Personal Experience Essays Samples That Help You Write Better, Faster & with Gusto

In his book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter Tom Bissell, who teaches Portland State University and is known for his love of video games, tries to find an answer to the question why are video games so important for people. Using his life experience the author tries to find an answer why people spend hundreds of hours playing video games. He tries to look at this question from different perspectives, discussing the pros and cons of different video games such as Oblivion and Fallout 3. Moreover, the author expressed his opinion how video games differ from all the Continue reading...

Dear portfolio reader,

When I enrolled in the field of writing, I had a feeling as if I had failed to acknowledge myself as a good writer. I felt that writing would give me a headache since I was not very good in the writing field. I therefore purposed, not only to improve on the writing ways but also strengthen the infrastructure of my essay. With a strong essay writing infrastructure, I knew I would successfully develop a properly developed narrative research and analysis paper. However, I have continually developed my writing ability after a series of papers. I precisely remember three Continue reading...

My professional background

After completing my under graduation in sociology from King Abdul-Aziz University, I joined as a part time social worker in a school, which comprises of administrators, teachers, a social worker and a psychologist.
Here I came to know about a bright student, from the psychologist and the social worker, who was gradually deteriorating in her studies, became very inattentive and refused in communication. The school gave me instruction to look into the matter and to find reasons behind this situation and probable solutions. I took the initiative to talk with her and tried to find out the reasons behind Continue reading...

Business

One of the important tools that our society needs today is the ethical development. We discussed the similarities and differences of utilitarianism, the virtue theory, and deontological ethics. Thus, further understanding of these behaviors will enable an individual to realize that social responsibility and ethics are important when it comes to business and personal success. In this writing, we analyzed the differences in terms of how each of these theories addresses both morality and ethics. Thus, we include a personal experience that explains the correlation between moral, values, and virtue concepts as they relate to one another. In understanding Continue reading...

Introductions: The Hard Things about Hard Things

The book “Hard Things about Hard Things” is an absorbing book that presents the best management encounters ever captured in writing of any management piece of work. Suppose that, as an entrepreneur your business is practically collapsing to the last stretch and investors have refused to fund the business anymore. The most trusted advisers and friends are anticipating that probably the best thing to do is throw the business into the towel. Worse enough the business is the family livelihood and the entire family depends solely on it. After evaluation of the options as the last-ditch efforts to acquire Continue reading...

Let us imagine that I want to buy a new smartphone and due to a big variety of different brands, models etc. it is difficult for me to make a choice. The first thing I want to know in order to eventually arrive at some decision is the following: which smartphone platform is better – iOS or Android and why. That will be the specific question I want to be answered before I decide on specific brand.
I choose Twitter as the social network where I shall post my question. I choose Twitter because it has two advantages over the Continue reading...

Ethics of imperturbability

The ancient Indians and Greeks placed in high regard ethical systems. For instance, the Greeks held that the state of mind complements the nature of an action to have ethical significance. A Jain considered it murder as ethically negative whether or not the act was voluntary. The Buddhist could kill in a voluntary scenario since the nature of the act and the voluntary state of mind are relevant to the ethical value the Greek tradition had plenty of Judeo- Christian to influence most of the ancient Greek philosophers. For that reason, Greek held that, it was ethical to kill Continue reading...

Gender identity is the primary factor in life to dictates the majority of the direction of one’s journey in life. In Aaron H. Devor’s essay, Becoming a Member of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender provides a reference for how the generalized and specialized others play a fundamental part in the development of gender. The concepts of Devor’s essay on gender allow the reader to gain a deeper understanding of Jamaica Kincaid’s famous essay Girl, and seeing how one’s upbringing influences the way one displays and embraces his or her gender. The essay Continue reading...

Philosophy

Life to Benjamin Alire Saenz has been an adventure. He was born and raised in a farming village at old Picacho, New Mexico. He is the fourth child out from seven children. Went to Las Cruces High school. Upon graduating joined St Thomas Seminary in Denver, Colorado and graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and humanities in 1977. He then moved to study theology at the University of Louvain, Belgium from 1977 up to1981. He became a priest for few years in El Paso, Texas and later decamped to join the writing career where he has contributed Continue reading...

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is a psychological concept that refers to something that each one of us has, but it’s intangible in nature. Basically, it refers to how humans manage their emotions and behavior. It allows us to navigate through various social complexities and make decisions to achieve desirable results. The idea of emotional intelligence revolves around four key concepts, which are self-awareness, social awareness, self-management and relationship management. If I recall from my personal experience, I once attended the wedding of a dear friend and did not know any of his other friends, although the situation at the time Continue reading...

Carrie A. Miller

Pre-Writing
The topic focus on finding an appropriate response to the research question: Does divorce naturally impact the children on a negative light; especially bearing significant adverse consequences on the psychosocial and academic performance?
The primary audience would include individuals that have experienced divorce of parents, as well as educators, and family support practitioners. The audience would equally share one’s opinions and values; yet be open to embrace new information and knowledge that could emerge from the research.
The thesis statement is: Children are not always negatively affected psychosocially or academically as a result of witnessing the divorce Continue reading...

Scientific management must establish several critical assumptions. Administrative decision-making and changing mental mindsets present limitations. Such roadblocks are often difficult to smoothly overcome. In commenting about real-world situations, Wind, et al. (2013) state that marketing science “cannot exist only in carefully orchestrated laboratory conditions” (p. 177). The same is true for any practical business protocol. Operations applications, obviously, are no different. The analysis herein explores a proposed case study regarding implementations for a change in business practices for interstate trucking company AAA Transportation, in Waukegan, WI. It specializes in refrigerated wholesale produce delivery throughout the Midwest. The new implementation Continue reading...

Introduction

Every day, we encounter leadership traits and experience it in a lot of ways. The fact that one leads his own life in whatever decision he makes, can be comparable to leadership although it is experienced on an individual level. History has produced great leaders the most notable of which are Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Hitler and many others. Evidently, some these leaders are good while some are bad. Even so, they are great leaders in their own right and in discussing leadership; one could not help but revere them for their achievement in the field of leadership. Continue reading...

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POLLUTED BEACHES AND PUBLIC HEALTH Author 2
When individuals intend on spending time at the beach, the last thing they are considering is if the water is polluted. After all, isn’t the point to spend time in the outdoors, enjoying all that nature has provided? Unfortunately, over the last decade, pollution at beaches has become an issue. According to the National Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) website (n.d.), “your local beach might be contaminated by human or animal waste, putting your health at risk: bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens in that waste can make exposed swimmers sick.” In Continue reading...

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CRE101 – College Critical Reading
Reader’s Log that focuses on the Practice of Heuristics and a Comparative Practice
Responses to Lesson 10 Discussion Thread
Reflection on Personal Experience
My personal experience with heuristics has to do with stereotyping. I remember I was going to the grocery store at a very late time, almost 11 o’ clock. I wanted to buy some ice cream. I noticed the reflection of a large, black guy in the mirror while I was taking it up. He was wearing a hoodie. I didn’t even want to turn around. It Continue reading...