Author Archives: Cortez

Quality

Quality is a term that is not mentioned enough in our everyday conversations but does it need to be? I personally believe that quality is expected, especially coming from a consumer’s point of view. According to Goetsch & Davis (2010), quality has many definitions but there are enough similarities that exist among the definitions that [...]

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Parenting

Being a parent to your child or children is very important. My mother did the best she could at a young age being a parent to me and my two siblings alone but the important things did not take place in our household. I love my mother a lot and I appreciate the things that [...]

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Cash vs. Credit Cards

I was never taught about credit cards before or after I left off to college and the average American doesn’t. I had to learn about credit cards the hard way. I thought making the minimum payments each month would be fine but that was the problem, I did not pay them on time. Before I [...]

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Loaning Money to Family and Friends

I learned early in life that loaning money to family and friends could ruin valuable relationships. It is not the best idea to loan money to friends and family if you do not have it to lose. I personally feel that the best thing to do is to give the person in need the money [...]

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A Child Without Guidance Part 2

In the beginning of my 8th grade year my mother moved our family to Minnesota without her husband at the time. The man of our house was in prison, which wasn’t the first or last time that he was there. Minnesota was for the better in my mother’s eyes because she had more opportunities there [...]

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A Child Without Guidance

A child without guidance is like a baby duck without its mother; he or she will not be guided in the right direction. I was that child without guidance. I was left to learn, which turned out to be the hard way. Crime and negativity surrounded me. Being a child, I figured this was life. [...]

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