Tag: Experience
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Phenomenal Women
Black womanhood is multifaceted, resilient and inspiring. I am a Black woman and I love who I am. I love the Black women who raised me: my mom, my aunt, my grandmothers, older cousins, family friends, church elders, anyone who has resembled me and lit a fire within my core to press on. Phenomenal Woman…
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Do it for the culture
Culture: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time (popular culture, southern culture -merriam-webster.com In appreciation for the Migos’ album Culture, my obsession with analysis, summer and instrospection, I present…
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The Road Not Taken
It is safe to surround oneself in the familiar. To eat the same food, hangout with the same friends, speak only one language and develop a life full of predictability. Predictability creates consistency and reduces discomfort and potential for failure. But predictability robs my of contentment, fulfillment, wonder and sense of accomplishment. I like changing…
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La revolución
It is inexcusable and almost impossible to visit Nicaragua and not learn about the revolution. The revolution began in 1979 and ended in 1990. The Iran-Contra Scandal: The US government portrayed Nicaragua as a Communist nation that threatened United States democracy. The implementation of this fear tactic empowered the US government to support international terrorist groups…
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Taking the Lead
Question: Kalen, how are you going to be a leader of our time/. Answer: By taking risks. The social norm is conformity, isolation, apathy, and self-promotion. Those are things that divide society, promote prejudice and stratification. In a world that celebrates only looking out for yourself and living in fear of others, I want to care…
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caller id and convo
As a millennial- I don’t like answering my parents’ house phone. The call is never for me. Telemarketers are as stubborn as I am and are always selling something. Answering the house phone requires me to leave the oasis of my room. So last Wednesday, though I was already perturbed that the phone was ringing-…
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Comparison, Competition and Categorization
I’m an only child. I don’t have siblings to be compared against- therefore, I am simultaneously the best and worst at all I do. My accomplishments and failures are often augmented/ blown out of proportion, but never used to determine my value or as a tool to compare me to others. I became independent at…
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The Restrictions of Religion
I hail from Muskogee, Oklahoma- the county seat with a population of around 30,000 kind, traditional and somewhat conformist individuals. I had 114 in my graduating class. Of these 114 people there was little religious/ spiritual variety. Last weekend in a conversation with my mom, we discussed how most students and staff from my high…
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Lessons in Leadership
“Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” Tom Peters. Anyone can manage a group’s output without much skill or effort, but leading a group and enhancing the strength of each individual is rare/. Leadership is not stagnant, but adaptive to the needs of a situation and a group. For example, even if you make the world’s best…
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