OBSERVATION REPORT: In my recent observations I have made at “Small World” I have found a new love for administration, children, and childcare in general. Small World offers a variety of services with an exceptional staff! There were many occasions where I observed multiple teachers using a various range of teaching ethics- all of course were handled in the appropriate manner. My observations of the following will be discussed through the caregivers, health & safety, environment/activities, and guidance/discipline along with the facility operations of Small World Pre School here at 809 Gentry Drive Hot Springs, Arkansas. First I would like to say how accessible and convenient Small World makes to its parents and students.
There was a complete transformation in her debilitating diagnosis to one of goal setting for discharge. She was feeding herself and began walking on the hall with assistance. Diligence and compassion for this patient was needed at all times and her family wrote a letter of appreciation for all of us that provided care and a personal letter to me that was given to my supervisor for employee of the month. There were days when the wound had a foul odor and at times she was resistant to care but a kind word from the heart with a gentle touch was received. I was promoted after this experience and recommended for unit manager which I turned down to maintain my bedside hands on
Our family is all dressed up, and I can smell the evening’s food rooms away and hear the ending sounds of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on the TV downstairs. We seem like a classic, cookie-cutter family. And then the holiday really begins. My grandma is usually the first to arrive, complete with her leopard-print duffle bag she carried everywhere with her. After her I hear the front door open again and know that, from this point on, the house won’t have another moment of silence.
“Her voice was high and rather shrill, and she often spoke with an anxious inflection, for she was exceedingly desirous that everything should go with due order and decorum” (Cather 10). Jim notices all the hard work that his grandmother does in the kitchen for the family (Cather 10). Jim, Jake, and Otto head out one morning to meet the Shimerda family. “When we reached the level and could see the gold tree-tops, I pointed toward them, and Antonia laughed and squeezed my hand as if to tell me how glad she was I had come” (Cather 18). This shows how close Jim and Antonia had become so quickly.
Her mother holding a baby in her arms, while he father and other stays together to keep warm, and eager to count the earnings from the years harvest. “Lalu, tossing the baby triumphantly, followed by her father, mother, and brother into the kitchen.” (Pg.15) This was a home for Lalu that she always wanted. Her dream was to be with her family, and be able to help out her father. Polly's first home, China was where her dreams were possible;e and she was happy with her
Maggie lives her culture everyday and does not need physical objects to remind her of her highly valued beliefs and traditions. When Dee returned to her mother’s home for a visit, immediately after greeting her mother and sister, she began taking Polaroid’s of the house, the pasture with cows, and Maggie and her mother. While sitting at dinner, she was fascinated by the homemade benches her father had made when the family could not afford to purchase chairs. She asked her mother if she could have the butter churn top to use as a centerpiece for her table. The most significant objects in the story, which Dee wanted to have, are the two hand sewn quilts that were created by Grandma and Aunt Dee.
Midwifery was both time-consuming and unpredictable. In the film Ballard delivered babies in snowstorms, during harvest, and in the middle of the night. Ballard had spent four days at James Caton's house in the spring of 1796, “and then only after Mrs. Caton had consumed eleven glasses of wine in one day and biscuit and wine at evening 3 times"(Hist-201-003,classnotes,October22,2013) her twins finally born. Although Ballard had been without sleep for three days, she "could not sleep for fleas” (film). She usually spent hours after in postpartum care, remaining through the night if the baby were born after dark.
By the end of our time together, she was showering me with hugs and insisting I keep all of her arts and crafts projects. A month later, during the next Saturday PIE, I was so happy to see her bright face return; and even more so when she remembered and chose me as her buddy again. Dentistry is a great profession because I love the idea that you get to build that bond with patients, seeing them on repeated visits and knowing the simple details of their lives, which makes a huge
By the time every one gets to Grandma’s house, the house is already filling up with fabulous smells of pie, meat, and other wonderful foods and to top it off the smell of fresh cut grass blowing in for the opened windows throughout the house. Each family member prepares and brings a traditionally favored recipe. My grandma is always in charge of making the best pies in the world, especially cherry pie which happens to be my favorite. She also prepares the hot rolls, cheesy potatoes and famous deviled eggs. My aunts’ are normally responsible for bringing the green beans, cheese dip and potato salad and whatever else they fell like bring.
This is particularly evident in Carver’s works, “Cathedral” and “A Small Good Thing” (ASGT). Carver’s use of the motif of food in “A Small Good Thing” (ASGT) and the motif of blindness in Cathedral both act in a way that contributes to the theme of each work, respectively. “ASGT” begins with Ann Weiss selecting a birthday cake for her son Scotty. “The cake she chose was decorated with a space ship and launching pad under a sprinkling of white stars…” (376). Right away, Carver has used food as a way to set the mood for the beginning of the story.