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“We can do it” is a famous mantra for how we as Americans like to tackle things. With mantras like this self-care sounds like an unnecessary luxury. With everything going on in the world right now I hope you’re holding up ok, now is the BEST time to focus on self-care. There’s so much out…

The right to self-defense is a large topic of debate amongst lawyers, clients, and the courts. While people may believe that they have a right to protect themselves, their families, or their property against harm is a right they have, that is not always the case. In order to claim self-defense, one has to feel…

Summary of “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María” by Judith Ortiz Cofer In her essay, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María,” Judith Ortiz Cofer presents some of the stereotypes Americans hold about Latinas. Cofer narrates some occurrences that she went through…

Introduction: I noticed at an early age that our perceptions form a very individual reality. One person can see a ski hill and imagine the thrill they get from it while the person sitting beside can be filled with the fear of pain due to an earlier injury. We can see a red-headed person and…

Cognitive development is a study of thought construction, which covers remembering, information processing, decision making as well as problem solving in the human growth. ‘Piaget’s theory of cognitive development’ by the French psychologist, Jean Piaget, is one of the most influential and comprehensive theory studying about the ’progress of human intelligence’. According to Piaget (1936),…

Many people ( including me) are against reading. Many think it is boring and a waste of time and much rather do something else. Others who are against reading look at the sight of a book and instantly think negative thoughts, like, ‘ It is for nerds’ or ‘ It isn’t going to make you…

To be a substance abuse counselor you must be compassionate and not judgmental in this type of field, as I took this course it has help prepared what to expect as I start my journey in the workforce. Before, I had chosen this field I had to rethink of how seriously I want to be…

In the United States, LGBTQIA related issues have increasingly become the focus of political media, social activism, and educational research and can often be a central hub for young student leaders in college to grow. LGBT students at all levels of schooling face difficulties related to their identity. These problems stem from peers, administrators and…

Introduction Now at the end of it all, the quarter coming to a close, I’m a little sad that the topics we’ve touched on in these past few weeks are over so quickly. Things certianly got deeper and more serious as we stepped into issues that we continue to face even today, with new added…

In principle, adolescence ends after fulfilling its mission of evolutionary transition stage between childhood and adulthood. The best indicator of its completion is not the chronological age, but the maturity that allows to go from dependent and imitation behavior to autonomous and original behavior. Lately, in certain countries of the western industrialized world, the phenomenon…