Personal Essays

Creation

· Personal Essays

As a child, the story of how we are created was taught and engrained in me. I learned about creation through religious scripture and oratory speech. It’s from these sources that I was first…

Rediscovering My Indigenous Identity

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Over the past few years, I have taken it upon myself to understand my roots and where I come from. This has been a topic of importance to me since I was a child. Having come from a family that is not…

Understanding Pat: Disposition and Smoking

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From the responses that we have on Pat from her boss, best friend, medical doctor, and mother, we realize that there is a lot more going on with Pat than meets the eye. Pat has had a rough life…

Pat's Development: Attachment and Erikson's Stages

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In reviewing the information on Pat, we see that she has several issues, which plague her development as a person. Not only does she have physical limitations that she had to overcome, but she also…

The Carbon Cycle and the Science of Global Warming

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The flow of carbon through Earth’s ecosystem is called the carbon cycle. This process is inclusive of air and the bodies of plants and animals. Photosynthesis and respiration as similar in many ways.…