Self reflection

I often times find things weighing on my heart, and it causes me to dive deeper into my thoughts. We are currently halfway through the year, and I’ve been so optimistic and blessed with every day that I have been granted to grow and develop as a person. It hasn’t always been easy, but I … Read more

Passion Meets Purpose: interest in aviation

Aviation 2000 8 December 2017 Passion Meets Purpose Throughout my life, aviation has not only been a major interest, but seems to be one of the constants. I was unaware of my interest in aviation, beyond being a passenger in a seat, until I transferred to The Ohio State University. Originally, I planned to pursue … Read more

PERSONAL SKILLS AUDIT AND ACTION PLAN

PERSONAL SKILLS AUDIT AND ACTION PLAN Developing professionals Assignment 2- MAN1087 Word count: 2986 – Executive Summary (don’t count) The main purpose of my written report is to critically reflect on all my skills which I have developed on throughout my education and working. These skills will be analysed within my skills audit which will … Read more

Where will you be in 5 years time?

In Five Years… I will be in my Junior Year at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, working towards my Masters degree before going on to get a PhD at a medical school of my choice. At IUP, I plan to start my career of becoming a neonatal Neonatal Nurse which is, “nursing that works with newborn … Read more

EAC Institutions

EAC Institutions Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) Mandate The Agency gets its command from Article 92 of the EAC Treaty which in outline expresses that the Partner States will attempt to make air transport administrations protected, proficient and beneficial; embrace basic strategies for the advancement of common air transport in the district; … Read more

How and Why the USVI Lottery Lacks Effectiveness and Non Corruption

12/12/18 How and Why the USVI Lottery Lacks Effectiveness and Non Corruption The V.I. lottery system has lacked efficiency and has lacked proper leadership since the start “eighty three years ago”. Also we the people have been affected by down right corruption. The Virgin Islands Lottery’s bottom line is being affected by illegal gaming. The … Read more

Mentor Reflection Paper

Mentor Reflection Paper This semester was extremely beneficial for both my soul and for my leadership development. There were several moments through my mentoring and training that my pastor shared with me moments of wisdom that stuck with me when it related to my leadership of others within the church. Those moments were setting the … Read more

Self growth reflective essay (emotional intelligence, communication, empowering)

Introduction There are many external aspects growth within success but one’s ability to develop from within is much more valuable. Great leaders understand that in order to govern others, they must first be able to govern themselves. I believe that there are many factors that an individual must address in regard to their perspective to … Read more

Personal Development Plan

Personal Development Plan According to Osgerby et al., (2018, p.570), “Personal Development Planning (PDP) has been introduced into many undergraduate programmes … leading students to reflect upon their own learning, performance, achievements and shortcomings.” Having enjoyed working with numbers all throughout school and being thoroughly excited and intrigued by the world of business, I can’t … Read more

Road Safety Inspections (RSI)

Site observations of traffic infrastructure Introduction This chapter will focus mainly on Road Safety Inspections (RSI). Some references to Road Safety Audits (RSA) will be made in order to expound the differences and similarities between RSI and RSA. It will be based on a literature review (general description and definitions) and some examples of the … Read more

Internship at Weatherford

An internship is a disciplined and supervised experience in a professional place in which the student is discovering and gaining essential experience, also the student get the opportunity to use all the knowledge that gained in College or University. Furthermore, It is required of all the students to fulfil the course and complete the degree … Read more

A bright path to lifetime success

Before I was born, my father had been a part of a traumatizing war, and had seen many people forced to give up their homes and earnings in a matter of seconds, or there would be torturous consequences. He had multiple friends die right before his eyes, and had been put in jail three different … Read more

Translating the Biggles Stories for Czech Readers: A Case of Moderate Transposition

Abstract: Despite their Britocentric orientation, translations of Captain W.E. Johns’ Biggles stories have been well-received outside the UK, although certain of the stories create problems for non-British target audiences. One country where Biggles is quite popular is the Czech Republic. Some passages in Biggles Goes To War, however, set in an invented small Ruritanian-type country … Read more

Streetwise (1984 film)

Streetwise follows the lives of nine homeless teenagers in Seattle, including Erin Blackwell’s, a fourteen-year-old prostitute known as “Tiny.” Throughout the documentary, the children share their different experiences about how they became runaways and castaways involving similar themes of violence, neglect, and abuse. All nine teens fight for survival, engaging in dangerous actives to make … Read more

Ian McEwan – Austen’s Northanger Abbey

Ian McEwan’s metafiction Atonement employs the device of intertextuality, alluding to great literary works of Clarissa by Samuel Richardson and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen as a frequent reminder to the audience that the novel is a construct, designed to warn the reader of the dangers of an untamed imagination. The importance of the construction … Read more