Despite my Disabilities: The importance of love, acceptance, perseverance and determination
April 24, 2012 - 7:07 am by Barbara Ortiz
Hello again to all . In this long overdue installment, which is long overdue, I am writing a bit about how my education, family and friend’s support helped me to overcome all that I have and let me be who I am today. The first thing I should say about all of [...]
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Despite My Disabilities: Education was not in the textbooks . . .
February 6, 2012 - 8:54 am by Barbara Ortiz
Hello again smiles. In this installment I will be discussing obstacles I faced through out my education. I guess I should begin at the genesis. I reached all my milestones at about a year and a half to two years old. At the age of three or four, I began at a program for children [...]
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Life Essentials for Success: Raw Fish and Lumpy Grits
November 21, 2011 - 8:41 am by Professor Williams
So after surviving the third interview, making it through the hiring and orientation process you are now happily settled it at your new job. The job is going well, your co- workers are nice and you are finally feeling at ease in your new work home. The bliss and euphoria of this new situation is [...]
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Life Essentials for Success: Strengthening and Protecting Your Child’s Self Esteem
September 7, 2011 - 5:55 am by Professor Williams
Self- esteem is apart of each person’s social development which begins during infancy and lasts a lifetime. Parent, educators, religious leaders and neighbors all play an important role in this most delicate process. What does self- esteem mean? According to author David Myers in “Exploring Psychology”, self- esteem is one’s feeling of high or low self worth. Simply said [...]
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Writing and Waiting: The Chronicles of an Author Installment 4
Getting that Monkey off My Back This was not my first attempt at writing a novel. Back in the mid nineties, when I didn’t own a computer I’d go to the neighborhood community center, use their computer lab, and type in half hour increments. That story would have been the modern day equivalent of Basketball [...]
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