Ola Sisters, I apologize in advance to my Founders and National Officers for breaking my silence, but today I am speaking out as a human being who has contributed to the growth of SWING. This was not the platform I wanted to use to address my thoughts and concerns, but based on some of the sister’s request, here I am with the real!!! Accountability is something I remember my DP and ADP preached to me when I was on line. So sisters do understand as an Officer I can only be accountable for my own actions or lack of. I apologize to any SWING who had to witness the orchestrated chaos implemented by those sisters who did not practice good judgment for the betterment of SWING. I apologize to the sisters for not handling that meeting to the best …show more content…
As a member of SWING, I am very dissatisfied and tired of the behavior and hidden agendas, veils of deceit and outright disrespect for those in a position of authority. I am also bothered by how the membership is treated as well. And why is that? Do their actions mean they are still power hungry? Are they still afraid of change? Do they understand professionalism at all? Do they think their hard work will be forgotten? Do they think they are the only members of SWING willing to work for the organization? Is SWING all they have and is that the reason why they cannot let go? As of this year, I am 20 years old in SWING and I still ask the same darn questions. Why are they still fighting? What are they fighting about? Why can they not allow other members of SWING to successfully do their jobs, while they provide mentorship or advisement? WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY AND WHY??? Sisters how about you? I wish they followed Stephanie Turner, Rose Stowe or any sister who believe in the next generation by supporting and offering mentorship. I guess you got to love their drive, although I feel like their actions are truly missed directed and unproductive (and
Ricardo Wilson, Mehran Habbi, Robert Pyles, and others have kept Do-Jung-Ishu going one way or another for the fifteen or so years since Fred left. I’ve certainly done my part as well. Our past club presidents have always done their best to serve the club as have many more peop...
As the lights flashed and the representatives walked down the red carpet the audience was awed by the sweet smiles and mature beauty that radiated off the couples. They respectfully encapsulated the love and Christian faith of our school as they all clapped for our homecoming king and queen. There surely was a reason they were voted representatives for they showcased sweet attitudes all night long, smiling, hugging, and enduring long periods of picture taking and never complaining. After the red carpet showing of our homecoming court everyone enjoyed delicious fruit punch and a couple slices of the cake all while talking and simply enjoying the beautiful decorations and hollywood themed atmosphere. When the mood shifted and Winter Formal began
The low reed section to me is not just my section, it is my family, and I would love to have the honor of calling myself mom. However, Lauren will always be the original mom and my biggest role model in band. She was the first one to give me hug whenever I was upset, she made sure I didn't get sunburned during band camp, and was overall the most loving, caring section leader I most likely will ever have. As section leader, I would like to devote all my time, love, and leadership to my section and show what an amazing marching experience truly is. Throughout this essay, I will evaluate what Lauren did well, what she could have done better, what I would do differently, and why I am the person for the job.
In Rhee’s testimony she indicated that the DCPS and the Chief Financial Officer determined that a decrease in staff for both the central office and school district were the best way to offset the budget cuts. Rhee acknowledges that as a result of staff reductions there were going to be disruptions in the school system. Some of these disruptions stemmed from what she refers to as the “extent that people felt devalued or upset
Sister Aloysius, the principal of the school, builds her values upon a foundation of tradition, fairness and control which is an unacceptable and outdated method for presiding over
It is about who I am off the podium. For the past five years (I marched up as an 8th grader), I have been proving something to these people, so that they trust me in this position. The character of drum major or leader is one I have been perfecting since I was a freshman. For a long time I was just an actor trying to be a character. Eventually, I had acted the part so much that I became it, and it was my role. I give respect to receive it. I build real relationships of with members to achieve trust, accountability, and effort. When people are torn up inside because of their home life, which is quite frequent in Lenoir City Tennessee, I am their shoulder to cry on, or a set of ears to vent to, or a buffer to dull their anger. When people are frustrated with me for some reason, I seek them out and learn what I can do different. When there are five flavors of gum stuck to the floor of the band room at 11:30 on a Friday night, I get on my knees with a plastic fork and start scraping. When the band director constantly yells at me for this that and the other, I take into account the criticisms and practice harder. The band and the director see this character I have transformed into, or maybe the one I have always been, and that is why I have the honor of standing on the podium and wearing the gloves. I have become the band’s teacher, nurse, cattle driver, answer dispenser, and friend. Somehow, those all add up to leader. I refuse to let them down, rather I lift them
The person that I see as a person of passion would have to be Lauren Fristrom. Lauren is my cousin who is 30 years old and is a Registered Nurse. I chose her because this Thanksgiving she had asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told her that I have need to make the decision between a Veterinarian and a Registered Nurse. She asked me, “Which job interested you more”. I told her that I loved to help people and animals, but I had no idea which job I would have more fun and experiences with.
I was very excited when I heard that I had been invited into National Junior Honors Society. The first time I heard of NJHS, it instantly became a goal of mine. When my older sister left for college I was very sad, so I think that this is a way for me to keep a part of her. I have always been that little girl no one understood, because I’m always very excited to learn and get back to school after summer break. I’m very happy to see that I’ve been invited, but this is why I should be accepted.
In closing, I am pleased to say that as an organization, we have made some progress, but we still have a long way to go in organizing ourselves as an organization. Let each one of us do our part in the form of Kayaka & Dasoha for the organization to Preserve, Protect and Propagate the Universal Values of Basava Philosophy – the mission of VSNA. Finally, on behalf of you all, I thank the Maryland Chapter for hosting this convention and thank you all for your presence at the convention. Thank You.
My eyes were tearing up even before started. I knew from my past that it will hurt, and I know how much. They then started.
I apologize for my no call no show today! This morning was not a morning that I could win. Something you don't know about me is that I suffer from Bipolar Depression. For me this has been a struggle that I have been dealing with in undergrad that I have not until this past year really learned what is going on with my body. This morning was the final blow to my self that yet again that I am going to have to change medications or something in that nature will have to happen. I have been in denial telling myself that it is that I am not getting enough sleep or this or that, but this morning I could not will myself to get myself out of bed and that is a problem. I am taking the appropriate steps in contacting my doctor to get an appointment
I never would have imagined feeling like an outsider in my own home. Unfortunately I wouldn’t even go as far as considering my current home as “my home.” I live in a house with eight people and two dogs and for some, that might not even be slightly overwhelming, but for me it is. I try to keep my heart open about the situation, but I always end up feeling like I don’t belong. Given the circumstances of my situation, I would say life definitely turned out better than what I initially expected, but I was left feeling like a “stranger in a village” having to live with a family that is nothing like my own.
The kitchen is sweltering, like everywhere else in the house, so the ice melts quickly as I drop it into the pitcher of freshly brewed mint tea. A fly buzzes around my head, and I try not to flinch as I pour five glasses of the light green liquid. One is for dad, who is in the garden picking tomatoes, another for mom who is diligently preparing for tomorrow's birthday party, and one is for my youngest sister Rachel who is running around the neighborhood with her dog. I take a sip from one of the remaining cups and carry the last to my other sister, Anna. Though I have not heard from her in hours, I know she will be sitting in the same position I last saw her: reclined on the porch chair, feet rested on the railing, and mind deeply lost in her newest science fiction or fantasy novel.
...them to go, I will say something. During the week we spent with the grade sixes and sevens, I was one of the main speakers; I felt it necessary to help these kids have as much fun as they could, while also learning how to appreciate nature. I have always been a kid person, and was thrilled to see these kids having as much fun as we were. In mentoring situations, I find that I always step up as I enjoy helping others in any way possible. I believe that this is due to growing up with a younger brother and many younger cousins. I have always felt it was my role to be the best role model they could have, and to help them realize that being the best isn’t the best, but that it is best to just be you and to be happy with yourself. When in a mentoring situation in Outdoor Leadership, I apply the same principles, and therefore feel very responsible for that person or persons
It was a hot summer afternoon and all the neighborhood kids were getting off the bus. There is Destany and her two sisters Aleria and Kimoriah. They are my favorite out all the kids. I love to watch them play every day because it is like watching an episode of Fat Albert They are always doing something to make me laugh. There is also my niece Rihanna, she is the toughest in the neighborhood. She is the biggest and tallest of all the other kids. Then the boys Brayden known as Bray and Kimond known as KJ. They are the youngest in the neighborhood. They are the typical two year old, KJ loves to fight and Bray loves to bite, but in spite of their differences, they play very well together. As any after school day I assume they