Occupational therapy is a career that is always changing. From working with children who have been involved in a bad car accidents or working with a child with autism, there will always be something different with each child. After researching many topics that ranged from breast cancer to teaching in public schools, I chose occupational… Continue reading Occupational Therapy: Working with Autism

“Hedgehog” is a poem, written by Paul Muldoon, that incorporates the idea of Jesus’ Crucifixion, God, and the Serpent. Throughout the poem Muldoon uses animals of creation to create an image of God. The snail is said to “move like a hovercraft”(1). Muldoon uses the snail to compare something in nature, to the serpent. A snail slithers on… Continue reading Crown of Thorns or Spikes of The Pine

An excerpt from “Bird by Bird”, written by Anne Lamott, explains to the reader that no one writes a perfect paper the first time around. Amateur and professional writers both experience a point in their writing when it appears that there is no hope for the piece. There should be no fear in having to rewrite a… Continue reading Down, Up, or Dental

http://wncn.com/2016/03/14/trump-holding-campaign-rally-in-hickory-before-nc-primary/ Do you plan on moving?– After Donald Trump’s visit to the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University, many have opted to leave the county. His bold, snappy attitude has landed him the name, Great White Snapping Turtle. Garrison Keillor writes in the Washington Post about the great whites visit to the college campus. Keillor states, there is… Continue reading Running Doesn’t Solve Your Problems

  Throughout the New York Times blog post “College Should Include Rooming with a Stranger” Anna Altman discusses the pros and cons of living with a stranger or choosing a roommate before heading off to freshman year of college. The article focuses on the question that many people have. The question of whether or not… Continue reading A Stranger is Not a Stranger Anymore

In “Snow Day”, a poem written by Billy Collins, the speaker entertains the idea of the snow day while gladly listening to the comical school closings on the “plastic radio” (19) and begins to prepare himself to encounter the weather.   In the third stanza, the speaker, Collins, mentions a “laden branch” (14). By using… Continue reading The Laden Branch