Student Success Statement

“Kindness is the essence of greatness”

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Reflection: What he is trying to say is that if your kind then you’ll have greatness

Happy Thanksgiving

THANKSGIVING. The classic representation of Thanksgiving—a crowded dinner table set in the open air on a golden autumnal afternoon in Plymouth Colony, 1621—might include some anachronisms such as apples, potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, and cranberry sauce, but the gathered Pilgrims and their Wampanoag Indian guests are sure to have one of the "great store of wild turkeys" if not the geese, ducks, and venison that founded the historic feast, bowls of assorted root vegetables, and pumpkin pies. It is an idyllic scene, but it has nothing to do with how the Thanksgiving holiday historically began in America.

There never was a true "first" American Thanksgiving from which all subsequent celebrations derived. Thanksgiving did not originate in America at all, but arrived with the intellectual baggage of New England's Puritan colonists. Having banished the medieval roster of holidays includingChristmas and saint's days, the reformers admitted only three holy days: theSabbath, fast days, and Thanksgivings. Fasts and Thanksgivings subsequently appeared independently in each of the New England colonies (except Rhode Island). Each was like an extra Sabbath during the week, requiring church attendance and sober activity, but a big dinner following the meeting was customary on days of thanksgiving and praise. Eventually, fast days were relegated to the spring (when there was nothing to eat) to petitionGod for a successful season, while autumnal Thanksgivings celebrated the cumulative blessings of the year, including the fruits of the harvest.

As Puritans metamorphosed into Yankees, the social and gustatory character of the day overtook and then equaled the religious observation in consequence. The preparation for the feast began weeks before with Sunday readings of the governor's proclamation. Apples, spices, suet and lean beef were chopped for mincemeat. Massive numbers of pies and tarts were baked of mince, pumpkin, apple, cranberry, and other fillings, intended to last well beyond the holiday. Livestock and fowl were slaughtered and prepared for the spit, pot, or chicken pie (which might take six birds, bones and all). The requisite turkey was gotten from the barnyard, market, or turkey shoot where poor shots underwrote the costs of better marksmen. Charity was an important holiday element. Food supplies, unprepared (including flour, rice, sugar, and even turkeys) or cooked, were given to the poor by prosperous families and sent to prisons by town officials.

As Thanksgiving approached, family and friends assembled at the patriarchal homesteads. Thanksgiving balls were very popular, and women made sure that their clothes were the best and newest possible, despite grumbling about impious frivolity among the more devout. On the day itself, the more respectable attended morning service in the meetinghouse, before returning for the customary feast prepared by the women and servants of the household. The significators of a true New England Thanksgiving dinner were firmly established by the time of the American Revolution: the all-important turkey in place of honor, the massive chicken pie flanked by ducks, geese, and cuts of "butcher's meat," plum pudding, bowls of vegetable and fruit "sass" (sauce), and of course the pies. Following the dinner, the company might relax around the fire with wine or cider, dried fruits, and nuts to play games, tell stories, or in more pious households, to continue their religious exercises in the private sphere and welcome the minister's evening call. Alternately, sleighing visits to other households were popular, as were dances and weddings.

Even before 1800, many households got their holiday foodstuffs not from the family farmstead but in the marketplace. The food was processed, prepared, and served by the housewife to as many family, friends, and dependents as could be accommodated. Later, the emphasis shifted to kin rather than community, but the classic Thanksgiving bill of fare, based on what was available in November in colonial New England, remained sacrosanct. Over the years the ideal of a home-prepared meal and informal family gathering has sent generations of women seeking the advice of experts from Catherine Beecher to Martha Stewart. Regional and ethnic variations were allowed, but the iconic turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin (or squash) pie consecrated all true Thanksgiving meals.

The first of ten national Thanksgivings was declared by the Continental Congress in 1777. After 1815, there were no further presidential proclamations despite annual editorial pleadings by Mrs. Hale in Godey's Magazine, but the popularity of the holiday grew apace. By the 1850s, Thanksgiving was celebrated in almost every state and territory, its national character assured. Abraham Lincoln declared two Thanksgivings in 1863, the second in November being the first of our modern national holidays, but it was not until 1941 after Roosevelt fiddled with the date with an eye to Christmas sales that Congress established the fourth Thursday as a legal holiday. Aside from packaged versions of traditional foods, expenses associated with holiday travel, and a moderate amount of decorative kitsch, the holiday also escaped the exploitive commercialism of other American holidays. Restaurants take advantage of the holiday to sell turkey dinners, and those dedicated purveyors of classic Thanksgiving fare, the armed services, do their best, but Thanksgiving retains its strongly domestic focus.

In light of their modern importance as the symbols of the holiday, it might be asked. "What about the Pilgrims?" The fact is that the famous description of the 1621 harvest festival in Mourt's Relation had been entirely forgotten before being rediscovered in 1822 and identified as the "First Thanksgiving" by Alexander Young in 1841. No one had associated the Plymouth colonists and Indian guests with the holiday before. However, in 1841 the event resembled contemporary Thanksgivings, even if it had not been so regarded by the original participants. The concept took time to catch on, as the Pilgrims had other symbolic burdens to bear, and Thanksgiving still implied family reunions, turkeys, and Yankee homesteads to most people. It wasn't until a fictional account appeared in the bestselling Standish of Standish (1889) that the Plymouth association gained widespread popularity, and only after World War II did the Pilgrims become the primary significators of the holiday.

Student success Statement

“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”

Marcus Aurelius

Reflection: what he is trying to say is that if your going to do something that’s not right then don’t do it and also if your also going to say something that is a lie then don’t say it.

Dental Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities: The responsibilities of dental assistants are expanding, partially to facilitate more people getting access to care in this country when they can’t afford to visit a dentist

Salary: The pay scale for dental assistants ranges from about $23,550 to $47,580. In 2012, the average pay for dental assistants was $35,080 and the median pay was $34,500. Those with the highest salaries live in the metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Nashua, N.H., and Haverhill, Mass.

Education: Dental assistant training programs typically last from nine months to two years, leading to a certificate, diploma or associate’s degree. During dental assistant training, students learn a variety of useful job skills, both clinical and administrative.

Reflection: I don’t really like this job because well it just doesn’t catch my attention.

Dental lab Technician

Duties and responsibilities: Dental technicians fill orders for dental prosthetics, including dentures, bridges, crowns, veneers and inlays. They create models of patients' mouths from physical and sometimes computerized molds. Models are created with plaster, wax, porcelain, metal and hand tools. The model is then placed into a porcelain oven to seal it to the metal framework that holds it together. Dental technicians match the color and shape of the model to the patient's teeth. Porcelain is added to the final product to give the model a finished look.

Dental technicians in large laboratories may specialize in one or two aspects of dental prosthetics. Those with several years of experience or advanced training may take on a supervisory role. Some dental technicians work in sales, marketing, product development or education

Salary: According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics May 2009 report, the average annual salary for a dental lab technician was $37,690 or an hourly wage of $18.12. The median hourly wage was slightly less at$16.74 with the 10th percentile making $10.27 or lower and the 90^thpercentile making over $28.07.

Education: Dental laboratory technicians may receive their education and training through a two-year program at a community college, vocational school, technical college, university or dental school. Graduates of these programs receive either an associate degree or a certificate. There also are a few programs that offer a four-year baccalaureate program in dental technology.

Reflection: well I wouldn’t want to work as a dental lab technician because it seems boring to me, but for other people I would recommend this job to them.

Student Success Statement

“It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right  or wrong today.”

James Freeman Clarke.

Reflection: well to be honesty I really do not get this quote…

Veterans day

Veteran's Day is an official United States holiday that honors people who served in the U.S Armed Forces also known as veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. Veteran's Day wasn't really called that, it was called Armistice Day to commemorate the truce between the Allies and Germany in World War 1 on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. The first Armistice Day in the United States was celebrated on November 11th, 1919. All business was suspended for 2 minutes starting at 11 AM and parades and public gatherings helped commemorate the occasion. Later America began honoring its unknown soldiers on Armistice Day. A tradition that continues today.

Reflection: I Thank all the Veterans because  they are brave and also because they go fight for our country.

Student Success Statement

“Doing what is right, fair and honorable is more important than winning or losing.”

Chick Moorman

Reflection: What Chick Moorman is trying to say is that it  doesn’t really matter if you win or loose what matters most is that you play right, fair ,and honor able .

Student Success Statement

1.      Have the courage to say no.

2.      Have the courage to face the truth.

3.      Do the right thing because it is right.

These are the 3 magic keys to living your life with integrity.”

W. Clement Stone

Reflection: what these three magic words mean are that you should always have the guts to say no and to always face the truth and to also choose the right and you will live a have happy life with integrity.

Integrity

Def; the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.

·     Integrity is the heart of character don’t lose it.

·     Integrity is choosing your thoughts and actions based on values rather than personal gain.

·     “ he is known to be a man of integrity.”

·     “he who walks in integrity walks securely.”

Student Success Statement

He that walked with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20

Reflection: what this means is that if you choose to hang it with the wrong people then you’ll end up like them, but in the other  hand if you choose to hang out with good wise people then you’ll be wise.

Dance/Movement Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: Based on the empirically supported premise that the body, mind and spirit are interconnected, the American Dance Therapy Association defines dance/movement therapy as the psychotherapeutic use of movement to further the emotional, cognitive, physical and social integration of the individual.

Dance/movement therapy is:

• Focused on movement behavior as it emerges in the therapeutic relationship.  Expressive, communicative, and adaptive behaviors are all considered for group and individual treatment.  Body movement, as the core component of dance, simultaneously provides the means of assessment and the mode of intervention for dance/movement therapy.
• Is practiced in mental health, rehabilitation, medical, educational and forensic settings, and in nursing homes, day care centers, disease prevention, health promotion programs and in private practice.
• Is effective for individuals with developmental, medical, social, physical and psychological impairments.
• Is used with people of all ages, races and ethnic backgrounds in individual, couples, family and group therapy formats.

Salary: Average earnings for dance/movement therapists are generally higher because entry into the profession requires a higher level of education. In 2004, the average earnings of dance/movement therapists generally ranged closer to $40,000 - $50,000 a year, with some earning $60,000 - $80,000 a year or more.

EducationThe ADTA approves programs that meet the requirements stated in the ADTA Standards for Graduate Dance/Movement Therapy Programs. Graduates of approved programs meet all professional requirements for the Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT) credential.

Reflection: this would be a cool job to work as because you are expressing yourself in dancing and moving.