Wenatchee Essays

“The Free Radio,” by Salman Rushdie is a short story that describes societal expectations of gender roles in a traditional Indian culture. Ramani, a young rickshaw puller, is seduced by the beauty of the thief’s widow to undergo a government sterilization program for them to get married. The thief’s widow, already having five children alive and two dead, did not want to conceive any more children. Ramani was further convinced on complying with the widow when being told that participants were to be

This year I took on the challenge of enrolling in Wenatchee Valley College’s Running Start program. This is a program offered through Chelan High School which allows students to gain college credit in addition to meeting core high school requirements. Through the running start program I have been pushed outside my academic comfort zone resulting in a new level of self-reliance. Academically, I have always been a student who has been very driven and motivated. I am ranked second in my class according

This year, my willingness to take on a new challenge of enrolling in the Certified Nursing Assistant course at Wenatchee Valley College has helped mold me into a motivated self-disciplined individual. This year, I took on the challenge of enrolling in Wenatchee Valley College’s Running Start program. One of my most challenging classes at the college to-date has been the eight-credit certified nursing assistant class I applied to. This is a program specific class that required hours of application

2711, the distance in miles between Horsham, Pennsylvania, the town I was raised in, and Wenatchee, Washington, the town I now call home. From my first breath of Pacific Northwest air until just recently, I felt as if I was on my own personal roller coaster, experiencing the excitement of meeting new people and despair when I missed home. I went through twists and loops as I struggled to open myself up to a whole new way of life. During this time, I clung to Martin Luther King Jr.’s words of wisdom

Personality Ashley N Gold Wenatchee Valley College Table of Contents Abstract 3 Personality 4 Openness (to experience) 4 Conscientiousness 5 Extraversion 5 Agreeableness 5 Neuroticism. 6 References 7 Abstract In this paper, I will be describing my own personality using self-concept of The Big Five Theory. Personality refers to different relatively steady characteristics in people that may determine overall behavior. The Big Five Theory identifies five basic personality traits that includes

The Toyota Prius v is the perfect choice for those who are looking for a roomy car with excellent fuel-efficiency. After all, the "v" stands for versatility, which is exactly what you find in the 2016 Toyota Prius v for Sale near Spokane. This hybrid gains is amazing fuel economy by combining a small, fuel-powered engine with two electric motors and a battery pack. Everything from the shape of the car to the braking help keep this car at maximum efficiency and work to keep your fuel costs as low

My intended major here at CWU is to double major in Sociology and Middle level Math teaching. I was born and raised in Wenatchee, Washington and after College I hope to be a math teacher at a low-income school because they are usually schools teachers don’t want to teach at and usually have a higher population in students of color. I want to make an impact and change in students therefore I don’t mind getting paid less and having less resources to work with. From this class I hope to gain an insight

Wenatchee Valley College has many resources available for students. One of the many resources they have and one I would like to talk about would be athletics specifically the Womens soccer team. The athletic northwest conference is very competitive there are about 35 community colleges throughout Washington and Oregon state. WVC athletics teams have enjoyed many years on the top ranking of the dozens of teams that make the NWAC'S. Anya Belcher the head coach of the women's soccer team is originally

Van Reynolds 1 Washington State History: CBA Essay The technological achievements of Washington state are vast, a major contributor to this is Microsoft. Microsoft is a computer software company that drastically changed the economic and cultural situation in Washington. Microsoft was founded in 1975 in Albuquerque New Mexico and relocated in 1979. Microsoft started out with its very first program, Windows 1.0, a graphical user interface layered on an MS-DOS (Microsoft Disc Operating System)

By: Cameron Morsovillo 8B #13 The Novel I read for the first quarter is “The Honest Truth” by Dan Gemeinhart and this novel plays more of a slow book and sometimes fast pace. This novel is very detailed and action packed with several main characters including Mark and his special dog Beau. They go on a adventure leaving home which leads them to wandering across the united states with his notebook and other things from his backpack but mainly his only friend there is his dog Beau. His family and friends

is a strenuous journey including them getting mugged, falling into a river, and nearly dying together on the mountain. This novel is a lesson on appreciation for those around you. The setting is crucial to the novel. Mark begins at his home in Wenatchee, Washington. He creates a goal to climb Mt. Rainier, and all chapters begin with how many miles he has left. He chose this mountain because of a promise to his grandpa. They wanted to climb Mt. Rainier when Mark recovered from cancer. Sadly, neither

At the start of class four of the Wenatchee Fire Department firefighters showed up, and today they were going to teach class. (As the fireman entered the class room I and the rest of the students pitched our noses for the aroma of smoke and sweat hazed the air. the fireman looked at us in

Almost Making It Happen I expected to get a few bruises, but not a getting a concussion. Before the soccer game, my idea of a concussion was getting bumped in the head, receive headaches, and it would heal up in a week and then you would go back to the way you were. I was wrong. At times, concussions can be deadly, and if you have them more than once, it will decrease your chance of keeping your brain healthy and surviving. Concussions can also give you migraines and make you dizzy. I’ve only known

The dangers of Technology Imagine how your life would look like if there is no technology! Personally, I started to think if I can be away from using technology including my phone, laptop or even any technology for about three days. I realized that I could not. Then I was wondering how our predecessors did not use technology, and yet they survived. Technology became everything in our society today, we use it everywhere, at home, school, work, street, busses, cars and so else. It became a huge part