Lesson Learned
There are so many events that change one’s life that it is rather difficult to try and decipher which of those events are most important. Each event changes a different aspect of your life, molding how one’s personality turns out. One of these events occurred when I was about twelve years old and I attempted to steal from a Six Flags amusement park. My reasoning for stealing wasn’t that I didn’t have the money, or even that I wanted what I stole all that badly, it was that all of my friends had stolen something earlier that day and didn’t get caught. After getting caught I resolved, because the consequences are just not worth it, never to steal or give into peer pressure again.
It all began when a couple of friends and myself went to Six Flags for some fun right at the beginning of summer. We arrived there early in morning, which was about nine o’clock for us. The birds were chirping and the sun was bright. There was also a hint of dew, making the grass sparkle in the sunlight. The place was packed, people were standing in huge lines waiting to buy their tickets. My friends and I were lucky because we had season passes and just walked right to the front gate and walked in. Naturally there was a security check at the front gate, little did I know that I was going to run into them again in the near future. From there we went straight to the ride “The Mind Eraser.” It was always wise to go to that ride first, because as the day progressed, the line grew longer. Since the ride is only about a minute long, the wait then becomes to long to make the ride worth the wait. As we got on, all of us were a little jumpy. It was the first time being to the amusement park that year, and our stomachs were not immune to the s...
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...o our red van not saying a word to me. On the drive home she gave me my punishment. The punishment was that I was to be grounded for an entire month, and reap the consequences with the law. I ended up sitting in my house for the first month of summer and losing two-hundred and eighty dollars, which was my fine for stealing.
After that event, I made things very clear what I would never do again. From then on I never did something just because everyone else did. I would assess the situation and decide whether the action was worth it’s consequences. This event prevented me from becoming one of those people who break the law just because they can, or because it gives them an adrenalin rush. My actions on that fateful day were definitely not worth the consequences that I suffered, and because of that, I have been very obedient of the laws and rules that are around me.
There, my careless decision to shoplift at Sephora could have cost someone their job. By me making this mindless decision it affected everyone around me and Sephora, and that is not what I wanted and its not fair for others. This action has made me think more clearly of the people I should surround myself around and think about the people in my life that I call my “ friends”. I have learned an important lesson from this mistake, it was a great learning experience for me to realize what people I should surround myself around in my life because I know I am not that type of person, I don't do this stuff I was raised much better then this. There are many reasons why the thought of shoplifting would never come into my head ever again. The main reason why I would never do such a thing again is because of the disappointment I see in my families face when I look at them. I don't like that look on their face when I see them, it doesn't make me feel good about my
It was the summer of 2012 and my family was taking another trip to Six Flags Great America. Earlier that summer we went just for me to be disappointed. At the time I wasn’t 54 inches yet and couldn’t ride any of the rides that I wanted to because they were the most popular at the amusement park. But, I hit a growth spurt between trips and we planned to ride all of the big rollercoasters. The one that I was most terrified of at the time was Raging Bull, one of the tallest, fastest, and longest steel coasters in the US. As we started to wait in line for the ride I was shaking with both anticipation and fear and began to rethink my idea to ride the rollercoaster. I decided to stay in line and see what many people thought was a great coaster.
Public health affects everyone daily and is constantly around us. It is what society does to protect and identify potential threats to the public’s health (Schneider 4). Issues of public health were often depicted in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Every time experiments were run on the Lacks family, public health was involved as well as all the doctors who purchased HeLa cells to do experimentation of their own. The experiments run on the Lacks family fall both under the public policy and intrapersonal levels. They fall under public policy because the people conducting the experiments, such as drawing blood samples, have regulations and limitations to what they can do. However, they were telling the family that it was to make sure that they did not have the same cancer as Henrietta, when this was not the case. The scientist conducting
I want to be a good role model for my little cousins and for them to be able to look up to me. I dislike that my mother is wondering how she could have done something different so that I would not have acted the way I did and done the things that I did, it is not her fault. My family is also disappointed in me because I was their little girl that never did anything wrong and all of a sudden I am being arrested for trespassing. Disappointing your family is one of the worst feelings I can imagine and makes me regret my actions. Not only is my family affected but also my friends. They are now seen as associates with a criminal and it ruins their reputation as well. In my case, my best friend was with me when the trespassing occurred so her family, friends, and reputation are also affected. Some people or friends might say that it is cool to have been arrested but it is nowhere close to cool. I am ashamed of my actions and just going through the process of being arrested and booked scared me half to death. Sitting in a cell, crying and shaking, having no idea of how you are going to tell your mother and just being scared is not cool. Doing something wrong is not
Everyone has had that one moment, or maybe a couple. The moment when their life changes forever, the moments when they know they will never be the same person they were yesterday. These moments are turning points that play a large role in a person’s identity.
Now let me take you back to my 10th grade year of high school, Its August, so the school year has barely set in. Yet my mind was already racing. It was time to go to Six Flags "Georgia’s most notable theme park". This year was nothing special though, because I planned on it being no different from any other time I went. I usually don’t do anything out of my comfort zone. My mission was to just chill, have fun, and socialize. I intended casually observing the park attendees because Six Flags draws in an array of different personalities. One thing I couldn’t do, though was listen to my Mom complain to my Dad that she’s ready to go, so I normally veered off to avoid hearing it. That usually led to me just wandering
I made it my obligation to undo my wrong and be more of a leader and was able to have others follow by example. By being more friendly and thoughtful the individual was able to feel some relief and make new friends while attending school. By me being in this situation at a young age help me become fully aware of what I wanted to do in life which is helping others because of me helping and supporting this individual it made me feel positive about my change in uplifting another human being. The impact it has had on my view of bullying and torment to others now that I am older and more, wiser is when I’m in a situation where I’m thinking cruelty or someone is being cruel in my presence. I always think back to fifth grade and put myself in that persons position I also believe that this life experience will go a long way in helping others to the best of my ability with their problems or issues they are dealing with by looking beyond myself and helping my future patient I’m able to look beyond myself I feel I can be more useful and valuable to my community and peers I can teach them my life experience and what I learned so they won’t have to make the same mistakes that I have , I want my experience that I faced to change
Africa has had a long and tumultuous road of colonization and decolonization the rush to colonize Africa started in the 17th century with the discovery of the vast amounts of gold, diamonds, and rubber with colonization hitting a fever pitch during World War I. However, the repercussions of colonization have left deep wounds that still remain unhealed in the 21st century. Early on, European nations such as Britain, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany and Belgium scrambled for territories. Countries wanted land so they could harvest the resources, increase trade, and gain power. The European colonization of Africa brought racism, civil unrest, and insatiable greed; all of which have had lasting impacts on Africa.
At the core of Porter’s theory is the idea that in order to be successful in the global marketplace, firms must first have a strong ‘home base’ to start launch from. Once this condition is established the firm will be able to engage in exports and FDIs ...
This purpose behind Kachru writing this article was to show how the views towards so-called ‘Third World Englishes’ were overly critical at the time this was written. He gives concrete examples of how there is a conflict in linguistics between those who saw those Englishes as being deficient, and the users of the language whom had adapted it for their own use. Furthermore, and I feel most important in the article, he offers seven ‘attitudinal sins’ against one of these linguistic experts, Prator, that used his writing to malign English spoken in India. By doing so Kachru turned the tables on those who had been trying to maintain the status quo. The first sin, ethnocentrism, shows that English is not something that is stable or even the same in the ‘first world’ countries. This could be used to show that English in other countries should not be seen as ‘lower’, but as a legitimate form of English. Second, wrong perceptions of British and America English, shows that there is no evidence for how American’s and Englishman view each other’s use of English. Third, not recognizing ‘Third World’ Englishes as culturally-bound, shows how Prator completely ignored how English was used culturally in the third world. Fourth, ignoring the systems of ‘Third World’ Englishes shows how Prator once again ignores all of the different variet...
The police officer took us down to the station and detained us. We were not there because we were the altercation starters. The reason they took us up there, was due to Monticello’s curfew. We had no idea they had a curfew, and we were well over the eleven p.m. curfew now due to the delay. We were all minors and we needed a parent pick up. “How was I going to explain this to my mother?” I thought to myself. I am supposed to be at my friend's house, spending the night… like I told
“If you can write it and you can say it, you can do it.” In a single sentence Professor Eric Claville succeeded in attracting me to the study of public administration. Sitting in Introduction to Public Policy class, I was instantly fascinated by the idea that through effective communication I could improve policies and programs to better serve the public. Professor Claville’s lessons enabled me to think analytically as I developed a scholarly policy brief entitled “Enforcing a State-wide Texting While Driving Law in Arizona”. Soon, I was faced with the notion that public administration was not only an agent for change, but a tool to fulfill my passion. It is a possible pathway to take on a leadership role that would make a difference for disadvantaged groups.
I was very dishonest with my family and a lot of that dishonesty had to do with peer relationships. I distanced myself from my family and began to assimilate with peers. I was willing to do almost anything to fit in and be accepted by my peers. I lost track of what was important to me and cared more about what was cool and important to everyone else. As freshman in high school, my friends and I would hang out and go to parties with juniors and seniors. I would not tell my parents at the time that this was what I was doing and then later they would find out I lied to them about where I was. Also, I was “dating” a boy that my family disapproved of. I was furious that they disapproved and I would intentionally hang out with him because an adult told me I was not allowed. I now wish that I would have listened to the adults in my life that advised me to make better choices in this situation because I look back and realize that I was not with someone who respected me, cared about me, or wanted what was best for me. At the time, I chose to be blind to this and accept being treated poorly. This relationship ultimately lowered my self-esteem and made me feel very insecure. I was extremely influenced by my peers during adolescence, but not all of the influence was negative. I had many friends that I feel helped develop me into the person I am today with a genuine heart, a desire to
Life is filled with lessons, and often times there are little reminders to keep those lessons in our minds for later use. Sometimes lessons learned in life are learned the hard way, like in Cole’s instance. One of the lessons Cole learned is in order to heal he must first right his wrongs; stop blaming those around him for his problems, and to forgive. To Cole, these were just cliché sayings repeated on and on by others around him who didn’t trust. He always brushed these words aside thinking he could do everything on his own and life only revolved around him. After being mauled by the Spirit Bear and having to survive on his own, he began to open his eyes for the first time. He began to grasp it was not anyone’s fault but his own he was stuck in his position. Cole finally started to recognize if he held on to his grudge against his father he would never be able to let go of his horrible past and start living again. Most importantly, Cole learned he could never live with himself if he did not help Peter Driscal. I think this life lesson Cole learned will forever be symbolized by the Spirit Bear. Without the bear, Cole would have never learned integrity and being trusted is real power, not the fake power of freighting people into doing what he says.
The second element of Porter’s diamond model investigates the local demand conditions such as the size of domestic market, type of domestic customers, potential of domestic buyers and the transferability of the domestic demand into foreign markets (Dixit and Joshi, 2011; Wu, 2006)