Costa Rica

Who we are stems further than being American citizens as we all come from someplace else. Our parents or grandparents have traveled from their home countries to America to attempt the American Dream. For each and every person it may be a different ideal but all have a similar outcome, to give future generations a better chance at life. Since every single one of us are different we combine these different attributes and create a culture that is not like any other. This is prevalent is a place…

Ogliastra, Sardinia; Loma Linda, California; and the Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica. Okinawa japan diet is a lot of vegetables, rice and fish Ammerman uses diet to manage chronic diseases among her patients and sees the rewards that changing meals can bring. The foods are heavily plant-based and meals are often made up of stir-fried ingredients, producing dishes that are rich in protein, but low in calories. Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica…

National and foreign students with previously earned credits face many barriers in their attempt to continue studying a professional health carrier in the US. One of the bigger obstacles has been supported by the private’s nursing schools, which routinely reject academic credits transferred by these students, despite their high level of medical knowledge and skills, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity suited to meet the demands of the patients. Nursing career requirements in the US are…

an abortion (United Nations; “Judaism: Abortion”). Likewise, the Israeli nation does not permit abortion upon request or for economic/social reasons, but does allow abortion in the circumstances dictated by the Jewish majority. Additionally, in Costa Rica, a country that identifies Roman Catholicism as its national religion, no elective abortion is allowed (in accordance with Christian values that life is sacred), but in circumstances that jeopardize the mother’s life or physical/mental health,…

Dart’s and Arrow’s. Most people do not know how the poison dart or arrow frog got its name. They are some of the most poisonous amphibians in the world the most deadly being the golden poison dart frog. Adaptation and The Poison Dart Frog’s characteristics has allowed it to survive in the jungle for many years. They have adapted to jump from place to place with ease. The reason they jump so far is because of their tendons are being stretched, to the point where they release and snap like a…

Porfi, short for Porfilio, an ordinary looking tour guide in Costa Rica yelled to me “Pura vida” as I waved goodbye. The phrase means pure life, which now has a substantial significance in my life. Porfi’s inspirational words helped me see myself and the world around me in a whole new light. What does it mean to me to have pure life? Porfi taught me to accept who we are whether we are poor or rich, sick or healthy, in bad times or in good ones. He told me that each moment in life is special and…

mainland Costa Rica. Notorious paleontologist and dinosaur expert Dr. Alan Grant and his colleague, Dr. Ellie Sattler (a paleobotanist) are called upon to investigate these occurrences, and much to their shock and horror, these lizard-like creatures are revealed to be small carnivorous dinosaurs (Procompsognathus to be exact). Nevertheless, their investigation on said matter comes to a screeching halt when they are directed to the distant tropical island of Isla Nublar, off the coast of Costa…

A Similarity can be seen Through Another Form The book Jurassic park by Michael Crichton includes many similarities from the movie of Steven Spielberg making it almost the same. But not only the movie itself is comparable to the book, but instead the books that we’ve read in school. I will be discussing the connection of the books that we have read to the book Jurassic park by Michael Crichton. To begin, a book that can be compared with Jurassic Park would be Fahrenheit 451 by the author Ray…

I will investigate the distribution of power through a gendered lens among the Bribris of Costa-Rica, the Ashantis of Ghana and the Minangkabaus of Indonesia. I will immerse myself into each community to assess the ramifications of matrilineality in the social, political, economic and spiritual spheres. Through dialogues with adults and adolescents of all genders, I will identify gender-specific tasks and evaluate their social value. I will emphasize my exploration on domestic life, i.e.…

for vacation to my native country during summer right after I finished my junior year, I needed to relax and I had so much fun, I tried to forget about colleges, jobs, because they were killing me, even though I never did forget. There I was, in Costa Rica constantly thinking what I was going to do,…