Throughout the worldwide famous book “Tuesdays with Morrie”, known as ‘Memoir’ [1] the American writer Mitch Albom presented the truth of life, the benevolent characteristics of people which everybody should have but they don’t have. “Tuesdays with Morrie” is actually a novel based upon an original story that explained the outlook of a dying older man about reality of life. The author examines the statement, “I know it is more important than almost everything they taught us in college,” and split ends that
along the nursing career but also in my personal life situations that require a more objective approach. The importance of questioning and reasoning appear as the normal way to be, without ignoring
The genesis of my intense interest in education, an interest which has now evolved into an aspiration and a pursuit for a career in the field, happened during my undergraduate studies. A Basic Training Program delivered by the graduates from Yale University (as part of an exchange program) changed my understanding of education and, together with it, the course of my life. Those graduate students were young, vigorous, and highly intelligent, demonstrating impressive teaching expertise. In particular
since I can remember I have been proud to show my culture and my values. Being raised in a Mexican-American household definitely helped me with my identity. Now that I am 22 I can see how my upbringing has all helped understand where other people’s culture. Talking about values is a common topic with my family. In my family, one value that is very important is the importance of education. My parents were not given the opportunity to get an education in Mexico, so they made sure that their children
Time Management I learned a lot from this topic. I took some tips from this lecture and performed them in my study schedule, in specific making use of prioritizing and scheduling activities during the day and week. For the prioritizing, I also prioritize the activities on a table of importance and urgency. As a result of Time Management strategies, I feel I am more organized, and I am able to achieve more effort in less amount of time. By attempting to be organized, I decreased the time needed to
Kids attend school to learn how to read, do math, write and an array of other subjects. However, in my opinion the most important lessons students learn are in the hidden career, one of the most important being critical thinking skills. But first you might ask, what exactly is critical thinking, and why is it so important? The Oxford dictionary describes it as “the objective analysis, and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. (Oxford English Dictionary)” Critical thinking allows people
him. As any child’s curiosity, my instinct was to go and play, but I was not to get near it, as only, “adults are authorized to play the piano” and when I grew up, I might be able to play it. Therefore, I wanted to grow up as fast as I could, believing that I was too young to
doing and when you succeed what life you will have.” On the other hand, Mark Twain said, “Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” Although going to college cost lots of money, college has several advantages. For example, college education can open many doors, and college will teach you to build strong communication with different people, and you will get more abilities to make better decision. We all know that education has improved, and it will progress
alluded to as being the finest country in the world in many areas, but education is far from being at the top of that list. As a matter of fact, it is no secret that the education system in this country is far from perfect and has fallen behind academically in comparison to other international countries throughout the years. The decline of a healthy learning environment has had a tremendous effect on the deterioration of the education environment and it is our job as citizens of this country to create
Bachelor’s Degree Completion Reflection In this world we live in, every person has a way he wants to make his dream true. For me, I decided to make my dream true through an international education. In fact, in 2013, I joined Kepler, a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote high quality education through online project and in- personal seminars. Kepler has a partnership with Southern New Hampshire University through a program which is called College for America. Indeed, College for America is