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This paper discusses the writer's personal beliefs about teaching, learning and students, as well as her views on knowledge, what is worth knowing and her personal educational philosophy. The writer then discusses how to implement the philosophies into her professional and personal goals and describes how she will use these beliefs as a basis of her instructional practice. The writer also relates her personal educational philosophy to the established educational philosophies and explains how they are connected.

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"My hope is that I can take a little from each of the philosophies I have learned about and evaluate my students individually to adapt those philosophies into a successful teaching style. My day-to-day classroom will not consist of hours of lecture or mundane busy work that does not engage my students. When I find myself at a loss to how to reach my students, I will communicate with them and incorporate their feedback to the best of my ability to insure they are constantly learning. My ideas may seem unrealistic and my expectations of myself and my students probably come across as arrogant, but if we start out with ideas of failure and low expectations that is exactly what we will get."

Tags:communication, student, knowledge

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This paper presents a recounting of the events that led to the first flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright, and how these brothers were able to succeed where many others had failed. The steps involved in the development and experiments at Kitty Hawk are outlined.

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"A new age in technology and human achievement dawned on a bitterly cold, windy December morning in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, as a self-propelled, heavier than air "flying-machine" called the Flyer took-off and remained air-borne for 12 seconds--a distance of just 37 meters (120 ft). The two young men who made this flight possible and redefined the boundaries of human achievement will forever be remembered by history. How did the Wright brothers achieve this remarkable feat is a fascinating story that has inspired generations of young people and aspiring inventors during the last hundred years. The story is the subject of this essay. While recounting the events that led to the first flight we will also discuss why the Wright brothers (who had not even finished high school) were able to succeed in an effort in which so many others, including many renowned scientists, had failed.
Wilbur and Orville's interest in flying objects dated back to the time in 1878 when their father, a minister of the Church who traveled often, presented a rubber band-powered flying toy to the boys. Wilbur recalled later: "Instead of falling to the floor, as we expected, it flew across the room till it struck the ceiling, where it fluttered awhile, and finally sank to the floor ... lasted only a short time".but its memory was abiding." "

Tags:flying, Lilienthal, glider, kite, propeller, tail, wind, engine

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This paper discusses the author's own experience as she finds the proper mix of education and social life in college, more difficult for an international student like the author. The author points out all of her new responsibilities of living on campus: Clean my apartment, wash the dishes, wash my clothes, pay telephone and electricity bills. The author states that the hardest part is still finding a little time for relaxation in the day.

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"This was not how I pictured my college life before it started. I thought college would mean having fun and being free, living alone and taking my new life as an adventure. When I was in high school back home, everything had been easy for me--I was sent to school each day with a driver, and when I came home each day, I had no reason to worry about anything. I found college life to be quite different. For one thing, I find I have numerous responsibilities I never had before. This goes along with living alone, but it also is a function of college life specifically."

Tags:balance, time, responsibility, education, international

Abstract
This paper describes the type of bearing, discipline, and tact expected of soldiers in the U.S. Army. The significance to the Army of each aspect of personal conduct is also discussed.

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"Military bearing is an obligation of conduct in the U.S. army whereby dignity is maintained in military relationships, reflective of an individual's pride in his military service and of the organization he represents. Military personnel should be courteous and controlled to show dignity and respect. Part of possessing dignity is also having the ability to respect his juniors and seniors, and acknowledge the dignity of others. This sense of pride in military service is shown during work as well as when on liberty, carrying himself at all times with reverence and a proper sense of self-worth. By admiring his seniors, the individual can be guided in presenting good conduct, and can likewise demonstrate his pride and decorum to those who in turn look to him for guidance in presenting military bearing. Dignity and respect can be taught, and examples can be shown, but the willingness to present military bearing also comes from within, especially when showing courtesy and respect toward others."

Tags:salute, commitment, pride, orders, respectful, uniform, obedience, training, obey, law

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"This paper is an examination of Caroline Knapp's Drinking: A Love Story, an account of her passionate love affair with alcohol and the events, thoughts, and realizations that eventually led her to renounce her "lover." The book is a brutally honest glimpse inside the mind of an alcoholic, as she battles the denials and rationalizations that lead her to seek solace in a bottle. Occasionally, she also has brief realizations that her drinking has become a problem, and she seeks out others whose alcoholism seems worse as a way of comforting herself. She examines her family background, especially the psychiatrist father whose own problems with drink and peculiar relationship with his daughter may have helped her use alcohol as a crutch. She also chronicles some of the effort and self-realization required for recovery from this addiction.."

Abstract
This paper carefully details the events that led up to the Manifest Destiny as well as the events proceeding it. It states facts by chronological order and commentary on the events of that time. It explains how that period in the United States was a period of Westward Expansion, when the United States expanded and gained independence from Great Britain.

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"On July 4, 1776, thirteen British colonies on the east coast of North America announced their independence from Great Britain. Those colonies included Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. Vermont joined the rebellion in 1777."

Tags:Manifest, Destiny, United, States, 1776, Great, Britain, Independence, colonies, revolution

Abstract
This paper presents the writer's action plan to obtain a nursing management position. In the plan, the writer's articulates her personal vision, three values she considers necessary, the personal and professional strengths that will support her in achieving the desired outcome and three particular areas that she believes will need constant improvement. The writer explains the specific steps in an action plan that will allow her to achieve her vision for the future.

Outline:
Personal Vision Statement
Values Embraced in Professional Work
Personal and Professional Strengths
Personal and Professional Weaknesses
Action Plan
Conclusion

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"Bennis and Goldsmith (2003) have clearly set the path on how leaders are made, not born. The authors writing help the aspiring leader develop leadership qualities which encompass self-assessment, skill-building, recognizing, dealing with leadership fallacies, and converting failures into renewed inspiration. "Leadership means not only having a dream but claiming that dream and the role you want to play in living it" (Bennis and Goldsmith, 2003, p. 132). In order to become a true leader, immense collaborative skills, unquestionable ethics, and integrity must be obtained. These can be developed through hard work, determination, and lifelong learning and powered by a personal leadership development plan."

Tags:vision, values, skills, competencies, dreams, aspirations

Abstract
The paper discusses how different people show different results when working in groups, in both the academic and professional environment. Some people have good experiences and prefer to work in groups while others tend to be more introverted and reclusive, and choose to work in groups only when absolutely necessary. The paper discusses the writer's experiences with the "group motivation exercise" and comments about the nuances of working in a group.


Outline:
Introduction
What the Exercise Taught Me
What I Will Do Differently in the Future
Intrinsic Motivation for Groups
Motivating Team Incentives
Consideration for Team Incentives
Conclusion

From the Paper
"In my first several classes I was highly motivated and ready to do whatever was necessary to finish my completing the required courses for my bachelors degree. I found that many people were hesitant to take the lead but I have always felt I was a natural leader so I took charge of the groups and laid out the assignments as well as orchestrated the proper timelines in order to complete and turn in the assignments on time. This went on for the first half dozen classes or so then I had an epiphany, no one wanted to lead the classes. This put me in a bind. I was doing two to three times the work of my peers yet receiving the same exact grade as them. I pondered not volunteering to be the leader but over the next half dozen of classes I found that if I did not take charge no one would. Now I have found that everyone does just enough to put together a shell of an assignment and get a passing grade."

Tags:Intrinsic, Motivation, Expectancy-Value, Theory, collective, ownership

Abstract
This paper is an exploration of a personal philosophy of education. It explores the author's personal view on the definition of education, how both the curriculum and the classroom should be structured, and preferred teaching methods. It concludes that a strong focus on the social development of children will yield the best developmental results.

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This is a personal account of a 21st century educator who is planning to continue learning and furthering her career working with children. She analyses her strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats with references to various articles and papers that assess issues and future trends in education.

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"I have prior experience as a 21st century educator through my childcare experience as a preschool teacher, and as a learner through completing my Certificate III in children's services. This experience has already given me an insight into life as a 21st century educator, and has inspired me to continue learning and furthering my career working with children, and enhancing their learning. This will beneficial for me in my future career, as I can use my past experiences to learn from, and draw upon to extend my future experiences teaching children.
Through Holland's vocational theory I have found that I am a social and creative person (Levinson, 2007). My understanding of Holland's vocational theory enables me to gauge others' personalities which will become necessary not only through my group assignments through university but amongst colleagues in the workplace and interacting with students. My workplace directly compliments my personality type as it is mostly compliant with social types which is crucial in my efforts to gain career fulfillment (Levinson, 2007).
Whilst studying Myer-Briggs type indicators (MBTI) I have found that I have an Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judgment (INFJ) personality type (Reinhold, 2006). My MBTI lives in the future with imagination and creativity as natural instincts (Poirier, n.d.). Through my positive outlook of the future I feel I can help children gain a positive attitude towards their own future within the knowledge society. Volf and Katerberg (2004) explain hope for the future:
"Over the last three decades a major cultural shift has taken place in the attitudes of Western societies toward the future. Optimism has given way to a sense of ambiguity... (which) threatens to stifle hope at a personal as well as a social level." (p. 415)"

Tags:learning, childcare, vocational