Please describe how you have prepared for your intended major, including your readiness to succeed in your upper-division courses once you enroll at the University. I have been preparing for my major my entire life, as I have been active in the dramatic arts since the age of 9 as a player for the musical theatre company SFArtsEd, which is when I fell in love with the performing arts. As an SFArtsED player, I performed in several musicals during my first four years. Eventually, I earned a lead role during my last year. Thankfully, my home district in San Francisco has one of California’s top-performing arts high school, Ruth Asawa School of The Arts, where I auditioned for Musical Theater. Fortunately, armed with a robust portfolio, I was accepted into Ruth Asawa School of The Arts, I was able to hone in my craft and learn from some of the finest artists in residence. I appeared in countless productions over my four years of musical theater performing as an ensemble. In my senior year, I eventually earned a role…
Children with Autism Introduction Autism is a common neurodevelopmental condition caused by either a defect in brain structure or its working or by either genetic or environmental factors or certain prenatal viral infections, which lead to a growing disorder. Autistic signs and symptoms in a child are noticed during the first three years of life and may include impaired communication, poor eye contact, unusual body posture, repetitive movements, self or other people harming actions, and social withdrawal, among others. Symptoms continue to develop gradually with neither reduction nor disappearance. The degree of impairment differs in individuals and different respects. Autistic children are a special group of children who face significant communication, communal, and conduct challenges requiring specialized interventions as symptoms may be severe and inhibit daily tasks. Community members with any form of disability meet a host of hindrances in carrying out personal or communal activities due to stigma from non-disabled people (Collier, Rothwell, Vanzo, & Carbone, 2015). While demonstrating an understanding of therapeutic recreation intervention concepts demonstrated in covered units, this report will research and discuss therapeutic recreation intervention…
Mold Remediation Standards There are no substantial mold remediation standards in place. However, there are guidelines, private standards, and books that support what standards can do. In this article, we take a look at a few of these resources that emphasize best practices in mold remediation. The discussion includes guidance documents, legislation, private standards, and books. These resources vary depending on the application, but they largely reflect the recommended procedures for mold remediation. Violation of some of these guidance documents may put you at legal risk. Now, let us dig in! IICRC Top on our list is the Standard from The Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC). This particular one adheres to S520 standards for mold remediation as conferred on them by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is a standard that has gone through a consensus and a public participation exercise. Unfortunately, the standard must be purchased. You cannot get it as a free download. This standard is very prescriptive. However, it carries with it strong professional judgment on mold…
caring for heart disease patients When caring for heart disease patients, it is essential to be aware of heart failure and its symptoms. Heart failure is the clinical condition recognized as the final pathway for cardiovascular patients. It causes insufficient blood supply to flow to the tissues and organs. The nursing diagnoses related to the cardiovascular disease include fatigue, intolerance to activity, and decreased heart capacity. The nursing diagnoses must be retained as they are the prominent symptoms of heart failure, and they are needed to determine the best care strategy. Considering the condition has numerous other symptoms, those identified act as the base from which the other symptoms manifest. Patients must appreciate the importance of the nursing diagnoses; they provide the initial data needed to care for the patient. Nursing diagnoses aid patients in constructing relevant objectives to their health situation. The teaching session is designed to promote patient safety, care, efficiency, accuracy, and aid the patient learn and develop from their experience. The teaching strategy will involve first being straight to the point, documenting the entire process, and…
The Future of Virtual Reality History of Virtual Reality and How It Has Developed Until Now Virtual reality is a replicated experience which can be comparable to the real world or utterly different from it. Besides, virtual reality includes applications such as entertainment and educational purposes. In the year 1935, science fiction author Stanley Weinbaum wrote Pygmalion’s Spectacles, and the main character in this fictional short story meets a professor who invents a pair of goggles that assigned him to view a movie with sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. However, the first virtual reality technology was invented by Morton Heilig in 1957 (Lawson et al., 2016, p.335). Morton Heilig invented a theatre cabinet multimedia device called Sensorama that offered viewers an interactive experience (Pope, 2018). This device was a viewing screen for sight, oscillating fans for touch, devices that emitted a smell, and audio speakers for sound hence, inducing the users’ senses. In 1961, Comeau and Bryan manufactured the first head-mounted display (HMD) referred to Head sight. Besides, this head sight had two video screens, one for each eye,…
Latin music Music was an art that existed even in ancient times. Many communities all over the world valued music since it had various advantages. Music was an art that a community used for identity. Song during ancient times was performed for multiple purposes. Many people think that music is only played for entertainment though that is not true. Most are composed following what the writer is going through in life. In ancient times, music was performed following the ceremony that has been held by the members of the society. Music could be played to praise the warriors of a community during the war. Some songs were composed to console the dead, and some were produced to praise lovers. The ancient music genres give birth to current music. In this literature review, my interest is in the development of Latin music. Latin music originated from many parts of the world. Latin music is dated back to the arrival of Columbus in America. Latin American music is history called named as the most ancient music. Classical music arises because of the…
Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movementdid not suddenlyappear from nowhere. There existed specific groups of people who had a common goal. Efforts to improve the quality of life for women and African Americans are as old as the United States. Farmworkers, Women, and Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for equality.Everyone agrees with Martin Luther King’s about inequality and freedom. Nonetheless, Cesar Chavez’s opinion for equal and fair pay attracts different views. A lot of counterculture movements emerged during the civil rights era. But Farmworkers’ Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Movement and Women’s Rights Movements are among the most significant. Farmworkers’ Movement In the 19th century, non-Americans, mostly Africans, Chinese, Filipinos, Mexican, and Japanese, worked in the farms owned by western states such as California. This group of people did most of the physically demanding work for low pay. Cesar Chavez, born and bred in Arizona, from a Mexican family working as migrant farmworkers in Arizona, founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. This association was a platform for farmworkers to table their concerns regarding their…
MoTown 1960s-70s The music created by Motown is treasured by the majority of the races in the United States. Motown popularized pop music produced by African Americans and pioneered innovative soundtracks that were listened across races. The label created a revolution in pop music sparked by social and cultural changes achieving crossover. Berry Gordy started the corporation on January 12, 1959. Its achievement is attributed to significant players of the time, such as the songwriting team named Holland-Dozier-Holland (H-D-H), Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, the Four Tops, Michael Jackson, the Temptations, the Jackson 5, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Marvelettes, Lionel Richie, and The Commodores, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Tean Marie (Nantais, 2012). The genre, to a great extent, utilized music techniques associated with contemporary materials, for instance, intermediality with an interconnection relationship between sound and the visual representation (Mehring & Redling, 2017).. The music sought to unite a nation divided along racial lines reverting the doctrines of segregation and transcending racial boundaries. Motown music was listened to…
Ronda Group Walking Tour Experience the best of Ronda on this guided walking tour of this beautiful scenic city. Come along for insightful lessons about the history of the town, check out the Moorish architecture, and experience magnificent views from the new bridge and countryside. This stress-free group tour is best for first-time tourists looking for a family-friendly experience in the spectacular towns within the mountainous region of Rona, Malaga ad Setenil de las Bodegas. Meeting Point The tour starts from the “Parador de Ronda” hotel located at Plaza de Espina in Ronda. Itinerary The group tour starts from the Parador de Ronda. First, you will begin from the “New Bridge,” which was built towards the end of the ‘18th century. It is among the three bridges that split the town into two, an old and romantic part and the other modern and wide part. After the bridge, you walk along the high edged cliffs that overlook the fertile countryside. You then walk through the Arabic Quarter up the Cobblestone streets that lead to the Collegiate Church and Town Hall.…
Reading journals Introduction Literary work is globally accepted for its role in society. Literature played an integral part in shaping the lives and the community at large. Literature is a reflection of the exact color of the organization. Literary work can be classified into novels, poetry, oral, and artistic. The authors of these workers have a common goal whereby they need to deliver their message to society using the above-said methods. Written or spoken word can be made by the author to address a specific issue affecting the nation. The authors of literary work are the mirrors of society. In the modern world, the internet plays a pivotal role in shaping the literature. Authors can publish their work or post it on a website for the targeted audience. Also, songs are serving the community well by communicating the message in the language best for the targeted audience. Literary works challenge the audience in many ways and add up to one’s previous experience. Also, the artist’s effectiveness can be measured herein through the weight of the message and the means embodied…