that cares about them and wants them to change, it’s a big responsibility. The counselor should repeat some of the things the client said just to let the client now you do listen and care.

Another important function of the counselor is to make sure they take good notes.

With goods notes you could see the patterns a client might have or maybe the change from where they were before to where they are now. Plus you need to be on top of things when your client comes to see you.

Just like important functions for the counselor there are also important needs for

the relationship between you and the client. One of the essential needs is that both need to feel comfortable with the each other. The client might feel safe talking you, so you might have to sign off to someone else, or the counselor has a problem with the client, in which he could tell the client that he can not help him/her at this time. It could be racist issues or different values. Example if I was a catholic counselor and my client didn’t believe. He/she could pick another counselor more to their liking. Another essential is that both are going to be honest with each other. Their needs to be that trust with one another. Trust that the client will come on time to session and during session be completely honest with the counselor and also the counselor being honest with the client about everything.

Tell the client what you think, and tell them what you expect to do, to help them.

Also be sure to make sure the client knows what techniques you might

use, for example if you’re using Freud, you will using psychoanalysis. Each

couslner follows a theory and use it My personal favorite would have to be

Gestalt therapy. “Gestalt therapy is a phenomenological-existential therapy

founded by Frederick (Fritz) and Laura Perls in the 1940s. It teaches therapists

and patients the phenomenological method of awareness, in which perceiving,

feeling, and acting are distinguished from interpreting and reshuffling preexisting

Explanations and interpretations are considered less reliable than what is directly

perceived and felt. Patients and therapists in Gestalt therapy dialogue, that is,

communicate their phenomenological perspectives. Differences in perspectives

become the focus of experimentation and continued dialogue. The goal is for

clients to become aware of what they are doing, how they are doing it, and how

they can change themselves, and at the same time, to learn to accept and value

themselves. Gestalt therapy focuses more on process (what is happening) than

content (what is being discussed). The emphasis is on what is being done, thought

and felt at the moment rather than on what was, might be, could be, or should be.“

One of my favorite techniques of this therapy is we look at today, not the past or even the

future. I think people today are to much on the past now a days. For example if I having a bad life it is because my mom hit me. I don’t believe some of those therapies that I read, The counselor needs to find out why we are not finishing things we begin, which ends up bothering us later on. Looking at the small things in our life that makes up the big picture other than just looking at the picture, kind of like tiny building block that make up ourselves. We need look at those building blocks and what we are doing them.

Gestalt therapy worries about here and now, what can I do today to change my life. I think that is the smart way to do it. For example when we want something done it is best to start it right away. If we say we will start it tomorrow or I will do it later, we end up forgetting which ends up not finishing or even starting it. In Gestalt therapy the client needs to begin to become of aware of awareness. The therapist can use awareness and experimentations to help the client find what they are doing in the world as of right now. When this is done it’s called Phenomenological Perspective.

I think if I follow Gestalt therapy more in depth I could really like studying in his field. I still think I have a lot more to learn but I am ready. I know right there is a bunch of good things I can bring to help other people in my profession. I am willing to help anyone from anywhere. I am great listener which you need when you’re a counselor. I would love to sit down and truly hear what they are saying and not saying. To have the

knowledge to cure someone is an awesome gift. Also I don’t get annoyed easy so if my client messed up on their promise or went back to their old ways, I would be like alright lets get back on the horse again. I want to cure everyone, which could also be down fall, because sad but true no everyone could be cure. When it comes down to it I think strengths would be caring, for the client having compassion, also being straight forward not sugarcoating anything. Also honor that I will up hold every time I sit down in my chair to help a client with the best of my ability and to never give up on anyone.

My weaknesses I think would be trying to cure everyone, when I see a challenge I want to go for it and conquer it. That isn’t has feasible in my profession. There are going to people who don’t show up on time and miss weeks. There are going to be clients who go back to their old habits. I need to understand that, so I could be ready to help them again.

Bibliography:

www.google.com/website/defintions

www,gestalttherapy.com/introduction/overview.

Choice For STEM Course

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Choice For STEM Course

Even though it is true that art and such kinds of courses are essential to life, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses are the courses that have the biggest impact on life. This can be proven by the medical field as it is a STEM-related field and it is a very important part of life as through medical research, drugs, and other related parts of the whole the human person has been made better and has been enabled to operate with very few sicknesses. Even those sicknesses that exist most have a cure and they can be healed effectively through science. Nursing is one of the courses under STEM and my choice for the course can be related to my desire to impact lives in a positive manner. I have always wanted to get in contact with people and help them in the best manner possible. However, this has not been possible and through nursing, I am hoping to impact people’s lives positively through nursing.

Another reason I chose nursing which is a STEM-related course is the fact that nursing even though more inclined towards medicine has some elements that make a human a full human being. That is the human contact that is needed for nursing and the warmth with which the nurses are supposed to have towards their patients. The fact that special care can contribute towards the healing of a patient is astonishing and apart from science nursing is like a calling and that is what made me choose the course. It combines science with the art of caring. These two make nursing adorable and desirable as people wish to be cared for.

A STEM college education will enable me to achieve personal goals like the desire to be part of a community or a noble profession like nursing which I have always desired. Through stem education, I will get to understand the basics of the human body and science in a general manner as well as understand what it takes to be a nurse as through the process realize the full nature of the profession as well as what goes into it. This was any disrespect or lack of appreciation for nursing I ever heard or had before will be done away when I become one. Another thing is that through nursing I will impact my community positively as I will serve to my best ability and help patients recover and go through the different illnesses with ease. By doing this I will have achieved my goal and dream of becoming a nurse which I had even when I was young. This came along as a result of my admiration of a nurse who took care of me when I was sick as a young child. Just like she took care of me I promised myself to take care of more people who were in a difficult situation and I would like to achieve that by studying nursing.

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Choices and Views: A View on Cancelling in James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”

“Sonny’s Blues” is a story written in 1957 by James Baldwin. “Sonny’s Blues” occurs in Harlem, New York, in the 1950s. Some of the key characters in the story include Sonny, the Narrator’s brother; Isabel, the Narrator’s wife, the Narrator, who is Sonny’s elder brother and the father, who is the father to Sonny and the Narrator. The main character in “Sonny’s Blues” is Sonny, as the story mainly revolves around him. The short story starts with Sonny as a drug addict who cannot change, but as the plot continues, Sonny becomes a sober person, shifting your attitude towards him from negative to positive. “Sonny’s Blues” is a must-read for anyone who enjoys reading about the effects of drugs in the community as they learn more about the effects of drugs from Sonny’s experiences.

The author James Baldwin

The basic plot of “Sonny’s Blues” is about a black algebra teacher who reads about his brother’s arrest in the newspaper due to using and selling heroin. He cannot imagine that what he is reading is accurate. Sonny’s brother starts to reflect on the times he had spent together with Sonny, and the rest of the story builds from this reflection. A first-person narrator narrates the story, and this is Sonny’s brother. The Narrator says, “I told myself that Sonny was wild,but he wasn’t crazy” (Baldwin 1). The Narrator creates the image that Sonny was a restless person, but he was indeed not insane.

Sonny is faced with personal dilemmas as he tries to avoid going back to drug abuse, and he does not come to terms with most characters in the story as they differ views and opinions hence creating conflict. There is a conflict between Sonny and the Narrator regarding Sonny’s desire to become a jazz musician. According to him, jazz musicians are the best as they are incredible. Sonny says that he has always placed jazz musicians in the category of people referred to as ‘good time people’ by his father (Baldwin 12). However, the Narrator disagrees with his opinion as he thinks becoming a jazz musician is a waste of time. The Narrator says to Sonny, “You’ll have to be patient with me. Now. Who’s this Parker character?” to mock one of Sonny’s most excellent jazz musicians, which makes Sonny angry (Baldwin 13). A conflict, therefore, develops between them. Sonny is faced with a dilemma on whether to continue his music career after being released from prison. He has a great chance of becoming successful with his music, but at the same time, making music might influence him to go back to using drugs (Baldwin 20). From the above examples, we see how Sony is faced with conflicts and dilemmas during the story.

The story’s climax is seen later in the story after Sonny has been released from prison and is now living in his brother’s apartment. Sonny and the Narrator engage in a furious argument over Sonny’s drug use. The Narrator does not understand why Sonny has to use drugs, but Sonny tries to explain to him that no one usually wishes to start using drugs. ” But nobody just takes it,” Sonny cried, “that’s what I’m telling you! Everybody tries not to. You’re just hung up on the way some people try-it’s not your way!” (Baldwin 20). The story’s climax is set when the two brothers witness a scene at a revival meeting. The revival was being conducted by sisters who only had bibles. After the revival, we see Sonny and his brother getting along well. Sonny even buys his brother a beer (Baldwin 19). The Narrator says, “I realized, with this mocking look, that there stood between us, forever, beyond the power of time and forgiveness’ the fact that I had held silence-so long when he had needed human speech to help him (Baldwin 20). This statement indicates the story’s epiphany as the Narrator has finally realized that instead of ridiculing Sonny, he should have concentrated more on giving hum human comfort.

From the story, we see that Sonny has dramatically improved in terms of his character and views. At the beginning of the story, he is portrayed as someone who is reluctant and does not listen to advice, but finally, we see him come to terms with his brother. Finally, the title clearly shows that Sonny is a passionate musician as the term “blues” is a type of sad music invented by black Americans in the 1940s. The life lesson readers should learn from this story is that one should not only focus on how he views the perspectives of life but should be ready to listen to other people’s views. The best audience for this story would be people struggling with drug abuse as they learn a lot from Sonny’s mistakes that affect his life after he starts using drugs. The message they should come with from this text is that drug abuse does not pay.

Works Cited

“Sonny’s Blues.” 323online, www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/323Online/SonnysBlues.pdf. Accessed 14 Apr. 2022.

“James Baldwin Photo.” Flickr, 2003, www.flickr.com/photos/97453745@N02/9209406156.

My First Home Away From My Parents

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Self-independence and living away from my parents was the challenging thing to adopt even though a crucial experience in the growth progression. It comes with an extra cost of sacrifice and becoming responsible for one’s dignity, well-being and having self-control. As one moves on to the tertiary level education and to the stage of getting a job opportunity it is inevitable to become self-dependent as the parents consider one as a grownup. It means that at that point one is capable of differentiating between the things with positive and negative impact on life. The same applied to me as I joined the college live in Tallahassee which is away from the parents’ home. In this essay, the experience gained regarding how to live on my own, how to budget money and how to find different sources of incomes is discussed in to an in-depth extent.

Moving into a house in Tallahassee which was the first home away from the parents’ residence has taught me on the ways to live on my own and had independence. Living in Tallahassee city has been one of the great lessons to learn in consideration of self-dependency. Initially, I could see it as a threat wondering where to begin regarding all the responsibilities such as meals, dressing, entertainment and paying the rent and other dues. The most disturbing thing was the kind of friends to absorb in my life apart from the relatives and neighbors back there in my parents’ home. Eventually, with time I realized that all is possible and having independence is the best thing that everyone could desire to have in life. Preparing my meals and paying bills which were traumatizing there before becoming a curriculum and it became enjoyable living on my own. The parents and other supervisors are not at all the time on my back to tell me what to do or assisting me to make a different decision (Bhattacharya, et.al page 12). It is has played a significant role in the life as it has enabled me to become visionary and realize that it is my life and it all depends on how I want to live. It comes to my realization that the efforts today will determine how I will stay tomorrow and also the future.

Not only did moving in a new home teach me how to be independent and living on my own, but also how to budget my money. Since the beginning of having self-reliance on the kind of life to live and how to manage the finances, I learned the techniques of budgeting the money. Initially, when I was staying with the parents, there was nothing to worry about the ways of spending money as after all they would cater for the meals and my well-being is not the case now. After moving to the new house, I have learned how to manage my resource and most vital how to avoid spending money sparingly. In Tallahassee, it is somehow expensive as the living standards are high as in any other city. Therefore, it urges a good plan on how to manage one’s capital to enhance good living and avoiding inconveniences regarding providence of the necessities. It is right that the parents may at sometimes cater for my expenses but with no proper budgeting that will never be enough. Among the gained experience is putting aside unnecessary expenses and purchasing groceries from local suppliers at the Grower’s Market as it is cheaper than depending on the packed goods. With this, I have experienced no financial constraints, and the budgeting strategies run well throughout the month (Durrani et.al page 21).

Furthermore, living on my own teaches me how to find different streams of earning income. Self-reliance has significantly motivated me to be engaged in various productive activities to earn extra capital for the sustainability in Tallahassee. The incentive is generated by the desire to live a different life with high living standards, the need to stop asking every help from parents and relatives and being able to contribute and have shared in various businesses involved in. For instance, I am involved in online marketing which at the end all I earn good capital within a short time. The entrepreneur skills learned through the class work and from real life experiences also plays a significant role in enabling one stay in an innovative way which always comes with pay (Siennick, et.al page 7). Living on my own also helps me to have diversification in the business sector not only depending on the parents and other sponsors as my source of income. With capital, one is capable of living a good life with no distress and also capable of helping others and the needy in the society by participating in charity work.

As illustrated above, living on my own has been a fateful experience regarding the personality, the way of living and interacting with other people in a productive way to the society. Nowadays, I am capable of living on my own, how to manage my finances and on the techniques of finding various streams of earning income. Live in Tallahassee is tremendous and has enabled to take the right direction and positively to impact the individual and society at large.

References

Bhattacharya, Torsha, et al. “The effects of perception vs.“reality” on travel behavior after a major transit service change: The case of Tallahassee, Florida.” Journal of Public Transportation 17.2 (2014): 1.

Durrani, Nusrat, David Sable, and Shepard Fairey. “Rebel Music.” (2015).

Siennick, Sonja E., Alex O. Widdowson, and Daniel T. Ragan. “New Students’ Peer Integration and Exposure to Deviant Peers: Spurious Effects of School Moves?.” The Journal of early adolescence 37.9 (2017): 1254-1279.