My infatuation to pursue medicine unpredictably germinated on a day I still consider to be equally traumatic as mortifying. Unfortunately the terms “atherosclerosis” and “myocardial infarction” were foreign to me. The coronary heart disease that led to my beloved grandfather’s death created more than just...
Many, if not all, personal experiences are directly or indirectly affected by dominant social forces and are common experiences among many people. In other words, what many see as “troubles”, are often actually “issues”. Being aware of the relationship between personal experience and the wider...
Introduction Whether part of a governing authority or someone who submits to one, rules are something that must be respected to allow whoever’s in charge to properly do their job. However, often rules aren’t subjective enough, stopping the best decision regarding the situation to be...
Have you ever smelled a scent that made you remember a person or have you ever passed by a place that made you reminisce an event? That is when you start to recall your memories. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, memory is the power or process...
What leads to all of this? Positivity. It screams joy and lifts people from grief. It pushes people to success and motivates people who struggle. Positivity is a value every human should have in their life. It encourages us to say, “we can do it!”....
The water was a crisp, delicate blue. It stretched out before him for miles and miles. It was endlessness at last. The machine beneath him thrashed and roared in its lust for dry land; yearning for its wheels to be granted traction once more. But...
Professionalism in the workplace is very important for the workers’ morale and well-being. It should not be taken lightly when someone in the workplace seems to be disrupting the professional environment. In the given situation; the people who were doing the unacceptable behavior seemed to...
I believe that it takes failure to make a successful person. Everyone makes mistakes but after you make the mistake you know what not to do. Failure is the key to success, each mistake teaches us something. Everyone wants success and wants to reach success...
In 1968, Spencer Silver was a Senior Chemist at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (now called 3M). Adhesives were among 3M’s top-selling products, and Silver was busily researching adhesives in the laboratory, trying to create a super strong adhesive for use in the aerospace...
The gentle thumping of my mother’s heartbeat gave me a small degree of comfort as I cried on her chest that night. It all happened in the eighth grade. In fact, it all happened the day I was born. Saumya is a name that is...
Life is a mixture of different emotions. Sometimes it is full of happy moments, others are sad, frightening, learning, and discovery among others. One explores life though experiences that happen throughout life. These experiences shape and make us who we are. No one is immune...
According to Reichard (2018), “leaders are expected to actively and collaboratively contribute to strategic planning, act on data-informed decision making, seek out consultation, and distribute leadership, so those they serve develop as leaders, too.” A true leader understands that they must interact, designate, listen, and...
Personal values are our desires and what we care about more in life and what type of person become to be. These are the important values which lead to the person who you want to be and it can also help us to make the...
The basketball court is a place I deeply value and appreciate. I literally call this place my second home. Whenever I need to relieve stress or just play for the fun of it, it does it for me. This place varies in looks but serves...
Money is power, nothing can surmount the value of money, or so people say. When I heard the remark, thoughts ceaselessly fluttered throughout my mind, trying to assess the concept of money. Money tends to turn humans into peons. Money is very decisive since the...
To start my Chevening Scholarship essay, I want to provide samples of my recent experiences. I worked as a program officer on HIV/AIDS program in Nyanza region in 2013. This made me realize that many orphaned children lacked information on sex and sexuality that made...
I was more excited rather than being in a panic. It was at that moment I didn’t think that my life would be so much different from what I’m used to. Even after I realized the people I will miss, I had a strong feeling...
Throughout life, I have learned that conflicts can be small or large, with 2 or 15 people…a particular conflict that I experienced encompasses all 4 qualities. My close group of friends of around 15 people who I generally get along very well with, all have...
Creativity in schools (essay) My personal experience in school and high school was in Europe during the 1970s, and creativity was definitely limited to subjects like art and music (there was no drama offering at my school). “Serious” subjects like languages and science were all...