Hey how’s it going! This is Will, I met you and Steve at the 100 Blk Men event last weekend. I don’t know if you heard about this event on the 6th. http://houbrw.com/event/movers-shakers-networking-dinner/…
but we must try to embrace it. Always be the best you can be and when people put you down…
Who is an outsider or an outcast? Do you know how an outsider or an outcast feels? Have you ever been to a different country, or got taunted on how you dress, or ever been rejected from a particular group? Is the experience of being an outsider universal? There are a lot of questions that come up when you think about being an outsider. An outsider or an outcast is a person goes against the values of other people. A loner for example. A loner is rejected by their peers. They are isolated because they are strange or different than the others. To understand the concept of this, the memoir called “By Any Other Name” from Gifts of Passage, is an excellent example.…
Andy, I know I’m always reminded that whenever I go to a new branch I needed to get to know the team first, and observe everything and make a mental note of what’s working and what’s not before embarking on new challenges. I do believe in the phrase, though, ‘if it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it.’ It sounds like the new GM needed to fit in first before presenting her ‘wonderful’ plan. In addition, she lacked the important characteristics of ‘openness, candor, informality, and closure.’ It seemed as though, it was either her way or the highway.…
Sorry for not getting in touch with you, I haven't had time to check in with you because I am taking summer classes in San Francisco and doing part-time help desk position at the same time. I did great on my first year of college and looking forward to the upper division classes in the upcoming sophomore year. I think the first year of college went well for me because of my wonderful experience at…
Joining the Honors college did not cross my mind for a long time in my research of Appalachian. I did not see myself capable of thriving within a possibly contentious community of highly intelligent people. However, as the deadlines began to tick down and the pressures of school were put on blast, I began to realize that the honors college was my strongest option. Since I was very little, competition and a healthy amount of academic pressure have brought out the best in me. Rather than wilting under the intensity, I rise up ready to face the challenges thrown my way. The honors college will stimulate my growth towards intellectual, personal, and professional achievement utilizing both friendly competition and social proliferation.…
It was the day that I was dreading all week. It was the day my brother was leaving for college. Since the day i was born me and my older brother have been really close. We liked the same things, hung out with the same people, and played on the same sports teams. We did everything together. As time went on nothing really changed even through high school we were still really close. The day he was leaving for college I was at my friends house and didn’t want to go home until the minute he was leaving. I didn’t want to see him until he left because i knew it was going to be hard for me to watch him leave so i figured if i didn’t see him until he said bye it wouldn’t be as bad. Another part of me also didn’t want to show him weakness, that i was…
Being an outsider is a real struggle. Not only do you feel like you don’t fit in or belong but it is lonely. The feeling of being an outsider can consume your every thought. It make you emotional, and sad. Although it is a terrible feeling it can help you learn something important. I felt like an outsider when i moved from here to Washington.…
Coming back from a year of being aboard has made me reminiscent of the joys of discovery and the thrilling feeling of adventure. One of the reasons I find myself applying to Dickinson is because I am eager for a change of scenery and the chance to explore a new place as I enter a new chapter in my life. I truly feel like I will be able to fully immerse myself in the community and acclimate the new environment.…
4 years. 1,460 days. 35,040 hours. 2,102,400 minutes. That is how long it takes to get a college degree. College is has always been something that seemed like a reachable goal for me. I knew that my family could afford to put me through college, I knew I was in schools that would prepare me for college, and I knew that I was capable to get into a college, For me going to college was never an unattainable goal. My Attitude towards college was shaped primarily by two forces, my own personal experiences and knowledge of college, and my parents influence on me about college.…
Growing up as a child in Anaheim, wasn’t as imagined. The demographics of Anaheim was filled with a Hispanic population accounts for the majority of the community. As a result to the high number of Hispanics in elementary school. Children are very blissful and ignorant when knowing the difference and social standards of race, however my mind was not equipped for my first years of elementary school across my street. The first day of school, looking at my surroundings filled of different ethnicities, I already had noticed that I was the different one, the outcast, the Asian. Of course at that time, my realizations did not have much of an effect on my self-esteem or social status, but as time proceeded, I felt singled out. As time passed to the second and third year I started to feel the racial prejudice as the Hispanic kids referred to me as “china” even though I was not Chinese. At the time, I was even really sure what the word meant but it hurt me that the kids were calling me “China”. The word was muffled almost every corner I turned and the stares of ignorant kids would keep me from being myself. I later came to realization that children can be very nasty and mean but their obliviousness can be cured with knowledge and acceptance.…
For the past 4 years, I’ve only dreamt of this moment. Graduating high school and leaving everything behind to create a new life. To explore the world, to discover the unknown, to discover myself. The time has come and I don’t think I could be more excited to take it all on, but Massabesic I want you to know I’ll never forget you. All of the sports events and pep-rallies, we won together and we lost together. We hugged and screamed and cried, we experienced suspense and pain and thrill. We did it all together. We reached a breaking point, but it was all worth it in the end, for we thrived and succeed. Our strong and unified Mustang Nation. I will never forget it or the people who got me to this point. Mom and dad, I don’t know how you raised…
In today's society it seems that everywhere you look, you are pressured into thinking of yourself as inferior. There are signs every where you look telling you that you are not pretty enough, smart enough, thin enough, or that anything you have is not good enough. This ever-present pressure that the media puts on people causes low self-esteem (Tuberose, par 6). When people are stressed out or have low…
There are times when we feel we must be perfect in order to please others. No matter if we did the best we could do, if it wasn't perfect we felt like a failure. We want the approval that comes with perfect ness. Every day we see a new commercial or magazine showing an image of a hunky, greased up muscle man or an anorexic model with tons of make up air brushed on her body and society compares you with that image. We as a people tend to use those false images of beauty as a scale to rate the rest of the population by and if you do not fit in that category you are not beautiful. So we strive to be accepted to be approved by the rest of society.…
Let me begin by welcoming all of you to today’s event and thanking (NAME OF PERSON WHO INTRODUCED YOU) for that kind introduction.…