Numerous shoulder mounts of trophy animals line the walls along with an occasional fish mount. My taste buds water at the delightful smell of freshly smoked sausage. The bandsaw screams and the grinder crunches; an animal is being processed. My Grandpa, Clarence Psyck Jr., bought the business from his father in 1969, so I was born into it. Psyck’s Super Market has affected me in many ways, such as, having limited free time, causing poor circulation in my hands, developing responsibility, and working with people. A majority of my time is spent working for the store, whether it be butchering, processing animals, or tending the cash register. When not in school, I usually butcher or process animals. I want to hang out with friends more often, but I work during the summer. …show more content…
My Composition and Spanish class are the worst because we rarely move around, so while lying back in my chair, I doze off. Teachers have never said anything to me, but they’ve noticed. I go to bed as early as possible, but I’m always tired. Sometimes I wish I could fall asleep for twenty minutes, so I wouldn’t be tired anymore throughout the day. Butchering has caused poor circulation in my hands. Sticking my numb hands into a bucket of hot water to warm them up caused this. I distinctly remember one day we were butchering; it was 0 degrees Fahrenheit with a -23 degree wind chill. My hands were freezing; I shocked them in the water every minute. They burned severely, and it felt like a thousand knives puncturing my hands as I dipped them in. Overtime this happened repeatedly, so my hands go numb very easily. Psyck’s Super Market has taught me responsibility, which has developed a good work ethic. Being able to own up to a mistake is hard, but will only benefit a person. An employer likes it if someone admits to an error, rather than denying it. It is embarrassing to do wrong, but something will always be learned from
When people make a mistake, they often feel a sense of guilt and unpleasantness, which usually is a direct result of their accidental action. However, there is always an opportunity to learn from that mistake and an opportunity for a second chance from that mistake. The books Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein and Strike Three; You’re Dead by Josh Berk demonstrate that people learn important and meaningful life lessons from mistakes they made. In Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series, lessons include that fair and accurate reporting is essential to a well-developed and unbiased story, and that people often dwell on the past, when in reality, they should look into the future optimistically, and in Strike Three; You’re
In the early 1900’s, the conditions in the slaughterhouses were ghastly. First of all, the basic surroundings of the workers were horrid. The floors of the killing floors were layered in blood. It smelled bad and was unsanitary. Also, there were blood-curdling screeches of dying animals constantly ringing throughout Union Stockyards ("Slaughterhouse to the World" 5).
Throughout the course of history, there are many incidents where things have gone horribly wrong. These occurrences and decisions could have been made very consciously, or just a pure accident. In the occasions that the events are done consciously, those who are in the wrong can take responsibility from their mistake as this is the only way to start learning from them. When thinking of examples of people who have made mistakes and them owning up to that mistake and learning from it, many came to my mind. However, there is one story in particular that affected many families, and has been a learning curve for many individuals, all caused by one man.
The book provided more distressing news of terrible practices in this industry taught to the workers so that more meat can be distributed for profit. “He wrote that workers would process dead, injured, and diseased animals after regular hours when no meat inspectors were around” (Constitutional Rights Foundation). The industry provides more meat for their customers purely for profit. This causes the industry to be influenced to sell its meat, no matter the condition it is in. The disgusting context of the conditions America’s meat was put through was brought to light, thanks to “The Jungle” and the customers of these businesses were
1. Please describe any personal characteristics which you possess that make you qualified to be a Resident Assistant. What skills do you possess and what experiences have you had that might enhance your candidacy for the Resident Assistant position? a. As an individual, I find myself to be very accountable. Finding excuses to explain mistakes, in either personal or group work, reduces confidence in one’s abilities.
Secondly, an anecdote explains how an apprentice at an Auto repair shop and how that apprentice became incompetent as a foreman while he was a competent mechanic. The author then concludes that everyone will sooner or later reach their level of incompetence but some take longer than others. Before concluding the article, the author declares the discovery of the new science of hierarchiology. He also further describes how every member of the society is indirectly affected by ‘The Peter Principle.’ Lastly, he asserted that
Consider power napping This next trick might seem a little counterintuitive. If you browse sleeping tips online, you are sure to find ton of them telling you to stop napping. But I’ll try to convince you of the opposite: power napping regularly to sleep better at night. A light nap during the day can help you sleep better at night because it ensures you aren’t overtired when night comes.
The amount of students getting less than 7 hours of sleep every night went down by 97.4% from the time of the first survey to the second. Those who were receiving 8 or more hours a night increased all the way from 16.4% to 54.7% (Burke 37). Although the number of students reporting bad quality of sleep and short sleep duration decreased significantly from the first survey to the next, students still had difficulty falling asleep several times a week (Burke 37). The second survey also reported a decrease in fatigue, sleepiness during the day, and symptoms of depression. Most health-related issues and complaints such as class attendance and visits to the school 's nurse’s office also decreased from the first survey to the other (Burke
They were built in the United States and Canada during the 1960’s and 1970’s. When these facilities were built, there was little understanding of animal behaviors and a lack of compassion for their suffering. Over the years, inventors and animal activists such as Temple Grandin have spoken up for these animals and explained why how they are treated is so important. She considered one of the world’s few designers for livestock handling equipment and facilities (Animal Handling Inventions,
Topic: How to fall asleep faster Organizational Patterns: Topical Specific Purpose: In order to help students live healthier lives and feel better in the morning. Primary Audience Outcome: I want my audience to learn new techniques and ways to help provide a good night’s rest. Thesis Statement: Providing ways to show students on how they can both physically and mentally prepare themselves when they head to sleep.
University students including myself time and again lay off sleep for other happenings such as studying, doing homework or even just staying up for the night with a friend. Through a biological clock called the Circadian rhythm, our bodies follow the twenty-four hour cycle of each day and night. Throughout the week, postponing sleep and missing meals makes it arduous to concentrate in class. After lunch, I tend to grow heavy-eyed and tired which leads to me struggling to focus on my other courses. In the afternoon, this impacts my body because it does not give me energy, but instead makes me snooze earlier in the day.
For student like us, by getting enough sleep, we can be more focus in class. A medicine instructor at Harvard Medical School, Lawrence Epstein says that the sleep deprivation can affect student performances in class. Another statistics by Health Research Funding also prove that sleep deprivation will cause
Failures help people to think more clearly about the
First of all, I’d like to explain briefly how sleep works, then I’ll tell you the effects of not sleeping at all and finally, I’ll give you some advice that may help to improve the quality of our sleep. Probably most of you have stayed up all night at least once in your life, owing to several possible reasons, such as that crazy party on your first years of university, or that awful night working against the clock before the submission deadline, or maybe when your babies wouldn’t stop crying all night. And it wouldn’t be unlikely that you hadn’t had time to get a proper sleep the next morning since you had to go to work or to class or wherever. Then you were bond to face this tricky dilemma:
Making mistakes is an important part of life. We learn from our mistakes. Mistakes are the best lessons of our life. They are something that happens unintentionally and without the knowledge of a human being. The only way mistakes can be avoided is to never do anything.